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India-Africa defence ties in focus at Defexpo: Defence Secretary

Measures in place to screen visitors for Coronavirus from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/37Ny8a8

Trump signed off on the plan for his trial’s close.

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Requiem for a Dream

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Roberts says it would be ‘inappropriate’ for him to act as a tie-breaker.

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Giuliani Sought Help for Client in Meeting With Ukrainian Official

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Watch Live: Senators Debate Impeachment Trial Amendments

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Parents resist CWC notice to keep children away from sit-in

Students say they want to participate in anti-CAA protest from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2Ogk3u8

Trump impeachment verdict next week after Senate rejects call for new witnesses

The 45th U.S. President is all-but-assured of an acquittal by the Senate, where Republicans hold 53 seats to 47 for the Democrats and a two-thirds majority — or 67 senators — is needed for his removal. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31cPU44

Economic Survey 2019-20: Bigger banks needed for $5 trillion economy

Every rupee invested in public sector banks lost 23 paise from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2RK4xJ6

Hillary Clinton Slams Bernie Sanders for Not Working to Unite Democrats in 2016

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Plans for Alabama’s Deadly Prisons ‘Won’t Fix the Horrors’

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Brexit Has Arrived. But Boris Johnson’s Reign Is Just Beginning.

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Senators say they’ve settled on a schedule that would end the trial on Wednesday.

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Senate rejects calling new witnesses in Trump impeachment trial

The Senate voted 51-49 along party lines with two Republican Senators Mitt Romney and Susan Collins voting across party lines. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31cPU44

Economic Survey 2019-20: Bigger banks needed for $5 trillion economy

Every rupee invested in public sector banks lost 23 paise from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2RK4xJ6

Tiruppur Book Festival expects more visitors this year

With the inauguration of the 17th Tiruppur Book Festival on Thursday, the organisers are expecting more visitors this time than the previous editions. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2S65x9n

PM seeks feedback on J&K from Ministers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought feedback from the 37 Union Ministers who visited Jammu and Kashmir as part of an outreach initiative from Jan from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2S52Ftr

Move to reconstruct median flayed

Tiruchi Corporation’s move to reconstruct Anna Nagar Link Road has received flak from residents.As per the plan, a median will be reconstructed and ra from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/36J0C3h

Girl bags best cadet medal from PM

A NCC Air Wing girl cadet received the All India Best Cadet medal and a baton from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the PM NCC Rally at New Delhi c from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31iv7fp

UGC approves new courses for varsity

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has given approval to SASTRA University of Thanjavur (Deemed-to-be University) to offer two online programmes f from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31iuOkL

Tamil Nadu has the highest numberof students qualifying in PG NEET

Of the 18,854 candidates who appeared, as many as 11,681 have qualified from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31dOCWs

CM inaugurates multiple departmental offices

Labs for research institute opened in Pudukottai district from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2GIDpUE

Government announces ‘Direct CTO Scheme’ for green industries

CM says pre-establishment clearance process relaxed from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2UpRZZh

Defense team continues to portray the president as a victim.

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Citing ‘Soul of Our Democracy,’ Pastor of Dr. King’s Church Enters Senate Race

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PNB fraud case: Nirav Modi remanded until February 27

Modi’s extradition trial is scheduled for five days starting May 11 from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3b6x9nA

Two women arrested in Bidar sedition case

As per school sources, the police came to the institution in the evening and interrogated the staff and children for a couple of hours before taking the women with them. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2GFKeX0

Actor rape case: examination of survivor begins

Court conducts in-camera proceeding to protect privacy from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/36Hpw3B

Thousands take to the streets against CAA, NRC, NPR in Odisha

BJD MPs criticised for supporting CAA Bill in Parliament from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2S4Vb9z

Petroleum men and Railways emerge victorious

Scoreline fails to reflect Delhi boys’ gallant effort; Bengal-A girls capitulate without a fight from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/36JgGlA

Sharjeel to be brought to Assam for grilling

Former Jawaharlal Nehru University student and Shaheen Bagh protester Sharjeel Imam will be brought to Guwahati for interrogation related to his “hate from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3aPQSrk

CDS should be given capital procurements: ex-Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra

Ex-Defence Secretary Mitra bats for more powers to the newly created Chief of Defence Staff from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/38L0AcO

Trump Travels to Iowa to Energize Supporters for Caucuses Next Week

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These Brands Said No to Running Super Bowl Commercials

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When Will We See Bolton’s Book?

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Republican senator laments starkly partisan nature of the trial.

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New York Is Urged to Consider Surge Pricing for Taxis

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More American Troops Sustain Brain Injuries From Iran Missile Strike in Iraq

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Everyone Wants a Piece

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¿Hará el papa Francisco un milagro con la deuda de Argentina?

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Alexander asks about the differences in bipartisanship under Nixon and Trump.

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Coronavirus: Nationwide death toll in China touches 212

The new figures came hours after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the deadly pathogen. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2UboJoY

U.S. life expectancy up for first time in four years

The increase in 2018, the latest year for which data is ready, was marginal: 78.7 years compared to 78.6 years for the year before, but it was enough to arrest a slide that began in 2014. The figure was 76.1 for men and 81.2 for women. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2U7CKUx

Ranji Trophy | Karnataka pulls off an emphatic win

More scalps six as Railways batsmen come a cropper in second essay from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/319d7UD

Richa — the most complete package

She can bat, don the big gloves and bowl too from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2uRz8v5

Kejriwal violated code of conduct: EC

‘He promised to build mohalla clinics on court complexes’ from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2S6ZBNv

Rand Paul’s question may center on naming the whistle-blower.

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To Senate Republicans, a Vote for Witnesses Is a Vote for Trouble

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Kashmiri journalist wins the 2019’s PEN Gauri Lankesh Award for Democratic Idealism

Yusuf Jameel has worked in Urdu and English and in print and radio for over three and a half decades starting from early 1980s. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2S0ekJV

CBI awaiting prosecution sanction against 140, including 15 IAS officials

The permission for prosecution of the accused has been sought from various government departments in 58 cases. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2RYlZZm

Court allows women to vote in traditional bodies in Meghalaya

The High Court of Meghalaya on Tuesday ruled that the women in the State have the right to participate in the election of the heads of traditional vi from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/37C0nZa

Greta Thunberg patents own name and ‘Fridays for Future’

The 17-year-old Swede said her name and the movement’s name were constantly being hijacked for commercial purposes without any consent. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2RB9YtG

Verdicts in key cases of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi likely in February

Both businessmen have been declared fugitive economic offenders by courts from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2tebEA8

Blue States Are Burying Damning Data About School Funds — Red States Are, Too

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To Truly Move On, the Astros Needed Dusty Baker

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As Coronavirus Explodes in China, Countries Struggle to Control Its Spread

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Coronavirus Spreads, and the World Pays for China’s Dictatorship

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6 Takeaways From Senators’ Questions to Impeachment Lawyers

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Everyone’s a Winner in Iowa

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Day 8 of Trump’s Trial: Ask Me Anything

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A frantic campaign schedule catches up with one senator.

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Biden Plans a Counterattack at Trump as Impeachment Tensions Rise

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Legal Pads, Photographs and a Podcast: How Senators Are Documenting Impeachment

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Bashing Bolton, a Senate candidate, Jeff Sessions, plays up his loyalty.

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The Senate breaks for dinner.

By BY PATRICIA MAZZEI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2RC5hQd

Greta Thunberg patents own name and ‘Fridays for Future’

The 17-year-old Swede said her name and the movement’s name were constantly being hijacked for commercial purposes without any consent. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2RB9YtG

Verdicts in key cases of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi likely in February

Both businessmen have been declared fugitive economic offenders by courts from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2tebEA8

European Parliament debates anti-CAA motion; vote delayed till March

One of the groups behind the motion, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, said the reason for the postponement was because the CAA was undergoing a legal process in India. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2U86iBy

Huge cache of explosives seized in Odisha

It includes 196 quintal ammonium nitrate, 3,200 gelatin sticks and 10,406 detonators from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2GzMIGe

Boy murders 21-year-old man for snatching his cell phone

CCTV footage helps Fort Police in apprehending him from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2GuEYoV

Old Tamil manuscripts recovered

Old manuscripts in the possession of a villager at Merpanaikadu in Aranthangi taluk in the district for several years have been sent to the State Arch from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/38MbuyP

Airline not obliged to escort passengers to boarding gate: SC

The judgment came on a petition filed by Indigo Airlines against a series of decisions from the district consumer forum to the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission to give compensation to a family who missed a flight from Kolkata to Agartala in 2017. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2GuZmq7

Impeachment Briefing: John Roberts’s Role

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Researchers Are Racing to Make a Coronavirus Vaccine. Will It Help?

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How to Prevent Coronavirus? Wash Your Hands

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How Do Bats Live With So Many Viruses?

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Ordinary or ‘Enemy’? How Jay Powell Is Positioning the Fed in a Fraught Era

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Bolton Book Puts New Focus on Trump’s Actions in Turkey and China Cases

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Washington Post Says Reporter’s Kobe Bryant Tweets Did Not Break Rules

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When Your Best Surrogate Can’t Talk

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Passport holders to receive SMS alert before expiry date

All valid Indian passport holders will henceforth receive SMS alerts to their registered mobile numbers before the export of their passports. The SMS from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/37LEqqV

Digital payment for LPG refill

Indian Oil has introduced digital payment options for consumers of Indane LPG refills. On booking the cylinder through IVRS, the customer will be sent from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2t4sv8g

Tiruchi MP reviews execution of schemes

Tiruchi MP S. Thirunavukarasar, in his capacity as Chairman of the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee, held a review meeting w from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/36CYSsm

Another traffic bottleneck adds to road woes

Karur Bypass Road, which has emerged as an arterial road, witnesses vehicle pile-ups from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3aS2rOI

NIT-T swimming team excels at All-India Inter-NIT Sports Meet

Around 1,000 took part in the games from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/38NY0CU

SASTRA presents alumni awards

SASTRA Deemed to be University presented Distinguished Alumni Excellence Award 2019 to S. Pazhanikumar, a 1992 mechanical engineering graduate and Sci from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/38LfS1a

Tributes paid to former SIT Principal

Birth centenary celebrated from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/37ATrLZ

Boy murders 21-year-old man for snatching his cell phone

CCTV footage helps Fort Police in apprehending him from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2GuEYoV

Old Tamil manuscripts recovered

Old manuscripts in the possession of a villager at Merpanaikadu in Aranthangi taluk in the district for several years have been sent to the State Arch from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/38MbuyP

Airline not obliged to escort passengers to boarding gate: SC

The judgment came on a petition filed by Indigo Airlines against a series of decisions from the district consumer forum to the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission to give compensation to a family who missed a flight from Kolkata to Agartala in 2017. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2GuZmq7

Panel inspects cement factory in Ariyalur

The Tamil Nadu Assembly Committee on Public Undertakings on Tuesday urged officials of the district to take effective steps to keep pollution levels u from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2u0wUJP

Block-level teachers’ meetings under way in Tiruchi district

Exercise being held ahead of public exams for levels V, VIII from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/36t7bXO

Six Chad soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack

The latest in an intensifying wave of jihadists attacks took place in the afternoon close to Tetewa island in the lake. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/30XzmNk

Coronavirus: First case confirmed in Germany: Bavarian health ministry

The ministry gave no further details on how the patient came to be infected but said he was in a ‘medically good state’. from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3aNXyq0

U-19 World Cup | A battle of wrist spinners

India starts as the favourite against Australia from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2GtQ9hz

Enforcement Directorate attaches assets of ex-Jaipur Chief Fire Officer in bribery case

Fixed deposits amounting to ₹69.13 lakh, including interest accrued thereon, attached under money laundering Act from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2TZY7XF

Road safety week comes to a close

Superintendent of Police N. Manivannan flagged off a four-wheeler rally, that started at Paravai and ended at Raja Muttiah Mandram here, to stress roa from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2vsfAOq

2G link offers patchy connectivity in Kashmir

Downloads, e-payments prove tough from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/37yqOz2

Gantz Makes the Best of Being a Third Wheel at the White House

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A quick dinner break for Chick-fil-A and a podcast plug.

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What Do We Owe the Dead?

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Sketches capture the action in the Senate.

By BY ALICIA PARLAPIANO from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/36B1Ptn

‘It’s a Done Deal’

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Listen Up, Liberals: You Aren’t Doing Politics Right

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Why the W.N.B.A. Loved Kobe Bryant

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In Iowa, Biden says he has nothing to defend.

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