Wednesday, 24 June 2020

37 Years Ago, Kapil Dev Led India To Maiden World Cup Title Win

After the 1983 World Cup win, cricket got a fillip in the country, elevating the sport to religion for fans with every child wanting to become a cricketer.

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IMF Predicts Significantly Deeper Recession For Virus-Hit Global Economy

IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath said that the cumulative loss for the world economy this year and next as a result of the recession is expected to reach $12.5 trillion.

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Alibaba's Jack Ma Is No Longer China's Richest Person. Who Replaced Him

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the digitization of the workplace and changed consumers' habits, boosting shares of many internet companies.

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Sensex Down Over 100 Points As Markets Pare Early Losses

Domestic stock markets started Thursday's session on a negative note tracking global equities, which plummeted amid rising concerns about a surge in coronavirus infections globally.

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Today in History

On this date in history: On June 25, 1876, Lt. Col. Colonel George Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana

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Diesel Price Above Rs 80/Litre In Delhi, Still More Expensive Than Petrol

However, the prices of petrol continued to be higher than diesel rates in the other metro cities of Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai.

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Centre's Rs 20,000-Crore Credit Guarantee Scheme For Small Businesses

In case of default, creditors giving subordinate debt are paid after primary debt is settled in full.

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Sensex, Nifty Likely To Have A Gap-Down Opening

The domestic stock markets are expected to open in the red, extending the losses witnessed in the previous session, following shakyAsian cues and weak trends in the SGX Nifty futures.

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Businesses sue Seattle over 'occupied' protest zone

A collection of Seattle businesses, property owners and residents is suing the city over its tolerance of an “occupied” protest zone, saying officials have been complicit in depriving them of their rights to their property

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White nationalist leader avoids jail over unpaid legal fees

White nationalist leader Richard Spencer has avoided a jail term in Montana by resolving a legal debt connected to his divorce case

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Louisiana paramedic fired for post that shows KKK hood

A Louisiana musician has been fired from his job as a paramedic after he posted a photo on social media that shows a person wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood and a drawing of a car running into protesters

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Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Icons of 1960s civil rights movement voice cautious optimism

Bob Moses says America is at “a lurching moment” for racial change, potentially as transforming as the Civil War era and the 1960s civil rights movement that he helped lead

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Historian compares civil rights protests, then and now

Douglas Brinkley, a Rice University history professor and author whose works include books about the late civil rights icons Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., discusses differences between the 1960s civil rights protests and those of today

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