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UN chief welcomes IAF pilot’s return to India from Pak captivity

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the return of Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthman from captivity in Pakistan and called on the two countries to sustain the “positive momentum” and engage in further constructive dialogue. The IAF Wing Commander returned to India from Pakistan on Friday to a hero’s welcome, nearly 60 hours after he was captured following a dogfight when his MiG 21 was shot down. “UN chief Guterres welcomes the news of the release of the Indian pilot by Pakistani authorities,” his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told PTI…

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Hold polls to make India strong, not to fulfil prince’s desire to be PM: Shah

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Polls should be held to make India and its economy strong, to give Pakistan a befitting reply and not to fulfil the desire of a ‘prince’ to become the prime minister, BJP chief Amit Shah said here on Saturday in a veiled attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi. Shah, addressing BJP’s ‘Vijay Sankalp’ bike rally here, slammed the opposition for raising doubts over the recent air strike on the terrorist camps in Pakistan. “Polls should be held to make the country and its economy strong and to give Pakistan a…

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Controversy has humbled me and I value India cap even more: KL Rahul

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The harrowing time that he faced in the wake of a chat show controversy has “humbled him a little bit”, feels opener KL Rahul, who now values his India cap more than ever before.Both Rahul and Hardik Pandya were provisionally suspended for their loose comments on women during a popular chat show. Their bans were later revoked pending inquiry. The off-field controversy erupted after Rahul endured a dismal run in the four-Test series in Australia but he is back in the national team after finding his feet with the India A…

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Cuaron does not believe Netflix pushback cost ‘Roma’ its Best Picture Oscar

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Filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron, whose “Roma” missed out on Best Picture Oscar to “Green Book”, says people may have been sceptical initially about Netflix’s involvement but the conversation has changed because it connected with people the way “usually only mainstream films do”. “Roma” was the clear front-runner in the race and bagged three Oscars — Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director nods — but stopped short of claiming the top prize, which went to Peter Farrelly’s racial drama “Green Book”. The choice by the Academy members drew sharp reactions both…

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Former envoy to Pak confident of captured IAF pilot’s return

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Former envoy to Pakistan G Parthasarathy, who played a key role in bringing back IAF pilot K Nachiketa during the 1999 Kargil war, has expressed confidence that wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman too would return safely.Parthasarthy recollected that growing international pressure had forced Pakistan to come up with a “goodwill gesture” of releasing Nachiketa, a flight lieutenant who was forced to eject in Pakistani territory after his jet developed a technical snag 20 years ago.”I am confident that Abhinandan would be back safely. I have no doubts about it. Pakistan has…

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‘No agreement’ reached at Kim-Trump nuclear talks

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The nuclear summit between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in Hanoi ended without an agreement Thursday, the White House said after the two leaders cut short their discussions.They had “very good and constructive meetings” and “discussed various ways to advance denuclearisation and economic driven concepts”, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.But she went on: “No agreement was reached at this time,” adding that their “respective teams look forward to meeting in the future,” No joint communique was issued, despite high expectations beforehand for…

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Sensex, Nifty open positive ahead of F&O expiry

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The benchmark BSE Sensex opened on a positive note Thursday amid buying by domestic as well as foreign institutional investors ahead of February derivatives expiry.Investors, however, were cautious on concerns over the tension between India and Pakistan .The 30-share index was trading higher by 81.45 points, or 0.23 per cent, to 35,986.88. The gauge had lost 308 points in the previous two sessions.The NSE Nifty too was trading in the green, up 35.35 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 10,842.Major gainers that supported key indices were Coal India, Bharti Airtel,…

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Delhi HC dismisses National Herald publisher AJL’s plea against eviction order

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The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed National Herald publisher AJL’s plea challenging a single judge order to vacate its premises at ITO here.A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao rejected the appeal of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) in which it had challenged the Centre’s decision asking it to vacate the ITO premises.”We have dismissed the appeal,” the bench said.It also rejected the oral request of AJL’s counsel that they be granted two week’s time to vacate the premises.AJL had appealed against the single judge’s December…

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Indian film personalities hail IAF air strikes in Pakistan

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Lata Mangeshkar, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are some of the Indian film personalities who hailed the Indian armed forces for carrying out air strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistan on Tuesday.The strike comes amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan following the February 14 suicide attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group in Kashmir’s Pulwama district that killed 40 CRPF soldiers. The celebrities took to social media to share their reactions.”I have been watching since morning and I’m very happy that our armed forces are so prepared and strong. I…

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India eye series-saving win over Australia

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The focus remains firmly on the World Cup but India would also be desperate to ensure that a home series does not slip out of their grip when they take on Australia in the second and final T20 International here on Wednesday.India are 0-1 down after an inexplicably poor batting performance led to a three-wicket loss in the lung-opener in Visakhapatnam.The below-par 126 with the bat on Sunday denied bowlers a decent shot at securing a win even though the Jasprit Bumrah-led attack did all it could to keep the…

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