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Top news at 11 am on February 17: 70 killed in suicide attack in Pakistan, Delhi boy offered Rs 71 lakh package by Uber, Printing of Rs 2000 notes began during Rajan’s tenure

From 70 killed in Pakistan blast to Delhi boy gets Rs 71 lakh job offer from Uber here are the top news stories at 11 am on February 17.

At least 70 killed in suicide attack in Pakistan

About 70 people were killed and over 150 others injured in a suicide blast at a popular Sufi shrine of saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Pakistan’s Sindh province on February 16 evening. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the ghastly attack. This is the largest in the series of bombings Pakistan witnessed this week. Read More Here

Delhi boy offered Rs 71 lakh package by Uber

US based cab aggregator Uber has offered a whopping package of USD 1,10,000 (nearly Rs. 71 lakh) to a student of Delhi Technological University (DTU). Siddharth, an alumunus of Delhi Public School Vasant Kunj and a final year student of Compute science at DTU, was offered the position of software engineer at the San-Francisco office of the global giant. Read More Here

Printing of Rs 2000 notes began during ex-RBI governor Rajan’s tenure

The newly launched 2,000 rupee notes came into circulation a few days after prime minister Narendra Modi outlawed the higher currency notes, bearing signature of its newly appointed RBI governor Urjit Patel but it has emerged that these high value notes were printed during the stint of his predecessor Raghuram Rajan. Read More Here