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PIX: China begins work on 100,000 capacity new stadium

Evergrande Group has begun work on what will be the world's largest purpose-built soccer stadium, with a capacity of 100,000 seats, in the southern city of Guangzhou, the Chinese real estate company has said. Construction of the Guangzhou Evergrande Soccer Stadium, also dubbed "Lotus Flower Stadium" for its design, started on April 16 and would cost around 12 billion yuan ($1.69 billion) to complete, the group said.




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PIX: How to maintain fitness at home during lockdown

With gyms being closed during the lockdown that has been enforced to keep the coronavirus pandemic at bay, the local players of Aizawl FC have taken to custom-made gym instruments, in order to maintain their fitness. While the situation in the northeastern state has so far been under control, something that the players of the former Hero I-League champions are thankful for, the players are all spending their time at home, maintaining the social distancing norms.




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PIX: 'Homebody' Osaka making the most of isolation

Following a whirlwind few years, Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka can be forgiven for taking time to reset and relax as the sporting world goes on an indefinite pause due to the coronavirus crisis. Osaka, a two-time Grand Slam winner who also became the first Japanese player to reach world number one, had been preparing for another action-packed summer including her Olympics debut on home soil at Tokyo 2020.




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COVID-19: UK Paralympian battles virus in scrubs

Daybell said that after a difficult few months a sense of normality was returning to the COVID-19 ward in the north London hospital where he works.




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PIX: Spain steps gingerly towards normality

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government is anxious to get the country up and running again without igniting a second wave of infections as the economy reels and Spaniards gradually emerge from nearly eight weeks under lockdown.




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PIX: Barcelona return to training

Barca tested all their players for COVID-19 on Wednesday and captain Lionel Messi was among those seen out on the Joan Gamper training complex conducting individual dribbling and running exercises.




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PIX: South Korea's K-League kicks off

K-League season started on Friday with a match between Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Suwon Samsung Bluewings played without spectators




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PIX: 1000 fans allowed for baseball game in Taiwan

Taiwan reopened baseball games to a limited number of fans on Friday for the first time since controls were imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus, part of government efforts to slowly allow normal life to resume. Taiwan has been relatively successful at controlling the virus, with 440 cases to date and 6 deaths, with only 85 active infections, thanks to early prevention and detection efforts.




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International entrepreneurship : starting, developing, and managing a global venture / Robert D. Hisrich

Hisrich, Robert D, author




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Interactive project management : pixels, people, and process / Nancy Lyons and Meghan Wilker

Lyons, Nancy, author




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Mining your own business : a primer for executives on understanding and employing data mining and predictive analytics / Jeff Deal & Gerhard Pilcher ; foreword by Eric Siegel

Deal, Jeff, author




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Personnel selection : adding value through people - a changing picture / Mark Cook

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Managing and shaping innovation / Steve Conway with Fred Steward

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Humanistic management : protecting dignity and promoting well-being / Michael Pirson, Fordham University, New York

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Handbook of organizational and managerial innovation / edited by Tyrone S. Pitsis, Reader in Strategic Design and Director, Strategy, Organization and Society (SOS) Group, Newcastle University, UK, Ace Simpson, Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholar,




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Public relations campaigns : an integrated approach / Regina M. Luttrell, Luke W. Capizzo

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Developing effective research proposals / Keith F Punch

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Diversity in organizations : concepts and practices / edited by Mary Ann Danowitz, Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, Heike Mensi-Klarbach




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Decision making under deep uncertainty : from theory to practice / Vincent A. W. J. Marchau, Warren E. Walker, Pieter J. T. M. Bloemen, Steven W. Popper, editors




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The Communal Violence Bill violates the spirit of democracy

The Communal violence bill is problematic in many ways.




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Kapil Sibal's daughter-in-law presents him with most coveted gift right now

She gifted him a small bottle of hand sanitiser




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TMC pitches for federal front with no BJP links, but is silent on Cong ties

Top TMC sources said the articles published in the mouthpiece were cleared by Banerjee and the editorial board.




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3 more babies die in Malda hospital, toll 18

All the three babies who died since Friday were underweight and had developed respiratory distress immediately after birth.




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Back in Darjeeling, Mamata pitches for peace, development

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday reached out to the people in the hills and appealed to maintain peace.




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Case of hot potatoes: Spiralling prices cost minister Roy his job

Speaking to mediapersons, Mamata narrated how she conveyed her decision to the minister.




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Newborn dies in hospital after fall

Callous 28-year-old forced to walk to hospital''s labour room on second floor, delivers on the way.




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Teacher held for raping 12-yr-old

Hearing the girl's cry, neighbours rushed to the spot and caught the teacher and manhandled him, they said.




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No stopping Mamata magic, TMC wins 4 of 5 civic bodies

Trinamool Congress maintained its winning streak bagging four of the five municipalities that went to polls last week.




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Audio-video piracy now a non-bailable cognizable offence in Bengal

The West Bengal Assembly Thursday passed a Bill making audio and video piracy a non-bailable cognizable offence in the state.




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Four detained for conspiracy to torch Writers'

Four persons were detained for alleged conspiracy to burn down the heritage Writers'' Buildings.




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Home Secy seeks report on 'conspiracy'' to set Writers'' on fire

Jyotirmoy Nandi has been carrying out a routine pest control exercise for which he has been contracted by the Home Department.




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PIL seeks direction to state on WBHRC

The petition is likely to come up for hearing on Thursday.




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Fight for justice loses steam, hospital ready to open OPD

Clearances have been received from the fire and health department and OPD would be functional by the end of December.




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Team led by Muslim cleric to tour country to pitch Didi as PM face

Mamata is said to have called Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Masjid and sought support.




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Oppn lashes out at govt for scrapping Taslima serial

The state government''s directive to a private channel to stop airing a serial based on a story by exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has raised the hackles of Opposition parties.




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After 2,200-yr old lion capital damaged at National Museum, staff try cover-up

The seven-feet long sculpture, weighing several tonnes, allegedly fell and broke into two halves during shifting.




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AMRI hospital''s Dhakuria unit reopens two years after fire

Two years after bellowing smoke from a devastating fire in its basement smothered to death more than 90 people, mostly patients, a part of the AMRI Hospital in Dhakuria reopened its doors Monday for treating the sick.




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Suchitra Sen stable, says hospital

The condition of 82-year-old Suchitra Sen, who was admitted to a super specialty hospital here after complaining of respiratory tract infection, is stable now, doctors attending on the veteran actress said.




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Centre announces new hospitals, infra upgrade for several others

The Centre on Monday announced setting up of a slew of new hospitals and expansion plans for several existing ones to bolster health care facility in West Bengal.




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WPI Inflation to ease further in coming months: Survey

Despite the Wholesale and retail Inflation moving in opposite directions, the government today exuded confidence that the headline Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation will ease to the range of 6.2% to 6.6% in March 2013, primarily on the ...




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Survey pitches for sugar decontrol in phases

The Economic Survey today suggested removal of controls on the "over-regulated" sugar sector in a phased manner as recommended by the Rangarajan committee.




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Survey paints sombre picture of economy, lowers growth to 5%

The Survey, tabled by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in Parliament, projected an optimistic growth rate of 6.1-6.7% for the 2013-14 claiming that the downturn is more or less over and economy is looking up.




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We are batting on sticky wicket, but the sun will dry out the pitch: Rajan

Reason for wide band is wide amount of uncertainty that prevails in both the Indian economy as well as the external world




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We're on a sticky wicket, but the sun will dry out the pitch: Raghuram Rajan

Chief Economic Advisor says we need to be sensible rather than flashy, over-the-top hits




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Farm field schools help keeping the 'oily spot'' at bay

This May-end, around 270 pomegranate farmers from Atpadi will be the first graduates of the Sheti Shalas...




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Baramati in High Spirits

With farmers turning entrepreneurs by forming companies through Special Economic Zones a wine company for the first time has invited farmers to become shareholders.




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Keeping off whitefly from mint

This tiny pest was ravaging mint crops until one day scientists found out how to deal with it.




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Intercropping is the way for Sugarcane Industry: UP Govt

The Uttar Pradesh Government has asked the sugarcane industry to adopt agro-techniques to boost productivity.




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Needed: tech pill for Himachal apple

Despite an annual turnover of more than Rs 2,000 crore, Himachal Pradesh''s apple orchards have witnessed a decline in the yield.




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Reaping riches in suicide zone

Whenever Vidarbha''s farm crisis is debated, the blame is often thrust on the farmers themselves.