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Green top awaits India and Australia in Perth’s new Test venue

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Most Indian teams of the past would be wary of a green top but the Virat Kohli-led side will see it as an opportunity to bulldoze the Australians when the second Test begins on a pitch offering plenty of pace and bounce at the brand new Optus Stadium, here Friday. The mood in the Indian camp was summed up best by the skipper after a green pitch was unveiled on eve of the maiden Test at the new facility. “We get more excited than nervous looking at lively pitches now,” said Kohli,…

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China positioning itself to supplant America as next superpower: US official

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China is positioning itself to supplant America as the world’s next superpower through “economic aggression” and “relentless theft of US assets”, the Trump administration has told a powerful Congressional committee.Assistant Director of counter-intelligence Division, FBI E W “Bill” Priestap told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing on Chinese espionage activities that after the World War-II, the US and its allies created an international order that has led to greater peace, prosperity and human rights than at any other time in human history.The Chinese government has been exploiting this order while simultaneously…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Inside Isha Ambani’s Wedding: Shilpa Shetty, Gauri Khan, Sunita Kapoor And The ‘One And Only’ Rekha

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On Thursday, Shilpa Shetty treated her Instafam to inside pictures from Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal’s wedding, which took place at the Ambani residence in Mumbai. Shilpa Shetty posted two pictures from the wedding on her Instagram timeline featuring herself with actress Rekha, Gauri Khan and Sunita Kapoor. “The posers and what a colourful fun night it was with Gauri Khan, Sunita Kapoor and the one and only Rekha. Hearty congratulations to the Ambani and Piramal families. It was so beautifully done,” Shilpa Shetty captioned the pictures. For the wedding,…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

SC dismisses plea seeking immediate execution of death row convicts in Nirbhaya case

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The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a petition seeking directions for the immediate execution of the four men convicted in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case of 2012.“What kind of prayer you are making?” a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Depeak Gupta said. “You are making the court a joke,” it added.The 23-year-old paramedic student was raped on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012 inside a running bus in South Delhi by six persons and severely assaulted before being thrown out on the road. She died on December…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Shaktikanta Das named new RBI Governor

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Former bureaucrat Shaktikanta Das, who spearheaded the post-demonetisation normalisation of the economy, was Tuesday named the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India.Das, 61, replaces Urjit Patel, who shocked the establishment and markets by announcing his exit from the central bank Monday.Das will have a three-year term, an official order said.He will be the first bureaucrat to head the central bank in almost five years.While it was widely expected that the government will name an interim RBI head during its search for Patel’s replacement, the Appointments Committee of the…

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World Tour Finals: Tough road ahead for Sindhu; Sameer too eyes knockout berth

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P V Sindhu’s bid to end the season with a gold will be a tough one while debutante Sameer Verma too will need to produce his absolute best to make the knockout stage when the BWF World Tour Finals begins here Wednesday.Sindhu has been the most impressive among the Indian shuttlers as she claimed silver medals at all the major events — Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Championship — besides finishing runners-up at the India Open and Thailand Open.On Wednesday, the 23-year-old from Hyderabad, who had finished runners-up in…

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13 of 19 Rajasthan ministers lose elections; CM Vasundhara Raje retains her seat

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As many as 13 of 19 ministers in the outgoing Vasundhara Raje government have lost the Assembly elections in Rajasthan as results and trends brought electoral reverses for the ruling BJP.However, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her five cabinet colleagues have won their respective constituencies.Raje (Jhalrapatan), Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria (Udaipur), Education Minister Vasundev Devnani (Ajmer North), Women and Child Development Minister Anita Bhadel (Ajmer South), Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Rathore (Churu) and Higher Education Minister Kiran Maheshwari (Rajsamand) have retained their respective seats.The chief minister won the Jhalrapatan…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

May tours Europe in desperate bid to save Brexit deal

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Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May embarked on a tour of European capitals on Tuesday in a desperate bid to salvage her Brexit deal, a day after delaying a parliamentary vote on the text to avoid a crushing defeat.May had breakfast with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in The Hague before heading to Berlin for lunch with Chancellor Angela Merkel, and was then to travel on to Brussels. She is seeking “reassurances” over provisions in the EU withdrawal agreement concerning Northern Ireland, which she hopes could persuade her rebellious Conservative…

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Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ named most-streamed song from 20th century

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Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” has become the world’s most-streamed song from the 20th century, four decades after the number was first recorded.The single, which inspired the title of the recent Rami Malek-starrer Freddie Mercury biopic, is also the most-streamed classic rock song of all time, a release on the official page of the British rock band said quoting Universal Music Group. The original song and official video for Bohemian Rhapsody , taken from the group’s 1975 album “A Night at the Opera”, has surpassed 1.6 billion streams globally across all major…

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AC Milan let Inter off the hook with Torino stalemate

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AC Milan missed a chance to pile pressure on local rivals and fellow Champions League chasers Inter Milan in Serie A after being held to a goalless draw by Torino at the San Siro on Sunday.Gennaro Gattuso’s fourth-placed Milan are three points behind Inter, who lost to leaders Juventus on Friday, after wasting opportunities to win the match, with forward Patrick Cutrone missing a golden chance with four minutes left and Gonzalo Higuain, returning from a two-match ban, also denied late.Milan’s wastefulness wasn’t punished by Torino, four points behind Milan…

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