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India can play a major role in ‘unstable world’ to achieve peace: PM Modi

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New Delhi, Jul 2 (DIN NEWS) India can play a major role in the present “unstable world” to achieve global peace and prosperity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told the country’s heads of missions in foreign countries at a conference here. The prime minister addressed the envoys on the last day of the three-day conference during which the country’s foreign policy priorities were deliberated upon. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, at the session, said, “India’s global profile and prestige have gone up significantly” since Prime Minister Modi has assumed office.…

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Rajapaksa dismisses allegations of Chinese funding in polls

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Colombo, Jul 1 (DIN NEWS) Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa today dismissed a media report that claimed China had funded his unsuccessful 2015 presidential re-run. “No contribution was made by China to my 2015 presidential election campaign,” Rajapaksa said, breaking his silence on the issue. “While claiming that my ‘affiliates’ and ‘campaign aides’ had got the money and that volunteers’ had delivered the cheques to Temple Trees, the writer has been intentionally vague about who had given this money and who had received it,” the former president said in…

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Syrians fleeing war will not be allowed in Israel: Netanyahu

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Jerusalem, Jul 1 (DIN NEWS) Civilians fleeing Syria’s war will not be allowed to enter Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today adding however that his government will continue providing them with humanitarian aid. Tens of thousands of Syrians have fled a government offensive in the country’s south that started on June 19 and some have set up makeshift camps near the Israeli-held Golan Heights. “Regarding southern Syria, we will continue to defend our borders,” Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting. “We will extend humanitarian assistance to…

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Stop self-doubting ladies, we have enough people doing that to us, says Priyanka

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Priyanka Chopra says women have “always been treated as second-class citizens” and unlike men, they are forced to adhere to certain standards of beauty. The 35-year-old star believes rather than submitting to the societal norms, women should focus on loving themselves and being confident in their own skin. “We’ve always been told that only one of us can win and only the best one will get the cutest boy and only the best one will get the job, that we spent so much time elbowing each other out of the…

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‘Important to experiment for longer, respectable career’

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”  Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan believes sticking to one’s comfort zone could be tempting, but it is important for an actor to experiment to have a longer and respectable career. Saif found his groove with 2001’s “Dil Chahta Hai”, a decade after being in the industry, and reinvented himself with “Omkara”.He has now become one of India’s first mainstream stars to venture into the digital space, with Netflix Original series “Sacred Games”.In an interview with DIN, Saif says, “If you’ve been successful at one type of thing, it could be…

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Will Modi accept his ‘failure’ in bringing back black money, asks Mayawati

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Lucknow, Jul 1 (DIN NEWS) Citing a data that deposits of Indians had increased in Swiss banks, BSP supremo Mayawati today asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi would accept his “failure in bringing back black money”. The BSP leader also attacked the central government over the falling value of the Indian Rupee against the US Dollar. “Will Modi government not like to take credit of rise in money in Swiss banks? The question which arises in the nation’s interest is that why money earned in India is in a foreign…

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I knew I wasn’t done with swimming: Virdhawal Khade

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He upstaged an Olympic champion on the comeback trail but one of India’s most accomplished swimmers, Virdhawal Khade, says he had all but “forgotten” how to perform at the big stage owing to the mundanity of a job and injury setbacks.The 26-year-old, the youngest swimmer from India to qualify for the Olympics at the age of 16 in the 2008 Beijing edition, has risen back to prominence after outpacing Olympic gold medallist Joseph Schooling in the 100-meter freestyle event at the Singapore National Championships. The performance couldn’t have come at…

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Messi, Ronaldo World Cup exits signal changing of the guard

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Step aside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo… there is a new group of kids on the block ready to seize the limelight and form the next generation of global megastars. French teenager Kylian Mbappe announced himself in dramatic fashion on Saturday, overshadowing Messi as France beat Argentina 4-3 in the World Cup last 16. That took his goal tally for the tournament to three — two behind England talisman Harry Kane and one behind Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku.Messi and Ronaldo, captain of the Portugal side beaten 2-1 by Uruguay, also on…

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HC directs DDA to handover flat to a family, 39 years after booking

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A family’s tireless wait of 39 years for a DDA flat seems to be ending soon, with the Delhi High Court directing the landowning agency to hand over its possession to the allottee while pulling it up for its “non-caring attitude”. The court held cancellation of the allotment of the residential flat to the family as illegal and contrary to law and said the case revealed a “sordid state of affairs” as the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has failed to maintain records.A Delhi resident had applied for the flat in…

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Indian economy set for a surge, to touch USD 5 trn by 2025: Prez

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President Ram Nath Kovind today said the Indian economy is set for a surge with the GDP size seen at doubling to USD 5 trillion probably by 2025.He was speaking after launching the platinum jubilee celebrations of chartered accountants’ apex body ICAI.”Indian economy is set for a surge and in the next decade, probably even by 2025, India is expected to double the size of the GDP to USD 5 trillion,” Kovind said. Emphasising that adherence to fair taxation system is much more than merely providing revenue to the government,…

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