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Monday, April 03, 2017

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India to Swiss govt: Need information on 10 people
Stepping up its hunt for black money stashed abroad, India has approached Switzerland for banking details of at least ten persons and entities suspected to have kept untaxed money in Swiss banks. These include two listed textile companies, while others are associated with an art curator and his carpet export business.

Vyapam deaths, SIMI encounter are rights violations: US
The US State Department highlighted the SIMI operatives encounter and Vyapam scam deaths in Madhya Pradesh as Indian government's human rights excesses in a report released on Sunday.

I am a son of India, says Dalai Lama
Describing himself as a son of India, the Dalai Lama said on Sunday that he was the “longest staying guest“ of the Indian government and has now become a messenger of the country's culture.

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Business

AfDB meeting in India will help boost investments
After China, the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) annual meet is moving to Ahmedabad as India seeks to court countries from the continent where its neighbour has been investing heavily.

RBI likely to maintain status quo on April 6
Rising interest rate in the US provides sufficient indication that benchmark policy rate of RBI is not going to go down but may increase in the future depending on domestic and external factors, according to experts.

Sebi to get internet access, call records from abroad
Sebi already has powers to seek call data records, excluding the exact content of the communication, from telecom firms within India and these details have often helped the regulator act against defaulters in cases like market manipulation, fraudulent trades and insider trading.

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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

Donald Trump says US is ready to act alone on North Korea
"Yes, we will talk about North Korea,'' Trump told a newspaper. "And China has great influence over North Korea. And China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won't. And if they do that will be very good for China, and if they don't it won't be good for anyone,'' Trump added.

Trump predicts 'very difficult' summit with Jinping
"The only country that can stop North Korea is China and they know that," US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley said. "We're going to continue to put pressure on China to have action." Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet Donald Trump on April 6 and 7 for their first face-to-face encounter.

Movie on H-1B woes stirs anti-immigrant lobby
Opening on a small number of screens, the movie "For Here or To Go?" has received modest reviews, with one critic describing it as 'an insightful group portrait but…visually dreary,' and another saying its 'lightly satirical tone gives way to increasingly didactic dialogue and a stalling pace.'

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Entertainment

Ajay Devgn birthday special: Check out rare images of the actor
Check out Ajay Devgn's rare pictures on the occasion of his birthday.

'Naam Shabana' box-office collection Day 2
Taapsee Pannu’s film ‘Naam Shabana’ grossed Rs 6 crore on its first Saturday taking its total to Rs 10.75 crore, as reported by Boxofficeindia.com.

Salman Khan's 'Tubelight' to release in June
The most anticipated film of the year 'Tubelight' is going to be Salman Khan's pre-Eid gift to his fans as the historical war drama is slated for a June 23 release.

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Science

Fuel made from grass may power jets in future
In the quest for sustainable energy sources, scientists have developed “grassoline“ -a biofuel derived from grass that may one day power aircraft.

Loneliness can make your cold feel worse
After adjusting for demographics like gender and age, season, and isolation, the results showed those who felt lonely were no more likely to get a cold than those who were not. However those who were screened in advance for their level of loneliness and became infected -not all of the participants did -reported a greater severity of symptoms than those recorded in previous studies used as controls.

Laziness can be contagious
Do you have lazy friends or co-workers? Their attitudes toward laziness and impatience can rub off on you, a study has found.

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Sports

Sindhu beats Marin to win maiden India Open Super Series title
If there was any doubt who the undisputed Indian queen of badminton is, PV Sindhu put that to rest by beating Olympic champion Carolina Marin in the women's singles final to win her maiden India Open Super Series title on Sunday.

WWE Wrestlemania 33: Live results
Watch this space for live results of the WWE Wrestlemania 33 taking place at the Camping World Stadium, Orlando Florida.

Happy with my performance at India Open: PV Sindhu
PV Sindhu is pleased with her performance at the India Open Super Series where she became the women's singles champion beating Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin in straight games on Sunday.

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Technology

'IT company' in Pune vanishes, dupes 148 employees
Working without salary for two months, workers lodged a police complaint.

6 Reasons to buy and not to buy Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+
While it’s too early to say whether Samsung’s new handsets are worth buying or not, here are a few reasons why should and should not consider getting the Galaxy S8 or S8+.

5 IIT-M students come up with tech that disinfects toilet seat
A team of five IIT-Madras students has developed a mechanical device that can lead to safer use of public toilets. The device lifts, sanitizes and wipes a toilet seat, and is hands-free.

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Education

Maths section tricky and lengthy in JEE (Main), aspirants say

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.

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Mumbai

Controversial pay-and-park policy takes effect in SoBo

Bizman who wed after sex change says marriage void, moves court

Girl hit by tava shifted to Bombay hospital, has CT scan

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Delhi

No running away from ugly truth here

Ex-husband of murdered woman held

Depressed by wife's suicide, man kills self

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Bangalore

RMZ Corp acquires Adarsh project for Rs 1,300 crore in Bengaluru
Business park developer RMZ Corp has struck a $200 million (Rs 1,300 crore) deal to buy land assets and development rights for multi-million sq ft office space project from cross-town rival Adarsh Developers in the city's tech corridor.

MLAs seek to secure their seats with CCTV cameras
Junking the conventional roti, kapda aur makaan and bijli, sadak, paani strategies, netas in Bengaluru are coming of age and rewriting their strategies to woo voters: they have begun equipping streets with surveillance cameras to ensure safety.

200 'harassed' CISF jawans move Karnataka high court
Various attempts by different CISF personnel deployed at Kempegowda International Airport notwithstanding, difficult working conditions, poor food, non-payment of allowances and alleged harassment by seniors have forced more than 200 of them to collectively seek legal aid.

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Hyderabad

T govt extends disaster scheme till November 1

Harish writes to Centre over chilli prices

Now, saffron juggernaut plans to roll into Telangana, ready to breach Owaisi fort

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Chennai

Bend under the ground to save old bridge above

Fate of Southern Railway passenger hotline up in the air

Tipplers throng Tasmac shops that survived apex court axe

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Ahmedabad

Youth tonsured for trying to meet girl
A 26-year-old youth from Jodhpur, Rajasthan, was forcefully tonsured by a group in Dariyapur area on Sunday after he was caught by relatives of his so-called girlfriend.

INSV Tarini with all-women crew arrives in Porbandar
INSV Tarini, the second sailing vessel of the Indian Navy, arrived in Porbandar on April 2.It was commissioned into service on February 18, 2017 post successful completion of her sea trials on January 30, 2017.

'Bhatkal was in Surat during Ahmedabad blasts'
Yasin Bhatkal, allegedly a key operative of the terrorist organisation, Indian Mujaheedin, had travelled to Surat from Ahmedabad to plant 29 bombs in the diamond city. Sources in the crime branch claimed that Bhatkal was present in Surat on July 26, 2008 when 20 bombs went off in Ahmedabad.

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Allahabad

Allahabad set to host PM for mega high court event

'Extend Delhi-Kanpur Shatabdi till Allahabad'
Pramod Tiwari has demanded the extension of New-Delhi Kanpur Shatabdi Express till 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.

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Bhubaneswar

Skill centres in Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal to train 5,000 youths per year

In a first, Naveen interacts with panchayati raj institution members

Little respite from heat wave conditions in Odisha, Met predicts hail storm

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Bhopal

Schools powerless, but mantri dreams of tabs

MANIT students tweet their pain & problems

'Faulty' Bhind EVM was last used in Kanpur polls, says EC team

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Chandigarh

Nabha jail break escapee arrested from Jalandhar

Prime accused in Nabha jail break case arrested: Police
Besides Dhothian, others who were arrested in the recent past are Gurpreet Singh Sekhon, KLF militant Harminder Singh Mintoo and Neeta Deol.

11 bodies, 4 human skulls recovered from Bhakra canal in Jind
Eleven "highly decomposed" bodies, including one of a woman, and four human skulls were recovered today from Bhakra canal in Jind, police said. The bodies were kept in the civil hospital at Narwana, the place where Bhakra Canal enters Haryana from Punjab.

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