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China’s export growth quickens in August, imports edge lower

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China’s export growth accelerated in August while imports edged lower as the world’s second-largest economy extended its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Exports rose 9.5 per cent over a year earlier to USD 235.2 billion, up from July’s 7.2 per cent growth, customs data showed on Monday. Imports declined 2.1 per cent to USD 176.3 billion, compared with the previous month’s 1.4 per cent contraction. China’s exporters have benefited from its relatively early reopening from a shutdown to fight the virus while competitors in many other countries still face anti-disease…

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Quarantine-weary Brazilians head to beaches despite warnings

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Suellen de Souza could no longer endure the confinement. After six months of precautions, the Brazilian nursing technician decided that Sunday would be her first day at the beach since the pandemic began. “This week it was very hot… the truth is I really wanted to come” to the beach, said the 21-year-old at Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema beach, which is technically still closed to sun-bathers though few respect the prohibition and authorities seldom enforce it. Under a burning midday sun, she had difficulty finding an empty space in the…

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Delhi Metro resumes services with strict safety measures after 169-day COVID hiatus

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The Delhi Metro resumed services with curtailed operations on the Yellow Line on Monday after being closed for over five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as both the DMRC and the commuters trod with caution amid the new normal in the rapid transport system.   The trains will operate in batches of four-hour each from 7-11 am in the morning and 4-8 pm in the evening, officials said. The services resumed at 7 am with strict safety and social distancing measures in place. The first trains left from Samaypur…

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No agreement in meeting between Barcelona and Messi’s father

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Lionel Messi’s future at Barcelona looked no closer to being resolved after the first meeting between the player’s father and club officials ended without an agreement, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. The person said club president Josep Bartomeu on Wednesday met for more than 90 minutes with Jorge Messi to discuss the the Argentina star’s request to leave the club, but that neither part made any concessions. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly about…

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Dwayne Johnson says he and family had COVID-19

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Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson has revealed he and his family had contracted coronavirus about two-and-a-half weeks ago, despite following a “disciplined” health routine. The professional wrestler-turned-actor, who made the announcement on Instagram, also said they were “no longer contagious”. Johnson, 48, said he, his wife Lauren, 35, and their daughters Jasmine (four) and Tiana (two) caught the disease from “very close family friends”. “We’re on the other end of it and no longer contagious. Thank God, we’re healthy,” he said in a video posted on Wednesday. “I can tell you…

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Jharkahnd HC rejects bail plea of man accused of duping Punjab CM’s wife

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The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of the man accused of duping Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s wife and Patiala MP Preneet Kaur in a cyber fraud last year. The Congress MP was duped of Rs 23 lakh. After Hearing arguments, Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay rejected the bail plea of the accused, Afsar Ali. Public prosecutor Shailendra Tiwari told the court that the accused was an inter-state cyber criminal, who has been involved in several such incidents. Therefore, his bail plea be rejected, he contended.

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Rupee slumps 29 paise to 73.32 against US dollar in early trade

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The rupee depreciated 29 paise to 73.32 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday tracking muted domestic equities and strengthening American currency. At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened on a weak note at 73.23, then fell further to 73.32, registering a fall of 29 paise over its last close. The rupee depreciated 16 paise to close at 73.03 against the US dollar on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, rose 0.07 per cent to 92.91. Forex…

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Biden: Trump ignores pandemic, stokes unrest, solves neither

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Joe Biden is calling the struggle to reopen US schools amid the coronavirus a national emergency and accusing President Donald Trump of turning his back to instead stoke passions about unrest in America’s cities. The Democratic presidential nominee’s broadsides came a day ahead of his own trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Biden said he wants to help heal a city reeling from another police shooting of a Black man. The wounding of Jacob Blake and subsequent demonstrations have made the political battleground state a focal point for debate over police…

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Account linked to PM Narendra Modi’s personal website hacked, later restored: Twitter

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Twitter on Thursday said the account linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website was hacked, and it has now been restored. “We’re aware of this activity and have taken steps to secure the compromised account. We are actively investigating the situation. At this time, we are not aware of additional accounts being impacted. Advice on keeping your account secure can be found here,” a Twitter spokesperson said in an emailed statement. The compromised account has about 2.5 million followers. After hacking the @narendramodi_in Twitter account, which is the Prime…

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Banks free to restructure loans, but can’t penalise borrowers availing moratorium benefit, SC told

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Banks are free to restructure loans but they cannot penalise honest borrowers by charging interest on deferred EMI payments under the moratorium scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic, a petitioner opposing the move said in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, which commenced final hearing on a batch of pleas raising the issue of interest on instalments deferred under the scheme during the moratorium period, was told that paying interest on interest is a double whammy for borrowers. Senior counsel Rajiv Dutta, appearing for the…

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