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Saturday, June 17, 2017

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India

'20 internet shutdowns in India in 2017'

Centre asks Rajasthan govt to crack down on cow vigilantes

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Business

In Trump regime, it's business as usual for TCS: N Chandrasekaran
For N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), nothing has changed for India’s largest IT services firm as far as its business is concerned in the US under President Donald Trump’s protectionist measures.

India ready for GST; anti-profiteering rules will be issued soon: Revenue Secretary
India is ready to launch the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1, revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia told Reuters, saying the technology that will drive it is robust and dismissing fears the tax is too complicated.

Paytm Mall helps sellers to become GST-ready
Online retailer Paytm Mall on Friday said it has launched a comprehensive seller assistance programme to help merchants on its platform to become GST compliant. It also claimed that over 70 per cent active merchants on its platform are ready for the tax reform.

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Environment

Microscopic organisms turn Istanbul's shores turquoise

New Amazon dams would be 'massively' destructive: study
Building the 428 hydroelectric dams proposed for Brazil's Amazon basin -- three times the existing number -- would devastate the environment and could even disrupt regional weather, an international team of researchers warned Wednesday.

15 polluting tanneries shut down in Kanpur
With 15 more polluting tanneries in Jajmau in Kanpur and Banthara in Unnao shut down, the number of such units closed in the past couple of months has reached 67.

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World

London inferno toll now 30, set to rise even further

Man with knife arrested outside UK parliament: Police
A man with a knife has been arrested outside the British parliament on Friday, London's Scotland Yard police said, adding that there were no reports of any casualties.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Entertainment

How SRK defines his relationship with Salman
There may have been a time when Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan could not see eye-to-eye. Lucky for fans, that time has passed and the two have been packing on the ‘bromance’ ever since.

Saif says it was his idea not to hide Taimur from media
Above all, Saif said that he doesn’t understand why Taimur was being treated any different from other children out there given that many couples put up their children's pictures all the time.

'Baahubali 2' completes 50 days in theatres
Apart from the multiple box-office records, the film has also created another record as it reaches the 50-Day mark in theatres.

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Science

Big scientific breakthrough at sub-atomic level holds promise to secure telecommunications
Chinese scientists have pulled off a major feat with one of the sub-atomic world's weirdest phenomena: photons that behave like twins and experience the same things simultaneously, even over great distances.

Three mutations could make bird flu a potential pandemic: Study

China launches its first X-ray space telescope
China successfully launched its first X-ray space telescope to study black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts, state media reported. The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope will allow scientists to observe magnetic fields and the interiors of pulsars and better understand the evolution of black holes.

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Sports

Indonesia Open: HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth march into semis
The last of India's shuttlers at the Indonesia Super Series Premier, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth, have entered the semi-finals on Friday with two stirring displays in the men's singles division.

CT final: Pakistan ready to 'change history' against India
Pakistan are ready to change the course of history in a clash that's "bigger than the Ashes" when they face arch-rivals India in the Champions Trophy final.

Govt open to possibility of bidding for 2032 Olympics: IOA
The Indian Olympic Association president N Ramachandran on Friday claimed that the government has agreed to consider the possibility of India bidding for the 2032 Olympics' hosting rights.

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Technology

Fujifilm 'instax mini 9′ camera launched in India at Rs 5,999
Fujifilm has launched a new camera in India. Dubbed instax mini 9, the camera is priced at Rs 5,999 and comes with the same design as its predecessor, the instax mini 8. It has a selfie mirror placed close to the lens, which enables users to achieve the best angle.

Sony starts rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for Xperia XA Ultra smartphone
Japanese smartphone maker Sony has started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for its Xperia XA Ultra smartphone. The XA Ultra was launched in August last year with Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 specifications leaked online
Last month, South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung confirmed that it will be launching its flagship phablet Galaxy Note 8 later this year. The smartphone will succeed the company's ill-fated Glaxy Note 7 smartphone, which was launched in August 2016

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Education

TimesPro and Ajeenkya DY Patil offer dual degree

CBSE should not have scrapped re-evaluation policy: Delhi HC

DU to begin registration for admissions to UG courses
Delhi University will begin the registration process for admissions to its entrance-based undergraduate programmes from tomorrow.

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Mumbai

Builder booked for cheating flat buyers of Rs 22 crore

South Bombay parking racket: One more held for extortion

Fuel stations fudging daily price to fleece customers face closure

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Delhi

Himachal CM likely to be served fresh eviction notice for Lutyens' bungalow

Illegal iPhone repair shop busted, 4 held

10,000 new autos to ply on Delhi roads soon

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Bangalore

Congress banking entirely on two MLCs misfired

Will come out unscathed, return to power: H D Kumaraswamy
Accusing Congress leaders of orchestrating cases to dent his image, Kumaraswamy said he was not deterred by the cases against him and was ready to fight."Let them come up with more cases against me.

No trees to be cut for vet hospital: BBMP official
In a victory for activists opposing the felling of trees for the proposed multispecialty veterinary hospital on Queen's Road, N Shanthakumar, assistant conservator of forests, BBMP, denied permission for cutting any tree within the premises.

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Hyderabad

TDP MP may go scot-free, thanks to caste equations
Amidst high drama over Anantapur MP JC Diwakar Reddy's Visakhapatnam airport episode, TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to meet party leaders from the district on Saturday.

BTech graduate from Warangal dies in car crash in Riyadh
A 31-year-old BTech graduate hailing from Warangal was killed in a road mishap in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after the front tyre of the car he was travelling in burst.

Iftar parties to benefit only poor Muslims, govt tells HC

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Chennai

For a tongue so intriguing

Automatic coach washing plant at Tambaram terminal

Pachaiyappa students go on rampage

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Ahmedabad

Dalit organization says cop targeted because of caste

Forest dept staffers call off strike

Woman thrashes husband's mistress

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Allahabad

Allahabad University to observe its foundation day on June 17
Authorities of Allahabad University, which would be completing one year of its establishment on June 17, are making last minute preparations for celebrating its maiden founding day.

Killer, wanted by Gujarat police, held in Allahabad

Eye on UP civic polls, it's back to polling booth for BJP
ALLAHABAD: After the strategy that help BJP ( Bharatiya Janata Party ) to get absolute majority in UP assembly polls, the party leadership is again focusing on booth management to ensure its triumph in municipal polls. Municipal polls are likely to be held October month.

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Bhubaneswar

Farmers' stir across Odisha demanding implementation of Swaminathan recommendations

Suresh Prabhu to flag off trains to Nayagarh

43 more special trains to Puri for Rath Yatra

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Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh chakka jam fizzles out as union leader held
Police arrested seven people, including Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh (RKMS) chief Shiv Kumar Sharma aka Kakkaji, from Madhya Pradesh, ahead of the 'Chakka Jam' scheduled on Friday.

Madhya Pradesh: Collector seeks explanation from banker over arm licence row
BHOPAL: Amid ongoing agrarian crisis, a press note issued by district cooperative bank of Chattarpur quoting the district collector to cancel arm licences of farmers, who defaulted on loan repayment, snowballed into a major controversy. The district collector next day denied issuing such directives and issued a show-cause notice to the bank general manager.

BJP MP apologises for verbal spat with minister
Member of Parliament from Balaghat and BJP leader Bodhsingh Bhagat have expressed his apology over the verbal spat with state’s agriculture minister Gauri Shankar Bisen.

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Chandigarh

DSP loses 3 increments for failing to protect duty magistrate who died after mob attack
An irresponsible deputy superintendent of police (DSP) of Haryana, who left a duty magistrate in the lurch that led to his death after a mob brutally beat him up in a village in Palwal district in October 2011 has been heavily penalized by the state government.

High court reprieve for Class X Haryana board students failing in 2 subjects
In huge respite to students who were declared failed in the state board Class X examination for not clearing two subjects, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday allowed them to re-appear in the supplementary exam to be conducted in July.

Dalits to protest against atrocities in Kaithal on June 20
Dalit body Bahujan Sangharsh Dal, Kaithal has planned a ‘Dalit Pratirodh’ on June 20 to protest against slapping of sedition charges against 15 Dalits at Karnal on April 26 and seeking justice in several other atrocities against them.

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