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Nadal, Osaka both out for Wimbledon; she’ll go to Olympics

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Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka are sitting out Wimbledon, leaving the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament without two of the sport’s biggest stars as it returns after being canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Nadal, a two-time champion at the All England Club, announced via a series of social media posts Thursday that he would also miss the Tokyo Olympics to rest and recover after listening to my body. The goal, the 35-year-old Spaniard said, is to prolong my career and continue to do what makes me happy.…

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Back home: Biden has daunting to-do list after European tour

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President Joe Biden is facing a formidable to-do list now that he’s back from his summit-filled trip to Europe, with pressing legislative challenges, foreign policy follow-up and a need to steer the country’s reopening as the coronavirus threat recedes. His overseas tour was meant to showcase the U.S. return to global leadership a central pledge of Biden’s 2020 campaign for the White House but he now faces a critical juncture for securing other planks of his agenda. From voting rights and immigration to his massive legislation on jobs and infrastructure,…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Support from all sides needed to nurture economic recovery hit by 2nd wave of COVID: RBI Guv

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Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das has pitched for policy support from all sides — fiscal, monetary and sectoral — to nurture recovery of the economy hit by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The dent on economic activity due to the second wave of the pandemic during April-May necessitated continuation of monetary measures to support the process of economic recovery to make it durable, Das had said while participating in the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) earlier in the month. “Overall, the second wave of COVID-19 has…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Sonia taken Covid jabs, govt should inoculate all instead of creating non-issues: Cong

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Sonia Gandhi has taken both doses of the Covishield vaccine, the Congress said on Thursday following questions from the BJP and asked the government to follow the raj dharma’ of vaccinating all Indians instead of creating non-issues. The Congress president’s daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has taken her first dose of the vaccine and her son and Rahul Gandhi will take his shot post Covid recovery as advised by doctors, party chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said while hitting out at the BJP for raising doubts on whether the Gandhis had got…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Biden, Putin discuss ambassadors, nuclear weapons and more

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Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin of Russia spent more than three hours discussing issues Wednesday at their summit in Geneva. They ticked through their respective lists so quickly and in such excruciating detail, Biden says, that they looked at each other and thought, OK, what next? The most pressing issues the leaders discussed: AMBASSADORS Biden and Putin agreed to return their respective ambassadors to Washington and Moscow in a bid to improve badly deteriorated diplomatic relations between their countries. Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, left Washington…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Sensex drops over 300 pts in early trade; Nifty slips below 15,700

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Equity benchmark Sensex tumbled over 300 points in early trade on Thursday, tracking losses in index-heavyweights HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries amid a largely negative trend in global equities. The 30-share BSE index was trading 302.80 points or 0.58 per cent lower at 52,199.18 in initial deals. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty declined 93.70 points or 0.59 per cent to 15,673.85. Tech Mahindra was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding around 1 per cent, followed by PowerGrid, HDFC, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank. On the other…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

CBSE will adopt 30:30:40 formula for evaluation of marks of class 12 students: Centre to SC

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The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the CBSE will be adopting a 30:30:40 formula for evaluation of marks of class 12 students based on results of class 10, 11 and 12 respectively. A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari was told by Attorney General K K Venugopal that CBSE students who are not satisfied with the evaluation formula will be given an opportunity to take up Class 12 examination when the pandemic situation becomes conducive. The top court told Venugopal to come up with modalities…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

R Balki, Gauri Shinde to collaborate with Pranab Kapadia for their upcoming films

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Filmmaker couple R Balki and Gauri Shinde on Thursday said they have partnered with media business veteran Pranab Kapadia as co-producer for their upcoming films to be made under their banner Hope Productions. The couple’s production house, which was founded in 2011, has backed their critically-acclaimed films such as “Cheeni Kum”, “Paa”, “English Vinglish”, “Shamitabh”, “Padman”, “Ki & Ka”, “Dear Zindagi and “Mission Mangal”. The company has also made a gamut of television commercials. Balki said they are delighted to announce their partnership with Kapadia. “We have known Pranab for…

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WTC Final: Kohli eyes legacy, Williamson prize for consistency in battle of equals

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Virat Kohli carries the expectations of a billion while cricket romantics will pin their hopes on Kane Williamson when India and New Zealand engage in a battle to create a lasting legacy in pristine whites in the inaugural World Test Championship final starting here on Friday. For the connoisseurs of the glorious game, Test cricket is the ultimate format and despite its aura, the 144-year-old history needed a facelift along with a context which the World Test Championship provided despite various bottlenecks, including the COVID-19 pandemic. For Kohli, India’s most…

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Dutee expects Olympics spot on basis of world rankings if not through qualification timing

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An Olympic qualifying spot within her grasp, national record-holding sprinter Dutee Chand on Wednesday said her target in the upcoming Tokyo Games is to reach the 100m final with an improved timing. Dutee is yet to breach the qualification timing of 11.15 seconds but is expected to make it to the Tokyo Games on the basis of world rankings. Out of the 56 athletes to compete, 33 will be those who touch qualification timing and the remaining will be picked on the basis of rankings. The 25-year-old, who has a…

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