HIGHLIGHTS AT 12.45 PM

Following are the top stories at 12.45 pm

IN THE PIPELINE:

Trump, Modi at Sabarmati Ashram

ON THE WIRE:

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Namaste Trump: US president arrives in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: US President Donald Trump arrived in Ahmedabad on Monday for the first leg of his India trip.

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Trump, Modi embark on 22-km-long roadshow in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday embarked on a 22-km-long roadshow from the Ahmedabad International Airport.

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'Atithi Devo Bhava', says Modi after Trump's Hindi tweet

New Delhi: "Guests are like god," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday in response to US President Donald Trump's tweet in Hindi from on board Air Force One where he expressed his eagerness to visit India.

 

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Clash erupts between pro & anti CAA groups in northeast Delhi's Maujpur

New Delhi: Clashes broke out between pro and anti-CAA groups in northeast Delhi's Maujpur area for the second consecutive day on Monday with agitators pelting stones at each other.

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Fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari brought to Bengaluru from Senegal

Bengaluru: Fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari who is wanted in many heinous crimes, including murder and extortion, was brought in the early hours of Monday from Senegal via France to Bengaluru, police said.

LEGAL

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Shaheen Bagh protests: Court-appointed interlocutors file report in sealed cover in SC

New Delhi: Court-appointed interlocutors on Monday filed their report in a sealed cover in the Supreme Court on the ongoing protests at Shaheen Bagh here against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

FOREIGN

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Coronavirus-hit Wuhan partially lifts curbs on people's movement; Death toll reaches 2,592

Beijing: China has partially eased restrictions in coronavirus-hit Wuhan, permitting people who are infected with the virus or stranded to leave for the first time after a month as the death toll climbed to 2,592 while the number of confirmed cases increased to more than 77,000, officials said Monday. By K J M Varma

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Pak suspends flights to coronavirus-hit China till March 15

Islamabad: Pakistan has again suspended flights to coronavirus-hit China till March 15 due to surge in the infected cases in that country, days after it resumed the air operations to and from Beijing, according to officials. By Sajjad Hussain

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WHO team visits hospitals in China's coronavirus-hit Wuhan: Death toll reaches 2,592

Beijing: The WHO experts visited various hospitals in China's coronavirus-hit Wuhan city over the weekend as the death toll climbed to 2,592 with 150 new fatalities while the total number of confirmed cases increased to over 77,000, health officials said on Monday. By K J M Varma

BUSINESS

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Rupee slips 30 paise to 71.94 against US dollar in opening trade

Mumbai: The Indian rupee declined by 30 paise to 71.94 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday amid muted opening in domestic equities and strengthening of the American currency overseas.

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Sensex tanks over 450 pts; Nifty below 12K

Mumbai: Market benchmark Sensex plummeted over 450 points in opening session on Monday tracking intense selloff in global equities amid rising concerns over Chinese coronavirus epidemic.

SPORTS SPF22

SPO-CRI-2ND LD IND

Flushed at 'The Basin': NZ thrash India by 10 wickets

Wellington: Indian batsmen's inadequacies in adverse conditions were laid bare as they crashed to an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat against a ruthless New Zealand side that wrapped up the opening Test in just over three days here on Monday. By Kushan Sarkar

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Can't help if people make big deal out of one loss: Kohli

Wellington: Captain Virat Kohli had no qualms in admitting that India were outplayed by New Zealand in the opening Test but said they "can't help it" if a few want to make a "big deal" out of one loss. By Kushan Sarkar

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Aeroflot Open: Mamedov halts young Bharat Subramaniyam's good run

Moscow: Young Bharat Subramaniyam's good run came to a halt after Azerbaijan Grandmaster Rauf Mamedov defeated the 13-year-old Indian in the fifth round of the Aeroflot Open chess tournament here.