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Golf-Woods, Mickelson, Manning and Brady showdown set for May 24

The coronavirus relief golf match featuring Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will be on May 24 at Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Florida, WarnerMedia's Turner Sports said on Thursday.




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Cricket-England must 'make do' with limited T20 chances ahead of World Cup: Morgan

England's players would have to "make do" with limited chances to prepare for the Twenty20 World Cup scheduled for later this year in Australia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan said.




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Cricket-India ready for quarantine in Australia to help tour proceed: official

India captain Virat Kohli and his team mates would be ready to spend two weeks in quarantine in Australia if that helped the tour go ahead as planned later this year, a top official of the Indian board has said.




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Cricket-Magic of playing in packed stadiums will be missed, says Kohli

The magical atmosphere will be missing if the cricket season currently stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic resumes in empty stadiums, India captain Virat Kohli has said.




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Philippine lawmakers vow to get broadcast giant ABS-CBN back on air

Philippine legislators pushed on Wednesday to get the country's biggest broadcaster back on air, amid widespread shock and dismay over an order by the industry regulator for the station to cease operations after its 25-year licence expired.




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Musicals out, one-man plays in: Broadway gets creative waiting for show to go on

Television can fake it, movie audiences can wear masks, but a live theatre performance like "Romeo and Juliet" needs real actors kissing and fighting rivals in front of real people.




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Mexican broadcaster Televisa grapples with steamy soaps in social-distancing era

Some of the top creative minds at Mexican broadcaster Televisa are puzzling over an unexpected challenge: crafting their signature soap operas without a single love scene, or even a tender kiss.




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China to gradually reopen cinemas as virus under control

China will gradually reopen cinemas, museums and other recreational venues, the state council said on Friday, as the coronavirus has passed its peak in the country.




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Displaced Somalis share Ramadan meal under shadow of COVID-19

In makeshift metal homes in a camp in Mogadishu, women wrapped in brightly patterned scarves are making savoury pastries and mixing flour for flatbreads.




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Madagascar coronavirus herbal mix draws demand from across Africa despite WHO misgivings

Madagascar is putting its self-proclaimed, plant-based "cure" for COVID-19 on sale and several countries in Africa have already put in orders for purchase, despite warnings from the World Health Organisation that its efficacy is unproven.




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Robots to the rescue! Arizona students in lockdown will still get their graduation day

Juili Kale's dreams to receive her master's degree diploma in a ceremony cheered on by her family were dashed by the coronavirus - until robots came to the rescue.




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Amid ruins of a Syrian town, Ramadan meal reunites a community

Amid mounds of rubble and the ruins of buildings destroyed during nearly a decade of war, a Ramadan iftar meal has reunited a community in northwestern Syria.




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As Beijing gyms reopen, users are masked up and ready to shed pounds

BEIJING - Grunts, groans and the sound of pulsing music and crashing weights have returned to some of Beijing's gyms after being closed for nearly three months due to the coronavirus outbreak.




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Rights group says Saudi Arabia is holding a senior prince incommunicado since March

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Saturday that Saudi Arabian authorities recently detained and are holding incommunicado Prince Faisal bin Abdullah, who had previously been netted in an anti-corruption drive and released in late 2017.




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Venezuela's top prosecutor requests extradition of U.S. veteran accused in plot

Venezuela's Chief Prosecutor Tarek Saab said on Friday his office had requested the detention and extradition of U.S. military veteran Jordan Goudreau and two Venezuelans accused of involvement in a failed armed incursion earlier this week.




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As Beijing gyms reopen, users are masked up and ready to shed pounds

BEIJING - Grunts, groans and the sound of pulsing music and crashing weights have returned to some of Beijing's gyms after being closed for nearly three months due to the coronavirus outbreak.




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Protesters demand closure of LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh after toxic gas leak

Villagers placed the bodies of three victims of a deadly gas leak from an LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh at the gates of the site on Saturday, and demanded the factory be shut down immediately and its top management arrested.




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Shunning virus lockdown, defiant Belarus stages Victory Day parade

Thousands of soldiers marched in Belarus on Saturday to celebrate the Soviet victory in World War Two, as President Alexander Lukashenko rejected calls for lockdown measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic.




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Water tax to increase in Pimpri Chinchwad next year

Municipal Commissioner Rajeev Jadhav said that the civic body will be proposing the tax hike in the draft budget for 2016-17.




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Get set to push yourself at Fort Marathon in Sinhagad this Sunday

Sagarmatha Giryarohan Sanstha, a Pune-based non-profit body that promotes adventure sports and trekking, has organised the third edition of Fort Marathon.




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Ahmedabad: Much needed respite for residents as IMD predicts sunny week ahead

Rains in evening resulted in water-logging in Navratri grounds, disappointing garba enthusiasts




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Old city continues tradition of Sheri Garba

IN SYNC: Over 100 people performed synchronised garba with dholak, nagara




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Ahmedabad: 14 medical students from BJ College fall prey to dengue

Sources in the know said that in the last one month around 30 to 40 students have been diagnosed with the diseases.




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Gujarat's richest add 21% wealth in a year

Gautam Adani & family: Rs 94,500 cr - Adani Ports & SEZ




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Ahmedabad: Jewellers pray for Midas touch to lift festive season

Local jewellers are desperately hoping that the festive season revives business and sales pick up However, a section of the industry believes that the government need to take corrective steps urgently to ensure revival.




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Ahmedabad: Dussehra fails to beat evil of slowdown

As footfall doesn't raise profit, sweet shops say fafda, jalebi sales dull, situation unlikely to improve till Diwali




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Ahmedabad: Live-in couple found dead, police suspect suicide

Their body was recovered in a decomposed state on Monday late night




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Car sales rise on Dussehra in Ahmedabad, decline during Navratri

People pre-book vehicles during Navratri, while some take deliveries on Navratri, most prefer Dussehra.




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Ahmedabad: Man cheated of Rs 60,000 in pizza refund fraud

According to a complaint filed with the Vastrapur police station, Rushay Shah, 27, a resident of Drive-in had on October 4, 2019, ordered two pizzas from the food delivery app.




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Ahmedabad: Booze bottles prompt BJ Medical College to lock terrace doors

Sources in the hospital had accused the students of using the alcohol bottles and dumping the same on the terrace




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Wearing face masks now mandatory in Ahmedabad, Rs 5,000 fine or 3-year jail term for offenders

The order has been issued under the Epidemic Diseases Act and is aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus.




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Must have add-ons for your brand new car

When you opt for a comprehensive insurance cover, it does not provide full coverage to different degrees of damages.




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JP Nadda - the original Jedi

J.P.Nadda is not a fifth-generation dynast like Rahul Gandhi, the Congress scion, whose political getaways to Europe have made more headlines than his political exploits at home.




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Coronavirus-Modi Leads The World

The Coronavirus pandemic which has tested the might, money power and muscle power of the wealthiest nations, will go down in history as a health scare that demolished many carefully built reputations of many world leaders.




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India lockdown: A tale of two leaders - The PM & a CM

The super-efficient Modi government is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring free food, water and shelter to the landless daily wage earners, across the length and breadth of the country.




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WATCH: Virat Kohli gives his take on possibility of hosting cricket matches inside empty stadiums

The coronavirus outbreak has brought all sports activities to a halt, players are practising social distancing and self-isolation during the pandemic.




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WATCH: MS Dhoni, Ziva play fetch with pet dog in adorable father-daughter moment

Sakshi recently took to social media and gave another sneak peek of what everyone's favourite Thala been up to during this pandemic.




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Day after migrant workers flood Bandra, self-proclaimed labour leader arrested for threatening protest

Thousands of labourers from other states assembled near Bandra railways station on the last day of the 21-day lockdown to go to their native cities and villages as a rumour of special trains spread.




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Wadhawan brothers, 21 others taken to Mahabaleshwar by Maharashtra police as quarantine period ends

The two brothers are named as accused in the FIR registered by CBI in the Yes Bank scam.




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COVID-19: BMC to probe viral video showing patients lying next to dead bodies at Sion hospital

As COVID-19 cases in Mumbai continue to spike, civic body BMC on Thursday constituted a committee to investigate a viral video that showed pateints lying next to dead bodies at the city's Sion Hospital.




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No Army deployment in Mumbai, may request additional force from Centre if needed: Uddhav Thackeray

Thackeray said the Mumbai Police is capable of handling the situation but additional forces may be sought from the Centre if needed so that the state police force gets some respite.




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Well-planned financial aid needed to deal with COVID-19 economic impacts: Finance Commission's advisory panel

The Advisory Council further stated that the growth rate projected will have to be reduced and Indian enterprises will face a slowdown in demand due to global recession.




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Yes Bank Scam: CBI custody of Wadhawan brothers extended till May 1

They were arrested on Sunday from a quarantine facility in Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra's Satara district.




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Auto industry barons discuss COVID-19 impact with Prakash Javadekar, suggest measures to revive sector

Barons of the automobile industry on Thursday held a discussion with the Union Minister for heavy industries and public enterprises Prakash Javadekar to talk about the impact of the coronavirus crisis and suggested measures to revive the sector.




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75% scope that we could have cure for COVID-19 by September: Adar Poonawalla

Natasha Poonawalla's husband Adar Poonawalla's institute Serum is working on a cure for coronavirus




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Yes Bank Scam: CBI custody of Wadhawan brothers extended till May 10

The central probe agency had said it needs to interrogate the brothers further in connection with the Yes Bank scam also involving its founder Rana Kapoor.




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Coronavirus in India LIVE: No new cases in Ghaziabad in last 24 hours, 56 active cases in district

Meanwhile, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday said that India's recovery rate from the COVID-19 disease is around 29.36%




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Aurangabad Rail Accident: NHRC issues notices to Maharashtra govt, DM; seeks detailed report within 4 weeks

The NHRC issued the notices after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports regarding the incident, which occurred between Badnapur and Karmad stations in the Nanded Division.




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Maharashtra: No hike in school fees for the academic year 2020-21

The department has also asked the executive committee of the Parent Teachers Association to review and reduce fees if some resources remained unused during the lockdown.




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COVID-19 pandemic: Madagascar President introduces 'herbal cure' for coronavirus

The herbal remedy is derived from artemisia -- a plant with proven success in treating malaria -- and other indigenous herbs.