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Jaitley on life support; Nitish, Piyush Goyal and others visit AIIMS

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Former finance minister Arun Jaitley has been put on life support system at AIIMS here, sources said, as several leaders including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union minister Piyush Goyal visited the hospital.The 66-year-old leader, who was admitted at the hospital on August 9, has been put on life support system and a multidisciplinary team of doctors is monitoring his condition, the sources said.The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has not issued any bulletin on Jaitley’s health condition since August 10. Several leaders visited the hospital to enquire…

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Need to understand why law graduate’s natural choice is not legal profession: CJI

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Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday said there is a need to look at the role and functioning of lawyers and understand why a law graduate’s natural choice is not the legal profession in spite of great attractions and opportunities.The CJI said lawyers act as advocates and advisors of litigants and help them secure their rights under the law. While working for their clients, they interpret and mould the law and help the judges in laying down the legal propositions that have binding effects on the future generations.Justice…

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India, China must respect each other’s core concerns: Jaishankar

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 India and China should find stronger convergences, respect each other’s core concerns and manage differences, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said as he underlined that the relationship between the two Asian giants has become “so big” that it has acquired a “global dimension”.Jaishankar, who concluded his three-day visit to Beijing on Monday, held extensive and in-depth talks with his counterpart Wang Yi on the entire gamut of the India-China ties.During his visit, he also met Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan, a close confidant of President Xi Jinping.As the two…

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Each day, I want to improve as a cricketer and human being, says Pant

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Rishabh Pant is on a learning curve in a tricky journey called international cricket and his only endeavour is to improve each day, not only as a cricketer but also a human being.The nascent international career of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s heir apparent has been an eventful one — a few eye-catching knocks interspersed with indiscreet shot selections that invited a lot of critical comments.With India having a packed schedule in the next six months, Pant was asked about how he sees things panning out for him.”Every match is crucial for…

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Vanessa Bell Calloway joins ‘Coming 2 America’

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Vanessa Bell Calloway is returning as Imani Izzi in the upcoming sequel to 1988 romantic comedy “Coming to America”.According to Variety, the actor played the match for Eddie Murphy’s Prince Akeem arranged by his father, King Jaffe Joffer, a role essayed by James Earl Jones.Comedian Luenell is also joining the film.Besides Murphy, Jones, Shari Headley, Arsenio Hall, John Amos and Paul Bates are also reprising their roles in the follow-up to the Paramount Pictures project. The story would see Akeem learning about a long-lost son and returning to America to meet…

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With ‘sabka vishwas’, govt working to meet people’s aspirations, dreams: Modi

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 The BJP-led NDA government is working to meet people’s aspirations in its second term after addressing their needs in the last five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, asserting it has prepared a blueprint for India in the 21st century.Addressing the nation on its 73rd Independence Day, he cited a number of major decisions, including revocation of Article 370, strengthening anti-terror laws, reforming medical education and legislation against triple talaq, taken by his government since its return to power to emphasise that it is working towards meeting this…

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Chopper deal: Ratul Puri moves HC seeking anticipatory bail

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Businessman Ratul Puri, nephew of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a money laundering case related to the VVIP chopper scam.A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar agreed to list the matter for hearing post lunch.Puri is an accused in a money laundering case related to the now scrapped Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal. Advocate Vijay Aggarwal mentioned before the bench the matter in which he has challenged the August…

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Sensex, Nifty rebound on positive global cues

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Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex rebounded by nearly 300 points in early trade on Wednesday, led by gains in index heavyweights RIL, HDFC and Infosys, amid positive cues from other global markets.Easing inflation numbers, released after market hours on Tuesday, too helped the recovery in domestic market sentiment, traders said.The 30-share index pared some opening gains to trade 122.51 points or 0.33 per cent higher at 37,080.67 at 0930 hours; and the broader Nifty too gained 35.30 points or 0.32 per cent to 10,961.15 in morning trade.In the previous session…

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“Reliance to sell stakes for Rs 1.15 lakh cr to become zero-debt firm in 18 months”

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Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani on Monday announced plans to sell stakes in his flagship Reliance Industries’ oil and chemical business to Saudi oil giant Aramco and in fuel retail network to BP plc of UK for a combined Rs 1.15 lakh crore as he looked to make his company a zero-net debt firm in 18 months. Parallelly, the oil-to-telecom conglomerate will roll out fiber-based fixed-line broadband services from September 5, offering internet speed of at least 100 mbps, free voice calls for life, television and video streaming on HD sets…

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Kerala rains: Toll climbs to 88, 40 still missing

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Rain-battered North Kerala is slowly limping back to normalcy, even as the toll in the monsoon fury in the state rose to 88 on Tuesday morning and 40 people were still missing. Over 2.52 lakh people have taken shelter in 1,332 relief camps across the state. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has left for the worst affected districts of Malappuram and Wayanad from where 41 deaths have been reported in a series of landslides on August 8. Addressing the flood-affected at a relief camp in Meppadi in Wayanad, Vijayan said, “the…

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