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Sunday, May 14, 2017

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From engineering dropout to militant: Story of Hizbul terrorist who quit outfit

Musa quits Hizbul after outfit dismisses beheading remark
Musa, who was made the commander of Hizbul Mujahideen after the killing of Burhan Wani, declared in a six-minute audio clip on Youtube, “If Hizbul Mujahideen does not represent me, I also do not represent Hizb.”

Bihar's former deputy CM Sushil Modi demands ED probe into assets case involving Lalu's daughter

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Business

India extends its LED programme to UK

Gujarat ready for GST rollout, over 5 lakh bizmen enrolled: CM

Idea Cellular in red as intense competition from Jio hits business

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Environment

G7 seen urging Trump to stick with climate pact at summit

China's President Xi says to uphold global climate deal

Antarctic ice sheet stable since warmer times: Study

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World

North Korea test-fires missile, challenging new leader in South
North Korea on Sunday test-launched a ballistic missile that flew as far as 800 kilometers (500 miles) before landing in the Sea of Japan, the South Korean, Japanese and US militaries said. The launch is a direct challenge to the new South Korean president elected four days ago and comes as US, Japanese and European militaries gather for joint war games in the Pacific.

Trump says it's possible he could pick FBI head by next week
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that "we can make a fast decision" on a new FBI director, possibly by late next week, before he leaves on his first foreign trip since taking office.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Entertainment

Mira Rajput: I am unfazed by the attention

Irrfan: Hindi is the new cool

Pics: Priyanka sports perfect beach body in Miami
Pictures of the former Miss World went viral on the internet where she could be seen posing with supermodel-actor Adriana Lima. The two ladies look like complete goddesses as they frolic in the sun and sand.

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Science

Water signature found in Neptune-sized planet's atmosphere
Researchers have detected strong water signature in the atmosphere of a distant Neptune-sized planet. The distant planet HAT-P-26b has a primitive atmosphere composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, said the study published in the journal Science.

China providing students lunar lifestyle experience
Chinese students will live in a 'Lunar Palace' - a cabin that simulates Moon-like environment - for a year, to test a life support system that may allow future astronauts to spend longer periods of time in space.

Indian population originated in three migration waves: Study
The Indian subcontinent harbours huge genetic diversity. Researchers found that the earliest populations were hunter-gatherers who arrived from Africa more than 50,000 years ago. Further waves of settlement came from the direction of Iran, after the last Ice Age ended 10-20,000 years ago.

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Sports

IPL 2017: Mumbai return to winning ways, KKR into playoffs
Mumbai Indians got back to winning ways with a nine-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders. And even though KKR failed in their attempt of going past the finishing line, they guaranteed themselves a spot in the Playoffs.

Wrestler Bajrang Punia wins gold at Asian Championships
Bajrang Punia clinched India's first gold medal at the ongoing 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships on Saturday, the penultimate day of the tournament, after winning his 65kg freestyle final against Lee Seung-chul of Korea.

IPL 2017: Hyderabad beat Gujarat to enter playoffs
Fine unbeaten half centuries by skipper David Warner (69) and Vijay Shankar (63) guided Sunrisers Hyderabad to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Gujarat Lions. With this win, Hyderabad became the second team to enter the playoffs.

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Technology

This is how much Snapdeal founders may get post the company's sale to Flipkart
Founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal will relinquish control of online marketplace Snapdeal to market leader Flipkart as early investors in the Delhi-based company give their consent to the sale, according to four people aware of the deal.

Paytm-rival Mobikwik shifting focus
Zaakpay, the MobiKwik-promoted payment gateway aggregator, is being hived off as a wholly-owned subsidiary of One MobiKwik Systems, which owns MobiKwik wallet.

Hacker uses stolen US spy agency tool to launch cyberattacks in 100 countries
A global cyber attack on Friday renewed concerns about whether the U.S. National Security Agency and other countries' intelligence services too often hoard software vulnerabilities for offensive purposes, rather than quickly alerting technology companies to such flaws.

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Education

NCERT to replace 'wrong map' on Aksai Chin
“The map on page 56 is not a map of India, but a map of East and South East Asia. It was prepared by the University of Texas... mentioned at the bottom. The map states ‘boundary representation is not necessarily authoritative,” NCERT said.

NCERT to replace map which depicted Aksai Chin as disputed area
The National Council of Educational Research and Training has decided to replace the map of East and South East Asia of the Class XII Political Science textbook, which depicted "Aksai Chin" as a disputed area. NCERT said the map was prepared by the University of Texas.

45 days into new session, CBSE yet to print class X English textbook
According to CBSE sources the board is yet to complete the printing of the English literature textbook for class X. On the reason for the delay, a senior CBSE official said: “Printing was ordered on time. However, it had to be stopped in the first half of April as there were errors in the books. Changes were made in close to 140 pages of the book.”

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Mumbai

27 Shiv Sena MLAs skip farmer outreach, face Uddhav ire

Electrician arrested for killing wife

Tree falls on 3 women, one needs surgery

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Delhi

Former health secretary grilled by CBI for irregularities

Investigate PWD complaint: BJP

LG Anil Baijal tells officials to finish Rani Jhansi flyover by October

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Bangalore

DKS bats for Siddaramaiah as CM in 2018

Next up for citizen activists? The city's lakes

Karnataka saw 13,028 road fatalities in 2015; 40 per cent were 2-wheeler riders

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Hyderabad

Only 3 speed guns on death-trap corridor
A major chunk of the Outer Ring Road (ORR), roughly 130 kilometres of the 158-km expressway, falls in jurisdiction of the Cyberabad and Rachakonda commissionerates. But only three speed guns are available with the traffic police to monitor the eight-lane access-controlled expressway, which logs over 50,000 vehicles per day.

Government launches latest initiative for start-ups
Hyderabad currently has the highest number of start-ups registered with the Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST), said IT secretary Jayesh Ranjan, while unveiling the State Innovation Cell’s latest initiative on Saturday.

No more career breaks, working moms in IT hub buoyed by more maternity leave
Working mothers in the city’s IT hub have reasons to cheer. They can now look forward to better maternity benefits at the workplace, thanks to the recently-approved Bill granting paid maternity leave of 26 weeks to women working in the organised sector.

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Chennai

Eight-year-old girl dies at swimming camp

Online clearance system takes off for buildings near airport

Online submission of planning permissions for DTCP is now hassle free

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Ahmedabad

From frying pan into eye of thunderstorm

US Ambedkarite groups express solidarity with Justice Karnan

AICTE approves 6 new colleges in Gujatrat

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Allahabad

'Issue new licences for slaughterhouses'
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday said that it is an obligation of the state government to establish and run modernized slaughterhouses and the previous government had taken steps in this regard.

Mob torches 3 dumpers after 13-year-old crushed to death
An irate mob set three dumpers afire and pelted stones at vehicles after a 13-year-old boy was crushed to death by a speeding dumper near Mandar crossing under Puramufti police station in Kaushambi on Thursday.

HC seeks reply on tobacco company's name on IPL T-shirt
Hearing a PIL filed by Prakash Kharwadkar of Kanpur, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma issued notice directing them to file their counter reply.

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Bhubaneswar

BJP women wing protests liquor sale in a city hotel

Odisha's marathon boy to run in Buddha peace run in Nepal

Live fish lodged in man's throat removed

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Bhopal

'Exam veteran' eyes 20th shot at MSc
“If failing an exam is a reason to end life, I would have died 19 times,“ says Rajkaran Barua, who has been been failing his maths examinations continuously for the last 19 years.

Shift or close dairy farms from city, NGT tells BMC

Now, 'no-work-no-pay' policy to curb absenteeism in schools

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Chandigarh

Another Nirbhaya brutalised and killed, this time in Rohtak
Police have arrested two men for the brutal crime. One of them is the victim's neighbour in Sonipat, Sumit Kumar, while the other is his friend, Vikas. Cops said the crime was committed as the woman refused to marry Sumit. He also suspected her of having an affair with another man.

High court fines hotel management institute for 'playing with students' career'
Holding a Yamunanagar-based hotel management institute responsible for “playing with the life and career of the students” and for “setting a bad example in the education system,” the Punjab and Haryana high court has directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 50,000 each to the students who were admitted though the institute did not have any affiliation from the authorities concerned.

Nabard joins hands with NGOs to save Punjab's groundwater
Concerned over depleting groundwater in Punjab, some NGOs with the support of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) have decided to launch a campaign to make farmers aware about the judicious use of water in farming.

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