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Spike Lee to serve as Cannes Film Festival jury president

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Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee was on Tuesday announced as the jury head of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first African-American to lead the distinguished panel at the annual film extravaganza.Lee succeeds two-time Oscar winner Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who had also created history after becoming the first Mexican to serve as jury president.The 62-year-old filmmaker has been a regular at the film gala ever since his first film “She’s Gotta Have It” premiered at the 1986 edition where it won the youth prize at Directors’ Fortnight. He later returned…

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Rupee cuts short 5-day gaining streak; edges down 1 paise to 70.87 against dollar

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Snapping its five-day winning run, the rupee on Tuesday slipped by 1 paise to close at 70.87 against the US dollar ahead of the signing of the US-China trade deal and weak macro economic data on the domestic front. The domestic currency had opened on a strong note in line with other Asian peers after the US on Monday removed the currency manipulator label it imposed on China last summer. However, weak macro data weighed, rising crude oil prices and strengthening of the American currency in the overseas market dragged…

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Centre worried as many states not keen to take imported onions: Paswan

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The Centre is “worried” about disposing of imported onions as not many states are interested to take it despite the key kitchen stable is being offered to them at an average landed cost of Rs 55 per kg and bearing the transportation cost, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Tuesday.Retail onion prices, which were ruling over Rs 100 per kg in most cities since the past two months, have started softening now on arrival of imported onions and new kharif crop. However, prices have still not fallen to…

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Shaheen Bagh protests: Police has power to control traffic in such areas, says HC

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The Delhi High Court Tuesday said the police has the power to control traffic wherever protests are going on and directed it to look into a plea against restrictions on Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch which has been closed for a month due to agitations against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said however that no direction can be issued by the court on how to handle an agitation or the place of protest and the traffic as it depends on…

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Sensex, Nifty off to choppy start amid weak macro data

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Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty opened on a volatile note on Tuesday tracking losses in banking stocks as weak inflation numbers weighed on domestic investor sentiment. After opening nearly 100 points lower, the 30-share BSE index was trading 50.26 points or 0.12 per cent lower at 41,809.43. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty slipped 13.80 points or 0.11 per cent to 12,315.75. HDFC twins, ICICI Bank, HUL, L&T, Ultratech Cement and ONGC were the among the top losers in the Sensex pack, shedding up to 0.63 per cent. On the other…

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US Senate to begin impeachment trial against Trump on Jan 21

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The US Senate is likely to begin the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump on January 21 after the House of Representatives last month impeached him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival, a top Republican Senator has said. The 435-member House of Representatives, where Democrats enjoy a majority, last month charged Trump with high crimes and misdemeanours” and impeached in vote that was based on bitter political divide. Now, the 100-member Senate, where the Republicans are in majority, needs to put Trump on trial before he can be…

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Tharoor apologises for ‘power without responsibility’ remark on Kejriwal

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Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday apologised on Twitter after he was criticised for his remark that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wants power without responsibility, something which has been “the prerogative of eunuchs”. On Monday night, Tharoor alleged that Kejriwal is trying to have it both ways by making statements deploring the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) but has not taken any tangible action. “He has not even shown human compassion one expects from a chief minister from victims of violence in his…

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Nirbhaya case: SC dismisses curative petitions filed by two of four death row convicts

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The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the curative petitions filed by two of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. A 5-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana rejected the curative petitions filed by Vinay Sharma (26) and Mukesh Kumar (32). The proceedings were conducted in-chamber. A curative petition is the last and final legal remedy available to a person. The five judges were unanimous that there was no merit in the curative petitions filed by the two condemned petitioners. “The applications for stay…

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Serena ends three-year title drought, gives winnings to bushfire appeal

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Serena Williams ended a three-year title drought and donated her winner’s cheque to victims of the Australian bushfires in an emotional WTA Auckland Classic final on Sunday.Williams raised expectations for this month’s Australian Open, where she can equal Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slam titles, with her 6-3, 6-4 victory — her first WTA trophy since she won in Melbourne in 2017. But the 38-year-old tempered celebrations as she donated her US 43,000 winners cheque to the Australian bushfire relief fund and described how the tragedy had affected her…

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A breakdown for Boeing and the FAA after years of trust

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When Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing’s ousted chief, was summoned to Washington last month, he scarcely knew he was in for a dressing-down from the head of the Federal Aviation Administration.FAA chief Steve Dickson — a former Delta Air Lines employee who in August took over the reins at the world’s most influential aviation regulator — had announced the day before that Boeing’s 737 MAX would not return to the skies before 2020.The plane was grounded worldwide last March after two crashes in less than five months left 346 people dead.The meeting…

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