In focus, 14th Sep 2020, News & Stories from India

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14 Sep 2020

In focus, 14 Sep 2020

AA Edit | Investigation into Delhi riots is turning into a vilification campaign

Clearly, these new “revelations” strategically hyped by the police is part of its partisan agenda to discredit the anti-CAA movement

14 Sep 2020 7:20 PM

The party seems to have no plans to brook dissidence if it is aimed at its first family.

AA Edit | It’s status quo once again for Congress

The country deserves an Opposition which can hold the government accountable

14 Sep 2020 6:47 PM

Indian Army convoy moves towards Leh via Manali-Leh road, near Manali. PTI Photo

Ruchi Ghanashyam | Staring at Dragon’s eyes: India must stay on guard

India has demanded China restore the status quo, while China blames India, claiming sovereignty over the area

14 Sep 2020 6:26 PM

The Celebrity tie up and marketing company 22 Yards is not only emerging as the best but also fast changing the way the business vertical is handled in the past.

How 22 Yards becomes a leading and one stop solution for celebrity tie up business

Founder of the company Sharad Singh is quite precise with his business plan

14 Sep 2020 6:01 PM

Gaston Rossato talks about his journey to success

Born in a family of car enthusiasts, it's pretty evident where Gaston’s love for cars originates from

14 Sep 2020 5:52 PM

Tharoor's reply to Chetan Bhagat's 'praise me in big words' leaves author speechless

In 2017, Tharoor's tweet, with words like "exasperating farrago of distortions", made headlines and became the buzz word of the Internet

14 Sep 2020 3:57 PM

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has strongly defended his controversial plan to override sections of the Brexit deal that he negotiated with the European Union, arguing that the bloc has an 'extreme' interpretation of the treaty that could jeopardize the future of the U.K. (AP)

UK's Johnson faces rebellion over plan to break Brexit treaty

The EU has ramped up preparations for a no-deal Brexit, which would be chaotic for business, markets and nearly $1 trillion in annual trade

14 Sep 2020 3:49 PM

Centre tells Delhi High Court that same sex marriages not recognised by our values

With the direction to place these factual aspects before the court, the bench listed the matter for further hearing on October 21

14 Sep 2020 3:23 PM

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. The German government says specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. (AP File)

Germany says French, Swedish labs confirm Navalny's Novichok poisoning

The poisoning has brought tensions between Russia and Germany to new heights, fuelling calls for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to be scrapped

14 Sep 2020 3:18 PM

Ksenia Fadeyeva, 28, the head of Alexei Navalny's Tomsk headquarters and the city council candidate in September 13 regional elections, distributes campaign leaflets in the Siberian city of Tomsk on September 7, 2020. (AFP)

Two Navalny allies win election in Russian city where he was poisoned

Navalny had been in Siberia to promote his 'smart voting' campaign when he was poisoned with what Germany says was a Novichok nerve agent

14 Sep 2020 2:14 PM

Mill Creek Hotshots set a backfire to protect homes during the Bobcat Fire on September 13, 2020 in Arcadia, California. California wildfires that have already incinerated a record 2.3 million acres this year and are expected to continue till December. The Bobcat Fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains, has grown to about 32,000 acres and is only 6% contained. (AFP)

Trump and Harris head for California as US wildfires ignite political row

The history-making blazes have now burned through nearly five million acres (two million hectares) across the US West

14 Sep 2020 1:41 PM

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga reacts after being elected as new head of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party at the party's leadership election in Tokyo on September 14, 2020. - Japan's ruling party on September 14 elected chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga as its new leader, making him all but certain to replace Shinzo Abe as the country's next prime minister. (AFP)

Japan ruling party elects Yoshihide Suga as PM successor

Given the LDP's legislative majority, Suga is expected to handily win a parliamentary vote Wednesday and become Japan's next prime minister

14 Sep 2020 12:37 PM

People enjoying the autumn sunshine on Primrose Hill, London, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. From Monday, social gatherings of more than six people will be banned in England both indoors and outdoors and Boris Johnson hinted that such restrictions will potentially remain in place until or through Christmas. (AP)

COVID infections in Europe to spike in Oct, Nov: WHO

The number of cases in Europe has risen sharply in recent weeks, especially in Spain and France

14 Sep 2020 12:14 PM

TCS 2nd Indian comapny to cross Rs 9 lakh cr-market valuation mark

The company's market valuation went past Rs 9 lakh crore in early trade helped by a rally in its share price

14 Sep 2020 12:13 PM

Oregon firefighters put out embers in Mill City, Oregon, on September 10, 2020, as they battle the Santiam Fire. - California firefighters battled the state's largest ever inferno on September 10, as tens of thousands of people fled blazes up and down the US West Coast and officials warned the death toll could shoot up in coming days. At least eight people have been confirmed dead in the past 24 hours across California, Oregon and Washington, but officials say some areas are still impossible to reach, meaning the number is likely to rise. (AFP)

Winds a worry as death toll reaches 35 from US' West Coast fires

Warnings of low moisture and strong winds that could fan the flames added urgency to the battle

14 Sep 2020 11:39 AM

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern carries her lunch during an event in Welcome Bay near Tauranga, New Zealand. (AP)

New Zealand to lift virus curbs in most of country on September 21

New Zealand on Monday reported one new case of coronavirus in the community, taking the total number of cases to 1,447 and 24 deaths

14 Sep 2020 11:00 AM

Woman director Miwa Nishikawa's Under The Open Sky explores the life of an ex-yakuza as he returns to the world after serving a jail sentence for murder.

TIFF Diary: At last, the female gaze upon the world of yakuza

In Under the Open Sky, Miwa Nishikawa makes a foray into a genre that has until now been the preserve of alpha-male directors

14 Sep 2020 9:52 AM

Relatives of 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea by Chinese authorities attend a press conference in Hong Kong, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. They called for their family members to be returned to the territory, saying their legal rights were being violated. (AP)

China calls Hong Kong people arrested at sea 'separatists'

The Shenzhen city police said the 12 Hongkongers were under criminal detention on suspicion of illegally crossing the border

14 Sep 2020 9:51 AM

Israeli protesters hold a poster of their prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gagged by a surgical protection mask during an anti-government demonstration in front of Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on September 12, 2020, demanding his resignation over several corruption indictments and his handling of the coronavirus crisis. (AFP)

Israel to set new nationwide lockdown as virus cases surge

Lockdown is credited with having brought down what were much lower infection numbers, but it wreaked havoc on Israel's economy

14 Sep 2020 8:43 AM

Japan's Naomi Osaka kisses the trophy in celebration after winning her Women's Singles final match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the US Open in New York. — AFP photo

Osaka beats Azarenka to win second US Open crown

"I wasn't really thinking about winning. I was just thinking about competing," Osaka said

14 Sep 2020 1:23 AM

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