Sunny Leone’s name on merit list of Kolkata college

Bollywood actor Sunny Leone’s name “mischievously” made it to the top of the merit list for admission to an undergraduate programme of a Kolkata col
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World Bank pauses publication of Doing Business report

It says irregularities have been reported regarding changes to the data in the Doing Business 2018 and Doing Business 2020 reports.
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Russian prosecutors say no need for criminal investigation in Navalny affair

The Interior Ministry said it had started a preliminary investigation into the case, but this was routine.
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Putin says Russia has set up force to aid Belarus leader if needed

The remarks were the strongest signal yet that Russia is prepared to use force if needed in Belarus, where mass demonstrations have taken place since an Aug. 9 election
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Biden, Harris criticize Trump response to unrest, pandemic

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris stepped up their criticism of President Donald Trump, saying he’s rooting for violence amid unrest in Wisconsin and blasting him for a lack of leadership on the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dressing up Madras: on textiles of yore, cloth trade and markets

The world may be in the midst of the most extraordinary set of circumstances most people living now are likely to have experienced, but August 22 rings a happy note in Chennai, nay, Madras. It's never too much to refresh the view of the city’s history. Here’s a week of stories that map the way different professions and trades helped this city grow. Madras Day is celebrated every August 22, in commemoration of the broadly-agreed date (in 1639) for the sale of the village Chennapattinam or Madrasapattinam to the East India Company. That cut off would make this city 381 years old. Happy birthday, Madras, that is, Chennai. Let the celebrations be COVID-19 compliant this year
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A reunion after three decades for an Odisha man

Daya Bhuyan, who lost his memory and was living in an Arunachal Pradesh forest, was found by an educational entrepreneur who helped bring him back
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