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Rathore asks CGF and England not to remove shooting from 2022 CWG roster

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With shooting set to be dropped from the Birmingham Commonwealth Games’ roster, Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today shot off a missive to his British counterpart and to the CGF President, asking them to intervene and ensure that the sport remains a part of the 2022 edition. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has left it to the host nation, in this case England, to keep or remove shooting, which has always been an optional sport, from the schedule. Rathore wrote not only to the CGF President Louise Martin but also…

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Women being vocal is still new to the world: Priyanka Chopra

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Priyanka Chopra believes that women have started to stand up against gender biases but the world is still not able to digest them being “vocal” about their choices. The 35-year-old Bollywood star, who is having a dream run in Hollywood, says the movements like #MeeToo and Times’s Up prove that women across the globe have been facing challenges and India is no different. “Gender equality and women empowerment are global issues. Every country has its cultural problems. But women’s health and women’s rights are global problems. I live in America…

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CJI first among equals, has power to allocate cases: SC

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The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the “first among equals” and occupies a unique position having the “exclusive prerogative” to allocate cases and set up benches to hear cases, the Supreme Court ruled today. The verdict assumed significance as it came in the backdrop of the January 12 unprecedented press conference of senior-most judges including Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph raising the issue of improper allocation of cases. Significantly, senior advocate and former law minister Shanti Bhushan has also recently filed a PIL…

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Rupee plunges to 5-mth low of 65.31 on crude price surge

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The rupee today nosedived 32 paise to hit a fresh five-month low of 65.31 against the US dollar as surging crude oil prices and growing geopolitical uncertainties rattled forex market sentiment. This is the lowest closing for the home currency since November 14, 2017, when it had ended at 65.42 against the greenback. Brent crude, an international benchmark, is trading near a four-year peak of USD 71.70 a barrel in early Asian trade. A sense of volatility prevailed in the domestic currency market after a rapid surge in global crude…

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Oil cos say no directive from govt to defer price hike

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The government has not asked state-owned oil firms so far to avoid raising the retail price of petrol and diesel in view of next month’s elections in Karnataka, heads of IOC and HPCL said today. The government was said to have informally directed state-owned fuel retailers not to raise petrol and diesel prices in the run-up to the December 2017 assembly elections in Gujarat. By some accounts, as much as 45 paisa increase warranted in petrol and diesel rates was not passed on. This time around Indian Oil Corp (IOC),…

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Syria says US threats ‘reckless escalation’: state agency

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Syria today described US President Donald Trump’s threats of missile strikes on the country in response to an alleged chemical attack as a “reckless escalation”, state news agency SANA said. “We are not surprised by such a reckless escalation from a regime like the United States which has fostered and continues to foster terrorism in Syria,” SANA reported an official source at the foreign ministry as saying. Damascus, which refers to all rebels as “terrorists”, has almost entirely expelled opposition fighters from their former bastion of Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus…

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India, Russia enjoy excellent ties due to legacy of Indira Gandhi: Sonia

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UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has said that India and Russia enjoy excellent relations due to the legacy of former prime minister Indira Gandhi and praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and successive Indian prime ministers for consolidating that legacy. She was speaking yesterday at the inauguration of a photo exhibition organised here to celebrate the Centenary Anniversary of India’s first woman prime minister Indira Gandhi. Gandhi said the exhibition on her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi tells the story of a courageous, compelling and charismatic leader who left an indelible imprint not only…

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Upper class people opp to reservation stopped my car: Kushwaha

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Union minister Upendra Kushwaha today said that those who had stopped his cavalcade in Vaisali district during the ‘Bharat Bandh’ yesterday were a section of the upper class people opposed to reservation. However, most of the people supported social harmony and vowed to go ahead with his party’s programme to press for the demand for adequate representation of all sections of society in the judiciary, he said. Kushwaha, president of the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), said on April 9 that the party would launch a country-wide programme, ‘Halla Bol…

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Govt working to realise visions of Ambedkar, Phule, Gandhi: Modi

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The BJP today kicked off a series of programmes aimed at reaching out to Dalits and backward sections of society with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that his government is working to realise the visions of Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar and social reformer Jyotiba Phule. The party observed the birth anniversary of Phule, who is venerated — especially by Dalits and backwards — for his relentless struggle for social reforms, as ‘Samta Diwas’ (equality day) today. It will launch the ‘Gram Swaraj’ campaign on Ambedkar’s birth anniversary on April 14.…

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70 साल की हुईं जया बच्चन, बच्चों के साथ ऐसे मनाया जश्न

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दिग्गज बॉलीवुड एक्ट्रेस जया बच्चन सोमवार को 70 साल की हो गईं. इस मौके को उन्होंने परिवार के साथ जन्मदिन का जश्न मनाया. उनके पति और महानायक अमिताभ बच्चन ने अपने ब्लॉग पर मध्यरात्रि में मने जन्मदिन के जश्न के बारे में पोस्ट किया. अमिताभ ने लिखा, “मध्यरात्रि के दस्तक देते ही प्यार भरे बधाई संदेश और फोन आने लगे. प्यार व साथ होने का उपहार और लेडी का उनके 70वें जन्मदिन पर स्वागत. वह एक पत्नी और मां हैं और वह अपनी प्रगति रिपोर्ट के साथ हैं.” अभिनेता ने…

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