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POLITICS NEWS

Death penalty for child rapists does not mean swifter or better justice: Reporting is deterred, not rape. Mumbai: About 90 percent of child rape cases were pending trial in India in 2016, no more than 28 percent of such cases ended in conviction, and there is a 20-year backlog in bringing cases to trial, the latest available national crime data show.
Narendra Modi launches Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan in Madhya Pradesh on Panchayati Raj Day. On National Panchayati Raj Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Madhya Pradesh to launch Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan at Ramnagar and unveiled the road map for development of tribal areas.
Yashwant Sinha, Pravin Togadia and the fine art of masquerading anti-Modi agenda as ideological rhetoric. There is an uncanny similarity in the pathological opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by two members of the right wing, Pravin Togadia and Yashwant Sinha.
Karnataka polls: No groupism in state BJP, BS Yeddyurappa could unify communities, says Hubli MLA Jagadish Shettar. Hubli: Five-time MLA Jagadish Shettar is fighting elections once again from Hubli city in Karnataka. He dismisses allegations of taking down banners of the Aam Aadmi Party in his constituency and says that they tried to defame him.
Karnataka Election: BJP has 'completely lost the plot', says Congress' Priyank Kharge, targets 120 seats for party. Bengaluru: Priyank Kharge, the 38-year-old son of Congress veteran Mallikarjun Kharge, is the youngest Cabinet minister in Karnataka. "As a son, it's my dream to see my father as chief minister," he had said recently, sparking furious speculation that Kharge senior is about to return to state politics. Needlessly, as it turned out, as Priyank soon added that he was speaking only as a son. "We are all focussed on winning the elections," he added.

*At all-India meet, CPM evolves political-tactical line, softens stand on allying with Congress in future. After an unprecedented divide on whether or not to ally with the Congress, the CPM all-India meet chose to embrace a middle path. Such a consensus between the official and minority positions within the party is appreciative of divergent state-specific political realities. The party all-India conference chose a middle path by deciding to amend the official draft on the issue by omitting the crucial phrase "no understanding" with the Congress.

SPORTS NEWS

Champions League: AS Roma set to face the music at boisterous Anfield as Liverpool bank on home advantage. Both Liverpool and AS Roma are placed third in their respective league tables. Liverpool have played 35 matches and earned a total of 71 points, while Roma's tally is 67 points from 34 matches. Both teams have beaten two of Europe's best sides – Manchester City and Barcelona – en route Champions League last four. Objectively, there is very little to separate both teams ahead of their first leg semi-final clash on Tuesday, but the fact that Liverpool are playing at Anfield gives them the edge against Eusebio Di Francesco's Roma.
FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to hold meeting over plan to create 24-team Club World Cup after reported $25 billion offer. Zurich: FIFA will hold a special meeting to discuss ambitious plans for a revamped version of the Club World Cup and a new global Nations League competition, soccer’s world governing body said on Monday.
ISSF World Cup: Rahi Sarnobat narrowly misses out on a podium spot in women's 25m pistol event. Changwon, South Korea: Rahi Sarnobat narrowly missed out on a podium spot after she finished fourth in the women's 25m pistol event at the ISSF World Cup Stage 2 in Changwon on Monday.
Premier League: Theo Walcott's second-half strike gives Everton narrow 1-0 win over Newcastle United. Liverpool: Theo Walcott did his best to boost Sam Allardyce's approval rating as the Everton winger clinched a 1-0 win against Newcastle United in the Premier League on Monday.

INDIA NEWS

Sabrina Lall's letter can't pardon Manu Sharma, only the law can: Understanding social impact of correctional prison reform. The right to pardon rests with the State alone. Sabrina Lall's letter stating that she won't object to the release of her sister Jessica's killer Manu Sharma from Tihar Jail has come six months after the man was moved to a semi-open jail.
Forces kill 20 Maoists in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli: Offensive against LWEs, swift action on intel inputs ensured operation success. Using local intelligence inputs effectively and acting swiftly by taking the fight to the Maoist heartland, the Gadchiroli police have succeeded in one of the most high-risk operations carried out by the security forces in the country on Sunday.
Centre defends death by hanging in SC, says it's quicker and safer than other forms of execution. The Center has defended death by hanging as a means of execution, and said it was safer and quicker than administering lethal injection or death by firing squad.
Improving Delhi's public schools an ongoing process: Future of children's education can't hinge on which govt is in power. In January 2014, the Ahvaan Trust started working with five government Sarvodaya schools of north Delhi. The mission was to help pre-primary and primary school teachers become the best mentors to their students. For them to become role models and pass on the values we would all like our future generations to possess. That meant we would work with them to become better teachers first — to teach more through activities and less through rote.

WORLD NEWS

Suspect in Toronto van attack identified as Alek Minassian: All you need to know about the Richmond Hill resident. Canadian authorities have identified 25-year-old Alek Minassian as a suspect in the deadly Toronto van attack that left 10 people dead and 15 others injured.
US condemns suicide attack in Kabul, reaffirms support to ensure transparent election process in Afghanistan. Washington: The White House said it was moving forward with its South Asia strategy as the Pentagon strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a voter registration office in Kabul that killed about 60 people and injured 100 others.
Day after wife Barbara's funeral, George HW Bush hospitalised with blood infection; ex-president 'appears to be recovering', says spokesman. Houston: Former president George HW Bush has been hospitalized in Houston with an infection, just after attending the funeral of his wife, Barbara, a spokesman said Monday.
Waffle House shooting: After 24-hour manhunt, police captures 29-year-old suspected of killing 4 at Tennessee restaurant. Chicago: Tennessee police captured on Monday the man suspected of gunning down four people at a restaurant in Nashville, America's country music capital.

BUSINESS NEWS

Walmart wants to call the shots at Flipkart; likely to bag around 60-80 percent stake valued at $20 billion. US retail giant Walmart could reach a deal to buy a majority stake in Indian e-commerce player Flipkart for nothing less than $12 billion and an agreement could be inked within a fortnight, according to media reports.
US govt could terminate work permits for H-1B visa holders' spouses; move to impact Indian families the most. Washington: The Trump administration is planning to end allowing spouses of H1-B visa holders to work legally in the United States, a top federal agency official has told lawmakers, a move that could have a devastating impact on tens of thousands of Indians. The move to end the Barack Obama-era rule could have an impact on more than 70,000 H-4 visas holders, who have work permits.
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone bet on Indian healthcare startup Visit before he even met its promoters. Two years after they rolled out Visit, Anurag Prasad, Shashvat Tripathi, Chetan Anand and Vaibhav Singh now count several big names from the technology ecosystem among their investors. The list includes Twitter co-founder Christopher Isaac 'Biz' Stone, BlueJeans Network's co-founder and CTO Alagu Periyanann, Snapdeal's Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, Qualcomm Ventures India's former MD Karthee Madasamy, the Murugappa Group's Muthu Murugappan and MapMyIndia founder Rakesh Verma.
Jobless in India: Formal economy has failed aspirants but the government can’t hire everybody. The Indian Railways, the country’s largest employer, recently advertised for 90,000 vacancies. It got over 2.8 crore applications for it. My calculations suggest that the number of applicants made up around one-fifth of India’s youth workforce, which is actually looking for a job. Nearly two lakh people applied for 1,137 constable vacancies in Mumbai Police. A news report suggests that this included 167 MBAs, 423 engineers and 543 postgraduates. There were three individuals with an LLB and 167 individuals with a Bachelors in Business Administration, on the list.

CRICKET NEWS

IPL 2018: Shreyas Iyer, Liam Plunkett mitigate Gautam Gambhir flop show, but fail to spare Delhi Daredevils another heart-breaking loss. Delhi Daredevils tasted yet another loss in IPL 2018, falling short against Kings XI Punjab by a mere four runs, as they continue to languish at the bottom of the points table.
20 years since Desert Storm: Reminiscing Sachin Tendulkar's birthday special in Sharjah that stood the test of time. For two days in the deserts of Sharjah, Sachin Tendulkar held court in all his pomp. Like a victorious king who had felled an empire, Tendulkar floated in the humid Middle-East air, except that the ravages he looked over were of his own doing, for the emperor was an army in himself.
IPL 2018 Report Card: Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman shine for Kings XI Punjab; Gautam Gambhir fails to impress. Ankit Rajpoot showed his real worth in IPL as he helped his team to a four-run victory over the Delhi Daredevils with a fiery spell of 2/23 in his four overs.
PCB chief Najam Sethi questions BCCI's decision of not incorporating 'government permission' clause in contract. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi questioned BCCI's decision of not incorporating the "permission from central government" clause in the alleged contract to play bilateral series that was inked between the two neighbours.

ENTERTAINMENT

Bharat Ane Nenu may become Mahesh Babu's biggest hit; film all set to break record of Ram Charan-starrer Rangasthalam.
Beyond the Clouds movie review: Majid Majidi's debut Indian film suffers from an uneven narrative.
Sanjay Dutt biopic: Rajkumar Hirani says 'I told Sanju we won’t glorify him and he was okay with it'.
Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor set the ramp on fire with Manish Malhotra's collection at The Walk of Mijwan.