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Jul 20: Continuing its slide for the third session, the rupee on Friday collapsed to a lifetime low of 69.12 against the US dollar after the Chinese central bank weakened its daily reference rate for the yuan by the most in two years. The yuan dropped further by 0.28 percent to 6.7943 per dollar, its lowest levels in a year following a rising slump in recent weeks as the trade war between US and

France's World Cup-winning attacking midfielder Ousmane Dembele has yielded huge respect form around with his wish to donate his FIFA World Cup 2018 earnings for the construction of a mosque in Diaguily, Mauritania region. The 21-year-old midfielder who has his origin based in Africa was born in Vernon and grew up in Evreux (France). Dembele who is one of the 15 players who have African roots, of

Jul 20: Facebook Inc's WhatsApp is launching a test to limit forwarding messages that will apply to all users, the messaging app said on Thursday, after Indian authorities sought curbs on spread of rumours that have led to violent incidents. Mob lynchings triggered by false incendiary messages in India, WhatsApp's biggest market with more than 200 million users, led to authorities calling for

New Delhi, Jul 20: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bail plea of a juvenile, accused of killing a seven-year-old boy in a private school in Gurgaon. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra rejected the plea which sought default bail on the ground that charge sheet was not filed within 60 days. The bench said it is a heinous offence under section 302 of IPC and the time limit for

New Delhi, Jul 20: Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused Speaker Sumitra Mahajan of being unfair in allotting too little time to the opposition in the debate on the no-confidence motion and said the discussion cannot be treated as Question Hour. The 32 minutes allotted to his party is grossly inadequate, Kharge said. A few minutes to each speaker is not

New Delhi, Jul 20: A 17-year-old Class XI student was allegedly beaten to death by a group of boys outside a government school in northeast Delhi, police said today. The boy studied in SKV school in Jyoti Nagar. After the school ended yesterday, he got into a scuffle with four-five boys. They rained blows on the victim and fled from the spot, police said. The boy was rushed to Guru Teg Bahadur

New Delhi, Jul 20: A 17-year-old Class XI student was allegedly beaten to death by a group of boys outside a government school in northeast Delhi, police said today. The boy studied in SKV school in Jyoti Nagar. After the school ended yesterday, he got into a scuffle with four-five boys. They rained blows on the victim and fled from the spot, police said. The boy was rushed to Guru Teg Bahadur

Jerusalem, Jul 20: Israel's parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the country as the nation state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it could lead to blatant discrimination against Arab citizens. Arab lawmakers and Palestinians called the law "racist" and said it legalised "apartheid" following a tumultuous debate in parliament. Others said it neglects to specify equality and Israel's

New Delhi, Jul 20: Hours before the Lok Sabha is to take up the no-trust vote against his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for a disruption-free and constructive debate in the House. "Today is an important day in our Parliamentary democracy. I am sure my fellow MP colleagues will rise to the occasion and ensure a constructive, comprehensive & disruption free debate," he

New Delhi, Jul 19: The Supreme Court on Thursday termed as impossible the condition of observing abstinence for 41 days before undertaking a pilgrimage to the Sabarimala temple in Kerala and said this had led to the ban on the entry of women in the age group of 10 to 50 years into it. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which is hearing petitions challenging the