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Sindhu, Srikanth enter semifinals of Malaysia Open

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P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth continued their impressive run at the Malaysia Open, progressing to the semifinals of the women’s and men’s singles competition with a straight-game wins in the USD 700,000 world tour super 750 tournament here today.In a clash between Olympic silver and gold medallists, it was Sindhu who emerged victories with a 22-20 21-19 result in a 52-minute quarterfinal match here.The 22-year-old Sindhu, who won a silver at the Glasgow World Championship, will face world no 1 and top seed Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying tomorrow.Earlier…

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I’m more than a comedy actor, says Alison Brie

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“GLOW” actor Alison Brie believes she has been unfairly tagged as a “comedy actress” and says there is a lot more to her.The 35-year-old actor says though she loves the comedy genre, a lot of her potential is still “untapped”. “If you need a headline, (this) would be the headline of my life: ‘There’s a Lot More Going on Than People Think.’ The biggest misconception across the board is that I’m a comedy actress, and it drives me crazy. “Which is weird because I don’t want to begrudge that title in…

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Demi Lovato thanks supporters after sobriety relapse

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Demi Lovato has thanked her fans and followers who stood by her after her relapse from sobriety.The 25-year-old singer, who celebrated six years of abstinence from alcohol and substance abuse in March, suffered a relapse a week ago.Lovato took to Instagram and shared a video montage from one of her concerts that showed fans cheering and holding up signs.”By the way, you guys are beautiful,” she can be heard saying in the video and described their lit-up phones to stars. The video ends with ‘Thank you Lovatics’ written across a black…

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Dutee scorches track, betters own national record

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Top Indian sprinter Dutee Chand today smashed her own national record in women’s 100m dash on the fourth and final day of the 58th National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships here to establish herself as a gold medal contender in the upcoming Asian Games. The 22-year-old Dutee, representing Odisha, clocked 11.29 seconds to shave off one-hundredth of a second from her earlier national record of 11.30 as she scorched the track in the semifinals of the event under good conditions in the morning session at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium…

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HC asks MMRC about safeguards to ensure pollution-free environment

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The Bombay High Court today sought to know from the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) what safeguards it has in place to ensure citizens’ constitutional right to a pollution-free environment, including noise pollution, is protected.A division bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla was hearing an application filed by the MMRCL seeking modification of an earlier high court order which prohibited the firm from carrying out construction work at Cuffe Parade in south Mumbai during the night.In its application, the MMRCL said it had to carry out…

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Jharkhand HC extends Lalu’s provisional bail on medical ground

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The Jharkhand High Court today extended the provisional bail of RJD leader Lalu Prasad for another six weeks on medical grounds in fodder scam cases. Prasad, whose provisional bail was extended till July 3 last Friday, would now remain on bail till August 17 as per today’s order.The extension of the bail duration by Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh of the Jharkhand High Court was granted in three cases of multi-crore fodder scam related to fraudulent withdrawal of money from Chaibasa, Deogarh and Dumka treasuries by the Animal Husbandry department in…

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Forex reserves dip by USD 2.25 bn to USD 407.81 bn

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 India’s foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 2.25 billion to USD 407.81 billion in the week to June 22 on account of fall in foreign currency assets, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed.In the previous week, reserves had decreased by USD 3.04 billion to USD 410.07 billion. Forex reserves had touched a record high of USD 426.028 billion in the week to April 13, 2018. Reserves had crossed the USD 400-billion mark for the first time in the week to September 8, 2017, but have since been fluctuating. In…

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Rahul targets Modi over rise in Indian money in Swiss banks

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at Narendra Modi over the rise in Indian money in Swiss banks, alleging that the prime minister says a 50-per cent jump in deposits by Indians is “white money” and that there is no “black money”.”2014, HE said: I will bring back all the “BLACK” money in Swiss Banks & put 15 Lakhs in each Indian bank A/C. 2016, HE said: Demonetisation will cure India of “BLACK” money.2018, HE says: 50% jump in Swiss Bank deposits by Indians, is “WHITE” money. No “BLACK”…

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Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam justifies 2015 killings

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The suspected sole surviving gunman from 2015 attacks in Paris has come close to admitting his role in the carnage in a rare statement to investigators in which he justified the killings, reports said today. Salah Abdeslam, in custody in France over the November 2015 attacks that left 130 people dead, has refused to cooperate with French judges ever since his arrest five months after the atrocities. But yesterday he recorded a statement in which he parroted the propaganda of Islamist extremist groups such as Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for the…

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Trump pursuing meeting with Putin to determine if Russia willing to improve ties: WH

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US President Donald Trump is pursuing a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to determine whether Moscow is willing to make progress in bilateral relationship, the White House has said.Trump and Putin will meet on July 16 in Finnish capital Helsinki to mend bilateral relations and discuss a range of national security issues, the White House and the Kremlin had announced yesterday.The announcement followed a meeting between President Putin and US National Security Adviser John Bolton, who was in Moscow this week to lay the groundwork for the summit.”We’re…

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