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Hong Kong leader apologises as massive rally chokes city

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Hundreds of thousands of protesters choked Hong Kong’s streets for a second straight Sunday in a defiant rebuke of a reviled extradition law, piling pressure on the city’s embattled pro-Beijing leader who apologised for causing “conflict” but refused to step down.The show of force saw huge crowds marching for hours in tropical heat, calling for the resignation of chief executive Carrie Lam, who was forced to suspend the bill as public anger mounted.Throngs of black-clad protesters snaked their way for miles through the streets to the city’s parliament — a…

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Indian men’s recurve team settles for silver in Archery World C’ships

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The Indian men’s recurve team cracked under pressure against China to settle for a silver in the Archery World Championships here Sunday.Seeking a maiden gold in the World Championships, India led 27-26 midway into the first set but the trio of Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and Pravin Jadhav let the opportunity slip later in the summit clash.The Chinese team of Ding Yiliang, Wei Shaoxuan and Feng Hao produced a solid and consistent performance as they capitalised from the second set to seal a 6-2 win.India thus ended their campaign with…

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17th Lok Sabha’s first session from Monday; budget, triple talaq in focus

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The first session of the 17th Lok Sabha will commence from Monday during which the passage of the Union Budget and other key legislations such as triple talaq will be on top of the agenda for the governmentPrime Minister Narendra Modi, chairing an all-party meeting on the eve of the first session of the new Lok Sabha, invited heads of all parties to a meeting on June 19 to discuss the “one nation, one election” issue and other important mattersNoting that there are many new faces in this Lok Sabha,…

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Actor in waiting: Laxmi Pandhe says want good roles but won’t compromise

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The world of glitz and glamour usually brings name, fame and money but things are not as hunky-dory as expected for actor and auto-rickshaw driver Laxmi Pandhe.Life changed a bit for her after actor Boman Irani spotted her driving an auto at night on the streets of Mumbai, last month.Posting a video clip of the encounter with her on social media, Boman shared the inspiring story of how Laxmi juggles two jobs — acting in Marathi TV serials, films and driving an auto-rickshaw. It made her famous. A lot of people…

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Vedanta lost USD 200 mn in profits in one year of Tuticorin plant shutdown: Agarwal

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Vedanta Ltd has lost about USD 200 million in profits ever since its copper smelter plant in Tamil Nadu was shut more than a year back after police fired on protesters and killed 13 people, Group Chairman Anil Agarwal said.Agarwal added that the stoppage of production at the Tuticorin plant of the firm’s unit Sterlite led to the country having to import copper, spending precious foreign exchange.”We have lost about USD 200 million in bottomline (profits),” he told PTI in an interview. “Forget about bottomline. How can you stop production…

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Karthik likely for shortened game; Shadab, Haris may come in for Pakistan

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Conditions and length of the match will dictate the team combination, says India captain Virat Kohli as the fickle Manchester weather is likely to affect Sunday’s clash against Pakistan.While Kohli did not spell out the changes, there is a strong possibility that Dinesh Karthik will be preferred over Vijay Shankar if it’s a less than 35 overs game per side. Since Pakistan batsmen are capable of handling spin and three left-handers are likely to feature in their top-order (Fakhar Zaman, Imam ul Haq and Haris Sohail for Asif Ali), Kuldeep…

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Trump blames Iran for tanker attacks but calls for talks

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President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for attacks on oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but he also held out hope that implicit US threats to use force will yield talks with the Islamic Republic as the Pentagon considers beefing up defenses in the Persian Gulf area. A day after explosions blew holes in two oil tankers just outside Iran’s territorial waters, rattling international oil markets, the administration seemed caught between pressure to punish Iran and reassure Washington’s Gulf Arab allies without drawing the US closer to war.…

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Doctors at many hospitals in Delhi protest on Saturday over WB violence

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Patients in the national capital faced hardships for the second consecutive day as protest by doctors, in solidarity with their striking colleagues in Kolkata, spread to several government hospitals on Saturday.Doctors at the Centre-run Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital, and RML Hospital, and Delhi government’s healthcare facilities such as GTB Hospital, Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital and DDU Hospital, boycotted work and held protests.However, emergency and ICU services were not hampered in these hospitals.Meanwhile resident doctors of AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital, who resumed work after…

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SC refuses to interfere with NEET exam

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The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea which sought quashing of the answer keys of some questions in the NEET(UG)-2019 examination saying that an expert body has duly applied its mind and revised answers were issued. The top court, however, allowed the four Hyderabad based students who have challenged the answer keys, to approach the high court for the relief.It said that courts are not experts in each and every subject and time has come when the interference in this arena should be stopped.A vacation bench of Justices…

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Niti Aayog’s 5th Governing Council meet begins

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The fifth meeting of Niti Aayog’s Governing Council began here Saturday with the main agenda of deliberating upon drought situation, farm distress and security concerns over Naxal-affected districts.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing the meeting, which is being held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. This will be the first governing council meeting under the new Modi governmentAmong others attending the meet are Union ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and Rajnath Singh.The agenda for the meeting also includes rain-water harvesting, aspirational districts programme and structural reforms in the agriculture sector.The council,…

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