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Monday, 30 November 2020
Citing Pardon, Justice Dept. Asks Judge to ‘Immediately’ Dismiss Flynn Case
By BY CHARLIE SAVAGE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3liIuVq
A Responsible Withdrawal From Afghanistan
By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/39txG4t
Police Body Cameras Cited as ‘Powerful Tool’ Against Stop-and-Frisk Abuses
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UP: Pandemic parole extension over, convicts asked to return to jail
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Joint venture to power Indian villages bags Times Higher Education award
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SMC razes 20 properties to clear way for Paal-Umra bridge approach road
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In California court, US makes submission for extradition of 26/11 accused to India
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Rajkot hospital fire: 3 directors of firm that runs pvt hospital held
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Khedut Samaj extends support to farmers’ protest in Delhi
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Gujarat: Preimplantation diagnosis of embroys offers hope in eliminating genetic disorders
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When the last journey was tougher than trip abroad, they stepped in
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Covid-19 vaccine: Being atmanirbhar in vaccine R&D
R&D for an indigenous vaccine must consider India-specific factors, such as the need for stability at high temperatures, a long shelf life, ease of administration, etc
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Google Pay: Tiny target in a big battle
The CCI’s battle to keep digital gatekeepers at bay continues to unwrap discreet narcissistic policies of tech moguls. Google Pay is the new target
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Growth In Numbers: Some cheer amidst gloom
Even after the GDP recovers to the pre-pandemic level, it is doubtful whether the Economy can resume being on a trajectory of 7%-plus growth
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CoinToss: Facebook is set to launch a stripped-down Libra next year
While the company had more ambitious plans, due to its failure to convince regulators across the world, it has been more than willing to tweak Libra.
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Arizona and Wisconsin Certify Biden’s Wins: ‘The System Is Strong’
By BY REID J. EPSTEIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37koa0Q
How Will Biden Deal With Republican Sabotage?
By BY PAUL KRUGMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3mvpVyQ
Black Teenager Is Fatally Shot in Argument Over Music, Police Say
By BY AZI PAYBARAH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37t22Se
Restrictions push the San Francisco 49ers to Arizona for December.
By BY KEN BELSON from NYT World https://ift.tt/2JqNz0O
Let This Festive Brandied Fruit Lift Your Holidays
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Why School Districts Are Bringing Back Younger Children First
By BY ELIZA SHAPIRO AND KATE TAYLOR from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2Jqsx2a
Sunday, 29 November 2020
Skills quotient: The key to accelerate skill development
Decentralisation has to be logically extended beyond designated district committees to gram panchayats
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Supporting Education: Girls are more likely to bear the brunt of pandemic
New report shows girls are more likely to bear the brunt of the pandemic in terms of the hit to education
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Production Linked Incentive Scheme: Unlocking untold possibilities
The PLI scheme is designed to be effective in implementation and predictable in results. It will help India create a significant chunk of the jobs it needs.
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No time to tighten those purse strings
Large enough swathes of the economy remain in trouble, so increased government expenditure will remain critical
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Renewable energy capacity addition to gather pace in H2FY21
This is going to be led by solar power, on the back of strong policy focus and competitive tariffs.
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The King of Trump TV Thinks You’re Dumb Enough to Buy It
By BY BEN SMITH from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2VhZDEc
What We Learned From Week 12 of the N.F.L. Season
By BY BENJAMIN HOFFMAN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/39spilM
Ransomware Attack Closes Baltimore County Public Schools
By BY AZI PAYBARAH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3q6qBgd
Biden’s doctor says president-elect has hairline fracture after twisting his ankle playing with dog.
By BY ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/33uTYyX
Biden team wants to tackle child care, elder care, preschool in one overarching plan.
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Will go with people’s decision: Suvendu on his home turf after quitting TMC govt
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Bengal: Campuses to stay shut, online classes to go on
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Back in Darjeeling, GJM leader says BJP fooled people of Hills for 15 yrs
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Governor may soon ask TMC to prove majority in Assembly: BJP MP
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Six shut schemes get Rs 11,576 crore so far: Franklin Templeton
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Budget FY-Plan to boost fund infusion for infra projects
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Biden names all-female communications team with Jen Psaki as press secretary.
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Jennifer Psaki to Be Press Secretary as Biden Names All-Female Communications Team
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Republicans and Democrats Need to Work Together. Earmarks Can Help.
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What’s Going On in This Picture? | Nov. 30, 2020
By BY THE LEARNING NETWORK from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/3fUpzPB
Saturday, 28 November 2020
An underground New York club with 400 people was shut down for violating coronavirus restrictions.
By BY JOHN ISMAY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Vay5QW
One of the warm-up bouts was canceled after a fighter tested positive for the coronavirus.
By BY OSKAR GARCIA from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3fJq3Il
A Cat Is Said to Be Joining the Bidens in the White House
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India vs Australia 2nd ODI Live Cricket Streaming: When and where to watch?
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Bengal: ‘Arjun Singh didn’t disclose all details to EC before LS polls,’ says Sashi Panja
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Bengal: Left, Cong seat-sharing talks to begin after Sonia’s approval
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Day 1 of J&K political test: 41% turnout in Valley, 52% overall
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Governor gives nod, UP’s anti-conversion law comes into effect
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Farmers will never benefit from market, big players, says Akhilesh
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UP: 18-year-old woman in Ballia murdered, neighbour arrested
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Pune: From spirituality of Sufi music to the power of Matrix, Rahman shares views with FTII students
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PMC plan to appoint ‘consultant’ for insurance schemes draws flak
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Across The Aisle: Slow march backward
We live in a strange world where the President of communist China speaks eloquently on the virtues of free trade and globalisation and the President of capitalist United States speaks derisively of trade agreements, WTO, free trade, climate change and the Paris Accord!
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This could be quite popular. What’s that mean for boxing at large?
By BY MORGAN CAMPBELL from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2JgQpFK
Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond
By BY DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, RONEN BERGMAN AND FARNAZ FASSIHI from NYT International Home https://ift.tt/2VhaxK4
How Tony Hsieh Tried to Single-Handedly Transform Downtown Las Vegas
By BY NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS AND KAREN WEISE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37gG7gH
Friday, 27 November 2020
2,000 km from home, giving back to a state that feels like one
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Attacks on family ‘low and perverted’ politics by BJP, says Uddhav
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How widening rift finally led to Suvendu-TMC breakdown
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CPSEs: Centre for m-cap, asset monetisation goals in MoUs
The staff of CPSEs — which are around 250 now — may lose on their performance related pay (PRP), if the firms fail to meet the goals on M-cap and monetisation.
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Covid-19: Will the promise of vaccines match the promos?
‘Science by press release’ may be good for value of developers’ stocks, but regulatory approvals & public-health use require rigorously gathered, honestly reported data
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Gunmen Assassinate Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist in Ambush, Provoking New Crisis
By BY DAVID E. SANGER, ERIC SCHMITT, FARNAZ FASSIHI AND RONEN BERGMAN from NYT World https://ift.tt/39nyaJe
Los Angeles County, where the virus is surging, urges residents to stay home.
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McKinsey Report: Chilling news for India on global warming
McKinsey report paints a dire climate picture for India which it can’t escape without coordinated global action
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COVID-19 Vaccine: Learn from AstraZeneca lapses
Tighten trial, manufacturing oversight and regulatory scrutiny
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PM to visit Pune’s Serum Institute of India today, assess vaccine progress
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Chandigarh: PGI wins National Award as ‘Best Hospital’ for 4th time
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Senior officials deliberate on steps to reduce Mohali’s Covid case fatality rate
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Community rallies behind Sikh boy taunted for turban, assaulted in UK
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1300 properties owing Rs 52 crore in tax sent notices by MC Panchkula
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Mohali: Guru Nanak Colony remains devoid of basic civic amenities despite tall claims by administration
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High Court seeks reply from Panchkula SP on inaction in arresting builder Vinod Baghai despite criminal FIRs
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PCI’s directive on ‘foreign contents’ and its chilling effect on media freedom
The chilling effect this is likely to have on a free media doesn’t bode well for a healthy democracy.
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Remembering Faqir Chand Kohli, father of Indian IT
Under FC Kohli, often described as the Henry Ford of IT services, TCS moved software development from an artisan-like activity to the industrial assembly line of a software factory
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For the World Economy, a Grim Slog Tempered by New Hopes
By BY PETER S. GOODMAN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3miLHFC
Los Angeles County urges residents to stay home and bars gatherings of mixed households.
By BY JOHN ISMAY from NYT World https://ift.tt/36iKqcp
Thursday, 26 November 2020
Ease of doing biz: More minor offences to be decriminalised
Income tax, customs, excise, pharma, labour acts are also being reviewed. Certain ministries feel that some aspects of criminalisation is necessary for efficient enforcement.
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Equal access to subsidies: Why not give LPG subsidies to a privately-owned BPCL?
What is not clear, either then or now, is why the government is uneasy about giving subsidies to customers of private entities.
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Giving some teeth to independent directors
Having Independent directors on the board will remain mandatory. the way forward is to strengthen the system surrounding their appointment & functioning
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Judge in Venezuela Convicts 6 U.S. Oil Executives of Corruption
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El adiós a Maradona nos revela a la Argentina
By BY HUGO ALCONADA MON from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/3fLJ2SE
Trump, Still Claiming Victory, Says He Will Leave if Electors Choose Biden
By BY MICHAEL CROWLEY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37bnjPV
India vs Australia 1st ODI Live Cricket Streaming: When and where to watch
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Trump says he’ll give up power if Electoral College backs Biden
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Online Dispute Resolution: Tech-ing justice delivery forward
Strengthen the existing legislative framework for alternative dispute resolution with amendments supporting online dispute resolution
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Upholding Democracy: Europe’s Faustian bargain
Against a grim geopolitical backdrop, the EU recovery fund’s promise to reduce divisiveness in the governing council could not be more welcome.
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Business as usual? Adapting to the new normal
Business leaders are now prioritising management of supply chain risks, environment, social and corporate governance
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Argentina, and Latin America, Mourn Maradona as a Man of the People
By BY DANIEL POLITI AND MANUELA ANDREONI from NYT World https://ift.tt/3m68LHH
In Argentina, Thousands Wait in Line for Maradona’s Wake
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U.S. Border Agency Settles With 2 Americans Detained for Speaking Spanish
By BY ALLYSON WALLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/36830n9
Probe ordered into newborn’s death after family alleges negligence by Aligarh clinic
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Ensure timely completion of road projects: Nitin Gadkari to UP
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Containment zones become smaller, UP govt says no permission required for weddings
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PNGRB simplifies gas pipeline tariff to make it more affordable
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Rationalise GST rate structure to check GST fraud
... the GST rate structure must be rationalised and moved towards a two-rate structure, in addition to the tightening of the GST registration process
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Strike Against New Labour Laws: Labour unions or labour aristocracy?
Trade unions can’t do much good if their membership is confined, as it is today, to a fraction of the working class
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Aarogya Setu App: Releasing source code will build trust
India needs to follow the Singapore example for Aarogya Setu, release source code in its entirety
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U.S. Border Agency Settles With 2 Americans Detained for Speaking Spanish
By BY ALLYSON WALLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/36830n9
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
More tests likely for SII to get to Oxford’s half-dose efficacy
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Village recalls ‘our man in Delhi’: Never expected anything for getting work done
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Railways limping, swift growth in non-metro flights; Patna recovery fastest in October
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Lakshmi Vilas Bank to operate as DBS Bank India from tomorrow
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Mumbai: Woman molested in train by passenger who saved her from chain snatcher
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Stock-building: China resorts to huge agri imports
Beating the Covid-19 blues, China has been importing farm products at a brisk pace this year in an apparent bid to take advantage of relatively stable global prices and replenish its depleting food inventory.
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‘Revised HAM to boost investor confidence, catalyse stake sales’
Under HAM, the NHAI pays the developer the balance 60% of the project cost as annuity payments over the operations period along with interest thereon.
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Industrial growth: The right policy mix for success
India’s industrial policies have tended to be doctrinaire. We need a heavy dose of pragmatism to achieve our full potential
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Cashfree eyes 5 million daily transactions in 7 months
Online payments platform Cashfree is trying to scale up its business volumes to handle around five million transactions a day over the next seven to nine months as more enterprises across the country thinking digital.
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Elks Lodges and other clubs face challenges surviving the pandemic.
By BY LUCY TOMPKINS from NYT World https://ift.tt/3fCgTgQ
Confused by the College Football Playoff Rankings? We Can Help
By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3m8c15r
Dena Dietrich, Who Found TV Fame as Mother Nature, Dies at 91
By BY ANITA GATES from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3m7RRse