Saturday, November 5, 2016

US election 2016: Trump momentum forces new Clinton effort

US election 2016: Trump momentum forces new Clinton effort

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The war of words over the suicide by an ex-erviceman continues to find its place on the cover pages of important dailies. "Rahul, Jaitley trade salvos, fuel OROP war" - The Asian Age reports that while Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying over the issue of uniform pensions for retired defence personnel, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley returned fire, tearing into the Congress for “not having allocated even Rupee one” towards the retiral policy when it was in power.
"10 months wasted: 42-point plan to curb pollution goes up in smog" - The Times of India writes that faced with unrelenting pollution, Delhi has agreed to consider giving funds to neighbouring states to incentivise them to reduce straw burning which is seen as a major reason for the poor quality of the capital's air in winter. A picture of students in a classroom wearing masks can be seen on the front page of the Tribune as pollution reached hazardous levels in Gurgaon.
'Anti-national acts': 25 NGOs lose foreign fund licences - Under that headline, the Times of India writes that the Union home ministry has refused to renew the registration of 25 NGOs under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010, for their alleged indulgence in “activities not conducive to national interest."
The outrage over rape of tribal schoolchildren in a Maharashtra school continues to be widely reported. Hindustan Times says police have arrested the headmaster and 10 more people associated with a boarding school for tribal children in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district when a 10-year-old student became pregnant after allegedly being raped for weeks by a peon.
And finally, calling for policymakers to do more to protect children from junk food, World Health Organisation experts say children in Europe are being bombarded with hidden digital advertising and marketing promoting fatty, sugary and salty foods that is damaging their health and adding to the region's obesity problem, reports the Times of India.

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