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Burns century puts Australia in control against Sri Lanka

February 1, 2019 strong

Joe Burns stroked Australia’s first century of the summer Friday in a stirring fightback after they lost three early wickets against a second-string Sri Lankan attack in the first-ever Test played in Canberra.Australian skipper Tim Paine won the toss at the Manuka Oval and put his side in on a flat track conducive to batting, a gambit that looked to be paying off after some early wobbles.By tea, they had stretched their lead to 220 for three with Burns not out 107 and Travis Head on 91 in an ominous…

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Don’t think the kind of superstardom Khans saw will ever come back again, says Rajkummar Rao

February 1, 2019 strong

Rajkummar Rao may have emerged as a major box office draw at the box office but the actor does not believe he is anywhere near the super stardom that the three Khans have in Bollywood.There is a great churning in Bollywood with content driven films outperforming and outclassing those headlined by the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan.Rajkummar, who is the considered one of the faces of this new breed of cinema, however, says it would not be right to compare his stardom with that of…

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More people die after surgery than from HIV, TB, and malaria combined: study

February 1, 2019 strong

Nearly 4.2 million people around the world die every year within 30 days after surgery, more than than those who die from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria combined, according to a study.The analysis, published in a research letter to The Lancet journal, found that half of the post-operative deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). There is also a significant unmet need for surgery in LMICs and researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK believe that if operations were provided for all patients who need them the number…

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Trump to say when, where he’ll hold 2nd North Korean summit

February 1, 2019 strong

President Donald Trump said Thursday he will announce next week the site and date for the second summit he plans with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un around the end of February. Trump later said he would likely make the announcement during his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday.”They very much want the meeting,” Trump told reporters, and he asserted that his administration has made “tremendous progress” toward reining in the North’s nuclear ambitions.The president said that before he took office in January 2017, “it looked like we…

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Budget 2019: Sensex, Nifty hold on to gains

February 1, 2019 strong

Benchmark equity indices held on to gains Friday morning even as the Budget overshot the fiscal deficit target for the current financial year.The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 157.10 points, or 0.43 per cent, higher at 36,413.79. Similarly, the 50-share NSE Nifty rose 43.25, or 0.40 per cent, to 10,874.20.Presenting the budget for 2019-20, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said the fiscal deficit for the current financial year is expected to be 3.4 per cent of GDP. As per the Budget estimate, the fiscal deficit for 2018-19 was pegged at 3.3…

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SC expresses displeasure at non-appointment of regular CBI director

February 1, 2019 strong

The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre why it has not appointed a regular CBI director and said it was “averse” to the appointment of an interim chief for the agency for a long period.A bench comprising justices Arun Mishra and Naveen Sinha said the post of CBI director was sensitive and the government should have appointed a regular director by now.Attorney General K K Venugopal told the court that a high-powered committee, headed by the prime minister, will hold a meeting on Friday to select a new CBI director.He…

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Language is my friend, fiction my first love: Arundhati Royal cues

January 31, 2019 strong

She writes poetic prose, employs redolent metaphors and evokes utmost admiration for her novelistic virtues. Arundhati Roy is anything but a boring author.The 1997 Booker Prize-winner, who is equally at ease writing scathing essays, says she is a “disciplined writer” whose heart lies in fiction as it is a “connective tissue” between many things which are sometimes looked at or studied in isolation.”Much of my non-fiction writing is an argument, but fiction is where you create a universe through which you invite a reader to walk. It is much more…

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Resentment is generated against those not taking interest in discussions in Parliament:PM

January 31, 2019 strong

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday urged all lawmakers to utilise the Budget Session for having debates with an open mind and said resentment is generated in society against those who do not take interest in discussions in Parliament.Speaking outside Parliament before the start of the session, the prime minister said there is an awareness among the people in the country and all citizens watch proceedings closely.”All small incidents reach the common man…due to this, those who do not have interest in discussions, resentment is generated against them,” Modi said. The prime…

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Trump to make significant announcement on ISIS next week, says Pompeo

January 31, 2019 strong

The US President Donald Trump will make a significant announcement on the status of the fight against the ISIS in Syria during his State of the Union Address next week, the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Trump is scheduled to deliver the State of the Union Address in a joint session of the US Congress on February 5. “The President will make a significant announcement, I think, in the State of the Union next week with respect to the status of the caliphate, the real estate, the grounds…

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One of our worst batting performances, says Rohit after loss to NZ in 4th ODI

January 31, 2019 strong

Stand-in captain Rohit Sharma Thursday described India’s batting performance as “one of the worst in a long time” after the visitors were shot out for their seventh lowest ODI total in a shocking eight-wicket loss to New Zealand in the fourth one-dayer here.In the absence of talismanic skipper Virat Kohli, who has been rested after the side claimed an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, India’s much-vaunted batting was dismissed for 92 in 30.5 overs here with pacer Trent Boult (5/21) bowling a deadly opening spell. “One of our worst…