Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ended his longest run without a Premier League goal for Arsenal to salvage a 1-1 draw against Southampton, ensuring his team avoided losing five straight top-flight home games for the first time in its 134-year history. Arsenal finished with 10 men for the second straight game after Gabriel […]
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Fulham out of bottom 3 in EPL with 0-0 draw against Brighton
Fulham moved out of the bottom three in the Premier League by securing a hard-fought 0-0 draw with Brighton on Wednesday. Adam Lallana thought he had scored his first goal for Brighton since joining the club in the summer, but it was ruled out by VAR for a handball in […]
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PM Modi, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to discuss connectivity, trade
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina will hold a virtual bilateral summit on Thursday and hold discussions to improve trade and connectivity between both nations. Modi and Hasina will jointly inaugurate the Haldibari-Chilahati rail link which is aimed at fostering people-to-people connectivity on both sides. The […]
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Mike Pence, Joe Biden to get vaccine to build public confidence in shot
Vice President Mike Pence will publicly receive the coronavirus vaccine on Friday, and President-elect Joe Biden is expected get vaccinated as soon as next week, amid concern that many Americans may refuse the injection. Pence will get the shot during a White House event to “build confidence among the American […]
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Cold spell continues in Delhi, minimum temperature at 5.3°C
Delhi woke up to a chilly morning on Thursday with the minimum temperature dipping to 5.3 degrees Celsius, 3 degrees below normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Mausam app. The Capital had recorded a “cold day”, the third in a row on Wednesday, with maximum or day temperature […]
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Kerala election result: Which party stands where and other key takeaways
The ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala appeared set for a sweep in the local body polls in the state on Wednesday, often considered a semi-final before the assembly elections due in April-May next year. The United Democratic Front (UDF) was in the second spot, leading in over […]
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Facebook criticizes Apple privacy policy in newspaper ads
Facebook is again pushing back on new Apple privacy rules for its mobile devices, this time saying in full page newspaper ads that the social media giant is standing up for small businesses. In ads that ran in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other national newspapers […]
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Australian Open to start on Feb. 8 – ATP
The Australian Open will start on February 8, three weeks later than scheduled, the ATP Tour said in releasing an update of its calendar for 2021 revising the first seven weeks of the season. The start date of the main draw of the year’s first Grand Slam was originally slated […]
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Teenager Anshu Malik loses in wrestling World Cup final
Anshu Malik’s excellent run in the Individual Wrestling World Cup ended in the final on Wednesday after she lost the 57kg gold-medal contest 1-5 to Anastasia Nichita of Moldova. The 19-year-old ensured India’s first medal in the tournament in Bulgaria, though she found Anastasia, 21, tactically superior and more powerful, […]
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Sikh religious leader dies by suicide at Singhu border
Baba Ram Singh, the priest of a gurdwara in Haryana, died after shooting himself on Wednesday afternoon at the Delhi-Haryana border in Singhu, where he reached last evening and joined farmers from Punjab and Haryana protesting against three farm laws passed in the Monsoon Session of Parliament. He was 65. […]
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Here is your horoscope for 17 Dec 2020
Aries Saturn moves into your social sector today, dear Aries, and in just two days, Jupiter will do the same. These major sign changes encourage special attention to friends, groups, community, and hopes/wishes. You got a hint of this Saturn transit earlier this year for only a few months, but […]
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Farm unions urge Centre to stop ‘parallel negotiations’
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a platform of farm unions leading the protests against three agricultural laws, has asked the government not to hold parallel negotiations with farmers and stop vilifying farmers as anti-national elements. In a letter to agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar, the group said: “Please don’t hold parallel negotiations. […]
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Centre felicitates two Uttarakhand cops for good work
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Wednesday felicitated two Uttarakhand Police personnel for doing commendable work in the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) and Inter-operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS), according to headquarters of state Director General of Police. Uttarakhand Police Inspector Rachna Shrivastava and lady constable Anita, who is posted in […]
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Uttarakhand Congress chief launches ‘Dhanyawaad Jawaan’ campaign on ‘Vijay Divas’
Uttarakhand Congress chief Pritam Singh launched ‘Dhanyawaad Jawaan’ campaign on ‘Vijay Divas’ on Wednesday to express gratitude to the armed force personnel of the state. A Uttarakhand Congress release said Singh is scheduled to visit the families of serving and retired soldiers across all the districts of the state over next two months. “We have […]
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Pakistan’s Qureshi holds talks with Taliban team, calls for peace in Afghanistan
Pakistan has expressed hope for peace in Afghanistan, but at the same time said that responsibility for a reduction in violence in that country “cannot be shouldered by the Taliban alone”. The comments were made by Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi during a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday […]