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Lender’s chief may ask for courage, but he must be quaking in his chair

The Sports Ministry on Thursday conducted a cultural sensitivity workshop, named 'Omotenashi' for the Tokyo Olympics-bound Indian athletes and delegation. The workshop, Omotenashi (the Japanese version of Atithi devo bhava) was organised by the Sports Authority of India (SAI), in association with the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated the workshop, which was attended by shooters Manu Bhaker, Sanjeev Rajput, Deepak Kumar, Abhishek Verma, Yashaswini Singh Deswal... Читать дальше...

A Delhi court Thursday sought CBI's response on a petition moved by Fatima Nafees, mother of the missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, against the closure report it had filed in the case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjyot Singh Bhalla directed the CBI to file its reply by May 8. The petition, filed through advocate Harsh Bora, sought further investigation by the probe agency in the case, claiming that it did not conduct a proper investigation and filed the closure report on false grounds. It challenged... Читать дальше...

Sana Khan, who broke up with Melvin Louis, got emotional at the trailer launch of her web series Special Ops. See the video here.

The owners of around 420 properties along the coastal strip of fenced-off Varosha should file their claims immediately with the immovable properties commission (IPC) for their right to return, lawyer Achilleas Demetriades warned on Thursday. Such a move would “offer Varosha refugees a line of defence against Turkey’s greed” the...

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02 Carr
05 Johnson
06 Ridgewell
28 Jiranek
04 Bowyer
07 Larssonyellow card
08 Gardner (Beausejour 50)
12 Fergusonyellow card
18 Fahey (Martins 83)
19 Zigic (Jerome 90+2yellow card)

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21 Parnaby,
23 Beausejour,
09 Phillips,
10 Jerome,
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Alex McLeish

LEGENDS the lot of them

[news.bbc.co.uk]

What a day. Читать дальше...

Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow on Thursday threatened to take legal actions against MPs of the disbanded Future Forward Party (FFP) for making false accusations against him during the censure debate.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said on Wednesday that a Congress of South African Trade Unions proposal to transfer some of Eskom's debt to State-asset manager the Public Investment Corporation, which manages civil servant pensions, is a "good idea", adding that all pensions - not just public sector pensions - should be considered.  While the proposal originally put forward by the labour union federation to more than halve the struggling power utility's R450-billion debt-burden did not feature in the Budget... Читать дальше...

The BJP on Thursday went all out against the Congress and AAP accusing them of inciting the riots

State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has made an investment of around Rs 3,000 crore to upgrade its refinery at Haldia to meet BS-VI emission norms, an official said on Thursday. The oil marketing PSU will invest another Rs 388 crore for setting up a grassroot bottling plant at Kharagpur, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) plant at Budge Budge and lube blending unit at Paharpur in West Bengal. "IOC has made an investment of Rs 3,000 crore for upgrading the refinery at Haldia for the manufacture... Читать дальше...

Pietro Mazzocchi, 59, has the dubious honour of being the first Italian mayor to catch the new coronavirus - but sees it as an occupational hazard. "Mayors are on the front line. They absorb everything, for better or worse", he tells AFP from his home in Borgonovo, a town of some 8,000 inhabitants in north Italy. "It had to happen to someone", he quips. The picturesque little town of Borgonovo Val Tidone sits among the gently rolling hills of Emilia Romagna. It borders the Lombardy region, where... Читать дальше...

Water tankers have left the area and the water supply has been declared safe, but Strandfontein residents remain angry with the City of Cape Town.

The owner of the disinfectant brand says sales have risen, but supplies are facing disruption.

Taylor Swift is bringing to life her feminist anthem, “The Man.”

On Thursday morning, the star dropped the highly anticipated music video for the track — which she directed — after teasing it on social media days prior.

In the clip, Swift astonishingly transforms into a brunette, bearded man, whose bad behavior is on display throughout the clip — from urinating on a wall, to guzzling alcohol with a bevy of beautiful women, to manspreading on the subway.

Swift’s “man” also loses his temper on a tennis court... Читать дальше...

Italy suffers losses as the epicentre of coronavirus in Europe, as infections spread to more countries.

President Donald Trump faces a critical personal challenge in grappling with the new coronavirus outbreak: asking Americans to believe him after he and some of his top advisers have contradicted federal scientists in playing down the threat.

Electronic music artist TroyBoi took to his Instagram stories to call out Baaghi 3 makers for allegedly copying his song.

Mark Drakeford says UK ministers are "putting ideology ahead of livelihoods" in a rush to get deal.

Local media said the man arrived in Tallinn by bus from the Latvian capital Riga.

Mark Episkopos

Technology,

Could the new smartphone's launch get disrupted thanks to the virus? 

As the Coronavirus continues to roil mainland China and, now, other parts of East Asia and Europe, Apple faces renewed investor and industry insider fears that the iPhone 12 may be delayed due to ongoing travel restrictions and production slowdowns.

In a Reuters article published earlier this week, two former Apple employees warned that the Coronavirus may have already disrupted production plans for Foxconn... Читать дальше...

Real-world issues have laid siege to the government's prematurely-predicted surplus, but balancing the budget may now be the least of the PM's challenges.