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Monday, May 08, 2017

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Three of Britain's four wealthiest are Indians
The wealthiest persons in Britain are India-born, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2017 which places the Hinduja brothers Srichand and Gopichand at the top of 134 billionaires. The brothers’ estimated riches: 16.2 billion pounds, 3.2 billion pounds more than last year.

Congress, SP split for stronger 2019 alliance?
Ironic as it may sound, Congress has decided to part ways with Samajwadi Party for UP’s urban local body elections to ensure that its alliance with the Yadav outfit remains strong for the next Lok Sabha polls. The belief in Congress is that neither of the allies can afford another big defeat.

Opposition looks to cast Presidential poll as grand ideological clash
The clear advantage that BJP has come to enjoy in the electoral college for the President’s election has increased the pressure on the opposition to select a weighty candidate who will make the contest a high-profile ideological clash.

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Business

Paytm may put $30 million in Insider
Digital payments and commerce platform Paytm is in talks with curated events platform Insider.in to pick up a majority stake in the Mumbai-based company, said people aware of the development. This would be one of the largest external investments made by Paytm if the deal materialises.

NSE introduces new filing mechanism on electronic platform
The announcements filed by listed companies under the new system will be disseminated directly on the NSE website without the exchange's intervention. This would help in instantaneous dissemination of corporate announcements.

Vistara to introduce signature drink for passengers
Full service airline Vistara plans to introduce a "signature drink" and rework its menu choices for passengers onboard. The airline serves an average of 200 different kinds of meals on its network, covering breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.

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Environment

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.

Wolves return to Denmark for first time in 200 years

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World

Legendary sitarist Rais Khan dies
India-born legendary sitar player Ustad Rais Khan passed away in Pakistan on Saturday . He was 77. He was reportedly diagnosed with an ailment and had been bed-ridden for quite some time. He breathed his last in Karachi. He is survived by his wife, renowned singer Bilqees Khanum, and four sons.

'Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed'
The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, has been killed in an operation led by Afghan special forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, President Ashraf Ghani announced on Sunday.

82 freed Chibok schoolgirls arrive in Nigeria's capital

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Entertainment

Pic: Kangana Ranaut looks bloomy in a yellow saree

Pic: Priyanka at the UNICEF fundraising gala dinner

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion' box-office collection Day 9
Prabhas and Rana Daggubatti starrer 'Baahubali 2: The Conclusion' collected Rs 26.50 crore on its second Saturday, taking the total (Hindi version) film collection to Rs 292 Crore on its 9th day, reports Boxofficeindia.com.

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Science

Technique developed for turning Mars or Moon rocks into concrete
Civil engineers at the Stanford University have worked with colleagues at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a form of concrete that could be produced on Mars or the Moon.

Rocket to take 1,500 images of Sun in five minutes: NASA
A sounding rocket, designed to take 1,500 images of the Sun in just five minutes from about 320 kilometres above the Earth's surface, is set to be launched today, according to NASA.

World's biggest X-ray laser generates first light
The laser will allow scientists to get a glimpse of new materials, drugs and chemical reactions at the atomic level. The 3.4-kilometre-long European XFEL is mostly located in underground tunnels in Germany.

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Sports

IPL: Smith, Karthik spoil KXIP's party
Hashim Amla’s second century of the season went in vain as Gujarat Lions chased 190 in the final over and pushed KXIP to a position where they need to win all their matches now to remain alive in the playoff race.

IPL 2017: Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn blow away RCB
Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn became the unlikeliest destructive force at the top of the order for Kolkata Knight Riders, combining for a 105-run stand for the opening wicket in just 36 deliveries and took the game away from Royal Challengers Bangalore

BCCI clears India's participation in Champions Trophy
The clouds of uncertainty loom over the Indian team's participation in next month's ICC Champions Trophy finally over after BCCI gave defending champions an all-clear to participate in the upcoming event to be held in England.

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Technology

Netflix, Tesla listed among potential takeover targets for Apple
Citigroup listed seven companies as potential takeover targets for Apple Inc, including Netflix, Walt Disney and Tesla Inc, as a way to put its cash hoard of more than $250 billion to work.

Wipro receives threatening letter, beefs up security
IT major Wipro today said it has augmented security measures at all its office locations after receiving a "threatening letter from an unidentified source".

US Labour Department seeks legislative changes in salary structure for H-1B visa holders
The US Labour Department has said a legislative change is required in the four-tiered wage structure to take stronger action against firms using H-1B visas to replace their American employees with workers from countries like India.

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Education

Several NEET candidates caught unaware of do's and don'ts

NEET exam to be held on May 7 in 103 cities
A total of 11,38,890 students are scheduled to appear in the examination. Among the examinees are 1,522 NRIs, 480 OCIs, 70 PIOs and 613 foreign students.

IIT-Kanpur first to establish Economic Sciences department
IIT-Kanpur is first among the IITs to start Economic Sciences department. The new department came into operation from Saturday and students clearing JEE Advanced 2017 and also willing to pursue Bachelor of Science (BS - Economic Sciences) program would get admission in it.

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Mumbai

Woman lured with car as free gift for e-shopping, duped of 61,000
There's no such thing as a free lunch, leave alone a free car.A 32- year-old woman working for a hospital in south Mumbai learnt this the hard way recently.

Dentist blew up 8 lakh stolen by girlfriend on betting
and valuables from her home and gave the booty to her Pune-based boyfriend to help him set up a dental clinic.But .

Old habits die hard: Cash payments surge six months after notebandi
Monday May 8 marks six months since demonetisation, and many Mumbaikars are back to using cash in their daily transactions.Rs 500 notes have re-entered circulation so the problem of getting change for Rs 2,000 has ebbed.

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Delhi

Eatery licence denied to 25 applicants in CP in 2 months
Treading the cautious path after two incidents of roof collapse in Connaught Place, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has rejected 25 applications for running restaurants, cafes and other eateries in the area.

Water tanker 'scam', a Rs 400-cr saga

50 homeless as fire breaks out in South Delhi
Over 50 families were rendered homeless after a fire broke out at a slum in south Delhi's RK Puram Sector 9 on Sunday.

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Bangalore

Are all generic drugs safe and effective, ask doctors
Cheap healthcare is not likely to benefit the masses anytime soon: While the government is advocating prescription of generic drugs, the medical community has raised questions.

Tusker tramples 2 CRPF troopers to death in Bengaluru
A wild tusker suspected to have strayed out of Bannerghatta forest trampled to death two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel at a training camp in Taralu village, near Kaggalipura, south of Bengaluru, on Sunday morning.

Woman's decomposed body found in wardrobe
A highly decomposed body of a woman was found in the wardrobe of a house in Gandhinagar, Kengeri Satellite Town, on Sunday .

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Hyderabad

Beautician raped in Hyderabad; legislator's son among accused
A 24-year-old beautician lodged a complaint with Petbasheerabad police alleging that she was sexually exploited by her friend on Saturday night.

Hyderabad: Police prevent sale of infant

Maid found dead at Tollywood director's house
A 19-year-old domestic help working at Tollywood director Kodandarami Reddy’s house at Jubilee Hills has ended her life by hanging. The incident, which happened on Friday night, came to light on Sunday.

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Chennai

Look how a group of women stopped move to open Tasmac liquor outlet in TN village
Authorities had made all arrangements to open a Tasmac outlet at Royal City Nagar after several liquor shops were closed along the highways as directed by the Supreme Court.

Carcass of whale shark washed ashore near Rameswaram
The carcass of a female whale shark weighing more than 350kg was washed ashore on Kunthukal beach near Rameswaram on Sunday morning.

These online friends bonded over Ponniyin Selvan
Being a part of a social media group, they had only been online friends till they met each other for the first time for a trip recently

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Ahmedabad

West, new west zones hit by civic woes
Drainage blocks, inadequate water supply are main problems

Plumber who burgled homes nabbed
He Targeted Locked Houses And Committed 15 Thefts

'Ignorance mars personal law debate'
Talaq Issue

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Allahabad

Sunday cash crunch in ATMs leaves locals high and dry
With banks being closed over the weekend, locals were in for a disappointment as most ATMs in the city were unable to dispense cash or were shut down spoiling plans for many on Sunday.

'Women being 'misused' in talaq row'
nstead of addressing problems of Muslim women, they are being 'misused' in the name of triple talaq, said chief imam of All India Imam Organisation, Umer Ahmed Ilyasi who was in the city as part of his 'Sadbhavna Yatra' (communal harmony march).

As Allahabad sweats, residents opt for summer coolers
With the constant rise in temperature and humidity in the city, people are opting for summer drinks to beat the heat.

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Bhubaneswar

Naveen Patnaik unveils logo and mascot of Asian Athletics Championships
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday unveiled the logo and mascot of the Asian Athletics Championships scheduled here at Kalinga Stadium from July 6 to 9 in presence of athletic legends like P T Usha and Anju Bobby George.

Man rapes beloved, let his two friends to do so
Normally we have heard the story of the fight of a man to save the sanctity and dignity of her beloved. But the gangrape case occurred at Udala in Mayurbhanj district proved this story wrong.

Naveen Patnaik inducts 10 new ministers in cabinet

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Bhopal

Damaged pipeline sparks water crisis in 6 old city wards
Over two lakh people in 6 wards of the old city are forced to go without water on Saturday for no fault of theirs. The problem is likely to persist for next 48 hours.

Government orders investigations into Aadhaar-linked PDS scam
Around three dozen fair price shops run under the public distribution system (PDS) are under the scanner for alleged misuse of Aadhaar-linked ration cards in Bhopal. G

Funds exhausted, dalit hostel inmates in Panna beg for food
Over 100 dalit students of post-matric hostel in Panna town are at people’s mercy for food. After they were not served food for two days, students begged for dal roti on streets on Friday and protested.

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Chandigarh

AAP overseas units put Mann in the dock
Opposing expected move to appoint AAP MP Bahgwant Mann as Punjab unit chief over two dozen office bearers of Aam Aadmi Party’s different overseas units have written a letter to party supremo Arvind Kejriwal not to force this decision on party MLAs from Punjab.

Mangoes, papayas turn toxic in Sec 26, shows raid

City resident sends 300 plaints to PMO
Complaints in the centralized grievance system go directly to the PMO where they are sorted by city and sent to the various authorities in each city to take action.

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