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The Sunday Crossword No. 3099

Across1 According to Spooner, conveniences for pets are symbols of the working class (4,4)5 Church music: where to be seated (5)9 So, an African count




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‘Normal People’ review: A masterclass in understanding the different facets of intimacy

The TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s hit novel depicts the intense beauty and torture of first love perfectly, aided in no small measure by its outstanding lead actors




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‘Republic of Religion – The Rise and Fall of Colonial Secularism in India’ review: Interplay of state and religion

Abhinav Chandrachud explores how India went from secularism under the British to a soft-colonial version after Independence to the present-day constitutional model




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Golden Globes makes temporary changes to foreign language film eligibility rules

HFPA has announced that foreign language films will not need a theatrical release in their own country to be eligible for the 2021 award ceremony




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‘Mobilising the Marginalised – Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements’ review: Why empowerment means the die won’t be caste

A political scientist argues that Dalit social movements undermine the community’s electoral mobilisation




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The changing landscape of fashion photography in a COVID-19 world

An alternative photography technique using mobile technology is fast emerging as a trend among shutterbugs who have had to adapt to the changing landscape of photoshoots due to COVID-19




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‘Super Deluxe’ actor Gayathrie Shankar’s Tamil short film is about a mother-daughter relationship

A mostly-female crew joined hands to make the short film ‘B Selvi & Daughters’, which is a realistic portrayal of the layers in a mother-daughter relationship




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WWE’s Braun Strowman: ‘I feel it is my responsibility to perform for my fans globally’

Ahead of special event ‘Money In The Bank’, the reigning WWE Universal Champion talks to us about how the sports-entertainment company are successfully organising fights despite the pandemic




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Weather Warnings for Northern Territory. Issued by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology




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Security projects 'violate' green laws as they start work in Karnataka

Security projects 'violate' green laws as they start work in Karnataka




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Panel to study shrinking Amrit Mahal kaval lands

Panel to study shrinking Amrit Mahal kaval lands




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3 nurses strangled in Mexico; border mayor gets coronavirus

Two of the sisters were nurses for the Mexican Social Security Institute and the third was a hospital administrator, but there was no immediate evidence the attack was related to their work.




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Only final semester university exams to be held, says minister

Second, third year undergraduate and PG students to be promoted to next class




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COVID-19 deaths in Italy exceed 30,000

The country now has 217,185 confirmed coronavirus infections.




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Coronavirus India lockdown Day 46 live updates | Testing capacity for COVID-19 scaled up to 95,000 per day: Harsh Vardhan

India's recovery rate currently stands at 29.36%, according to the Union Health Ministry.




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Manipur gears up for arrival of residents from May 12

Chief Minister N. Biren directs district administrations to make arrangements for quarantining them.




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Toddler dies after accidentally drinking chemical in Belagavi village

A one-and-a-half-year old baby died after it accidentally consumed a paint thinner in Balekundri–Bujurg village in Belagavi district on Saturday. The




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Only those with severe COVID-19 illness need to be tested before discharge: Health Ministry

As per latest guideline, other categories of patients need not be tested before discharge




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Commercial Street, adjoining roads shut down by BBMP, police

Shop owners and businesses in the area failed to follow social distancing norms, despite repeated reminders and warning by the BBMP and Police.




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SBI complains to CBI after ₹411 crore loan defaulters flee country

The CBI had recently booked Ram Dev International and its directors Naresh Kumar, Suresh Kumar and Sangita




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Naidu, Modi pay tributes to Maharana Pratap

On Mewar king’s 480th birth anniverary, the Prime Minister described him as the great son of Mother India.




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3,340 Keralites return home through Walayar

As many as 1,036 vehicles with returnees reached the State through Walayar




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New schedule of rates by Public Works Department increases wages of labourers

The revised schedule of rates has provided a nearly 15%-18% increase in the wages for about 300 types of labourers who work in various government projects




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COVID-19 | Five Bihar Military Police personnel test positive

Tally in State goes up to 580




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Workers who were "turned away on religious grounds" return to Gurugram factory

Half-a-dozen Muslim workers returned to work at Richa & Co. — a garments unit based in Udyog Vihar Phase-III in Gurugram — on Friday, a day after




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For this lawyer, religion is no deterrent to observing roza

Samyuktha Patil has been observing roza for eight years




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Hyundai rolls out 200 cars on day one of resuming production in Sriperumbudur

The company resumed production operations on May 8, ensuring 100% physical distancing in accordance with standard operating procedure, a release said




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Case against me for anti-liquor demonstration is vindictive, says Alagiri

The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president, in a statement, said the case was a vindictive act against Opposition parties by the police




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Coronavirus deaths reported by Delhi govt less than figures from hospitals

While the Delhi government’s statement says 68 coronavirus-related deaths have occurred in the national capital till Friday, the number of such deaths in just two hospitals in the city that The Hindu accessed was 107




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Assam, Meghalaya hike excise duty on liquor

Retail prices set to go up by 25%.




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Egypt’s president expands powers, citing virus outbreak

An international rights group condemned the amendments, saying the government has used the global pandemic to expand, not reform, Egypt’s abusive Emergency Law.




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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister urges Prime Minister Modi to place amendments to Electricity Act in abeyance

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami reiterated that Tamil Nadu was committed to providing free electricity supply to farmers, and said the Bill could affect this policy




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Provide financial assistance to priests, barbers, says Vasan

Tamil Maanila Congress president G.K. Vasan on Saturday urged the State government to provide financial assistance to temple priests and caterers amon




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One more person tests COVID-19 positive in Puducherry

This takes the total number of active cases in the Union Territory to three




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COVID-19: Public art in Hyderabad to spread awareness

Md. Abdul Basith, with a team of 15 artists, spreads awareness on the lockdown through public art at various junctions in the city




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Child killed by leopard near Bengaluru

A three-year-old boy was killed by a leopard near Bengaluru in the early hours of Saturday.The victim, C. Hemanth, was sleeping with his parents - Cha




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A.P. power sector employees oppose Centre’s proposed electricity Bill

The Andhra Pradesh Power Employees' Joint Action Committee (JAC) and APSEB Engineers' Association (APSEBEA) are opposing Centre’s proposed Electricit




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Putin marks Victory Day in virus-reduced ceremony

This year’s observance had been expected to be especially large because it is the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.




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Leakage of vapour from styrene monomer tank led to Visakhapatnam tragedy: LG

Three days after the accident at its plant in Visakhapatnam that claimed 12 lives and over 300 hospitalised, LG Polymers India on Saturday said their




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No entry for unregistered Keralites arriving at Talapady checkpost from today

The Kasaragod district administration has closed down the additional help desk opened to register Keralites, who reached Talapady check post at the




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Providing adequate ration to Rohingya refugees during COVID-19 lockdown: AAP govt to HC

The Bench was hearing a plea seeking immediate relief for the Rohingya families at settlements in Khajuri Khas in north east Delhi and Shram Vihar and Madanpur Khadar in south Delhi




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Visakhapatnam gas leak | Villagers stage protest in front of LG Polymers

Over 100 villagers carrying four dead bodies protested demanding the shifting of the company




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Delhi violence: CPI (M) leaders move HC for early hearing in plea to make public list of arrests

The main petition, which has sought that a list of those arrested be put up outside police control room and police stations in the district, should be updated on a case-by-case basis. It is listed for hearing on June 16




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Delhi govt issues 4.75 lakh e-tokens to buy liquor

Under the e-token system, customers are given specific time for purchasing alcohol so that there is no violation of social distancing norms by people queuing up outside liquor stores




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Plea seeks early hearing of Akhil Gogoi case

Eminent citizens file petition in Gauhati HC




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Sugarcane farmers in Rajapalayam, Srivilliputtur area a worried lot

Non-availability of workers owing to the lockdown is causing delay in cutting the canes




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BJP ally demands Bharat Ratna for Bodoland movement spearhead

Upendranath Brahma remains an icon of leadership, sacrifice and unity, it says




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Adityanath reviews COVID-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh

The Chief Minister said an elaborate work plan should be formulated to make employment available to migrant labourers, and women self-help groups should be trained on a large scale