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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

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People in favour of note ban, says Nitish

CBI books postal staff for Rs 36 lakh cash exchange fraud
CBI has booked three postal department officials in Hyderabad, including a senior superintendent of Post, for allegedly converting old currency notes worth Rs 36 lakh with new ones without necessary documentation post demonetisation.

SC: Ensuring fair trial in Shahabuddin case a test for judiciary
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a plea to shift former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, facing trial in 45 criminal cases, from Bihar to the capital’s Tihar jail, saying that ensuring free and fair trial against the strongman while protecting the witnesses is a challenge for the judiciary.

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Business

Reliance Jio's subscriber base crosses 50 million in record 83 days

Rupee tumbles by 30 paise to end at fresh 2016-low

Late recovery helps sensex close in green
Banking shares led by state-run SBI were under pressure after the Reserve Bank on Saturday introduced an incremental CRR of 100 per cent for the fortnight to absorb the surge in liquidity in banking system following demonetisation of high value notes.

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Environment

Deep sea corals under threat from climate change: Study
North Atlantic coral populations - which support a variety of sea life - are under threat from climate change, according to scientists who have warned that changing winter weather conditions may upset fragile marine ecosystems.

Birds prefer suburban gardens over city estates: Study
Birds prefer to fly between the gardens of leafy suburban neighbourhoods to visit feeders than city terraces or new-build estates, a ground-breaking study tracking the behaviour of hundreds of garden birds has found.

Delhi govt plans 20 centres to monitor PM 2.5 and PM 10

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World

Syria slammed for reported use of chemical weapons

Donald Trump threatens to end US-Cuba thaw
US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threatened to put an end to the thaw in ties with Cuba unless Havana makes concessions on human rights and opening up its economy.

Baloch HC issues arrest warrant against Musharraf
The Balochistan High Court on Monday issued a bailable arrest warrant against former Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf in a case pertaining to the alleged murder of former Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in a military operation in 2006.

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Entertainment

Revealed: Arjun Rampal's look in 'Daddy'
Inside is Arjun Rampal's look from his next 'Daddy'!

Sujoy Ghosh: Vidya Balan is my friend
Failure is the last thing to stop Sujoy Ghosh. After two epic flops, he delivered 'Kahaani' that was, in his own words, on paper the most wrong film to make.

Salman Khan is Sharman Joshi's favourite onscreen cop
Sharman Joshi, who plays a cop for the first time in 'Wajah Tum Ho', is in awe of Salman Khan’s portrayal of a quirky Chulbul Pandey in 'Dabangg'.

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Science

Predatory bacteria may wipe out 'superbugs': Study

Japanese robot flunks top university entry exam

Jet lag may up liver cancer risk: Study

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Sports

Mohali Test: Ashwin leaves England reeling after India's top-order shines
After dismissing India for 417, Ashwin dented England by picking up three wickets as the visitors lost four of their top-order batsmen for 78 runs, all but knocking off their hopes of restoring parity.

It was Ganguly vs Flintoff then, it's Kohli vs Stokes now
Indian captain Virat Kohli and England's premier all-rounder Ben Stokes are having a go at each other for the past three days -- at times openly like on the first day and at times subtly like it has happened in the next two days.

Day 3 Talking points: Jadeja's mature knock under pressure
Contrary to the manner in which he bats, this particular innings from Jadeja was very different to the rest. He hardly played any audacious shots and built two important lower-order partnerships allowing India to take a first-innings lead.

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Technology

Apple iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus price details revealed, goes up to Rs 92,000
The iPhone 7 Plus 32GB, 128GB and 256GB will cost Rs 72,000, Rs 82,000 and Rs 92,000 respectively

Apple slashes prices of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus by up to Rs 22,000
Apple has announced biggest-ever price drop for its smartphones in India. Under the new pricing, iPhone 6S (128GB), carying an MRP of Rs 82,000, will now be available at an MRP of Rs 60,000. iPhone 6s Plus (128GB) will now be available at an MRP of Rs 70,000, the smartphone too has received a price cut of Rs 22,000. Apple's 4-inch smartphone iPhone SE, too has got a price cut. The 64GB version of iPhone SE will now be available at Rs 44,000.

WhatsApp privacy policy challenged in Delhi High Court: 5 things to know
A public interest litigation in the Delhi High Court (HC) challenges the change in WhatsApp's privacy policy.

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Education

India's first Confucius classroom to come up in Kolkata
Approved by the Chinese government, this will be the first Confucius classroom in India, where 10-15 teachers from China will be joining as faculty. Classes will start from middle of next year and will have the capacity to take around 800 students by the end of 2017.

Smart classes in 32 Srinagar schools this fiscal: Govt

US campuses will not be walled, students assured
This comes as the billionaire real estate developer and reality TV star’s protectionist rhetoric in the run-up to the election has frayed nerves of international students, including those from India, who make up the second-largest ethnic chunk of foreign students in that country.

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Mumbai

Ambedkar biography penned in Pakistan back in print
In the year when Dr BR Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary is being celebrated, the first biography of the legal luminary , which has run out of print, is being reprinted. The rare book had first hit the stands 70 years ago in 1946.

Zakir Naik says he's an NRI, not Malaysian citizen
Refuting some media reports that televangelist Zakir Naik has got citizenship of Malaysia, Naik has said he has not acquired Malaysian citizenship and remains an NRI.

'Education is most powerful weapon to tackle world issues'
Ricky and Bholu are not the names of the two gun-to ting bodyguards who shadow Anand Kumar but characters from the 44-year-old mathematician's favourite theorem about success.

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Delhi

AAP conducts nationwide protest against demonetisation
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) held a nationwide protest against demonetisation on Monday.

Delhi University student kills brother over his girlfriend's stayovers
Asked to go out of the house late at night so that his brother and his girlfriend could spend time together, a post-graduate DU student bludgeoned his elder sibling to death with a dumbbell at their flat in north Delhi's Burari, early Monday morning.

On sale again, these flats lack basic infra
Delhi Development Authority has aroused excitement among potential house buyers with the announcement of the 2016 housing scheme.

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Bangalore

Peanut sellers, farmers reel under double whammy

Bhaskar Rao gets interim bail

Cold response to Aakrosh Diwas in Karnataka

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Hyderabad

The history of Western dance comes alive on stage
ROAR (Reach Out And Realise) performed a tapestry of dances this week.

An ode to the brilliance of Manto
Two of the writer's plays were staged as a part of Mizaaj-e-Manto on Sunday.

Sunday night blues got these folks grooving
Jazz band Black Market performed at Westin this Sunday.

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Chennai

Cycle track goes off course as parked vehicles a hurdle
The Greater Chennai Corporation's ambitious `elevated' cycle track project in KK Nagar is at risk of being usurped because of illegal encroachments by residents and commuters.

Chennai needn't lose heart, there's rain coming in the first week of December
December is going to bring rain to the city. After a month-long wait, the dormant northeast monsoon is picking up, said weathermen who have forecast rain in the first week of next month. Chilly nights will make way for warmer nights as the clear night sky is likely to turn cloudy.

Madras university circular irks section of profs
The registrar of Madras University has issued a circular instructing all heads of departments and faculties to get prior approval from him for conducting any seminar, conference, workshop or any other programme on the university premises.

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Ahmedabad

Polls for 10,318 village panchayats announced
The commissioner of state election commission, Varesh Sinha, on Monday, formally announced the schedule of panchayat elections in 10,318 villages.

Despite UGC directive, no VC got term extended
Even after a year of the University Grants Commission (UGC) directing universities to extend the term of vice chancellors to five years, none of the varsities in the state have implemented the extension of term.

SRFDCL to monitor hydrological study for J&K's Tawi riverfront project

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Allahabad

Bike-borne duo robs man of Rs 24K cash

No bang-bang in shadis this season

Plaint against Abdullah for PoK remark

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Bhubaneswar

Railway, SBI sensitise passengers on cashless transaction
East Coast Railway (ECoR) and State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday conducted an awareness drive at the Bhubaneswar railway station to sensitize the passengers about the benefit of cashless transaction.

Tata Steel to construct 30 Adarsh Vidyalayas in Odisha

Banks gear up for pay day rush, employees worry long queues

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Bhopal

Johnson and Johnson under MP SCPCR scanner
Baby care product company, Johnson and Johnson under scanner State commission for protection of child rights, Madhya Pradesh (SCPCR) due to several complaints from parents over its quality, leading to skin allergies in new born babies.

Demonetisation: Bhopal hospital makes consultation free for stressed Bank employees

Madhya Pradesh Congress asks 7 questions to CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 11 year celebrations

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Chandigarh

Demonetisation: Haryana beefs up security at airstrips
Haryana government on Monday issued instructions for screening of passengers, bags and flights operating from various airstrips located in the state, for security purposes.

Schoolchildren celebrate Thanksgiving Day with NGO kids

Panchkula mayor asks CM to punish municipal officers
Mayor Upinder Kaur Ahluwalia has written a letter to Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar to take action against officers for boycotting the house meeting on October 25 that has stalled development works of the city.

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