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Elizabeth Warren ‘crushed’ the Democratic debate in Las Vegas; but is it too little, too late for her? Las Vegas: Hours before Senator Elizabeth Warren would take the stage in front of the largest television audience in Democratic debate history, she was holed up in a Bellagio hotel suite outfitted with six podiums for her final practice session. Her voice was hoarse from a cold that had left her team scrambling to find a solution: “Elm bark” lozenges, teas and, eventually, a throat spray from a supporter who was an opera singer. But those worries mostly melted away as she landed...

Rajnath Singh Lays Foundation Stone of New Army HQ Building New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone for construction of a new Army headquarter building in Delhi Cantonment on Monday. Christened ‘Thal Sena Bhawan’, the complex will be spread over nearly 39 acres. “We have laid the first stone of the new Sena Bhawan… It will represent the unsung heroes of the armed forces who have sacrificed their lives for the country,” he said. Source: News18.com

Pragyan Ojha announces retirement from all forms of cricket India spinner Pragyan Ojha announced on Friday he will be retiring from professional cricket with immediate effect. Pragyan Ojha, who made his international debut in 2008, played professional cricket for 16 years. Despite not featuring in an international fixture since 2013, Pragyan was playing domestic cricket until 2019. The 33-year-old last played for India in 2013 during Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell Test against the West Indies in Mumbai. In all, he played 24 Tests between 2009 and 2013 in which he took 113 wickets. Source: India Today

Malaysia suspected MH370 downed in murder-suicide: Ex- Australian PM Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has claimed “very top” level Malaysian officials believed vanished Flight MH370 was deliberately downed by the captain in a mass murder-suicide. The Malaysia Airlines jet vanished on March 8, 2014 carrying 239 people — mostly from China — en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. No sign of the plane was found in a 120,000-square kilometre (46,000-square mile) Indian Ocean search zone and the Australian- ed search, the largest in aviation history, was suspended in January 2017. Source: Hindustan Times

Israeli PM Netanyahu announces plans for 3,000 new settler homes near East Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he was reviving a plan for the construction of 3,000 new settler homes near East Jerusalem, a project effectively frozen after international opposition. Netanyahu’s announcement, during an election campaign in which he has sought to shore up support from pro-settlement voters, was condemned by the Palestinians as another blow to their hopes for an independent state. Source: Hindustan Times

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Gets Staff to ‘Blow-Dry’ His Armpit, Claims New Book A recent book on Facebook CEO has revealed a certain unusual habit about Mark Zuckerberg, which has gone up to create a lot of social media buzz now. “Facebook: the Inside Story,” by Wired’s Steven Levy claimed that Zuckerberg is apparently obsessed with his public appearance hence, he has an assigned staff to ‘blow dry his armpit’ before he appears on the public platform. Source: News18.com

Pakistan’s FATF listing helped reduce cross-border terror, hints Gen Naravane Army Chief General M M Naravane on Thursday said there has been a decline in cross-border terrorism, making an indirect reference to terror financing watchdog FATF’s recommendation that Pakistan should remain in the ‘Grey List’ for its failure to check terror funding. The army chief reiterated that incidents of terror in Jammu and Kashmir too had decreased and the Indian Army was continuing its pressure on various terror groups that it had identified. Source: Hindustan Times

Rahul and Sonia will lose Indian citizenship soon: Swamy Former Union Minister and BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has claimed that AICC president Sonia Gandhi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will lose their citizenship soon. “The file is on the Home Minister Amit Shah’s table and soon they will lose their citizenship,” he said while delivering a lecture on “CAA – a historical imperative beyond contemporary politics” at the University of Hyderabad, organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). Source: The Hindu

Julian Assange’s Lawyer Says US Govt Planned to Pardon Charges for Clearing Russia’s Name London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to claim during an extradition hearing that the Trump administration offered him a pardon if he agreed to say Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic National Committee emails during the 2016 US election campaign, a lawyer for Assange said on Wednesday. Assange is being held at a British prison while fighting extradition to the United States on spying charges. His full court hearing is due to begin next week. Source: News18.com

Michael Bloomberg to sell his company if elected president of US Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg will sell Bloomberg LP, the financial information company that made him a billionaire, if he is elected to the White House in November, his campaign confirmed on Tuesday. Bloomberg has risen quickly in opinion polls since entering the race for the Democratic nomination in November and he will appear in his first debate of the election cycle on Wednesday in Las Vegas. Source: Money Control