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Press, social media blocking serious charges against Biden: Trump

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US President Donald Trump has accused both the mainstream and social media companies of blocking serious charges of corruption against his rival and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, saying the situation was causing America to experience suppression of the press. Trump said the media was not willing to write against Biden and his family. “Here is a guy who gets caught and the media doesn’t want to write about it. You know what they call it not freedom of the press but suppression of the press,” Trump said during his…

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Suryakumar has burning desire to don India blue: Kieron Pollard

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Mumbai Indians skipper Kieron Pollard was effusive in his praise for Suryakumar Yadav, who made quite a statement with a match-winning IPL knock after being overlooked for national duty, and said the batsman is driven by a “burning desire” to don the India blue. After restricting Royal Challengers Bangalore to 164/6, courtesy effective death bowling led by lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah (3/14), Mumbai Indians rode on a blistering unbeaten 79 off 43 balls by Yadav to chase down the target and record a five-wicket win on Wednesday night here. “It…

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Jason Sudeikis-starrer ‘Ted Lasso’ gets early season 3 renewal

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Comedy series “Ted Lasso”, starring Jason Sudeikis in the titular role, has secured a third season order at Apple TV Plus. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the development comes as the series is gearing up to return to production in January in London on its second season. Sudeikis portrays Lasso, an idealistic all-American football coach, who despite having no soccer coaching experience at all, is hired to manage an English football club. The show debuted on the tech giant’s streamer on August 14 and was renewed for a second run…

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COVID-19 caseload in India breaches 80-lakh mark with 49,881 new cases

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India’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed the 80-lakh mark on Thursday, 18 days after it had gone past 70 lakh, with 49,881 new cases while the recoveries surged to 73.15 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 90.99 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 80,40,203 and the death toll climbed to 1,20,527 with the novel coronavirus virus claiming 517 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country, the data updated at 8 am showed. The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further…

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Time has come for ushering in change in Bihar: Sonia Gandhi to voters

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Ahead of the Bihar assembly polls, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday made a fervent appeal to voters to herald change in the state and build a ‘new Bihar’, alleging that the JDU-BJP government there has deviated from its path and was high on power and ego. In a four-minute video ahead of the first phase of voting on Wednesday, she said the present dispensation led by Nitish Kumar is neither saying good nor doing good and labourers are helpless, farmers are upset and youth disappointed with it. “Drunk on…

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Trump’s pick Amy Barrett sworn in as Supreme Court justice

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Conservative jurist Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in as the 115th justice of the US Supreme Court on Monday night, an hour after the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed her nomination, handing President Donald Trump a landmark win just a week before the crucial presidential polls. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Barrett as the Supreme Court Judge by 52-48 votes, overcoming the unified opposition of Democrats. Barrett, a 48-year-old religious conservative, was administered the official constitutional oath by Justice Clarence Thomas on the South Lawn of the White House alongside President…

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Stubble burning: SC keeps in abeyance its Oct 16 order appointing Justice M B Lokur panel

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The Supreme Court Monday kept in abeyance its October 16 order appointing one-man panel of retired apex court judge Justice Madan B Lokur to monitor the steps taken by neighbouring states to prevent stubble burning, which is a major cause of pollution in the Delhi-national capital region (NCR). A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde passed the order while considering the Centre’s stand that it is coming out with a comprehensive legislation to deal with air pollution, including the aspect of stubble burning. “The only issue is people…

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RBI asks lending institutions to implement waiver of interest on interest scheme

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The Reserve Bank on Tuesday asked all lending institutions, including non-banking financial companies, to implement the waiver of interest on interest for loans up to Rs 2 crore for the six months moratorium period beginning March 1, 2020. On October 23, the government had announced the scheme for grant of ex-gratia payment of difference between compound interest and simple interest for six months to borrowers in specified loan accounts. The scheme mandates ex-gratia payment to certain categories of borrowers by way of crediting the difference between simple interest and compound…

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Polish city names square after Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Big B says moment of pride

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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he is thrilled that the city of Wroclaw in Poland has named a square after his late father and celebrated poet, Harivansh Rai Bachchan. The 78-year-old actor took to Instagram on Sunday and posted a picture of a signboard of the square embossed with Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s name. Amitabh Bachchan said getting to know about the honour for his father was a “blessing” on Dussehra. “The City Council of the City of Wroclaw, Poland has decided to name a Square after my Father. There could not…

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Gayle is probably the greatest T20 player: Mandeep

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Kings XI Punjab opener Mandeep Singh, who is grieving the loss of his father, was in awe of Chris Gayle’s power-hitting against Kolkata Knight Riders, and described the Jamaican as the “greatest T20 player” of the game. Casing 150 on Monday night, Gayle, who was overlooked and was also ill in the first phase of the IPL, showed why he is called the ‘Universe Boss’ during his innings of 51 off 29 balls. Gayle’s and Mandeep, who anchored the chase with an unbeaten 66 off 56 balls, shared 100 runs…

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