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Farooq Abdullah's party linked the questioning to the recent move by him to bring together all J&K parties in a campaign for restoring special status. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will shortly deliver the keynote address at the inaugural of the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2020 where world leaders, scientists and researchers will discuss scientific collaboration in solving global health problems, with emphasis on the coronavirus pandemic.

The annual meeting, for the last 15 years, has fostered international innovation collaborations to address the biggest challenges in health and development, said a statement from the Prime Minister's Office on Saturday.
 

ED is questioning National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah in connection with the multi-crore Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam. The questioning is in connection with alleged misappropriation of Rs 43 crore when Farooq Abdullah was the chairman of J&K Cricket Association, the sources said.

Meanwhile, controversy errupted around Twitter for wrongly showing Jammu and Kashmir as part of China. The company later issued a statement saying, "We became aware of this technical issue on Sunday, and understand and respect the sensitivities around it. The teams have worked swiftly to investigate and resolve the concerned geotag issue."

Delhi University's admission process under the second cut-off list will commence from today, with principals saying they are all geared up for the process after the first round.
 

Stay tuned for the latest news of the day.

 

2:06 AM

UK says no to more EU trade talks, dashing earlier optimism

Britain sees no basis to resume trade talks with the European Union unless there is a fundamental change in approach from Brussels, chief negotiator David Frost said on Monday, dashing earlier optimism that negotiations could resume.

 

Earlier, Michael Gove, the minister overseeing Brexit, had said there was agreement on the need to intensify trade talks and work on legal texts, after the negotiations broke down last week.

1:57 AM

DU admission: Over 9,700 students apply under second cut off, 2,580 applications approved

1:20 AM

Biden: Trump's closing argument is anti-science

Joe Biden's campaign says President Donald Trump is using staunch opposition to science as his closing argument as Election Day looms.

 

During a campaign conference call on Monday, Trump called Dr. Anthony Fauci a disaster and other top infectious-disease scientists idiots. The president blamed them for what he argued was the nation's mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, did not answer questions on Trump's comments as he left the taping of a television interview in Delaware on Monday.

1:16 AM

Wall Street slips as losses in Facebook, Amazon weigh

Wall Street's main indexes slipped on Monday as losses in tech-related heavyweights Facebook and Amazon eclipsed optimism on a coronavirus relief deal before the Nov. 3 presidential election.

 

US stocks had opened higher after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was optimistic legislation could be pushed through before the election, but acknowledged an agreement would have to come by Tuesday for that to happen.

 

Last week the White House proposed a $1.8 trillion stimulus package to help Americans struggling with the economic ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, but Pelosi said the offer fell short in a range of areas and stuck to her demand for $2.2 trillion in aid.

 

"I do believe that both sides, even though two weeks before election, can see the way to getting some money back into unemployment programs," said Kim Forrest, Chief Investment Officer, Bokeh Capital Partners, Pittsburgh

12:58 AM

Trump says Sudan will be removed from terrorism list

President Donald Trump on Monday said Sudan will be removed from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, a move that would open the door for the African country to get the international loans and aid that are essential for reviving its battered economy and rescue the country's transition to democracy.

 

The decision was contingent on Sudan following through on its agreement to pay $335 million to US terror victims and families. The announcement came after Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin was in Bahrain to cement the Gulf state's recognition of Israel.

12:17 AM

Lawsuit accuses Indian hackers of leaking businessman's emails

Iranian-American businessman Farhad Azima has accused a pair of Indian companies of stealing his emails and publishing them to the web, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in North Carolina.

 

Azima's suit alleges that Indian security company CyberRoot Risk Advisory and New Delhi-based BellTroX InfoTech Services carried out the hack-and-leak at the behest of American private intelligence company Vital Management Services, which in turn had been hired by the international law firm Dechert on behalf of the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA), an investment fund based in the United Arab Emirates.

 

Reuters reported in June that BellTroX was at the center of a years-long hacking campaign that targeted more than 10,000 accounts across the globe, citing three former employees, outside researchers and a trail of online evidence.

12:16 AM

CAA to be implemented soon, TMC believes in divide and rule politics: Nadda

12:14 AM

It's not really that bad! Trump tries to buck up his team

President Donald Trump on Monday sought to buck up his campaign staffers two weeks from Election Day, dismissing the cautionary coronavirus advice of scientific experts as well as polling showing him trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden across key battleground states.

 

Speaking to campaign aides on a conference call, Trump insisted he believes he's going to win, volunteering he didn't have that sense of confidence two weeks ago when he was hospitalized with Covid-19.

 

One week since returning to the campaign trail, where his handling of the pandemic is a central issue to voters, Trump blasted his government's own scientists for their criticism of his performance.

12:13 AM

Resident doctors of NDMC hospitals meet mayor, give seven-point demand

11:53 PM

Philips growth spurred by Covid-19 demand and distant care

Health technology company Philips saw sales and profits jump in the third quarter, as the Covid-19 pandemic spurred demand for hospital equipment needed to help patients battling the disease.

 

Amsterdam-based Philips on Monday said comparable sales rose 10 per cent to 4.98 billion euros ($5.8 billion) in the July-September period, while core profits improved by almost a third to 769 million euros.

 

Profits and sales easily beat analysts' expectations, taking Philips shares up 2.9 per cent at 0800 GMT in Amsterdam.

 

Growth was mainly driven by a 42 per cent increase in sales at the connected care division, which makes monitoring and respiratory care devices used to treat Covid-19 patients and other appliances which allow carers to work remotely.

11:51 PM

BJP did everything to divide and rule India: Derek O'Brien

After BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda accused the Mamata Banerjee government of "divide and rule" policy during his public address in Siliguri on Monday, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien issued a public statement on Twitter saying the BJP did everything to "divide and rule" India in over six years of its rule.

 

"The irony is not lost when the President of the BJP talks about 'divide and rule'. 'Divide and rule' is a ploy learnt from the colonial past and played out deviously every day by your party. Over the last six years, your party had done everything it can to 'divide and rule' people of this great nation," O'Brien said in a statement addressed to Nadda.

 

He said his party did a fact check of Nadda's latest public address in the state and found 'gaping holes' in it.

11:50 PM

Brexit brinkmanship: UK says no to more EU trade talks

Britain sees no basis to resume trade talks with the European Union unless there is a fundamental change in approach from Brussels, chief negotiator David Frost said on Monday, dashing earlier optimism that negotiations could resume.

 

Earlier, Michael Gove, the minister overseeing Brexit, had said there was agreement on the need to intensify trade talks and work on legal texts, after the negotiations broke down last week.

 

The two sides are each pressing the other to move first in the high-stakes talks on a deal to protect billions of pounds worth of trade once Britain ends a status quo arrangement with the EU on Jan 1

10:25 PM

Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane visits Ambala-based Kharga Corps and reviewed its security and operational preparedness: Officials

9:17 PM

Assam-Mizoram border clashes: Centre asks both the state governments to resolve their border dispute amicably and restore peace, say officials

9:00 PM

CBI books BSP MLA, wife for over Rs 750 cr bank fraud

The CBI has booked BSP MLA Vinay Shankar Tiwari and his wife Rita Tiwari in a case of alleged fraud of Rs 754.24 crore in a Bank of India-led consortium, officials said Monday.

 

The team booked Tiwari, who is MLA from Chillupar (Gorakhpur) in Uttar Pradesh, his wife Rita, a company named Gangotri Enterprises and its Director Ajit Pandey, they said. They carried out searches in Lucknow and Noida on Monday including the Lucknow office of Gangotri Enterprises and Tiwari's residence, the officials said.

 

Tiwari is the son of former minister and strongman from Gorakhpur Hari Shankar Tiwari.

 

The agency also searched the residence of Pandey and the office of another company Royal Empire Marketing Ltd in Noida, they said.