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Francis Ngannou knocks out Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 19 SECONDS at UFC 249

Ngannou stopped Jairzinho Rozenstruik in the opening stages of their three-round bout at UFC 249 in Jacksonville, Florida, putting himself well and truly in the mix for another title shot now.




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Harry Maguire's fiancée Fern Hawkins gives birth to their second daughter Piper Rose

The couple shared the news to Instagram on Saturday, with the Man United captain, 27, captioning a sweet hospital snap: Welcome to this crazy world baby girl. Piper Rose Maguire'




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Hollywood's Jake Picking shows off his abs in throwbacks as Ryan Murphy teases a second season

The star of Netflix's Hollywood showed off his abs in 2015 for Dirty Grandpa, only his second film. Ryan Murphy recently teased the possibility of doing a second season of Hollywood.




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David Warner sells Maroubra investment property for 'record price'

David Warner has sold one of his investment properties in Maroubra, Sydney.




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Adele 'lost seven stone with help of fitness guru recommended by Lady Gaga'

The singer reportedly sought advice from LA-based trainer Harley Pasternak to transform her physique, and hired LA-based chef Jason Harley as she's 'not a fan of cooking.'




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Pink opens up about recovery from coronavirus with son Jameson, three: 'It was a terrifying time'

The 40-year-old wrote: 'Battling COVID-19 along with my 3-year-old son was the most physically and emotionally challenging experience I have gone through as a mother.'




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George Osborne 'wants to become the first British head of the IMF'

The former chancellor has told friends he is well placed to replace Christine Lagarde, who was picked as head of the European Central Bank this week.




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George Osborne's second home stamp duty surcharge has raised £6.6billion - but tax 'isn't working'

The 3 per cent stamp duty surcharge on additional properties was introduced by the former Chancellor in 2016 and it was hoped it would raise £2.9billion in tax by the end of the 2019/2020 tax year.




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George Osborne warns tight bank lending could crash the economy if Coronavirus causes firms to fail

The former politician, who oversaw austerity in the years following the 2008 financial crisis, raised the spectre of banks refusing to lend money if businesses start going to the wall.




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Manchester United 'plan to beat Manchester City to £20m Joe Rodon after Ryan Giggs' recommendation'

The centre-back has produced some impressive performances for the Championship side and was recommended to United by club legend Ryan Giggs, who has coached Rodon for Wales.




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Wilfried Zaha glad ex-teammate Aaron Wan-Bissaka is finally getting the recognition he deserves

Wilfried Zaha says it is nice to see former Crystal Palace team-mate Aaron Wan-Bissaka getting recognised on the world stage since his move to Manchester United. 




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Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson becomes the latest name to back ending 2019-20 campaign

England's top flight was suspended on March 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic and has been put on hold indefinitely until the virus has been suitably contained and it is safe for players to return.




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Crystal Palace want to be recognised as the oldest club in the world

Crystal Palace want to be recognised as the oldest professional club in the world after new research claims to have found a direct connection to the team established in 1861.




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Pak reports record 1,991 new COVID-19 cases, tally crosses 29,000

Pakistan reported a record number of 1,991 coronavirus cases in a single day, taking the total number of infections to over 29,000, the health ministry said on Sunday as the country began easing the month-long lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the deadly disease. Despite a surge in the number of COVID-19 infections, the first phase of the easing of the lockdown began on Saturday. The government announced removing restrictions by allowing more businesses to open and operate from dawn to 5pm. However, doctors have warned against easing the restrictions. The Representative of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) have demanded that the government observe the World Health Organization protocols and implement a strict lockdown. The Ministry of National Health Services said that 21 new deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities to 639. A total of 8,023 people have recovered so far. Punjab registered 11,093 cases, Sindh 10,771, ...




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'Easing laws, concessions to traders a pace setter for economic revival in UP'

The concessions given by the UP government to traders will prove to be a pace setter for the revival of economic activity in the state at a time when the nation is going through a rough phase due to the COVID-19 outbreak, UP Vyapaari Kalyan Board chairman Ravi Kant Garg said. He said the exemption from labour laws for three years is bound to open gates for economic growth that was hit by the coronavirus lockdown. Such measures will spur economic activities and boost the investment climate in the state, Garg said while talking to a group of reporters on Saturday evening. He further said that exemption of 46 variety of fruits and vegetables from the clutches of Mandi Adhiniyam Suchana through Krashi Utapadan Mandi Adhiniyam (Sansodhan) ordinance 2020 would boost the trade. It is bound to help farmers as well as traders, he added. Now, the farmer would be free to sell his produce outside Mandi Parishad. Exemption of Mandi shulk (Mandi tax) from 46 variety of grains would provide maximum .




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ECoR urges people not to walk on railway tracks

In the wake of migrant workers sleeping on railway lines being crushed to death by a goods train in Maharashtra, East Coast Railway (ECoR) has asked people to refrain from walking on the tracks as several special trains are running during the lockdown. Although passenger trains have been suspended due to COVID-19 outbreak, goods trains and parcel express trains are continuously running on all the railway tracks to maintain supply of essential commodities across the country, a railway official said. Recently Shramik Special trains have also been started and many such trains are running in ECoR jurisdiction also, he said. "Therefore, walking on the tracks or on railway lines is extremely dangerous and strictly prohibited," he said, adding that ECoR is doing awareness campaign through every medium to educate people not to walk or pass train tracks, instead they should use limited height subways and manned level crossings only. Trackmen, bridge repair staff, station ...




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Mizoram records 10 per cent drop in Infant Mortality Rate

Mizoram has registered a 10 per cent drop in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in 2019-20 fiscal, making it to the second spot in the country after Nagaland. State health minister R Lalthangliana said the IMR has dropped from 15 per cent to 5 per cent (per 1000 live births), citing the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin. With 10-point drop in IMR in 2019-20, Mizoram is the best-performing state in the country, he said. Over the past three years, the state has achieved 27- point drop in IMR. The minister attributed the achievement to efforts of healthcare workers and support of people. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had on Saturday congratulated Mizoram and Lalthangliana on the achievement. The state had recorded 21 per cent IMR in 2016-2017, with 405 infants dying before attaining the age of one. During 2017-18, it fell to 20 per cent, and the following year to 15 per cent. According to Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin released recently, Nagaland tops ..




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A fuller record of our lives


What is history, and who are its worthy subjects? The Sound and Pictures Archives for Research on Women preserves women's voices from the past and present.




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Recording a woman's life


Qurratulain Hyder did tremendous justice to her craft by giving a powerful expression to the psychological, emotional and social concerns of women. Humayun Zafar Zaidi writes about the Jnanpith award-winning writer who recently passed away.




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Recognising the 'work' in sex work


The Census thinks that prostitutes are not workers, not because they don't work, but because of traditional views that what they do simply should not be counted as work, writes Shoma Chatterji.




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Urban residents: second-class citizens


For one-and-a-half lakh people, we have a committee of eight people to decide? Ramesh Ramanathan points to the irony of the allegedly empowered, but actually despairing urban citizen.




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Tobacco, naphthalene and land records


We cannot implement policies for land reforms without a well-functioning land records system. And If we get this platform in place, we can enable all those interested in reform policy with the tools to ensure that their policy dreams get translated into ground realities, says Ramesh Ramanathan.




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Economic rights as human rights


Krishna Rupanagunta urges a determined beginning to counting the true costs of hardship in labour.




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Unrecognised heroines


Women like Mukta Jodia, the first recipient of the Chingari Award for Women Against Corporate Crime, are a reminder of the other India, the real India. What triggers their struggles is quite often the lack of transparency, writes Kalpana Sharma.




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A second judiciary


A media that cherishes its independence must recognize this freedom is as essential for the judiciary to deliver justice as it is for the media to observe it impartially, says Dasu Krishnamoorty




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Hold economists accountable too


Eight months before the upcoming WTO ministerial of December 2005, prominent economists are closing ranks to dwarf sustained criticism of agricultural subsidies in developed nations. Devinder Sharma asserts that the continued undermining of food self-sufficiency in developing nations is economic lunacy.




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Bad Economics, bad politics


The real reason behind the Congress' performance in the recently concluded Assembly Elections may not be the rise of the Aam Aadmi Party per se, but more the economic concerns of the real aam aadmi. Devinder Sharma analyses.




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Taking stock of China-Pak economic corridor

Pakistan has decided to lift lockdown to kick-start its tottering economy. The growth engine of Pakistan’s economic revival is powered by CPEC, flagship project of the Belt Road Initiative (BRI). It is tempting to conjure...




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Chinks in security, heroin recovered from goods train form Pak

Despite claims of strict safety measures taken post November 2nd Wagah , Pakistan, suicide bomb blast, the security officials here recovered 7.480 kilogram heroin from goods train that arrived from Pakistan on Wednesday.




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Panel recommends online teaching, learning for univs




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Maternity hospital in Mysuru city records surge in patients following Nanjangud cluster case




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45 discharges take Surat’s Covid-19 recovery rate to 53%




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Economic activities in Hubballi to resume tomorrow




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France Records Lowest Covid-19 Daily Death Toll in a Month with 80 New Fatalities

The ministry said the number of people in intensive care units - a key measure of a health system's ability to deal with the epidemic - fell by 56, or about 2%, to 2,812. That is less than half the peak of 7,148 seen on April 8.




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Second Wave: Reopenings Bring New Cases in South Korea, Flares Coronavirus Fears in Italy

Around the world, the US and other hard-hit countries are wrestling with how to ease curbs on business and public activity without causing the virus to come surging back.




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'I Couldn't Hold My Baby': What It's Like to Become a Mother During the Times of Coronavirus

With COVID-19 wearing out healthcare system of India thin, is India equipped to deal with the COVID-19 baby boom? Can it contain the impact it will have on women's mental and physical healthcare as well as India's deplorable child mortality rate?




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Mizoram Becomes Coronavirus-free With Recovery of Lone Patient

Mizoram Health Minister Dr R Lalthangliana said the state's lone COVID-19 patient, a pastor, was discharged from Zoram Medical College (ZMC) on Saturday afternoon after 45 days of intense treatment.




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Samuel Umtiti Suffers Calf Knock in Second Barcelona Training Session

Barcelona said that Samuel Umtiti picked up an injury to his right calf during Saturday's individual training session.




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Doctors prepared for my death in COVID-19 battle: Boris Johnson post recovery

London, May 03: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed for the first time on Sunday that there were "contingency plans" in place in case things went "badly wrong" and he died during his treatment for COVID-19 in a hospital here last




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Pune records 160 new coronavirus cases

Pune, May 10: Pune district reported 160 new coronavirus cases since Friday night, taking the tally of cases to 2,732, health officials said here on Saturday. The death toll reached 148 with five COVID-19 patients succumbing to the infection,




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Latest TRP Ratings: Uttar Ramayan Tops The Chart; Doordarshan’s Mahabharat Occupies Second Place

The latest BARC/TRP ratings for the Week 17 (April 25-May 1, 2020) are here. The mythological shows are still ruling the TRP chart. Among the mythological shows, Doordarshan National's Uttar Ramayan is at the tops slot while DD Bharti's Mahabharat has




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Raveena Tandon Shares Rishi Kapoor’s Recorded Video Message For Her Dad Ravi Tandon’s Birthday

The Hindi film industry is mourning the loss of two great actors, Rishi Kapoor and Irrfan Khan. Rishi Kapoor's fans are missing him ever so much on social media, where he was very active. Raveena Tandon recently shared one of Rishi




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Zoa Morani Donates Blood For Plasmatherapy Trials After Recovering From COVID-19

Actress Zoa Morani, who had tested positive for Coronavirus in early April, has donated her blood for plasmatherapy trials, at the Nair Hospital in Mumbai on Saturday. Zoa took to her Instagram handle to share pictures where she can be seen




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Iran ready to swap prisoners with U.S. without preconditions - Khabaronline

Iran is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei was quoted as saying by Khabaronline news website on Sunday, adding that Washington has yet to respond to Iran's call on a prisoner swap.




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Ajith Starrer Jaga Malla Becomes The Highest TRP Rated Kannada Dubbed Movie!

Last year, Ajith and Nayanthara's Tamil film, Viswasam, released in theatres on January 10, and immediately got the cash registers ringing. The movie was dubbed in Telugu and Kannada as well. While the makers released the Telugu version with the same




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Ashok Leyland Records Zero Sales Figures For The Month Of April Amidst COVID-19

Ashok Leyland has released the sales report for zero sales in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The nationwide lockdown was supposed to be lifted by May 4 but seeing the current scenario, the government has further extended it to May 17.




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Latest TRP Ratings: Uttar Ramayan Tops The Chart; Doordarshan’s Mahabharat Occupies Second Place

The latest BARC/TRP ratings for the Week 17 (April 25-May 1, 2020) are here. The mythological shows are still ruling the TRP chart. Among the mythological shows, Doordarshan National's Uttar Ramayan is at the tops slot while DD Bharti's Mahabharat has




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Zoa Morani Donates Blood For Plasmatherapy Trials After Recovering From COVID-19

Actress Zoa Morani, who had tested positive for Coronavirus in early April, has donated her blood for plasmatherapy trials, at the Nair Hospital in Mumbai on Saturday. Zoa took to her Instagram handle to share pictures where she can be seen




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Thalapathy Vijay Fans Set A New Record On Thala Ajith's Birthday!

Ajith Kumar, the Thala of Tamil cinema celebrated his 49th birthday on May 1, 2020. Unlike the previous years, the fans of Ajith stayed away from celebrations this time upon the request of the actor himself. However, the Thala fans celebrated




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COVID-19 & Remdesivir: Coronavirus Patients Recover With Gilead’s Drug

An experimental antiviral drug developed by a research-based biopharmaceutical company, Gilead Sciences showed positive results on its application, where more than half of a group of severely ill coronavirus patients improved. UPDATE: On 29 April, Gilead Sciences Inc. announced that in Phase