MMFL had closed nearly 100 branches in 2019 and was in a consolidation phase after lagging way behind Muthoot Finance and Muthoot Fincorp in book value and AUM...

https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/banking-finance/muthoottu-mini-financiers-eyes-75-aum-growth-in-fy22/2243460/

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AUSTIN, Texas The widow of a Texas congressman who died after contracting COVID-19 carried Donald Trumps endorsement into a special election Saturday, while Democrats and GOP critics of the former president hoped voters would instead send a surprising message to the rest of the U.S. The race ...

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CLEVELAND Russell Westbrook posted his 31st triple-double of the season with 15 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, and the Washington Wizards continued their postseason push with a 122-93 rout of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night. It was Westbrooks 177th career triple-double, moving him ...

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FRISCO, Texas The Dallas Cowboys found a replacement at cornerback in the second round of the NFL draft last year after losing a starter in free agency. They might be trying to do it again in 2021. The Cowboys kept the focus on defense with their first three picks Friday night. Dallas took […...

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PITTSBURGH Matt Carpenter hit his second pinch. three-run home run in as many days, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Friday night. Carpenter connected off Duane Underwood Jr. in the sixth inning to put the Cardinals ahead 6-1 while batting for John Gant (2-2). ...

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Kyle Schwarber led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a two-run homer and the Washington Nationals, boosted by a fine debut by Jon Lester, rallied past the Miami Marlins 2-1 on Friday night. With Josh Bell starting the extra inning as the automatic runner on second base, Schwarber hit an […...

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MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Vikings drafted Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond on Friday night, finding a potential successor to Kirk Cousins with their first of four third-round picks. Mond was the No. 66 overall pick, the seventh quarterback off the board after five went in the first 15 selections. ...

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Mumbai: The Serum Institute of India, which manufactures the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, is planning to start vaccine production in other countries as it struggles to meet supply commitments, its chief executive officer told The Times.
"There's going to be an announcement in the next few days...

https://gulfnews.com/business/indias-serum-institute-plans-to-start-vaccine-production-outside-india-1.1619839321838

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INDIANAPOLIS The eight people killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse will be remembered Saturday during a public ceremony at the downtown football stadium where the Indianapolis Colts play. The three-hour event, expected to draw thousands to Lucas Oil Stadium, comes two weeks after a former ...

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KABUL, Afghanistan The death toll in a powerful suicide truck bombing that struck a guest house in eastern Afghanistan rose to 21 with as many as 90 others wounded, officials said Saturday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the late Friday night bombing in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of ...

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A number of seed companies from Maharashtra as well as MP have seed production of breeder, certified or truthful seed in Indore and Ujjain districts and other districts of MP, he said...

https://www.financialexpress.com/market/commodities/maharashtra-complains-about-restrictions-on-soybean-seed-movement-from-mp/2243466/

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ARLINGTON, Texas J.D. Martinez homered twice, raising his major league-leading total to nine, and the Boston Red Sox beat Kohei Arihara and the Texas Rangers 6-1 on Friday night. After Arihara (2-3) walked the games first two batters, Martinez hit a 79-mph slider into the left-field seats and...

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A day after landing Clemsons most dynamic offensive playmakers, the Jacksonville Jaguars turned their attention to the other side of the ball. The Jaguars selected Georgia cornerback Tyson Campbell with the first pick in the second round (No. 33 overall) of the NFL draft Friday ...

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DUNEDIN, Fla. Teoscar Hernndez hit a three-run homer after missing three weeks following a positive test for the coronavirus, Robbie Ray took a one-hitter into the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Atlanta Braves 13-5 on Friday night. Hernndez went 2 for 5, including a sixth-inning ...

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The latest on the second and third rounds of the NFL draft on Friday night. (all times EDT): ___ 10:53 p.m. Ohio State guard Wyatt Davis was picked in the third round by the Minnesota Vikings with the 86th pick, Davis is the grandson of Hall of Famer Willie Davis. The elder Davis was a []
The ...

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BOSTON Jaylen Brown hit a 3-pointer with 16.7 seconds remaining in overtime, Jayson Tatum scored a career-high 60 points and the Boston Celtics rallied from a 32-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 143-140 on Friday night. Tatum, whose previous career best was 53 points scored against ...

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PITTSBURGH The Pittsburgh Steelers headed into the offseason intent on finding ways to become a little less reliant on quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Enter Najee Harris, Matt Freiermuth and Kendrick Green. The AFC North champions used their top picks in the 2021 draft on players they believe can ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210501-2424308

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NYPD Puts Down Robot Dog After Backlash

The New York Police Department (NYPD) will part ways with its controversial robotic dog after mounting uproar from the public and lawmakers.

John Miller, the NYPD deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, told NYTimes that it ended a ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nypd-puts-down-robot-dog-after-backlash

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Josh Myers plays the same position and went to the same college as All-Pro center Corey Linsley. The Green Bay Packers hope the similarities dont end there. Green Bay continued filling positions of need taking Myers in the second round of the NFL draft Friday night with the 62nd overall pick...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210501-2424311

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HOUSTON Amid major uncertainty surrounding Deshaun Watson, the Houston Texans selected Stanford quarterback Davis Mills with their first pick in the NFL draft on Friday night at No. 67 overall. Watsons future with the team is in question after 22 women filed lawsuits alleging that he sexually...

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A look at whats happening around the majors on Saturday: ___ AILING PHILLIES Slugger Bryce Harper and shortstop Didi Gregorius are out of Philadelphias lineup for now. Harper has a sore wrist, the result of that 97 mph fastball that also hit his face Wednesday night in St. Louis. The pitch ...

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DETROIT The Detroit Lions selected a pair of defensive tackles on the second day of the NFL draft, taking Levi Onwuzurike of Washington in the second round and Alim McNeill of N.C. State in the third on Friday night. Onwuzurike played mostly nose tackle with the Huskies. He was a second-team All-...

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The more challenging "crowd" industries are moving ahead, and that will return millions of employees to workThe more challenging "crowd" industries are moving ahead, and that will return millions of employees to work...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntobey/2021/04/30/stock-market-pockets-of-potential-growth-point-to-employment-economy-and-business-gains/

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Blighted San Francisco Diagnoses Its "Perilous Trifecta" ...And Bungles The Cure

Authored by Christopher Rufo via RealClearInvestigations.com,

San Francisco is coming undone. In recent years, the city has manifested a series of visible and persistent inequalities, with a spoils-to-the-victor ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/blighted-san-francisco-diagnoses-its-perilous-trifecta-and-bungles-cure

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Hes a cognitive neuroscientist and philosopher who has written five best-selling books. Sam Harris also hosts the Making Sense podcast and helps people discover meditation through his Waking Up app. Sam explains to Steve how to become spiritual as a skeptic and commit to never lying again.
The post ...

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Sydney: People arriving in Australia from coronavirus-ravaged India could face five years jail as the country strengthens an earlier travel ban, the government announced Saturday, in a bid to prevent the outbreak from spreading to its shores.
From Monday, any traveller into Australia who has been in...

https://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/australian-threatens-jail-for-those-breaching-india-travel-ban-1.1619838591583

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While investors used to overlook one- or two-person third party Amazon stores, now some believe that the best-run among these shops can be very lucrativeand that aggregating a stable of them and managing the back end well can create a profitable juggernaut.While investors used to overlook one- or ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/elainepofeldt/2021/04/30/investors-are-beating-the-bushes-for-e-commerce-stores-that-sell-on-amazon-heres-what-theyre-looking-for/

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RIO DE JANEIRO, May 1 Pandemic-battered Brazil registered a record 14.4 million unemployed workers in the three-month period to February 2021, up two million from the year before, officials said yesterday. The unemployment rate for the period...

A woman receives the Sinovac coronavirus disease ...

https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/2021/05/01/brazil-registers-record-14.4-million-unemployed/1970802

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Former Ohio State center Josh Myers will have every chance to be an opening day starter for the Green Bay Packers this season.Former Ohio State center Josh Myers will have every chance to be an opening day starter for the Green Bay Packers this season...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robreischel/2021/04/30/the-green-bay-packers-land-their-next-center-in-ohio-states-josh-myers/

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Ammo And Primer Shortages Continue Into 2021

Readers have been well informed about multiple shortages of ammunition and firearms in the last year due to a massive demand pull from frightened Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, social unrest in cities around the US, and the prospect of an anti-...

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ammo-and-primer-shortages-continue-2021

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The government has set a target to buy 42.74 MT for the central pool during 2021, which is nearly 10% more than actual quantity purchased last year...

https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/govt-sets-record-target-to-raise-foodgrain-production-by-2-during-2021-22/2243454/

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The Jets and general manager Joe Douglas went for offense with their third consecutive pick Friday night, but Douglas says that is just how the board has fallen for them.The Jets and general manager Joe Douglas went for offense with their third consecutive pick Friday night, but Douglas says that is...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jppelzman/2021/04/30/new-york-jets-continue-offensive-trend-take-playmaking-mississippi-wide-receiver-elijah-moore-in-second-round/

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almet will deliver a multifuel boiler plant to Veolia Energie in Prerov in the Czech Republic.
The post Valmet to deliver a multifuel boiler plant to the Czech Republic appeared first on Power Engineering International.

Valmet will deliver a multifuel boiler plant to Veolia Energie in Prerov in the...

https://www.powerengineeringint.com/coal-fired/clean-coal-technologies/valmet-to-deliver-a-multifuel-boiler-plant-to-the-czech-republic/

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The number of displaced people in the world today is at its highest ever. We are seeing this naked reality manifest itself at the southern border of the United States and in the presence of undocumented immigrants in the country today. The question is how to address it going forward. The number of ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2021/04/30/an-old-immigration-program-could-help-solve-our-new-border-problems/

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LOS ANGELES Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur who co-founded homebuilding pioneer Kaufman and Broad Inc. and launched financial services giant SunAmerica Inc., died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 87. Suzi Emmerling, a spokeswoman for the Eli and ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210501-2424025

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Theres a perfectly positioned home for the golf-lover with access to nearby private beaches; a luxury ocean-view villa with pool terrace and hot tub; and a glam beachfront villa with a magnificent pool.Theres a perfectly positioned home for the golf-lover with access to nearby private beaches; a ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimwesterman/2021/04/30/punta-mita-paradise-rent-a-home-through-st-regis--homes--villas-by-marriott-international/

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CHICAGO A second man was ordered held without bond Friday in the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl who was sitting in a car with her father outside a Chicago McDonalds. Demond Goudy, 21, was out on bond for four separate felony cases at the time of the April 18 shooting of Jaslyn []
2nd ...

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PHOENIX Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Kole Calhoun, who playfully fist-bumped a teenaged fan after being outreached for a foul ball last weekend, is expected to miss six to eight weeks because of an injured left hamstring injury. Calhoun underwent a procedure Friday to remove a tendon in his ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Tennessee Titans hope to make up for their first-round mistake a year ago with the selection of offensive tackle Dillon Radunz of North Dakota State with the 53rd overall pick Friday night in the NFL draft. The Titans traded offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson in March after drafting...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210501-2424070

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Josh Myers plays the same position and went to the same college as All-Pro center Corey Linsley. The Green Bay Packers hope the similarities dont end there. Green Bay continued filling positions of need taking Myers in the second round of the NFL draft Friday night with the 62nd overall pick...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210501-2424082

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Kansas City Chiefs selected Missouri linebacker Nick Bolton with the No. 58 overall pick in the NFL draft Friday night, then added Oklahoma center Creed Humphrey five selections later after waiting until Day 2 to add to their roster. The Chiefs did not have a first-round pick ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. The Carolina Panthers selected wide receiver Terrace Marshall from LSU with the 59th overall pick in the NFL draft Friday night after trading back twice in the second round to acquire a pair of third round picks. Marshall became the first offensive player selected in the head coach ...

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The latest on the second and third rounds of the NFL draft on Friday night. (all times EDT): ___ 9:40 p.m. Tampa Bay made Florida Heisman Trophy finalist Kyle Trask the first quarterback taken during the second day of the draft with the final pick of Round 2. Trask is the sixth quarterback taken ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210501-2424103

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PHILADELPHIA Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid and Tobias Harris each scored 18 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 126-104 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. Dwight Howard had a team-high 19 points and 11 rebounds for the 76ers, who routed the Hawks for the second straight game. ...

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CINCINNATI The Cincinnati Bengals got some help for their offensive line Friday night, taking Clemson tackle Jackson Carman with their second-round pick in the NFL draft. The Bengals got the 6-foot-5, 335-pound Cincinnati-area native with the 46th pick after trading the 38th to the New England ...

https://chinapost.nownews.com/20210501-2424122

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The American Right Is The New Target Of Washington's "War On Terror"

Authored by Tho Bishop via The Mises Institute,

The security walls around the US Capitol may be removed, but the federal response to the January 6protests has only just begun. The Democrats in Washington are determinedto treat ...

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/american-right-new-target-washingtons-war-terror

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Adar Poonawalla said last week that the Serum Institute would be able to raise its monthly output to 100 million doses by July...

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/serum-institute-plans-to-start-vaccine-production-outside-india-report-121050100104_1.html

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With the help of regulatory and statutory changes in state capitals, American dentists are now able to help vaccinate more people against Covid-19. 20 states now permit dentists to administer vaccines, something that had been authorized in only three states prior to the pandemic. With the help of ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2021/04/30/now-able-to-administer-vaccines-in-20-states-dentists-step-up-to-fight-covid-19/

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While Bucky Barnes-Sarah Wilson shippers are clamoring for Marvel Studios to #ReleaseTheBuckySarahCut, itll have to settle for a detailed behind-the-scenes look at the creation of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier that includes more delightful Helmut Zemo cuts and a look ...

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/falcon-winter-soldier-zemo-endgame-1234964228/

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