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Have you forgotten to decorate your dining table this Christmas?

The dining table is often overlooked until the last minute, even though it can be where we spend hours not only during the big day, but also throughout the festive period.




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Monstrosity or masterpiece? Modern concrete homes are popping up again

Few other building materials are more vilified than concrete. Philosopher Roger Scruton believes that post-war Britain was almost 'obliterated by ugly deposits of concrete and steel'.




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HOLLY THOMAS: How to find interior design advice for free

Tailored interior design has long been the preserve of those with deep pockets. It tends to attract those who live in the kind of homes where driveways are gated and AGAs come as standard.




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Family home that featured in John Lewis Christmas advert is for sale for £2.8m

The stunning house in Surrey's Kingston-Upon-Thames featured in the retailer's 2014 Christmas advert, which showed an inseparable boy and a penguin playing hide-and-seek together.




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Vice President meets Viktoras Pranckietis, Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania [ph]Photo Courtesy: M Asokan, Photo Division[/ph]





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Tomas Petricek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic arrives in New Delhi [ph] Photo Courtesy:Chandan Kumar Shah[/ph]





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External Affairs Minister meets Urmas Reinsalu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia during Raisina Dialogue 2020 [ph] Photo Courtesy:Hemant Joshi [/ph]





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Urmas Reinsalu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia arrives in New Delhi





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Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster launched in India at Rs 1.11 mn

Though a cruiser, the 1,200cc Speedmaster is built on the blueprint of the Bobber with design changes to suit the cruiser character. The hybrid, therefore, is touted as a classic modern




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Delhi elections: Celebrations at AAP office as trends show massive victory

Grooving to the tunes of the party's campaign song - 'Lage Raho Kejriwal' - and drumbeats, hundreds of AAP workers celebrated at the party office




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Modi's $222-billion Make in India haul masks challenges to come

Right now, the campaign launched in 2014 is best known for its logo - a lion made of cogs - that has shown up on billboards from Hanover to San Francisco




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Cipla receives EIR for Bommasandra API facility

Cipla said that following USFDA inspection, the company's manufacturing facility in Bommasandra, Bangalore has received the EIR, indicating closure of the inspection.




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2 arrested in slaying of Michigan guard over face mask order

Two men were arrested Friday in the fatal shooting of a security guard who demanded a woman wear a mask while shopping at a store. Genesee County authorities said Ramonyea Bishop, 23, was taken into custody at an apartment in Bay City. His alleged accomplice, Larry Teague, 44, was arrested Thursday near a motel in Houston. The men and Sharmel Teague, the wife of Larry Teague, are charged with first degree murder in the May 1 shooting of Calvin Munerlyn at a Family Dollar store in Flint. Munerlyn was shot at the store just north of downtown Flint a short time after telling Sharmel Teague's daughter she had to leave because she lacked a mask, according to Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton. Teague argued with Munerlyn, 43, before leaving. Two men later came to the store and allegedly shot the security guard to death.. Bishop's sister, Brya Bishop, was previously charged with tampering with evidence, lying to police and being an accessory to a felony. Leyton has said she attempted to




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Eliza Scanlen, Thomasin McKenzie in talks for M Night Shyamalan's next

"Little Women" star Eliza Scanlen and "Jojo Rabbit" breakout Thomasin McKenzie are among the actors in negotiations for M Night Shyamalan's next directorial feature. According to Variety, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff and Vicky Krieps are also in discussions for the filmmaker's top-secret project, which he will write, direct and produce. Though the details of the plot have been kept under wraps, it is rumoured that the movie might be connected with some of the other films by the director. The yet-to-be-titled feature will be released by Universal Picture. Scanlen, 21, is best known for starring in TV series "Sharp Objects" and Greta Gerwig's "Little Women" adaptation, while 19-year-old McKenzie broke out with Taika Waititi's Oscar-winning satirical feature "Jojo Rabbit". Krieps, 36, became popular after she starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's romance drama "Phantom Thread", opposite Daniel Day Lewis. Wolff, 22, is best-known for starring in movies such as Ari Aster's "Hereditary" and the two




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COVID-19: Indian-origin woman faces charges for refusing to wear face mask in Singapore

A 40-year-old Indian-origin woman in Singapore was charged with five counts, including use of criminal force, in a court here on Saturday for refusing to wear a face mask for protection against COVID-19 and assaulting a police officer who tried to ascertain her identity. Kasturi Govindasamy Retnamswamy was arrested after the incident that happened at a shopping mall on May 7 and was captured on video. Retnamswamy, who is a Singaporean, was remanded at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for psychiatric evaluation after the incident, reported The Straits Times. She was taken to a court on Saturday and faced five charges, including use of abusive words and criminal force against a public servant. The next hearing is scheduled for May 22 after her remand in the IMH. According to the police statement on Friday, the woman insulted the mall staff and hurled abuses at a security officer who was trying to get her to put on her mask correctly. The widely-shared video of the incident shows a ..




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Telangana police to rollout AI-based system to check face mask norm violations

The Telangana Police will soon rollout an Artificial Intelligence (AI)- based system through CCTVs to check face mask norm violations. Describing it as a first such initiative in the country,State DGP M Mahendar Reddy has tweeted that the system shall be enabled shortly across the three police commissionerates of Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda which cover Hyderabad and its suburbs. He said the initiative involved leveraging computer vision and deep learning techniques on closed cirucuit television (cctvs) "#AI based #FaceMaskViolationEnforcement is being rolled out by TS police. Leveraging ComputerVision & #DeepLearningTechnique being implemented on surveillance CCTVs across the cities is #FirstOfItsKind in INDIA. Shall be enabled shortly across the 3Commissionerates *Hyd,Cyb&Rck," he said. The state government, which has made wearing a mask mandatory in public places, on Thursday issued orders imposing Rs 1000 as fine for those not complying with it. "In ...




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Entrepreneurs in rural belts switch to making face masks amid COVID-19 crisis

A number of entrepreneurs based in rural areas of the country have taken to manufacturing face masks amid dwindling demand for their regular produce in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, an official said on Saturday. Around, 500 rural entrepreneurs have so far produced and sold 3.5 lakh such masks under the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP), he said. They produce around 2,500 masks per day for health professionals, policemen, media personnel and cleaning staff, the official said. In West Bengal, 38 entrepreneurs manufacture nearly 600 masks a day in blocks of Dinhata, Pathar Pratima and Manikchak in different districts of the state. The entrepreneurs, trained under SVEP -- under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) -- have sold 49,000 masks in the state till date, he said. Apart from West Bengal, the programme is active in the rural belts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand and Haryana, he added. The masks are made in hygienic ..




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Over 25 Grandmaster to take part in Indian chess league from May 15

India's top chess players, including talented youngsters such as R Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh, Nihal Sarin and national champion Aravindh Chithambaram will take part in the Indian Chess.com League to be played online from May 15-17. A total of 10 teams will take part in the tournament which will see the participation of over 25 Indian Grandmasters. The tournament's main vision is to bring out the best players of our country to play against each other in a team format, the organisers said. GM Priyadarshan Kanappan, the league commissioner said, "The Sports League was something that I had been very familiar with as I lived in the US where you had leagues for all sports; so I always used to wonder if we could replicate that format in India, and that's how this league idea happened." "The lockdown helped us in a big way, as chess players have no avenue to play in over the board events, so we were able to convince the top players to play in an online league format," he added. Praggnanandhaa .




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Burning biomass is not green - II


Keeping in mind the characteristics of Indian municipal solid waste, a Supreme Court committee had recommended composting and recycling. Still, in our cities and towns, on an average, only 60 per cent of solid wastes are even collected. Gopal Krishna on what is holding better waste management back.




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Advertising mirages to mask reality


An environment magazine recently carried a Gujarat government-funded NGO's advertisement portraying vast tracts of Saurashtra and Kachchh supplied with drinking water through pipelines forking off of the Sardar Sarovar Canal. Reports in the print media were telling quite a different story. Himanshu Upadhyaya digs deeper.




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Mass marriages to prevent abuse: 550 and counting!


Much has been written on the inhuman atrocities inflicted on women during the 2013 riots in Muzaffarnagar and the deplorable conditions in the relief camps. Saumya Uma draws attention beyond these to how the violence has robbed women of their basic rights and voices in myriad ways.




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At MasterCard, Finding a Signature Style: Priceless

At MasterCard’s New York City tech hub in the Flatiron District, a mix of business and startup sensibilities informs office style, whether it’s hoodies, tailored jackets or the occasional bow tie.




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How to Spot a Great Tech Investment? SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Has the Answer

Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, shared his insights and quoted Yoda, the Star Wars Jedi master, during a conversation with WSJ Editor in Chief Gerard Baker at the CEO Council meeting in Tokyo.




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New England Patriots' Plane Flies 1.2 Million Masks from China to U.S.

The Massachusetts governor struck a deal for N95 masks from China, but he needed a way to transport them. The New England Patriots plane ended up making the delivery. Photo: New England Patriots




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Can’t Unlock Your iPhone’s Face ID with a Mask On? There’s a Mask For That

The coronavirus pandemic means we must wear masks. It also means unlocking an iPhone with Face ID is a challenge. WSJ’s Joanna Stern tracked down a woman who created a mask to get around it.




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Massive dam plans for Arunachal


The laying of the foundation stone by the PM for a project that is not even legally cleared is an indication of the mood in which the current dam building spree is being pushed, especially in Arunachal Pradesh, which has most of the untapped hydel potential. Shripad Dharmadhikary reports.




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Are too many ‘gramasabhas’ posing a challenge to governance?


As the Kerala government takes steps to re-inspire citizens to engage in grassroots level governance, P Mohammad Nizar draws attention to certain critical issues that must be addressed for the Panchayati Raj Institutions in the state to be effectively revitalised.




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The medium, the message, and the masses


A government panel supports freeing Doordarshan and AIR from having to run socially relevant programming. But what else is public broadcasting for, asks Ammu Joseph, pointing out that all over the world there is growing awareness of the need to keep media honest in serving the public interest.




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Keep away, Anjammas tell GM pushers


Surekha Sule contrasts the transgenic research of ICRISAT with the self-dependence of women farmers in Zaheerabad, AP.




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Will Modi relook at ‘massive’ retaliation in India’s nuclear doctrine?


Regardless of how it is interpreted, India’s doctrinal promise of ‘massive nuclear retaliation’ in the event of nuclear first use by the enemy would be more than strategically flawed. At a time when India is now poised to review its doctrine afresh, Firdaus Ahmed digs deeper.




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Mass media versus mass reality


The media have decided that 70 per cent of the population does not make news. The electorate has decided otherwise. P Sainath contrasts expectations before the elections with actual outcomes, and finds plenty that should have been always evident.




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Penalties rare for Togadias and Masoods, but mileage aplenty


The fierce political campaigns around the 2014 general elections have seen rampant communal rhetoric and instances of hate speech by followers of all camps. Tanvi Bhatikar digs deeper into hate speech law and judicial proceedings in India with a comparison to UK and Europe.




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Delhi's citizens acting en-masse


Arvind Kejriwal on how over one hundred and fifty citizens have filed applications seeking information about PDS ration records in Delhi's Food and Civil Supplies department.




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Burning biomass is not green


The Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Timarpur Waste Management Company Pvt. Ltd., have proposed a waste incineration plant to treat the city's solid waste and generate 6 MW of electricity. TWMPCL has applied to a United Nations body for tradable carbon credits. Gopal Krishna finds much wrong in the proposal.




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The masculinisation of India


The child sex ratio continues to follow the worsening trend established over four decades ago. Demographers predict that India's population will remain overly masculine for decades. Kannan Kasturi reports.




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Mass media: masses of money?


The same exclusive report, with different bylines, in three rival dailies. Swathes of advertising dolled up as news stories. Is 'paid news' getting institutionalised, asks P Sainath.




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क्या है Face Mask पहनने का सही तरीका, ध्यान रखें ये बातें

दुनियाभर में मास्क पहनने को लेकर जरूरी एडवाइजरी जारी की गई है. N-95 और सर्जिकल मास्क की कमी नजर आ रही है जिसके चलते लोग घर पर ही मास्क बना रहे हैं.




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Jharkhand bans 11 pan masala brands for a year over harmful ingredient

The Jharkhand government on Friday banned the manufacturing, sale and storage of 11 prominent brands of pan masala for a year after it found they contained magnesium carbonate, which is harmful for the heart and can cause various diseases. The state had tested these products for three months.




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3 easy ways to disinfect your DIY face mask

Most of the pharmacies are out of stock for masks and sanitizers at this time.




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Shanghai Masters: उलटफेर का शिकार हुए नोवाक जोकोविच

स्टेफनॉस सिसिपास (Stefanos Tsitsipas) का सामना शनिवार को सेमीफाइनल में 23 साल के दानिल मेदवेदेव (Daniil Medvedev) से होगा




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The many masks of Kim Jong-un: Why North Korea was not willing to show its authoritarian leader

What happens when the leader of a paranoid regime armed with nuclear weapons disappears from sight for days? It gets a lot of attention. That is exactly what appears to have happened in the case...




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ABC of coronavirus: This little munchkin will show you how to make a mask

ABC of coronavirus: This little munchkin will show you how to make a mask





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China to gradually reopen cinemas as virus under control




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Kanpur: Women groups make masks, feed poor from savings




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This Indian Student From Harvard Has Found How to Decontaminate N95 Masks With Microwave

This process could be particularly useful in India, where complex methods like VHP decontamination are unlikely to be very useful across many parts of India if N95s or other PPEs were to become scarce.




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Christ, the Redeemer, Wears a 'Mask' to Spread Awareness During Coronavirus Pandemic

Christ the Redeemer appeared to wear a mask that covered his mouth and nose.




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King of the Jungle? Mask Stolen from Chicago's Iconic Lion Statue

To make it tougher for thieves to steal them, a new mask and has now been put on with cables that are a lot tougher to cut.




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Shashi Tharoor is Geared up to Celebrate Onam With the Most Malayali Mask Ever

Kerala MP Shashi Tharoor has decided to go festive and fashionable while ensuring he has kept coronavirus at bay this Onam.




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This Covidiot Woman Has Cut a Hole in Her Mask to Help her Breathe

There have been over 5,000 positive cases reported in Kentucky with more than 260 deaths.




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Racist Man Wears Ku Klux Klan Hood as Face Mask in US, Twitter Slams it as 'Symbol of Hate'

Santee Mayor John Minto in a joint statement with the city council also condemned the incident and termed it a 'symbol of hatred'.