Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Morning Digest: After call with Modi, Trump dials Imran Khan, Crucial manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2 today, and more

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17 MLAs to be inducted as Cabinet ministers in Karnataka

The Chief Minister has sent an official list of 17 ministers to be inducted into the Cabinet to the Governor
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ED arrests Kamal Nath’s nephew Ratul Puri in alleged bank fraud case

Move comes after an FIR registered last week by CBI against Moser Baer India Limited and others
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Morning Digest: After call with Modi, Trump dials Imran Khan, Crucial manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2 today, and more

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Elephant goes missing from Coimbatore Forest Division camp for three hours

But Forest dept. claims it was only allowed to graze
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‘Tough’ situation, says Trump after calls with Modi, Imran Khan

The U.S. President spoke to the Pak PM soon after a 30-minute conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 19, 2019.
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Water drawn from tank where Athi Varadar is immersed not pure: TNPCB tells HC

TNPCB informs High Court about the presence of high level of coliform bacteria
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G7 may end without communique due to gaps on trade, climate: NHK

It would be the first time a G7 summit ends without a communique since meetings began in 1975, NHK said.
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This wheelcart lets injured canines walk again

Brainchild of an animal welfare NGO, it is set to make limb-damaged dogs walk at affordable cost
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Scholar B.V. Mallapur passes away at 96

He has several works to his credit
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Kalaburagi doctors carry out ‘first-of-its-kind’ SBCS

Patient with mental disability belongs to Syed Chincholi
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U.S. President tweets picture of Trump Tower looming over Greenland

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said Greenland is not for sale and Mr. Trump’s idea of buying it is “an absurd discussion.”
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Trump administration urged to resolve trade tensions with India

The Democratic Senator had recently met Indian Ambassador to the United States Harsh Vardhan Shringla to discuss the current U.S.-India trade relationship
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Nicotine is now a class A poison in Karnataka

Karnataka Government steps in to curb illegal sale, smuggling of nicotine cartridges, e-cigarettes
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U.N. pays tribute to thousands of aid workers killed, injured

Respect for the rules of war is weakening, making aid workers “increasingly vulnerable”, says U.N. Deputy Humanitarian Chief
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Businessman’s murder: Minor daughter, friend arrested

The accused allegedly attempted to make the crime look like a fire accident
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IAS and IPS officers transferred

In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the State government has transferred a dozen IAS officers.G. Kalpana, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Pub
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After call with Modi, Trump dials Imran Khan, asks to ‘moderate rhetoric’

The two leaders also agreed to work towards strengthening U.S.-Pakistan economic and trade cooperation
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Woman beaten to death by husband, kin

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death and her body set on fire by her husband and in-laws for dowry, the police said on Monday. The woman’
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Beijing accused of using Twitter, Facebook against Hong Kong protests

Twitter said it suspended 936 accounts that originated in China.
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Focus turns to domicile laws, land, jobs in proposed Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

Pandits, Dogras and Buddhists demand maintenance of current population status, rights over land
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Scheduled Caste residents of Paravai demand removal of encroachment

They say a private party has encroached upon the panchayat union’s road
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News Analysis: India’s campaign for permanent seat at UNSC slowing down

Diplomats blame China for having quietly carried out a campaign to stop the draft resolution from acquiring speed
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