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VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Young people are getting stuck with debt habits

There is something deeply sinister about cashing in on the pressures faced by young women today. I remember well the 'need' to have a new outfit for every occasion - and that was before Instagram.




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Trump aide Peter Navarro is going through a lengthy and bitter divorce

President Donald Trump's aide Peter Navarro, 70, has been involved in a bitter divorce battle with his wife Leslie LeBon, 59, since November 2018.




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Not child's play! Firefighters rescue a teenager who is a little bit too big for park swing 

Footage of the rescue emerged yesterday, and shows two firefighters working hard to remove the youngster from a swing in Bradford.




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Miranda Kerr and Evan Spiegel at exhibition

She's currently pregnant with her third child - and model Miranda Kerr looked incredible when she showed off her bump on Wednesday night. 




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Kate Hudson flashes her toned abs in a silk two-piece dress, while at Christian Marclay exhibit

Kate Hudson looked like a work of art herself, at the event for artist Christian Marclay's partnership with Snapchat, Wednesday night. The 40-year-old stunned in a silk blue two-piece ensemble.




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Alexa and Fitbit apps make the top 10 free apps list, suggesting they were popular gifts

Apple's App Store list suggest Amazon's Echo was a popular gift this holiday season this year, as it took the number one spot on the top 10 free apps list following Christmas Day.




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Snapchat launches Bitmoji TV that allows users to star in their own animated shows

Snapchat users will be able to star in their own animated TV shows alongside their friends, after the social platform announced a new feature called Bitmoji TV.




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Javier Hernandez reveals 'bittersweet' Manchester United experience and won't rule out Europe return

Javier Hernandez says his experience at Manchester United was 'bittersweet' as he tried to balance enjoying the journey and not getting overwhelmed.




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Can a Fitbit help you lose weight and improve your fitness?

Since November, I have warn a fitness tracker and joined the millions who keep an eye on their exercise habits - what did I learn and is it worth having one?




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Louisa Johnson exhibits her toned abs in chic white co-ords for dinner at Usain Bolt's restaurant

Louisa Johnson was proudly displaying her toned abs in chic white co-ords on Wednesday, as she enjoyed dinner at Usain Bolt's restaurant in Spitalfields.




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BUMBLE AT THE TEST: Bit of a damp squib from Jofra Archer

BUMBLE AT THE TEST: We've had 10 days since the last Test so I'd have thought he'd be as fresh as a daisy. Fast bowling is hard but there are times when you just have to crank it up.




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Would you pay $1,011 for washing? Quarantined traveller reveals exorbitant hotel dry cleaning fees

Dan Wood landed in Sydney from the U.K. last Friday and is six days into his mandatory 14-day quarantine at the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in Sydney.




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Apple prohibits filmmakers from showing villains using iPhones according to director Rian Johnson

According to director Rian Johnson, there's an easy way to tell heroes and villains apart in movies: Look at what kind of phone they're using, as Apple won't allow villains to be filmed with their phones.




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Allen's new mini bite-size chocolate raspberries hits eBay for over THREE times the retail price

Australian shoppers hoping to make a sweet profit are cashing in on Allen's new Mini Chocolate Raspberries on eBay for more than three times the retail price.




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The sneaky habit one third of Australians are doing at work because they can't afford living costs

A recent survey conducted by eBay has found many young Australians are struggling with the cost of 'adulting', forcing them to either live without everyday essentials or to take them from elsewhere.




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Spent a bit too much for Christmas! Switch cards to clear Xmas debt

Yesterday the Mail reported that nine million people will start the New Year owing between £2,000 and £10,000. A further five million owe more than £10,000.




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Bank like a local with Transferwise's new borderless debit card

It’s aimed at those travelling, living and working abroad to give them more flexibility when spending and sending money and to lower their overall costs.




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How much gold is really in your £18,750 18 carat Raris debit card?

The Royal Mint announced it has teamed up with card providers Mastercard and Accomplish Financial to create 'Raris', aimed at high net worth individuals after something exclusive.




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Michael Jordan and The Last Dance: His gambling habits from $1.2m debt to $100,000 bets

Netflix and ESPN's brilliant 'The Last Dance' laid bare the extent of Michael Jordan's gambling habits in episode six over the weekend. It was centred around the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals.




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Ex-soldier SHOOTS chained-up dog for biting pet buffalo

'If this family has adopted a breed like a pitbull, then it must be literate enough to handle the aggressive breed,' said Abhinav Srihan, managing trustee of the Fauna Police.




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Bitcoin 'used for tax evasion' by four lakh HNIs

The Income Tax (IT) Department is set to issue notices for suspected tax evasion to over 4 lakh high networth individuals (HNI) across the country who have been trading and investing in Bitcoin.




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Modi and the BJP score nailbiting victory in Gujarat

Despite earlier fears about traders supposedly irate over GST, demonetisation and anti-incumbency after 22 years of rule upsetting the BJP applecart in the state, Modi led his party to a nailbiting win.




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Rahul Gandhi 'silences his most bitter critics'

The poll results in Gujarat might have fallen way short of the Congress party's expectations but its new chief Rahul Gandhi seems geared up for the marathon ahead with further polls next year.




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National ambitions

Mamata Banerjee, who returned to power in West Bengal in Assembly elections, has decided to invite a plethora of national & regional leaders for her swearing-in ceremony




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Barcelona and Chelsea target Andre Onana ready to quit Ajax as goalkeeper admits his 'ambitions'

The goalkeeper, who has kept 15 clean sheets this season, has been heavily linked with a move away from the Dutch side after establishing himself as one of the best shot-stoppers in Europe.




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NASA discovers an Earth-size planet in a star's 'habitable zone'

The breakthrough discovery was announced during the annual American Astronomical Society meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.




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NASAs alien-hunting space telescope finds a planet orbiting a pair of stars

Wolf Cukier was working as an intern for NASA when he confirmed TOI 1338b as a planet - he had just finished his junior year at Scarsdale High School in New York.




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Stunning images show Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter blasting off from Cape Canaveral on way to sun

The Solar Orbiter lifted off from Cape Canaveral Sunday night and will maneuver into a unique out-of-plane orbit that will take it over both of the sun's poles, never photographed before.




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Tiny asteroid confirmed to be a mini-moon that has been orbiting Earth for the past three years 

NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey spotted a temporarily captured asteroid that has been orbiting Earth for three years and has announced it is now our planet's new mini-moon.




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NASA reveals Uranus's twisted magnetic field is releasing bits of its atmosphere into space

NASA analyzing data from the Voyager 2's 1986 visit to Uranus and found the magnetic bubble surrounding the planet is allowing bits of its atmosphere to leak into space.




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NASA and ESA reveal ambitious plan to bring Martian rock samples back to Earth by 2031

NASA and the ESA have revealed a highly ambitious multi-billion plan to return Martian rock samples to Earth, which would involve three spacecraft, including the former's Mars 2020 rover.




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Jeff Bezos' futuristic vision of self-sustaining habitat that could house a TRILLION people in space

Building off of a concept introduced by physicist Gerard O'Neill - who Bezos himself studied under during his time at Princeton - the Blue Origin founder outlined habitats that could hold cities.




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US Military reveals mission details of X-37B space plane for the first time ahead of orbital flight

The US Air Force's secretive X-37B space plane will conduct three experiments in low orbit, including converting the sun's power into radio frequency microwave energy.




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Samsung Pay expands to take on rival Apple with launch of branded debit card this summer 

Samsung Pay is moving from the smartphone and into your hands, as the firm is set to launch a physical card in the US this summer in a bid to take on its rival Apple that rolled out a card in 2019.




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Can a Fitbit help you lose weight and improve your fitness?

Since November, I have warn a fitness tracker and joined the millions who keep an eye on their exercise habits - what did I learn and is it worth having one?




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From the Fitbit Inspire to the Apple Watch Series 5: The best activity trackers

Picking activity trackers is hard. Which one to go for, the top-of-the-range smartwatch or the simple-wristband that doesn't break the bank? We take a look at some of the best ones on the market




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Impact of budget 2017 on healthcare sector: High on ambition, low on vision

It lays out some ambitious targets, but falls short on long term vision, says Dr Dharminder Nagar




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Left, BJP workers clash in Kannur; prohibitory orders clamped

30 injured people have been hospitalised




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Payments banks will change banking habits: Jaitley

Such banks can collect deposits (initially up to Rs 1 lakh per individual), do internet banking, facilitate money transfers, and sell insurance and mutual funds




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Time to write an obituary for AAP?


In the aftermath of the recent developments within the Aam Aadmi Party, Himanshu Upadhyaya’s straight-from-the-heart essay describes the loss of hope and feeling of dejection among many idealists, who had fondly seeded and nurtured dreams of a politics of alternatives.




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Will biting the Bullet Train leave us with no teeth?


Darryl D'Monte analyses why the proposed Bullet Train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad is not the need of the hour, nor worth the cost.




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Bit by bit, he filled his well


S Ganesh Mallya, a high school teacher cum Sunday farmer in Yedapadavu in Karnataka, has greened his plot without borewells. Using simple techniques to catch rainwater, he has managed to raise the water level in his open well and grow a bountiful farm. Shree Padre reports.




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Once bitten, twice not shy


This is a bill that the Governor of Karnataka sent back to the state government in 2007 saying that it "evidently seems to undermine the Constitutional mechanism for rural development governance.." The same bill may be back in the state assembly soon, warns Nandana Reddy.




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In north Karnataka, dried banana bits are a hit


For the last one year, Parameshwara Hegde Tumbemane hasn’t taken his banana crop to the market. He has instead used it to make sukeli, a delicious dried version and that is getting popular in the Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka. Shrikrishna D has more.




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Bit by byte, IT firms make rural plans


Technology majors are keen to establish direct contact with potential customers in rural areas, and setting up computer kiosks is an important step in this direction. These first steps are hardly catalytic, but that has not deterred the companies, which are thinking of markets far into the future. Gagandeep Kaur reports.




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Cutting sugar: The bitter reality


Thousands of landless villagers in Maharashtra's Marathwada region are forced to take up sugarcane harvesting for lack of better livelihood alternatives. Shirish Khare visits the region and uncovers the rampant exploitation and hardships for workers that these contracts entail.




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Habits that can ruin your relationship

Habits can make or break a relationship. Here's what your zodiac sign says about the habit you need to avoid when in love.




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Chandrayaan 2's orbiter observes solar flares, will help understand Sun better

A payload on board Chandrayaan-2’s orbiter, circling the Moon’s orbit at 100km, has measured solar flares between September 30 and October 1, which will help scientists better understand various processes on the Sun. Currently, the solar cycle is heading towards minima and the Sun has been extremely quiet for the past few months. Therefore, XSM could observe a series of small flares.




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Uttar Pradesh Man Bit Off Wife's Nose After She Threatened to Leave over Domestic Feud

The victim has been admitted to the hospital and her condition is stable.




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Karnataka Man Returning from Liquor Store Bites Snake into Pieces for Crossing His Path

The man, named Kumar, had just bought a few bottles of alcohol from a liquor shop on Tuesday and was riding away when he ran over the snake.