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A day after finance minister Arun Jaitley announced the world's biggest healthcare scheme, health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said on Friday that it will be more than just insurance. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley allocated Rs 2,000 crore for the National Health Scheme to cover 10 crore households with an annual umbrella of Rs 5 lakh for medical needs. The scheme is being dubbed as 'Modicare' drawing parallels from Obamacare in the US.SPORTS: Virat Kohli completes unique Century set in ODIs
Honor has now announced a limited edition variant for its budget smartphone– the Honor 7X. The limited edition will sport a Red colour and will be available exclusively on Amazon India. It is priced at Rs 12,999 and will carry the same specifications as the other colour variants.
Production on the political drama series House of Cards started up again on Wednesday, with two new actors announced by Netflix. Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear have joined the cast in advance of its sixth season. Following accusations of harassment and sexual assault leveled against Kevin Spacey -- who led the cast as disgraced former President of the United States -- Frank Underwood, progress on season six was suspended in October. Completed episodes were deleted and production started over. Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Jayne Atkinson, Patricia Clarkson and Campbell Scott return for this sixth and final eight-episode season, which will focus on Robin Wright's character, Frank's wife and serving US President Claire Underwood.
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