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The excitement, anxiety and fear is palpable across Assam on the eve of the publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC), a document unique to the state, which was first published in 1951 and is being updated for over six years now under the watch of the Supreme Court. The NRC aims to list legal citizens and non-nationals illegally settled in the state. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2HCHQkv

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Pakistan Punjab's Nankana Sahib police have arrested eight persons in the case.   from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/32mDdmJ

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and four other men face the death penalty if found guilty. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZFmAVm

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Fans flock to honour the influential Ivorian musician, who died in a motorcycle accident this month. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/30Lv5vH

The trade war between the world's two largest economies is set to intensify with new tariffs. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zDRRtb

Captain Virat Kohli's fighting 76 and opener Mayank Agarwal's half century helped India reach 264 for 5 on Day 1 to take a slight edge over the West Indies in their World Test Championships second match in Kingston, Jamaica on Friday. Hanuma Vihari (42*) and Rishabh Pant (27*) were unbeaten at the crease when umpires called it a day. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2zx2HkH

The merged entity comprising Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will become the second largest lender after SBI. The merger of Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank will create the fifth largest lender, with the Union Bank, Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank amalgamation at number six, based on business at the end of March 2019. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2Uo1dD5

The country's GDP growth slowed to an over six-year low of 5% in the April-June quarter, dragged down by manufacturing sector expansion of just 0.6%, sluggish financial services, farm and construction sectors and a slowdown in consumption. “The slowdown in growth is due to endogenous and exogenous factors,” said chief economic adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZBzDqW

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the start of World War Two, Poland has reparations on its mind. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/34bb1os

Where millions live without access to a psychiatrist, one innovative scheme is trying to plug the gap. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Pksebz

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Abhishek Verma won the gold medal and Saurabh Chaudhary the bronze, in a dominant display by Indian shooters in the men's 10m air pistol event of the World Cup. Verma shot 244.2 in the eight-man finals, while Chaudhary's 221.9 was good enough to get him the bronze. India were placed at the top of the medals tally with two gold, one silver and a bronze. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2L7Fexe

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Mr Wong's political party says the leading activist was "forcefully pushed into a minivan" by police. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZFirgt

The US Space Force will the sixth branch of the United States`s Armed Forces. from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/2ZA61u3

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The man had attended the festival in Cuellar as a spectator but was attacked by the bull. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2UhqrDi

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The launch was due to have taken place despite US warnings to Iran that it should avoid such activity.   from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/32cFEbh

Dorian is predicted to pack winds reaching 209 kph in 72 hours. That would make it a Category 4 storm, the second-strongest on the Saffir-Simpson scale for measuring hurricane intensity.  from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/2UhKUaX

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro last Friday ordered the deployment of military personnel to fight the blazes throughout the Amazon region.   from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/2L8SXnH

The possibility of PLA deployment to quell protests has hung over Hong Kong, but the city`s government, which ultimately answers to Beijing, has repeatedly said it can handle the situation.   from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/349oHQT

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Dorian was bearing down on Puerto Rico from the southeast and was expected to become a hurricane soon as it barrels towards Florida, which it could hit as a major hurricane.   from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/2MJCkRo

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The Bombay high court on Wednesday asked Elgar Parishad case accused Vernon Gonsalves to explain why he had kept a copy of Leo Tolstoy’s classic ‘War and Peace’ and other books and CDs at his home. from Times of India https://ift.tt/345M9OV

Pakistan railway minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed predicted on Wednesday that a full-fledged war with India will possibly occur in October or November. Addressing an event in Rawalpindi, his home town, Ahmed said the time for a “final freedom struggle for Kashmir” has arrived and warned that war with India this time will be the “last war”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZstkHe

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The Cabinet committee on economic affairs on Wednesday approved setting up of 75 government medical colleges attached with existing district or referral hospitals by 2021-22. The establishment of new medical colleges, under the third phase of an ongoing centrally sponsored scheme, is expected to add at least 15,700 MBBS seats in the country​. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2NC57qB

The prospect of a new administration led by Conte, an academic who is considered close to the 5-Star, has buoyed markets, which are betting that Italy will get a fiscally prudent government that will avoid confrontation with Europe.   from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/2MJPkWY

Hong Kong has been engulfed in angry and sometimes violent protests against the government for three months, sparked by a now-suspended extradition bill and concerns that Beijing was trying to bring the territory under greater mainland control.   from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/2ZzIycC

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Japan`s Hokkaido on Thursday morning. from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/2Zpti2u

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"I disagree with this Govt. on many issues. But, let me make this absolutely clear: Kashmir is India's internal issue and there is no room for Pakistan or any other foreign country to interfere in it," Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2zqVDGl

Isro on Wednesday completed another lunar-bound manoeuvre and put Chandrayaan-2 in a new orbit around Moon. "The maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully beginning at 9.04am as planned, using the on board propulsion system. The duration of the maneuver was 1,190 seconds," Isro said after the successful manoeuvre, adding that all spacecraft parameters are normal. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2PeKjb4

The firm's first China store comes as other foreign retailers have struggled to compete in the country. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2MDnJqx

Police seized the drugs after inspecting the vehicle and coffin at a check-point. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/327c5b3

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Sources have told Zee News that the development is not in connection with the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan. from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/2ZsYkSt

PV Sindhu became India's first badminton world champion when she defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the women's singles finals of the BWF World Championships in Basel on Sunday. While Sindhu admits that the feeling is "yet to sink in", she is overwhelmed by the adulation she has been receiving for her historic achievement. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2zmFi5E

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The bombers, who struck two checkpoints, were affiliated with the Islamic State groups, sources say. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Zi8PN8

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Palestinians who were made to go through Israel's military court system as children speak out. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/340pdR3

The prototype, dubbed Starhopper, slowly rose about 500 feet (152m) off its launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, and propelled itself some 650 feet (198m) eastward onto an adjacent landing platform, completing a seemingly successful low-altitude test of SpaceX’s next-generation Raptor engine. from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/2HvWCcV

The comments by presidential spokesman Rego Barros came after governors of states in the Brazilian Amazon told President Jair Bolsonaro that they needed the money to help fight the record wildfires in the world`s largest tropical rainforest. from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/2ztaVul

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Hong Kong has been engulfed in angry and sometimes violent protests against the government for three months. from Zee News :World https://ift.tt/30G4uQm

When Long Litt Woon lost her husband she was overcome by grief. She rediscovered happiness foraging in the woods. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2MDa1UB

Nirmohi Akhara on Tuesday dropped its strong opposition to deity Ram Lalla’s suit claiming ownership over the 2.77 acres of Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land in Ayodhya to settle for a conciliatory approach where it said it would never seek relief at the cost of the deity’s interests. from Times of India https://ift.tt/32aJDF8

The junta has agreed to a civilian government after months of protests against its rule. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/345PnC8

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