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Saturday, April 01, 2017

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Cabinet okays changes in motor bill
Soon you will be able to find out whether a second-hand vehicle you are buying is stolen or has been involved in any crime.

CBI charges Virbhadra Singh, wife in illegal assets case
CBI filed chargesheet against Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh, his wife Pratibha and some others in a disproportionate assets case on Friday, soon after the Delhi high court refused to quash the FIR and lifted the stay on arrest.

Hartal can never be unconstitutional: Supreme Court
The bench said, “Hartals can never be unconstitutional. Right to protest is a valuable constitutional right. How can we say hartals are unconstitutional.” Having failed to convince the bench to entertain the PIL, the petitioner decided to withdraw the plea.

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Business

German unemployment hits new record low
The out-of-work figure fell to 5.8 percent this month, the Federal Labour Agency said, beating analysts' forecasts. A 0.1-percentage point fall from the level it had held since January placed it at a new all-time low since German reunification in 1990.

RIL shares up 4%; mcap rises by Rs 17,183 crore
The stock went up by 3.93 per cent to close at Rs 1,319.20 on BSE. During the day, it surged 5.25 per cent to a multi-year high of Rs 1,336. At NSE, shares of the company moved up by 3.95 per cent to Rs 1,320.90.

Rupee rallies to over 17-month high, up 7 paise at 64.85
The domestic currency largely withstood the mid-session discomfort in the midst of excess volatility and movements of the greenback in global trade. This is the highest closing of the rupee since October 23, 2015, when it had closed at 64.83.

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Environment

Some of Greenland's coastal ice may be lost by 2100: Study

Japan kills 333 whales in annual Antarctic hunt
A Japanese whaling fleet returned to port on Friday after an annual Antarctic hunt that killed more than 300 of the mammals as Tokyo pursues the programme in defiance of global criticism.

Plants' emission standards shouldn't be diluted: Green bodies
Green bodies on Thursday demanded that emission standards set for thermal power plants should not be diluted and said inadequate execution of such norms worsens air pollution killing 1.2 million people in India every year.

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World

Venezuela president rejects coup claims in crisis
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has rejected accusations that moves to consolidate his power in the crisis-hit country violated the constitution, after a sign of division emerged in his camp. Maduro's opponents and political analysts alleged a coup after the Supreme Court took over powers from the legislature and removed lawmakers' immunity.

Boko Haram kidnap 22 girls, women in Nigeria
Boko Haram Islamists have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeast Nigeria, residents and vigilantes told AFP Friday.

How Finland PM is saving airfares

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Entertainment

Akshara Haasan: I think like a dude sometimes

No make-up allowed on the set of 'Begum Jaan'

Russell Peters: I have many friends in B'wood

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Science

Now, a 'crystal ball' to predict heart disease, diabetes
Scientists have developed an internet crystal ball - a metabolic calculator that can predict a patients' risk of developing heart disease and diabetes more accurately than traditional methods.

Why catnaps make us happier

ISRO scientists felicitated for success of PSLV-C37 launch

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Sports

India Open Super Series: Sindhu beats Saina to enter semis
In an exciting clash, Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu prevailed over compatriot Saina Nehwal in a hard-fought straight-game encounter to advance to the semi-finals of the India Open Super Series.

Virat let emotions affect his batting against Oz: Ganguly
Virat Kohli's batting was affected by his emotional outbursts in the acrimonious Test series against Australia, feels former captain Sourav Ganguly, who is hoping that the Indian skipper "cools down" to score big again.

Saina not someone special that I must beat: Sindhu
Rio Olympics silver medalist PV Sindhu has made it clear that winning against Saina Nehwal isn't a must-do for her.

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Technology

BSNL to offer 300GB data per month at Rs 249
The telco is allowing its users to download and use 10 GB data per day by paying monthly charges of Rs 249 only.

RJio planning to launch 'Prime sequel': Report
Reliance Jio is likely to come up with disruptive tariff plans in the next couple of days to yet again create buzz in the industry

Trai snubs DoT's view on revenue
Telecom regulator Trai has come down heavily on the department of telecom (DoT), and its former secretary J S Deepak, over the latter's concerns on declining industry revenues after the launch of services by Reliance Jio, and said affordable consumer tariffs “cannot be substituted by revenue maximisation."

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Education

Supreme Court stays CBSE's decision to fix upper age limit of 25 years for NEET

Supreme Court stays CBSE's decision to fix upper age limit of 25 years for NEET
All medical aspiring students can now appear for NEET this year irrespective of their age, as the Supreme Court on Friday stayed CBSE’s decision to fix an upper age limit of 25 years for taking the entrance examination for MBBS course.

Last minute tips for JEE(Main)

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Mumbai

Israel moots hi-tech upgrade and a K9 squad for Nagpur jail

Case hearings adjourned as lawyers protest

Man arrested with Rs 98L in banned notes

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Delhi

2 Mizoram girls die after partying, cops suspect drug overdose
Two 22-year-old women from Mizoram died under mysterious circumstances at Safdarjung Hospital on Friday morning, having allegedly fallen sick after partying in Vasant Vihar, south Delhi.

Delhi LG scraps Kejriwal govt's 'feedback unit'

AAP strikes a chord with bijli, paani work

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Bangalore

Cleric, worker die in factory building blaze in Bengaluru
A maulvi and a worker were charred to death and 12 escaped unhurt when a four-storey building housing a foam chair-manufacturing unit and a madrassa was gutted in southwest Bengaluru on Friday afternoon.

Ramaseva Mandali: More youths tuning into mega music festival
Come April and Bengalureans can enjoy the best of Carnatic music and melodies.The city will come alive with the tunes of world-renowned instrumentalists and vocalists from April 5 to May 5.

Job fair for women drivers; defence course for youth
Buoyed by the overwhelming response to its recent job fair for senior citizens, the Karnataka Vocational Training and Skill Development Corporation Ltd (KVTSDC) has now planned to conduct a course to prepare youths for the defence forces.

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Hyderabad

Aseemanand walks out of Hyderabad jail
Few days after a local court granted conditional bail to Mecca masjid blast accused Swami Aseemanand, the accused was released from Chanchalguda jail on Friday.

A mad rush to buy BS-3 two-wheelers
45,000 on three-wheelers on Friday.So much was the demand, that by noon a majority of automobile dealerships in Hyderabad hung "no stock" boards.

Aseemanand out on bail in blast case
Mecca masjid blast accused Swami Aseemanand was released from Chanchalguda jail on Friday, a few days after a local court granted him conditional bail.

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Chennai

Truck strike: Veggie arrivals down 50%, beans cost 90/kg
As the state-wide truckers strike entered the second day on Friday, 4.5 lakh trucks stayed off the roads, triggering a loss in business worth 1,500 crore per day. Tamil Nadu State Lorry Owners Association president Kumaraswamy said there has been no breakthrough in talks and the deadlock continues.

Vaccinating kids in Tamil Nadu to be made schools' responsibility
All vaccines under the national immunisation programme will be made mandatory for school children in Tamil Nadu from the next academic year, health minister C Vijaya Baskar said.

Study on 'unusual' shield-tailed snakes comes to an end after 31 yrs
Conservationists in the state are excited.A comprehensive study of the shield-tailed snake, an unusual reptile that delivers young ones unlike most snakes which lay eggs, has been completed after a long gap of 31 years.

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Ahmedabad

Water supply, quality dodgy in cities, towns

Govt pumps in money but gets meagre returns from PSUs

MSME, infra projects schemes not monitored properly

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Allahabad

STF cracks AU recruitment case
Sleuths of the STF have cracked the case wherein some unidentified person had tried to derail the recruitment process for the post of placement officer at the Allahabad University. The involved person had sent a mail to all the 28 applicants for the post informing them that the interviews, scheduled for March 27 has been cancelled.

UPPSC suspends two for error causing candidate's failure

Crusading villagers to revive ancient river Jwalamukhi

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Bhubaneswar

Naveen demands express train after Buxi Jagabandhu

EMIL to set up Rock Garden in Utkal University

37 tourists drown in Puri sea in past three years toiupdate

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Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh Congress to train five workers per booth on election management

Notebandi tears into orange business of western Madhya Pradesh

Scindias were oppressors of people, says MP CM

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Chandigarh

Edhi Trust wishes to extend its helping hand in India

Maur blast case: Another victim succumbs to injuries, death toll rises to 7
Exactly two months after a blast claimed 6 lives at Maur town of Bathinda, a 12-year-old boy succumbed to burn injuries on the wee hours of Friday raising the death toll to 7.

Punjab to use satellite imagery, SMS alerts to stop crop burning
Punjab is set to make its battle against crop residue burning real time, with the state authorities using geo-spatial data to detect crop fires and alert the concerned deputy commissioner and district monitoring committees through SMSs.

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