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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

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Centre can't file affidavits through low-ranked officials: Chief Justice of India
Chief Justice of India J S Khehar protested loudly on Tuesday against the non-seriousness on the Centre's part while filing response to the court on crucial issues, saying the `lackadaisical' approach was evident from the ministries and departments filing reply affidavits through the lowest ranking official - under secretary .

Tobacco sends $1 trillion up in smoke every year
Tobacco-control policies such as higher taxes and price increase can generate significant government revenues for health and development work, states a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US’ National Cancer Institute. Such measures can also reduce tobacco use and burden of killer diseases like cancer and heart ailments.

Kids find new hobby in counting cars
Counting cars zoom past seems to have become a fad among kids living in villages along the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. From playing games on mobile phones to keeping a tab on high-end SUVs in the Expressway, the kids in the non-descript hamlet, Arwal, comprising about 250 farmers, seem to have started admiring heroes of Hollywood chartbusters.

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Business

Amazon infuses Rs 150 crore in payments business
The authorized share capital of Amazon’s payments arm in India, Amazon Online Distribution Services (AODS), has been increased to Rs 400 crore from Rs 69 crore. The company has also received capital infusion of Rs 150 crore, documents filed last month with the regulatory authority pointed out.

Startups ring in local language, content

Centre not softening ground on restaurant service charge
The consumer affairs ministry reiterated that eateries cannot take “service charge” forcefully during a meeting with representatives from the industry. It also asked the industry to address the concern of consumers “with transparency” whether the service charge is actually passed on to the employees.

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Environment

Beijing launches environmental police force
The smog-hit Chinese capital of Beijing will establish a police force to deal specifically with environmental offences as part of its efforts to clean up its air and crack down on persistent polluters.

Centre to ban use of 18 pesticides harmful to humans
The Union Agriculture Ministry has issued a draft order, asking manufacturers, importers and state authorities to completely ban 12 of the identified pesticides from January 1, 2018 and remaining six from December 31, 2020.

World heat shatters records, a new sign of global warming
Last year was the hottest on record by a wide margin, with temperatures creeping close to a ceiling set by almost 200 nations for limiting global warming, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday.

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World

US jury condemns Charleston church shooter to death
A US jury has condemned self-described white supremacist Dylann Roof to death over the massacre of nine black worshippers in a South Carolina church in June 2015 -- a crime that shocked the nation. Roof, 22, was convicted last month of 33 federal charges -- including hate crimes resulting in death.

Journalist Clare Hollingworth, who broke news of WWII, dies
As German tanks encircled the Polish town of Katowice, rookie British newspaper reporter Clare Hollingworth picked up the phone and dialed the British Embassy. An official there didn't believe what she told him, so she dangled the phone out the window so he could hear the ominous rumbling for himself.

At Russia hearing, FBI mum about possible Trump probe
FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday refused to say whether his bureau was investigating any possible ties between Russia and the Donald Trump's presidential campaign, citing policy not to comment on what the FBI might or might not be doing.

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Entertainment

Ranbir Kapoor to have a v-day date with Sanjay Dutt!
If all goes as planned, Ranbir Kapoor will have a memorable Valentine’s Day. No, the actor is not likely to take off on a romantic holiday anytime soon. He will instead slip into Sanjay Dutt’s shoes.

Harshvardhan Kapoor chose work over dad's 60th birthday
The young actor skipped Anil’s 60th birthday celebrations in London, and stayed back in Mumbai to shoot for his second outing with director Vikramaditya Motwane.

Akshay Kumar romances Huma Qureshi in 'Bawra Mann'
The second song from Subhash Kapoor’s 'Jolly LLB 2' will be released today. Titled 'Bawra Mann', it’s a romantic melody featuring the lead pair, Akshay Kumar and Huma Qureshi.

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Science

Appendix is not useless, it stores good bacteria
The human appendix, which is thought to be of little use to the body, may actually serve as a reservoir for beneficial gut bacteria, a new study has found.

A smartphone you can wrap around the wrist
A US-based company has developed a smartphone prototype that can be rolled up around the wrist. To receive a call, it can either be used as a speaker or removed and straightened into a traditional phone. At the end of the call, you may bend it back onto your wrist, the company said.

Moon may have formed from tiny moonlets

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Sports

Dhoni fires but India captaincy swansong ends in defeat
Rayudu top-scored with a fine century, while Yadav returned a five-wicket haul but Dhoni was the cynosure of all eyes as he bludgeoned his way to an unbeaten 68 off 40 balls, albeit in a losing cause for India A against England.

Ranji: Shaw shines but Gujarat bowl out Mumbai for 228
Gujarat batsmen have hogged the limelight for the entire season but their unheralded bowling line-up, sans India stars Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah, came to the party by dismissing Mumbai for a paltry 228 on the first day of the Ranji Trophy final on Tuesday.

Ministry welcomes back IOA after u-turn on Kalmadi, Chautala
The IOA decided to revoke its outrageous decision after a meeting on Monday. IOA President N Ramachandran clarified that the move to appoint Kalmadi and Chautala does not stand owing to technicalities.

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Technology

Selected Samsung Gear wearables now compatible with Apple iOS
Samsung has announced that its Gear series of wearables are now compatible with iOS devices. According to a statement released by the company, numerous devices such as the Gear S2, Gear S3 and Gear Fit 2 are now compatible with Apple’s mobile OS.

This is Samsung's production target for the Galaxy S8
It seems that the Note 7 debacle hasn’t deterred Samsung from going full speed towards the launch of its next flagship smartphone even one bit.

Google's AI to support 'continuous conversations' on Android TV: Report
Search giant Google’s voice-based assistant - Google Now, has been available for quite some time now. And probably one of its most well-known features is the ‘Ok Google’ phrase, which can be used to trigger Google Now.

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Education

20 of 1.95 lakh candidates get perfect score in CAT 2016
Twenty of the 1.95 lakh candidates who took CAT 2016 have managed to crack it with a perfect score. Male engineers continued to dominate the toppers’ list this year, too. The number of 100 percentilers is the highest in the last six years but not a single woman is in the top slot.

CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 exams from March 9 to April 29
Usually, exams begin in the first week of March. However, due to elections in five states and two polling dates falling on March 4 and March 8, the exams will begin from March 9. However, there will be no delay in the declaration of the results.

20 students get perfect score in CAT 2016

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Mumbai

SC: Adarsh society can appeal against HC's razing order

Maharashtra dept seeks Rs 117 crore for missile 'sales', judges shoot down demand

At 13 degree Celsius, it was Mumbai's coldest day of the season

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Delhi

Delhi shivers on season's coldest day

Wife left Rahul Matta due to misbehaviour

Man may have killed wife, daughter: Cops

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Bangalore

Shooting tragedy: FIR filed against 7 suspects; director and crew at large
Police registered an FIR against seven persons in connection with the mysterious death on Monday of a 44-year-old junior artiste at a construction site, where she was taking part in the shooting of a Kannada film.

New software to check illegal buildings in Karnataka
As the government grapples with a whopping 59 lakh illegal and unauthorized constructions in Karnataka, some of which will be regularized under the new Akrama-Sakrama scheme cleared by the high court, the urban development department (UDD) plans to bring in a new integrated software to restrict illegal structures from coming up

This Bengaluru man creates art from trash, posters
It started a few years ago when Raahul Khadaliya read an article about traditional block printers from Kutch, Gujarat, throwing their tools into the river.

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Hyderabad

Where 'cash only' remains the norm after demonetisation
The cash crunch after demonetisation has not only inconvenienced tenants, but also brought to fore the ugly face of Hyderabad's cash-driven rental market thriving around certain residential pockets.

Pay cash or face rent hike; landlords evading tax put tenants in tight spot
Two months on, the Centre's demonetisation move has come to haunt a large section of tenants in the city.

Women go under the knife to be 'virgins' again
A couple of months ago, Hemantha, a resident of Banjara Hills, took her daughter, who is getting married soon, to a plastic surgeon. She wanted the doctor to reconstruct the hymen of her daughter, a badminton player.

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Chennai

Sealed after caste clashes, Tamil Nadu temple to open doors to all

O Panneerselvam to stay put in 2017, at least on govt calendar

Poda! Poromboke can save when disaster strikes

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Ahmedabad

All puppies to be sold with microchips
The central government is considering stringent norms for pet shops which not only sell but also house pets.

Sarod titan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan perform at Saptak
Greatness being tuned to its finest voice — rasikas witnessed that on Saptak Day 9, Monday. Sarod titan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan needed adjustments to the electronic tanpura, and Banaras Gharana legend Pandit Rajan Mishra helped. Sitting on the stage’s edge, Panditji worked the knobs till the sound accorded with the cadence of purity valued by both.

Ephedrine was to be shipped to Kenya in bajra sacks
The anti-terrorist squad, probing the Rs 270 crore ephedrine seizure case, has found striking evidence linking Ahmedabad boy turned international drug mafia Vicky Goswami to a drug trafficking racket run with help from Kishoresinh Rathod, the son of former MLA Bhavsinh Rathod. Kishoresinh was nabbed from Boro village on the Rajasthan-MP border recently.

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Allahabad

Army mela organised at Allahabad
With great enthusiasm and active participation of the people of Allahabad, the two day long fair, titled ‘know your armed forces’ commenced at Polo ground of Allahabad, on Tuesday. The fair, organised by the Red Eagle division of Allahabad, would conclude on January, 11.

3.74 lakh seized from traders in Saraon
In a surprise check, cash amounting to Rs 3.74 lakh was recovered from two traders at Saraon, on Monday.

Ailing Ghana girl's parents seek help from Sushma Swaraj
Parents of a four and a half years old Ghana girl, Osei Larbi Abena Aniwaa, who is currently undergoing treatment for quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy in the city

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Bhubaneswar

Baby sale: NHRC issues notice to the Kendrapada collector

CBI finds vital evidence against TMC MP in Rose Valley scam
CBI on Monday claimed to have come across vital clues against arrested TMC parliamentarian Sudip Bandyopadhyay in connection with Rose Valley Ponzi scam and suspected his mediation behind diversion of crores of rupees from the firm to foreign countries.

IGNOU designs course for primary teachers
Several states, including Chhattisgarh, have made this course mandatory for untrained teachers in government schools.The NCERT has developed the course keeping in mind shortage of trained teachers in schools.

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Bhopal

MP CM not to attend Coca Cola plant bhoomi pujan
It is now official that Shivraj Singh Chouhan will not be present during the bhoomi pujan function of Coca Cola plant at Babai in Hoshangabad district on January 11.

Madhya Pradesh BJP meet lauds PM's note ban move, Shivraj's policies

Leaders laud PM Modi's 'no ticket for Parivar' diktat

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Chandigarh

Cop in minister's escort dies in accident
A constable deployed in the security of Haryana's minister of state Nayab Saini died and two others were injured as an escort vehicle overturned near Lalru in Mohali district on late Monday night.

Haryana move to re-engage law officers challenged
The recent move of the Haryana government to amend the Haryana Law Officers (Engagement) Act, 2016, to facilitate re-engagement of law officers, whose term has expired since the commencement of the Act, has been challenged before the Punjab and Haryana high court.

Assume you are voting for Arvind Kejriwal as Punjab CM: Manish Sisodia
Delhi's deputy chief minister, Manish Sisodia, just stopped short of declaring Arvind Kejriwal the chief ministerial candidate of Punjab during an election rally in Mohali on Tuesday , giving rise to speculation whether the Delhi CM was indeed intending to make the switch.

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