In focus, 16th Sep 2020, News & Stories from India

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16 Sep 2020

In focus, 16 Sep 2020

BJP MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe at Parliament House during ongoing Monsoon Session, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (PTI)

In Rajya Sabha, Opposition blames Centre for sleeping on corona watch

Members of the Upper House were participating in a discussion on 'COVID-19 pandemic and steps taken by the Government of India'.

16 Sep 2020 10:17 PM

Tamil Nadu to continue two-language policy only, says CM Palanisamy

Meanwhile, Stalin pointed out that a book on herbs distributed to the members today contained Hindi apart from Tamil and English.

16 Sep 2020 9:09 PM

Automobile industry was the biggest recipient of Chinese investment of $499 million in these five years. Representational Photo

Chinese FDI has been coming down in 3 years

The total FDI inflow from Chinese companies in India stood at $350 million in 2017-18.

16 Sep 2020 8:46 PM

Something like this: A visualisation of the Central Vista project. (Image: HCP Designs)

Tata Projects wins new Parliament project, L&T loses out

Rs 861 crore project will be completed in 21 months

16 Sep 2020 8:00 PM

Java already has two bracelets from the World Series of Poker (WSOP), cementing his name as one of the most feared on the US poker circuit

India’s leading poker pro shines a light on his career

Nipun Java has racked up over $2.7 million in all-time career earnings from the game of poker

16 Sep 2020 7:17 PM

Vaishnavi Chahande, a model-turned-actress par excellence

Vaishnavi Chahande is a popular name from the modelling industry who at such a young age tasted success

16 Sep 2020 7:07 PM

New gel-based sunscreen 50++ for the new normal

The sunscreen’s unique gel-based formula does not leave a white cast on your skin making your skin feel light and natural all day long

16 Sep 2020 7:00 PM

Are the days of physical classrooms over? (AFP representational image)

84% of govt school teachers struggle with e-learning tech

OXFAM India report paints grim picture of India's tryst with e-learning amid pandemic

16 Sep 2020 6:59 PM

Mainstream residential prices across 56 countries and territories rose at an annual rate change of 4.7 per cent on an average, compared to Q1 2020 at 4.4 per cent

Home prices across India fall 2.3 per cent in six months

As on Q2 2020, prices declined by 1.9 per cent for the 12-month period

16 Sep 2020 6:48 PM

Gems and jewellery, petroleum products, man-made yarn, fabrics and made-ups, marine products and leather and leather products continued to see decline in shipments. Representational Photo

Merchandise exports continues to decline in August, trade deficit widens sequentially

In the month of August, merchandise exports stood at $22.70 billion as compared to $25.99 billion in August 2019

16 Sep 2020 6:35 PM

Social activists display placards during a press conference over police probe on Delhi riots cases, at Press Club of India in New Delhi

AA Edit | Gross misuse of anti-terrorism laws

Delhi police arrested Umar Khalid, a former student leader of the Jawaharlal Nehru University for ‘inciting violence’ during the Delhi riots

16 Sep 2020 6:17 PM

Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho gives instructions to his players during the English Premier League soccer match against Everton at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP)

Mourinho coy as Bale pursues return to Tottenham from Madrid

Welsh star's agents are in talks with his former club for a return after seven years

16 Sep 2020 6:05 PM

The Babri Masjid as it stood before its destruction by someone. (File photo)

Finally, on Sept 30, we'll know who did (or did not) demolish the Babri Masjid

L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharati, Kalyan Singh told to be in court

16 Sep 2020 5:48 PM

The UAPA and other special laws like CSPSA are called black laws because the crimes they seek to cover could be dealt with under IPC and because these laws give special, unaccountable power to the police. PTI Photo

Bela Bhatia | Lockdown for some, lockup for others

More humane provisions are needed for prisoners, including political prisoners and those charged under special laws

16 Sep 2020 5:39 PM

Telangana domestic worker unions call for protests on September 24

As per Telangana Domestic Workers Union data, there are around 10 to 12 lakh domestic workers in Telangana

16 Sep 2020 4:48 PM

Farmers take a tea break in a paddy field in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar on September. AFP Photo

Export agro-produce to create rural prosperity

India is exporting a very small percentage of total agricultural products produced in quantitative terms

16 Sep 2020 4:46 PM

Signs are held up showing Breonna Taylor during a rally in her honor on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort. The city of Louisville will pay several million dollars to the mother of Breonna Taylor and install police reforms as part of a settlement of a lawsuit from Taylor's family, The Associated Press has learned. (AP)

Louisville to pay $12 million settlement over Breonna Taylor's death

Taylor’s death, alongside that of George Floyd, gave rise to one of the largest anti-racism protest movements in US history

16 Sep 2020 4:09 PM

The Bobcat Fire burns on a hillside on September 15, 2020 in Monrovia, California. California's national forests remain closed due to wildfires which have already incinerated a record 2.5 million acres this year. The Bobcat Fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains, has grown to over 40,000 acres. (AFP)

Satellite data shows smoke from US fires has reached as far as Europe

Estimates show that the blazes have spewed out more than 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide since mid-August this year

16 Sep 2020 3:49 PM

Pakistan is an epicenter of terrorism: India at Geneva

India also rejected the reference made by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral part of India

16 Sep 2020 2:20 PM

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden. Biden responded by telling a Florida radio station "I'm looking forward to the debate and he's a fool. The comments are just foolish." (AFP)

Trump accuses Biden of taking performance-enhancing substance

Trump repeated his demand that Biden should undergo a drug test before their first of three presidential debates scheduled for September 29

16 Sep 2020 2:13 PM

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