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Root wants to stay on as England captain after Ashes blow

September 9, 2019 strong

Joe Root is in no doubt he should remain as England’s Test captain despite presiding over their first failure to win a home Ashes series in 18 years. England were looking to regain the Ashes after a humiliating 4-0 loss under Root in Australia in 2017/18. But Australia’s 185-run victory in the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Sunday left them with an unassailable 2-1 lead in the five-match series ahead of next week’s finale at the Oval. Root, whose tactical acumen has been questioned this series, may be England’s…

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Akshay Kumar to play Prithviraj Chauhan in biopic, film to release on Diwali 2020

September 9, 2019 strong

On his 52nd birthday, superstar Akshay Kumar announced his new project, a biopic on Samrat Prithiviraj Chauhan. Titled “Prithviraj”, the movie will be directed by critically-acclaimed filmmaker Chandraparaksh Dwivedi. Yash Raj Films is producing the project. Akshay said playing “one of the most fearless and courageous kings of India, Prithviraj Chauhan” is an honour for him. “As a nation, we should always celebrate our heroes and immortalize what they did to propagate the values that Indians lived by. Prithviraj is our attempt to bring to light his valour and daredevilry.…

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Mumbai airport stake: Adanis move HC against GVK bid to stall its deal

September 9, 2019 strong

The Adani Group has dragged the shareholders of the GVK Group-run Mumbai airport (MIAL) and the aviation ministry to the Bombay High Court, seeking a direction to them to allow buying out the minority stake held by South African firm Bidvest in the airport. The South African firm Bid Services Division Mauritius or Bidvest owns 13.5 per cent in the country’s second busiest airport. Other shareholders are ACSA Global (Airports Company of South Africa) which owns 10 per cent, Airports Authority of India (26 percent) and GVK Airport Holdings, which…

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Sensex drops over 150 pts; bank, auto stocks drag

September 9, 2019 strong

Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex dropped over 150 points in early session on Monday, weighed down by losses in banking, auto and IT stocks amid unabated foreign fund outflow. The 30-share index was trading 147.20 points, or 0.40 per cent, lower at 36,834.57 at 0930 hours, while the broader Nifty rose 31 points, or 0.28 per cent, to 10,915.20. In the previous session on Friday, the BSE barometer ended 337.35 points, or 0.92 per cent, higher at 36,981.77. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty spurted 98.30 points, or 0.91 per cent,…

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Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong on way to Germany, US after brief detention

September 9, 2019 strong

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was making his way to Germany on Monday after he was released from a brief spell in custody following a mistake in his bail conditions, his party confirmed. Wong, 22, was among multiple prominent democracy advocates who were detained late last month in a roundup by police as the semi-autonomous city reels from more than three months of unprecedented pro-democracy protests. He was accused of “inciting others to take part in unauthorised assembly” among other charges and later released on bail. On Sunday, he…

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India to raise target for restoring degraded land: PM

September 9, 2019 strong

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that India would raise its target for restoring degraded land from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares by 2030. Speaking at the 14th session of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Modi said between 2015 and 2017, India’s tree and forest cover increased by 0.8 million hectares. “I would like to announce that India would raise its ambition of the total area that would be restored from its land degradation status, from twenty one…

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Need mental stability of different level for Olympic medal: Abhishek

September 8, 2019 strong

He might have clinched his second World Cup gold last week but Indian shooter Abhishek Verma says he will have to achieve a “mental stability of a different level” to claim an Olympic medal.The 30-year-old from Haryana, who had secured an Olympic quota place by winning the 10m air pistol gold medal at the Beijing World Cup in April this year, won his second yellow metal in the same event at the Rio World Cup last week.The Indian also bagged a silver with Yashaswini Singh Deswal in mixed 10m air…

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Trump says he cancelled secret summit with Taliban leaders

September 8, 2019 strong

US President Donald Trump has called off a “secret” summit with Taliban leaders and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after the insurgent group claimed responsibility for an attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier, dealing a significant blow to months-long negotiations that were nearing a peace agreement.In a series of tweets on Saturday, Trump disclosed that he was to meet the Afghan president and senior Taliban leaders on Sunday at his Camp David retreat.But he cancelled the meeting after the Taliban admitted it was behind a suicide car bomb attack…

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New motor vehicles act made stricter to make people respect rules: Gadkari

September 8, 2019 strong

Union Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday defended the high penalty under the new motor vehicles act, saying the idea behind it is to make people conform to rules, and asked what is more important lives or money.Speaking during a programme in Nagpur, Gadkari tried to address the criticism of the high penalties under the new law, saying only those who were breaking the law were paying fines. “If one does not break the law, why will he need to pay a fine?””We are jumping red signals,…

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Done everything #MeToo movement would want to achieve: Woody Allen

September 8, 2019 strong

Embattled filmmaker Woody Allen says he does not regret his 2018 statement where he had claimed that he should be the poster boy of #MeToo movement.In an interview with French outlet France 24, Allen reiterated that in his over 60 years long career, he has never been accused of inappropriate behaviour by the female actors and he has always treated them at par with their male counterparts.”I should be (poster boy #MeToo movement)… I’ve worked with hundreds of actresses, not one of them has ever complained about me; not a…