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Rihanna sues her father over Fenty name

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Singer Rihanna is suing her father for trying to exploit her name to further his entertainment business.In a federal lawsuit, the pop star alleges that her father, Ronald Fenty, is trading on their surname, Fenty, which she made famous, for financial gain, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The famous singer was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty. In the lawsuit, the 30-year-old singer says that her father and his partner have violated her trademark and falsely suggested that their business, Fenty Entertainment, is affiliated with her.She has used the name for her…

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UN chief hails ‘historic’ moment as Palestine takes over reins of G77

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the “historic leadership” of Palestine which assumed the chairmanship of G77, the global body’s largest intergovernmental organisation of developing countries including India.Egypt was the previous Chair of the Group of 77 (G77), a coalition of 134 members, along with China which aligns itself with the bloc.India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin Tuesday wished Palestine success, saying “India is privileged to stand up for the global South’s quest for greater equity and justice”.In his remarks at the annual ceremony for handover of the…

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IOC to raise USD 3 bn more in overseas loan

January 16, 2019 strong

State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) may raise about USD 3 billion more through US dollar bonds issue after the Reserve Bank permitted fuel retailers to raise an overseas loan to check fall in rupee value, its Chairman Sanjiv Singh said Wednesday.IOC is already in market to raise USD 900 million through a bonds issue and is raising an equivalent sum through a syndicated loan for meeting its working capital requirements.”Yes, we will certainly look at raising more overseas loans within the limit set up by RBI,” he told reporters here.RBI…

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SC to hear next week plea challenging appointment of Nageswara Rao as interim CBI chief

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The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear next week a plea by an NGO challenging the January 10 order of the government appointing IPS officer M Nageswara Rao as interim director of the CBI.The matter was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for petitioner NGO Common Cause and RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj, appealed to the bench, also comprising Justices L N Rao and and S K Kaul, to hear the plea this Friday.The CJI told Bhushan that it was “definitely…

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Tonight was an MS classic, says elated Kohli

January 15, 2019 strong

India captain Virat Kohli called it an “MS classic” after Mahendra Singh Dhoni, with sixes that reminded of his heydays, hammered home the point that the finisher in him is still alive.Dhoni slammed an unbeaten 55 off 54 balls after Kohli laid the foundation for India’s series-levelling six-wicket victory over Australia in the second ODI with a fluent century.”There is no doubt that he should be a part of this team. Tonight was MS classic. He calculates the game so well. He takes the game till the end, when only…

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Ex Lankan prez Kumaratunga warns Sirisena against any alliance with Rajapaksa

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Sri Lanka’s former president Chandrika Kumaratunga Tuesday blamed President Maithripala Sirisena for the 51-day power tussle in the island nation, saying the SLFP party would not approve his plans to have an alliance with former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa.In a strongly-worded letter to the President, Kumaratunga called for an urgent meeting with him to discuss the future of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).The island nation witnessed a 51-day political crisis after Sirisena controversially sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe and installed Rajapaksa in his place on October 26.Sirisena later dissolved Parliament,…

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#MeToo welcome but wrong to condemn anybody without proof: Arshad on Hirani

January 15, 2019 strong

As the father of a young daughter, actor Arshad Warsi said on Tuesday he lauded the #MeToo movement but also believed that it would be wrong to condemn long-time collaborator and director Rajkumar Hirani without any proof.Hirani is the latest name to be called out for sexual harassment with a woman “assistant” alleging in an article in HuffPost India that he sexually abused her more than once between March and September 2018 while working on “Sanju”.Describing him as a “polite, nice and correct” person, Warsi, who worked with Hirani in…

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Rupee slips further, settles below 71-level against USD

January 15, 2019 strong

The Indian rupee Tuesday plunged by another 13 paise to close at one-month low of 71.05 against the US dollar amid strengthening greenback and surging crude oil prices. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the rupee opened weaker at Rs 70.79 then lost further ground and fell to a low of 71.15 against the American currency.The domestic unit, however, gained some strength and finally settled at 71.05 a dollar, down 13 paise over its previous close.This was the third straight session of loss for the rupee. The domestic currency Monday plunged…

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JK guv reaches out to Hurriyat, urges them to apprise him directly of cases of ‘injustice’

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In a bid to build bridges between Raj Bhawan and Hurriyat Conference, J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik Tuesday reached out to the separatist leaders urging them to apprise him directly of the cases of “atrocity and injustice” to common people that they may come across. Malik made the offer with an appeal that the Hurriyat Conference leaders should not treat him as “an alien”. “I have a message for Hurriyat that they should not consider me as an alien,” Governor Malik told PTI in an interview. “As far as Hurriyat…

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SC asks UPSC secretary to appear in court, inform whether panel formed for DGP selection

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the UPSC secretary to personally appear and inform the court if the commission prepares a panel of senior IPS officers for director general of police (DGP) appointments by state governments. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi sought the presence of the Union Public Service Commission secretary at 10.30 am on Wednesday to ascertain whether the commission makes a panel of senior police officers who are considered for appointment as DGPs.The direction came after lawyer Prashant Bhushan said the lists of senior IPS…