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| Thursday evening brief |
Nov 16 2017 |
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| Good evening! |
| Here’s everything that transpired during the course of the day… |
| PV Sindhu progressed into the quarterfinals with a 21-15, 21-13 at the China Open Super Series Premier. Olympic silver medallist Sindhu will clash with another Chinese qualifier Gao Fangjie for a place in the semifinals on Friday. Her win gave Indian fans a lift following the exits of HS Prannoy and Saina Nehwal – who last week won the men’s and women’s singles titles at the national badminton championships – lost earlier in the day. Read. |
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| Amid uproar over Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati, Rajput Karni Sena has threatened to chop off lead actress Deepika Padukone’s nose. “Rajputs never raise a hand on women but if need be, we will do to Deepika what Lakshman did to Shurpanakha,” Rajput Karni Sena member Mahipal Singh Makrana said in a self-made video. On the other hand, Lokendra Singh Kalvi, Rajput Karni Sena chief said they will call for a bandh on December 1, 2017, the film’s release date. |
| US President Donald Trump has vowed not to allow the “twisted dictatorship” in North Korea to hold the world hostage to “nuclear blackmail”. In a televised address to the nation after his 12-day maiden trip to Asia, Trump said North Korea was on the top of his priority list. Tensions have dramatically risen on the Korean peninsula after North Korea in September conducted its biggest nuclear test, which its state-run KCNA news agency described as a hydrogen bomb. |
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| The Delhi government today announced that 40 public services will be delivered at doorstep from next year in Delhi. Government would hire a private agency to implement the scheme. “Various certificates such as caste, new water connection, income, driving licence, ration card, domicile, marriage registration, duplicate RC and change of address in RC, will be covered under the scheme in the first phase,” Sisodia told the media. |
| Oxford Dictionaries will have a Hindi word of the year for 2017. The Hindi word of the year will be a word or expression that has attracted a great deal of interest this year. The chosen word should reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the year. This word of the year will be announced in January 2018. |
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