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US working closely with China to combat coronavirus outbreak: Trump

February 5, 2020 strong

The US is working closely with Beijing to combat the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump said, as the deadly infection claimed 490 lives in China and spread to over 20 countries, including India and America, prompting the World Health Organisation to declare a global health emergency. The US on Tuesday evacuated over 300 more people on two new flights out of the Chinese city Wuhan, the epicentre of the fast-spreading new coronavirus. Last week, it evacuated 195 Americans from Wuhan. “Protecting Americans’ health also means fighting infectious diseases,” Trump said…

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Two mainstream political leaders released from detention in J-K

February 5, 2020 strong

Senior politician and People’s Conference chairman Sajjad Lone and PDP leader Waheed Parra, close aide of detained former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, were released from preventive detention here on Wednesday, officials said. After the release of Lone and Parra, 13 political leaders now remain detained at the MLA hostel here which has been temporarily converted into a subsidiary jail. Lone and Parra walked free after being in preventive detention for over 180 days. The Jammu and Kashmir administration had on Tuesday released two leaders — former PDP MLA from Wachi…

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Anti-CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh, Jamia, Seelampur not coincidental, designed to harm harmony: PM

February 3, 2020 strong

The anti-CAA protests in Seelampur, Jamia Nagar and Shaheen Bagh are not a coincidence but a political design aimed at harming the harmony of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday while accusing the AAP and the Congress of fuelling the demonstrations. Addressing a rally in Karkardooma in east Delhi, Modi alleged that the AAP and the Congress were provoking people and misinforming them.They were keeping the Constitution and tricolour in the forefront, but the aim was to “divert attention from the real conspiracy”, Modi said ahead of…

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Vinesh, Sindhu, Mary Kom among nominees for BBC Sportswoman of the year award

February 3, 2020 strong

Star wrestler Vinesh Phogat, badminton queen PV Sindhu and boxing great MC Mary Kom will compete for the inaugural BBC Indian sportswoman of the year award after being nominated for the honour with two other athletes.Sprinter Dutee Chand and para-badminton player Manasi Joshi are the other nominees for the award, the winner of which will be announced on March 8. The winner will be decided on the basis of public voting, which will be open till February 18 on six BBC vernacular websites.Vinesh had won a bronze at the 2019…

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Brexit is gone; receding behind us: says UK PM Johnson in 1st major post-Brexit speech

February 3, 2020 strong

The word Brexit is “over” and is receding behind us into history, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday in his first major speech since the UK formally left the European Union after 47 years of membership following the vote in favour of the divorce deal in June 2016.The UK formally left the EU on January 31 and is now in a pre-agreed period of transition during which it is free to open up trade talks with countries around the world.In a triumphant vision statement for the UK to…

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Weinstein accuser to face cross-examination at NYC trial

February 3, 2020 strong

A key accuser in the the New York City rape trial of Harvey Weinstein is set to face a potentially gruelling cross-examination about why she maintained a relationship with him despite her allegations that the once-powerful movie mogul sexually assaulted her.The 34-year-old woman, who will return to the witness stand Monday, told jurors last week that Weinstein trapped her in a New York hotel room in March 2013, and angrily ordered her to undress as he loomed over her, and then raped her.Still, she kept in touch, sending him flattering…

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RBI to come out with last monetary policy for FY20 on Thursday

February 3, 2020 strong

Amid slowing GDP growth and rising inflation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will unveil its last monetary policy for the current financial year on Thursday.The sixth bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2019-20 would be the last one for the current financial year.The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will meet during February 4-6 for the policy review, the RBI said in a release on Monday.The RBI said it will place the resolution of the MPC on its website before noon on February 6.The government has estimated India’s gross domestic product (GDP)…

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Sabarimala: SC says will frame questions relating to discrimination of women in religious places

February 3, 2020 strong

The Supreme Court Monday said it will frame the legal issues to be adjudicated by a 9-judge Constitution bench on religious discrimination against women at various religious places — the larger question which arose during the Sabarimala case.As the lawyers representing various parties in the case have not arrived at a consensus on framing larger issues to be deliberated upon by the Constitution bench, it will frame them by Thursday, the top court said.The Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, said it will inform the parties about…

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SC dismisses curative plea of death row convict Akshay in Nirbhaya case

January 31, 2020 strong

The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed the curative petition of one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case saying “no case is made out”. The top court also rejected convict Akshay Kumar Singh’s plea seeking stay of his execution.“The application for oral hearing is rejected. The application for stay of execution of death sentence is also rejected,” said the 5-judge bench which heard the plea in-chamber.“We have gone through the Curative Petitions and the relevant documents. In our opinion, no case is made out…

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UK’s Johnson holds talks with US on Brexit eve

January 31, 2020 strong

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold talks on post-Brexit trade with the top US diplomat on Thursday, eve of Britain’s historic departure from the European Union.The British premier will aim to paper over recent disagreements as he hosts US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo the day before nearly half a century of EU membership ends late Friday.With Britain at a historic crossroads, Johnson wants to strike post-Brexit trade deals with both the bloc and the US, but has seen recent strains in the so-called “special relationship” with Washington.Britain will enter…