Monday, 13 December 2021

Court notice indicates Derek Chauvin expected to plead guilty to federal civil rights charges in George Floyd's death

Court notice indicates Derek Chauvin expected to plead guilty to federal civil rights charges in George Floyd's death

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Decision Not Yet Taken On Privatisation Of 2 State-Owned Banks: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that cabinet panel on disinvestment is yet to take a decision on privatisation of two public sector banks

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Women want Supreme Court to overturn topless sunbathing ban

A group of women is going all the way to the top with their challenge of a beach town ban on topless sunbathing, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule against allowing men but not women to show all that skin

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Pakistan Beat West Indies By 63 Runs to Take 1-0 Lead In T20I Series

Mohammad Rizwan and Haider Ali powered Pakistan to 200 for six. The visitors were never in hunt of the target as they were dismantled by a superior Pakistan bowling attack and folded at 137 in 19...

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SBI Urges Staff Not To Participate In Bank Unions' Two-Day Strike

SBI has urged its staff to refrain from participating in the two-day strike on December 16 and 17, 2021, called by bank unions

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Medplus Health's IPO Subscribed 70% On First Day Of Issue

Proceeds of the fresh issue will be used for funding the working capital requirements of Medplus' subsidiary, Optival

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Sunday, 12 December 2021

Today in History

Today in History Today is Monday, Dec. 13, the 347th day of 2021. There are 18 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 13, 2000, Republican George W. Bush claimed the presidency a day after the U.S. Supreme Court shut down further recounts of disputed ballots in Florida; Democrat Al Gore conceded, delivering a call for national unity. On this date: In 1835, Phillips Brooks, the American Episcopal bishop who wrote the words to “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” was born in Boston. In 1928, George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” had its premiere at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 1937, the Chinese city of Nanjing fell to Japanese forces during the Sino-Japanese War; what followed was a massacre of war prisoners, soldiers and citizens. (China maintains that up to 300,000 people were killed; Japanese nationalists say the death toll was far lower, and some maintain the massacre never happened.) In 1978, the Philadelphia Mint began stamping the Susan B....

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Teen accused in Michigan high school shooting due in court

A 15-year-old boy accused of opening fire at his Michigan high school, killing four students, is due in court for a procedural hearing

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Potter trial enters second week with medical examiner on tap

The trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright opens its second week of testimony Monday

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BWF World C'ships: Praneeth knocked out, Srikanth wins 1st round match

Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth began his BWF World Championships campaign with a win but Sai Praneeth had to face defeat as India's charge got underway on Sunday.

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"Personally Requested" Kohli Not To Give Up T20I Captaincy, Says Ganguly

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has said that he had personally requested Virat Kohli not to give up the T20I captaincy role.

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Ganguly Backs "Phenomenal" Rohit's Appointment As White-Ball Captain

Speaking to News18, Sourav Ganguly gave his support to new Indian white-ball captain Rohit Sharma and said that "he will find a way to do well".

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Stuart Broad Reveals "Awkward Moment" With McGrath Before 1st Ashes Test

Stuart Broad, who has played 149 Test matches for England, wrote in his column for The Daily Mail about an "awkward" incident that happened with him just before the toss.

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