WORLD NEWS: August 2020

Monday, August 31, 2020

Unable to Decide

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Saudi King Fires 2 Royals in Defense Corruption Inquiry

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Entrance Exam For IITs Begins Today; Masks, Social Distancing At Centres

The Joint Entrance Examination-Main or JEE for admission to IITS begins today across the country amid a surge in coronavirus cases and opposition by several non-BJP ruled states. An extensive list of...

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US Visa Policy Supporting Indian Talent Is Win-Win For Both: S Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that a United States visa policy that supports Indian talent is mutually beneficial and a "win-win" for both the countries.

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Parliamentary Panel Wants To Know J&K Internet Ban Impact: Shashi Tharoor

Congress leader and chairman of Parliamentary standing committee on Information and Technology Shashi Tharoor has written to Lok Sabha Speaker that the panel would like to be apprised of the impact of...

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Japan To Extend Emergency Loan For India To Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

Japan on Monday said it will extend emergency loan support of upto 50 billion yen towards India's response to the Covid-19 pandemic that includes implementation of health and medical policy.

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Coronavirus Live Updates: COVID-19 Cases In India Cross 36.21 Lakh-Mark

Coronavirus India Live Updates: A record surge of 78,512 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours took India's Covid tally past 36 lakh, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.

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Chennai Boy, 7, Identifies 150 Car Logos In A Minute, Creates Record

A seven-year-old boy, Kevin Raahul, set a record when he identified 150 car logos in one minute with the achievement later being registered in the India Book of Records 2020 and the Asia Book of...

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Saudi king sacks defence officials

Six men, including two princes, are arrested as part of the country's latest anti-corruption drive.

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Elecciones 2020: el Partido Republicano postula a Trump y el demócrata Biden aún lleva la ventaja

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Biden Condemned Violence. Why Won’t Trump?

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Trump Defends Kyle Rittenhouse

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A Long History of Language That Incites and Demonizes

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Pranab Mukherjee Was An "Outstanding Personality": Lord Swraj Paul

Leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul described former President of India Pranab Mukherjee as an outstanding personality who devoted his entire life for the welfare of the nation.

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‘We Germans,’ Alexander Starritt by the Author: An Excerpt

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Unwitting Progressives for Trump

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Facebook Could Block Sharing of News Stories in Australia

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Frustrated by Election Boycott, Venezuela’s Leader Pardons 100 Opponents

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A Teacher and Congresswoman Confronts School Reopenings

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Trump Fans Strife as Unrest Roils the U.S.

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A series of primaries in Massachusetts could be a bellwether for the Democratic Party.

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Ajay Maken Accuses BJP Of Using Probe Agencies For Its Political Benefits

Congress national general secretary and the party's Rajasthan in-charge Ajay Maken on Monday accused the BJP of using investigative agencies for its own political benefits.

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"Corruption Is Corruption": Punjab Chief Minister Tells Congress MP

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday rejected Partap Singh Bajwa's contention that there was no comparison between the alleged scholarship scam and the bitumen scam, in which the Congress...

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Sunday, August 30, 2020

UP Man, 19, Illegally Detained, Dies In Police Custody; Cops Deny Torture

A 19-year-old man, who had been illegally detained at a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district, died in police custody on Sunday morning.

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78,512 Covid Cases In India In 24 Hours, Over 36 Lakh Total Cases

India reported 78,512 new coronavirus infections on Monday, slightly fewer than the previous day when it posted the biggest, single-day tally of infections of any country in the pandemic. With the...

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As Japan’s Abe Leaves, ‘Abenomics’ Will Remain, for Good or Ill

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The Runway Lights Failed, So Villagers Used Their Headlights to Aid an Airlift

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Amit Shah, Admitted To AIIMS For Post-Covid Care, Discharged

Home Minister Amit Shah, who was hospitalised for post Covid-care, was discharged this morning from Delhi's AIIMS. The Home Minister had tested positive for coronavirus, which has affected over 35...

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Your Monday Briefing

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No Corrections: Aug. 31, 2020

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Quotation of the Day: As China Flexes, Taiwan Revamps Its Military

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How to Help Someone Who Lost Their Job

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Think You’re Making Good Climate Choices? Take This Mini-Quiz

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I’m Still Reading Andrew Sullivan. But I Can’t Defend Him.

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Coronavirus Live Updates: COVID-19 Cases In India Cross 35.42-Lakh Mark

Coronavirus India Live Updates: A record surge of 78,761 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours took India's Covid tally to 35,42,733, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday morning. This is...

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BJP Distributes Phones To Maharashtra Tribal Children For Online Classes

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit of Maharashtra on Sunday distributed smartphones to tribal children in Kambacha Pada of Mumbai as they were unable to attend online classrooms during the COVID-19...

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Portion Of Bridge Collapses In Nagpur's Ramtek Following Heavy Rainfall

Heavy rains in the catchment area of rivers in Madhya Pradesh, led to a rise in water levels in several rivers in Maharashtra due to which portion of a bridge collapsed in the Nagpur district on...

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Eminent Cardiologist Dr S Padmavati Dies Of COVID-19 At 103

Noted cardiologist Dr S Padmavati has died at 103 due to COVID-19, the National Heart Institute said on Sunday.

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Portland Shooting Amplifies Tensions in Presidential Race

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Trump, Vicar of Fear and Violence

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Jon Rahm Sinks a Big Putt to Win Playoff at the BMW Championship

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Norway bunker partygoers poisoned with carbon monoxide

More than 20 people were hospitalised after attending the party in the Norwegian capital Oslo.

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Europe's migrant crisis: The year that changed a continent

More than a million people arrived in Europe in 2015. Five years on, we reflect on what's changed.

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The search engine boss who wants to help us all plant trees

Christian Kroll is the boss of Ecosia, which donates 80% of its profits to tree-planting projects.

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Letter from Africa: Why Kenyans are no longer cheering their constitution

It is a time of reflection 10 years after the country was promised a rebirth, writes Waihiga Mwaura.

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Stories of 2020: Five Lives Caught in a Year of Upheaval and Pain

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Saturday, August 29, 2020

India Passes 35 Lakh Coronavirus Cases, Sees New Global Record

A record surge of 78,761 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours took India's Covid tally past 35 lakh, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. This is the highest single-day jump in Covid...

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Whosoever Reposes Faith In PM Is Welcome In NDA: BJP

Amid speculation that former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi may return to the NDA, the BJP's state unit head Sanjay Jaiswal on Saturday said whosoever expresses faith in Prime Minister Narendra...

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Jacob Blake: Donald Trump to visit Kenosha amid unrest

The president is due to visit the city of Kenosha on Tuesday to meet local police.

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With a Wary Eye on China, Taiwan Moves to Revamp Its Military

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Vaishno Devi Shrine To Deliver Prasad Through Speed Post

The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) Shrine Board in Jammu and Kashmir's Katra is set to deliver Prasad to devotees through speed post after an agreement was entered with the Department of Posts on...

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People Lay Siege To Assam Fire Station Over Death Rumours Of "Thief"

People laid siege to a fire station in Assam's Hailakandi district and pelted the police and security forces with stones on Saturday over rumours of the death of a suspected thief due to alleged...

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Assam Minister, 3 More BJP MLAs Test Positive For Coronavirus

Assam Hill Areas Development Minister Sum Ronghang became the first minister of the BJP-led state government to contract COVID-19, even as three more BJP party MLAs tested positive, officials said on...

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Former Bihar Top Cop, Rashtriya Janata Dal Leader Join JD(U)

Former Director General of Police (DGP) Sunil Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Harshvardhan Singh joined the Janata Dal (United) on Saturday.

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India Pulls Out Of Russia Military Exercise With China, Pak Over Covid

India will not send its contingent to the multinational military exercise Kavkaz-2020, being organised in Russia, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Defence Ministry said.

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Quotation of the Day: District by District, a Plan for In-Person Schooling Falls Apart

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Virus Update

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Amid Tennis’s Swirling Storms, a Stubborn Djokovic Claims a Title

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1 Dead, 1 Injured In Separate Mob Attacks In Assam Within 48 Hours

Two incidents of mob attacks within the period of 48 hours have rocked northeast India's Assam. While Sabin Gour was killed after a family feud turned violent in central Assam's Biswanath, Majen Nath...

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Maharashtra BJP Protests For Reopening Of Religious Places In State

The Maharashtra unit of the BJP on Saturday staged "ring the bell" agitation across the state to press its demand that religious places be reopened.

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COVID-19 +ve Congress MLA Attended Punjab Assembly Session: Akali Dal

The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday alleged that Congress MLA Kulbir Singh Zira put the lives of other legislators at risk by attending the Assembly session despite being coronavirus positive.

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Cop Killed In Action, 3 Terrorists Shot Dead In Encounter In J&K

A policeman died in the line of duty and three terrorists were shot dead in an overnight encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pantha Chowkarea after a joint team of the CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force)...

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How to Build a Catapult From Newspaper

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Phoenix Settles With Black Family After Police Drew Guns Over Reported Doll Theft

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India Reports Over 76,000 COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours

With a single-day spike of 76,472 new cases, India's COVID-19 tally crossed 34-lakh mark, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Saturday. The number of deaths due to the virus...

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‘It Was Challenging’: Bucks Return, Balancing Basketball and Activism

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Coronavirus Around the World

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‘Enough Is Enough’: New Racial Justice Leaders Rise in Kenosha

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Crime Cases Now Reported In "Safe" Areas: Akhilesh Yadav Over UP Murder

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, saying crime cases are now being reported in "safe and secure" areas of the state like...

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Friday, August 28, 2020

Hurricane Laura Was Powerful, but Louisiana Was Prepared

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Sarah Palin’s Suit Against New York Times Will Go to Trial, Judge Rules

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Stephen Miller’s Dystopian America

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Corrections: Aug. 29, 2020

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Quotation of the Day: ‘Panting for Air’ Under Smoky Western Skies

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Workers will have to pay any deferred payroll taxes by April.

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Rival Themes Emerge as Race Enters Final Weeks: Covid vs. Law and Order

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India-Bangladesh Inland Waterway Route To Be Operational From September 5

The Sonamura-Daudkandi inland waterways protocol route connecting Tripura to Bangladesh would be made operational on September 5 in the presence of Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, an official said on...

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Coronavirus Pandemic Should Not Be Taken Lightly: Harsh Vardhan

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday that the COVID-19 recovery rate in the country has improved to 76.28 per cent, but added that the pandemic should not be taken lightly.

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India Reports Over 77,000 COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours

With a record daily rise of 77, 266 in coronavirus cases, India's COVID-19 count reached 33.87 lakh on Friday and 1,057 patients died of the virus in the last 24 hours.

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Congress MP Who Died Was Silenced In Parliament Trying To Speak On Covid

H Vasanthakumar, the Congress MP from Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari who died on Friday after contracting the coronavirus, had flagged the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic in parliament earlier this...

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