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Williamson’s 200 puts NZ on top in 1st test vs West Indies

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The West Indies might have been having a good day on the second day of the first cricket test against New Zealand on Friday if it hadn’t been for Kane Williamson, who stood almost single-handed against them to post his third double century. The tourists picked up the wickets of Ross Taylor (38), Henry Nicholls (7), Tom Blundell (14) and Daryl Mitchell (9) in the first two sessions with a bowling performance much improved on the first day when they won the toss and fielded. But Williamson was an impregnable…

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David Dhawan helped me shape my career: choreographer Ganesh Acharya

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Choreographer Ganesh Acharya on Thursday heaped praises on David Dhawan, saying his work with the filmmaker has been instrumental in pushing his career forward. The National Award-winning choreographer made his debut in Bollywood with “Annam” in 1992 and then designed dance moves for films like “Maidaan-E-Jung” and “Taaqat”. However, it was the choreography for the song “Husn Hai Suhana”, picturised on Govinda and Karisma Kapoor, from Dhawan’s “Coolie No 1” in 1995 that established Acharya’s position in the film industry. It also marked the beginning of his long-standing association with…

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Varavara Rao to stay at private hospital till December 14: HC

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 The Bombay High Court on Thursday said the condition of poet-activist Varavara Rao, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, had improved but he will continue to remain at a private hospital till December 14. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik perused a medical report submitted by the Nanavati hospital here where Rao was admitted on November 18. “There is some slight improvement. He shall continue to remain admitted there till December 14,” the court said. The HC will hear the petition filed by…

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Sensex jumps over 200 pts ahead of RBI policy outcome; Nifty tests 13,200

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Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 200 points in early trade on Friday tracking gains in index majors HDFC Bank, L&T and ICICI Bank ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy outcome. The 30-share BSE index was trading 202.71 points or 0.45 per cent higher at 44,835.36. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty was trading 66.10 points or 0.50 per cent up at 13,200. UltraTech Cement was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 4 per cent, followed by L&T, M&M, Maruti, ONGC, Bharti Airtel, PowerGrid and ITC.…

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Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit

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A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, sidestepping a decision on the merits of the claims and instead ruling that the case must first wind its way through lower courts. In another blow to Trump, two dissenting conservative justices questioned whether disqualifying more than 221,000 ballots as Trump wanted would be the proper remedy to the errors he alleged. The defeat on a 4-3 ruling was the latest in a…

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RBI expects positive growth in second half of 2020-21

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said it expects the economy to record positive growth in the second half of the current financial year. The economy contracted by 23.9 per cent in the first quarter and 7.5 per cent in the second quarter on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The second half is expected to show some positive growth,” RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said, adding that during the financial year as whole the economy was likely to contract by 7.5 per cent, which is an improvement over its previous…

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Lionel Messi fined 600 euros for tribute to Maradona

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Lionel Messi was fined 600 euros ( 720) for taking his jersey off to pay tribute to Diego Maradona, the Spanish soccer federation said. The federation’s competitions committee fined the Argentine player for his actions after scoring in Barcelona’s 4-0 win over Osasuna in the Spanish league on Sunday. After a strike from outside the box, Messi took off Barcelona’s blue-and-burgundy to reveal the red-and-black of Maradona’s jersey from his stint at Newell’s Old Boys. Messi then blew a kiss with both hands to the sky as he looked upward.…

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Jason Statham to star in crime feature ‘Small Dark Look’

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Hollywood star Jason Statham is being eyed for the lead role in upcoming crime drama “Small Dark Look”. According to Variety, the movie, which was earlier titled “Baby Cross”, will be helmed by Danish filmmaker Martin Zandvliet. The filmmaker, known for Oscar-nominated film “Land of Mine”, recently replaced William Oldroyd, who had been attached to direct two years ago when the project was first unveiled. Steven Knight, best known for creating acclaimed BBC series “Peaky Blinders”, has penned the script, which centres around Russian mafia in London. “Small Dark Look”,…

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Sensex rallies over 300 pts to scale fresh intra-day peak; Nifty tops 13,200

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 Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 300 points in early trade to hit its fresh intra-day record on Thursday tracking gains in index majors HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and Maruti amid largely positive cues from global markets. After scaling a peak of 44,953.01, the 30-share BSE index was trading 176.87 points or 0.40 per cent higher at 44,794.91. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty touched a peak of 13,216.60 before trading 59.05 points or 0.45 per cent up at 13,172.80. Tata Steel was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around…

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Biden facing growing pressure over secretary of defense pick

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President-elect Joe Biden is facing escalating pressure from competing factions within his own party as he finalises his choice for secretary of defense. Black leaders have encouraged the incoming president to select an African-American to diversify what has so far been a largely white prospective Cabinet, while others are pushing him to appoint a woman to lead the Department of Defense for the first time. At the same time, a growing collection of progressive groups is opposing the leading female contender, Mich le Flournoy, citing concerns about her record and…

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