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Monday, September 30, 2019

The Latest: UN envoy says Syria charter panel a sign of hope

The U.N. special envoy for Syria says the convening of a committee to draft a new constitution for Syria on Oct. 30 "should be a sign of hope for the long-suffering Syrian people" — but it will matter only if it becomes a step out of the more than eight-year conflict. Geir Pedersen told the U.N. Security Council on Monday on the sidelines of the General Assembly meeting that the committee alone cannot resolve the conflict. from Yahoo News - Latest...
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Colombia offers new Venezuela rebel info after photo fiasco

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in Colombia doubled down Monday on their claim that guerrilla troops are operating in Venezuela with the support of President Nicolás Maduro a week after similar allegations presented at the United Nations were marred by erroneous photographs. Colombia's Ministry of Defense released new images showing now-captured or deceased rebels posing for photographs in front of Venezuelan monuments. The presentation also...
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'I struggled to do my mum justice at her inquest'

Bereaved families often get no legal aid to help them establish the causes of a loved one's death. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mrLX...
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How China became the world's 'economic miracle'

Historic reforms propelled China from poor and isolated, to one of the world's economic superpowers. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nZxT...
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Trump impeachment: Who's who in whistleblower story?

It's the story that kickstarted impeachment moves against Donald Trump. But who are the main players? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mnQ4...
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Jet fuel from thin air: Aviation's hope or hype?

A pilot project at Rotterdam airport plans to capture CO2 from the air and turn it into jet fuel. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nfOK...
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Jack Charles: 'I'd rob to collect rent for stolen Aboriginal land'

He was stolen from his family, then he stole from "posh homes" - now actor Jack Charles wants closure. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mYs6...
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The imam who died fighting racism in South Africa

Relatives of Abdullah Haron, who died in detention 50 years ago, are still traumatised by his death. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nXWk...
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Crystal has face cancer and wants to work in theatre

Diagnosed at 18-years-old, Crystal has joined the Teenage Cancer Trust #stillme campaign to inspire others. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2oLrF...
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Catalonia protesters: 'It feels like we're all being tried'

Fresh unrest is feared in Catalonia, as it awaits the verdicts from 12 independence leaders' trials. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ndB0...
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James Johnson: 'My struggles as an intersex footballer'

James Johnson, who was born intersex, was a star in Nigeria's women's team before transitioning. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2o5f2...
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Hong Kong protests: 'I can't say I love China any more'

A Hong Kong protester from a pro-Beijing area talks about his complicated feelings about China. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2oDHZ...
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Irish foreign min says reported UK border plan a non-starter

Irish national broadcaster RTE reported on Monday that Britain proposed in a technical, or so-called "non-paper", to set up "customs clearance centres" on both sides of the Irish border after Brexit in order to avoid the need for checks on the border itself, an idea Dublin has long rejected. Time the EU had a serious proposal from the UK Govt if a Brexit deal is to be achievable in October. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https:...
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China Strongly Backs Hong Kong’s Leaders, Lam’s No. 2 Says

(Bloomberg) -- As Chinese President Xi Jinping gets set to celebrate 70 years of Communist rule in China, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong are planning to upset the celebrations with a series of potentially violent protests.The Oct. 1 National Day events in Beijing will include a high-profile speech from Xi as well as a military parade past Tiananmen Square that is set to show off China’s most advanced weaponry, including ballistic missiles...
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Minister to outline longer jail term plans for serious offenders

The government wants those convicted of serious violent and sexual offences serve more of their sentences. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2neFX...
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Jessye Norman, Grammy-winning star of opera, dies at 74

Norman was one of the rare black singers to reach fame in the opera world. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2oLJ1...
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EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances

The rules will make household appliances longer-lasting and easier to fix. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nXDT...
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Insurance companies can no longer exclude many illnesses

The insurance regulator on Monday said that age-related ailments such as cataract surgery, knee-cap replacements, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s would also have to be covered. Also factory workers, working with harmful chemicals, which impact health over a long-term period, cannot be refused respiratory or skin ailments that arise as a result of workplace conditions. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8289560 https://ift.tt/2nVUi...
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Fewer children enrolling in primary school

Eight of 20 large states also show a dip in mainstreaming of out-of-school schoolchildren by over 10 percentage points from the base year of 2015-16. Mainstreaming here implies bringing these children back into the school system. In the first state-wise ranking on education, majority of the states also showed a slide in learning outcomes in languages and mathematics as the levels go up from class III to class VIII. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8289560 https://ift.tt/2o0rH...
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Singh likely to turn down Pak invite to Kartarpur

Pakistan announced on Monday that it has decided to invite Singh. In a video statement, Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said his country has decided to invite Singh after consultations with all stakeholders. “We have decided after consultation that we want to invite former Indian PM Manmohan Singh to the Kartarpur Corridor inauguration. Sikhism is Singh’s religion and he is a representative of the Sikh community,” Qureshi said. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8289560 https://ift.tt/2oInq...
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Govt mulls exiting BPCL, SCI, cutting Concor stake

​The plan will have to be cleared by the Union cabinet before the sale process can commence, officials familiar with the development told TOI. A source said following the recommendations of the committee, the proposal will be moved for cabinet approval in the next two weeks. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8289560 https://ift.tt/2nb23...
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Alberto Salazar: Mo Farah's former coach banned from athletics for four years after doping violations

Alberto Salazar, Mo Farah's former athletics coach, has been banned from the sport for four years after being found guilty of doping violations. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mstm...
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Sunday, September 29, 2019

If we have to go across LoC, we will: Gen Rawat

The strikes have delivered the message that the Line of Control (LoC) will remain sacrosanct as long as the other side remains quiet and does not vitiate the atmosphere. Pakistan controls the terrorists, who act as its proxies. It’s no longer going to be hide and seek. If we have to go across, we will, through the air or the ground route or both, Rawat said. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8289560 https://ift.tt/2nHnl...
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Chandrayaan-2 success panel's initial estimate

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Trump says he deserves to meet whistleblower

President Trump unleashed a Twitter tirade on Sunday evening, accusing House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of lying in "perhaps the most blatant and sinister manner ever seen in the great Chamber" and demanding a meeting with the person who filed a whistleblower complaint in response to his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Trump declared that he deserves to "meet my accuser, especially when this accuser,...
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PM Modi-Trump Talks Fail To Meet India's Expectations, Says Congress

The Congress on Sunday said it was disappointed over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with US President Donald Trump that "failed" to meet India's expectations despite public display of bonhomie... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2olKx...
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Tory conference: Government confirms £25bn for road upgrades

Infrastructure plans to be set out at the Tory conference as opposition MPs meet to discuss Brexit moves. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nGaY...
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Aaditya Thackeray To Make Debut In Maharashtra Election From Worli

Capping days of speculation, the Shiv Sena on Sunday said it has decided to field Aaditya Thackeray, the elder son of party chief Uddhav Thackeray, from the Worli assembly constituency in Mumbai. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2opOs...
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BJP Names Ex-Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor For Gujarat Bypolls

The BJP has fielded former Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor as a candidate for the upcoming Gujarat bypolls. He will contest from Radhanpur, a seat he had won in 2017 on a Congress ticket. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2nFer...
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Sister Mariam Thresia Third Kerala Woman To Be Canonised At Vatican

Kerala's Sister Mariam Thresia is set to be canonised next month, the fourth from the state who will be attaining sainthood, of which two were women. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2maWx...
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Sound of Music play still 'sumptuous and so joyful'

Sixty years on, the original stage show's power still endures, says one of its remaining stars. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2osHO...
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Where does recycling and rubbish from the UK go?

Waste management company Biffa has been fined for sending used nappies and food packaging to China. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nGE6...
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A former diet cola addict built a $100m firm

Kara Goldin, the founder of US flavoured water company Hint, used to drink 10 cans of cola a day. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mVpp...
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The day China became communist

On 1 October 1949 Chairman Mao Zedong announced the creation of the People’s Republic of China from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mJJn...
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The sex education circus

Performer and educator Jess Herman has come up with a creative way of teaching teenagers about sex. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2m8oo...
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Will virtual clothes transform how we shop?

A smartphone app can make a detailed virtual avatar allowing you to try on a whole range of clothes. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mJMi...
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Be More Chill: The word-of-mouth hit musical now heading to London

Be More Chill was kept alive thanks to the cult following its soundtrack built up on streaming. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nL9W...
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UPDATE 1-Saudi crown prince warns of escalation with Iran, says he prefers political solution

Saudi Arabia's crown prince warned in an interview broadcast on Sunday that oil prices could spike to "unimaginably high numbers" if the world does not come together to deter Iran, but said he would prefer a political solution to a military one. Speaking to the CBS program "60 Minutes," Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, also denied that he ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi operatives nearly a year ago, but...
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U.K. Tories Promise Cash Boost for Roads, Buses and Broadband

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K.’s ruling Conservative Party is set to unveil a multi-billion pound funding program to fix holes in the road, boost fiber broadband, and modernize the country’s dwindling bus services, as it pitches for votes in an election.Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid will on Monday commit to spending 25 billion pounds ($30.7 billion)on upgrading key roads outside of London during the next five years. He’ll also promise a National...
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Boris Johnson Battles Sex Allegations as Brexit Opponents Plot

(Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson hoped to use his Conservative Party’s annual convention to launch his campaign to win the next British general election. Instead, he is fighting for his credibility as prime minister as he faces allegations of sexual impropriety and plots to oust him.After two months in charge of the U.K. government, Johnson was forced to deny he groped a journalist at a lunch around 20 years ago, and batted away allegations that he had...
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Greece: Deadly fire triggers riots at Moria refugee camp

Police fire tear gas to control a crowd who say firefighters were too slow to respond to the fire. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mUOR...
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Inequalities in heart attack care 'costing women's lives'

Thousands of women are dying needlessly because of delays in diagnosis and poor care, a report says. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2m82B...
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Amazon fires: The volunteer firefighters battling to save Brazil’s rainforest

A band of volunteer firefighters are on a mission to stop their stretch of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest from going up in flames. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nL7G...
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Private schools say abolition would be vote-loser

Independent-school leaders hit back at Labour's plans to ban fee-paying schools. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mSRF...
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Cocaine and alcohol a 'deadly combination'

At least 13 self-inflicted deaths among people who took alcohol with cocaine have occurred in a year. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nGuT...
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Saturday, September 28, 2019

Premier League: Gabriel Jesus, Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling Score as Manchester City Beat Everton

Manchester City defeated Everton 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday to stay five points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool. from Top Football News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2m2De...
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Money-making hack: Renting clothes online

Tash and Marie are making money by renting out old dresses to women in the area. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2myZc...
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Why Borana people don't name their children for up to three years

The Borana people are not in any rush to name their newborn babies. Here's why. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mGy5...
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The awfulness - and awesomeness - of being short

For men, being tall is considered desirable, but one man has come to embrace his height - or lack of it. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mIN2...
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Myanmar: Repatriate Rohingya to 'more conducive environment'

Wary of international interference, Myanmar insisted Saturday it wants Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to neighboring Bangladesh repatriated to their former homes so they can live in a "more conducive environment" than the one they left. Kyaw Tint Swe, Myanmar's minister for the office of the state counselor, said in his nation's address at the U.N. General Assembly that Myanmar is working with Bangladesh and the U.N. to find "long-term and practical...
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Organ donation: The phone call that changed Lilly's life

Lilly Kendall had been planning her funeral aged 11 - before an organ donor saved her life. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nvxy...
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World War Two: 'I discovered my eldest sister was my mother'

Albert Gilmour learned his father was an American GI based in Northern Ireland during World War Two. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2m0pV...
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Your pictures on the theme of 'tiny things'

Each week, we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week it is "tiny things". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lYj9...
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Mumbai Cops Ask Complainant To Buy Stationery, Charged With Bribery

Two Mumbai police officials were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) after they allegedly asked a man to buy stationary for them as he failed to give them Rs 500 as bribe, an official said. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2nv4F...
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They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words

Here, The Associated Press takes the opposite approach and spotlights some thoughts you might not have heard — the voices of leaders speaking at the United Nations who might not have captured the headlines and the airtime on Saturday, the fifth day of 2019 debate. "When I was a young boy in the Marshall Islands, the unavoidable sound of ocean waves crashing upon our coral reefs was, to me, a natural symphony. from Yahoo News - Latest News &...
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Boy, 10, Dies In West Bengal Allegedly After "Tantrik" Performs Rituals

A suspected 'tantrik' (occult practitioner) has been arrested after the death of a 10-year-old boy, allegedly due to rituals performed by her, in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2o9Ck...
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Meghan Markle Pays Secret Tribute To Murdered South Africa Student

Meghan Markle has visited the site where a young female student was murdered in South Africa last month in a show of solidarity with victims of gender violence in one of the world's most dangerous... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2mGBm...
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Stolen gold coffin returns to Egypt

An ancient gold coffin is going home to Egypt -- where it was stolen nearly a decade ago. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2m8jc...
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UNGA: How India’s young diplomatic brigade is leading from the front

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India improves ranking in ease of doing biz index

India is among the 20 countries that have improved the most on ‘Ease of Doing Business’, the final score and the rankings of which will be released by the World Bank on October 24. India made it easier to do business in four areas measured by the bank’s annual ‘doing business’ survey — starting a business, resolving insolvency, trading across borders and construction permits. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8289560 https://ift.tt/2nzd8...
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DRDO’s supersonic missile ready for IAF fighters

India’s first indigenous beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) for fighters, Astra, is now finally ready for induction after 15 tortuous years of development, with the DRDO expectinthe IAF to initially order at least 200 missiles for its Sukhoi-30MKI jets. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8289560 https://ift.tt/2mwpm...
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Day after Imran’s threat, PM recalls surgical strike

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who returned from his US trip to an enthusiastic welcome organised by BJP recalled the surgical strike India carried out inside Pakistan-controlled territory exactly three years ago to avenge the ISI-engineered terror attack on an Army camp in Uri. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8289560 https://ift.tt/2nrWD...
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UNGA: India denounces Imran's 'hate speech'

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"ST Somashekhar Was Sold Dreams By BJP", Says Karnataka Congress Chief

Karnataka Congress Chief Dinesh Gundu Rao on Saturday reacted to disqualified MLA ST Somashekhar's remark that he was incapable as the party's state unit chief, saying his former party colleague had... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2o97S...
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Government plans 40 new hospitals and a new mental health services pilot

Ministers unveil plans for 40 new hospitals and a new mental health pilot for 12 areas of England. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nv0D...
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Four teens held after Enfield to Loughton police chase

The pursuit ended after the car hit stationary traffic and the suspects were dragged from the car. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lWfY...
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Iranian official denies plans to interfere with US election

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is denying his country would interfere with the upcoming U.S. presidential election and says his government doesn't have a preference in the race. The interview took place in New York, which Zarif visited this past week to attend meetings at the United Nations. "We don't interfere in the internal affairs of another country," Zarif said later. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://i...
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Trump Paints Impeachment as Attack on Voters, Guns, Health Care

(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump mounted a defense to Democrats’ impeachment investigation on Saturday by saying the opposition party is trying to oust him because he’s fighting for the voters who elected him, and that the future of the country is at stake.Trump’s approach signals a new effort to rally his political base to counter the growing threat to his presidency.Trump argued Democrats are undertaking “the single greatest scam in the history of American...
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Friday, September 27, 2019

ISL Champions Bengaluru FC Announce Partnership with Rangers FC

Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC and Scottish Premiership team Rangers FC have signed a two-year partnership with an option to extend on mutual agreement. from Top Football News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2mwb2...
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U.K.’s New Brexit Deal Gambit May Emerge as Early as Next Week

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. government plans to present detailed proposals to break the Brexit deadlock with the European Union after a Conservative Party conference next week, people familiar with the matter said.The plan would set out solutions for the post-Brexit border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, a dispute that has dogged divorce talks for almost two years and delayed the U.K.’s departure from the EU.It’s a sign that while the...
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25 Android Apps Removed From Google Play Due to Adware: Symantec

Symantec says 25 malicious apps from over 22 developers were listed on Google Play from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2nQPU...
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Spoofing emails: The trickery costing businesses billions

Company executives are being targeted by spoof emails requesting them to send vast sums of money. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lJ6V...
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What is universal credit - and what's the problem?

Labour says it will scrap the heavily criticised benefit. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NFFG...
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Ride It: Jay Sean's song re-charting because of TikTok

A 2008 remix has gone to the top of the UK's chart because of TikTok from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lKVO...
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First Sikh Police Officer In US Shot Dead At Traffic Stop

An Indian-American Sikh police officer died after being shot multiple times from behind in a "ruthless, cold-blooded way" during a traffic stop in the US state of Texas, a senior official said... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2lL8y...
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Sickle cell disease: I wanted to get people talking

Chris who lives with the disease wants to create conversation about the condition. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2njpM...
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Parisians fight climate change with a surprising weapon

An initiative in Paris is trying to persuade restaurants to turn food waste into compost. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nkYa...
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'Just let the power of music move you'

Ecstatic dance is a form of dance which generates feelings of trance and ecstasy. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ni3o...
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Week in pictures: 21 - 27 September 2019

A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2noQB...
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We are Stoke-on-Trent: How Pokemon Go is helping players

Meet the people who say Pokemon Go has helped them combat depression and social anxiety. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nZUj...
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Showgirl Video: The last peep show in Las Vegas

The closure of Showgirl Video marks the end of an era for Sin City. But will it ever shun sex completely? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nWrj...
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Who listens in on a president's phone call?

A whistleblower has shone a spotlight on the practice of hearing and recording calls from the Oval Office. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nh3P...
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Pompeo subpoenaed over Ukraine documents as US envoy steps down

Kurt Volker, special envoy for Ukraine, had helped plan a meeting between Giuliani and a Ukraine presidential aide The committees sent a separate note to Pompeo notifying him of a rapid schedule of depositions they expected to hold with five state department officials. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesKurt Volker, the US special envoy for Ukraine, has become the first casualty in the rapidly growing impeachment crisis surrounding Donald Trump,...
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Music funding: 'There will not be another Sheku Kanneh-Mason'

The award winning cellist's mother has warned state schools aren't getting enough funding for music. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lPQj...
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Can a computer fool you into thinking it is human?

Chatbots are increasingly common on and off line, but does it matter if their voices aren't real? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2n13y...
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Venezuela VP condemns countries that shunned Maduro

Delcy Rodríguez told the U.N. General Assembly on Friday that she came on "behalf of the only Venezuela," a reference to a rival delegation of diplomats that opposition leader Juan Guaidó sent to the annual gathering of world leaders. Venezuela's turn at the General Assembly podium came at the end of a week when the U.S. and other countries tried to ramp up efforts to pressure President Nicolás Maduro to step aside and allow for new presidential...
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Avoid skin-lightening creams 'at all costs'

Consumers are being warned to steer clear of skin-lightening creams that can "act like paint stripper". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nYNa...
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Thomas Cook: How the collapse affected me

A week after the collapse of Thomas Cook, the BBC looks at the stories of those involved from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nkTx...
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Trump impeachment inquiry: Pompeo subpoenaed by House Democrats

The US secretary of state is ordered to turn over all related documents within a week. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nmuS...
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Hundreds of thousands join Canada climate strikes

The demonstrations come after environmental activist Greta Thunberg called for students to strike. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nkyr...
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Boris Johnson Goes Green With Cash for Electric Cars and Fusion

(Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party will pledge funding for electric cars, fusion power and new green spaces at its conference next week, in the latest sign of how British political parties are fighting for environmentally friendly votes.The Conservative annual conference, which kicks of in Manchester, North West England, on Sunday, is likely to be dominated by Brexit. But the party is keen to talk about other things as well. On Saturday,...
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Thursday, September 26, 2019

PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Sept. 27

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Saudi Arabia to offer tourist visas for first time

Saudi Arabia said Friday it will offer tourist visas for the first time, opening up the ultra-conservative kingdom to holidaymakers as part of a push to diversify its economy away from oil. Kickstarting tourism is one of the centrepieces of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 reform programme to prepare the biggest Arab economy for a post-oil era. The announcement comes just two weeks after devastating attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure...
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Hong Kong’s Lam Takes Blame for ‘Entire Unrest’ Rocking City

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam took the blame for the “entire unrest” rocking the Asian financial center, as the government sought to ratchet down tensions ahead of another wave of protests.The city’s embattled chief executive faced a skeptical crowd Thursday at her first town-hall style dialogue since historic demonstrations erupted in June over her efforts to pass legislation allowing extraditions to mainland China. She fielded questions...
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Man Calls For "Hindu Rashtra" At Mall In Karnataka's Mangaluru, Thrashed

A man in his late twenties was assaulted by a group of students after he advocated the cause of a "Hindu Rashtra" during an argument that broke out at a mall in Karnataka's Mangaluru on Wednesday.... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2nhgx...
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'Rains likely to shift to northeast from Sept 29’

The monsoon this year is refusing to be gone soon. After late-September deluges in Hyderabad and Pune, the Met department has warned of intense rainfall in Bihar till September 29, with “extremely heavy” rains at a few places on Saturday, even as the monsoon is set for the most delayed withdrawal since at least 1960. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8289560 https://ift.tt/2lriq...
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‘Fellas, work it out,’ Trump tells India, Pakistan

Mired in his own scandal involving allegedly using foreign nations for domestic political gains, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday cavalierly asked India and Pakistan to “work it out, fellas,” even as both countries made contrasting cases before a global audience about developments in the Indian subcontinent. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8289560 https://ift.tt/2mYEx...
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Enough demand for loans, private banks tell FM

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Police watchdog warns 35,000 police staff 'not vetted properly'

Forces in England and Wales must do more to root out sexual predators, a police watchdog report says. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lVm1...
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Saudi FM: Financial pressure is best way to control Iran

Saudi Arabia called on the world to apply "utmost pressure with every tool available" to end Iran's aggressive conduct, saying Thursday that the most effective way to control Tehran is to cut off its financial resources. Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf again blamed Iran for the Sept. 14 missile and drone attack on Saudi oil facilities, which jolted global oil prices and temporarily knocked out nearly 6% of daily global crude production. "We...
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Liquidity Not A Crisis, Says Nirmala Sitharaman After Meeting Bank Chiefs

Issues such as liquidity, rate cut and credit disbursal were on the top agenda of discussions between the Finance Minister and the lenders, an official statement said. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2n0Hi...
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Mothers with 'controlling voice' fail to persuade teenagers

The tone of voice used by mothers can be as important as what they say, a study suggests. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2n1cl...
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Iranian spying charge 'preposterous', prisoner's wife says

The wife of a retired engineer from London jailed in Iran appeals to the UK government for help. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nGd4...
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No-deal Brexit 'still risk to NHS and care sector'

A report highlights new transport routes, support for care homes and doubts over the size of the medicines stockpile as concerns. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lrrF...
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'Clueless' Cleveland Police 'putting public at risk'

Cleveland's force becomes the first in England to be rated inadequate in all areas of inspection. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2n4U9...
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Trump Ponders Violent Retribution as the White House Projects Impeachment Calm

Saul Loeb/AFP/GettyAs President Donald Trump wrapped up his swing through New York City on Thursday, he stopped by the luxury restaurant Cipriani to deliver remarks at a high-roller breakfast fundraiser. Fresh off meetings at the United Nations, it was clear the president couldn’t take his mind off a certain anonymous whistleblower whose recently declassified complaint has threatened to blow up his administration. According to an attendee at...
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Trump lashes out at whistleblower and Democrats after hearing

President Donald Trump spent much of his time at the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York fielding questions about a whistleblower complaint. A day later, he lashed out Democrats, the secret whistleblower and the press -- behind closed doors and in front of the camera. Upon arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Washington on Thursday, the president said "there should be a way" to stop investigations into his communications with Ukraine...
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N.Korea praises Trump, hopes for progress towards summit

North Korea on Friday praised US President Donald Trump as "different from his predecessors" as well as "wise" and "bold" as Pyongyang angles for a possible new summit between their leaders. According to Kim Kye Gwan, advisor to North Korea's foreign ministry, the idea of holding a new summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "highly topical these days in the US", the official wrote in a statement carried in the North's official...
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Quiz of the week: Fleabag's Emmy success and other posers

Have you been paying attention to what's been going on over the past seven days? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2n2Dt...
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Meet 'The Terminator', Zimbabwe's disabled footballer

Kuda Mapira, known as 'The Terminator', is one of the first disabled people to play football for his country. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nFLJ...
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One man's 3,000km march across Russia to oust Putin

'Shaman warrior' Alexander Gabyshev walked across Russia for six months with the aim of confronting the president. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2m8tj...
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The Egyptian calling for a revolution against al-Sisi

Mohamed Ali is a former Egyptian military contractor calling for protests against Egypt's president. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nFld...
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'Trump Isn't Telling The Truth': News Channel Cuts Broadcast Midway

US President Donald Trump was subjected to an embarrassment when the MSNBC news channel cut away from his press conference while he was speaking on the controversy surrounding him over the Ukrainian... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2mUC1...
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Malaika, Amrita Share Hacks From When They 'Were Not Allowed Make-Up'

"She used to take beetroot and rub it on her cheeks," said Malaika when Amrita added to the conversation by saying: "Because we were not allowed make-up." from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2lMcp...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Peloton: 'It's borderline addiction'

The company's believers say its tech-enhanced stationary bike has matched exercise to the age of social media. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nlvB...
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Male infertility linked to prostate cancer risk

Men who have fertility treatment have a higher risk of prostate cancer in later life, a study suggests. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lEYL...
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Royal naming for Sir David Attenborough polar ship

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will celebrate the introduction of the UK's new polar research vessel. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lSfv...
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Transcript of Donald Trump's Ukraine phone call shows he pushed for investigation into Joe Biden

Donald Trump privately urged the Ukrainian president to investigate his political rival Joe Biden, according to an explosive transcript of a phone call released on Wednesday. The US president suggested that Volodymyr Zelensky “look into” Mr Biden and his son Hunter Biden, who once worked for a Ukrainian gas company. Mr Zelensky, who became Ukraine’s leader in May, appeared open to the request, responding that a new prosecutor general who would be...
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Inside one of the world's largest licensed brothels

A BBC investigation has found children as young as seven are at risk of being forced into prostitution in Bangladesh. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2mIfa...
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We Are Stoke-on-Trent: The choir that transforms lives

Members of the All Woman Choir in the Potteries speak of their life-changing experiences. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nlDt...
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Bury Football Club's fans fight to keep their club alive

Bury fans have been left with a football team, but they're determined to bring the game back to Gigg Lane. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nn8z...
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Naughty Boy: Music's helping us cope with dementia

The producer speaks about the impact of his mum's diagnosis for the first time. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nlOF...
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Nuclear weapons: Explained in numbers

Reality Check takes a look at the facts and figures behind the world's nuclear weapons stockpiles from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lMLh...
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Images capture a phone-less world

A series of photos by US photographer Eric Pickersgill shows people staring into the space where their phone usually is. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nd8p...
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India deploys warships, jets to keep tabs on Pakistan's naval exercise

India has “forward deployed” some warships, submarines, maritime patrol aircraft and fighter jets to keep track of a major naval exercise by Pakistan in the north Arabian Sea, which will include missile and rocket firings as well as combat manoeuvres over the next few days. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8289560 https://ift.tt/2ncgS...
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Population register to include PAN, Aadhaar info

The National Population Register (NPR) updation exercise, to be undertaken alongside Census 2021, will for the first time collect several particulars such as Aadhaar, mobile number, PAN, driving licence and voter ID details and Indian passport numbers from all usual residents of India. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8289560 https://ift.tt/2mH9m...
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Tax, mkt reforms to continue: PM woos investors

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India fumes as UK party backs Kashmir plebiscite

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Trump ‘encourages’ PM to work for Indo-Pak ties

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PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Sept. 26

- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused to take any blame for his defeat in the Supreme Court and paved the way for an acrimonious "people versus parliament" general election with a defiant defence of his Brexit strategy. - Saudi Arabia's oil production has rebounded to more than 8 million barrels a day, still leaving the kingdom's output at least 1.5 million barrels a day below the level it was before the attacks on its energy infrastructure...
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They said it: Leaders at the UN, in their own words

Here, The Associated Press takes the opposite approach and spotlights some thoughts you might not have heard — the voices of leaders speaking at the United Nations who might not have captured the headlines and the airtime on Wednesday, the second day of 2019 debate. "The peoples of the world have seen the movement of globalization nurture in them this common dream of seeing the Earth become a genuine global village. "More than most, island nations...
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UPDATE 1-Trump takes steps to bar some Iranian officials from U.S.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday gave the State Department the authority to bar senior Iranian officials and their family members from entering the United States as immigrants or nonimmigrants, the White House said in a proclamation. The proclamation, posted on the White House website and bearing Wednesday's date, repeated U.S. accusations that Iran sponsors terrorism, arbitrarily detains American citizens, threatens its neighbors and carries...
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Trump Tried to Talk His Way Out of Impeachment. It Didn’t Work

(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump tried to squelch the latest threat to his presidency with the release of a transcript of his call with Ukraine’s president. It’s a trick that’s worked for him before, allowing him to claim exoneration and take the attack to Democrats.Yet this time, the gambit backfired. Trump didn’t anticipate that, even in the absence of an explicit quid pro quo, his transactional approach to foreign policy and willingness to solicit...
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Rishabh Pant Not Best In Tests, Says Former India Player

India vs South Africa: Rishabh Pant has been slammed in the media and even criticised within the team for his string of poor performances with the bat and now a former India wicketkeeper says he's... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2lrKP...
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The Papers: 'Ferocious scenes as Commons hits boiling point'

Thursday's papers lead on the prime minister's appearance in Parliament - and the bitter tone of the debate. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nlPV...
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Trump closes out UN visit with pair of New York fundraisers

Bracing against an impeachment inquiry in Washington, President Donald Trump is closing out his visit to the United Nations with a pair of New York fundraisers that are expected to rake in an estimated $8 million for his reelection and other GOP campaigns. Wednesday night's fundraiser was at the home of John Paulson, who runs a New York-based investment firm he founded in the mid-1990s. According to Forbes magazine, Paulson has a net worth of more...
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2 Foreigners Arrested At Delhi Airport For Carrying Satellite Phones

Two foreign nationals have been arrested by CISF personnel at the Delhi airport on Wednesday for carrying satellite phones, a senior official said. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2nguQ...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Greta Thunberg's Viral Speech A Major Milestone For Climate Movement

Her imperious "How dare you?" to world leaders at the UN cemented Swedish teen Greta Thunberg's role as her generation's leading spokeswoman on climate change, the culmination of a year of dogged... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2mu9f...
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Presidential Level Security Greets Sri Lankan Team in Pakistan

A warm welcome and a presidential level security greeted the Sri Lankan cricket team as it arrived here on Tuesday for the upcoming limited overs engagements against Pakistan. from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2mVV6...
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Pak Drones Flew Low, Dropped Weapons In 8 'Sorties' In Punjab: Sources

A large number of AK-47 assault rifles and grenades dropped in Amritsar by heavy-lifting drones that came from Pakistan, just across the border, was for terrorists to create trouble in Jammu and... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2n0Tc...
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Six Tonnes Of Cannabis Seized In Visakhapatnam, 2 Arrested

6,000 Kilograms of Cannabis worth 6 crores was seized from three buildings in Visakhapatnam's Birriguda village, excise department said adding that they arrested two people in connection with the... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2mx5z...
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PM Gifts Framed Photograph From "Howdy, Modi" Event To Donald Trump

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday presented to US President Donald Trump a framed photograph from the mega "Howdy Modi" event in Houston. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2lqyS...
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CPL 2019: St Lucia Zouks Move Fourth in Points Table After 20-run Win Over St Kitts & Nevis Patriots

Three wickets each by Hardus Viljoen and Kesrick Williams helped St Lucia Zouks notch a 20-run win over the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots at the Daren Sammy International Stadium in St Lucia on Tuesday. Zouks now move to the fourth position in the points table courtesy this win. from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2kSL0...
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"Nothing Sadder...": UP Official After Sonakshi Sinha's Ramayana Gaffe

A senior Uttar Pradesh official has slammed Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha, who was unable to answer a question on 'Ramayana' during a popular television quiz show last week. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2l0Ix...
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Mont Blanc: Glacier in danger of collapse, experts warn

Global warming is blamed as a huge section of glacier on the Italian side looks set to break away. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lxhH...
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe must be released, Johnson tells Iran's president

The prime minister brings up the jailed British-Iranian national's case in a meeting with Iran's president. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2lm9X...
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