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BUSINESS
India Ready for Universal Basic Income: Ex-RBI Governor Bimal Jalan
With only a week left for the Union Budget, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Bimal Jalan has said that India is ready for niversal Basic Income, an idea that was first proposed in Economic Survey two years ago. "Basic income, in its essence, has to be above the poverty line. It surely is a good idea. I think the economy is ready for it. It can be implemented over a period of two years. In terms of subsidies, we can begin by reducing subsidies and merging them," said Jalan.
INDIA
India Toast of Town at Davos, From Billboards to Platters
It's India everywhere in this snow-covered Swiss resort town -- once known for health tourism, always frequented by skiing enthusiasts and home to the annual week-long pow-wow of global elite in sub-zero temperatures. For now, it teems with huge billboards atop buildings and even on buses, promoting India and Indian companies, while the narrow roads made even narrower by heavy snowfall are full of lounges set up by the private and public sector from the country where Indian delicacies are flying off the counters.
SPORTS
India Unhappy With Training Wickets, Ask Curator to Re-roll Pitches
Even as most of the Indian players were busy playing football at the main ground at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday, batting coach Sanjay Bangar took bowlers Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav for a batting session before they got down to bowling at the batsmen. Bangar though didn't look very happy with the practice wickets and immediately turned to chief coach Ravi Shastri. Shastri then called on the chief curator Butuel Buthelezi and asked him to roll the wickets again.
ENTERTAINMENT
SAG Awards 2018: Three Billboards, This Is Us Win Top Honours
The Western-inspired revenge tale Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri swept the female-focused and led Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday with wins for best ensemble, best actress for Frances McDormand and best-supporting actor for Sam Rockwell. It was almost an exact repeat of the major Golden Globe Awards wins with Gary Oldman also winning best actor for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour" and Allison Janney taking supporting actress for playing Tonya Harding's mother in "I, Tonya."
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