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Sensex, Nifty off to choppy start amid weak macro data

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Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty opened on a volatile note on Tuesday tracking losses in banking stocks as weak inflation numbers weighed on domestic investor sentiment. After opening nearly 100 points lower, the 30-share BSE index was trading 50.26 points or 0.12 per cent lower at 41,809.43. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty slipped 13.80 points or 0.11 per cent to 12,315.75. HDFC twins, ICICI Bank, HUL, L&T, Ultratech Cement and ONGC were the among the top losers in the Sensex pack, shedding up to 0.63 per cent. On the other…

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US Senate to begin impeachment trial against Trump on Jan 21

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The US Senate is likely to begin the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump on January 21 after the House of Representatives last month impeached him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival, a top Republican Senator has said. The 435-member House of Representatives, where Democrats enjoy a majority, last month charged Trump with high crimes and misdemeanours” and impeached in vote that was based on bitter political divide. Now, the 100-member Senate, where the Republicans are in majority, needs to put Trump on trial before he can be…

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Tharoor apologises for ‘power without responsibility’ remark on Kejriwal

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Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday apologised on Twitter after he was criticised for his remark that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wants power without responsibility, something which has been “the prerogative of eunuchs”. On Monday night, Tharoor alleged that Kejriwal is trying to have it both ways by making statements deploring the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) but has not taken any tangible action. “He has not even shown human compassion one expects from a chief minister from victims of violence in his…

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Nirbhaya case: SC dismisses curative petitions filed by two of four death row convicts

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The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the curative petitions filed by two of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. A 5-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana rejected the curative petitions filed by Vinay Sharma (26) and Mukesh Kumar (32). The proceedings were conducted in-chamber. A curative petition is the last and final legal remedy available to a person. The five judges were unanimous that there was no merit in the curative petitions filed by the two condemned petitioners. “The applications for stay…

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Serena ends three-year title drought, gives winnings to bushfire appeal

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Serena Williams ended a three-year title drought and donated her winner’s cheque to victims of the Australian bushfires in an emotional WTA Auckland Classic final on Sunday.Williams raised expectations for this month’s Australian Open, where she can equal Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slam titles, with her 6-3, 6-4 victory — her first WTA trophy since she won in Melbourne in 2017. But the 38-year-old tempered celebrations as she donated her US 43,000 winners cheque to the Australian bushfire relief fund and described how the tragedy had affected her…

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A breakdown for Boeing and the FAA after years of trust

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When Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing’s ousted chief, was summoned to Washington last month, he scarcely knew he was in for a dressing-down from the head of the Federal Aviation Administration.FAA chief Steve Dickson — a former Delta Air Lines employee who in August took over the reins at the world’s most influential aviation regulator — had announced the day before that Boeing’s 737 MAX would not return to the skies before 2020.The plane was grounded worldwide last March after two crashes in less than five months left 346 people dead.The meeting…

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Ian McKellen releases journal entries he wrote during ‘Lord of the Rings’ shoot

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Veteran actor Ian McKellen has shared his diary entries from the time he worked on Peter Jackson’s fan favourite “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, giving a closer look to the fans at the making of the film series.Based on JRR Tolkein’s books, the movie franchise spawned into “The Fellowship of the Ring” (2001), “The Two Towers” (2002) and “The Return of the King” (2003), and a trilogy of prequels based on the author’s children book “The Hobbit”.McKellen, who played Gandalf the Grey in the films, tweeted a link to his…

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Man seeks Rs 1.5 cr from mother for abandoning him 38 yrs ago

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A 40-year-old man has moved the Bombay High Court against his biological mother and sought a compensation of Rs 1.5 crore from her for abandoning him in Mumbai when he was two years’ old and later refusing to accept him as her son.The petitioner, Srikant Sabnis, a make-up artist, has said he underwent a life full of agony and mental trauma after being intentionally abandoned in an unknown city, for which his mother Aarti Mhaskar and her second husband Uday Mhaskar (Sabnis’s step-father) need to compensate.As per the plea, Aarti…

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PM renames KoPT after Syama Prasad Mookerjee, draws criticism from oppn

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday rechristened Kolkata Port Trust after Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, drawing criticism from the opposition camp, which said he was more of a “name-changer” than a “game-changer”.Modi, while addressing the 150th anniversary programme of Kolkata Port Trust, invoked Mookerjee and BR Ambedkar and said their contributions had led to the development of the country post Independence, but suggestions made by them were not implemented after they resigned from the government.”I announce that the Kolkata Port Trust will now be known as Dr. Syama…

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Saina enters Malaysia Master quarterfinals

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London Olympics bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal stormed into the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament with a straight-game win over South Korea’s An Se Young here on Thursday. The unseeded Indian, who had won the Indonesia Masters last year before going through a rough patch, dispatched Young 25-23 21-12 after a thrilling 39-minute contest. This is Saina’s first win over the South Korean, who got the better of the Indian in the quarterfinals of the French Open last year. The two-time Commonwealth Games champion will next take on…

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