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Thursday, June 01, 2017

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Navy to court martial officer for molesting girl
The Navy is going to court martial an officer for allegedly molesting a colleague's seven-year-old daughter at the tri-Service Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) at Wellington in Tamil Nadu earlier this year.

IAF declares 2 pilots of crashed Sukhoi fighter jet dead

After 17-year wait, India to get 1st new conventional sub

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Business

Government meets 3.5 per cent fiscal deficit target in 2016-17
"Fiscal deficit is 3.51 per cent of GDP or Rs 5.35 lakh crore in 2016-17," the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) said while releasing the provisional accounts for the last financial year.

PM Modi woos Spanish firms to invest in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invited Spanish firms to invest in India whose strong economy offers "many opportunities" for them in various fields as the two countries signed seven agreements and vowed to strengthen their cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

Kingfisher House auction fails for 5th time
Lenders' attempt today to auction Kingfisher House, the erstwhile headquarters of Vijay Mallya- owned, now defunct Kingfisher Airlines, proved to be a damp-squib for the fifth time, despite cut in the reserve price.

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Environment

Gay vulture dads hatch chick at a zoo in Amsterdam
Two male griffon vultures in a long-standing relationship have successfully hatched an abandoned egg at an Amsterdam zoo.

UN chief calls on world to back Paris climate deal
"The Paris pledges are historic but still do not go nearly far enough to limit temperature rise to well below 2 degrees and as close as possible to 1.5 degrees," said Guterres in an address at New York University. "So we must do our utmost to increase action until we can bend the emissions curve."

South Africa's 'lion whisperer' gets up close with big cats
Richardson hopes his hands-on stunts with lions will highlight the plight of the African predator, whose numbers have dwindled. It also thrusts him into a sensitive debate about human interaction with lions; some conservationists say Richardson's message is sound and sincere, but note the limits of what he can do to address big-picture problems facing the vulnerable species.

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World

Foreign aid arrives as Sri Lanka flood toll exceeds 200
Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake said 16 countries had rushed relief supplies and medicine to assist more than 600,000 people driven from their homes following Friday's monsoon deluge.

Military says 89 gunmen killed during Philippine urban battle
The clashes erupted on Tuesday last week when gunmen waving black flags of the Islamic State (IS) group rampaged through the mostly Muslim-populated city in response to an effort by security forces to arrest a Filipino on the US government's list of most-wanted terrorists.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Entertainment

Pics: Priyanka and 'Baywatch' cast take Berlin by storm

Katrina on ousting Deepika from SRK film

Salman Khan to have a double guest role in 'Judwaa 2'?
Varun Dhawan will soon be seen in a double role for the first time in the upcoming film ‘Judwaa 2’.

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Science

Nasa spacecraft will aim straight for sun next year
A new Nasa mission aims to brush by the sun, coming closer than any spacecraft in history to its scorching heat and radiation in order to reveal how stars are made, the US space agency said on Wednesday.

Scientists find what causes spread of cancer & new way to stop it
The researchers found that when cancer cells get densely packed they secrete two proteins that deliver a stark message to other cells: go away. This causes the cancer cells to break off from the pack and float through the blood stream or lymphatic system to other sites and start growing afresh.

5 cups of coffee daily may keep liver cancer at bay
The study, published in the journal BMJ Open, showed that the more coffee consumed, the greater was the protection against hepatocellular cancer (HCC) - the second leading cause of cancer death globally.

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Sports

BCCI officials Sridhar, Amitabh likely to interact with Kohli, Kumble
In a tight corner amid speculation of a rift between chief coach Anil Kumble and skipper Virat Kohli, the BCCI top brass seems to be on damage control mode and some key officials are likely to meet the duo separately in Birmingham.

Champion Djokovic eases into French Open third round
He may be carrying a little more around the middle than in his Roland Garros pomp, but the star appeal of Andre Agassi was undeniable at the French Open on Wednesday as his new charge Novak Djokovic romped to a second-round win.

Kohli, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Raina in list of top 100 athletes
India captain Virat Kohli, former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and stylish left-handed batsmen, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina, have found places in this year's ESPN World Fame 100 list that made its debut last year.

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Technology

India is too big a market for Apple to ignore: Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
"We are in dialogue with Apple and once the nature of exchange is formalised, we shall come up with a structured response," Prasad told ET in an interview.

Microsoft plans to expand operations in India
Microsoft has signed a 15-year lease deal for nearly 2,00,000 sqft of premium office space at Knowledge City in Hyderabad and plans to pick up another 2,50,000 sqft of space in its next phase of expansion, two people aware of deal said.

Reliance Jio, Airtel in 'tariff war' again
While Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular say some offers need to be kept confidential to retain existing users, Jio believes all plans must be made public on common platform.

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Education

India's e-education industry to be worth $1.96 billion by 2021: Report
India’s online education industry is set to grow eight-fold by 2021 — from $247 million in 2016 to $1.96 billion — according to a report released by search giant Google and professional services firm KPMG.

CBSE Result 2017: CBSE not to mention grace marks on marksheets
CBSE students, who are short of a mark or two to pass and are awarded grace marks, have a reason to rejoice as the board has decided not to mention it on the marksheets. Last month, it decided to mention grace marks on the marksheets besides scrapping the moderation policy.

Study less but be dedicated, say this year's CBSE Class XII toppers

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Mumbai

Jet staffer held with Rs 1.2 crore worth gold in Mumbai
A senior employee of Jet Airways was arrested with 4kg of smuggled gold worth Rs 1.2 crore at Mumbai airport's Terminal 2 on Tuesday.

BEST fleet shrinks by 17% to 3,500 in 2 yrs

Son's pals held for robbing elderly of Rs 6L

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Delhi

Gangs hunt freely around Jewar airport site
Evening is just a few winks away when we reach Jewar, and take a left turn from the Yamuna expressway after the Hie 5ive Tourist Dhaba, and guide our car down the gentle slope of the service lane that leads, a few hundred metres ahead, to what locals now call the “highway of horrors”.

Wet, cool day brings relief to Delhi, more rain likely
Grey, overcast skies since late morning, cool winds and showers in most parts of the city kept temperatures six notches below normal and the met office said there could be more rain in store on Thursday.

Kapil Mishra says AAP MLAs beat him up in Delhi assembly
Kapil Mishra was allegedly roughed up by AAP MLAs in the Delhi assembly on Wednesday as he was being marshalled out for 'disrupting' the proceedings by standing and displaying a banner with allegations of corruption against chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and health minister Satyendar Jain.

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Bangalore

Eye on 2018 polls, state may offer free LPG refills

For ex-servicemen, this programme is a gateway to corporate world

Karnataka to strike back at mafia by importing sand

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Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Bhadrachalam temple set to have dress code
In neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) imposes a dress code for pilgrims visiting the temples in Tirumala and Tirupati, especially at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple at Tirumala.

Dasari Narayana Rao gets rare state honour on his last rites
Legendary director of Tollywood Darshakaratna Dasari Narayana Rao's last rites were performed on Wednesday evening. Telangana chief ministrer K Chandrashekar Rao ordered the police department to give a full gun salute to honour the death of Dasari Narayana Rao.

NIFT's fresh grads are ready to take the fashion industry by storm

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Chennai

Blaze destroys highrise in city that violated sanctioned plan
An inferno that started around 4.30am on Wednesday and continued to blaze away 18 hours later, despite more than 300 firemen battling the flames with 14 fire tenders, destroyed an eight-storey textile showroom in T Nagar and made urban planners' worst fears about the vulnerability of illegal structures in the city come to pass.

Pallikaranai to get new police station

Soon a foot over bridge to connect Tambaram rly stn and bus stand

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Ahmedabad

Victim's kid could hold key to murder
A five-year-old girl could help police apprehend the killer of her father, Satyendra Saket, 30, who was a resident of Rangolinagar in Vatva. Saket was bludgeoned to death on Tuesday evening at his residence.

Civil Hospital doctor goes missing
A 23-year-old intern doctor at Civil Hospital, Yash Patel, a resident of Yogeshwar Kutir in New Ranip, has gone missing in mysterious circumstances since May 28. Ranip police sources said Patel had texted a girl, a resident of Thaltej that if she did not marry him he would commit suicide.

46,485 students get admission under RTE

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Allahabad

Allahabad girl Saumya finishes all-India 4th in civil services

Four injured in leopard attack in Allahabad village
Four persons including a woman were injured on Wednesday when a leopard strayed into Dalapur village in Sarayinayat police station of Allahabad district. A team of officials from Kanpur zoo is being called up to capture and tranquilize the animal who is currently hiding in a kachcha house, said forest officials.

JEE BEd topper seeks inspiration from Dangal
Neha Rai, the state topper of the JEE BEd examination conducted by Lucknow University aims to be a police officer

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Bhubaneswar

Odisha records growth in collection of MV tax: Transport minister Nrusingha Sahu

Naveen Patnaik asks party leader to look into the attack on Baijayant Panda
A day after the attack on BJD MP Baijayant Panda by party workers at a public function in Mahanga, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said his party is opposed to violence.

Odisha boy secures ninth rank in UPSC civil services examinations 2016

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Bhopal

While Kashmir is burning, PM is celebrating, says Raj Babbar

Relief for minister Arya, HC quashes Bhind court's order

Inflammatory social media posts fuelled tensions

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Chandigarh

12 car snatchings on its radar, MHA alerts Punjab
According to the MHA alert, 12 Punjab car snatchings are under scrutiny.A communication regarding this was sent to Punjab Police in May.

Punjab to sign MoU with UN agency to intensify anti-drugs drive
Punjab will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as part of its efforts to intensify its war against drugs.

Now, Gian Sagar superintendent resigns
The number of faculty members resigning from Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital has been swelling, with medical superintendent M S Gill putting in his papers recently.

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