News Digest: Did delay in naming Prez candidate make JD(U) chief 'desert' opposition camp?

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		Monday, June 26, 2017
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		India
		Did delay in naming Prez candidate make JD(U) chief 'desert' opposition camp? Vote according to your conscience: Meira Kumar LEGALLY SPEAKING - Meira achieves what her illustrious dad couldn't More India News»

		Business
		RBS to cut over 400 UK jobs, move many of them to India UK's largest government-owned bank said it was moving the jobs, which help handle loans for small businesses, as part of an ongoing cost-cutting drive. RBS is 73 per cent owned by the UK government after a 45- billion-pound bailout in 2008. SBI chief's salary zilch compared to counterparts in private banks GST switchover: Renaming CBEC as CBIC may take a while Rechristening the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) may not come about immediately as the revenue department may introduce amendments to at least five Acts only in the upcoming monsoon session next month. More Business News»

		Environment
		China sends two giant pandas to Germany Meng Meng and Jiao Qing took a Lufthansa cargo flight from their home in Chengdu, for a 12-hour flight to Berlin this morning. The plane took off at 9:35 am (local time), taking the pandas and 1,000 kilogrammes of bamboo, apple and a large number of biscuits. It's a girl: Japan zoo's star panda baby gets a checkup The baby panda who has become an overnight celebrity in Japan is a girl. It's difficult to determine the gender of a panda newborn. The zoo had also been careful not to separate the baby from her mother. The still nameless cub has been doing well, drinking mother ShinShin's milk. Frogs with burrowing skills found A Delhi University student has found four new species of burrowing frogs from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. The frogs were confirmed as new species in a DU lab by using an integrated taxonomic approach that included DNA studies, detailed morphological comparisons and bioacoustics. More Environment News»

		World
		US urges Qatar and Saudi-led group to 'lower rhetoric' "While some of the elements will be very difficult for Qatar to meet, there are significant areas which provide a basis for ongoing dialogue leading to resolution," US secretary of state Rex Tillerson said, urging the countries to "sit together and continue this conversation." ISIS says Taliban betraying Islam, declares war An ISIS commander, in a statement, said Taliban militants are betraying Islam and that they should be killed everywhere and their properties should be seized, a report said. Donald Trump: Different strokes More World News»

		Entertainment
		Watch: Salman-Iulia at Baba Siddique's party Salman, who is a regular at the party, was accompanied by his sister Elvira, father Salim Khan, brother Sohail Khan, sister Arpita Khan Sharma, nephew Ahil and rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur. 'Tubelight' box-office collection Day 2 'Tubelight' starring Salman Khan in a leading role, saw a dip at the box-office on the second day of its release. The movie collected an estimated Rs 19.75 crore on Saturday, thus taking the total two-day collection to Rs 40.50 crore, according to a report on Boxofficeindia.com PIC: Priyanka Chopra with friends in Malibu Priyanka Chopra is surely living life queen sized! After fulfilling her work commitments in India and Europe, the actress headed back to the United States for the shoot of her second Hollywood flick 'A Kid Like Jake'. More Entertainment News»

		Science
		Children drinking non-cow milk little shorter than peers "We found that children who are consuming non-cow's milk like rice, almond and soy milk tended to be a little bit shorter than children who consumed cow's milk," said Dr. Jonathon Maguire, the study's lead author and a pediatrician and researchers at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. NASA's CHESS rocket to study interstellar clouds NASA is launching a new CHESS sounding rocket on June 27. It will study vast interstellar clouds to understand more about the earliest stages of star formation. CHESS is short for the Colorado High-resolution Echelle Stellar Spectrograph. CHESS will fly for about 16 minutes total. Mystery behind 'bright nights' solved Scientists have solved a centuries-old mystery of "bright nights" - an unusual glow that appears in the sky after dark and lets observers see distant mountains, read a newspaper or check their watch. More Science News»

		Sports
		Rahane's ton sets up India's 105-run thrashing of West Indies Ajinkya Rahane struck a brilliant century before the bowlers dished out a disciplined show as India thrashed a hapless West Indies by 105 runs in a lopsided contest in the second cricket one-dayer here. Blog: West Indies vs India, 2nd ODI Check live cricket score updates, live commentary, scorecard of second ODI between India and West Indies in Port of Spain on Times of India Srikanth wins Australia Open Super Series title India shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated Olympic champion Chen Long in a dominating fashion to win the Australia Open Super Series men's singles title on Sunday. Srikanth won in straight games 22-20, 21-16 to win his career's fourth Super Series title. More Sports News»

		Technology
		10 smartphones that got a 'price cut' recently Ouster of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has a lesson for Indian startups In the tech industry, VCs brag about their "pattern recognition" capabilities. The pattern always resembles Zuckerberg, Gates, Bezos, or them: a white nerdy male. UK Parliament's email system hit by cyberattacks The UK Parliament has been hit by a cybersecurity attack that has left MPs unable to access their emails. More Technology News»

		Education
		CBSE extends dates for verification & obtaining of photocopies; details on website on Friday The Board stated that application process for online rechecking/ verification has been extended till June 27 and for obtaining photocopies till June 30, 2017. The details will be made available by the Board on its website on Friday. From 2018, CBSE boards to begin a month early Come 2018, Class X and XII Board exams will take place in February instead of March as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is planning to advance the cycle of exams and related activities from 2018-19 as a part of reforms focused on “error-free evaluation“. Delhi HC to examine scrapping of answersheets' re-evaluation by CBSE The Delhi High Court has remarked that the Central Board of Secondary Education's examiners would also make mistakes or errors in totalling of marks and evaluation. In the wake of several petitions being moved by students, Delhi High Court to examine scrapping re-evaluation of answersheets'. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		Video: People throng markets for last-minute Eid shopping 'Organ donor can claim cost from insurer' Case Study: Suman Kapoor had taken a Good Health Insurance Policy from New India Assurance which covered himself, his wife and two sons. ACP fined for not giving info on water tanker racket The state information commissioner, Mumbai, has imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on assistant commissioner of police Vinay Bagade for not providing information to an RTI applicant even after directives at hearings held thrice before. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Dwarka residents stumped as DJB sends them bills for 2 years Manoj Abrol, a resident of Rosewood Apartment in Dwarka, was stumped when he received a water bill of Rs 14,000 on June 22, five days after the last date of payment. City family of 4 among 7 killed in Gulmarg cable car accident Driverless metro trains to start operations from October In just over three months, Delhiites will be able to travel in Delhi Metro’s first ‘driverless’ trains on the Magenta Line from Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden. This line is planned to be opened in stages between October 2017 and March 2018 More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		GST effect: Drug shortage likely as stocks dip by 50% Four day feast awaits movie buffs President poll: CM Siddaramaiah to be proposer for Meira Kumar More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Single women, men boost surrogacy business in Hyderabad Health department unsure about fate of surrogate mothers After botched rescue, Chinnari's body parts flushed out More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		54 crore Porur flyover is finally opened for public use 54 crore was thrown open for the public on Sunday by chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami. Potterheads celebrate 20 magical years "Students forgot about their diversity and mingled with each other.Their victory was celebrated with a grand feast which brought all the students together irrespective of their houses. Chennai pride parade marches into 9th year "Apart from addressing sexuality and gender, we also need to normalise the idea of sex.The LGBTQ movement started in India at a time when HIV was becoming rampant and condoms were to address that," says Delfina. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		Video: Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in Ahmedabad Video: Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in Ahmedabad High court pulls up officials, elected representatives for interfering in bail matters The Gujarat high court on Friday castigated the government and public office-bearers for the practice of issuing certificates advocating prisoners’ bail and warned them not to interfere with the functioning of the court. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		PCS aspirants can take copy of OMR answer sheet along Days after controversy on burning answer copies of PCS-2014, Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has decided to allow candidates to take with them a carbon copy of OMR answer sheets of PCS (Prelims)-2017 exam to be held on September 24. AUSU vice-president shaves his head as mark of protest One arrested for Congress leader's murder The Varanasi field unit of STF, on Friday, nabbed a contract killer near Varanasi Cantonment railway station. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Devotees walk 120 km to witness Rath Yatra Sports quiz organised in Bhubaneswar ahead of Asian Athletics Championship Devotees throng Puri as annual Rath Yatra begins Lakhs of people have congregated at the pilgrim town to witness Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra riding three giant wooden chariots to be pulled by the devotees on the Bada Danda (Grand Road) as they travel to Gundicha temple. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Power subsidy of Rs 4,000 crore being stolen in farmers' name: AAP BJP government recently announced power subsidy of Rs 8,400 crore for agricultural pumps. But there is a bungling of about 1,000 crore units worth Rs 4,000 crore (in calculation), state AAP convener Alok Agrawal said. Pre-monsoon showers cool Bhopal Ahead of the monsoon arrival, Bhopal received a good spell of pre-monsoon rain on Saturday.Within an hour post noon, the city received a good 5mm rainfall, turning the weather pleasant. Tribals in Sheopur district give kerosene for water Facing acute water crisis, tribals in several villages of Bhimlat panchayat in Sheopur district are forced to barter kerosene for water.The kerosene is required to power generator for running a tube-well. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		No stray dog sterilisation in Zirakpur With three to six dog bite cases being reported every day, the growing population of these dogs on the streets of Zirakpur, are posing threat to kids and elederly persons who are unable to shoo them away. Patiala to get underground solid waste bins In a first step towards smart city , the municipal corporation (MC) is all set to begin with setting up of Underground Solid Waste Bin' in Patiala as a pilot project. The civic body is selecting 12 sites for their installation.Under the project, a company has been given the task on trial basis to install the bin at Nabha Gate near Modi Plaza in the city, while it would cost over Rs 8 lakh. Every bin would cover a surrounding area of half a kilometre from where the waste would be dumped. The site at Modi Plaza where the pilot project is being launched will cater Khalsa Mohalla, Toori Bazar, Nabha Gate Bazar, Bageecha Chet Ram, Fire brigade rear side, Behrha Road and Anardana Chowk, from where the waste will be collected and dumped into the bin. Contemplate what this pit could be Raise your hand | It was supposed to be common man's monument, where people could discuss city's problems, work out solutions More Chandigarh News»

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