NEW DELHI : Local retailers could rescind their contracts on Chinese imports of unbranded low-value footwear, accessories, bags, cosmetics, as they look for local alternatives amid the growing momentum to boycott Chinese goods.Retailers said an anti-China rhetoric that gained momentum following the recent skirmish in Ladhak, along with the government’s call to promote indigenous goods under the “vocal for local" push is helping them firm-up their decision.

As a result, several retailers are having conversations with their sourcing teams to look for local alternatives here.“We have already discussed with our merchandising team.

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Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian 'not back together' but are 'incredibly close'

Scott Disick has been spending family time with his three children and former partner Kourtney Kardashian after calling it quits with Sofia Richie, but he is not in a relationship with the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star.A source told People magazine that Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian, who share sons Reign, five, and Mason, 10, and daughter Penelope, seven, are "not back together" but "are incredibly close."It comes after a source told the outlet towards the end of May that Disick and Sofia Richie were "taking a break" after being in a relationship for nearly three years.

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ITV Hub beefs up summer content as coronavirus crunch hits production and filming

ITV Hub is set to supersize its content offerings for the summer in response to the coronavirus crisis.

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NCT: SM Entertainment announces legal action against malicious rumours about Taeyong; Fans show their support

Last year, when NCT member Taeyong was accused of insensitive behaviour towards a classmate from middle school, the rapper made it a point to issue an apology for his actions. However, very recently, an informant claimed that Taeyong's 'actions' could not be erased by his apology as Dispatch reported chats that were possibly edited to make the 24-year-old rapper look like a bully.

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How H-1B visa restrictions could separate Indian families

H-1B for skilled workers, often those in the tech industry, such as the visas Dixit and her husband have. The ban, which comes into force on Wednesday, also applies to L visas used for international transfers of high-level employees, as well as different categories for seasonal workers and intern and trainee programs, in addition to accompanying family members.There are some exemptions to the ban, including those working in the food supply industry and some medical workers involved in combating the coronavirus.

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Chinese Covid-19 vaccines cleared for final testing in UAE

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Zendaya is excited to reprise role in Euphoria season 2 after production delayed due to coronavirus

Like many Hollywood productions, the second season of HBO's Euphoria was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.And the show's star Zendaya has been talking about her disappointment at not being able to reprise the role of Rue as planned.'The scripts were written and I was just so excited,' the actress, 23, explained during an on camera interview posted by Variety on Tuesday.

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Baseball’s back: MLB sets 60-game sked, opens July 23 or 24

NEW YORK (AP) – Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule Tuesday night that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to push ahead amid the coronavirus following months of acrimony.Each team will play 10 games against each of its four division rivals and four games vs.

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Eric Stonestreet Replaced Heidi Klum on 'AGT' Within a Matter of Hours After She Got Ill

Eric Stonestreet is sitting in for Heidi Klum on the judges panel on tonight’s all-new America’s Got Talent.

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11 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka, local total now at 575

coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the local total number of cases to 575, including 36 deaths.The new cases are in Barrie, Bradford, Innisfil, New Tecumseth, Orillia, Ramara and Severn, Ont., involving people ranging in age from under 10 to their 70s. How many Canadians have the new coronavirus? Total number of confirmed cases by region Four of the new cases are community-acquired, while six are a result of close contact with another positive COVID-19 case.

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Patients in Cumberland County, N.S., report health-care issues at border

COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t significantly disrupt appointments for patients who live in border communities, Gradstein said.It was initially a non-issue, she added, as long as people hadn’t tested positive for the virus and didn’t present with symptoms.However, once the border between the two provinces closed, patients were suddenly forced to consider a two-hour trip to Halifax for certain procedures.“People aren’t used to having to plan around that.

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Taylor Lautner & Girlfriend Tay Dome Support Local Business & Step Out For At Lunch Together

Taylor Lautner heads back to his car after a lunch date in Los Angeles on Monday (June 22).

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Red Bull in racism storm after leaked document insults Indians, Chinese and Africans

Business Insider, it is suggested that tensions at the company continue to rise in regards to matters of race and inclusion.

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Cape Breton University making layoffs to deal with deficit budget

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]However, it says it will also waive fees for campus activity, lab, and online learning, while providing a $24 rebate per three-credit course on the differential fee for international students.

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OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health says one more resident has died of COVID-19 in Ottawa, bringing the death toll to 261.

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Boris Johnson warns coronavirus fight 'far from over' as local outbreaks loom

Boris Johnson has warned that the fight against coronavirus is far from over - as he warned that more local outbreaks are likely.

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Coronavirus: Nova Scotia goes two straight weeks with no new cases

coronavirus.In a news release, the province said no new cases were identified on Monday. The last new case was identified on June 9.“We have gone two weeks without a new case of COVID-19 and that is because of the efforts of Nova Scotians,” said Premier Stephen McNeil.“But we can’t get complacent.

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University removes Marge Schott's name from stadium

CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati is removing Marge Schott's name from its baseball stadium and a library archive in light of her racist comments while owner of the Cincinnati Reds.The school's board of trustees unanimously approved the move Tuesday, a dozen days after a Catholic high school also decided to remove references to Schott from its facilities. Over the years, UC students, faculty at alumni have objected to Schott's name on school facilities, but no changes were made.

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RIL’s recent fundraise has no precedence in Indian corporate history: Mukesh Ambani

₹1,68,818 crore through investments by global tech investors into Jio Platforms of ₹1,15,694 crore and the Rights Issue of ₹53,124 crore, Ambani told shareholders in the company’s annual report released on Tuesday. “ The combined capital raised has no precedence globally in such a short time.

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Netflix's 'The Baby-Sitters Club' First Look: Meet Jessi Ramsey and Mallory Pike (Exclusive)

Netflix’s upcoming reboot. In the photo, Jessi and Mallory are seen wearing green Camp Moosehead hoodie sweatshirts and appear to have quizzical expressions on their faces. What could they be concerned about?Vivian Watson (left) and Anais Lee play junior Baby-Sitters Club members, Mallory Pike and Jessi Ramsey, in the Netflix series.Netflix’s adaptation of is the latest iteration of ’s iconic book franchise, which centers on Kristy Thomas (), Mary-Anne Spier ®, Claudia Kishi (), Stacey McGill () and Dawn Schafer () as they lead their own baby-sitting service.

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Bride left torn over fiancé's demand to take part in 'sexist' wedding tradition

A soon-to-be bride has been left torn by her fiancé's insistence that they partake in a wedding tradition she deems to be 'sexist'.

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Property director who sent out letters from 'local family looking for a home' apologises

Levenshulme, who has asked to remain anonymous, said they received the letter last week and was drawn to the photo of a young family included.“I didn’t think it was too odd at first,” the resident told the M.E.N.“Reading on, it became clear that this was not actually a family wanting to buy a house in our area but a company: the letter said they will purchase with cash, in any condition, within 2-4 weeks.”The letter was sent from a man named Jay Puddy, a property director for a number of companies in Greater Manchester.

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India plans power sector overhaul to discourage Chinese imports

NEW DELHI : More tariff barriers, subsidised financing for encouraging domestic equipment usage, rigorous testing of foreign equipment and prior permission requirements for imports from adversary countries, are some of the focus areas of India’ proposed power sector overhaul currently in the works.This comes in the backdrop of India contemplating an economic response against China and is part of a wider decoupling exercise embarked on by the Indian government since the 15 June border clashes with China.Addressing the industry captains, power and new and renewable energy minister Raj Kumar Singh on Tuesday said that some countries who are adversaries or potential adversaries will be identified as “prior reference countries", and a prior

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Manish Sisodia writes to Amit Shah, Anil Baijal seeking rollback of new rule

NEW DELHI : Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has written to Union Home minister Amit Shah and Delhi Lieutenant governor Anil Baijal seeking the roll back of the rule under which every patient who has been tested positive for the coronavirus has to visit a facility for assessment.Upon assessment it is to be decided if the person quarantines at home or at a facility.In the letter, which has been written in Hindi to both Home minister and LG Baijal, Deputy CM Sisodia goes on to say that the decision has caused a lot of consternation among the people who are testing positive for Coronavirus.Everyone who is testing positive is facing a dilemma as to how one will go to an isolation facility and if he is found safe for home quarantine how will he

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Rahul Gandhi asks Modi govt: Has China occupied Indian territory in Ladakh?

NEW DELHI : Sharpening his attack on the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked the Modi government whether China has occupied Indian territory in Ladakh."We are standing united against Chinese aggression. Has China occupied Indian territory?" Gandhi tweeted along with a photograph of the Pangong Tso lake.Gandhi’s remarks came ahead of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting to discuss the coronavirus situation in the country.

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Plastic bags make a comeback in Nova Scotia during first wave of coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 hit different provinces across Canada, retailers, in particular grocery stores, scrambled to follow public health guidelines to make their stores as safe as possible.Part of that response included the resurgence of disposable plastic bags.In Nova Scotia, some grocery retailers prohibited some customers from bringing in reusable cloth bags. Jim Cormier with the Retail Council of Canada says the goal of that decision was to make customers feel safe.“Not all of them (grocer retailers) brought back single-use plastics but a lot of them did, just to ensure that there was an alternative there if customers were uncomfortable with using reusable bags during the course of the pandemic,” Cormier said.

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Brad Paisley and Nelly launching Live Nation's U.S. drive-in concert series

Country superstar Brad Paisley and rapper Nelly are returning to the stage to headline the world’s first large-scale drive-in concert series.

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Chinese Army could conduct a massive cyberattack: Indian security agencies

Indian agency, tasked with cybersecurity, Cert-In issued an advisory regarding a possible cyber attack in the country, the Indian security agencies have also issued an alert on a possible cyberattack from the Chinese Army.The alert claims that the Chinese cyber warriors are expected to carry a massive phishing attack. It is possible that this attack will be disguised as an offer for free Covid-19 test.As reported earlier, this new cyber attack will be a phishing attack which can be carried out via emails, SMS, and messages on social media.The content of such messages and mails mostly try to push individuals into giving up their personal and financial information.

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Indiana woman marks 100th birthday after surviving COVID-19, beating cancer and living through WWII

Leora, of Indiana, just celebrated her 100th birthday after surviving COVID-19, cancer, pneumonia and WWII. (Greenleaf Health Campus)ELKHART, Ind. - A 100-year-old Indiana woman who has lived through World War II, survived cancer and successfully battled her way back from a bout of pneumonia last year, learned earlier this month that she’s also a survivor of COVID-19.RELATED: More than 9 million people confirmed to have COVID-19 around the world, according to Johns HopkinsLeora Martin of Elkhart found out a week before her birthday on June 13 that she had tested negative for the virus after being diagnosed with COVID-19 in April — one of 76 residents at her assisted living facility to be infected.

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Jimmy Kimmel reportedly used ‘N-word’ while imitating Snoop Dogg in 1996

changed his speech pattern in an attempt to adopt the voice of black comedian George Wallace, in what host Adam Carolla called Kimmel’s “crazy black voice.” Kimmel acknowledged imitating black people on other occasions as well.Kimmel, who is slated to host the Emmy Awards this year, announced last week that he’s taking the summer off amid a brewing blackface controversy; he has not issued an apology.In the Christmas track, a singer mentioned a “fat n—- in a sleigh giving sh— away,” referring to Santa Claus. The song also referenced “n—– in the manger,” including associates of King Herod.“I told that motherf—er Santa, bring a pick for my afro,” the singer went on.

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Calls from Nova Scotia tourism industry to relax rules around provincial borders

coronavirus. Once running again, the amphibious bus tour will be one of just a handful of tours being operated by Ambassatours this year.

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Scott Disick Leaves a 'Cute' Comment on Kourtney Kardashian's Chic Pic

Scott Disick is continuing to give his fans the content they can't get enough of!Following his split from Sofia Richie, many hopeful fans have been manifesting a romantic reunion between the reality star and his on-again, off-again ex, Kourtney Kardashian. The two split in 2015 after almost a decade together, and share three kids -- Mason, 10, Penelope, 7, and Reign, 5.Rumors that Disick and Kardashian have reignited their relationship started swirling earlier this month after eagle-eyed fans picked up on the fact that the Poosh founder waswearing her ex's flannel shirt in a recent Instagram post.

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All the Movies and TV Series Resuming Production Following Coronavirus Shutdowns

due to the coronavirus — which then prompted a major shuffling of release schedules — both Hollywood and the industry at large are ready to get cameras rolling again.As the world moves into the next phases of the ongoing pandemic, large-scale productions including the sequels and have announced plans to resume filming. Below, ET is keeping an up-to-date account of which movie and TV productions are returning to set and when.Henry Cavill and cast had begun filming season 2 in London when production was forced to go on hiatus in March.

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David Harbour ‘Excited’ To Show ‘Deep Colours’ Of Hopper In ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4

David Harbour promises a darker Hopper and “Indiana Jones” action in Season 4 of “Stranger Things”.

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'The Young & The Restless' Plans on Resuming Production in July

The Young and the Restless is going to become the second daytime soap opera series to resume production amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Amid coronavirus pandemic, Live Nation announces drive-in concert series

NEW YORK - Tour promoter Live Nation has announced its first-ever drive-in concerts series in the U.S. for July, months after the live music industry has been on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.The entertainment company on Monday announced “Live from the Drive-In” — a set of nine shows to take place July 10-12 in Nashville, Tennessee; Maryland Heights, Missouri; and Noblesville, Indiana.Grammy-winning singer Brad Paisley will headline shows in all three cities, while fellow country artists Darius Rucker and Jon Pardi will also perform in Nashville at Nissan Stadium. Nelly will perform in Maryland Heights, near St.

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Ryan, Adam and Scott Thomas handed second series of their ITV travel series

GIVEN the Thomas brothers were told they were going on the “trip of a lifetime” to investigate their family tree, they probably didn’t expect a second series. But ITV bosses were so impressed with all their efforts in the travel adventure Absolutely India: Mancs In Mumbai, that they are handing them another one.

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No Audience? No Problem. Full Production Concerts Are Returning to Empty Venues

On May 15, Jason Isbell celebrated the release of his latest album, Reunions, with his band the 400 Unit by christening the stage at the newly-built Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville alongside his wife musician Amanda Shires. The music venue and bowling alley was scheduled to make its grand opening in March, but remained shuttered after a tornado hit Music City and the spread of COVID-19 halted live shows around the globe.

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Nova Scotia reports 0 active coronavirus cases

coronavirus.Monday marks the first day without any active cases in the province since the virus broke out March 19.Nova Scotia also reports one new death related to COVID-19.A man in his 60s died several weeks ago, but his death was under investigation to determine if COVID-19 was a factor. He also had underlying medical conditions.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“My thoughts are with this individual’s family and loved ones who are grieving these last few days and weeks,” Premier Stephen McNeil said in a press release.

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Chinese Canadians report frequent racism amid COVID-19 pandemic

From physical assaults to threats and name-calling, Canadians of Chinese ethnicity report frequent discrimination during the COVID-19 outbreak. They also feel other Canadians blame them for the pandemic, according to research by the Angus Reid Institute and a University of Alberta professor.

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12 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka, local total now at 564

coronavirus since Friday, bringing the local total number of cases to 564, including 36 deaths.The new cases are in Barrie, Bradford, New Tecumseth, Severn, Springwater and Tiny Township, Ont., involving people ranging in age from under 10 to their 60s. Six of the new cases are a result of close contact with another positive COVID-19 case, while one is workplace-related and another is community-acquired.

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Kourtney Kardashian Posts Super Sweet Father’s Day Message To Scott Disick!

OK, Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick shippers — we have another golden nugget of hope to share with you today!

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OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting a single new confirmed case of COVID-19 in the city.

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Drake shares new photo of his son on Father's Day

Drake has shared a never-before-seen photo of his two-year-old son Adonis to celebrate Father’s Day.On Sunday, the In My Feelings singer posted an Instagram photo of his son, who he shares with Sophie Brussaux, on Instagram, writing: “Happy Fathers Day to all the real g’z handling business.”The 33-year-old also tagged his own father, Dennis Graham, in the photo, which shows two-year-old Adonis sitting up in bed wearing pyjamas. On his Instagram Stories, the Toronto-born rapper also shared a video of Adonis finding a present for him, an outdoor toy basketball court.

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