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New Delhi: In the first indication of making the Indian IT-giants fall in line, the Trump administration on Wednesday welcomed Infosys' decision to hire 10,000 Americans in the next two years. The White House claimed the decision as a "political victory", saying it was a result of the US government's "pro-growth economic agenda."

New Delhi: A UN report has said, India is expected to achieve 7 point 1 per cent growth this year as re-monetisation restores consumption, and infrastructure spending increases. The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific or ESCAP launched its annual flagship report 'The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2017' yesterday.

New Delhi: A truce was reached between the warring factions of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)on Wednesday but the "terms of agreement" look tobe too fragile to make it last long. Emerging from the meeting Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that by suspending Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan, whose public attack on party leader Kumar Vishwas had precipitated the crisis, and appointing Vishwas in-charge of Rajasthan, peace had returned. The MLA had earlier asked to resign from AAP's political affairs committee to placate Vishwas.

New Delhi: Fourth seed Shiva Thapa (60kg) advanced to the Asian Boxing Championship quarterfinals with a hard-fought victory, in Tashkent on Tuesday.

Shiva, a World Championships bronze-medallist and a two- time medallist at the Asian meet, edged past Kyrgyzstan's Omurbek Malabekov in a split verdict to make the last-eight stage.

Shiva will face Chinese Taipei's Chu-En Lai in the quarterfinals tomorrow.