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From farms to mills, it’s a long wait for Western UP farmers just to get sugarcane weighed

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As thousands of farmers lay siege to Delhi borders for over 100 days demanding the repeal of three contentious farm laws, those staying back in Western Uttar Pradesh have to endure a different kind of long wait — at times for multiple days just to get weighed quintals of sugarcane lying in tractor-trollies on their way from farms to mills. Some pass their time chit-chatting about the ongoing protests, others while smoking bidis or cigarettes, but all of them sound worried about loads of sugarcane drying under a scorching sun,…

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Sharjeel moves HC, seeks quashing of FIR against him over speech

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Activist Sharjeel Usmani has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash an FIR registered against him by the Pune police for allegedly promoting enmity among different groups in his speech made at the Elgar Parishad event held in January this year. In the petition filed earlier this week, Usmani termed the FIR as “frivolous and baseless”, and said it has been registered “on the basis of certain select statements taken out of context”. The FIR was registered on February 2, 2021 against Usmani (23), an alumnus of the Aligarh…

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COVID-19 case hits Indian boxers in Spanish tourney, three men pull out from final

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The Indian men’s boxing team’s final campaign at the 35th Boxam International Tournament in Castellon, Spain was derailed by a positive COVID-19 case in the side, resulting in three withdrawals from the summit clashes. Olympic-bound Ashish Kumar (75kg) tested positive for the virus and as a result of being his roommates, Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) were forced to withdraw from the finals on Sunday night. All three of them ended with silver medals which could have been gold but for the unforeseen circumstances. “What started as a…

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Fatima Sana Shaikh to star in Hindi remake of Tamil hit ‘Aruvi’

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Actor Fatima Sana Shaikh has been roped in to play the lead role in the the Hindi adaptation of 2017 Tamil blockbuster movie Aruvi , the producers announced on Friday. Applause Entertainment has collaborated with Faith Films for the remake, which will be directed by E Niwas of Shool fame. The Tamil-language original, directed by Arun Prabu Purushothaman, starred Aditi Balan, who was seen in the recently released anthology Kutty Story . The story follows a girl born and brought up amidst the ever growing eco-social-consumeristic environment. She finds it…

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Washington stranded on 96 as India score 365, England 6 for no loss at lunch

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Washington Sundar showed composure beyond his years but missed out on a maiden Test hundred by 4 runs in India’s commendable first innings score of 365 against England on day three of the fourth and final Test here on Saturday. The 21-year-old left-hander’s 96 off 174 balls was as important as Rishabh Pant’s second day hundred but a sudden tail-end collapse saw him stranded at the non-striker’s end. India lost their last three wickets in a space of five balls with Ben Stokes (27.4-6-89-4) cleaning the tail without much fuss.…

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Taapsee Pannu breaks silence on I-T raids

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 Breaking her silence on the IT department raids against her, actor Taapsee Pannu on Saturday put out three tweets on an alleged bungalow in Paris, the alleged receipt of Rs 5 crore and her memory of 2013 raid . On March 3, the Income Tax Department searched the homes and offices of Pannu and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap as well as his partners who launched the now shuttered production house Phantom Films. Pannu posted a three-point statement on Twitter and also took a jibe at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that…

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India’s forex reserves increase by USD 689 mn to USD 584.55 bn

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India’s forex reserves increased for the second consecutive week, touching USD 584.554 billion as of February 26, up by USD 689 million, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. The overall reserves had increased by USD 169 million to USD 583.865 billion in the previous reporting week. The reserves, which have been steadily increasing over the last few months, had touched an all-time high at USD 590.185 billion for the week ended January 29 this year. For the week ended February 26, the core currency assets the largest component of the…

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Sharjeel moves HC, seeks quashing of FIR against him over speech

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Activist Sharjeel Usmani has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash an FIR registered against him by the Pune police for allegedly promoting enmity among different groups in his speech made at the Elgar Parishad event held in January this year. In the petition filed earlier this week, Usmani termed the FIR as “frivolous and baseless”, and said it has been registered “on the basis of certain select statements taken out of context”. The FIR was registered on February 2, 2021 against Usmani (23), an alumnus of the Aligarh…

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India records 18,327 new COVID-19 infections, active cases rise again

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India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 1,11,92,088 with over 18,000 fresh cases being reported in a span of 24 hours in the country after 36 days, while active cases registered an increase for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday and were recorded at 1,80,304, according to the Union Health Ministry The death toll reached 1,57,656 with 108 more fatalities, while a total of 18,327 new cases were registered in a day, the ministry’s data showed On January 29, 18,855 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours after which…

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Senate resumes work on virus bill after jobless benefit deal

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Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled the party’s showpiece USD 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The compromise, announced by the West Virginia lawmaker and a Democratic aide, seemed to clear the way for the Senate to begin a climactic, marathon series of votes expected to lead to approval of the sweeping legislation. The overall bill, President Joe Biden’s top legislative priority, is aimed at battling the killer pandemic and nursing the staggered…

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