March 20, 2018 - Modi plans to double agriculture income but India's youth not interested in making a career in it

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"3 Sidhus Out To Get Me," Says Punjab Ex-Minister Bikram Majithia Akali Dal member and former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia, whose alleged role in the state's drug racket is back in the spotlight after Arvind Kejriwal apologised to him to get rid of a defamation case, told NDTV on Monday that "three Sidhus have colluded only to settle political and personal scores with me." Parliament LIVE Updates: Rajya Sabha Adjourned For The Day Disruptions continued in the parliament on 12th day as the Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon this morning. Lawmakers have been sparring in parliament over several issues including PNB Fraud, no-confidence vote, among others. BCCI's ACU meets Mohammed Shami's wife Hasin Jahan in Kolkata Officials from the BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) headed by its chief Neeraj Kumar were at the Kolkata Police headquarters on Saturday to talk to Mohammed Shami's wife Hasin Jahan. 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Blackstone to buy 80% in Pune mall for Rs310 crore Blackstone Group is set to buy an 80% majority stake in Nitesh Hub, a shopping mall in Koregaon Park, Pune from Nitesh Estates for around Rs310 crore Walmart may face legal hurdles in Flipkart deal Offline stores, multi-brand retailing and stake buy from SoftBank may prove tough Aamir Khan is Vivo India's new brand ambassador Aamir Khan will appear in an integrated marketing campaign around the upcoming products of Vivo India Sunil Nayyar becomes first Indian to head Sony India Nayyar till recently was the head of retail experience at Sony North America. Fullerton India Home finance appoints Rakesh Makkar as CEO The company which operates under the brand name Grihashakti said, Makkar will be responsible for building the brand, scaling up business volumes and driving the corporate strategy for the firm. Godrej Fund Management to invest, develop office assets for $600 million Godrej Fund Management plans to invest and build commercial office assets through a $450 million office development fund as well as a $150 million office investment fund Dabur's Amit Burman leads Rs 20 crore investment in fresh meat brand Zappfresh The Gurgaon based startup run by DSM Fresh Foods Pvt Ltd will use the capital raised to expand its supply chain, to beef up its management team as also widen its geographical reach. Alteria Capital invests Rs 8.5 crore in Mumbai food startup Fingerlix Fingerlix will use a portion of the fund to also boost its distribution channel and increase presence in retail and other distribution outlets. Facebook falls as pressure mounts on Mark Zuckerberg over data leak Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic are calling on Mark Zuckerberg to appear before lawmakers to explain how UK-based Cambridge Analytica was able to harvest the personal data India-Russia to establish joint ventures in IT software and hardware solutions Russia is known to have a range of modern IT-related technologies that are available only with the US and China. Google will now make more money, thanks to your shopping searches Online Content, News Will Be Soon Regulated; National E-commerce Policy Coming Soon! Union minister of information and broadcasting Smriti Irani has once again emphasised on the fact that online content and media, including news, has to be regulated. An increasing number of fake news and inflammatory content triggering communal tension has prompted the Govt. to launch these steps. 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KFC puts 'stealth kitchens' on menu to widen reach These standalone full-service KFC kitchens wont have any customer interface, will not double up as dine-on or take-away stores, and will have minimal branding TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. 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