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The Morning Wrap: Glitch, Minutes Before I-Day, Doomed Modi OROP Plan; Google, Amazon In Hunt For Tata Data Centre

The Morning Wrap: Glitch, Minutes Before I-Day, Doomed Modi OROP Plan; Google, Amazon In Hunt For Tata Data Centre
NEW DELHI, INDIA - AUGUST 17: Col (Retd.) Pushpender Singh (R) and Hav. (Retd.) Major Singh (2R) on indefinite hunger strike with others at Jantar Mantar on August 17, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Cranking up pressure on the government to implement 'One Rank, One Pension' (OROP) scheme, 10 former Service Chiefs have written to the Prime Minister pressing for its expeditious resolution even as two ex-Army men began an indefinite hunger fast at Jantar Mantar. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - AUGUST 17: Col (Retd.) Pushpender Singh (R) and Hav. (Retd.) Major Singh (2R) on indefinite hunger strike with others at Jantar Mantar on August 17, 2015 in New Delhi, India. Cranking up pressure on the government to implement 'One Rank, One Pension' (OROP) scheme, 10 former Service Chiefs have written to the Prime Minister pressing for its expeditious resolution even as two ex-Army men began an indefinite hunger fast at Jantar Mantar. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was all set to announce the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for ex-servicemen during his Independence Day speech from Red Fort but could not do so after a last-minute attempt by the PMO to reach an agreement failed, according to former Army chief Gen V P Malik.

Shiney Ahuja, gearing up for his comeback film after serving out his 2-year jail sentence, says he "...doesn’t want to put anything behind because it doesn’t solve any purpose..."

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Women are registering to vote in national elections for the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia.

Search engine giant Google Inc and e-commerce behemoth Amazon are among those in talks with the Tata Group to buy its data centre business, worth at least $650 million.

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A Pakistani court today (August 20) banned the release of Bollywood movie “Phantom” in the country on a plea filed by JuD chief and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed against it alleging that the film, set on post-26/11 attacks, contains “filthy propaganda” against him and his outfit.

Top Delhi college principal, Valson Thampu, screamed into a television camera declaring that "I am Dawood Ibrahim" and added that he "liked" being hounded by the media.

A contest allows space enthusiasts from around the world, to add their names to a microchip headed for Mars, aboard Nasa's InSight Mars lander, which is slated to launch next year.

Opinion

Omkar Goswami says that Narendra Modi's denial of OROP can grievously affect his prime ministership.

Trilochan Sastry says that better access to finance is what India's agricultural food processing industry needs.

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