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There is a leadership vacuum in Infosys, time to get Nandan Nilekani back: Mohandas Pai

"There is a leadership vacuum in the company, because they made the wrong choice of CEO three years ago and that is playing out right now."




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Our commitment for press freedom, and autonomy of public broadcast is absolute: Prakash Javadekar

"Now there is a stage three and stage four of digitisation, we will take a call on this only after taking all things into account."




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Narendra Modi has his eyes set on boosting business: Joao Cravinho, EU Ambassador

Ambassador Joao Cravinho, head of the EU delegation, led Ambassadors of various European countries to a quiet lunch with Modi at the capital last year.




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'Big Daddy' laps up Cipla after Q1 nos beat forecast

Shares of Cipla inched up on heavy volumes on Friday, after the company’s first quarter earnings beat the consensus estimate.




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Prabhudas Lilladher has a reduce rating on Infosys

Prabhudas Lilladher has a ‘reduce’ rating on Infosys Technologies as it feels that the outlook for the company and the software industry is quite weak in the near-term.




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Market may trade in a range, but FIIs seen sold on India

Market may see range-bound trading this week in the absence of any major trigger.




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Traders bet on calendar spread as Nifty moves in a tight range

A trading combination involving Nifty options is gaining prominence among savvy trading desks of institutional investors.




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Mike Pence spokeswoman, married to top Trump adviser, diagnosed with coronavirus

Pence spokeswoman Katie Miller, who tested positive Friday, had been in recent contact with Pence but not with the president. She is married to Stephen Miller, a top Trump adviser




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WHO readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracing

The app will ask people about their symptoms and offer guidance on whether they may have COVID-19, the potentially lethal illness caused by the coronavirus, said Bernardo Mariano, chief information officer for the WHO.




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Uber loses US$2.9 billion, offloads bike and scooter business

Uber lost US$2.9 billion in the first quarter as its overseas investments were hammered by the coronavirus pandemic, but the company is looking to its growing food delivery business as well as aggressive cost-cutting to ease the pain.




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Gains in financials help S&P/TSX composite rise, loonie trades higher

Gains in the financial sector led the way as Canada's main stock index posted a triple-digit advance in late morning trading, while the loonie rose compared with the U.S. dollar.




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TD expects U.S. retail banking business to take $1.1B charge for bad loans

Toronto-Dominion Bank says it expects to take a provision for credit losses related to its U.S. retail banking business of roughly $1.1 billion (US$800 million) in its second quarter due to the pandemic.




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Multi-unit housing starts up in some parts of Canada in April despite COVID-19

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says construction of multi-unit housing projects remained strong in some provinces last month despite the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Five things to know about Statistics Canada's jobs report for April

Statistics Canada reported Friday that the economy lost nearly two million jobs in April and the unemployment rate soared to 13.0 per cent as the full force of the pandemic hit.




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Canada's jobless rate soars to 13 per cent in April

The Canadian economy lost almost two million jobs in April, a record high, as the closure of non-essential services to slow the spread of COVID-19 forced businesses to shutter temporarily.




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Adele's birthday Instagram post has fans, celebrities talking

Adele used an Instagram post to mark her 32nd birthday while sharing her latest look including thanking essential workers, calling them "our angels."

      




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'Fat and happy, that's my motto:' Scott Conant dishes up decadence at USA TODAY Wine & Food Experience in Chicago

From creamy gnudi to champagne macarons, the dishes at USA TODAY's Wine & Food Experience in Chicago didn't disappoint.

      




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5 Mother's Day ideas to make Mom feel special, in addition to that very important call

When celebrating mom this Mother's Day, we are going the (social) distance! Here are five ideas to make Sunday special.

      




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Did David Dobrik Just Confirm He’s In A Relationship With Madison Beer?

Fans think they might be going official




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Bella Hadid Unfollows Selena Gomez Just One Day After Refollowing Her

Fans celebrated their friendship too soon




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Fans Think Zayn Malik Is Dropping Clues That He’s Engaged To Gigi Hadid

Marriage ~and~ a baby? It's a lot to take in




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The Water Bomber, The Frogman and The Great Canadian Novelist

By Allan Eastman The photographs of water bombers fighting the horrendous Ft. McMurray conflagration of 2016 invoked a sudden wash of memories having to do with two of the great Canadian cultural institutions that I had the good fortune to be involved with and a bizarre set of circumstances that led from a burned out […]



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My friend, Rick, at the Pride Parade

By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don’t want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, across the water from the island I live on. He’s been a celebrity there for a long time, first as the city’s […]




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Stadia’s latest woe: Its PUBG port is overrun with official, crappy bots [Updated]

If 98 painfully stupid bots fall onto a PUBG island, do they make a sound?




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Review: Sagrada, a top dice-drafting board game, goes digital

Get yer glass on with this great version of the board game hit.





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Andy Serkis to embark on live 12-hour charity reading of The Hobbit

The star will read the entire Tolkien book from start to finish with no breaks.




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David Ayer confirms 'Suicide Squad' fan theory about Joker's controversial tattoo

Fans were divided over some of the facial art adorning Jared Leto's take on the Joker.




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Brian May has bad news for anyone who wants a 'Bohemian Rhapsody' sequel

Who wants to make sequels forever?




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How to watch Andy Serkis reading 'The Hobbit' online

Andy Serkis is taking part in the ambitious 12-hour challenge to raise money for a pair of charities during the coronavirus lockdown.




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Andy Serkis says Gollum ‘never far away’ ahead of charity reading of The Hobbit

The actor will read the whole book from start to finish to raise money.




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Andy Serkis delighted by response to live Hobbit charity reading

His fundraising target has now been increased to £250,000.




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'Deadpool 2' producers fined almost £250,000 over stuntwoman death on set

Joi Harris was just 40 years old when she died after a motorbike accident on the 'Deadpool 2' set.




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Characters who had a huge impact despite only being on screen for minutes

These characters made a huge impact in iconic movies, despite not being on the screen for very long.




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More than 650,000 people watched Andy Serkis’s marathon reading of The Hobbit

The actor said he was 'truly humbled' by the response.




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For this 29-year-old, the fear and anxiety sparked by coronavirus are everyday battles. Here’s her advice for coping.

Jam Gelua says now more than ever people need to remember that mental health supports are available and they should reach out to anyone who can help. It makes a difference, she says.






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Man United post-Ferguson signings: The good, the bad and the ugly

It has been seven years since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, and Man United have been busy (if not always successful) in the transfer market ever since.




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Here's our dream Team USA baseball squad

Bryce Harper talks up the idea of major leaguers playing in next summer's Olympics.




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Silver preps NBA players for challenges ahead

Adam Silver outlined a potentially grim future for the NBA in a call with players, calling the pandemic the "single greatest challenge of all our lives."




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The pandemic ‘unicorn’: Canadian startup dependent on travel joins $1-billion-plus club

Platform connects international students to universities, colleges and high schools with one application system




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Shopify becomes Canada’s most valuable company after quarter beats expectations on back of pandemic

Larger retailers like Heinz and Loblaw signing up with Shopify




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As Shopify passes RBC to become No. 1, the Canada market curse gets put to the test

Those that leapfrogged the value of Canada's largest bank in the past have faltered — think Valeant, BlackBerry and Nortel




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Coronavirus: Increased alcohol consumption during lockdown could lead to 'second health crisis', warn researchers

It is feared that daily drinkers could be most at risk




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Adverts which claim IV drips can help fight coronavirus banned by watchdog

No treatments for the coronavirus have yet been approved, meaning companies cannot make medical claims about their products




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One in three nurses say mental health has become 'very bad' during pandemic

A lack of PPE is concern among nurses




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'Call your GP': Women displaying new gynae cancer symptoms during lockdown urged to seek medical advice

Some hospital trusts have seen a dramatic drop in cancer referrals from GPs in recent weeks




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Eco-chic and trouser suits: how Meghan Markle’s style reads the room

The future royal wore a trouser suit for her first official evening engagement with Prince Harry, ushering in a new kind of sartorial diplomacy

Last night, for her first official evening engagement with Prince Harry, Meghan Markle wore an Alexander McQueen trouser suit. It was slim-fitting, with cropped cigarette trousers, worn with very high stiletto heels and a cream dishabille blouse. The outfit was many things: very Saint Laurent’s Le Smoking, a bit Princess Diana, with a soupçon of Marlene Dietrich, even a hint of Carine Roitfeld (although Roitfeld probably wouldn’t have worn a blouse underneath the tux). What it was not was a Sandringham-appropriate boxy Catherine Walker skirt suit. It was notable because it didn’t feel like standard royal family dressing at all.

The royal family wrote the rule book on sartorial diplomacy. Usually, their approach is unambiguous. It is a gown embroidered with 2,091 shamrocks in Ireland; a Chanel tweed coat in Paris in the middle of Brexit; a dress by Polish designer Gosia Baczyńska at a garden party in Warsaw. It is the opposite of wearing a cult band T-shirt that only fellow devotees will recognise. The clothes are designed to speak of decency and propriety; the visual messages are clear enough to charm heads of state and reach the rest of us in the cheap seats as well.

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My happy place: readers' travel tips

Memories of beaches – in the UK or further afield – as well as village bars, sunrise views and days out with tea and cake are sustaining readers during lockdown

A day out in Whitby. Morning tea and fruit cake with Wensleydale at Bothams. Walk to the sea, and out onto the pier. Walk up the beach, climb up the cliff and then back to the town past the whale’s jaw. Fresh crab sandwiches for lunch, then climb the 199 steps to the Priory. Back down, just enough time for afternoon tea and cake before crossing back over the river for a fish supper at the Magpie. Drive back over the beautiful North Yorkshire moors; the end of a perfect day, in perfect weather every time.
Nigel Goddard

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