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SC to examine whether there should be total ban on firecrackers

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The Supreme Court today said it would examine whether there should be a total ban on use of firecrackers as it noted that air pollution reached hazardous proportions during Diwali. It said around 20-25 per cent of children in the city suffer from respiratory problems due to abnormally high levels of pollution during the festival. “Are we supposed to take a holistic approach and ban everything that contributes to pollution or take an ad-hoc approach and simply ban firecrackers?” a bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan asked.…

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‘Panel took fairly balanced call on data protection’

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Justice B N Srikrishna has said the committee headed by him on data protection took a ‘fairly balanced’ call after hearing all stakeholders, including the industry. Some industry stakeholders have sought clarity on the issue of sharing data with third parties claiming that the committee’s report did not include their inputs and a lot of grey areas had gone unaddressed. Srikrishna said an industry representative and an academician had expressed their reservations during the deliberations. “No industry ever wants any restrictions on any of its operations and no country ever…

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Rupee retreats from 1 month-high, up 5 paise agnst USD

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The rupee retreated from a one-month high and was trading 5 paise higher at 68.38 against the greenback in late morning deals on bouts of dollar demand from importers and banks amid lower local equities. The rupee resumed higher at 68.37 from yesterday’s closing level of Rs 68.43 at the interbank foreign exchange market here. It gained sharply to 68.26 before being struck by volatility as local stocks fell nearly 300 points. The rupee was still trading higher at 68.38 at 1030 hrs. The Indian unit moved between 68.26 and…

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Pak SC disqualifies senior PML-N leader for contempt of court

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Pakistan’s Supreme Court today sentenced a senior leader of the jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N party for contempt of court, disqualifying him from holding public office for five years, months after he made anti-judiciary remarks. The Supreme Court had initiated contempt proceedings against the fire-brand Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Tallal Chaudhry for his “derogatory and contemptuous speeches/statements” against the judiciary during a rally in January. A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmad, sentenced Chaudhry till the rising of the court and also imposed a fine of Rs…

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Trump admin plans steeper tariff on import of Chinese products

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The Trump administration is considering to increase the proposed tariff of 10 per cent on import of Chinese products to 25 per cent, a top trade negotiator has said. Such a move would more than double its proposed tariff on import of Chinese products worth USD 200 billion. “The bottom line is the president is going to continue to hold China responsible for their unfair trade practices. This has gone on for long enough and he is going to do something about it,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders…

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Cong should bring opposition parties together against BJP: Sharad

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Loktantrik Janta Dal leader Sharad Yadav appealed to the Congress today to take the lead in bringing together all opposition parties on a single platform to dislodge the BJP from power. Addressing a gathering here, he said the country was currently reeling under an “undeclared democracy” in the BJP rule. “It (defeating the BJP) will not happen without opposition unity. Those getting 31 per cent votes are ruling now because 69 per cent votes stood divided. The Congress is the biggest opposition party and it should take responsibility to bring…

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Assam TMC chief, two party leaders resign over Mamata’s opposition to NRC

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Assam Trinamool Congress (TMC) president Dwipen Pathak and two other party leaders resigned today in protest against party supremo Mamata Banerjee’s opposition to the final draft of the NRC, which has evoked a sharp reaction from different parties and organisations in the state. Pathak’s resignation came within hours of a TMC delegation arriving at the Silchar airport in the Bengali-dominated Barak valley at Banerjee’s instructions and being stopped from exiting it by the police. Diganta Saikia, a TMC leader from Golaghat and who was among the three to resign, even…

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Mental boost helps Isner reach his tennis peak at age 33

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John Isner is playing the best tennis of his career at age 33, thanks in part to marriage and impending fatherhood plus long-lasting confidence after winning the Miami Open. The 33-year-old American produced his deepest Grand Slam run to the Wimbledon semi-finals, reaching a career-high eighth in the world rankings, and began his hardcourt campaign last week with a fifth Atlanta title in six seasons. Isner reached this week’s ATP Washington Open, where he burst onto the scene 11 years ago, hungry to extend the greatest campaign of his career…

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Srikanth enters pre-quarterfinals of World Championship

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India ace Kidambi Srikanth struggled past Spain’s Pablo Abian in a three-game match to enter the men’s singles pre quarterfinals at the BWF World Championship here today. The fifth seeded Indian recovered from a slump during the hard-fought contest to see off Pablo 21-15 12-21 21-14 in a second-round match that lasted 62 minutes. Srikanth, who had clinched four titles last year, will lock horns with Malaysia’s Daren Liew, a former world no 10, who had won the 2012 French Open Super Series. Srikanth erased a 2-4 and 6-8 deficit…

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Spoke to her, she seems excited: Kangana Ranaut on Priyanka’s engagement

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Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut said today she spoke to Priyanka Chopra, who has reportedly gotten engaged to American singer Nick Jonas, and the “Quantico” star seemed “excited and happy”. Rumours of Priyanka and Nick’s engagement started coming in after the actor pulled out of Salman Khan’s forthcoming film “Bharat”. There were speculations that Priyanka who has never spoken about her relationship with Nick got engaged to the popstar on her birthday and would tie the knot this year. Kangana, who co-starred with Priyanka in “Fashion”, said she spoke to the…

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