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• At least nine people are reported dead as Japan recovers from its biggest storm in decades.


• Typhoon Hagibis triggered floods and landslides as it battered the country with wind speeds of 225km/h (140mph).


• Rivers have breached their banks in at least 14 different places, inundating residential neighborhoods.

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• Negotiators from the UK and EU are having what has been described as "intense technical discussions" in an attempt to agree a new Brexit deal.


• About a dozen British officials, including the UK's EU adviser David Frost, are taking part in the talks at the EU Commission in Brussels.


• The meetings are expected to continue through the weekend.


• But European Council President Donald Tusk has suggested there is only the slightest chance of an agreement.

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• President Donald Trump on Saturday touted his partial, unsigned trade deal with China as a major achievement and the best deal US farmers have ever secured.


• "WOW, the Farmers really hit pay dirt," Trump tweeted.


• Friday's initial agreement, which marks a halt in the 18-month trade war, calls for a huge increase in China's purchases of US farm products.

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• The gloves have come off as Justin Trudeau struggles to hold onto his parliamentary majority heading into the last week of a tight campaign before Canada's October 21 general election.


• The latest polls put his Liberals in a dead heat with the Conservatives, led by Andrew Scheer.


• With only 32 percent support each, however, neither of the frontrunners is poised to win enough of the 338 seats up for grabs for an absolute majority in the House of Commons.

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• As employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) intensify protests over a list of 26 demands, including a merger with the government, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has ruled out softening his administration's stand on the issue.


• The Chief Minister has ordered Director-General of Police Mahender Reddy to arrest anybody who tries to disrupt bus services. Additional personnel and resources, including CCTV cameras, are to be deployed at bus depots.

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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address public rallies in Maharashtra's Jalgaon and Sakoli today as he campaigns for the second consecutive term for the BJP-led government in the state.


• Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is also scheduled to address rallies in Chandivali, Dharavi, and Latur.


• "Will be campaigning in Maharashtra tomorrow. Looking forward to addressing rallies in Jalgaon and Sakoli.

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• After a broad-based deceleration in the initial quarters of this fiscal year, India's growth rate is projected to fall to 6 per cent, the World Bank said.


• In 2018-19, the growth rate of the country stood at 6.9 percent.


• However, the bank in its latest edition of the South Asia Economic Focus said the country was expected to gradually recover to 6.9 percent in 2021 and 7.2 percent in 2022 as it assumed that the monetary stance would remain accommodative, given benign price dynamics.

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• The King Of Netherlands Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima will reach New Delhi today for a five-day visit during which they will hold meetings with the top Indian leadership to boost bilateral economic and political cooperation.


• King Willem-Alexander's trip would be his first state visit to India, following his ascension to the throne in 2013.


• They are visiting the country at the invitation of President Ram Nath Kovind, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.

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• GATE 2020 form correction process will begin from October 15, 2019. The application process for GATE 2020 with late fee concluded on October 5, 2019.


• Other than correction in details such as name, father's name, college name etc., GATE 2020 applicants will also be allowed to change in examination city.


• The last date to submit request for change in the examination city is November 15, 2019. Candidates would have to pay an additional fee for change in examination centre.

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• Magadh University has declared the result for undergraduate, postgraduate and B.Ed. programmes. The result is available on the official website of the university magadhuniversity.ac.in.


• Results have been announced for MA 2nd semester, 4th semester and MCom 2nd semester, 4th semester, MSc 2nd semester, 4th semester, B.Ed. part 1 and part 2, BCom part 1, part 3, BA part 1, part 3 and BSc part 1 and part 3.

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• Credit growth in the first half of FY2020 lagged deposit growth, probably indicating risk aversion among banks.


• According to the Reserve Bank of India’s scheduled banks’ statement of position in India, credit growth in the first half slowed to 8.74 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) up to September 27, 2019, (vis-a-vis September 28, 2018) against 12.38 per cent year-on-year growth up to September 28, 2018.

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• Life Insurance Council, which is the face of life insurance industry in India, plans to launch life insurance industry’s first joint mass media campaign with the slogan ‘Sabse Pehle Life Insurance’.


• The proposed initiative of Life Insurance Council is almost on the lines of the successful ‘Mutual Fund Sahi Hai’ campaign that the Association of Mutual Funds Industry (AMFI) had rolled out in March 2017 to promote awareness around mutual funds.

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• India vs South Africa: Wriddhiman Saha grabbed a stunning one-handed diving catch off Umesh Yadav's delivery to dismiss Theunis De Bruyn on the penultimate day of the second Test in Pune.


• Wriddhiman Saha gave Indian cricket fans a reason to celebrate his return to Test cricket with a stunning one-handed diving catch off Umesh Yadav's delivery to dismiss Theunis De Bruyn on the penultimate day of the second Test between India vs South Africa in Pune

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• Italy punched their ticket to Euro 2020 with a 2-0 win over Greece in Rome on Saturday to turn the page on their failure to qualify for the last World Cup. Decked out in green, a colour they had worn just once before at the Stadio Olimpico back in 1954, Roberto Mancini's new-look Azzurri pushed their perfect run in Group J to seven games for a maximum 21 points.


• Despite being pegged back by the Greeks for over an hour the Italians confirmed their dominance and are now assured of finishing top of the group. Chelsea midfielder Jorginho slotted in a penalty after 63 minutes in the Italian capital with Juventus forward Federico Bernardeschi scoring the second goal on 78 minutes.

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• Indian boxer Mary Kom has become the first boxer in history across male and female categories to win eight World Championships medals.


• The 36-year-old lost her semi-final bout in 51-kg flyweight category against Busenaz Cakiroglu of Turkey in a split 1:4 verdict to bag bronze on Saturday. She has won World Championships gold six times, along with a silver medal.

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• Fourteen-year-old R Praggnanandhaa has won the gold in the under-18 open category in the World Youth Chess Championship. He achieved the feat in Mumbai.


• World Youth Chess Championship's official handle tweeted the video of Praggnanandhaa walking up to the stage to collect his gold medal in the category.

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• Sara Danius, literature critic,author and the first female head of the prestigious Swedish Nobel’s literature award body, has passed away after having suffered from breast cancer for several years. She was 57.


• Born on 5 April 1962, Täby, Sweden, Danius served as the first female permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy from 2015 – 2018.