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Bullet train may be a dream project of PM Modi, but when you wake up, it’s not: Uddhav Thackeray Super Komachi

Bullet train may be a dream project of PM Modi, but when you wake up, it’s not: Uddhav Thackeray

By: PTI | Mumbai | Updated: February 4, 2020 11:50:42 am Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday likened the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project to a “white elephant”, saying a decision on it will be taken after he is convinced it…
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February 4, 2020
Inside China’s mission to create an all-powerful cryptocurrency China's Social Credit System

Inside China’s mission to create an all-powerful cryptocurrency

Getty Images / WIRED This may be the year we see the world’s first sovereign digital currency. First discussed more than five years ago, China’s DCEP (short for Digital Currency/Electronic Payments) looks to be nearing completion. There have been some false starts; reports initially said there was a chance it…
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February 4, 2020
John Kerry, self-proclaimed lifelong gun owner: No one should use an ‘AR-16 with a long clip’ to hunt AR-15

John Kerry, self-proclaimed lifelong gun owner: No one should use an ‘AR-16 with a long clip’ to hunt

Speaking at Joe Biden campaign rally over the weekend, former secretary of state and supposed lifelong hunter and gun owner John Kerry asserted that no one should use an "AR-16 with a long clip" to hunt. "You heard from Joe about the things he did with the NRA," Kerry said…
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February 4, 2020