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• The Duke of York has provided "zero co-operation" to an inquiry into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation has said.


• Prosecutors and the FBI have contacted his lawyers but have received no reply, said US Attorney Geoffrey Berman.


• Prince Andrew says he did not see or suspect, any suspicious behavior when visiting homes of his then friend.

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• China's Huawei Technologies to build its next-generation wireless networks. The decision has implications for the country's diplomatic relations with the United States, which is pushing allies to shun the Chinese company over cyber-security concerns.


• And Britain's choice will feed into a wider battle between the US and China over technological supremacy that has seen the world's two biggest economies engage in a damaging trade war.

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• The US Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to proceed with a rule that aims to deny permanent residency and citizenship to immigrants who claim welfare benefits.


• The top chamber's five conservative justices outvoted their four progressive colleagues to support a request by President Donald Trump to lift a New York court injunction that had blocked the rule's application.

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• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday urged Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdel Mahdi to uphold his country's "sovereignty" in the face of "attacks" from Iran on US facilities in Iraq.


• Mr. Pompeo "expressed his outrage at the continued assaults by Iran's armed groups against US facilities in Iraq, including yesterday's rocket attacks against our Embassy, which resulted in one injury," the State Department said in a statement.

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• India offers growth and productivity opportunities for the global aerospace industry and there is extraordinary potential for the defence trade and partnerships to grow between India and the US, a top Boeing official has said.


• Dennis D Swanson, Vice President, global marketing Boeing Defense, Space, and Security said the bilateral defence cooperation had evolved considerably in the last few years, driven by the growing convergence of American and Indian defence interests.

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• The Supreme Court sought the West Bengal government's response on a plea of a BJP leader seeing direction to make him a party in the petition related to alleged murder of BJP activist Dulal Kumar in 2018 in the state.


• The body of 32-year-old BJP activist was found hanging from an electric pole in Purulia district's Balarampur of West Bengal on June 2, 2018, after the Panchayat election in the state.

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• The first phase of polling for panchayat bodies in Chhattisgarh will be held on Tuesday amid tight security.


• The voting will cover some areas falling in Maoist-affected districts.


• "Preparations have been made for the first phase of polling for posts of 36,473 ward panch, 4,620 sarpanch, 1,144 japan panchayat members and 167 posts of Zila panchayat members," State election commissioner Thakur Ram Singh said at a press conference here.

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• France considers the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) an internal matter of India, French diplomatic sources said today after nearly 600 lawmakers in the 751-member European Union parliament moved six resolutions against the controversial law.


• The lawmakers had said the Citizenship Amendment Act marked a dangerous shift in India's citizenship regime.

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• Kolkata Metro Rail Corp. expects to complete its East-West project, which runs partly under the city's iconic Hooghly river, by March 2022 after a delay of several years doubled costs.


• The authority is awaiting a final installment of 200 million rupees ($2.8 million) over the next two years from the Indian Railway Board, said Manas Sarkar, managing director at KMRC.

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• Sociology is a subject which focuses on society. CBSE class 12 Sociology exam 2020 will be conducted on March 30.


• The CBSE Class 12 exams will be held from February 15 to March 30. CBSE class 12 Sociology exam is divided into two parts – Theory (80 marks) and Practical (20 marks).


• The exam is two months away and students are left with ample time to revise their whole syllabus. Here are some tips that might prove helpful.

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• Major changes have been introduced in the national level law entrance test, CLAT.


• The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes, will be held on May 10 and registrations have already begun.

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• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development projected an overall credit potential for Odisha under priority sector at Rs 90,395 crore for 2020-21.


• The credit potential of the state was estimated in the State Focus Paper for Odisha, released in the credit seminar for 2020-21.

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• Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) share price added nearly 2 percent in the early trade on January 28 after the company posted better-than-expected numbers for December quarter.


• The company reported a 296 percent year-on-year growth in standalone profit at Rs 8,372.5 crore in the October-December period against Rs 2,113.8 crore in the same quarter last year.

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• A last-gasp header from substitute Balwant Singh saw ATK pip NorthEast United 1-0 and go atop the Indian Super League table at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan here.


• The hosts created plenty of chances but were wasteful until an injury-time strike from substitute Balwant proved to be the difference.

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• Mikel Arteta hailed Arsenal's "hungry" youngsters after Bukayo Saka and Eddie Nketiah fired their side into the FA Cup fifth round with a 2-1 win against Bournemouth.


• Arteta turned to youth at Dean Court and Saka, Nketiah and Joe Willock repaid the Arsenal manager's faith with influential displays that secured a trip to third-tier Portsmouth.

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• South Africa were docked six World Test Championship points and fined 60 percent of their match fee for a slow over rate during their 191-run fourth Test defeat by England.


• In a statement, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said it has punished South Africa after match referee Andy Pycroft found they were three overs short of the required rate during the Test, which gave England a 3-1 series win.

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• The Indian Banks Association (IBA) has elected Punjab National Bank's managing director and chief executive, Sunil Mehta, as the new chairman for 2018-19.


• The managing committee of the banking lobby has also elected Bank of India's managing director and chief executive, Dina Bandhu Mohapatra, as the deputy chairman, an official release said.

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• Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) leader and former Minister of Karnataka Kodman Amarnath Shetty passed away in Mangaluru, Karnataka.


• He was the trustee of Alva’s Education Foundation and also served as the Minister of Tourism and Labour in the government of Karnataka.