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Anti-CAA stir: Protesters detained near Red Fort

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Scores of protestors were detained by the Delhi Police near Red Fort when they tried to take out a march in defiance of the prohibitory orders imposed there to protest the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Swarajya Abhiyan chief Yogendra Yadav was among those detained, officials said. Protestors, which included activists and students, were dragged into buses in a bid to clear the area. Holding placards and shouting slogans, the protesters allowed themselves to be escorted to the buses. “I know many of our mates are being detained, despite that many have…

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Maxwell is a three-dimensional player, will return to squad soon: Finch

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Australia’s limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch has backed all-rounder Glenn Maxwell to make a comeback to the national team soon, saying that a “three-dimensional” cricketer like him can’t be kept out for long. Facing mental health issues, Maxwell took a short break from the game in October this year but recently made himself available for the tour of India. He was, however, not picked and Marnus Labuschagne got his first call-up following his outstanding form in Test cricket. Finch said the door isn’t shut for any player who was not picked…

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Will Ferrell to star in ‘The Legend of Cocaine Island’ adaptation

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Will Ferrell is taking his partnership with Netflix a step further as the actor is set to star in the screen adaptation of documentary “The Legend Of Cocaine Island”. The Twitter handle of Netflix’s See What’s Next shared the news, saying the 52-year-old actor will also produce the film. The story is about a family man who hears a rumour that there is a buried stash of cocaine worth USD 2 million hidden in the Caribbean and decides to assemble a band of colourful misfits to retrieve it. Peter Steinfeld…

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Infosys to pay USD 800,000 to settle case with California Attorney General

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Indian IT major Infosys has agreed to pay USD 800,000 (nearly Rs 5.6 crore) to settle allegations of misclassification of foreign workers and tax fraud, officials said on Tuesday. Infosys will pay California USD 800,000 to resolve allegations that, between 2006 and 2017, approximately 500 Infosys employees were working in the state on Infosys-sponsored B-1 visas rather than H-1B visas, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said. This misclassification resulted in Infosys avoiding California payroll taxes such as the unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and employment training taxes. H-1B visas also require…

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Trump writes to Pelosi, says stop impeachment

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US President Donald Trump in a scathing letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to halt impeachment proceedings against him by the lower chamber of the Congress, which is all set to start the process with a debate on Wednesday. “This impeachment represents an unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power by Democrat lawmakers, unequaled in nearly two and a half centuries of the American legislative history,” Trump said in a letter to the Pelosi. Asserting that the Articles of Impeachment introduced by the House Judiciary Committee are not recognisable under…

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What is the meaning of such challenges: Chidambaram hits back at PM on citizenship issue

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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his Pakistan citizenship jibe at the main opposition party. He was responding to the challenge posed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the opposition to publicly declare that they are prepared to accord Indian citizenship to all Pakistanis. “Why should we give citizenship to people who are already citizens of Pakistan? What is the meaning of such challenges to the Opposition,” he asked. “It is gratifying that students and the young generation are liberal, secular,…

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SC dismisses convict’s review plea in Nirbhaya case

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, seeking review of its 2017 judgement upholding his death penalty. A three-judge bench headed by Justice R Banumathi said there are no ground to review the 2017 verdict and the contentions raised by convict Akshay Kumar Singh were already considered by the top court in the main judgement. The bench also comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna, said that review petition is not “re-hearing of…

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Tennis in 2019: Nadal on top as new faces make mark in women’s game

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Rafael Nadal finished the season on top of the world to give the men’s rankings a familiar look but a new crop of women is showing the old guard can be overthrown. The Spanish world number one and Novak Djokovic won two Grand Slams each in 2019, holding Father Time and their young rivals at bay for another year. But Ashleigh Barty and teenager Bianca Andreescu were two new faces on the list of women’s Major winners as familiar names slipped from view. AFP Sport looks at some of the…

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‘Gully Boy’ out of Oscar race as Academy unveils shortlist for 9 categories

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Zoya Akhtar’s “Gully Boy”, starring Ranveer Singh in the role of a budding street rapper, has crashed out of the Best International Feature Film race at the Oscars after the Academy unveiled shortlists for nine categories. The movie failed to make the cut in the top-10 movies that will advance to the next round of voting at the 92nd Academy Awards. With “Gully Boy” out of the race, India’s dry run at the Academy Awards continues as the country has never made it to the top five, except three occasions.…

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Sensex surges over 300 pts to hit lifetime high

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Equity benchmark BSE Sensex rallied over 300 points to hit its lifetime high of 41,262.88 in morning trade on Tuesday led by gains in IT, metal and financial stocks amid positive cues from global equities and sustained foreign fund inflow. After surging 324 points, the 30-share index was trading 292.28 points or 0.71 per cent to 41,231 at 1045 hours. Similarly, the broader Nifty inched closer to its record peak of 12,158.80. It was trading 78.15 points or 0.65 per cent higher at 12,132.10. Tata Steel was the top gainer…

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