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Actor Mrunal Thakur says she entered the Hindi film industry with a dream to work with filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra but never imagined the opportunity would come so early on in her career with “Toofaan”. In the upcoming sports drama headlined by actor Farhan Akhtar, Thakur plays Ananya, a doctor who is instrumental in transforming its protagonist Aziz Ali from a henchman to a professional boxer. Even before Thakur officially met the director of acclaimed films like “Rang De Basanti” and “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag”, the actor recalled how she was…

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Tokyo assembly split after vote amid pandemic Olympics fears

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An election in Japan’s capital has left the Tokyo city assembly splintered amid worries about health risks during the Olympics, opening in three weeks, as coronavirus cases continue to rise. In Sunday’s balloting for 127 seats, Gov. Yuriko Koike’s Tomin First party was elected in 31 seats, down from 46. The Liberal Democrats, the ruling party on the national level, won 33 seats, up from 25. Public opinion surveys show about 60% of respondents want the Games cancelled or postponed again. Behind the fears is the lagging vaccination roll-out, with…

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India’s services sector activities slump at fastest rate in 11 months in June: PMI

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India’s services sector activities contracted further in June as the intensification of the COVID-19 crisis and reintroduction of containment measures restricted demand, a monthly survey said on Monday. The seasonally adjusted India Services Business Activity Index fell from 46.4 in May to 41.2 in June, as new work intakes and output contracted at the fastest rates since July 2020, which prompted companies to reduce employment again. Subdued demand conditions resulted in a second successive monthly drop in new business received by services firms. The pace of contraction was sharp and…

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Shocking that people still booked under scrapped section 66A of IT Act, says SC

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The Supreme Court Monday said it is amazing and shocking that people are still being booked under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act that was scrapped by the apex court verdict in 2015. Under the scrapped section a person posting offensive messages could be imprisoned for up to three years as also fined. A bench of Justices R F Nariman, K M Joseph and B R Gavai issued notice to the Centre on an application filed by an NGO, ‘People’s Union for Civil Liberties’ (PUCL). Don’t you think this…

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Taiwan’s push to shortcut vaccine approval sparks debate

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At the end of May, Chen Pei-jer, a member of an expert committee in Taiwan to evaluate COVID-19 vaccines for use on the island, resigned. Chen’s resignation came after he learned that Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration planned to take a regulatory shortcut in approving two vaccines being developed in Taiwan. The shortcut would allow the shots to be given to people for emergency use before the vaccines have finished the final stage of testing. The proposed shortcut comes as Taiwan scrambles to get vaccines amid its worst outbreak of…

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Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit joins TMC

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Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s son and ex-Congress MP Abhijit Mukherjee joined the Trinamool Congress here on Monday. The former two-time lawmaker from Jangipur constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal had been in talks with the TMC leadership over the past few weeks, party sources said. He was welcomed into the party by TMC leader in Lok Sabha, Sudip Bandopadhyay, amid shouts of ‘Mamata Banerjee Zindabad!’ “Didi succeeded in halting the BJP juggernaut in West Bengal. She is the most credible secular leader in the country who can fight and…

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Tokyo elects assembly amid pandemic fears over Olympics

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Voters in Japan’s capital are electing the Tokyo city assembly amid worries about health risks during the Olympics, opening in three weeks, as coronavirus cases continue to rise. In Sunday’s balloting, 271 candidates are vying for 127 seats. Eligible voters total 9.8 million people in the megacity with a population of nearly 14 million. Public opinion surveys show most people want the Games cancelled or postponed again. Behind the fears is the lagging vaccination rollout, with only about 10 per cent of the population fully vaccinated. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike…

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R-Day violence: Court extends interim protection given to Lakha Sidhana

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Saying it would not intervene in things where fundamental rights are involved , a Delhi court on Saturday extended the interim protection given to alleged gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana in connection with the violence in Red Fort on Republic Day. Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau directed Delhi Police to not arrest Sidhana till July 20. The court also said it does not want a Jail Bharo Andolan to start. Sidhana, who was earlier granted protection till July 3, has been directed to join the probe. We do not want Jail Bharo…

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Rupee slumps 20 paise to 74.75 against US dollar in early trade

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The Indian Rupee depreciated 20 paise to 74.75 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday as firm American currency and rising crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 74.71 against the dollar, then fell further to 74.75, registering a fall of 20 paise over its previous close. On Thursday, the rupee had settled at 74.55 against the US dollar. The Indian rupee started on a weaker note this Friday against the greenback tracking the strength of the greenback and…

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Court OK’s probe of Brazil’s Bolsonaro, who faces protests

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Protests against President Jair Bolsonaro spread across Brazil on Saturday, a day after a Supreme Court justice authorised a criminal investigation into his response to allegations of potential corruption involving a vaccine deal. Demonstrators gathered by the hundreds or thousands in more than 40 cities to demand Bolsonaro’s impeachment or greater access to vaccines against COVID-19. “If we have a minute of silence for each COVID death, we would be quiet until June 2022,” read a poster held aloft by a man in Belem, the capital of Para state. More…