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Saturday, June 03, 2017

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Goyal's gauntlet: Varanasi will beat Munich in green power race
Varanasi and Munich are among the oldest cities in the world with a lot of history, culture and cuisine behind them.Naturally, they also compete for tourist footfall.

Shifting onus on China, India unfair, say experts

Putin by his side, PM Modi slams terror export
Without naming Pakistan, PM Narendra Modi again raised the issue of cross-border terrorism on Friday as he urged the world to block funding, weapons and communication modes of terrorists.

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Business

India's slower GDP nasty surprise, self-goal: Chinese media
A state-run Chinese daily said today that India has suffered a setback and a "nasty surprise" in the "elephant versus dragon" race as its GDP growth slowed down in the January-April quarter helping China re-emerge as the fastest growing major economy.

Economy to bounce back next quarter, expect 7.5 % growth this fiscal: Niti Ayog
Niti Ayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Friday, said that India's economy is expected to grow at 7.5% in the fiscal ending in March 2018. Speaking at a press conference, he said that the economy will witness a "good" turnaround as early as the next (April-June) quarter itself.

Global diamond jewellery demand at $80 billion in 2016: De Beers
The global demand for diamond jewellery increased marginally at $80 billion, with around half of the demand coming from US consumers at $40 billion.

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Environment

Conduct study on adverse impact of charcoal, NGT tells Environment ministry
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to conduct a study to ascertain whether the use of charcoal as fuel in industries has any adverse impact on the environment.A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim and Expert Member Nagin Nanda recently asked the ministry to examine the process involved in production of charcoal and submit a report to the tribunal within four weeks.

China says it will stick to Paris climate deal
China said on Thursday it will stick to the Paris climate deal as the world awaited an announcement by US President Donald Trump on whether to keep the United States in the global pact to fight climate change.

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.

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World

US asks visa applicants for social media handles
The United States has begun asking some would-be visitors applying for visas to provide their identities on social media, among other more vigorous screening methods.

Putin says Snowden is not a traitor
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he believes former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was wrong to leak US spy secrets, but is no traitor.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Entertainment

Pic: Why SRK is saying Thank God It's Friday

KJo gets help from Ranbir's fitness trainer

Ankita Lokhande to star opposite Sanjay Dutt?

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Science

Nasa set to launch first-ever mission to neutron-stars
Nasa is set to launch the world's first mission tomorrow to study rapidly spinning neutron stars - the densest objects in the universe - nearly 50 years after they were discovered.

Astronauts set to return after marathon ISS mission
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, Russia's Oleg Novitskiy and American Peggy Whitson are due to return to Earth on Friday after a marathon 196-day trip. The world was a different place when they arrived on the International Space Station on November 20 for a 6-month mission.

Third gravitational wave detected; LIGO transiting into era of new astronomy
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), on Thursday said it has made another (third) successful detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, from the merger of two massive black holes that happened three billion light years away, on January 4, 2017.

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Sports

Rain saves Australia in Champions Trophy wash-out
Rain came to the rescue for Australia as its Champions Trophy match against New Zealand was frustratingly abandoned as a no result at Edgbaston on Friday. Set a victory target of 235 off 33 overs, the world champion was struggling at 53-3 after nine overs.

No 'showdown', coach Kumble gives Kohli throwdowns
The alleged rift between the two most influential figures in the Indian dressing room has dominated headlines over the last few days, but snap of the session in which Kumble was giving throwdowns to the captain was a welcome sight

Djokovic escapes Schwartzman's clutches in five sets
Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived his first stern test at the French Open on Friday, as he came from two sets to one down to overcome world number 41 Diego Schwartzman 5-7 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-1 and move into the last 16.

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Technology

Telecom industry's debt at unsustainable level: SBI
The country's largest bank SBI has sounded alarm bells over troubles of the telecom industry with its chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya writing to the government regarding "highly unsustainable levels" of debt of mobile companies.

10 most-popular Android apps in India
Mary Meeker's annual Internet Trends report is out. The 2017 edition of the report specially focuses on India's growing internet sector. It also names the 10 most-downloaded Android apps in the country.

This is what Indians prefer over messaging, claims report
Mary Meeker's report said Indians spend 28 hours on their mobiles every week, compared to four hours on TV and two hours on newspapers. Around 34% of the time spent on mobile was on social media and messaging.

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Education

Unreasonable fees, hidden costs? CBSE seeks data from private schools
In a bid to tighten the noose on schools charging "unreasonable" fees and levying "hidden" charges, the CBSE has sought data from private schools about their fee structure and increase in fees in recent years.The move comes weeks after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had warned private schools against turning into "shops" by selling uniform and books in their premises.

CBSE Class X results to be declared tomorrow
The Central Board for Secondary Education will declare the Class X results on Saturday (June 3), a CBSE official told TOI on Thursday evening. As many as 16,67,573 students appeared for the Class X exams this year.

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.

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Mumbai

Farmer protests: Under fire, Maharashtra hints at partial loan write-off

Second day of farmers' stir takes prices high, leaves markets dry

Young, educated farmers are faces of the protest

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Delhi

Delhi government allowed fake CNG kits: Kapil Mishra

CBI quizzes Satyendar Jain for 8 hours in money laundering case

Passport verification now a few swipes away

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Bangalore

'When I perform with youngsters, I get younger'

She's the singer who likes crowd-sourcing concerts

The ART in telling stories

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Hyderabad

Miyapur land scam: No bail for 3 accused
Ninth metropolitan magistrate D Durga Prasad of Ranga Reddy district on Friday dismissed bail pleas of three accused in the Miyapur land scam case.

With temp still rising, Met officials warn of hailstorms in Hyderabad this rainy season
With the advent of the Southwest monsoon, meteorologists say , it's not just rains that will lash the city, but hailstorms too.

Gang recced bullion cities before Hyderabad strike
Police strongly suspect that the Peruvian-Nigerian gang of international thieves has committed more than one gold heist in India.

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Chennai

28% rise in Chennai railway track deaths in first 4 months of 2017
The city has blood on its tracks. Data from the Government Railway Police (GRP) reveals an alarming 28% increase in deaths on railway lines in Chennai and its outlying areas in neighbouring districts in the first four months of this year from the corresponding period last year.

Sprinklers disconnected, no vent to let out smoke
Non-functional fire sensors and water sprinklers were one of the reasons the fire quickly spread to other floors of The Chennai Silks building.

'Baywatch' ban plea brushed aside by Madras HC
Madras high court has declined to stay the screening of Priyanka Chopra’s film ‘Baywatch’, saying it was not inclined to pass any blanket stay when the CBFC had cleared it.

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Ahmedabad

Vaghela threatens to resign as LOP

Vaghani challenges Cong on OBC reservation to Patidars

Pottanikkal marketed his film through SIMI activists

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Allahabad

Traffic cops to be equipped with body-worn camera

High court cancels Atiq's bail
The Allahabad high court has cancelled bail of mafia don-turned-politician and former MP Atiq Ahmad in BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case on an application moved by the latter's widow Puja Pal.

Centre for lost kids at Allahabad railway station
Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha inaugurated an automatic ticket vending machine (ATVM) and a Child Care Centre for lost and abandoned children at the Allahabad railway station on Tuesday.

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Bhubaneswar

Naveen Patnaik seeks institute of national importance status for NISER
The state government on Friday urged the Centre demanding status of Institute of National Importance on NISER, Bhubaneswar through an Act of Parliament.

AAP to become a strong party in Odisha in 2 years: Ashutosh

Results row: Parents union serves ultimatum to CBSE

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Bhopal

Will contest '18 polls, come what may: Gaur

Kisan sangh ex-members stoking farmers' stir: BJP state chief

No moo-lah at cattle haat, no one's heard of new law

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Chandigarh

Intel warns of terror strikes to avenge sacrilege
In an alert issued last week, Union ministry of home affairs has warned Punjab Police intelligence of a new radical group "being extremely agitated" over the continuing sacrilege incidents in Punjab, and that it wants to teach the perpetrators of sacrilege a lesson.

Day on, 15 bombs, chemicals & timers found from Patiala house
A thorough search of the two-storey house in Darshan Nagar locality of Patiala, where Harpreet Singh and his son Rajatvir Singh had set up a bomb-making unit, on Friday yielded 15 small-sized pressure cooker and pipe bombs, along material to make improvised explosive devices (IEDs).The search was carried out by the bomb disposal squad of Punjab Armed Police (PAP) and local police.

Beyond science, arts and commerce
Moving beyond the traditional undergraduate courses of science, arts and commerce, students are nowadays opting for more specialised professional courses to compete in the ever-evolving job market

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