Monday, 28 November, 2022
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‘Best feeling of the week,’ Paris champion Holger Rune on beating Djokovic

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The 19-year-old rallied from a set down to overcome Djokovic and deny him a 7th title in the tournament, capping off a spectacular run in which he also beat four other top-10 players.

Though high on tourists, Agra still 6th among cities with least Airbnbs in world, says study

Dishha Bagchi -
Research by the website Inkifi also found that Bengaluru is the second cheapest city to live in an Airbnb, with an average daily rate of Rs 1,864.91.

Heirloom recipes to home baking — 3 entrepreneurs are serving the Parisian experience in India

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It’s expensive and makes no concessions for taste buds ruined by decades of exposure to artificial flavours and industrial quantities of refined sugar. But incredibly, it’s working.

Cairn targets Indian assets in Paris: What is its dispute with Modi govt & why it’s escalated

Remya Nair -
A tax dispute stemming from a 15-year old transaction has adversely impacted India’s efforts to project itself as an investor friendly destination. ThePrint explains

Covid-19 pandemic — Families stuck in Hong Kong’s quarantine facilities, Paris under lockdown

Angana Chakrabarti -
As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Eiffel Tower reopens after 104-day shutdown due to coronavirus

PTI -
The lifts that usually whisk visitors up the 324-meter tall wrought-iron Eiffel Tower will remain closed and people have to take the stairs.

UK Defence Secretary sacked over Huawei leak

Srijan Shukla -
Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for bail breach and clash between protesters and police in Paris May Day rallies.

Notre Dame’s terrible fire unites the world in dismay

Bloomberg View -
Notre Dame is a summit of human achievement, and once restored, will stand for an added measure of human resilience.

Millennium of symbolism burns with Notre Dame

Mohamed A. El-Erian -
Notre Dame, which captured French monarchy and stood over dark events and many celebrations, including during World War II  may now also become an unpleasant symbol of current events like politics of anger.

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris survives massive blaze but loses its Gothic spire

PTI -
Fire services said the fire could be linked to the heavy restoration work being done at the 850-year-old cathedral.
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Former Pakistani Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa | ISPR/Twitter

On my last day as Pakistan Army Chief, I leave Asim Munir with bigger problems than my billions

General Twitter -
Does Indian Army Chief Gen Pande have no interest in making CPEC, cheese pizza economic corridor? I suggest him this corridor against China. Learn from us.
It's been close to two years now that chana prices have been ruling low. The government should revisit its policies | Wikimedia Commons

Losing the pulse: Farmers will suffer a setback with falling chana prices. Govt must observe

People hold white sheets of paper in protest over COVID-19 restrictions, after a vigil for the victims of a fire in Urumqi, in Beijing, China, November 27 | Photo: Reuters

Situation in China volatile—A fire incident, a strict Covid policy spreading anger on streets

Economy

Representational image of workers at a construction site | ANI

GDP data this week will indicate FY23 outlook. But analysis shows growth still below pre-Covid yrs

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Analysis of industrial & consumer data not included in usual ‘high-frequency indicators’ shows although demand seems to have recovered from pandemic, it remains weak.

Defence

Illustration: Soham Sen | The Print

Modi govt moves with Arunachal Frontier Highway, among India’s ‘toughest’ projects yet, China in mind

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The 2,000 km-long highway will be of strategic importance to military. Same equipment used on other side of LAC being deployed to carry out work on tough terrain, say officials.

National Interest

A Gujarat gamble: A likely reason Rahul is not giving Modi a fight this assembly election

Shekhar Gupta -
I'd rather not buy idea that Rahul's holding his fire until 2024. More likely, Congress believes Karnataka offers best chance of winning a Gujarat-sized state if Gujarat is too challenging.

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