Monday, August 31, 2020
JEE Main 2020 Exam live updates
National Testing Agency is all set to commence the JEE Main and NEET UG exams from September 1 and 13, respectively. Aspirants who are appearing for the entrance exams can check the latest updates about JEE Main and NEET UG here. Stay connected!
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Economy shrinks record 23.9% in Q1: Here's how different sectors fared
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US strategy is to push back against China in every domain, says official
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T20 tilting heavily in favour of the bat: Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Ruing that the game is getting tilted in the favour of the batsmen, former Indian captain and opener Krishnamachari Srikkanth called for a fair balance between bat and ball.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3lD4Emw
Champions Real Madrid kick off La Liga title defence at Real Sociedad
Spanish champions Real Madrid begin the defence of their La Liga title away at Real Sociedad on Sept. 20 and play Barcelona in the season’s first classico just over one month later, Monday’s draw for this season’s fixtures revealed.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3hLOe93
Two PSG players display Covid-19 symptoms
Two Paris St Germain players have tested positive for COVID-19 and gone into quarantine, the club announced on Monday without revealing their identity.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3hLNNf5
Tour de France: Caleb Ewan edges Sam Bennett to win Stage 3
Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) zigzagged his way through an elite field to snatch victory on Stage 3 at the Tour de France in Nice as Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) stayed in yellow.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/31N2Y29
RIL’s deal for Future retail biz blocks Amazon
By proposing to acquire the retail assets of Future Group (and not Future companies), the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) has ensured that rival Amazon does not become its shareholder.
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No Coco-mania as Gauff bows out of US Open
Coco Gauff's hopes of launching another deep run at a Grand Slam ended in the first round at the US Open on Monday, with the US teenager succumbing in three sets to Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2YPyjz2
Italian clubs covet Lionel Messi but seek cheaper options
While some Serie A clubs are eyeing Lionel Messi longingly, their mantra as they prepare for the transfer window is "financial prudence".from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3hMH2cW
Novak Djokovic marches on at US Open with straight-sets win
Pre-tournament favorite Novak Djokovic marched into round two of the US Open Monday as he launched his bid for a 18th Grand Slam with a straight-sets win. The world number one dispatched unheralded Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Herzegovina 6-1, 6-4,6-1 under floodlights at an empty Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3lyOF97
13 champs full of joy, camaraderie and hope after historic chess Olympiad triumph
After years and years of wait, it was online chess that gave them their cherished Olympiad gold. While the pandemic made them adjust to the new normal, Indian chess greats Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy were all praise for the juniors, and hoped their maiden gold would be a game-changer for chess in the country.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3beYaFH
AstraZeneca's vaccine has reached Phase 3 clinical trials in US, says Donald Trump
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How an Indian-origin comedian made a US TV anchor call Trump ‘ullu’ for $85
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Pence says part of Trump govt’s second term agenda is merit-based immigration
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Live: Over 28 lakh people have recovered from Covid
On Monday, India recorded the lowest jump in cases in a week, with 65,968 fresh infections reported in the country. The day’s death toll, at 824, was the lowest for a single day since August 3. Stay here for live updates
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Wettest Aug in 32 yrs, 27% surplus rainfall in India
India experienced its wettest month of August in 32 years, with 27% higher than normal rainfall across the country as a whole, and as much as 61% above normal rains in central India. The month ended with 327mm of average rainfall in the country, 26.7% above the normal for the month (258mm), driving the overall monsoon rainfall in the season so far to close to the “excess” category at 9.8% above the long period average (LPA).
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Sunday, August 30, 2020
St Louis officer dies after being shot in head by gunman
A St Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city's south side died Sunday, authorities said. Mayor Lyda Krewson released a statement saying she was “heartbroken” at police officer Bohannon's death.from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3lwp6Wj
Trump told Abe he was Japan's greatest prime minister: White House
US President Donald Trump called Shinzo Abe the greatest prime minister in Japanese history during a call between the two leaders, a White House spokesman said, days after the Japanese premier said he was stepping down for health reasons.from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YM1Hqc
'Fanning the flames': Dems accuse Trump of stoking violence
Democrats on Sunday accused President Donald Trump of trying to inflame racial tensions and incite violence to benefit his campaign as he praised supporters who clashed with protesters in Portland, Oregon, where one man died overnight, and announced he will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, amid anger over the shooting of another Black man by police.from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jwKbOi
IPL franchise demand for compensation 'absurd': BCCI
Despite the BCCI categorically stating that it will not compensate the franchises for any 'losses' whatsoever - given the simple logic that these 'losses' are merely relative because of Covid restraints - the franchise sent a detailed presentation to the board, estimating the financial losses per team at Rs 46 crore this season. The said franchise, in fact, yet again raised the question if this cost (read: projected 'losses') will be borne by IPL or entirely by the franchises?from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2GdKAaj
Lyon beat Wolfsburg to claim fifth straight Women's Champions League title
Lyon continued their reign as Europe's dominant women's team on Sunday, beating Wolfsburg 3-1 in the Champions League final to win the trophy for the fifth year running with Japan star Saki Kumagai's goal proving crucial.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/31HuptZ
India grab first chess Olympiad gold; declared joint winners with Russia
The much-awaited grand finale of this new event, an online rapid format in mixed category, was followed by a 64,000-plus strong audience but ended on a tame note. A technical glitch forced the Fide president to pass an equitable judgment.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3hIv9od
Dominic Thiem confident of turning things around for US Open
Dominic Thiem had a nightmarish start to his U.S. Open preparations when he was bundled out in his first match of the Western & Southern Open last week but the world number three is confident he can turn things around in time for the Grand Slam.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3lurVXQ
Even Lewis Hamilton sympathises with fans over his F1 dominance
Lewis Hamilton acknowledges that if he had been a Formula One fan watching the same man reel off one dominant win after another, it might even have sent him to sleep.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3gKNr77
Novak Djokovic in action on day one at US Open bubble
Overwhelming favorite Novak Djokovic begins his quest for an 18th Grand Slam title on Monday as a unique, spectator-free 2020 US Open gets underway in a COVID-19 quarantine bubble at Flushing Meadows.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2DelHKv
Florian Thauvin lifts virus-afflicted Marseille to win at Brest
Florian Thauvin marked his first start in 15 months with a goal and two assists as Marseille beat Brest 3-2 on Sunday in their opening game of the Ligue 1 season.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/34Ndk3W
Chinese mainland reports no new locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases
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US nears 6 million cases of coronavirus
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Post-Galwan clash, Indian Navy quietly deployed warship in South China Sea
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We are not anyone's puppets: Farooq Abdullah's retort to Pakistan
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India to start bidding process by October to procure 6 submarines costing Rs 55,000 crore
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IPL 2020: MI-CSK opener in doubt
Absolute chaos has begun to reign in the UAE, where the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises have stationed themselves along with the operations team of the BCCI and the agencies brought on board. While the IPL authorities have their hands full dealing with the 'Covid mess' that erupted in the CSK camp, the remaining franchises say, "we have not heard anything from the BCCI-IPL ever since we flew in here".
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US nears 6 million cases of coronavirus
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IPL 2020: Mumbai Indians-Chennai Super Kings opener in doubt
While the IPL authorities have their hands full dealing with the 'Covid mess' that erupted in the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) camp - a development that was certainly considered possible, given the menace of the virus - the remaining franchises say, "we have not heard anything from the BCCI-IPL ever since we flew in here".from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3hNxwpW
Performance in Olympiad shows the depth of Indian chess: Anand
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Hit by Covid-19, Nashik currency press stops ops
The Currency Note Press (CNP) and India Security Press (ISP) in Nashik will suspend operations for four days from Monday as 40 workers from both facilities have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past two weeks. The CNP prints around 17 million currency notes of various denominations while the ISP prints revenue stamps, stamp papers, passports and visas. The CNP has 2,300 permanent employees and the ISP 1,700.
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Protester killed in Portland as mayor, Trump trade blame
The mayor of Portland, Oregon, and President Donald Trump engaged in a real-time argument Sunday as the president sent a flurry of critical tweets about Ted Wheeler as the mayor was holding a press conference about the fatal shooting of a right-wing supporter in his city the night before.from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32J69Ha
Covid hits 87k medics: IMA asks PM for better care
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to PM Modi drawing his attention to over 87,000 healthcare workers who have got infected with Covid-19 and another 573 who have lost their lives and called for more care for their welfare.
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Saturday, August 29, 2020
Most US states reject Trump administration's new Covid-19 testing guidance
At least 33 states continue to recommend testing people who have been exposed to Covid-19 and have no symptoms, spurning guidance published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week that said testing may be unnecessary. Sixteen states did not immediately respond to requests for comment and North Dakota said it had not made a decision.from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QAnhsW
Biden, aiming at Trump, says he won't use military as 'prop'
The Democratic presidential nominee, in a virtual address to the National Guard Association of the United States' general conference, said Trump recommended "that you should be deployed to quote, 'dominate,' your fellow citizens for exercising their right to peacefully protest.”from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32AZZsB
US prosecutors seek tough sentences for George Floyd cops
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Trump to visit Kenosha in wake of racial unrest
Trump will go to Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday to meet with law enforcement officials and view damage from unrest triggered by Blake's shooting last weekend, White House spokesman Judd Deere said.from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2EMhYEe
IPL 2020 can become a global benchmark, stresses Uday Shankar
Uday Shankar, chairman at Star India and the man working to bring the Indian Premier League’s 13th edition to viewers in India and across the world, says “even before a single ball has been bowled, this has already become the most unique IPL”.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3gEkCt6
Barcelona hold their breath as Lionel Messi weighs up pre-season return
The first indication of how determined Lionel Messi is to leave Barcelona and how ugly this dispute could become will be gauged at the club's training ground on Sunday.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2QCis2u
Pakistan's Azhar Mahmood happy to help England bowlers
Former Pakistan cricketer Azhar Mahmood has no qualms about coaching England during the ongoing Twenty20 series, saying he is happy to "pass on my experience" regardless of nationality.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2YLRr10
Neymar, Nike part ways after 15 years
Nike said Saturday it had parted ways with Neymar, ending one of its most high-profile sponsorship deals a decade and a half after signing the star striker as a 13-year-old prodigy.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3hHXWcL
Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer defy Novak Djokovic in call for 'unity, not separation'
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were on a collision course with Novak Djokovic on Saturday, calling for "unity, not separation" after their long-time rival superstar spearheaded a breakaway union of professional tennis players.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3lufhYQ
Novak Djokovic floats idea of parallel player body
Novak Djokovic and Canadian Vasek Pospisil have approached fellow pros on the ATP Tour for a mandate to float a player body that will ‘promote, protect and represent’ the interests of its members. The 33-year-old Serb is reported to have quit as the president of the ATP Player Council, raising concerns in the corridors of power.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3lpZ5YJ
Brazil surpasses 120,000 Covid deaths
Brazil is just the second country to surpass a death toll of 120,000 in the pandemic, after the United States, where the number killed is now more than 182,000. Unlike in Europe and Asia, where the virus hit hard and then subsided, Brazil's outbreak is advancing at a slow but devastating pace.from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jt0Oe0
Death toll rises to 29 in north China restaurant collapse
The Ministry of Emergency Management says another 28 people were injured, seven of them seriously, when the building suddenly tumbled on Saturday.from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3b9J1pl
Julia Reed, chronicler of Southern life and food, dies a 59
Julia Reed, who wrote about food and culture in the South and promoted her native Mississippi Delta, has died. She was 59. Reed died Friday of cancer, the editors of Garden & Gun magazine said in a post on the magazine's website.from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hBBVfz
IPL 2020: Suresh Raina departure adds to Chennai Super Kings' woes
It seems there’s no end to Chennai Super Kings’ bag of miseries this season. A day after 12 members in the contingent tested Covid positive, their star batsman Suresh Raina decided to withdraw himself totally from the Indian Premier League (IPL) and fly back to India citing “personal reasons”.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2EKqcwD
Djokovic rallies past Raonic to win US Open tuneup title
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic rallied to defeat Canada's Milos Raonic 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in Saturday's ATP Western & Southern Open final, remaining unbeaten this year only two days before his first US Open match.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3hBYhxs
Influence of dictatorship on country's democracy rising: Sonia Gandhi
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India not to participate in multilateral war game in Russia next month
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Defying trade tensions, Chinese buyers snap up Indian steel
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No degrees without exam, Supreme Court upholds UGC's position
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Live: Bars, restaurants can serve booze from Sept 1
The govt of India on Saturday rolled out new Unlock 4 guidelines. According to the new rules, metro services will be operational from September 7, as schools and colleges will continue to remain shut. On Saturday, India recorded a recovery rate of 76.74%. Till now 26 lakh people have recuperated from Covid-19. Stay here for all updates.
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Trump surveys Hurricane Laura damage in post-convention trip
President Donald Trump got a firsthand look Saturday at the damage from Hurricane Laura on a post-Republican National Convention trip that allowed him to use the trappings of his office to try to project empathy and leadership.from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2EwT4sG
Friday, August 28, 2020
Covid test must for MPs entering House
Decision to this effect was taken in a meeting chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om with senior officers and experts of health ministry, AIIMS, ICMR, DRDO, and health department of Delhi on Friday to give final shape to preparations for the session. Besides, there is a proposal to restrict the number of media-persons, both from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
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House readies contempt resolution as Pompeo defies subpoenas
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BCCI puts tournament schedule on hold; CSK's pre-departure camp under scanner
Chennai Super Kings player Deepak Chahar, who has tested positive for Covid-19, can return to training only after a 14-day quarantine period, following which he will have to test negative twice, 24 hours apart, before being permitted to re-enter the bio-secure zone. The Indian cricket board (BCCI) insisted there was no immediate threat to the IPL, which is scheduled to start from September 19.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2G7Xo1U
Ben Stokes returns to New Zealand as dad battles cancer
Ged Stokes, the father of New Zealand-born England cricket star Ben Stokes, has revealed he has brain cancer which is why his son pulled out of the Test series against Pakistan to return home to be with his family.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2QvOFsi
Novak Djokovic edges Roberto Bautista Agut to set up final with Milos Raonic
World number one Novak Djokovic overcame a sore neck and an early scare to defeat Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut 4-6 6-4 7-6(0) in the semi-finals of the Western & Southern Open on Friday, setting up a showpiece match against Canadian Milos Raonic.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/2YJzMqK
NADA removes clause making doping a crime
Indian athletes will no longer face the possibility of being imprisoned or fined heavily for alleged participation in dope-related activities.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3gJ3eDf
Teams refuse to share 'confidential data' with NCA
Reacting to the BCCI’s request that the National Cricket Academy (NCA) should have a say in managing the workload of the Indian players during the Indian Premier League (IPL) season, several franchises have written to the board raising “serious concerns”.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/3jnx2as
Serena Williams' pursuit of number 24 follows lacklustre tune-up
Serena Williams will face a depleted field at this year's U.S. Open but her recent form has made clear that her latest quest for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title will hardly be a cakewalk.from Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Live Match Scores & Sports News Headlines, Results & more https://ift.tt/32PKHk7