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Barcelona’s unbeaten season ended by five-star Levante

May 14, 2018 strong

Madrid, May 14 (DIN NEWS) Philippe Coutinho hit a hat-trick but could not save Barcelona’s unbeaten season as the Catalans were left stunned by an extraordinary 5-4 defeat to Levante. Ernesto Valverde rested Lionel Messi for his team’s penultimate match of the campaign but it was a defensive horror-show that allowed Emmanuel Boateng to score three times and Enis Bardhi twice at the City of Valencia Stadium. The La Liga and Copa del Rey champions trailed 5-1 after an hour and still came within a whisker of a sensational comeback as…

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Vaani Kapoor to star opposite Ranbir in ‘Shamshera’

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Mumbai, May 14 (DIN NEWS) Vaani Kapoor is all set to feature in “Shamshera” opposite Ranbir Kapoor. The 29-year-old actor will play the character of a desirable and sought-after travelling performer from Indian heartland in Yash Raj Films’ action entertainer. Director Karan Malhotra said the character played by Vaani acts as the catalyst to Ranbir’s role in the film and she is the perfect choice for the part. “Vaani plays Ranbir’s love interest in the film and is a very important collaborator in his character’s journey. Her character graph is interlinked…

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Emilia Clarke backs Kit Harington to play Luke Skywalker

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Los Angeles, May 14 (PTI) Emilia Clarke has said she would love to see her “Game of Thrones” co-star Kit Harington play a young Luke Skywalker. The 31-year-old actor, who plays Qi’ra in the new “Solo: A Star Wars Story”, suggested Harington’s name if the iconic character gets his own Star Wars spin-off. ‘I feel like I have to say Kit Harington. Because I have to, do you know what I mean?’ Clarke told Entertainment Tonight. The actor said she is excited to feature in the movie directed by Ron Howard.…

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SC to hear Kathua witnesses plea alleging police harassment on May 16

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New Delhi, May 14 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court will hear the plea of three witnesses in the Kathua gangrape and murder case, alleging that they are being harassed by the state police, on May 16. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud today agreed to hear on Wednesday the plea of Sahil Sharma and two others, who are college friends of the juvenile accused in the case. According to their plea, they had already recorded their statements before the police and…

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Xerox ends agreement with Japan’s Fujifilms

May 14, 2018 strong

New York, May 14 (DIN NEWS) Copier company Xerox Corp. has said it was ending an agreement to combine with Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings and is entering a settlement deal with investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason. Fujifilm opposed the move. The two companies had announced earlier this year that Fuji Xerox, their 56-year-old joint venture, would combine with Xerox, with Fujifilm Holdings taking a 50.1 percent stake in the newly formed company, New Fuji Xerox. The deal was meant to be part of a restructuring that, along with other reforms, would…

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Sensex opens higher despite weak macro data

May 14, 2018 strong

Mumbai, May 14 (DIN NEWS) The benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 53 points in early trade today despite disappointing macroeconomic data. The 30-share barometer, which had gained 289.52 points in the previous session, was trading higher by 53.21 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 35,589, with realty, oil and gas, healthcare, PSU, banking and capital goods stocks leading the gains. On similar lines, the NSE Nifty went up by 15.55 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 10,822.05. Industrial output growth fell to a five-month low of 4.4 per cent in March…

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N Korea’s latest nuclear test 10 times stronger than Hiroshima bomb

May 14, 2018 strong

Singapore, May 14 (DIN NEWS) North Korea’s latest and largest underground nuclear test last year was powerful enough to move a mountain, say scientists who found that the bomb was 10 times stronger than the one dropped by the US on Hiroshima during World War II. Researchers, including those from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and University of California, Berkeley in the US, showed how the explosion altered the mountain above the detonation. The nuclear test on September 3, 2017 took place under Mt Mantap at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site…

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Trump: US will help penalized Chinese company

May 14, 2018 strong

Washington, May 14 (DIN NEWS) In a surprising overture to China, President Donald Trump says he would help a Chinese telecommunications company get “back into business,” saying too many jobs in China are at stake after the U.S. government cut off access to its American suppliers. At issue is the Commerce Department’s move last month to block the ZTE Corp., a major supplier of telecoms networks and smartphones based in southern China, from importing American components for seven years. The US accused ZTE of misleading American regulators after it settled charges…

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Jaitley undergoing kidney transplant surgery at AIIMS

May 14, 2018 strong

New Delhi, May 14 (DIN NEWS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is undergoing a kidney transplant operation at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) today, sources at the hospital said. Jaitley, 65, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday and taken to the operation theatre at 8 am today, the sources said. The minister, suffering from a kidney ailment, has been undergoing dialysis for the last one month. According to sources, nephrologist Dr Sandeep Guleria from Apollo Hospital, also the brother of AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, who is a…

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Petrol, diesel prices hiked after 19-day pre-poll hiatus

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New Delhi, May 14 (DIN NEWS) After a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus, petrol price was today hiked by 17 paise a litre and diesel by 21 paise as PSU oil firms began passing on the spike witnessed in international rates to consumers. Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 74.80 per litre from Rs 74.63 while diesel rates were increased to Rs 66.14 a litre from Rs 65.93, according to a price notification issued by state-owned oil marketing companies. With this, diesel prices have touched a record high while petrol…