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Macron says IS defeat removes ‘significant threat’ to France

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 French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday that the fall of the so-called “caliphate” run by Islamic State jihadists in Syria has removed a source of potential terror attacks against France.“A significant threat to our country” has been “eliminated”, Macron said on Twitter, adding that “the step taken today is immense.” “But the threat remains and the fight against terrorist groups must continue,” he said. France has suffered a wave of jihadist-inspired terror attacks that have killed 250 people since 2015, when gunmen massacred 12 people at the offices of satirical…

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Sensex rises over 100 pts on robust FII buying

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Rising for the ninth straight session, market benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 119 points in early trade Friday led by gains in banking, metal and auto stocks amid sustained foreign fund inflow.Gains were, however, capped tracking Asian markets as investors turned cautious after the US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, experts said.The 30-share index was trading 119.52 points, or 0.31 per cent, higher to 38,506.27. The index began the session on a firm note at 38,452.47 and hit the session’s high of 38,526.71 on steady buying by foreign funds…

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चीन में बस में लगी आग, 26 लोगों की मौत

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चीन के हुनान प्रांत में शुक्रवार को एक बस में आग लग जाने से 26 लोगों की मौत हो गई। सरकारी संवाद समिति शिन्हुआ ने स्थानीय लोगों के हवाले से बताया कि हादसे में 26 लोगों की मौत हो गई और 28 अन्य लोग झुलस गए। घायलों को उपचार के लिए तीन अस्पतालों में भर्ती कराया गया है। इनमें से पांच की हालत नाजुक बताई जाती है। हेनान प्रांत की 59 सीटों वाली बस में शुक्रवार शाम उस समय अचानक आग लग गई जब वह चांगदे शहर की हांशोउ काउंटी…

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लोहिया को आदर्श बताने वाले दलों ने उनके सिद्धांतों को तिलांजलि दी, महामिलावटी गठबंधन को बेचैन : मोदी

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प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ने शनिवार को कहा कि कांग्रेसवाद का विरोध डॉ. लोहिया के हृदय में रचा-बसा था, लेकिन डॉ. लोहिया को अपना आदर्श बताने वाले दलों ने उनके सिद्धांतों को तिलांजलि दे दी है और उसी कांग्रेस के साथ तथाकथित लोहियावादी पार्टियां अवसरवादी महामिलावटी गठबंधन बनाने को बेचैन हैं। प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने अपने ब्लॉग में लिखा, ‘‘आज अद्वितीय विचारक, क्रांतिकारी तथा अप्रतिम देशभक्त डॉ. राम मनोहर लोहिया को उनकी जयंती पर सादर नमन। प्रखर बुद्धि के धनी डॉ. लोहिया में जन सरोकार की राजनीति के प्रति गहरी आस्था थी।’’…

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Emilia Clarke says she survived two life-threatening brain aneurysms in early ‘GOT’ days

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Actor Emilia Clarke has revealed that in the early years of “Game of Thrones” she suffered from two brain aneurysms that nearly took her life.In an essay for The New Yorker, published online on Thursday, Clarke said the health scares began soon after the success of the first season of the HBO epic-fantasy drama.Clarke said just before she assumed her role as Daenerys Targaryen in 2011, she started feelng a “shooting, stabbing, constricting pain” in her head during a workout with her trainer. “I immediately felt as though an elastic band…

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Lahiri opens with a creditable one-under at Valspar Championships

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Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri opened with a creditable one-under 70 in the first round to sit in a tie for 28th place at the USD 6.7 million Valspar Championship here.Lahiri, who is having a rough time this season, is four shots behind the leaders Joel Dahman of the US and Austrian Sepp Straka, who shot five-under 66 each at the Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead course.The scoring was not easy with only 44 players in the field going under par.Lahiri, who has played the event in the past, said, “It was a…

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PM Imran says no room for ‘jihadi outfits and culture’ in Pakistan

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There was no room for “jihadi outfits and jihadi culture” in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said amidst intense global pressure on his government to rein in the terrorist outfits operating from its soil after the Pulwama attack. Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) killed 40 CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district in February 14.India launched a counter-terror operation in Balakot. The next day, Pakistan Air Force retaliated and downed a MiG-21 in an aerial combat and…

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Yasin Malik-led JKLF banned by Centre

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 The Yasin Malik-led Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) was banned on Friday for “promoting” secession of the militancy-hit state from the Union of India, officials said here.Banning the outfit under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act after a high-level meeting on security chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said the Centre is of the opinion that the JKLF is “in close touch with militant outfits” and is supporting extremism and militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere. They said the outfit claims “secession of a part of…

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Sebi fines 4 entities Rs 27 lakh for fraudulent trading in BSE stock options

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Markets regulator Sebi Friday imposed a total penalty of Rs 27 lakh on four entities for indulging in fraudulent trade in illiquid stock options segment of BSE.Umapati Oil Mill and Ginning Factory, Yudhbir Chhibbar, Kasturbhai Mayabhai Pvt Ltd and Vimladevi Shyamsunder Khetan are the four entities, according to Sebi’s separate orders.After observing a large-scale reversal of trades in the BSE’s illiquid stock options segment, Sebi conducted a probe from April 2014 to September 2015.Following the probe, the regulator found that the trades executed by the entities were not genuine as…

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SC to hear plea in disproportionate assets case against ex-UP CMs Mulayam, Akhilesh

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The Supreme Court would hear on Monday a plea seeking a direction to the CBI to place the investigation report in the disproportionate assets case against Samajwadi Party leaders and former Uttar Pradesh chief ministers — Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav.A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has listed the fresh plea of political activist Vishwanath Chaturvedi for hearing on March 25 in which he has sought a direction to the CBI to file its probe report either before the apex court or before a magisterial…

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