Playful book about The Beatles wins major nonfiction prize

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Craig Brown’s “One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time” was named winner of the 50,000-pound Baillie Gifford Prize at a virtual ceremony in London.

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Should NEET & JEE Main 2020 be postponed? 87% respondents want to cancel Sept exam dates –Poll

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Should NEET & JEE Main 2020 be postponed? 87% respondents want to cancel Sept exam dates –Poll JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020 examinations are scheduled to be conducted in the month of September. Timesnownews.com conducted a poll on whether the exams should be postponed again. Here's what people had to say. NEET and JEE Main 2020 examination dates of September have come under a scanner again as two contesting parties have filed a plea in the Supreme Court. While one group of petitioners is asking for the exam to be postponed till normalcy returns, another group is asking for the apex court’s intervention to ensure that the exams are not postponed. Times Now conducted a poll to ask what people want. Should NEET 2020, JEE Main 2020 and JEE Advanced 2020 be postponed? The answer was a resounding yes. As many as 12, 672 respondents participated in the poll. Of the total, 11, 002 or nearly 87% respondents were in the favour of postponing the entrance examinations. About 1670 people how
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Vikas Dubey’s life of crime spanning 30 years: 62 cases, including 5 of murder.

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There are 62 criminal cases against Vikas Dubey in Uttar Pradesh, including five cases of murder and eight cases of attempt to murder. Vikas Dubey was arrested from the Mahakal temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain on Thursday morning. (Source: ANI).  Back in 2001,  Vikas Dubey  allegedly chased a  BJP  leader who then had minister of state rank in UP, Santosh Shukla, inside Shivli police station in Kanpur Dehat, and shot him dead in broad daylight. Dubey was named in the FIR, and he surrendered after some six months – but was acquitted four years later. The gunner, shadow, and personal staff of the murdered man gave statements in Dubey’s favour. Two years previously, in 1999, Dubey had allegedly killed one Jhunna Baba in his village and grabbed his land and other properties. In 2000, he was accused in the murder of his teacher and retired principal of the local Tara Chand Inter College, and jailed for some time. The murder of Santosh Shukla brought Dubey stature, and
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Srinagar woman selected to study master’s at Oxford University, makes Kashmir proud. 29-year-old gave up her engineering degree in Malaysia for the prestigious institution Sahreen Shamim Srinagar: In Kashmir, education has been majorly impacted by lockdowns and curfews. Of late, the COVID-19 pandemic has left students behind doors in the Indian-administered region like the rest of the world. Some are anxiously waiting for the re-opening of schools despite attending classes online but due to the slow-speed internet, it is dampening their mood. However, a passionate student has come up with some good news for the entire valley. The proud girl, Sahreen Shamim, has become only the second Kashmiri who has been selected by the world’s prestigious institution – Oxford University in the UK - for an academic year at the Blavatnik School of Government. 29-year-old Shamim, who was brought up in Srinagar’s Natipora, gave up in her engineering degree midway in Malaysia followi
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Akshay Kumar pledges to donate Rs 1 crore each to Assam and Bihar governments amid ongoing floods

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  Akshay Kumar pledges to donate Rs 1 crore each to Assam and Bihar governments amid ongoing floods DNA Web Team  | Updated: Aug 14, 2020, 04:13 PM IST Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar is currently in the UK for the shoot of his upcoming film Bell Bottom.       Subscribe to updates Akshay Kumar has a philanthropic side to him which came to the forefront as the coronavirus pandemic hit the country in March. Back in March, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked people for help in whatever way they could donate, Akshay Kumar was one of the first to come forward and pledge his support. The actor went on to donate a whopping Rs 25 crore to PM CARES Fund and also made hefty donations to CMs relief fund. And now, despite being in the United Kingdom for his upcoming film Bell Bottom shoot, Akshay has once again decided to come to the rescue of the people who are battling the ongoing floods in Assam and Bihar.  The Good Newwz actor is said to be donating Rs 1 crore each to the government of Bihar a
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Russia announces world's first Covid-19 vaccine, Putin's daughter receives vaccine shot

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 Russia announces world's first Covid-19 vaccine, Putin's daughter receives vaccine shot. Clinical trials of the vaccine began on June 18 and included 38 volunteers. ALL BREAKING NEWS LIVE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced the launch of the world’s first Coronavirus vaccine, reported AFP news agency. The president also asked Health Minister Mikhail Murashko to keep him informed about the vaccine, while at the same time noting that he knows “it works quite effectively” and “forms a stable immunity”. Putin emphasized that the vaccine underwent the necessary tests. He added that one of his two daughters has received a shot of the vaccine and is feeling well, according to Associated Press. The vaccine’s registration is conditional and trials will continue while production gets underway, said Murashko. Russian health ministry had earlier said mass vaccinations could begin by October. Murashko had said members of “risk groups,” such as medical workers, may be offe
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Mission Kashmir will be Manoj Sinha’s biggest test | Opinion

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  Mission Kashmir will be Manoj Sinha’s biggest test | Opinion A non-controversial-but-effective politician, Sinha faces political, bureaucratic, security and economic challenges Updated: Aug 09, 2020 19:34 IST By News Desk     A lot depends on Sinha’s political style and whether it will work in Srinagar (ANI) Manoj Sinha has taken over as Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). His appointment is seen by many as being in keeping with the element of surprise that marks decisions taken by the current government. Has Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi taken a huge risk by delegating this responsibility to Sinha? Is Sinha up to the task of dealing with this very challenging responsibility? The future can often be deciphered by looking into the past. Sinha is known as a person who has learnt the art of surviving in politics. In 1980, he contested and lost the Banaras Hindu University Students’ Union election. He tried again over the next two years and succeeded in 1982. Si
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