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Monday, January 23, 2017

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India

Lack of infrastructure crippling lower judiciary: Report

India, UAE to sign strategic partnership agreement

Bugti's plea for asylum on hold?

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Business

Mutual funds park Rs 2,700 cr in stocks so far in Jan
Mutual funds invested nearly Rs 2,700 crore in equities this month so far on sustained participation by retail investors.

How student loan servicers affect tens of millions of people

Abu Dhabi creates $125 billion fund in merger
Abu Dhabi's government on Saturday merged two of its top investment funds, Mubadala Development Co and International Petroleum Investment Co, to strengthen their financial clout in an era of low oil prices.

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Environment

'2 of 10 most polluted cities covered by real-time monitoring'
Only two of India's 10 most polluted cities, Delhi and Faridabad, are covered by the government's real-time air quality monitoring system, leaving more than one billion unprepared for toxic episodes, Greenpeace India said today, asserting that the country's air is now "deadlier" than China.

2016 was hottest year ever recorded: UN weather agency
The world witnessed the hottest year on record in 2016, surpassing the exceptionally high temperatures of 2015, the UN weather agency said, highlighting new records in indicators of human-caused climate change and loss of Artic sea ice.

Climate science bedeviled by 'tipping points'
Ice sheets with enough frozen water to lift sea levels more than a dozen metres; powerful ocean currents that keep bone-chilling winters at bay on both sides of the Atlantic; monsoon rains upon which hundreds of millions in Asia depend for food -- all are at risk of irretrievable disruption.

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World

Nearly 70 killed in fresh Yemen fighting
Clashes in Yemen killed at least 66 people in 24 hours as pro-government forces pushed to oust rebels from a key stretch of coastline. Fourteen members of the pro-government forces were also killed. The WHO says that more than 7,400 people have been killed since the coalition intervention began.

As Trump takes office, Israel pushes ahead with settlements
The Jerusalem municipality has said it is pushing forward with 566 new housing units for Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem, swiftly moving into action as the seemingly favorable President Donald Trump takes office. The building plans were put on hold in the final months of Obama's administration.

Gambia awaits new leader, but exiled one has right to return
Gambia's capital on Sunday was awaiting the arrival of the country's new leader and an era of democracy, hours after the authoritarian ruler of 22 years flew into exile with an extraordinary set of assurances from the international community.

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Entertainment

Rishi and Neetu Kapoor get the sweetest wedding anniversary wish from daughter Riddhima
One of Bollywood’s most adored couples, veteran actors Rishi and Neetu Kapoor celebrate their 37th wedding anniversary today.

'Dangal' box-office collection Day 30: Aamir Khan film remains an unstoppable force
Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ made box-office history as it crossed the Rs 375-crore mark on Friday. However, the film seems to be in no mood to slow down at the ticket windows.

Advocate moves Court to drop 'LLB' from Akshay Kumar's 'Jolly LLB 2'
Akshay Kumar’s courtroom drama ‘Jolly LLB 2’ seems to have landed in trouble. According to reports, advocate Ajaykumar S Waghmare has filed a petition at Bombay High Court, asking that the term ‘LLB’ should be dropped from the film’s title.

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Science

New smart needle to make brain surgery safer
Scientists have developed a new smart needle with a tiny camera that allows surgeons to see at-risk blood vessels and avoid injuring them, an advance that may make brain surgery safer.

Sitting too long makes you fat, age faster: Study

Isro realigns orbit of Mars mission spacecraft Mangalyaan
Isro has successfully realigned the orbit of its Mars Orbiter Mission Mangalyaan. The correction in the trajectory of Mangalyaan was required to keep the power supply strong during the eclipse so that it could continue to function longer, as Mangalyaan's battery cannot support long-duration eclipse.

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Sports

England win Eden thriller; India take series 2-1
Chasing 322 against England, India fell short of the target by five runs in a last-ball thriller to lose the third and final ODI of the three-match series in Kolkata. By virtue of winning the first two ODIs in Pune and Cuttack, India took the series 2-1.

Talking points: India's opening woes and Jadeja's bunny
A look at the major talking points from the third ODI between India and England in Kolkata.

Jadhav, Pandya's show a great demo for CT: Virat Kohli
"Definitely, it has been a series of positives even today, 173 for 5, two youngsters step up almost get us through the line, fighting back against good quality fast bowlers. It was a great demo for the Champions Trophy," Kohli said

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Technology

Indian-American Ajit Pai named head of FCC in US: Report
President Donald Trump has reportedly picked a fierce critic of the Obama-era "net neutrality" rules to be chief regulator of the nation's airwaves and internet connections.

Here's why researchers have asked this newspaper to retract its WhatsApp story
Mounting pressure on the Guardian newspaper, a group of 30 security researchers have co-signed an open letter asking the paper to retract its story that claimed encrypted messages on WhatsApp can be intercepted as the mobile messaging service contained a 'backdoor'.

9 things Donald Trump said about H-1B visa and outsourcing
While H-1B and outsourcing became Donald Trump's frequent campaign issues during the Republican primary season, it has been more or less absent from his key election campaigns later. Though during the last leg of his campaign, he again slammed IBM for sending jobs abroad.

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Education

After 13 years, JNU hikes entrance examination fee by 27%
JNU aspirants will now have to shell out more money for appearing for the varsity's entrance examination as the fees for it have been increased by 27 per cent from the upcoming academic session.

Percentage of 'out-of-school' girls in MP jumps to 8.5: Report
Despite offering freebies like books, bicycle and uniforms along with scholarships among others to enhance enrollment, Madhya Pradesh is among the top three states in the country where the percentage of out-of-school girls is the highest, according to an education status report for 2016.

J&K govt orders appointment of VCs of 2 cluster varsities
Setting the ball rolling to make cluster universities functional from the current academic session, Jammu & Kashmir government on Thursday ordered appointment of vice-chancellors and Registrars for two new varsities in the state.

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Mumbai

Maha probes mega crop insurance fraud

Juhu runway extension impractical as stilts in sea will flood beachfront areas

Consumer court can help execute sale deed if builder defaults

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Delhi

Delhi zoo records exotic deer births

Govt seeks policy on green crematoria

Accused in custody, cops not sure if Najeeb Ahmed was abducted

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Bangalore

R K Dutta may be DG&IGP but needs clean chit from Supreme Court first
Senior IPS officer Rupak Kumar Dutta, who recently missed out on being appointed CBI director, may be the next director general and inspector general of police (DG&IGP) of Karnataka after incumbent Om Prakash retires by January-end. Dutta is a top contender if the government goes by the seniority criteria.

Girl from Bengaluru secures 10th rank in Chartered Accountants exam
Starting her day at 6.15 in the morning and juggling between work and classes wasn't easy. But it is this dedication and rigour that helped Mahithi Bharathesh, 23, notch the 10th all-India rank in the recent Chartered Accountants examination.

Women take up selfie challenge to green areas
Prashanth Nagar, near Vijayanagar, west Bengaluru, turned into a selfie zone on Sunday. Residents posed for photos with the saplings they were planting by the roadside, thanks to an innovative attempt by an all-woman residents' group to harness the power of selfies to green their locality.

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Hyderabad

K T Rama Rao gets invite from Andhra Pradesh to support special category fight
KTR took to Twitter on Sunday to say: "When the power of people is greater than people in power, it's a real democracy.

Rs 15,000 relief for 3 who got faulty power banks
A district consumer forum here has directed an e-commerce website to pay a total of '15,000 as compensation to three customers for selling them faulty and damaged power bank devices.

Kin's ill health no ground for extension of parole: Court
The bench citing prison rules told the counsel for Irfan that authorities had power to grant parole to convicts only for a period of one month.

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Chennai

Chennai police request pro-jallikattu protesters on Marina Beach to disperse
The Chennai city police have requested pro-jallkattu protesters to leave Marina Beach in Chennai in a peaceful manner as “that their purpose has been fully achieved” after the state government promulgated an ordinance on Saturday.

Ordinance doesn't douse anger even as call-off clamour grows

Two gored to death during jallikattu; one agitator dies of thirst

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Ahmedabad

NRI in Ahmedabad to tackle extortion calls from bookies
Tired of extortion calls from five people involved in cricket betting, an NRI, Manishkumar Patel, arrived in city from the US to lodge a complaint, and urge the city police commissioner to take steps against the bookies. His complaint at Nikol police station mentions the bookies were threatening his siblings, who were in India, and they had already extorted Rs 22 lakh from him on the pretext that his brother had lost the money in cricket betting and owed it to them.

Only Ahmedabad is bird flu positive
The only place in Gujarat to have witnessed cases of bird flu is Ahmedabad. The National Institute for High Security Animal Diseases (NISHAD) has in its recent report said that the serum samples sent from Surat, Bharuch and Jamnagar, which reported carcasses of crows and pigeons were found negative for the dreaded virus. The only other place near Gujarat that has reported an instance of bird flu is Daman.

Lawyer alleges cheating in services, hotel refutes charge
A city-based lawyer has filed a complaint for cheating and breach of trust against a Satellite-based hotel after the hotel allegedly failed to provide services as promised.

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Allahabad

Carry ID proof to get missing cellphone complaint registered
If your mobile phone is lost, you must carry your ID proof i.e. adhaar card, driving licence, voter ID card etc to get the complaint registered with the police.

Fire safety norms thrown to winds at mela
Even after three fire incidents at the Magh Mela pandals, the administration is yet to take action against those flouting the fire safety norms.

'Tiding' over crisis: Water warriors brave strong currents to save lives
Braving strong currents, they risk their lives everyday to save thousands of pilgrims thronging the ghats to take holy dip in the pious month of Magh.

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Bhubaneswar

Mishap robs widow of her children
G Joshada had gone to her parents' house at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi from Vizianagaram with her children, for Pongal.

Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express derailment: Bodies were strewn all over
Thirty-three-year-old G Chiranjeevi of Kotpeta in Rayagada remembers discussions on weddings and a lot of laughter in the S8 bogie of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express in which he was travelling on Saturday.

Hirakhand Express derailment: Daughter regrets taking father along
Twenty-six-year-old Mita Rout's father had insisted that he accompany her from Golamunda village to Bhubaneswar for an examination for which she was due to appear.

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Bhopal

3 tiger cubs rescued, scared and famished

Van Vihar gears up to receive Jamuna

English back in focus at RSS-run schools
Almost a year after RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat's outburst in Panaji that English education is not sufficient enough to teach humanitarian and patriotic values to children, parents' pressure seems to have changed the mind of the saffron organisation, at least in Madhya Pradesh.

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Chandigarh

Partnership in toll plaza a propaganda: H S Phoolka
Saying that false propaganda had been unleashed against him by desperate SAD leaders, senior AAP leader H S Phoolka, on Sunday, said he was ready to sell his “entire businesss“ in Rs 1 lakh. He offered to purchase shares in the real estate firm of SAD candidate from Dakha, Manpreet Singh Ayali at double the price he mentioned in his affidavit to the ECI.

At bhog, CM Parkash Singh Badal calls Barnala a statesman-like politician
Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal was at pains to describe the loss of long-time political companion and friend-turned-foe former CM Surjit Singh Barnala at his memorial service on Sunday.

AAP says pledge paper is a 'jumla'
Terming the BJP manifesto released by Union finance minister Arun Jaitley as a “jumla“, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader H S Phoolka said it was just a piece of paper as BJP top brass did not agree to treat the manifesto as a legally binding document.

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