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Britain Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday said it is the "right country" at the "right time" to hold the G20 presidency, praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership over the last year. India’s presidency of the bloc came when the world is facing innumerable challenges, the UK PM told news agency on PTI just days ahead of the G20 summit on September 9-10. "This country's scale, diversity and its extraordinary successes means India is the right country at the right time to hold the G20 Presidency. I pay tribute to Prime Minister Modi's leadership over the last year and it’s wonderful to see India showing such global leadership," he said. Rishi Sunak- the first Indian-origin prime minister of UK- said the relationship between the UK and India will define the future of the two countries even more than it is defining the present. Dig deeper
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday protected the Editors Guild of India and three of its journalists from arrest in two criminal cases related to the release of a fact-finding report on ethnic violence in the northeastern state of Manipur. A bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud agreed to hear the petition on Monday and directed a copy of the petition to be provided to the Manipur government for further instructions. Senior advocate Shyam Divan represented the President of the Editors Guild, asserting that a situation of "very grave urgency" had arisen following the publication of the fact-finding report on September 2. Dig deeper
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Global Matters
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Ahead of daughter Paloma's debut in Avnish Barjatya's romantic film Dono, Poonam Dhillon addressed the ‘nepotism debate’. The film is produced by Rajshri Films and directed by Sooraj Barjatya's son. “There's this thing in our industry that you have the reach, you're a star… I've so much regard for the Rajshri banner, I've never worked with them. I've seen Sooraj ji's films. Personally, I didn't know him much other than ‘hello, hi.’ There's no question of me calling Sooraj ji and telling him that my daughter wants to be an actor. That never happened,” Poonam said in a new segment released on the YouTube channel of Rajshri Unplugged. Dig deeper
Lifestyle and Health
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Sports goings
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