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Friday, May 05, 2017

Today's Headlines

Pakistani, Saudi channels beam into Kashmiri homes, stoke 'azadi' rage
Over 50 Saudi and Pakistani channels, including Zakir Naik's banned Peace TV preaching Salafist Islam, and others indulging in anti-India propaganda are running without necessary clearances via private cable networks in Kashmir.

Wary Congress quietly effects changes in party
Congress officially announced on Thursday that party vice-president Rahul Gandhi has initiated the much-awaited surgery in the organisation in which youth and experience were being balanced to run the AICC and state units.

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Business

Centre notifies phased manufacturing plan for mobile phones

Jet Airways announces 24% discounts on tickets
Jet Airways has launched a one-day sale of tickets at 24% discounts on base fare in domestic and international sectors to mark the airline's 24th anniversary, which falls on May 5.

Sensex closes above 30,000-mark, Nifty ends at record high
The 50-share NSE Nifty spurted 47.95 points, or 0.51 per cent, to end at 9,359.90, a fresh closing high. Its previous closing peak of 9,351.85 was recorded on April 26.

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Environment

Wolves return to Denmark for first time in 200 years

Noise-mapping at every airport to check noise pollution
Taking serious note of noise pollution from aircraft during its take off and landing and also during its movements at airports, noise-mapping of all airports across the country will be taken up. Suitable mitigation measures to minimize its impact will also be suggested.

Three-year plan to let Delhi breathe
Underlining air pollution as a serious problem, the government's think tank Niti Aayog in its latest action agenda has come out with a five-point remedy, including higher taxes on petrol or diesel, higher parking fees and shutting down coal-based power plants in a phased manner, to deal with the menace within three years.

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World

Trump celebrates healthcare bill win with jubilant Republicans
Declaring it "an unbelievable victory,'' President Donald Trump delayed his first trip home to New York as president to celebrate House passage of legislation undoing much of former President Barack Obama's health law, a top campaign promise and a long-sought GOP goal.

EU's Tusk warns rows could make Brexit talks 'impossible'
"These negotiations are difficult enough as they are. If we start arguing before they even begin they will become impossible," Tusk said. "The stakes are too high to let our emotions get out of hand, because at stake are the daily lives of millions of people on both sides of the Channel," he said.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Entertainment

Tubelight teaser: Salman khan is a flicker of hope amid a war- torn nation
The much awaited teaser of Salman Khan’s Tubelight’ is out and is indeed fresh and blissfully captivating.

'Baahubali 2' (Hindi) collects Rs 375 crore in 6 days
Prabhas-Rana Daggubati starrer 'Baahubali 2: The Conclusion' is soaring high with its phenomenal success at the ticket windows.

'Tubelight': Interesting facts about the Salman Khan film
Salman Khan’s forthcoming flick ‘Tubelight’ has created much buzz, months before its release.

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Science

Listening to insects could save our lives

Excess smartphone use bad for mental health: Study
Excess use of smartphones and other devices may lead to attention, behaviour and self-regulation problems for adolescents already at risk for mental health issues, a new study warns.

Chinese scientists take quantum leap in computing
Chinese scientists have built the world's first quantum computing machine that goes beyond the early conventional or classical computers, paving way to the realisation of quantum computing.

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Sports

IPL 2017: Pant, Samson decimate Gujarat Lions
Delhi Daredevils young guns Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson put in superlative knocks to help Delhi Daredevils hunt down a target of 209 with utmost ease against Gujarat Lions in Match 42 of the Indian Premier League season 10 at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on Thursday.

Sachin Tendulkar wants India to play in Champions Trophy
A host of former Indian players, including Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, are in favour of the country taking part in the Champions Trophy to be held in the United Kingdom next month, according to a report.

Pick team for Champions Trophy at the earliest: CoA to BCCI
The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) has urged the BCCI to agree to convene a selection committee meeting at the earliest to pick a team for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.

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Technology

WhatsApp for Android gets 'new' user interface
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has rolled out a new update for its Android app. Bearing version number 2.17.146, the update introduces some user interface changes to the app.

BPL parts ways with Flipkart, to sell products on Amazon
In a setback to Flipkart, white goods maker BPL has moved to Amazon and will sell exclusively on the platform, beginning Thursday.

Apple CEO Tim Cook: 4G roll-out in India fastest in the world
Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the 4G roll-out in India is the fastest he has ever seen in the world and that it opens a great opportunity for Apple to grow in the country over the next few years. Apple sales in India, Cook said, grew at double digits and set a new record in the March quarter.

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Education

Research in higher education must for sustainable growth: HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar

Demand for quality education grows as schools mushroom
In a short period of time, many educational institutions have come up across the twin cities, but residents say the focus should be on quality and not quantity.

Now, CBSE to hold Central Teacher Eligibility Test only once a year

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Mumbai

One final spat amid high drama as Eman leaves Mumbai
Eygptian Eman Ahmed, once the world's heaviest woman at 500 kg, took off in a cargo plane modified as an air ambulance from the international airport at 7.41pm on Thursday , 83 days after she was brought to Mumbai, but not without some high drama marking her last couple of hours at Saifee Hospital.

Tougher statutes introduced for selection to academic bodies
Teachers on various academic bodies of state's public universities are now required to have a PhD and at least two students who have been awarded PhD under them as guides. PhD, however, will no longer be mandatory for election to the senate for teachers. These are some of the new eligibility criteria for representatives in academic bodies who will be soon elected or nominated.

Mumbai back on Air Asia map with flights to Bali
After it pulled out flights from Mumbai five years ago citing steep costs, low-cost carrier Air Asia is all set to return to the city's congested airport with daily flights to Kuala Lumpur scheduled to begin in a fortnight.

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Delhi

New Delhi cleanest in north: Swachh survey
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area was declared the cleanest in the north zone, based on solid waste management, access to sanitation and other parameters of cleanliness, under the zone-wise Swachh Survekshan 2017.

Cop posts FB note, ends life
A 52-year-old assistant sub-inspector committed suicide at Murthal police station after posting a note on Facebook.

Near-collision after Jet flight aborts landing
An aircraft coming in too fast to land at IGI Airport recently caused a major scare when it had to do a go-around — abort landing and take off again — at the last minute.

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Bangalore

Doctors told to handle medico-legal cases wisely

KJ George: Iskcon can provide food if they use onions

Watch Australian films next weekend

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Hyderabad

Open Defecation Free cuts short grand Swachh dream of Hyderabad
Greater Hyderabad may have raced ahead of other metros, scoring 22nd rank in Swachh Survekshan results, but its poor show in some parametres, especially Open Defecation Free (ODF) town, trashed its dreams of emerging as squeaky clean city in the country.

Heartburn For Hyderabad: Clean Bowled By Vijayawada
The City of Pearls lost sheen to Andhra Pradesh cities like Vizag, Vijayawada and Tirupati in the Swachh Survekshan rankings for 2017.

Swachh ranking: Visakhapatnam shines at 3, Hyderabad slides to 22
Vizag, Tirupati and Vijayawada took away the shine from Hyderabad's pearly clean image in the Swachh Survekshan rankings for 2017 released on Thursday by the union ministry of urban development.

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Chennai

Robbers hijack truck with Rs 2 crore medicine
A six-man gang hijacked a truck carrying 26 barrels of asthma medicine worth Rs2 crore in a daring highway heist, after attacking the driver and an armed security man accompanying him, near Kancheepuram late on Wednesday night.

Opposition trade unions call for indefinite strike from May 15 as talks with government fails
Ten opposition trade unions, including DMK affiliated LPF and left parties of transport corporations have called for an indefinite strike from May 15, after talks with the government over a charter of demands, including resolution to delay in extending post-retirement benefits and implementing revised pay, failed on Thursday.

How Chennai made a mess & Trichy saved Tamil Nadu the blushes
The Swachh Survekshan rankings, that put Chennai in the bottom half of the cleanliness rankings at a distant 235th, embarrassed the city corporation again although Trichy saved Tamil Nadu the blushes by being the sixth cleanest city in the country.

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Ahmedabad

Govt sets up three fee regulation committees

HC extends last date for giving fee details

With male infertility rising, new solutions offer hope

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Allahabad

Ayodhya's daily Ram Lila resumes after 17-month hiatus

AIMIM wants Allahabad abattoirs opened
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Mulimeen (AIMIM) leaders staged a demonstration at the Collectorate on Tuesday, demanding that the two slaughterhouses that were closed be reopened. The party claimed that hundreds of people were rendered joblesss and the Muslim community was compelled to live without buffalo meat ever since the two abattoirs were shut down.

'Asthma could hit even before birth'
There are around three lakh people in Sangam city who are suffering from Asthma.Doctors at MLN Medical College on Tuesday revealed the statistics and said it was an auto-immune disease and had a genetic predisposition.

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Bhubaneswar

Naveen Patnaik objects non-inscription of Odia on kilometer stones
The state government on Thursday objected the Centre’s decision over non-inscription of Odia script on the kilometer stones and information boards on the national highway (NH) inside Odisha.

BJD strong enough to counter BJP: Naveen Patnaik
With the BJP camp is agog ahead of the ambitious vistar yatra by party president Amit Shah in Odisha, BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said his party is strong enough to counter the BJP.

Sitaram Yechury seeks BJD support for a secular Presidential candidate
CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury met chief minister and BJD president Naveen on Thursday to discuss about a consensus secular candidate for the forthcoming President election due in July.

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Bhopal

Clean city award reaffirms MP's commitment for cleanliness: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
According to the 'Swachh Survekshan-2017' announced Naidu today, Indore became the cleanest city in India, while Bhopal bagged the second position.

Congress leader distributes milk to protest against liquor shop

Madhya Pradesh government officer wants to spend time with Abu Salem in jail

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Chandigarh

464 acres in Gwalpahari is shamlat land: HC
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday observed that the land belonging to Gwal Pahari village in Gurgaon is shamlat and asked the state to make all endeavour to restore it with the municipal corporation Gurgaon (MCG). The civic body was entrusted with the land in 2010 from village panchayat.

Navjot Singh Sidhu suspends 10 officers of Bathinda Improvement Trust
Based on a probe conducted by the Chief Vigilance Officer of the department, the Local Government minister ordered the immediate suspension of 10 officers of Bathinda Improvement Trust.

Sukhbir Singh Badal dissolves Shiromani Akali Dal's organisational structure
These leaders will also look into complaints of some leaders who worked against the party candidates during the assembly elections in earlier year, he said.

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