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Trump to say when, where he’ll hold 2nd North Korean summit

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President Donald Trump said Thursday he will announce next week the site and date for the second summit he plans with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un around the end of February. Trump later said he would likely make the announcement during his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday.”They very much want the meeting,” Trump told reporters, and he asserted that his administration has made “tremendous progress” toward reining in the North’s nuclear ambitions.The president said that before he took office in January 2017, “it looked like we…

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Budget 2019: Sensex, Nifty hold on to gains

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Benchmark equity indices held on to gains Friday morning even as the Budget overshot the fiscal deficit target for the current financial year.The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 157.10 points, or 0.43 per cent, higher at 36,413.79. Similarly, the 50-share NSE Nifty rose 43.25, or 0.40 per cent, to 10,874.20.Presenting the budget for 2019-20, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said the fiscal deficit for the current financial year is expected to be 3.4 per cent of GDP. As per the Budget estimate, the fiscal deficit for 2018-19 was pegged at 3.3…

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SC expresses displeasure at non-appointment of regular CBI director

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The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre why it has not appointed a regular CBI director and said it was “averse” to the appointment of an interim chief for the agency for a long period.A bench comprising justices Arun Mishra and Naveen Sinha said the post of CBI director was sensitive and the government should have appointed a regular director by now.Attorney General K K Venugopal told the court that a high-powered committee, headed by the prime minister, will hold a meeting on Friday to select a new CBI director.He…

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Language is my friend, fiction my first love: Arundhati Royal cues

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She writes poetic prose, employs redolent metaphors and evokes utmost admiration for her novelistic virtues. Arundhati Roy is anything but a boring author.The 1997 Booker Prize-winner, who is equally at ease writing scathing essays, says she is a “disciplined writer” whose heart lies in fiction as it is a “connective tissue” between many things which are sometimes looked at or studied in isolation.”Much of my non-fiction writing is an argument, but fiction is where you create a universe through which you invite a reader to walk. It is much more…

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Resentment is generated against those not taking interest in discussions in Parliament:PM

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday urged all lawmakers to utilise the Budget Session for having debates with an open mind and said resentment is generated in society against those who do not take interest in discussions in Parliament.Speaking outside Parliament before the start of the session, the prime minister said there is an awareness among the people in the country and all citizens watch proceedings closely.”All small incidents reach the common man…due to this, those who do not have interest in discussions, resentment is generated against them,” Modi said. The prime…

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Trump to make significant announcement on ISIS next week, says Pompeo

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The US President Donald Trump will make a significant announcement on the status of the fight against the ISIS in Syria during his State of the Union Address next week, the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Trump is scheduled to deliver the State of the Union Address in a joint session of the US Congress on February 5. “The President will make a significant announcement, I think, in the State of the Union next week with respect to the status of the caliphate, the real estate, the grounds…

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One of our worst batting performances, says Rohit after loss to NZ in 4th ODI

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Stand-in captain Rohit Sharma Thursday described India’s batting performance as “one of the worst in a long time” after the visitors were shot out for their seventh lowest ODI total in a shocking eight-wicket loss to New Zealand in the fourth one-dayer here.In the absence of talismanic skipper Virat Kohli, who has been rested after the side claimed an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, India’s much-vaunted batting was dismissed for 92 in 30.5 overs here with pacer Trent Boult (5/21) bowling a deadly opening spell. “One of our worst…

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Don’t play around with the law, says SC, asks Karti to deposit Rs 10 crore for travelling abroad

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The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed former Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad after depositing Rs 10 crore with its registry but asked him to cooperate with the probe in the INX Media and Aircel Maxis cases, saying “don’t play around with the law”.The apex court asked Karti to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 5, 6, 7 and 12 for questioning in connection with the INX Media and Aircel Maxis cases.”You go wherever you want to go, between February 10 and 26 but you…

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Sensex jumps over 200 pts on firm global cues

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The BSE benchmark Sensex Thursday rallied over 200 points on positive cues from global markets after dovish comments by the US Federal Reserve as it left key policy rates unchanged.The 30-share index was trading 213.32 points, or 0.60 per cent, higher at 35,804.57.Similarly, the 50-share NSE Nifty jumped 53.95 points, or 0.51 per cent, to 10,705.75.On Wednesday, the Sensex ended marginally lower by 1.25 points and the Nifty closed with a negligible loss of 0.4 point.Top gainers in the Sensex pack include ICICI Bank, RIL, Tata Steel, SBI, Tata Motors,…

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कोचर ने बैंक की आचार सहिंता का उल्लंघन किया: श्रीकृष्ण समिति रिपोर्ट

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आईसीआईसीआई बैंक की ओर से कराई गई स्वतंत्र जांच में बैंक की पूर्व मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी (सीईओ) चंदा कोचर को बैंक की आचार संहिता का उल्लंघन करने का दोषी पाया गया है। न्यायमूर्ति (सेवानिवृत्त) बी एन श्रीकृष्णा की समिति ने बुधवार को अपनी जांच रिपोर्ट सौंप दी। रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि कोचर के स्तर पर वार्षिक खुलासों की जांच-पड़ताल में ढिलाई बरती गई और आचार संहिता का उल्लंघन किया गया। रिपोर्ट के आधार पर बैंक के निदेशक मंडल ने बैंक की आंतरिक नीतियों के तहत कोचर के इस्तीफे…

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