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HC allows student to withdraw plea against UGC exam guidelines as case pending in SC

July 30, 2020 strong

The Delhi High Court Thursday allowed a student to withdraw the plea challenging UGC guidelines making it mandatory for colleges to conduct final year exams by September-end as the issue is pending before the Supreme Court. Justice Jayant Nath, who conducted the hearing through video conferencing, also granted liberty to the student to approach the Supreme Court with his plea. Granting leave and liberty as sought, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn, the court said. The plea filed by final year Delhi University student Kabir Sachdeva challenged the guidelines of…

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Rupee slips 7 paise to 74.87 against US dollar in early trade

July 30, 2020 strong

The rupee fell 7 paise to 74.87 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve reiterated its dovish stance and held interest rates steady. At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened at 74.84, then lost further ground and touched 74.87 against the US dollar, down 7 paise over its last close of 74.80. “Fed policy statement was along expected lines. It acknowledged recent improvement in economic activity and financial conditions but said considerable risks to economic outlook remain over the medium term,” IFA…

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Trump says India, China and Russia don’t take care of their air

July 30, 2020 strong

US President Donald Trump has alleged that India, China and Russia do not take care of their air, while America does, noting that he withdrew from the one-sided, energy-destroying Paris climate accord which would have made it a non-competitive nation . Trump, in his address on energy and the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas on Wednesday, said that by imposing these punishing restrictions — and beyond restrictions the Washington radical-left, crazy Democrats would also send countless American jobs, factories, industries to China and to other foreign polluting states. They want…

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India’s development cooperation does not come with any conditions: PM Modi

July 30, 2020 strong

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday jointly inaugurated the new Supreme Court building of Mauritius at Port Louis. Addressing the virtual event, the prime minister said that history has taught us that in the name of development partnerships, nations were forced into dependence partnerships. It gave rise to colonial and imperial rule. It also gave rise to global power blocks, Modi said. For India, the most fundamental principle in development cooperation is respecting our partners, he said. “This sharing of development lessons is our…

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Planning for Olympics in a pandemic has echoes of 1920 Games

July 28, 2020 strong

Olympic athletes competing for gold medals in a world reeling from a pandemic? It won’t be the first time. A century before the Tokyo Games were postponed because of coronavirus, the Olympics were held in the Belgian city of Antwerp following the Spanish flu pandemic. The 1920 Games were meant to symbolize a recovery from World War I, not a health crisis. Belgium, a battleground for the opposing powers, was the host country and the five rings of the Olympic flag flew at an opening ceremony for the first…

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The Witcher’ prequel series in the works at Netflix

July 28, 2020 strong

Netflix has announced The Witcher: Blood Origin , a limited series expanding the universe of its fantasy series The Witcher . According to The Hollywood Reporter, the six-part, live-action series is a prequel to the streamer’s Henry Cavill-led show, which premiered last year in December. Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, who is the showrunner on “The Witcher” series, is attached as the executive producer on the prequel. Declan de Barra will serve as the showrunner. Blood Origin will be set in an elven world 1,200 years before the world of The…

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Vikas Dubey encounter: SC dismisses pleas seeking removal of members of inquiry commission

July 28, 2020 strong

The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the pleas seeking removal of former high court judge, Justice (retd) Shashi Kant Agarwal and retired Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) K L Gupta, from the three-member inquiry commission set up to probe into the encounter killing of gangster Vikas Dubey. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said it would not allow the petitioners to cast aspersion on the members of the inquiry commission, which would probe into the killing of eight policemen and the subsequent encounters of Dubey…

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Microsoft India most attractive employer brand: Survey

July 28, 2020 strong

Technology giant Microsoft India has emerged as the country’s most attractive employer brand, followed by Samsung India and Amazon India in the second and third place, respectively, says a survey. According to Randstad Employer Brand Research (REBR) 2020, Microsoft India scored high on financial health, strong reputation and utilisation of the latest technologies. The REBR revealed that in 2020, work-life balance emerged as the top Employee Value Proposition (EVP) driver for the Indian workforce while choosing an employer as it was cited by 43 per cent respondents, followed by…

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N Korea’s Kim boasts of his nukes amid stalled talks with US

July 28, 2020 strong

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un said his country’s hard-won nuclear weapons were a solid security guarantee and a reliable, effective deterrent that could prevent a second Korean War, state media reported Tuesday. Kim’s comments before war veterans marking the 67th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War again show he has no intention of abandoning his weapons as prospects dim for resuming diplomacy with the United States. North Korea has previously ratcheted up fiery rhetoric or conducted weapons tests to wrest outside concessions. But some experts…

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Indian, Chinese troops complete disengagement at most locations of border, says China

July 28, 2020 strong

The frontline troops of China and India have “completed” disengagement at most locations of their border, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday, adding the situation on the ground is easing Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made this statement at a briefing here when he was asked whether the border troops from India and China have completed the disengagement from Galwan, Gogra and Hot Spring areas in eastern Ladakh. The reference to Pangong Tso, a major friction point, was conspicuously absent in the question asked by a reporter from…