Photostream: News Digest: Patiala is to win, Lambi to teach Parkash Singh Badal a lesson: Captain Amarinder Singh

Monday, January 16, 2017

Today's Headlines

Patiala is to win, Lambi to teach Parkash Singh Badal a lesson: Captain Amarinder Singh
A day after Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh surprised everyone by announcing his desire to contest against CM Parkash Singh Badal from his stronghold of Lambi, he spoke to Rohan Dua on why he would fight from Patiala as well.

BJP senses opportunity in Tamil Nadu after Jayalalithaa's death
Though its immediate post-Jayalalithaa objective is to prop up the AIADMK government, BJP sees a chance to spread wings in Tamil Nadu after the passing of Amma and the decline of DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi.

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Business

Centre, state governments work on formula for 'GST on high seas'
The Centre and states are looking at a formula to sort out the row over levying goods and services tax on the high seas by letting the government collect the tax and pass it on to the states.

Air India to double fleet by leasing 100 planes
The government has decided that Air India will almost double its fleet by adding over 100 aircraft, but without burdening the exchequer with a mammoth debt burden like last time. The airline will grow by leasing aircraft instead of purchasing them, the model adopted by Congress-led UPA.

China's big cities target slower growth in 2017

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Environment

Beijing to be hit by new bout of pollution
According to the municipal environmental protection bureau, Beijing will see mild pollution, with the main pollutant being PM 2.5, Sunday. The Air Quality Index is expected to reach between 125 and 145. Pollution will become severe on Monday and hit medium levels on Tuesday.

E-waste rising dangerously in Asia: UN study
Electronic waste is rising sharply across Asia as higher incomes allow hundreds of millions of people to buy smartphones and other gadgets, with serious consequences for human health and the environment, according to a UN study released on Sunday.

Smog set to return to parts of central, north China
China has asked its officials to adopt plans to cut emissions and mitigate pollution as smog is again likely to hit central and northern parts of the country. The smog, which will return to Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong and Henan provinces, is expected to last until a cold front comes to the rescue around Thursday, the ministry said.

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World

Protests, political boycotts ahead of Trump's inauguration
Protests demonstrations and political boycotts will tangle with festive carousing and celebratory parties in Washington DC this week, setting the tone for four antagonistic years between supporters and opponents of Donald Trump, who will be sworn in as the 45th President of the US on January 20.

Turkey detains 9 colonels in north Cyprus for Gulen ties
The Anadolu Agency said, officers were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement's organization in the Turkish Cyprus Peace Forces and Security Forces Command, part of the Turkish Armed Forces. Ankara accuses the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of masterminding the coup attempt.

Russia to upgrade its naval, air bases in Syria
A source told Interfax that Russia will start repairing a second runway at Hmeimin air base near Latakia, while the Tartus naval base will be upgraded in order to handle bigger ships such as cruisers. President Vladimir Putin has announced a partial withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria.

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Entertainment

Inside pictures from the 62nd Filmfare Awards 2017
Here are a few inside pictures from the 62nd Filmfare Awards 2017...

PIC: Hirani starts shooting for Dutt's biopic
Rajkumar Hirani has finally started shooting for his next venture, which is a biopic on Bollywood's one of the controversial actors, Sanjay Dutt.

Dangal's victory at 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards 2017

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Science

Silicon identified as 'missing element' in Earth's core

New 5D tech may help diagnose diseases from cell phone images

Yoga gets aggressive: Now, there is more burn, less om

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Sports

1st ODI: Kohli, Jadhav tons pull off miraculous chase for India
India, on the back of match-winning centuries from skipper Virat Kohli and Kedar Jadhav, pulled off an incredible chase by gunning down a 351-run target to beat England by three wickets and take a 1-0 lead in the series.

It's a special partnership with Jadhav, says Virat Kohli
Kohli said,"What a terrific innings by Kedar. We have seen his potential in the series against New Zealand. He almost won us a game in Delhi. That's the chat we had. To rectify the mistake and take the team over the line."

Guardiola rocked as Everton crush Manchester City
Romelu Lukaku and Kevin Mirallas put Everton in control at Goodison Park before teenager Tom Davies scored his first goal for the club and debutant Ademola Lookman completed the rout after coming on as an 89th minute substitute.

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Technology

Study reveals the most common password of the year 2016
Numeric combination of '123456' was the most common password of 2016, followed by '123456789' and 'qwerty', according to researchers who reviewed over 10 million security codes that became public following data breaches.

Amazon's 'Great Indian' sale to create 7,500 temporary jobs
Amazon will create well over 7,500 temporary jobs for its upcoming sale, and these positions will mostly be in logistics to ensure smooth deliveries.

N Chandrasekaran's elevation leaves TCS' investors worried
But the departure of Chandrasekaran, known as Chandra, from Tata group's most profitable arm still rattled investors. They sent TCS shares down 4%.

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Education

Poor want English to be taught in govt schools from beginning
People from the poorest section of the society feel that English is an avenue for better life and want the government schools to teach this language to their students from the beginning, a Group of Secretaries set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in its report.

Education not commodity, student not consumer: Consumer forum
A youth's plea against an institute for allegedly not providing him with an internship or job as promised at the time of admission, has been rejected by a consumer forum here which observed that "education is not a commodity".

ICSE, ISC dates revised due to Assembly elections
To avoid clashes with the ensuing state elections, the Council of Indian School Certificate Examinations has revised dates of Class 10 and Class 12 exams. ISC (theory) exams will commence from March 1,and ICSE exams will commence from March 10.

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Mumbai

Battle for BMC: Former mill heartland looks beyond civic issues, wants decent housing
Chawl redevelop ment is the single biggest issue in F South ward that straddles Dadar, Parel, Naigaum and Sewri.While the Shiv Sena continues to dominate this largely Marathi-speaking area, there is resentment against party workers for allegedly selling out to unscrupulous builders.

Corporators pitch for wives because of delimitation
If Congress corporator Sunil More is fielding his wife for the civic polls, Shiv Sena's Nandkishore Vichare has decided to campaign for the candidate the party will propose in his place as his seat is now reserved for women.

Pharma company gets tax relief on Rs 23crore freebies to doctors
Deviating from an earlier ruling which refused to endorse the doling out of freebies and expensive gifts to doctors as a legitimate business expense, the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has now allowed a pharma company to claim tax benefits against funds spent on sponsoring trips for doctors, providing them with costly medical journals, and buying them stationery and pens.

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Delhi

Airports Authority of India tells pilots to watch out for kites
“Zara dekh ke udaao”. This was the government’s warning this Uttaryan – not to people flying kites around airports, but to pilots flying in and out of them!

Delhi tailor says he sexually abused 500 kids in 12 years
In a shocking confession, a 38-year-old tailor arrested for attempting to molest two minor girls in the city has told police that he had sexually abused around 500 kids almost unchecked over a 12-year period.

Delhi superbug death in US spooks doctors

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Bangalore

Women in police force: Karnataka lags behind in national average too
Importance has not been given to women policing in the recent years and that is the reason behind skewed male-female ratio in the police force.

Startups aim to bring rules into an informal sector

GPS devices for tracking, tailing come for anywhere between Rs 6,000 and Rs 9,000

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Hyderabad

Experts send recommendations to Centre to avoid urban floods
To prevent urban flooding in future, an engineers' body has recommended creation of a comprehensive drainage manual and a flood control authority to curb land use violations, encroachment of drains and water bodies.

Two-day mela on digital transactions to be conducted by Niti Aayog in Hyderabad
As past of a plan to promote digital transactions across the country, the Niti Aayog will be holding a 'Digi dhan' mela in the city from January 18 to 19.

Education firm told to refund woman after visa denial
1.5 lakh as compensation to a customer who wanted to get admission into a medical college in Germany.The firm had taken the entire course fee even before the woman .

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Chennai

S K Kaul: Taming the unruly, serving justice to the wronged

Student nabbed for bid to kill call taxi driver

An artist's journey in search of the many forms of poojyam

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Ahmedabad

Youth stabbed over kite-flying in Nava Vadaj
A 24-year-old youth was stabbed to death in Nava Vadaj on Saturday after a quarrel over kite-flying. Police have arrested two of the four accused in the case.

Giant killer Gujarat make Ranji history
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Crawford Market birds healthy: Maharashtra government
The mystery over how bird flu came to Ahmedabad deepened with Maharashtra’s animal husbandry department claiming that not a single bird at the famed Crawford Market in Mumbai had died of the disease since December 27

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Allahabad

Roads of Allahabad host bhandara for devotees
Even as lakhs of devotees took holy dip in the holy water of Ganga on the occasion of Makar Sankranti and felt blessed on the day of Uttrayan (the day when sun enters the northern hemisphere), thousands of Allahabadies—irrespective of religion and sect they belong to—arranged free bhandara, mainly comprising of Khichadi, for the pilgrims and denizens.

Sangam to attract 50 lakh for Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is likely to attract around 50 lakh pilgrims for a holy dip on Saturday.

Allahabad high court: Voter list can be corrected till last date of filing nomination
Ruling that Election Commission can remove duplicate and fake names from electoral roll till the last date of filing of nomination, the Allahabad high court on Friday directed it to correct electoral roll of Ghaziabad assembly constituency (No. 56) of Ghaziabad district.

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Bhubaneswar

Fest to celebrate disability, diversity

Noted Odia writer Fakirmohan's descendants traced to Kendrapada

15 MSME tech centers to come up in country: Union minister Kalraj Mishra

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Bhopal

Vyapam to postpone patwari exam again
Recruitment test for filling up vacant posts of patwaris is likely to be postponed again, this time due to the delay by revenue department in providing details to the Madhya Pradesh Professional Board aka Vyapam that is the agency conducting the test.

After 8 years, school fee regulatory bill still stuck in files
Almost eight long years after preparing a draft, Madhya Pradesh government may enact a law aimed at putting a check on practice of arbitrarily hiking fees by private institutions.

Madhya Pradesh government turns down jammer in jails proposal, again
Madhya Pradesh government is shying away from installing cell phone jammers on jail premises. The government has for the third time rejected prisons department’s proposal for jammers without citing convincing answers.

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Chandigarh

19-year-old girl found dead after kidnapping in Karnal, head constable arrested

Haryana tighens noose around colonisers against quietly selling of companies
With a view to protecting the interests of the allottees, the Haryana Government has decided that any colonizer wanting to transfer his licence in the state will now have to inform all allottees about the proposed transfer by getting published advertisements in leading newspapers (two English and one Hindi), and also post the move on his website.

Amarinder resumes campaigning in Punjab
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday launched his party’s election campaign from Mehraj in Rampur Phula with a scathing all-out attack against the Badals, vowing to hang them from their heads along with all others guilty of religious sacrilege and drug mafia, even as he dismissed cowardly Arvind Kejriwal as someone who "did not have the guts to fight him on the electoral battleground."

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