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More than 400 hurt in French fuel price protests: minister

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Paris, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) More than 400 people were hurt, 14 seriously, in a day and night of “yellow vest” protests over rising fuel price hikes around France that claimed one life, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Sunday. The injury toll, more than double the last tally provided on Saturday, followed what Castaner described as a “restive” night in 87 locations around the country where protesters had blocked roads to express their anger at a series of hikes in petrol tax. The injured, 409 in total, included 28…

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Switch Hit: Taekwondo’s loss is boxing’s gain as Bulgarian eyes more success

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New Delhi, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) On Monday, when India’s Sonia takes the ring in the ongoing AIBA Women’s World Championships, she will be up against Bulgaria’s Stanimira Petrova, who switched from taekwondo to boxing in search of an Olympic medal. One of the finest pugilists of her generation, Petrova discovered her boxing skills in 2012. Two years later in Jeju, South Korea, the 28-year-old was crowned world champion in 54kg, giving her country the first ever gold in the competition. The gold catapulted the young pugilist into the limelight…

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‘Magnificent Mary’ in quarters, Sarita bows out

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New Delhi, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) Five-time champion M C Mary Kom punched her way into the 48kg quarterfinals while another veteran Sarita Devi made an early exit after losing a hard-fought 60kg bout in the AIBA Women’s World Championships here on Sunday. Chasing a historic sixth gold and first medal since 2010, the 35-year-old Mary Kom registered a convincing 5-0 win over Aigerim Kessenayeva of Kazakhstan in her opening bout of the tournament. The 36-year-old Sarita, who won a gold in the 2006 edition when it was also held…

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Gap between mainstream, festival genre films reducing: Shoojit

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Kolkata, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) The disparity between films in the mainstream genre and those meant for screenings in the festival circuit is coming down, feels director Shoojit Sircar. To a question, Sircar told reporters at the just-concluded 24th Kolkata International Film Festival that there was inconsistency between films meant for the two genres, but it is reducing as the song and dance routine in Bollywood films is now a “thing of the past”. “I think going by my recent experiences, the disparity (between the two genres) has come down…

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Nafisa Ali diagnosed with stage 3 cancer

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New Delhi, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) Veteran film and theatre actor Nafisa Ali revealed she has been recently diagnosed with stage three cancer. She made the revelation Saturday via Instagram on which she shared a picture of her with good friend and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, who paid her a visit post the diagnosis. “Just met my precious friend who wished me luck and to get well from my just diagnosed stage 3 cancer,” Ali, 61, captioned the photograph. Born in West Bengal, Nafisa made her acting debut in 1979…

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Centre, AAP govt not ensuring regular supply of drugs to treat HIV: plea in HC

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New Delhi, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s stand on a plea alleging that it and the AAP government were not following through on their assurance to the court to ensure there would be no shortage of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, used to treat HIV. Justice Sunil Gaur has asked the Ministry of Health to file a status report in response to the petition seeking contempt proceedings against the Centre, Delhi government and the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) for “willful disobedience” of the assurance…

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Pune court remands Varavara Rao in police custody till Nov 26

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Pune, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) Telugu poet Varavara Rao, accused of having Maoist links, was Sunday remanded in police custody till November 26. Rao was taken into custody in Hyderabad on Saturday after his house arrest ended on November 15 and his petition to quash the transit remand was disposed of by a court there on November 16. He was brought to Pune on Sunday morning and was produced before District and Sessions judge Kishor D Vadane, who remanded him in police custody till November 26. District government pleader Ujjwala…

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RBI trains 11k bank officers on MSME credit, nearly 3k branches covered

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Mumbai, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) While a debate is going on whether the RBI should do more to ease credit to MSMEs, banking officials said the central bank has provided special training to nearly 11,000 officers at various commercial banks on lending to micro, small and medium enterprises. This training has been provided to officers working at nearly 3,000 bank branches covering all districts in India through more than 2,000 special workshops in the last three years, the officials said. These are mostly specialised bank branches catering to the MSME…

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Chhetri-less India take on Jordan in Asian Cup tune-up

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India, despite missing their talismanic striker Sunil Chhetri, will fancy their chances when they take on hosts Jordan in an international football friendly here on Saturday.   The match at the Jordan capital is in preparation for the AFC Asian Cup, scheduled to be held in January-February next year. India are ranked 97th while Jordan are placed 112th in the FIFA rankings. Even though they will be without Chhetri, the country’s all-time leading scorer, Stephen Constantine’s men will take confidence from their goalless stalemate in their previous friendly against higher-ranked…

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Hardik’s game was suited for Australian conditions, his absence will hurt India: Hussey

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Mike Hussey, who has a fair idea about the current crop of India players, feels that all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s absence will “hurt” the visitors in the upcoming Test series against Australia. The series starts on December 6 in Adelaide. Pandya is undergoing rehabilitation after suffering a lower-back injury during the Asia Cup in Dubai last September. “I think Hardik is a wonderful talent and I am sure his game style would have been suited to the Australian conditions. Add to that, the balance he offers the team with his all-round…

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