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Fauci back on Capitol Hill as virus surge drives new fears

July 31, 2020 strong

Dr Anthony Fauci returns to Capitol Hill on Friday to testify before a special House panel investigating the coronavirus pandemic. His testimony comes at a time when early progress on combating the virus seems to have been lost and uncertainty clouds the nation’s path forward. The government’s top infectious disease expert is testifying alongside Dr. Robert Redfield, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Admiral Brett Giroir, a Health and Human Services official and physician serving as the testing czar. The panel, the House Select Subcommittee on…

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Anand loses to Ivanchuk, ends disastrous Legends campaign after 8 defeats

July 30, 2020 strong

Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand’s signed off second from bottom after his disappointing campaign at the Legends of Chess online tournament ended with a loss to long-time rival Vasyl Ivanchuk in the ninth and final round. It was Anand’s eighth loss in the USD 150,000 tournament. The 50-year-old ended in ninth position behind GM Peter Leko who finished last. After all the four games ended in draws, the Anand-Ivanchuk contest went into the Armageddon (a tie-breaker), which also ended in a stalemate. The Ukrainian emerged victorious as he played black…

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Primetime Emmy Awards going online for 2020 edition

July 30, 2020 strong

The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards will be held virtually this year due to coronavirus pandemic. The development comes a day after the nominations for the annual award ceremony was announced. The ceremony, which was originally to be held at Microsoft Theater here, will now be shot from the actors’ homes across the US. It will take place on September 20. According to Variety, Emmy executive producers, including host Jimmy Kimmel, have sent a letter to all the acting nominees, asking them to be prepare to participate in the ceremony from…

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HC allows student to withdraw plea against UGC exam guidelines as case pending in SC

July 30, 2020 strong

The Delhi High Court Thursday allowed a student to withdraw the plea challenging UGC guidelines making it mandatory for colleges to conduct final year exams by September-end as the issue is pending before the Supreme Court. Justice Jayant Nath, who conducted the hearing through video conferencing, also granted liberty to the student to approach the Supreme Court with his plea. Granting leave and liberty as sought, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn, the court said. The plea filed by final year Delhi University student Kabir Sachdeva challenged the guidelines of…

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Rupee slips 7 paise to 74.87 against US dollar in early trade

July 30, 2020 strong

The rupee fell 7 paise to 74.87 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve reiterated its dovish stance and held interest rates steady. At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened at 74.84, then lost further ground and touched 74.87 against the US dollar, down 7 paise over its last close of 74.80. “Fed policy statement was along expected lines. It acknowledged recent improvement in economic activity and financial conditions but said considerable risks to economic outlook remain over the medium term,” IFA…

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Trump says India, China and Russia don’t take care of their air

July 30, 2020 strong

US President Donald Trump has alleged that India, China and Russia do not take care of their air, while America does, noting that he withdrew from the one-sided, energy-destroying Paris climate accord which would have made it a non-competitive nation . Trump, in his address on energy and the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas on Wednesday, said that by imposing these punishing restrictions — and beyond restrictions the Washington radical-left, crazy Democrats would also send countless American jobs, factories, industries to China and to other foreign polluting states. They want…

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India’s development cooperation does not come with any conditions: PM Modi

July 30, 2020 strong

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday jointly inaugurated the new Supreme Court building of Mauritius at Port Louis. Addressing the virtual event, the prime minister said that history has taught us that in the name of development partnerships, nations were forced into dependence partnerships. It gave rise to colonial and imperial rule. It also gave rise to global power blocks, Modi said. For India, the most fundamental principle in development cooperation is respecting our partners, he said. “This sharing of development lessons is our…

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Planning for Olympics in a pandemic has echoes of 1920 Games

July 28, 2020 strong

Olympic athletes competing for gold medals in a world reeling from a pandemic? It won’t be the first time. A century before the Tokyo Games were postponed because of coronavirus, the Olympics were held in the Belgian city of Antwerp following the Spanish flu pandemic. The 1920 Games were meant to symbolize a recovery from World War I, not a health crisis. Belgium, a battleground for the opposing powers, was the host country and the five rings of the Olympic flag flew at an opening ceremony for the first…

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The Witcher’ prequel series in the works at Netflix

July 28, 2020 strong

Netflix has announced The Witcher: Blood Origin , a limited series expanding the universe of its fantasy series The Witcher . According to The Hollywood Reporter, the six-part, live-action series is a prequel to the streamer’s Henry Cavill-led show, which premiered last year in December. Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, who is the showrunner on “The Witcher” series, is attached as the executive producer on the prequel. Declan de Barra will serve as the showrunner. Blood Origin will be set in an elven world 1,200 years before the world of The…

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Vikas Dubey encounter: SC dismisses pleas seeking removal of members of inquiry commission

July 28, 2020 strong

The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the pleas seeking removal of former high court judge, Justice (retd) Shashi Kant Agarwal and retired Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) K L Gupta, from the three-member inquiry commission set up to probe into the encounter killing of gangster Vikas Dubey. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said it would not allow the petitioners to cast aspersion on the members of the inquiry commission, which would probe into the killing of eight policemen and the subsequent encounters of Dubey…