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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

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Hizbul module busted, four held in J&K
J&K police and Army busted a Hizbul Mujahideen module, and arrested four people, including two terrorists, from Handwara in north Kashmir and two over ground workers from south Kashmir Awantipora town on Monday ,a police spokesman said.

Private sector makes a switch, leads govt's Smart City push
Gaurav Mishra returned to his home city Raipur after spending over six years working for top corporates in Singapore, to take up the job of chief operating officer (COO) for the Smart City project.

In God's own country, an incredible artificial lake

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Business

Now, get daily fuel prices on a phone app
India’s largest fuel retailer IndianOil said that consumers would be able to see updated prices of petrol and diesel in all cities through the company’s mobile app — Fuel@IOC — once the daily price revision kicks in from Friday.

Amid layoffs, IT companies hired record 24% more in May
The IT services industry may be laying off many, but it remains the most aggressive hirer. In May, while overall talent demand grew by 4%, IT/BPO recorded a whopping 24% rise in demand compared to April, according to a study by TimesJobs, the jobs search and recruitment platform.

RBI nearly done with listing loans for resolution through bankruptcy: Arun Jaitley
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is at an advanced stage of preparing a list of bad loans where resolution is required under the country's insolvency and bankruptcy rules, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday.

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Environment

70% of Chinese companies fail air pollution checks
More than 70% of companies checked by Chinese authorities failed environmental standards. State media reported during the latest round of air pollution inspections. The findings came after two months of inspections across 28 cities in smoggy Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and other nearby areas.

New species of flying squirrel, a 'surprising' discovery

Skin cure fad driving Myanmar elephant poaching surge: WWF
Myanmar's wild elephants are being poached in record numbers with at least 20 killed this year due to surging demand for their hide, WWF said Monday, warning the species is facing a "crisis".

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World

Islamic State calls for Ramzan attacks in US, Europe
In an audiotape circulated online Monday, spokesman Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajer praised last week's attacks in Iran's capital, saying the country is ``weaker than a spider's web'' and calling for more assaults. Al-Muhajer also called for attacks in Russia and Australia, saying ``heaven is reached under the shadow of swords.''

Another US appeals court keeps Trump's travel ban blocked
The judges say the president violated US immigration law by discriminating against people based on their nationality and that Trump failed to show their entry into the country would hurt American interests.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Entertainment

Ajay Devgn starrer 'Baadshaho' first poster
'Baadshaho' brings together the trio of Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi and director Milan Luthria seven years after their last collaboration – ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai’.

'Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai' new poster
Shraddha Kapoor's forthcoming flick helmed by Apoorva Lakhia is setting the bar high with each poster release.

Shraddha-Farhan to star together again?

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Science

Three atomic clocks of desi GPS satellites stop working

E-cigarettes may be as harmful as tobacco smoking: study
Electronic-cigarettes containing nicotine are potentially as harmful as unfiltered tobacco smoking when it comes to causing DNA damage, a new study led by an Indian-origin scientist warns.

Nasa Curiosity rover finds diverse minerals in Mars rocks
Nasa's Curiosity rover has found a wide diversity of minerals in rock samples from Mars, which suggests that conditions changed in the water environments on the red planet over time. Layers of rocks at the base of Mount Sharp on Mars accumulated as sediment within ancient lakes around 3.5 billion years ago.

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Sports

CT: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 3 wickets to seal semis spot
Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed (61) cracked a gritty unbeaten fifty as Pakistan survived some tense moments before notching up a thrilling three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in their must-win Group B match to enter the semifinals of the ICC Champions Trophy on Monday.

Kumble will remain coach for West Indies tour: Vinod Rai
Anil Kumble will remain India's coach for the tour of West Indies subject to his acceptance, Committee of Administrators (COA) chairman Vinod Rai said on Monday, insisting that only the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) will decide the next head coach.

Heena, Jitu win ISSF World Cup mixed team 10m gold
Ace shooters Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu delivered India its first medal at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol series being held in Gabala, Azerbaijin by combining superbly to claim gold in the mixed team 10m air pistol event.

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Technology

iBall Slide Elan 4G2 voice calling tablet launched at Rs 13,999
iBall has expanded its product portfolio with launch of a new tablet. Dubbed Slide Elan 4G2, the tablet is priced at Rs 13,999 and comes in Golden colour option. IT has 4G VoLTE support and supports voice-calling via Bluetooth headsets.

Sony WS623 Walkman music player launched at Rs 8,990
Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony has launched its WS623 Walkman music player in India. Priced at Rs 8,990, the device will be available across all Sony Centers from June 15.

Motorola expected to announce Moto Z2 Force, Moto X4 or Moto E4 Plus on June 21
Lenovo-owned Motorola is all set to launch a new smartphone in Brazil. The company has sent out media invites for a launch event scheduled for June 21, where it will likely unveil Moto Z2 Force, Moto X4 or Moto E4 Plus smartphones. The invite doesn’t hint anything at the smartphone that’ll be launched.

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Education

All boards to move towards common curriculum, papers
The HRD ministry has set up an inter-board working group (IBWG), comprising eight boards, to work out the details for stopping of mode ration and upward revision, or spiking, of marks. IBWG will deliberate regularly and work out a model for all boards to follow.

South India spends most on higher education
Education may be priceless, but the promise of a degree has seen parents across India foot large bills. On average, higher education accounts for 15.3% of the total household expenditure in rural and 18.4% in urban areas. In the south, the corresponding figures are 43% and 38%.

NEET 2017: CBSE to upload OMR response sheets on June 13
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday issued the dates for display of images of OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) response sheets and the answer keys for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) 2017.

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Mumbai

'Government may put ceiling on write-off amount'

Rare feat: Engineer donates platelets 270 times in 11 years

Maha's farm loan waiver may delay projects, 7th pay commission arrears

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Delhi

JNU relents on dhaba timings

Teacher chases down snatchers

E-rickshaws to get legal charging points

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Bangalore

Bandh a no-show in busy Bengaluru; schools, colleges remain open

Karnataka blamed for not cooperating in power grid expansion
Union po wer minister Piyush Goyal blamed the state government for not cooperating with the Centre on expanding the southern grid's transmission network.

Tax slab: Southern film industries may stall movie-making process
With their demand for the lowest slab under Goods and Service Tax (GST) being met only partially, southern film industries have decided to intensify their battle.

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Hyderabad

Cop cautions about drunken driving in short film "Beautiful Life"

A glorious era of Telugu literature ends with Cingireddy Narayana Reddy

IIT kiss of success from Hyderabad powerhouse
With an all India rank of 17, Ashrut Vaddela was not only the Telan gana topper, but also stood second in South India in Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced). The top rank in South India was secured by Shafil Maheen N from Thalakkad in Kerala with him bagging all India rank 4.

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Chennai

Spot admission to fill leftover RTE quota seats soon
To fill the leftover RTE quota seats across various schools in the state, the school education department will soon conduct an on-the-spot admission process.

What derails a murder investigation
Frequent transfers, crowd control and election duties are among the reasons why murder cases remain unsolved in Chennai, cases remain unsolved in Chennai, say police sources.

In search of killers on the run, police to give old files relook
On February 22 2014, a techie on her way back from work in Siruseri was raped and killed by three men. The CB CID took five days to crack the case and round up all the accused.

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Ahmedabad

Looking deep into bite mark patterns

Monsoon officially enters Gujarat
Three days before its usual date, the south-west monsoon has arrived in the state as it advanced into the South Gujarat region on Monday, meteorologists said.

Gujarat high court denies bail to Bhajiawala
Gujarat high court on Monday denied bail to Surat-based businessman Jignesh bhajiawala in a money laundering case, for allegedly illegally converting old currency notes into new ones post-demonetization last year.

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Allahabad

Potato seller's sons, who cycled 40km for classes, make it to IIT
The brothers used to cycle all the way from their village, Sevait in Soraon tehsil, around 40kms from the city to study for the joint entrance exams, while assisting their father at a mandi near their village.

Unsung heroes of Allahabad who laid down their lives in freedom struggle
Majority of people of the city know about the contributions of great martyrs like Chandra Shekhar Azad , Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru etc who had laid down their lives in the freedom struggle, but there are over 2000 unsung heroes from the Sangam city whose names were still confined to decades old documents.

After being refused 'desired baksheesh', eunuchs create ruckus in wedding

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Bhubaneswar

Child labour survey report to be ready by August

Hardly any change in marks of 18 students following court order: CBSE

Sudarsan Pattnaik to sit on dharna, protesting Puri beach pollution
Expressing concern over the state government’s poor cleanliness measures at Puri beach, globally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Monday said he would sit on dharna if the government does not wake up to the problem at the earliest.

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Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh farmers protest: 8 IAS officers including home secretary transferred
The Madhya Pradesh government on Monday transferred eight IAS officers including home secretary Madhu Khare over alleged mismanagement during the violent farmers protest in the state. Khare has now been shifted as managing director of Madhya Pradesh khadi and gramodyog board.

Hit hard by protests, Madhya Pradesh BJP in search for a farmer leader
Rocked by farmers’ unrest, the ruling BJP is in search of an influential Kisan leader, who has the charisma to placate to agitating peasants so that rival political parties could not reap benefits from the issue during Assembly polls in 2018.

Mandsaur firing: MP govt appoints single member commission

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Chandigarh

Cop specialising in NDPS Act held, drugs, arms, ammunition and cash recovered

Gang of drug peddlers busted, 4 held
Jalandhar rural police have claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of drug peddlers after recovering 3 quintal and 23 kg of poppy husk from four persons.

After 11 years, Panchkula boy 1st in JEE
Sarvesh Mehtani from Panchkula has topped the IIT-JEE (advanced) in a feat achieved by a student from the Tricity after a gap of 11 years.

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