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Modi ‘finishing’ farmers and labourers with new farms laws: Rahul Gandhi

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was finishing “farmers and labourers” with the three farms laws just as he had destroyed small shopkeepers with demonetisation and GST. Addressing a gathering in this Punjab town, Gandhi also asked the BJP-led Centre why it was in a hurry to bring the laws when there was a pandemic on. Like he (Modi) finished small shopkeepers and small medium businesses with GST (Goods and Services Tax) and demonetisation, he is finishing farmers and labourers the same way and…

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Karthik should bat after Morgan and Russell: Gambhir

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Two-time IPL winning Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir believes current skipper Dinesh Karthik should bat after Eoin Morgan and Andre Russell and also wants Sunil Narine to be be dropped from the top of the order. Apart from a 23-ball 30 coming at no 3 against Mumbai Indians, Karthik has failed to produce any significant score despite batting ahead of Morgan so far in the tournament. The wicket-keeper batsman scored 6 after coming on to bat at no 5 against Delhi Capitals on Saturday even as Morgan (44 off…

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Thankful to fans who always stood by me: Bobby Deol on 25 yrs in Bollywood

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Bobby Deol’s journey in Bollywood is not the one without ups and downs, but the actor, who completes 25 years in Hindi cinema on Monday, says he is grateful to his fans for being a constant support through thick and thin. Son of Bollywood veteran Dharmendra, the actor made a promising lead debut with Rajkumar Santoshi’s “Barsaat” opposite another star child Twinkle Khanna in 1995. As a child actor, he played the younger version of his father’s character Dharam in Manmohan Desai’s 1977 hit “Dharam-Veer”. Post “Barsaat”, Deol went on…

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Market cap of 8 of 10 most valued firms zooms Rs 1.45 lakh cr; TCS biggest gainer

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Eight of the 10 most valued companies added Rs 1,45,194.57 crore in their total market valuation last week with Tata Consultancy Services and HDFC Bank emerging as leading gainers. During the holiday-truncated week, the Sensex advanced 1,308.39 points or 3.49 per cent. The market valuation of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) zoomed Rs 37,692.7 crore to Rs 9,46,632.85 crore, emerging as the biggest gainer among the top 10 firms. HDFC Bank’s valuation jumped Rs 34,425.67 crore to Rs 6,09,039.90 crore. The market capitalisation of HDFC gained Rs 25,091.57 crore to Rs…

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Trump’s diagnosis shows US vulnerability to the coronavirus

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President Donald Trump’s startling COVID-19 diagnosis serves as a cruel reminder of the pervasive spread of the coronavirus and shows how tenuous of a grip the nation has on the crisis, health experts said. With U.S. infections rising for several weeks, Trump became one of the tens of thousands of Americans who test positive each day. He went through a very concerning period Friday and the next 48 hours will be critical” in his care, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Saturday. That differed dramatically from the rosy…

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Great Golden Circus only recognised circus in India: CZA to HC

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The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has told the Delhi High Court that the Great Golden Circus in Gujarat is the only circus in the entire country which is recognised under the Wildlife Protection Act. However, a notice has been sent to the circus to show cause why its recognition should not be cancelled for alleged violation of the provisions of the Act with regard to maintenance and display of captive elephants, the CZA has told the high court. The submissions were made by the authority in its affidavit filed before…

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COVID-19:Less than 10 lakh active cases for 13th consecutive day in country

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For the 13th day in an “unbroken string”, India has maintained its steady trend of clocking less than 10 lakh active cases of COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. It also said that an average of 11.5 lakh tests for detection of coronavirus infection were done on a daily basis during the past ten days. From merely one in January 2020, India’s total tests for detection of COVID-19 have crossed 7.89 crore so far. There has been a commensurate dip in the COVID-19 positivity rate, it said. “With…

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Hopefully early next year we will conduct some sporting competitions: Rijiju

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Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju is hopeful that the country will be able to conduct sporting competitions by early next year. Sporting action in India was halted in March, when camps were shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past few months, the athletes have resumed training gradually. “Initially I thought in the month of October some sporting activity could have taken place but it couldn’t happen because COVID cases are rising,” Rijiju said during SportCom’s Annual General Meeting on Saturday. “Though we have no sporting competitions now…

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No Time to Die’ pushed to April 2021

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The release of Daniel Craig-starrer 25th James Bond movie No Time to Die has been delayed until April 2 next year, makers of the film have announced. The movie, which marks Craig’s fifth and final outing as the iconic British spy, was originally scheduled to bow out in April this year but the release was pushed to November due to the coronavirus pandemic. MGM Studios, Universal Pictures and Bond producers, Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, said the decision has been taken so that audience across the globe can enjoy…

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State of mind to commit crime must be visible to prove offence of abetment: SC

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State of mind to commit a particular crime “must be visible” to determine the culpability for offence of abetment, the Supreme Court has said while setting aside the conviction of a man who was accused of abetting his wife’s suicide in 1997. The apex court said that ingredient of “mens rea” (intention) cannot be assumed to be ostensibly present but has to be “visible and conspicuous”. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana said this while setting aside the March 2010 order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court…

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