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Former India striker Sabir Pasha bemoans lack of mental fight in young forwards

The Chennaiyin FC assistant feels that the current batch of youngsters must learn from the likes of Chhetri and Jeje...





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F1 News: Perez says Force India's money woes were "evident on day one"

Sergio Perez has revealed that the financial problems at the former Force India squad were evident on the first day he visited its factory before the 2014 Formula 1 season





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Coronavirus: Hasty re-opening could send Canadians ‘back into confinement,’ Trudeau says

Although health officials have pointed to a flattening rate of daily cases in many provinces, Trudeau said Canada was "not in the recovery phase yet."




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Canadians who work on two cruise ships are being allowed off in U.S. ports

Canadians working aboard two cruise ships who weren't allowed to come to shore because of concerns about COVID-19 are finally able to return home. Princess Cruises said in an emailed statement that 19 Canadians on the Koningsdam disembarked in Los Angeles on Friday, and that they would be flown




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Virus prevents diaspora Venezuelans from sending money home

After fleeing Venezuela along with millions of others amid the country's grueling humanitarian crisis, Misael Cocho made his way by bus to Peru — where he got odd jobs and sent money home monthly to support his mother and his 5-year-old son. The pandemic's economic fallout left many Venezuelans abroad and the relatives back home who rely on them in dire straits.





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Pakistan police: Cross border firing from India kills woman




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Venom as a cure? Intriguing prospects in treating cancer, diabetes, pain...


Venom as a cure? Intriguing prospects in treating cancer, diabetes, pain...


(Third column, 21st story, link)





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Canadian Felicia Spencer’s title challenge against Amanda Nunes confirmed for UFC 250

Spencer, a native of Montreal who trains in Orlando, Fla., joins Canadians Alexis (Ally-Gator) Davis and Valerie (Trouble) Letourneau in challenging for UFC women's titles.









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India gets its own ‘Sex and the City’ with ‘Four More Shots Please!’


In a country where even kissing has been rarely shown on screen, Amazon series garners attention for its frank portrayals of progressive Mumbai women and sex.




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‘Sign the contract’: Conor McGregor hits back at Nate Diaz, calls for trilogy fight

Conor McGregor has told rival Nate Diaz “shut your eye lid and sign the contract” for a UFC trilogy fight.




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Some Canadian companies need a bailout; what will they have to promise to get one?

This crisis is different; a collapse of financial systems didn't spur it, a pandemic did. The government shut almost everything down, understandably so. But — at least for those advocating for help — it means government bears an increased responsibility to help businesses hurt by that shutdown.




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Tesla's Elon Musk vows to pull 'immediately' out of California







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Indian, Chinese troops clash near Naku La in Sikkim sector

"Troops resolve such issues mutually as per established protocols. Such an incident occurred after a long time," said a source.




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Five cities that contribute nearly 50% of total cases key to India's Covid success

These five cities are important to contain the spread of the coronavirus and help India flatten the curve. The respective state governments should strengthen containment strategies and undertake rigourous testing and contact tracing to bring the situation under control.




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First batch of 88 nurses from India arrive in UAE

The nurses, who are from Aster DM Healthcare hospitals in the states of Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra, will be put under quarantine for 14 days after which they will be assigned to various field hospitals as per requirement, the Khaleej Times reported.




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Driver reaction after the Canadian Grand Prix

Driver and team reaction after the action-packed Canadian Grand Prix




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Massa laments 'horrible' Canadian Grand Prix

Felipe Massa was left to ponder what might have been after two separate racing incidents ruined his chances of a points finish




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Media hits out at 'sad postscript ' Schumacher

Two races into his much-publicised comeback and Michael Schumacher is already feeling the heat after finishing tenth out of 14 finishers at the Australian Grand Prix.




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Coronavirus live updates: India infection cases top 60,000

India's health minister said the country is carrying out 95,000 tests per day.






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Canadian Woman Arrested And Jailed In US For Driving With Canadian License

The Ontario woman is looking for an apology from the police in Georgia, who arrested, handcuffed, and charged her because she was driving with a Canadian license. No idea what those cops were thinking. Sheesh. 




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Diary entries will chart the mood of Britain in coronavirus quarantine

People can contribute to projects that aim to leave a map of the national mood and allow future historians a glimpse of 24 hours in a pandemic

“I have underlying health conditions, including asthma,” writes a frightened 40-year-old woman , shortly before Sunday’s news of whether the lockdown will be eased. “I’m terrified to leave the house, even for exercise, but I’m not sick enough to be ‘extremely vulnerable’. Covid-19 could quite probably kill me.”

The anonymous contributor is part of a project called Covid-19 and Me, run jointly by the Young Foundation and the Open University, two of a number of organisations which are asking thousands of men and women of all ages, ethnicities, incomes, beliefs and backgrounds across Britain to keep diaries, complete questionnaires and be interviewed by their peers. They want to know what it is like, at an everyday level, to live through a global pandemic, to create an ongoing “weather map of public feeling”.

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India Nature Watch - Hyllus Lady with Wasp Hunt




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India Nature Watch - Having a big meal! Two-striped jumping spider (Telamonia) with blue bottlefly kill




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India Nature Watch - Icheumonidae wasp - Sphelodon phoxopteridis

ID credit to Sivakumar Sir.




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India Nature Watch - Spotted chafer beetle




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India Nature Watch - Hyllus Lady




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India Nature Watch - Made of gold! A gorgeous looking Tenebronidae beetle




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India Nature Watch - Velvet ant




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India Nature Watch - Vegetable grasshopper- Atractomorpha crenulata




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India Nature Watch - Rhene




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India Nature Watch - Carpenter bee...

ID help..




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India Nature Watch - Earwig




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India Nature Watch - Mosquito

f 7.1; 1/800; ISO 400; Ap; Spot metering




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India Nature Watch - Brentidae




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India Nature Watch - Leaf beetle




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India Nature Watch - Grasshopper....




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India Nature Watch - Blue Mud dauber wasp

This wasp trying to mimic as dead. found this wasp in my home after took few shots carefully

moved near the door and the minute I opened the mosquito net door it flew away with full of energy.




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India Nature Watch - Grass hopper




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India Nature Watch - Oxyopes sp Lynx spider on Lantana flowers

Master of lying in wait for an ambush




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India Nature Watch - Stink bug nymph

My 200 th post in this section.