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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

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'Azadi' cries force J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti to retreat
No sooner than Mehbooba arrived at the podium and started narrating success stories of self-help groups, dozens of women stood up and started raising ‘profreedom’ slogans. Other women the joined in.

NDA beats UPA, rolls out roads faster

Priyanka Gandhi's mother-in-law has lost police cover: Report

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Business

After 3-day rally, rupee retreats from 21-month high

UN revises downward India's GDP growth for 2017
The United Nations has revised downward India's economic growth forecast for 2017 but predicted an increased 7.9 per cent GDP growth next year as it cautioned that stressed balance sheets in the banking sectors will prevent strong investment rebound in the near term.

Gems & jewellery trade fully ready for GST roll-out from July

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Environment

NGT directs closure of industries using pet coke without nod

Arunachal Pradesh to set up Special Tiger Protection Force
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday issued specific directives to expedite establishment of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) in the state.

Conduct sound mapping in CP: NGT asks Delhi govt
Acting on the complaint of a resident of Connaught Place, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government and the Central Pollution Control Board to map the sound levels in the area, particularly when demonstrations are carried out by protesters near the historic Jantar Mantar.

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World

China quietly releases draft of tougher intelligence law
The standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), released a draft version of the National Intelligence Law on its website, inviting public responses until June 14. National interests listed in the document include state power, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.

'ISIS struggling to maintain its 'hold' in Afghanistan'
"ISIS-K, is a small area in Nangarhar region mountains, not something that presents the level of threat at this point that it would probably like to. But we'll continue to work with our partners to defeat it. We don't want it to establish a foothold," the Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Entertainment

Salman Khan launches 'Radio' song from 'Tubelight' in Dubai
Much to the delight of his international fans, Salman Khan and the team of 'Tubelight' launched the ‘Radio’ song from the film in Dubai.

5 times Priyanka Chopra rocked the bikini

Katrina Kaif shares an unseen picture with Salman Khan
Katrina Kaif is ruling the social circuit and how!

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Science

'Puffy planet' could help scientist search for alien life
Astronomers have discovered a "puffy planet" orbiting a star 320 light years from Earth which may hold opportunities for testing atmospheres that would be useful when assessing future planets for signs of life. The planet, called KELT-11b, is an extreme version of a gas planet.

NASA Mars rover captures images of ancient fluid-carved valley
NASA's Mars rover has beamed back images of an ancient valley that may have been carved by flowing water on the inner slope of a vast crater's rim.The process that carved Perseverance Valley into the rim of Endeavour Crater billions of years ago has not yet been identified.

SpaceX targets launch of communication satellite
SpaceX is targetting the launch of a "behemoth" commercial communications satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre on Monday.

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Sports

IPL 2017: Pune beat Mumbai by 20 runs to enter maiden final
Rising Pune Supergiant put on a clinical show in Qualifier 1 of the Indian Premier League season 10 to march in to their maiden IPL final beating table-toppers Mumbai Indians by 20 runs

Maria Sharapova denied French Open wild card
Twice former champion Maria Sharapova was surprisingly denied a wildcard into the French Open on Tuesday — ending intense speculation about her place in the claycourt slam since she returned from a 15-month doping ban.

Tendulkar rates 1999 Oz series as toughest of his career
Legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday rated the Australian series of 1999 as the toughest in his 24-year long glorious international cricket career. The Steve Waugh-led side dominated the three-match series, handing India a 3-0 whitewash.

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Technology

IBM to cut 5,000 jobs in India: Sources
IBM did not confirm the number of employees who will be affected but said that "re-skilling and rebalancing is an ongoing process as we accelerate the benefits of cloud technologies for clients."

Nikhil Vora gets Rs 150 crore from Alibaba for his Paytm stake
Vora, who quit IDFC Securities in 2014 to set up investment firm Sixth Sense Ventures, continues to hold shares in Paytm E-commerce, which was demerged from One97 Communications this year.

Ransomware WannaCry: Why ATMs in India may be actually safe
There is speculation that only one or two small banks in South India may have been affected and that the magnitude of the damage may not be much.

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Education

Govt to set up panel to draw up draft national education policy
HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said on Tuesday that his ministry is working on expanding Kendriya Vidyalayas as model schools and extending it to poorer sections of society. The Centre has decided that no new BEd colleges will be allowed in the country this year.

HRD lens on AMU for 'flouting norms'; Ministry asks UGC to probe 'irregularities' in hiring, promotion of teachers

IIM-A's agri-business management programme ranked No. 1
The post-graduate programme in food and agri-business management conducted by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad has been ranked number one globally for the year 2017. The programme has been ranked number one by a Paris-based ranking agency specializing in higher education.

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Mumbai

30 injured as luxury bus topples over on E-way

Revaluation brings cheer to IT students

IIT-B plans undergrad programme

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Delhi

Bar-Talk to check drunk driving

Gang running sex racket busted, 2 held

Centre sitting on key files, tweets CM Arvind Kejriwal

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Bangalore

BBMP to stop lifting wet waste from complexes in bulk
BBMP will stop lifting wet waste generated by residential and commercial complexes with 20 units or more from June. Under the policy, contractors will be asked to collect only dry waste from such buildings. Those who generate wet waste in bulk will have to compost it within their buildings.

Bengaluru: Tourism department to spruce up Visvesvaraya museum
With the public private partnership (PPP) in two museum projects failing to take off, the tourism department is now all set to renovate the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum.

Labourer dies as mud wall collapses at site
A 20-year-old labourer was buried alive after a mud wall collapsed at a construction site on Tuesday afternoon.Three others trapped in the mud were rescued in the nick of time.

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Hyderabad

Cop Sridevi is scapegoat, shunted out for fiasco at Dharna Chowk

Theatre owner & five others arrested for piracy, blackmailing Bahubali filmmakers

Kuchibhotla murder: Trial yet to begin, hearing in Sept

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Chennai

Transport unions call off stir after Rs 1,250 crore deal & HC stick

HC directs man to remove encroachment from public space
Calling it a ‘misconceived’ writ petition, the Madras high court has declined to come to the rescue of a person who had put up a structure right behind the Avadi bus stand and approached the court to stop officials from dismantling it.

TN holds MBBS form still NEET results, depthopes for exemption
The directorate of medical education has decided to issue application forms for medical and dental courses only after NEET results, while health department officials harbour hopes of an exemption from the test for admission to state-run medical colleges.

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Ahmedabad

Don't use online solutions for Wannacry: Experts

Ahmedabad police trains computer operators in cyber safety

Ransomware: Govt systems cautiously back on track

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Allahabad

Bandits loot and thrash baratis in Chitrakoot
Making his presence felt in the badlands of Bundelkhand again, dreaded dacoit Babuli Kol allegedly thrashed and looted over half a dozen people who had come to attend a marriage ceremony at Laxmanpur village under Manikpur police station of Chitrakoot district late on Monday night.

UP, MP's most wanted continue to elude police while heads get pricier

9-year-old girl kidnapped and raped in Pratapgarh
A nine-yearold girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by an unidentified person in Poore Dayal Ka Purva village under Kohraur police station of Pratapgarh on Sunday night.

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Bhubaneswar

Mahimananda Mishra gets bail from Orissa high court in murder case
The Orissa high court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to industrialist Mahimananda Mishra, who was arrested in December last year from Bangkok for allegedly masterminding October 26 murder of Mahendra Swain, an employee of a stevedoring company at Paradeep in Jagatsinghpur district.

Odisha Assembly unanimously elects Pradip Kumar Amat as Speaker

Odisha CM seeks PM Modi's intervention for early construction of energy institute
The state government on Tuesday sought intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for early construction of the National Institute of New Energy and Innovation (NINEI).

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Bhopal

Pride parade by LGBT community today

NITTTR hit by ransomware attack

Cable stay bridge complete, but hindrance persists

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Chandigarh

Manali cabbies on strike, visitors suffer
Thousands of tourists in Manali had to face inconvenience on Tuesday after all taxi and auto-rickshaw operators went on a strike protesting against the Kullu administration for not allowing them to take tourists till Rohtang Pass. The first impact of the strike was seen early morning when over 50 tourist buses arrived here and tourists had to carry their bags and walk till hotels. Gulaba, Solang, Naggar and Hamta wore a deserted look.

NGT order on Rohtang affects hotel business in Lahaul
Hoteliers in the tribal Lahaul valley are having sleepless nights over abysmal tourist inflow. Not a single tourist could reach the valley this season after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order to regulate tourism on Rohtang which is taking its toll on tourism in Lahaul.

Biometric machines to be installed in government schools and colleges to discipline teachers
Himachal Pradesh government schools and colleges would now have biometric time attendance machines to check late entry and early exit of the teachers working in the institutions, said Himachal Pradesh director of higher education B L Vinta.

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