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Sindhu wins battle of nerves to enter All England semifinals

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Reigning world champion P V Sindhu rallied to eke out a thrilling win over Japan’s third seed Akane Yamaguchi in an intriguing women’s singles quarterfinals of the prestigious All England Championships here. Sindhu, seeded fifth, staged a remarkable comeback after losing the opening game to notch up a 16-21 21-16 21-19 win over world number five Yamaguchi in a pulsating contest that lasted an hour and 16 minutes to make only her second semifinals appearance at All England on Friday night. The Indian had come into the match with a…

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Dibakar Banerjee reunites with Ekta Kapoor for ‘LSD 2’

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Filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee and producer Ekta Kapoor are teaming up again after over a decade for the sequel of their critically-acclaimed drama Love Sex Aur Dhokha . The 2010 film, which starred Nushrat Bharucha, Rajkummar Rao, Anshuman Jha, Neha Chauhan, Amit Sial, Herry Tangri and Ashish Sharma, featured three separate but interlinked stories about honour killing, an MMS scandal and sting operations. The film, that paved the way for unconventional storytelling in new age Indian cinema, clocked 11 years on Friday and the makers are hopeful to take the legacy…

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Our digital transactions have gone as high as 67 pc now: SBI Chairman

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The country’s largest lender State Bank of India has seen a perceptible increase in the number transactions happening at its multiple digital channels, with the percentage moving from 60 per cent in the pre-pandemic period to 67 per cent currently, Chairman Dinesh Khara said. The rise in the number of digital transactions at the bank was largely driven by pick up in e-commerce during the pandemic-induced lockdown, which restricted movement, he said. When e-commerce picked up, it was actually the digital channels we are offering that got wider currency and…

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Critics of Brazil’s president being targeted by security law

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Police in Brazil are starting to employ a dictatorship-era national security law against critics of President Jair Bolsonaro, while lawyers and activists rally to provide them with legal help and accuse the government of trying to silence dissent. On Friday, demonstrators challenged police in the capital by parading with anti-Bolsonaro signs a day after four protesters were detained. They had called the president genocidal for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and displayed a cartoon depicting him as a Nazi. Officers took no action Friday as about 40 people protested…

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India, France working on third joint space mission: ISRO Chairman

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India and France are working on their third joint satellite mission, even as the bilateral space collaboration is entering into multiple domains, including human spaceflight programme, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said. Sivan, also Secretary in the Department of Space, said many French companies are keen to tap into opportunities thrown up by recent reforms injected into the space sector by the Government. “France is the biggest partner of India in space”, he said at the DST (Department of Science and Technology) Golden Jubilee Discourse on ‘unlocking India’s space potential –…

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Revenue on track, reserves down in FIFA virus-era accounts

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FIFA expects to hit its four-year revenue target of 6.44 billion up to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar despite the coronavirus pandemic. Total spending of 1.04 billion in 2020 included 270 million in grants to soccer bodies worldwide as part of a COVID-19 relief plan, FIFA’s annual financial report said on Friday. It also included a 10 million donation to the World Health Organization. FIFA again awarded its president Gianni Infantino a 1 million annual bonus to raise his overall pre-tax pay above 3 million in 2020, matching his…

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Ayushmann Khurrana wraps up shoot for ‘Anek’

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Actor Ayushmann Khurrana has concluded shooting for his next feature film “Anek”. The action-thriller movie reunites Khurrana and filmmaker Anubhav Sinha after their 2019 critically-acclaimed feature “Article 15”. The 36-year-old actor took to Instagram on Friday evening to share the news alongside a series of photos from the sets of the film, including his last shot, a picture with the director and his core team. “It’s a wrap! #Anek is very very special. It’s full of surprises. An untouched subject. A very important new age cinema,” Khurrana captioned the post.…

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Rupee falls 3 paise against US dollar in early trade

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The rupee depreciated by 3 paise to 72.56 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday, as muted opening in domestic equities weighed on investor sentiment. However, consistent foreign fund inflows and a weak dollar overseas supported the rupee, forex dealer said. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened lower at 72.57 against the US dollar, then recovered some ground to quote at 72.56, a decline of 3 paise over its previous close. On Thursday, the rupee had settled at 72.53 against the American currency. On the…

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Top US lawmakers welcome Defence Secretary Austin’s maiden visit to India

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Top American lawmakers have welcomed Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin’s first visit to the US’ “strategic partner” India, as they highlighted the importance of the bilateral ties which are critical for the security and stability in the Indo-Pacific amidst Chinese aggression. Austin is on a three-nation first overseas tour. He visited Japan and South Korea before visiting India. “Congratulations to Secretary Defence Austin on a successful visit to India”, tweeted Congressman Filemon Vela, who is Vice Chair of the Democratic Party appointed by President Joe Biden. Look forward to working on…

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Over 40k coronavirus cases recorded in India, highest in 111 days

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India saw 40,953 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, the highest single-day rise recorded in 111 days, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,15,55,284, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday Registering an increase for the tenth day in a row, the total active caseload has reached 2,88,394, which now comprises 2.49 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 96.12 per cent, the data stated. India registered over one lakh cases in just three days. On Friday, 39,726 new…

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