Tuesday, 21 July 2020

Today in History

Today is Wednesday, July 22, the 204th day of 2020. There are 162 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln presented to his Cabinet a preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. On this date: In 1587, an English colony fated to vanish under mysterious circumstances was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. In 1933, American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world as he returned to New York’s Floyd Bennett Field after traveling for 7 days, 18 and 3/4 hours. In 1934, bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater, where he had just seen the Clark Gable movie “Manhattan Melodrama.” In 1937, the U.S. Senate rejected President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court. In 1942, the Nazis began transporting Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka concentration camp. Gasoline rationing...

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Top Court Asks Centre To Respond To Plea For Action Against Public Banks

The Supreme Court asked senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra to approach the Ministry of Finance within two weeks with the representation on the issue.

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Petrol, Diesel Prices Remain Unchanged Across Metros on Wednesday

State-run oil marketing companies, including Indian Oil Corporation, keptthe prices of petrol and diesel unchanged across the metros on Wednesday.

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Sensex, Nifty Likely To Have A Flat Opening

The domestic markets are likely to open flat, post the rally in previous five trading sessions, following mixed Asian cues amid continuous rise in COVID-19 cases.

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GMR, Bombardier, Rites Take Part In First Meet On Private Train Project

The GMR group, Bombardier India, Spanish coach and component maker CAF, PSUs RITES and Bharat Heavy Electricals are among 16 companies which have shown interest in the private train project, sources...

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Stimulus Package Has Made Big Difference To Companies: Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman said that Finance Ministry and Reserve Bank of India were working together and 3.9 per cent of GDP has been infused as liquidity in the Indian economy.

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Cops: 14 people injured after South Side Chicago shooting

Fourteen people have been injured in connection with a shooting on Chicago’s South Side

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Fort Hood soldier's body found near base; 3rd death in month

U.S. Army officials say the body of a Fort Hood solider was found near the Texas army base, marking the third time in a month that a Fort Hood soldier’s body has been discovered

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Lawyer for Epstein's ex-girlfriend seeks gag order in case

A lawyer for financier Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend has asked the judge presiding over her case to impose a gag order on lawyers to protect her chance of a fair trial

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Police: 14 victims being treated at hospitals after gunfire erupts outside Chicago funeral, 1 person in custody

Police: 14 victims being treated at hospitals after gunfire erupts outside Chicago funeral, 1 person in custody

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Alaska Bar sidesteps contentious Dershowitz keynote choice

The Alaska Bar Association has sidestepped a controversy over its keynote speaker when it canceled the annual conference because of concerns over COVID-19

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Chicago police: At least nine wounded in South Side shooting as federal government plans to send federal agents.

Chicago police: At least nine wounded in South Side shooting as federal government plans to send federal agents.

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Judge: Show evidence to Iowa reporter arrested at protest

A judge has ruled that prosecutors must turn over body-camera footage and other material to a Des Moines Register reporter who was arrested while covering a protest in May

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