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Saina, Ashwini-Satwik win; Srikanth loses in World Championship

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India’s star shuttler Saina Nehwal sailed into the women’s singles quarterfinals but another medal hope, Kidambi Srikanth, crashed out out of the World Championships after suffering a straight-game loss here today. Saina, who had clinched a silver and a bronze at the 2015 and 2017 editions, downed 2013 champion Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand 21-16 21-19 to set up a meeting with Olympic champion and two-time world champion Carolina Marin of Spain. The Indian mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa also stood one step away from a medal…

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Johnny Depp alleges ex-wife Amber Heard had ‘punched him twice in the face’

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Actor Johnny Depp has claimed that his ex-wife Amber Heard had once punched him twice in the face when they were together. According to People, the 55-year-old actor made the revelation in the court documents filed as part of a libel case in the UK. The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor claimed that Heard, 32, physically assaulted him after he arrived two hours late to her 30th birthday party in 2016. He said that when he arrived, Heard was “cold towards” him and began “criticizing” him after the guests had…

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‘Baahubali’ to get another life on Netflix as a prequel

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Fans of “Baahubali” can revisit the world of Mahishmati in a new Netflix series that will explore the journey of Sivagami in a prequel to the SS Rajamouli’s two-part blockbuster. The series, which was announced by Netflix today, has already been given a two-season order. “Baahubali: Before the Beginning”, will be a prequel to “Baahubali: the Beginning” and “Baahubali: the Conclusion”, and is based on Anand Neelakantan’s book, “The Rise of Sivagami”. Season one of the series will have nine episodes and captures Sivagami’s journey from a rebellious and vengeful…

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KTK minister gets conditional interim bail in tax evasion case

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A special court today granted conditional interim bail to senior Congress leader and Karnataka Minister D K Shivakumar in a tax evasion case. Shivakumar, who was present in the court, and four other accused in the case, have been directed to deposit a bond of Rs 50,000 each. Sachin Narayan, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Anjaneya Hanumanthaia and Rajendra are the other accused. The Special Court for Economic Offences posted the case for next hearing on September 20. The Income Tax department carried out raids against close friends and relatives of Shivakumar…

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SC to examine whether there should be total ban on firecrackers

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The Supreme Court today said it would examine whether there should be a total ban on use of firecrackers as it noted that air pollution reached hazardous proportions during Diwali. It said around 20-25 per cent of children in the city suffer from respiratory problems due to abnormally high levels of pollution during the festival. “Are we supposed to take a holistic approach and ban everything that contributes to pollution or take an ad-hoc approach and simply ban firecrackers?” a bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan asked.…

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‘Panel took fairly balanced call on data protection’

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Justice B N Srikrishna has said the committee headed by him on data protection took a ‘fairly balanced’ call after hearing all stakeholders, including the industry. Some industry stakeholders have sought clarity on the issue of sharing data with third parties claiming that the committee’s report did not include their inputs and a lot of grey areas had gone unaddressed. Srikrishna said an industry representative and an academician had expressed their reservations during the deliberations. “No industry ever wants any restrictions on any of its operations and no country ever…

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Rupee retreats from 1 month-high, up 5 paise agnst USD

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The rupee retreated from a one-month high and was trading 5 paise higher at 68.38 against the greenback in late morning deals on bouts of dollar demand from importers and banks amid lower local equities. The rupee resumed higher at 68.37 from yesterday’s closing level of Rs 68.43 at the interbank foreign exchange market here. It gained sharply to 68.26 before being struck by volatility as local stocks fell nearly 300 points. The rupee was still trading higher at 68.38 at 1030 hrs. The Indian unit moved between 68.26 and…

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Pak SC disqualifies senior PML-N leader for contempt of court

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Pakistan’s Supreme Court today sentenced a senior leader of the jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N party for contempt of court, disqualifying him from holding public office for five years, months after he made anti-judiciary remarks. The Supreme Court had initiated contempt proceedings against the fire-brand Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Tallal Chaudhry for his “derogatory and contemptuous speeches/statements” against the judiciary during a rally in January. A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmad, sentenced Chaudhry till the rising of the court and also imposed a fine of Rs…

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Trump admin plans steeper tariff on import of Chinese products

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The Trump administration is considering to increase the proposed tariff of 10 per cent on import of Chinese products to 25 per cent, a top trade negotiator has said. Such a move would more than double its proposed tariff on import of Chinese products worth USD 200 billion. “The bottom line is the president is going to continue to hold China responsible for their unfair trade practices. This has gone on for long enough and he is going to do something about it,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders…

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Cong should bring opposition parties together against BJP: Sharad

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Loktantrik Janta Dal leader Sharad Yadav appealed to the Congress today to take the lead in bringing together all opposition parties on a single platform to dislodge the BJP from power. Addressing a gathering here, he said the country was currently reeling under an “undeclared democracy” in the BJP rule. “It (defeating the BJP) will not happen without opposition unity. Those getting 31 per cent votes are ruling now because 69 per cent votes stood divided. The Congress is the biggest opposition party and it should take responsibility to bring…

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