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First Pondicherry International Film Festival in Sept

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New Delhi, Jul 17 (DIN NEWS) Over 100 films from 25 countries will be showcased at the first edition of the Pondicherry International Film Festival (PIFF). The festival organised by Pickurflick and Puducherry Tourism Department, which will begin on September 26, will be hosted at multiple locations across Puducherry. The inaugural edition of the festival will focus on the cinema, art and culture of France, which is the partner country for the five-day long event. Festival director Saibal Chatterjee said the event was aimed at celebrating the spirit of independence…

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Priyanka and Nick enjoy double date with Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner

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Los Angeles, Jul 17 (DIN NEWS) Indian star Priyanka Chopra and singer Nick Jonas were spotted enjoying a dinner date in London. Priyanka, who turns a year older tomorrow, was spotted spending some quality time with Nick and his brothers Joe and Kevin. Joe’s fiancee,”Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner, was also present. According to E! online the group dined at the 34 Mayfair in London before heading over to the Ritz Casino to top the night off. Priyanka first met the “Jealous” singer’s family when she attended his cousin’s…

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Walmart partners with Microsoft for cloud solutions

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Mumbai, Jul 17 (DIN NEWS) Retail giant Walmart today said it has entered into a five-year partnership with Microsoft to leverage its cloud solutions for making shopping faster for its customers globally. As part of the partnership, Walmart will tap into the full range of Microsoft’s cloud solutions, including Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, for enterprise-wide use to help standardise across the company’s family of brands, the Bentonville Arkansas-based firm said in a release. Walmart and Microsoft engineers will collaborate on the assessment, development, and support phase of moving hundreds…

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Sensex rebounds 196 pts, Nifty above 11k on crude breather

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Mumbai, Jul 17 (DIN NEWS) Benchmark BSE Sensex today rebounded by over 196 points to close at 36,519.96 while NSE Nifty settled above the 11,000 level as oil, metal and PSU stocks rallied after a sharp drop in global crude oil prices. Sentiment got a boost after global crude oil prices dropped by over 4 per cent yesterday owing to oversupply fears, helping the rupee to strengthen against the dollar, brokers said. Besides, reports that the finance ministry is likely to infuse about Rs 10,000 crore within a few days…

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US, India have complementary interests: Kissinger

July 17, 2018 strong

Washington, Jul 17 (DIN NEWS) The US and India have complementary interests, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger has said even as he expressed admiration for New Delhi’s strategic policy. When I think about India, I admire their strategy, Kissinger said during a rare appearance in Washington to attend the first annual leadership summit of the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum(USISPF) last week. The US and India have complementary interests. The beauty of that is that we don’t need to make an alignment because it is already there, Kissinger…

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Putin: US-Russia ties should not be held hostage to Mueller probe

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Washington, Jul 17 (DIN NEWS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into Moscow’s election meddling as “political games” that should not be permitted to interfere with US-Russia relations. Asked in a Fox News interview about Mueller’s indictment Friday of 12 Russian intelligence agents for hacking Democratic Party computers in 2016, just three days before his summit with President Donald Trump, Putin said it was not his concern, but rather part of an “internal political struggle.” “I’m not interested in this issue a single…

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Rahul in competition with Owaisi to usurp Jinnah’s legacy: BJP

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New Delhi, Jul 17 (DIN NEWS) The BJP today described Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s tweet that he stands with the last person in line as a “confession” of his reported remarks that his party is for Muslims. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told reporters that Gandhi has not denied the comments, seized by the saffron party to accuse him of Muslim appeasement, and claimed that the Congress leader is in competition with AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi to “usurp” the legacy of Pakistan founder M A Jinnah. “He (Gandhi) has still not…

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I stand with the last person in line, want to erase hatred and fear: Rahul

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New Delhi, Jul 17 (DIN NEWS) Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today said he stands with the persecuted and seeks to erase “hatred and fear”, breaking his silence on the controversy following a reported remark on the Congress being a “party for Muslims”. The Congress has dismissed the report in an Urdu daily as a “rumour” and asserted that it was a party of 132 crore Indians. “I stand with the last person in the line. The exploited, marginalised and the persecuted. Their religion, caste or beliefs matter little to me,”…

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SC asks Parliament to consider new law to deal with mob lynching

July 17, 2018 strong

New Delhi, Jul 17 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today asked Parliament to consider enacting a new law to effectively deal with incidents of mob lynching, saying “horrendous acts of mobocracy” cannot be allowed to become a new norm. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also passed a slew of directions to provide “preventive, remedial and punitive measures” to deal with offences like mob violence and cow vigilantism. The bench, which also comprised justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said it was the duty of state…

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Mobocracy cannot be allowed to become new norm: SC on vigilantism

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