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Coco Gauff at 20: One Grand Slam, a year unbeaten in the States… is she just getting started?
9 months, 1 week ago

Coco Gauff at 20: One Grand Slam, a year unbeaten in the States… is she just getting started?

New York Times  

Coco Gauff is that rare person who can seem young and old at the same time, and never more so than today, March 13 — which this year is her 20th birthday. Then again, having won her first Grand Slam singles title at the U.S. Open last September, Gauff may just be getting started. If it doesn’t, whatever.” She’s Martina …

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West Bengal assembly passes resolution to observe April 15 as Bengal Day
1 year, 3 months ago

West Bengal assembly passes resolution to observe April 15 as Bengal Day

Hindustan Times  

The West Bengal assembly on Thursday passed a resolution to observe Bengali New Year's Day, also known as Polia Baisakh, as the state's foundation day on April 15. West Bengal assembly passes resolution to observe April 15 as Bengal Day The resolution - under Rule 169 proposing to observe Poila Baisakh as ‘Bangla Diwas’ and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's 'Banglar …

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20 years of the Iraq War: What was the motivation behind US' invasion of Iraq?
1 year, 9 months ago

20 years of the Iraq War: What was the motivation behind US' invasion of Iraq?

Firstpost  

Two decades after the invasion, journalistic investigations and insider testimonies have explored nearly every facet of the invasion. One book-length study concluded that while Iraq’s oil heightened its importance to Washington, the invasion was “not a classic resource war, in the sense that the United States did not seize oil reserves for profit and control.” Searching for a reason There …

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White Houses Criticises Walgreens’ Move to Ban Abortion Pill Mifepristone in 20 States
1 year, 9 months ago

White Houses Criticises Walgreens’ Move to Ban Abortion Pill Mifepristone in 20 States

News 18  

The White House on Friday expressed regret at US pharmacy giant Walgreens’ decision to not distribute abortion pills in some 20 states after “dangerous” pressure from anti-abortion officials. The battle over the so-called “abortion pills” has become a focal point in states around the country following the Supreme Court’s June decision outlawing a national right to abortion. Walgreens does “not …

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20 attorneys general warn Walgreens, CVS over abortion pills
1 year, 10 months ago

20 attorneys general warn Walgreens, CVS over abortion pills

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — Attorneys general in 20 conservative-led states warned CVS and Walgreens on Wednesday that they could face legal consequences if they sell abortion pills by mail in those states. A letter from Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to the nation’s largest pharmacy-dispensing companies was co-signed by 19 other attorneys general, warning that sale of abortion pills would …

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Poll Play: AAP Aims For ‘Modi Vs Kejriwal’ Devpt Model Fight; BJP Calls Delhi CM 'Megalomaniac'
2 years, 3 months ago

Poll Play: AAP Aims For ‘Modi Vs Kejriwal’ Devpt Model Fight; BJP Calls Delhi CM 'Megalomaniac'

News 18  

In the backdrop of persistent allegations against its MLAs and with an eye on the 2024 elections, the Aam Aadmi Party held the first national meeting of its elected representatives and supporters from across the country at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in the national capital on Sunday. “The AAP has disintegrated in Himachal Pradesh and its president in Uttarakhand quit …

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New abortion rules recognise minors as vulnerable, seek to make services more accessible to them
3 years, 1 month ago

New abortion rules recognise minors as vulnerable, seek to make services more accessible to them

The Hindu  

The new abortion rules notified by the Government recently recognise minors as a vulnerable category and seek to make services more accessible to them. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Rules, 2021, define new categories of vulnerable women who are allowed termination up to 24 weeks upon meeting certain conditions and with the permission of two doctors. We need to …

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No boots on the ground but 20 years on, war on terror still grinds along
3 years, 3 months ago

No boots on the ground but 20 years on, war on terror still grinds along

Firstpost  

The financial drain from a sprawling counterterrorism campaign has been vast, fueling the military’s budgets even years after major combat in Afghanistan and Iraq ended When President Joe Biden told an exhausted nation on 31 August that the last C-17 cargo plane had left Taliban-controlled Kabul, ending two decades of American military misadventure in Afghanistan, he defended the frantic, bloodstained …

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US vaccine roll-out falls short of 20 million jabs by end of 2020
3 years, 11 months ago

US vaccine roll-out falls short of 20 million jabs by end of 2020

Al Jazeera  

About 2.8 million people have received a vaccine, far short of a government target of 20 million by the end of the year. The race to vaccinate millions of Americans against COVID-19 is off to a slow start, with only about 2.8 million Americans having received a vaccine going into the last day of 2020, putting the United States far …

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Amid Stalemate, Centre Permits 20 States to Raise Rs 68,825 Cr Via Borrowing to Meet GST Shortfall
4 years, 2 months ago

Amid Stalemate, Centre Permits 20 States to Raise Rs 68,825 Cr Via Borrowing to Meet GST Shortfall

News 18  

The Centre on Tuesday permitted 20 states to raise Rs 68,825 crore through open market borrowings to bridge the GST revenue shortfall. The Centre had in August given two options to the states — to borrow either Rs 97,000 crore from a special window facilitated by the RBI or Rs 2.35 lakh crore from the market. The Department of Expenditure, …

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