Monday, 3 August 2020

England Wary Of Slow Start Against Pakistan In 3-Test Series

England have lost the first Test in eight of their last 10 series -- including during last month's 2-1 win over the West Indies.

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Byju's Nears $400 Million Funding By Billionaire Yuri Milner: Report

The deal values Byju's at $10.5 billion and could be signed as early as this weekend, said the person, who didn't want to be identified as the talks are private.

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Sensex Gains Over 250 Points, Nifty Tops 10,950; Auto Stocks Jump

Oil futures gave up their overnight gains and fell in Asia due to nagging worries about an increase in the supply of crude. US stock futures were 0.02 per cent higher in Asia.

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Aug. 4, the 217th day of 2020. There are 149 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 4, 1944, 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank was arrested with her sister, parents and four others by the Gestapo after hiding for two years inside a building in Amsterdam. (Anne and her sister, Margot, died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.) On this date: In 1792, English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born at Field Place near Horsham, England. In 1914, Britain declared war on Germany for invading Belgium; the United States proclaimed its neutrality in the mushrooming world conflict. In 1916, the United States reached agreement with Denmark to purchase the Danish Virgin Islands for $25 million. In 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the second of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he prevailed in the long jump over German Luz Long, who was the first to congratulate him. In 1964, the bodies of...

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Hurricane Isaias has made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center

Hurricane Isaias has made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center

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No Changes In Petrol, Diesel Prices On Tuesday

In Delhi, the price of petrol stood at Rs 80.43 per litre and that of diesel at Rs73.56 per litre, and at Rs87.19 per litre and Rs80.11 per litre in Mumbai.

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Chinese Company Files $1.4 Billion Lawsuit Against Apple In Patent Fight

In the lawsuit filed in a local Chinese court, Xiao-i argued that Apple's voice-recognition technology Siri infringes on a patent that it applied for in 2004 and was granted in 2009.

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Sensex, Nifty Likely To Have A Firm Opening

The domestic stock markets are likely to open on a positive note, post the nearly 2 per cent sell-off witnessed in Monday's session, after strong US manufacturing data lifted the US markets higher.

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Appeals court: NOAA can't make rules for offshore fish farms

The federal appeals court in New Orleans upholds a decision that threw out rules to regulate fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico

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Forecasters say Isaias regains hurricane strength as it heads toward Carolinas

Forecasters say Isaias regains hurricane strength as it heads toward Carolinas

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FAA spells out design changes needed in grounded Boeing jet

Federal safety officials are spelling out the design changes they believe are needed for the Boeing 737 Max

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Builder pitched to Trump wins new border wall contract

A construction company whose CEO has made direct appeals on Fox News to build President Donald Trump’s border wall won another major contract Monday

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Ex-UCLA gynecologist pleads not guilty to new sex charges

A former gynecologist who worked for the University of California, Los Angeles has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting seven patients

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