Photostream: News Digest: Note ban impact on anganwadis: Government clarifies its position

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Today's Headlines

Note ban impact on anganwadis: Government clarifies its position
A ministry press release said the government of Uttar Pradesh had said demonetisation did not effect the scheme because all payments were made through RTGS (a means of digital payment).

Dubai entry for ex-militants? MHA explores new route for return of terrorists from POK
MHA Explores New Route For Return Of Terrorists From POK

More nods for Ken-Betwa link must: Environmentalists
Bharati on Monday said that the project is set for take-off as soon as the funding pattern was decided now that the "last hurdle" too had been cleared with the green signal from the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL).

More India News»

Business

Modi govt's 3rd Budget likely to be taxpayer-friendly
A source said the Modi government's third Budget may offer incentives and packages to boost consumption and accelerate economic growth, a concern after reports that demonetisation had suppressed demand and reduced discretionary spending.

Fund transfer via feature phones set to get easier
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has integrated the *99# messaging-based mobile banking service with its Unified Payments Interface (UPI), allowing transfer of money with minimum details.

IT majors, banks take lead for adoption

More Business News»

Environment

Cheetah numbers decline as African habitat shrinks
An estimated 7,100 cheetahs remain in the wild across Africa and in a small area of Iran. Human encroachment has pushed the predator out of 91 per cent of its historic habitat, a study says. Consequently, the cheetah should be defined as "endangered" instead of the less serious "vulnerable".

China detains 11 for dumping garbage in Yangtze river
China has detained 11 people for dumping more than 2,900 tonnes of garbage into the Yangtze river in Jiangsu province, the official Xinhua news agency reported late on Sunday. The garbage was dumped earlier this month after two firms entrusted to dispose of household garbage subcontracted the work to third parties, Xinhua said.

China encourages industries to protect environment
China will encourage labour-intensive manufacturing industries located along the eastern coast to relocate inland, it said in a new 2016-2020 plan to develop the economy of its western regions. The country's cabinet, the State Council, approved the western development five-year plan on Friday, according to a notice published by China's official government website late on Sunday.

More Environment News»

World

Abe, Obama hail reconciliation at Pearl Harbor
Seventy-five years after Japanese fighter pilots brought the fires of war to idyllic Hawaii and dragged the United States into World War II, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered his "sincere and everlasting condolences."

Main black box of crashed Russian plane found in Black Sea
The defence ministry said the box, which could provide vital clues as to why the Tu-154 jet crashed, was discovered only 1,600 metres from the shore and 17 metres under the surface and was in "satisfactory condition".

Bilawal Bhutto, Zardari to contest elections
In his first major public appearance after returning from an 18-month self-imposed exile, Asif Ali Zardari said while he would contest elections from Nawabshah, Bilawal will do so from Larkana in Sindh province.

More World News»

Entertainment

Pic: Akshay-Twinkle's celebration in Cape Town
Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna are off to Cape Town to ring in the New Year.

Harshaali's special birthday wish for Salman
Salman Khan turned 51 today. The superstar hosted a big birthday bash at his Panvel farmhouse, which saw many Bollywood stars in attendance.

Here's Salman's return gift to his friends
Salman Khan is one of the reigning actors of Bollywood.

More Entertainment News»

Science

ISRO to launch record 83 satellites in one go in Jan
ISRO today said it would launch a record 83 satellites in one go using its PSLV-C37 rocket toward the end of January. Of the 83 satellites, 80 belong to Israel, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Switzerland and the US.

World's smallest diamonds used to make wires 3 atoms wide
Each block consists of a diamondoid attached to sulphur and copper atoms. The copper and sulphur atoms form a conductive wire in the middle, and the diamondoids form an insulating outer shell. The needle-like wires have a semiconducting core, which is known as a chalcogenide.

China plans to land probes on far side of moon, Mars by 2020
Since China conducted its first crewed space mission in 2003, it has staged a spacewalk and landed a rover on the moon in 2013, the first time humans had soft landed anything on the moon since the 1970s. China's military-backed program has made steady progress in a comparatively short time.

More Science News»

Sports

Making Kalmadi, Chautala IOA life presidents unacceptable: Goel
"We are shocked at the resolution passed by the IOA to make Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala as life presidents of IOA. This is totally unacceptable to us as both of them are facing serious corruption and criminal charges," Sports minister Vijay Goel said.

Kohli pips Smith as Cricket Australia's 'ODI Captain of Year'
Indian Test captain Virat Kohli amassed 739 runs from just 10 ODIs played this year smashing three centuries, with 154 being his highest score, besides hitting four half-centuries in the calendar year.

Gujarat's record smashing opener eyes government job
The 26-year old Gohel remained unbeaten on 359 as he bettered the 117-year old record set by Surrey's Bobby Abel who scored 357 not out against Somerset at The Oval in 1899. Gohel has also become the fourth triple centurion in the history of first-class cricket to carry his bat through the innings.

More Sports News»

Technology

Trai's notice on 'free services': Reliance Jio seeks deadline extension
Reliance Jio has sought additional time till December 29 to respond to telecom regulator Trai's query on why extension of its free voice and data plan should not be seen as violation of existing norms that requires promotional offers to be limited to 90 days.

Google: This tech course is 'hotter' in India than the US
India overtook the US to become the largest country in terms of interest in mobile developer courses in 2016, Google India said on Tuesday -- search queries in mobile development courses from India saw 200% (Year-on-Year growth) in the last two years.

This country tops in smartphone addiction?
In the first half of 2016, Finns used nearly twice as much mobile data on portable devices as South Koreans, who came second in a recent comparison of 32 European and Asian countries by Swedish telecommunication specialist Tefficient.

More Technology News»

Education

IIT-Kharagpur to slash fee hike by half
Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur looked poised to slash the proposed hike in registration fees for MTech and PhD scholars by half following unprecedented protests at the institute for over a week.

New IITs have better faculty-student ratio
Despite their more comfortable situation at the moment, the newer IITs are not slackening pace.

IITs seek review of fee concessions for special category students
The cost incurred on such students is "adversely affecting the financial viability of the institutions and eroding their corpus funds", IITs said in a report.

More Education News»

Mumbai

Mumbai: Man chokes to death after short-circuit

RTI: Refurbished Borivali civic hospital treated only 654 in six months
After a Rs 28-crore makeover, the civic-run Bhagwati Hospital in Borivli that opened eight months ago has seen only 654 patients in the last six months, says an RTI reply.

Can't Hanuman wield a pen? Sena gets a grilling
Students across the city took to social media to disapprove of the Shiv Sena's censure of the Hanuman mural at the IIT-Bombay campus.

More Mumbai News»

Delhi

Delhi: Grenade-shaped lighter sparks scare

SRCC, LSR lead UGC body's scores for DU, Stephen's 12th

Some laugh it off, others fume at NAAC score

More Delhi News»

Bangalore

High time we thought of reservation in private sector: CM

Centre may give Rs 200 cr for Nimhans to set up digital campus

Boy's mother trashes Lalbagh officials' claim

More Bangalore News»

Hyderabad

Rush of pilgrims at Tirumala

SD Eye hospital to get better: Govt

Kin's tip-off sank Ayub's US dreams

More Hyderabad News»

Chennai

I'm still Tamil Nadu's chief secretary , says ousted Rama Mohana Rao

Chennai: Don's land puts textile house in spot

Chennai: In a city of fallen trees stands a barren nursery

More Chennai News»

Ahmedabad

Police seize Rs 33.92 lakh in new currency
In three different incidents on Tuesday, city police seized a total of Rs 33.92 lakhs in cash.

Citizens stall construction in Bodakdev playground
Bodakdev residents who are fighting to get back their park, the only one in their area, obstructed workers of the Nirma Vidyavihar school from constructing a walkway in the garden on Tuesday, and even stopped them from painting the sports equipment kept in the playground.

Prohibition Act: 24 persons held in Ahmedabad
Continuing the drive against liquor, city police on Monday registered 19 cases for violation of prohibition laws in which 24 persons were arrested or detained.

More Ahmedabad News»

Allahabad

Fog clears by noon but chill continues

Cold sends people rushing to OPDs

Cow's that! Learn with fun about bovines

More Allahabad News»

Bhubaneswar

Odisha Panchayat elections to start on February 13
The State Election Commission on Tuesday announced the dates for elections to the three-tier Panchayati Raj bodies where 26 million people are eligible to vote.

SEC announces dates for five-phase rural polls starting from February 13
The three-tier panchayat polls in the state would be held in five different phases starting from February 13 to February 21.

Nandankanan goes cashless to counter crunch and queue
The Nandankanan zoo has introduced a system through which tickets can be booked online, a move that will cut down on the amount of time visitors have to spend standing in long queues to buy entry tickets.

More Bhubaneswar News»

Bhopal

Metro rail work in Bhopal and Indore to start from next fiscal year

Ministers, babus not even looking at overseas this year-end

MP Congress complains to EC after minister threatens voters

More Bhopal News»

Chandigarh

MLA booked for assaulting poll ticket aspirant
Infighting among party leaders in Bholath has led to Punjab Congress vice-president and Kapurthala MLA Rana Gurjit Singh and two others being booked for hurting religious sentiments, criminal intimidation, conspiracy and under the Arms Act. They were booked on the basis of a complaint by the party's ticket aspirant Kulwinder Singh Babbal who has called the attack on him a well-planned conspiracy.

Over Rs 58 lakh cash seized from trader in Ludhiana: ED
Acting on a tip-off, the sleuths of ED swooped down on the premises of a spice trader in Ludhiana's Kitchlu Nagar area.

PU signs MoU with private company to work on cancer research
Panjab University (PU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fresenius Kabi Oncology Ltd (FKOL), a leading lndian company for cancer research and anticancer products that already has marketing approvals for oncology products in several key markets across the globe, to partner in the research and development activity.

More Chandigarh News»