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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

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Supreme Court rejects plea of HIV+ rape survivor to abort
The court turned down a plea of a 35-year-old destitute HIV+ woman, facing complications in her 26-week pregnancy arising from a sexual assault, to abort as medical report prepared by AIIMS doctors said her life might be in danger if medical termination of foetus was done at such an advance stage.

International court stays Pakistan's order to execute Kulbhushan Jadhav
In a huge relief for India, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has stayed the death sentence awarded to Kulbhushan Jadhav by a Pakistan military court.

India solar tariff drops below cost of coal-fired power
Solar power tariffs appear to be on a free fall in India to find a new floor at Rs 2.62 per unit, some 18% lower than the average price of Rs 3.20 charged by India's largest generation utility NTPC for electricity generated by its coal-fired plants.

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Business

Airtel Q4 net income plunges 72% on Jio effect

Markets end flat in cautious trade, Nifty holds 9,300

PowerGrid gets unified licence to offer telecom services
State-owned power transmission utility PowerGrid Corporation has been granted unified licence with national long distance and Internet service provider authorization to provide telecom services.Till now it used to provide telecom towers and optical fibre cable infrastructure.

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Environment

China's President Xi says to uphold global climate deal

Antarctic ice sheet stable since warmer times: Study

India's green car plan prioritises electric vehicles over hybrids
Other suggestions in the blueprint include incentivising the use of electric cars as taxis by lowering taxes, interest rates on loans for purchases and electricity tariffs for fleet operators, and lowering duties on makers of such fleet cars.

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World

China tests new guided missile in Bohai Sea
The missile was designed to "raise operational capability" of the armed forces to "effectively respond to threats" to national security, the defence ministry said, adding that the test had "achieved an expected result."

34 dead, 2,000 sick with suspected cholera in Yemen: WHO

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Entertainment

'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' anthem launched
Sachin Tendulkar and the team of the upcoming film ‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’ came together for the launch of their new anthem - ‘Sachin’. The event started out on a song with singer Sukhwinder Singh performing the anthem live for the audience.

Rohit Shetty injures himself at the launch of 'Khatron Ke Khiladi 8'
Rohit Shetty is all set to host the eighth season of the reality show ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ and showed the audience what he’s got, at the launch of the show itself.

Saif Ali Khan's daughter Sara Ali Khan's most stunning pictures

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Science

India may miss TB eradication target: Study
India may not be able to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025 as targeted by the government. Cases of drug resistant TB are expected to rise in four high burden countries of India, the Philippines, Russia, and South Africa between 2000 and 2040, a Lancet study shows.

India to pump Rs 10,000 crore in Deep Sea Mission
The mission intends to harness the ocean's resources in a 'responsible way' and could turn out to be a transformative step for the prosperity and security of the nation.

Why Pepe the Frog meme was killed off
The creator of Pepe the Frog has killed off his popular character after it was hijacked by white supremacists. Matt Furie previously joined with civil rights groups in an attempt to rescue the cartoon frog from use by the alt-right, but he has now killed off Pepe in a one-page cartoon strip.

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Sports

IPL: Tense win keeps Kings XI Punjab's play-off hopes alive
Riding on a superb bowling display by the spinners in the middle overs followed up by excellent death-over bowling by Mohit Sharma and Sandeep Sharma, Kings XI Punjab (167/6) beat Kolkata Knight Riders (153/6) by 14 runs

Jhulan Goswami becomes top wicket-taker in Women's ODIs
Former Indian women’s cricket captain Jhulan Goswami has become the leading wicket-taker in Women’s One-Day Internationals going past Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick record of 180 wickets on Tuesday.

MoU not binding, BCCI tells Pakistan Cricket Board
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has rejected the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) demand for compensation for not honouring the MoU signed between them saying that it was not binding.

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Technology

10 IT and telecom companies cutting jobs

Indian IT giants may see big job cuts
Large IT services companies are all in the process of laying off employees on a scale not seen since the 2008-10 downturn.

Apple iPhone 5s, iPhone SE set to get big price cuts in India
With this aggressive pricing, Apple will be able to compete squarely against the online exclusive models of Motorola, Xiaomi, Lenovo, Oppo, and Samsung.

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Education

Himachal Pradesh announces class 10th result
HPBOSE Result 2017: The students can check their Himachal Pradesh Board 12th Result 2017 online through the official website or from the "KNOW YOUR RESULT" tab given below.

Applications invited for NCC special entry scheme
Applications for the NCC special entry scheme can now be made online on www.careerairforce.nic.in.

Nagaland announces class 12 Board results
Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has declared the class 12 Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) examination Result 2017 on the official website of the board.

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Mumbai

Now, 1.5km stretch of SGNP faces axe for highway project
About 1.5km of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) will be deforested to widen the Dahisar-Surat section of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway 8.

Ex-encounter cop gets advance bail

Rs 10cr con: No leads yet on who opened a/c

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Delhi

ACB files 3 FIRs over road, drainage contracts; Arvind Kejriwal's dead kin's firm named
It is not clear if the FIRs name Kejriwal, but they do mention the names of one Ms Pawan Kumar, Ms Kamal Singh and Renu Construction as accused, ACB officials said.

A lookalike machine cannot be compared to our EVMs, says EC
EC sources said AAP's claim was similar to previous attempts to use unsecured and privately manufactured machines to allegedly demonstrate that EVMs were vulnerable to manipulation. The claims could not be substantiated during a formal opportunity offered by EC to prove the claims on its machines.

AAP MLA gives live demo of 'EVM hacking' in assembly
Bharadwaj challenged the Centre, saying: “Give us access to the warehouse where the EVMs for Gujarat polls are kept. We need just three hours to change all motherboards and hack the machines. I challenge that once the secret code is introduced, you (BJP) will not win a single booth in the state."

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Bangalore

Karnataka govt flies into airlines diplomacy to attract more footfall

AICC team begins consultations to pick new KPCC chief

Seven old open wells will be revived to water Cubbon Park

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Hyderabad

Hailstorm, heavy rain cause havoc in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Kin of murdered man turns violent during funeral
Tension prevailed at Sanjay Nagar area in Borabanda when the relatives and friends of a murdered electrician went on rampage during his funeral procession late on Monday night. The agitated mob pelted stones on cops and torched two bikes. Police quickly brought the situation under control and rounded up 26 arsonists on Tuesday.

Hyderabad: Event manager arrested in a rape case
Karkhana police arrested a 23 year old event manager for cheating and sexually exploiting a Dubai based Telecom firm employee. The accused is, Sourav Gupta, 23, an event manager from Gun Rock Enclave in Karkhana. Sourav’s father is a prominent steel trader from Secunderabad.

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Chennai

Left for Chennai at 6.15am, now untraceable
Even an hour after the verdict was out, little did Justice Karnan realise that his arrest was imminent.

Hit by drought, trains in TN run with unwashed exteriors, dirty coaches
Passengers Travel Without Water As Mandatory Refilling At Stations Becomes Irregular

I-T sleuths trace Anbunathan's investments abroad

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Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad records 42.4 C
Surendranagar Hottest Town At 44.3 C

Suicide and salvaged lives

Sabarmati river remains a major suicide spot

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Allahabad

Varsity to adopt 'summer hostel' model on campus
Preparations are on in full swing to turn three hostels of the Allahabad University (AU) into 'summer hostels'.

Youth wing of SP, BJP join hands against Allahabad University administrtaion
The youth wing of Samajwadi Party and BJP have come on the same platform against the administration of Allahabad University and vice-chancellor RL Hangloo.

Cong chalking out strategy ahead of municipal polls
Hoping to repeat its 2007 feat, when the party had bagged the mayor's seat and majority of its candidates became corporators, Congress party is chalking out strategies for the municipal polls.

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Bhubaneswar

AIFF website hacked

Bengaluru look to seal semifinal spot

Aizawl win another thriller to reach semis

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Bhopal

MP board helpline receives over 27K distress calls in 3 months

No forgery, says Union minister in MISA pension row

BMC proposes new AC bus stand

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Chandigarh

US group reaches Dharamshala, top leader meets Dalai Lama
Even as US President Donald Trump has maintained silence on the issue of Tibet, a US Congressional delegation reached here on a two-day visit on Tuesday.

Minor raped by father adopted by village panchayat
A minor girl raped by her father for the last three years in a remote village of tribal Lahaul-Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh has been adopted by the local panchayat.

High court cancels admission process for PG medical courses in Haryana
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday set aside the counselling process for admissions to post graduate medical courses in Haryana.

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