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UK-EU trade talks ‘paused’ with deal still elusive

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A week of intense trade talks between Britain and the European Union ended in stalemate Friday, with negotiators stepping back while politicians decide whether major differences can be bridged to avoid a messy, economically disruptive rupture in less than a month. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier and his British counterpart, David Frost, said they had agreed to pause negotiations while they brief the two sides’ political leaders. They said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will discuss the state of play on Saturday.…

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Biden says his administration will be most diverse ever

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 US President-elect Joe Biden has said that his administration would be the most diverse than it has ever been both in the Cabinet and inside the White House. Biden, 78, is due to take over as the 46th US President on January 20. African-American groups have been asking Biden, a Democrat, to nominate one of them among the big four: Secretary of State, Treasury Secretary, Defence Secretary and Attorney General. It will be the most diverse Cabinet and the main spots in both White House as well as in cabinet…

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COVID-19: 36,652 new cases take India’s virus tally to 96,08,211

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 India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 96.08 lakh with 36,652 new cases in a day, while 90,58,822 people have recuperated from the disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to 94.28 per cent on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry data The total coronavirus cases mounted to 96,08,211 and the death toll climbed to 1,39,700 with the coronavirus claiming?512 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country, the data updated at 8 am showed The COVID-19 case fatality rate was recorded at 1.45 per cent There are…

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Has your workplace culture become more trusting—or less—during the pandemic?

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Recently, I joined a virtual meeting with a team from a school I’ve known for some time. I was struck by how differently they were behaving toward each other. Pre-pandemic, they’d been working in beautiful surroundings with free lunches, happy hours, and lots of lovely perks. Employees clearly had a lot of fun, but below the light-hearted surface, the culture wasn’t great. Leadership was controlling, employees were complaining and blaming, and the overall culture was one of little personal accountability. On the call, however, the dynamic had shifted. People were…

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Williamson’s 200 puts NZ on top in 1st test vs West Indies

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The West Indies might have been having a good day on the second day of the first cricket test against New Zealand on Friday if it hadn’t been for Kane Williamson, who stood almost single-handed against them to post his third double century. The tourists picked up the wickets of Ross Taylor (38), Henry Nicholls (7), Tom Blundell (14) and Daryl Mitchell (9) in the first two sessions with a bowling performance much improved on the first day when they won the toss and fielded. But Williamson was an impregnable…

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David Dhawan helped me shape my career: choreographer Ganesh Acharya

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Choreographer Ganesh Acharya on Thursday heaped praises on David Dhawan, saying his work with the filmmaker has been instrumental in pushing his career forward. The National Award-winning choreographer made his debut in Bollywood with “Annam” in 1992 and then designed dance moves for films like “Maidaan-E-Jung” and “Taaqat”. However, it was the choreography for the song “Husn Hai Suhana”, picturised on Govinda and Karisma Kapoor, from Dhawan’s “Coolie No 1” in 1995 that established Acharya’s position in the film industry. It also marked the beginning of his long-standing association with…

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Varavara Rao to stay at private hospital till December 14: HC

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 The Bombay High Court on Thursday said the condition of poet-activist Varavara Rao, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, had improved but he will continue to remain at a private hospital till December 14. A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik perused a medical report submitted by the Nanavati hospital here where Rao was admitted on November 18. “There is some slight improvement. He shall continue to remain admitted there till December 14,” the court said. The HC will hear the petition filed by…

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Sensex jumps over 200 pts ahead of RBI policy outcome; Nifty tests 13,200

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Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 200 points in early trade on Friday tracking gains in index majors HDFC Bank, L&T and ICICI Bank ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy outcome. The 30-share BSE index was trading 202.71 points or 0.45 per cent higher at 44,835.36. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty was trading 66.10 points or 0.50 per cent up at 13,200. UltraTech Cement was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 4 per cent, followed by L&T, M&M, Maruti, ONGC, Bharti Airtel, PowerGrid and ITC.…

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Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit

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A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, sidestepping a decision on the merits of the claims and instead ruling that the case must first wind its way through lower courts. In another blow to Trump, two dissenting conservative justices questioned whether disqualifying more than 221,000 ballots as Trump wanted would be the proper remedy to the errors he alleged. The defeat on a 4-3 ruling was the latest in a…

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RBI expects positive growth in second half of 2020-21

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said it expects the economy to record positive growth in the second half of the current financial year. The economy contracted by 23.9 per cent in the first quarter and 7.5 per cent in the second quarter on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The second half is expected to show some positive growth,” RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said, adding that during the financial year as whole the economy was likely to contract by 7.5 per cent, which is an improvement over its previous…

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