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Oxfam: 11 people die of hunger each minute around the globe

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The anti-poverty organisation Oxfam says 11 people die of hunger each minute and that the number facing famine-like conditions around the globe has increased six times over the last year. In a report titled The Hunger Virus Multiplies,” Oxfam said Thursday that the death toll from famine outpaces that of COVID-19, which kills around seven people per minute. The statistics are staggering, but we must remember that these figures are made up of individual people facing unimaginable suffering. Even one person is too many, said Oxfam America’s President and CEO…

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Localisation of SDGs imperative to achieve 2030 Agenda: India at UN

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Stressing on the need for localisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve the 2030 SDG agenda, India has said that there is no “one size fits all” approach but countries can certainly share experience and learn from each other. Speaking at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on “How can localisation of SDGs contribute to Leaving no one behind? , India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti said that due to the localisation efforts, the path to implement the 2030 Agenda will be relatively smooth even…

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CBI should widen probe into FIR against Anil Deshmukh: HC

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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said it expects the CBI to widen its investigation into the FIR filed against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, and added that the head of the administration cannot claim innocence and was equally responsible. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar said if true meaning has to be given to the April 5 order of the high court, directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to hold a preliminary inquiry against the allegations of corruption levelled against Deshmukh,…

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Dilip Kumar imitated Helen’s dance moves with ease: Saira Banu

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 Dilip Kumar was a great mimic and used to imitate the dance moves of Helen with effortless ease, according to his wife Saira Banu. She recalled this trait of her husband in his autobiography “The Substance And The Shadow”. Banu, who wrote the foreword to the book published in 2014, wanted his admirers to be acquainted, through incidents and episodes, with Dilip Kumar’s “innate simplicity, straightforwardness and immeasurable goodness of heart”. She considered her husband, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 98, a man full of joie de…

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Brazil vs Argentina final, more than just Neymar vs Messi

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A contest between Neymar and Lionel Messi is how many fans perceive the Copa America final between Brazil and Argentina. The players themselves, though, see the bigger challenge on Saturday at Maracana Stadium will be between one of the toughest defensive lines to break in world soccer and the protection around one of the best players in history. With a dash of pepper off the pitch to spice up the rivalry. Neymar’s Brazil lineup has conceded only two goals in six matches at the Copa America. Veteran Thiago Silva, Marquinhos…

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Spanish police arrest 2 for migrant tragedy in Atlantic

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Spanish police said Wednesday that they had arrested two people for their alleged responsibility in the deaths of more than 20 migrants who perished last month while trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands. Police said in a statement that they detained the suspected human trafficker and the suspected captain of the craft that was reached by Spanish rescue services on June 30 after 13 days adrift. Only 29 people were found by rescuers. Police believe that between 52-60 people had boarded the boat from its departure…

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Became a fan of cinema because of Dilip Kumar, says Manoj Kumar

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Remembering the impact Dilip Kumar had on his generation of cine-goers, veteran actor Manoj Kumar on Wednesday said the screen icon inspired him to become an actor. Manoj Kumar’s love affair with cinema started when he watched Dilip Kumar’s “Shabnam” as an 11 year old. Such was the magic of the screen icon’s performance on the young Harikishan Giri Goswami that he decided to adopt the name of Dilip Kumar’s character from the 1949 film as his screen name. That’s how Harikishan Giri Goswami became Manoj Kumar when he joined…

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Delhi HC refuses to stop further circulation of film purportedly based on Sushant Rajput’s life

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to pass any direction to restrain further circulation of film ‘Nyay: The Justice’ which is purportedly based on the life of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput and has been released on a website. We will have it on 14th (July). I am not inclined at this stage, said a bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Talwant Singh while hearing the application of Rajput’s father Krishna Kishore Singh, in the appeal against single judge order refusing to stay the release of the film.…

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It’s IPOs ahoy! 40-odd issues on the way to mop up Rs 80,000 cr

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The primary market is set for a bumper Rs 80,000-crore bonanza with 30 companies already filing IPO papers to raise Rs 55,000 crore, while around 10 more are lined up for this month itself, seeking to mop up another Rs 25,000 crore, say investment bankers. The market has been on a non-stop rally, hitting new records almost every week, on the back of an influx of investors — a vast majority of them first-timers — coupled with a flood of liquidity. Foreign funds alone had pumped in a record USD…

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Tributes pour in from across Pakistan for legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar

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Pakistan on Wednesday showed its adulation for legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar as tributes poured in from across the country for the 98-year-old cinema icon who was born here. Kumar was born on December 11, 1922 at his ancestral home in Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. His original name was Yousuf Khan. In a tweet, Pakistan President Arif Alvi said Kumar was “an outstanding actor, a humble man, and a dignified personality”. “Sorry to see Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan) depart from his worldly abode. An…

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