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New crew blasts off for ISS

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Baikonur, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) – A relatively inexperienced crew of two astronauts and a cosmonaut blasted off Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. German Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, NASA’s Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Russian Sergei Prokopyev of Roscosmos shot into the sky in warm, dry conditions at 1112 GMT. They should dock at the space station on Friday. The trio only have a total of one previous space mission between them — 42-year-old Gerst’s debut mission aboard…

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Merkel predicts ‘contentious’ G7 summit with Trump

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Berlin, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today she expected “contentious discussions” at a G7 summit this week, given differences with US President Donald Trump on trade, climate and security. Speaking two days before the Canada meeting of the club of major industrialised democracies, Merkel also said the leaders may not necessarily manage to agree on a final joint statement. “I think everyone knows there will be difficult discussions there, because G7 summits deal with the global economy, trade, climate protection, development- and foreign policy,” she told…

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No Iftar party at Rashtrapati Bhavan this year

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New Delhi, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) President Ram Nath Kovind will not host an Iftar party this year at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. “After the President took over office, he decided there would be no religious celebrations or observances in a public building such as Rashtrapati Bhavan on taxpayer expense. This is in keeping with the principles of a secular state and applies to all religious occasions, irrespective of religion,” said Ashok Malik, Press Secretary to the president. He said the president of course wishes all fellow citizens on every major…

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Govt decided to reduce NCERT syllabus as students are overburdened: HRD minister

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New Delhi, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) Union minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government decided to half the NCERT syllabus as students did not find time for other activities as they were overburdened. The decision to half the syllabus was announced by the Union HRD Minister last week. “There is a huge load of books and information, and students have no time. There is no time for physical education, value education and life skills. “So, we decided to half the portion (syllabus). There is no need to teach them everything.…

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Patanjali to review decision over food park project after assurances from UP CM

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Lucknow/New Delhi Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to expedite the process for Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved to set up its Rs 6,000-crore food park, prompting the company to say it is reviewing the decision to pull out of the project. Yesterday, Patanjali had stated that it was pulling out of the mega food processing project along the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, citing non-cooperation from the state government and delay in clearances for transfer of land. Over the development, UP Infrastructure and…

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Wild cards Ruma, Saina in last eight at tennis tournament

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Pune, Jun 5 (DIN NEWS) Wild cards Ruma Gaikaiwari and Saina Deshpande knocked out seeds to enter the girls singles quarterfinals of the MSLTA KPIT – Arun Wakankar Memorial ATF Asian under 14 Series Tennis Tournament here today. In the girls second round, Ruma upset seventh seed Saumya Ronde 6-4,7-6(5), while Saina toppled eighth seed Kaashvi Thapliyal 6-2, 6-2 to enter the last eight. In the boys section, fifth seed Daksh Agarwal struggled to get past Joshua Eapen 7-5,5-7,6-2, while Saharia came from loss of the opening set to survive against…

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Murray ‘closer’ to return, targets Wimbledon

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London, June 5 (DIN NEWS) Andy Murray says he “getting closer” to playing again following a frustratingly long injury lay-off and hopes to be fit enough to target a third Wimbledon title. The former world number one has not played competitively since last year’s Wimbledon, undergoing hip surgery at the turn of the year. With Wimbledon fast approaching, Murray, who has slipped to 47th in the world, said he had returned to training and playing the grass-court season remained his aim. “It’s been very slow,” he said in a video on…

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Bill Cosby wants apex court to review Dickinson defamation lawsuit

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Los Angeles, Jun 5 (DIN NEWS) Disgraced actor-comedian Bill Cosby is preparing to ask the US Supreme Court to review the defamation lawsuit filed by former supermodel Janice Dickinson against him. The legal counsel for the 80-year-old actor, who stands convicted of sexual assault as of April, has submitted an application to justice Anthony Kennedy asking for an extension on their deadline to submit a petition seeking intervention, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dickinson, who has also accused Cosby of drugging and raping her in the 1980s, is suing over a…

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HC grants anticipatory bail to BJP leader Mukul Roy

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Kolkata, Jun 5 (DIN NEWS) The Calcutta High Court today granted anticipatory bail to BJP leader and former railways minister Mukul Roy on a bond of Rs 50,000 in connection with a complaint over the death of his “mentor” Mrinal Kanti Singha Roy in 2015. A division bench comprising Justices Joymalyo Bagchi and R K Kapur directed Roy to meet the investigating officer at Bijpur police station in North 24 Parganas district once a fornight, apart from furnishing Rs 50,000 bail bond as conditions for granting anticipatory bail to him. Roy,…

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Govt not debarred from reservation in promotion to SC/ST employees: SC

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New Delhi, Jun 5 (DIN NEWS) In a major relief to the Centre, the Supreme Court today allowed it to go ahead with reservation in promotion for employees belonging to the SC and ST category in “accordance with law”. The top court took into account the Centre’s submissions that entire process of promotion has come to a “standstill” due to the orders passed by various high courts and the apex court had also ordered for “status quo” in a similar matter in 2015. A vacation bench of justices Adarsh Kumar Goel…

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