Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj died at the AIIMS in New Delhi late on August 6. She was 67. She suffered a cardiac arrest. She was administered CPR but did not respond, according to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Sources said she was brought to AIIMS at 10. 15 p.m. and was straight away taken to the emergency ward. A number of senior Ministers rushed to the hospital.
Read MoreMumbai, Aug 6 (DINN) The maturity to handle pressure situations was the recipe for their success at the Thailand Open after a brief downward spiral post last year’s Commonwealth Games success, emerging star shuttler Chirag Shetty said on Tuesday. Chirag and his partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddy last week defeated Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen of China to win their first ever BWF Super 500 event. However the Mumbai lad remembers how the duo lost track having taken unnecessary pressure on themselves after winning silver at the Gold Coast Games…
Read MoreBirmingham, Aug 6 (DINN) Australia coach Justin Langer feels Steve Smith is at par with Indian captain Virat Kohli as the world’s best batsman after the comeback-man struck consecutive hundreds in the opening Ashes Test against England. Langer said it’s credit to Smith that he began his career as a spinner and later transformed into the best batsman in the world. “Let’s face it; when he (Smith) first came in, leg-spinner, unorthodox… (everyone thought) ‘I’m not sure this kid’s going to make it’. Then he goes away (and decides) ‘I…
Read MoreLos Angeles, Aug 6 (DINN) Actor-singer Aaliyah is set to be immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas. The wax figure of the Princess of R&B will be installed in the throwback room of the museum and will be unveiled on August 21, reported Billboard. The official Twitter page in the memory of recording artist also confirmed the news. “We are proud to announce that Aaliyah will be the next iconic star immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas (sic)” the tweet read. Fans and visitors will be…
Read MoreNew York, Aug 6 (DINN) Angelina Jolie wants the world to have more “wicked women”. The Hollywood star, in an op-ed for Elle magazine, goes on to redefine the labels often used to brand women as “unnatural” and “dangerous”, saying the term “wicked” today should be used for those women who are tired of injustice and are not ready to give up their voice and rights. “Since time immemorial, women who rebel against what is considered normal by society-even unintentionally-have been labelled as unnatural, weird, wicked, and dangerous. What is…
Read MoreNew Delhi, Aug 6 (DINN) The Goa Police claimed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday that there were “contemporaneous” WhatsApp messages and e-mails which showed that Tehelka magazine’s founder Tarun Tejpal should face trial in an alleged sexual assault case lodged against him by a former woman colleague. The police, while opposing Tejpal’s plea seeking quashing of charges framed against him, told a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra that there was “ample material” warranting trial in the case. Tejpal’s counsel refuted the allegations and told the bench, also comprising…
Read MoreNew Delhi, Aug 6 (DINN) The Supreme Court observed Tuesday that nine states have not followed the procedure in rejecting the claims of tribals over forest land and said the matter related to eviction of around 11.8 lakh alleged illegal forest dwellers is “important”. A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, M R Shah and B R Gavai asked several states, which have not yet filed affidavits giving details about the procedure adopted in rejecting the claims, to file their responses by September 6. “Nine states say they have not followed…
Read MoreNew Delhi, Aug 6 (DINN) The Centre received around 400 suggestions from various stakeholders till August 1 on the proposed model tenancy law under which land owners will have to give a three months’ notice before revising rent. An official said the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry is presently examining these suggestions and once the process is completed a cabinet note will be prepared for further process. Last month, the ministry had put the draft of the ‘The Model Tenancy Act, 2019′ in public domain for consultation and sought…
Read MoreWashington, Aug 6 (DINN) President Donald Trump wants a trade agreement with China but it must be “the right deal,” White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said Tuesday. Kudlow’s remarks came as markets attempted a recovery from Monday’s deep sell-off, prompted by a sudden escalation in the US-China trade since last week. “The president was not happy with the progress” of talks in Beijing earlier this month, Kudlow told CNBC. “The president is defending the American economy” against “a lot of unfair trading practices.” Trump on Thursday announced new tariffs…
Read MoreManila, Aug 6 (DINN) The American creator of the 8chan website linked to deadly US mass shootings said Tuesday he hoped the El Paso carnage would be the “final nail in the coffin” for the forum, which he accused of harbouring “domestic terrorists”. Fredrick Brennan told AFP in an interview in Manila that he sometimes regretted setting up the unmoderated message board in 2013 — adding that turning it over to a new owner last year was a mistake. 8chan, which promotes itself as a site devoted to the “darkest…
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