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Narendra Modi

PM Narendra Modi launches Rs 1-trillion fund for agri infrastructure

Modi said on Sunday that the country does not face problems in farm production but in post-harvest losses TopicsAgriculture | Narendra Modi Agencies | New Delhi Last Updated at August 10, 2020 01:05 IST Agriculture infrastructure projects worth almost Rs 1,300 crore, to be executed through 2,282 primary agriculture cooperative societies, were…

bubmagAugust 9, 2020

Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi says election threats from Russia, China aren’t equal

WASHINGTON The Associated Press Published August 9, 2020 Updated August 9, 2020 Getting audio file ... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, accompanied by…

bubmagAugust 9, 2020

Protectionism

Protectionism shifts attention from real issues

Using the new tools, the claims for lower duty rates for imports under trade agreements may be put to greater scrutiny TopicsChinese products | trade protectionism In recent weeks, the government has restricted imports of colour television sets, pneumatic tyres, and power tillers. These can now be imported only against import licences.…

bubmagAugust 9, 2020

Palantir

Sweetgreen value cut — Big 4 salaries revealed — Bon Appétit resignations

Hello everyone! Welcome to this weekly roundup of Business Insider stories from executive editor Matt Turner. Please subscribe to Business Insider here to get this newsletter in your inbox every Sunday. Hi everyone!Matt is off today, so this is deputy executive editor Olivia Oran filling in.We rolled out an exciting project this…

bubmagAugust 9, 2020

Drones

Forces want laser-guided bombs on Heron drones

NEW DELHI: Amid border tensions with China, the armed forces are pushing a case for arming their Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with laser-guided bombs, precision-guided munitions and anti-tank missiles for taking out enemy positions and armoured regiments. The proposal, named 'Project Cheetah', has been revived by the armed forces…

bubmagAugust 9, 2020

Julian Assange

SEX, SPIES AND POISON: Inside Julian Assange’s ‘great secret’ love affair

It’s a secret love story tinged by fear. Unknown to the world, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had a fiancee and fathered two young boys while living in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after being granted asylum.Constantly watched by security guards, the couple’s love blossomed in secret.Now Assange’s fiancee Stella Moris,…

bubmagAugust 9, 2020

Belfast

At least 26 police officers injured in west Belfast violence

Police are “sick of being a punch bag for the failures of society”, the head of the North’s Police Federation has complained after at least 26 PSNI officers were injured on Saturday while assisting contractors remove an internment anniversary bonfire in west Belfast. The officers were attacked with petrol bombs,…

bubmagAugust 9, 2020

Palestine

When Jews from pre-state Israel vacationed in Lebanon

There was a time when Lebanon's coastal cities and snowy peaks were leading tourist destinations for the Jewish residents of Mandatory Palestine By AMIT NAOR/NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL AUGUST 9, 2020 17:36 An advertisement for a trip for Jews from Mandatory Palestine to Lebanon, Syria and Transjordan, seen in English…

bubmagAugust 9, 2020

Gundam

Review: Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On

Lives up to the extreme hypeMobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On had a reputation to live up to outside of Japan's arcades and the import community who played its predecessors. The first major waves it made outside of that community was around the release of Gundam Versus, where a…

bubmagAugust 9, 2020

Homeless

What has the coronavirus pandemic meant for Canberra’s homeless

When Peter* found himself in his own home after years of sleeping rough he felt like he had won the lottery. He was re-homed as part of a "Housing First" program, which offers properties to those experiencing homelessness without conditions such as sobriety or income - barriers that would normally…

bubmagAugust 9, 2020

PM Narendra Modi launches Rs 1-trillion fund for agri infrastructure

Nancy Pelosi says election threats from Russia, China aren’t equal

Protectionism shifts attention from real issues

Sweetgreen value cut — Big 4 salaries revealed — Bon Appétit resignations

Forces want laser-guided bombs on Heron drones

SEX, SPIES AND POISON: Inside Julian Assange’s ‘great secret’ love affair

At least 26 police officers injured in west Belfast violence

When Jews from pre-state Israel vacationed in Lebanon

Review: Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On

What has the coronavirus pandemic meant for Canberra’s homeless

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