Tuesday, October 8, 2019

India slams Pakistan for ‘weaponising’ women’s rights issues at UNGA

Without naming Pakistan, Ms. Tripathi said that the country covets the territory of others and camouflages its “vile intentions with fake concerns”.
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RSS chief says lynching is a ‘western construct’

Mr. Bhagwat urged citizens to create harmony, and that everyone should live within confines of law.
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Arvind Kejriwal unlikely to take part in Denmark climate summit, say sources

There has been no clearance from the Ministry of External Affairs so far
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Facebook to settle advertiser lawsuit for $40 million

Facebook has agreed to pay $40 million to advertisers who said it inflated the amount of time its users watched videos. The San Jose Mercury News say
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Two Indian-origin persons figure in Fortune’s ‘40 Under 40’ list

Intel’s Vice President of artificial intelligence software and the AI lab Arjun Bansal and fashion platform Zilingo CEO and co-founder Ankiti Bose make it to Fortune’s 2019 ‘40 Under 40’ list, the annual selection of the most influential young people in business.
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All stakeholders should help overcome nation’s problems, says Shiv Nadar

Delving on the significance of Dussehra festival, which symbolises the victory of good over evil, he said it is a constant struggle to defeat the “evil within and outside”.
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Hong Kong leader says no plan to use emergency powers for other laws

Despite the violence, and the first interaction between Chinese troops stationed in the territory and the protesters, Ms. Lam said Hong Kong was equipped to handle the situation on its own, as it braced for more demonstrations through the week.
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Conservative leader calls Trudeau a fraud in Canadian debate

Mr. Trudeau was dressed as a character from “Aladdin.” Mr. Trudeau said he also once darkened his face for a performance in high school. A brief video surfaced of Mr. Trudeau in blackface as well when he was in his early 20s.
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EU ambassador to be deposed as impeachment inquiry rolls on

For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. House committees are trying to
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Mizoram Bru refugees stall another repatriation attempt in north Tripura

Mizoram Bru refugees housed in makeshift camps in north Tripura stalled another repatriation initiative on Monday. Hundreds of women inmates dressed i
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Kashmir restrictions ‘devastating,’: U.S. House Committee

It’s time for India to lift these restrictions and afford Kashmiris the same rights and privileges as any other Indian citizen, it says
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Morning digest: Rajnath Singh to receive IAF’s first Rafale jet today, J&K govt to lift advisory issued for tourists from Oct. 10, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day
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Truck drivers stranded for 8th day along Manipur-Myanmar border

48-hour national highway lockdown by sandstone transporters suspended
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Good possibility of a trade deal with China: Trump

The U.S. and China will hold the next round of trade negotiations on October 10
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Watch | Is India open defecation free?

On Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared India open defecation-free. A part of the ‘Swachh Bharat’ initiativ
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At least 13 dead in migrant boat capsizing off Lampedusa, Italy

Initial reports by authorities in Sicily who received the distress call put the number of migrants on board at around 50
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U.S. President calls impeachment inquiry against him a scam

“The impeachment inquiry is a scam. The conversation that I had with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a very good conversation, said Trump
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At least 13 dead in migrant boat capsizing off Lampedusa

Initial reports by authorities in Sicily who received the distress call put the number of migrants on board at around 50
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Kochi Metro trains to commute faster from today

The frequency of trains will also be improved
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U.S. blacklists 28 Chinese entities over abuses in Xinjiang

The U.S. says they are implicated in rights violations and abuses targeting Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region
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Rajnath Singh to receive IAF’s first Rafale jet today

Arrangements have been made at the air base for a traditional ‘Shastra Puja’, or weapons’ worship which forms part of Dussehra celebrations.
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Gaurav Gogoi appointed AICC incharge of Tripura, Manipur

He will hold the new post “along with his current responsibilities as incharge of West Bengal and Andman and Nicobar Islands”
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CPI (M) cracks the whip against party leader, suspend him for one year

Huzurnagar candidate faces the axe for faulty nomination paper
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