
Daily Newsletter | Saturday, May 21, 2016 | | White House on brief lockdown following shooting, Obama off site | The White House was put on lockdown on Friday after police reported a shooting near the seat of US presidential power, amid reports that the assailant brandished a weapon at Secret Service agents. President Barack Obama was not on the premises as he had gone to play golf at Andrews Air Force Base. |
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IPL: Karun special keeps Delhi Daredevils alive | Delhi kept their chances for a playoff spot alive as they crossed the first hurdle against table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad with a last-ball finish, by chasing down 158 with six wickets in hand in Match 52 of the 2016 IPL. |
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| Telangana declares Jains as religious minority | The Telangana government on Friday declared the Jain community as a religious minority. A government order was issued from the Minorities Welfare Department after the All India Digamber Jain Organisations Coordination Committee, a Delhi-based organisation, presented the issue to the government. |
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| | IPL 2016: Karun special keeps Delhi Daredevils alive | Delhi kept their chances for a playoff spot alive as they crossed the first hurdle against table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad with a last-ball finish, by chasing down 158 with six wickets in hand in Match 52 of the 2016 IPL. |
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Federer absence a 'loss' for French Open | World number one Novak Djokovic headed a cast of leading players expressing their disappointment on Friday at Roger Federer's injury-enforced withdrawal from this year's French Open. |
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| Tighten clinical trial norms for patients' safety: Docs | There is some ambiguity in the interpretation of guidelines relating to 'vulnerable' subjects and 'new drugs' while conducting research studies, even as rules for institutional (academic) trials need to be tightened to safeguard rights and safety of patients. These were concerns expressed by doctors and investigators involved in medical research at an event here to mark the International Clinical Trials Day on Friday. |
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Listen as much as you speak, cos tell managers | US-based Vox Media was the first company to have outlined in its code of conduct unwanted behaviour such as mansplaining (where a women is interrupted while speaking even if she has subject expertise), micro-aggressions or subtle putdowns, and even tone policing (telling a person to calm down instead of responding to their concerns). |
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IKEA confirms plan for store in Navi Mumbai | Executives with the Swedish flat-pack furniture giant stated that they plan to build a store in Navi Mumbai. Spread across 4 lakh sq ft, the store will be located on 23 acres along the Thane-Belapur road. The company had bought the lease rights from agro-chemicals major Rallis in March. |
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