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Johnson seeks to focus UK election on Brexit, not his flaws

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggled Friday to move Britain’s election debate away from questions about his character and onto Brexit, promising to bolster protection for British businesses and farmers once the country has left the European Union.Johnson tried to brush aside criticism of his past comments about single mothers and his current refusal to submit to the same amount of televised scrutiny as other party leaders.At a news conference, Johnson claimed Brexit had been “delayed, diluted, denied” by obstructive politicians.He said that if the Conservatives won the December 12 election…

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‘The Simpsons’ has no plans to end: showrunner Al Jean

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 Al Jean, the showrunner of long-running animated sitcom “The Simpsons”, has denied that the show is coming to an end.His response came after Danny Elfman, the composer behind the show’s iconic opening theme, said he has heard rumours that the show could be “in its last year”. Jean, however, said the show will continue to live on, post its season 32, which will come out next year.“No disrespect to Mr. Elfman but we are producing season 32 starting next year and have no plans to end after that,” the showrunner…

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India’s economic growth sputters to 4.5%, weakest in more than six years

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India’s second quarter GDP growth slowed sharply to 4.5 per cent, the weakest pace in more than six years, as manufacturing output hit a slump and consumer demand as well as private investment weakened.The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expansion rate moderated from 5 per cent recorded in April-June 2019 and is much weaker than the 7 per cent growth registered in July-September 2018, according to official data released Friday.The major factor in the GDP fall was manufacturing contracting by 1 per cent. A separate data showed core infrastructure industries’ output…

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40-45 pc unauthorised colonies won’t be regularised, blame Central notification: Delhi Cong

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Delhi Congress leader Arvinder Lovely alleged on Friday that nearly 40-45 per cent unauthorised colonies in the national capital will not be regularised due to a notification issued by the BJP-ruled Centre.The Narendra Modi government got a bill passed in the Lok Sabha to regularise 1,731 unauthorised colonies, but 40-45 per cent of them cannot be regularised as they are near the Yamuna riverbed or historical monuments, Lovely claimed.Regularisation of these colonies was barred according to a notification issued by the Centre last month, he said at a press conference.”Around…

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SC releases new roster, PILs to be heard by CJI and 3 senior most judges

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The Supreme Court has released a new roster of work saying that PILs would now be heard by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and three other senior most judges of the apex court.In the roster of allocation of work that took effect from November 26, CJI Bobde has kept Public Interest Litigations and letter petitions to himself along with Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra and R F Nariman. The new roster is slightly different from the last time when the outgoing CJI Ranjan Gogoi had kept PIL…

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Rupee rises 10 paise to 71.40 against USD in early trade

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The Indian rupee appreciated by 10 paise to 71.40 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday as positive opening in domestic equities and sustained foreign fund inflows strengthened investor sentiments. Forex traders said easing crude oil prices also supported the domestic unit. At the interbank foreign exchange the rupee opened at 71.43, then gathered momentum and touched 71.40 against the US dollar, registering a rise of 10 paise over its previous close. On Tuesday, rupee had settled for the day at 71.50 against the US dollar. The domestic…

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Sakshi in command at home, quips Dhoni in talk about marriage

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He is the quintessential ‘Captain Cool’ on the cricket field but at home, Mahendra Singh Shoni says it’s his wife Sakshi who calls the shots and he never comes in the way as “I know I can be happy only if she is happy”. Speaking at an event here, the 38-year-old former captain, who led India to two world titles and is currently on a sabbatical, joked about marriage and love. He married Sakshi in 2010. “All men are like lions until they get married,” he said much to the…

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Congressional Committee invites Trump to attend impeachment hearing

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A key Congressional Committee in the House of Representatives has invited US President Donald Trump to attend or send his officials to participate in the impeachment hearings against him. House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday announced to hold its first impeachment hearing against Trump next week. Titled, The Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J Trump: Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment is the first in the third phase of the investigation, by the Democratic Party controlled House, into whether Trump abused his powers in pressing Ukrainian leaders to find dirt on his…

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Uddhav Thackeray, wife Rashmi meet governor

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Maharashtra CM-designate and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday. Thackeray, to be sworn-in as CM on Thursday, was accompanied by wife Rashmi, an official said. The Shiv Sena chief will be the first from the Thackeray family to be sworn in as the chief minister. The Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress on Tuesday named Thackeray as their chief ministerial face. The three parties have claimed support of 166 MLAs in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly. Devendra Fadnavis resigned as CM on…

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Stock indices retreat from record levels on profit booking

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Market benchmark BSE Sensex retreated from its record high level to close down by around 68 points on Tuesday mainly due to profit booking in telecom, IT and auto stocks amid growth concerns and evolving political drama in Maharashtra. The 30-share index touched its all-time intra-day high of 41,120.28 before closing down by 67.93 points or 0.17 per cent at 40,821.30. The broader Nifty of the National Stock Exchange also soared to a new peak of 12,132.45 in day trade before giving up gains to end lower by 36.05 points…

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