DAILY NEWS: January 2021

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK, fearing China crackdown

Beijing imposed a strict national security law on the territory last summer.

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Gunmen rob partygoers, then open fire, killing 7 in Mexico

Authorities say gunmen on two motorcycles burst into a weekend party.

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Andrew Brooks, who developed a coronavirus spit test, has died at 51.

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Myanmar’s Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears

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Delhi: Cinemas to run at full capacity from today

Cinema halls, which have been operating with a 50% cap on seating, will run at full capacity from Monday. Delhiites will also be able to use swimming pools.

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Ggm sex ratio at birth up as Haryana stats worsen

Haryana health department has released the state’s sex ratio at birth (SRB) data for 2020, revealing that the gap between the number of girls born per 1,000 boys has widened to 922 — a slight dip from 923 recorded in the previous year.

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Video of Delhi CM on farm laws 'doctored': AAP

Lashing out at Bharatiya Janata Party, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday said that the party’s functionaries had lost the trust of people and that is why they had released a ‘doctored’ video of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in which he purportedly supported the farm laws.

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Delhi teacher convicted for slapping kids

A teacher from a Delhi school has been convicted of assault for slapping two minor students after a court observed that the assault had caused them mental and physical suffering besides resulting in humiliation before the class.

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Delhi: 15 more LOCs issued against farm leaders

Fifteen more lookout circulars have been issued against farmer leaders who allegedly orchestrated the violence during the tractor rally on Republic Day.

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Melvin Capital, Squeezed by Its Bets Against GameStop, Lost 53 Percent in January

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Effort to Include $15 Minimum Wage in Relief Bill Poses Test for Democrats

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MLB proposes delaying start to April 28, cut to 154 games

Major League Baseball has proposed a one-month delay in starting spring training

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Trio of former UConn greats leading social justice charge

Renee Montgomery, Tiffany Hayes, Maya Moore stepped away from basketball.

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MLB proposes delaying start to April 28, cut to 154 games

Major League Baseball has proposed a one-month delay in starting spring training

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If Marjorie Taylor Greene Isn’t Beyond the Pale, Who Is?

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77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election

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Black Power: Now or Never

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Captain Tom raised millions for Britain’s coronavirus response. Now he is hospitalized with Covid-19.

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Myanmar Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears

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The Gerrymander Battles Loom, as G.O.P. Looks to Press Its Advantage

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After the Capitol Riot, a Tradition Is Interrupted

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Turn Topsy-Turvy

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Saturday, January 30, 2021

Downscale Your Super Bowl Spread

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Trump Parts Ways With Lead Impeachment Lawyer

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Savor a Performance Series and Homemade Pizza

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Quotation of the Day: Attacked by a ‘Superspreader’ of Online Smears

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Federal officials pause plan to vaccinate Guantánamo detainees.

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Protesters disrupt motorists from entering Dodger Stadium vaccination site.

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Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK, fearing China crackdown

Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the territory last summer.

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Skier dies after being found buried upside down in snow

The ski resort received in excess of 7 feet of snow this week.

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Thousands flee Hong Kong for UK, fearing China crackdown

Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the territory last summer.

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Sundance Diary, Part 3: Documentaries That Don’t Despair

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Pentagon Halts Plan to Vaccinate the 40 Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay

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Police seek details of Iranian visitors to Delhi

Delhi Police has asked the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) to share details of all Iranians settled overseas who came to Delhi in the last one month in connection with Friday’s blast outside the embassy of Israel in central Delhi.

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Institutional quarantine for UK flyers eased

The Delhi government has suspended the rule for seven days of mandatory institutional quarantine for flyers coming from the UK and testing negative for Covid. The decision has been taken in the wake of low positivity rate among such individuals. All flyers testing negative for Covid will now be required to be in 14 days of home isolation. For UK returnees testing positive for Covid, treatment protocol according to their health condition is invoked.

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INLD leader Abhay Chautala backs Rakesh Tikait

“I offer my whole-hearted support to Tikait-ji,” declared INLD leader Abhay Chautala, addressing farmers at the UP Gate protest site on the Ghazipur border.

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10,000 farmers may block Yamuna Expressway

A day after the massive mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar, thousands of farmers from western Uttar Pradesh gathered in Mathura on Saturday to attend a similar event organised by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) to express solidarity with their counterparts protesting against the new farm laws near the Delhi borders and announced plans to block the Yamuna Expressway.

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FIR: Protesters started trouble, attacked police

The FIR on the clashes between local residents and protesting farmers on Friday claims that it was the farmers who started pelting stones at the locals who had arrived at Singhu border to open up the road. The FIR, a copy of which is with TOI, also says that the farmers also abused the cops and one of them used a sword.

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Joseph Sonnabend, Early Force in Fight Against AIDS, Dies at 88

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Famous private eye Jack Palladino gravely injured in robbery

Jack Palladino on life support with head injury suffered in attempted robbery.

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Rod Stewart lawyer: Plea deal in works in hotel altercation

Rod Stewart and his son face misdemeanor battery charges in a hotel altercation.

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Law enforcement probe threats against Newsom, his businesses

Law enforcement officials investigating escalating threats of death and violence

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Famous private eye Jack Palladino gravely injured in robbery

Jack Palladino on life support with head injury suffered in attempted robbery.

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Part of Highway 1 in California Falls Into the Ocean

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Product Misplacement

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Friday, January 29, 2021

Schools to open for students of IX, XI from Feb 5

After opening for classes X and XII students, schools will reopen for classes IX and XI on February 5 to complete practicals and projects, education minister Manish Sisodia announced on Friday. He also said degree colleges, polytechnics and ITIs, too, could be opened.

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Met predicts cold wave conditions for Sat, Sun

A cold wave gripped Delhi as the minimum temperature dipped to 4 degrees Celsius, five notches below normal, at Safdarjung, the city’s base station. Met officials have predicted cold wave conditions for Saturday and Sunday.

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