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THE TIMES OF INDIA

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

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India

India, US joint statement: Prosperity through partnership

Rs 7 lakh crore to be spent on highways in 5 years

Electoral bonds will make donors anonymous to all except govt: Cong

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Business

Walmart to benefit from GST, says company's India CEO
"For instance, in the medium to long term when it becomes one national unified market, you don't need warehouse in every single state. That's a big benefit in terms of economies of scale, how one can drive economies of scale," Krish Iyer, president and CEO of Walmart India, told PTI in an interview.

Coal on the rise in China, US and India after major drop in 2016
Mining data reviewed by The Associated Press show that production through May is up by at least 121 million tons, or 6 per cent, for the three countries compared to the same period last year. The change is most dramatic in the US, where coal mining rose 19 per cent in the first 5 months of the year

Lupin founder and Chairman Desh Bandhu Gupta passes away
Born in Rajgarh, Rajasthan, Gupta was also a nationalist, who believed in the concept of holistic development. He also set up Lupin Human Welfare and Research Foundation (LHWRF) in 1988 to eradicate poverty by encouraging sustainable development at the grass root level in rural India.

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Environment

US mayors mull plan for cities to use only renewable energy

Splash dancing by gorilla at Dallas Zoo goes viral
Video of a 14-year-old gorilla dancing in a kiddie pool at the Dallas Zoo has gone viral with almost a million views on YouTube. The pool is part of the zoo's enrichment program to keep animals engaged.

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.

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World

44 held during Istanbul's banned LGBT pride event
Anadolu agency reports that 20 people who "reacted against'' the march were among those detained Sunday. Ultranationalist and religious groups had threatened the 15th Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride March in the week leading up to it. Organizers say 27 people who tried to go on with the banned event were detained, including two minors and a Danish activist. They were released after questioning.

Salvador Dali's bones to be exhumed in Spain for paternity test
Dali, considered one of the fathers of surrealist art, died in 1989 and is buried in his museum in the northeastern town of Figueres. Pilar Abel, a tarot-card reader from the nearby city of Girona who was born in 1956, says she is the offspring of an affair between Dali and her mother, Antonia.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Entertainment

Zaheer-Sagarika play the perfect tourists
The lovebirds snuck out of the city and headed to Maracas, Saint George, Trinidad And Tobago

'Tubelight' box-office collection Day 3
Salman Khan's recently released film 'Tubelight' has performed well at the domestic box-office, given the fact that it was an Eid release.

Throwback pic: Sonam's b'day wish for Arjun

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Science

Cancer hijacks natural cell process to survive: study
Cancer tumours manipulate a natural cell process to promote their survival, and controlling this mechanism could stop progress of the deadly disease, Oxford scientists suggest.

SpaceX launches 10 satellites from California air base
A SpaceX rocket carried 10 communications satellites into orbit from California. The new satellites also carry payloads for joint-venture Aerion's space-based, real-time tracking and surveillance of aircraft around the globe. The Falcon 9 rocket will be a revolutionary aspect of air-traffic control.

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.

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Sports

BCCI SGM: 'Committee' to be formed to implement SC order
In a move expected to further delay the implementation of Lodha panel reforms, the BCCI on Monday decided to form a committee for analysing how "best and quickly" the principal Supreme Court order can be executed.

This will be my final season, says Usain Bolt
Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt insists this "emotional" season will indeed be his last, bringing the curtain down on a glittering career which galvanised track and field at a time of doping and corruption scandals.

Djokovic to have Agassi in his corner throughout Wimbledon
Novak Djokovic will have coach Andre Agassi in his corner for as long as required at Wimbledon as the Serb tries to claim back one of his lost grand slam titles.

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Technology

Google, Microsoft duped in Rs 15,000 crore Telangana realty scam
Investors who were stung by messy land titles in Hyderabad include Google, Microsoft, Tishman Speyer, Shapoorji Pallonji, DLF, Lanco, Puravankara, Sattva Salarpuria and My Home group.

Excited about continued investment and growth in India: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
After his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bezos tweeted: "Terrific meeting with @narendramodi. Always impressed, energized by optimism and invention in India. Excited to keep investing and growing."

Trai dismisses criticism by telecom sector players on its handling of network testing issues
The telecom regulator has dismissed criticism by the sector's top players on its tackling of issues around network testing, as the two sides disputed yet again over a matter related to the market's newest entrant, Reliance Jio Infocomm.

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Education

Ex-ISRO chief, K Kasturirangan, to head drafting committee of National Education Policy

K Kasturirangan heads panel on National Education Policy
The HRD ministry has appointed a new nine-member panel, headed by space scientist Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, to work on a New Education Policy. The new panel is expected to recast India's education policy. The panelists belong to different age groups which would be bring more experience.

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.

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Mumbai

Video: Eid celebrants ignore high-tide advisory, create nuisance for cops near Haji Ali dargah

Plea for 10-fold maintenance hike by dentist's wife trashed
The Bombay high court rejected the plea of a woman who had claimed Rs 50,000 from her dentist husband.The man, who has a clinic, has been living separately with his two children.

HC dismisses contempt plea against Saifee hospital
In a relief to Saifee hospital management, the Bombay high court dismissed a petition seeking contempt proceedings against Mumbai police officers and the trust for allegedly violating orders.

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Delhi

Video: People throng India Gate on Eid; kids jump into ponds to beat the heat

Woman who bobbitised boyfriend held
The 23-year-old woman who had bobbitised her boyfriend in Mangolpuri for refusing to have physical relations with her has been arrested from Punjab.

Govt plans overhaul of Sarvodayas
The Delhi government has decided to overhaul the primary sections in its 400 Sarvodaya Schools by appointing a primary section in charge with academic and administrative duties.

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Bangalore

None wants to be Karnataka home minister

Metro takes realty along profit route

Under attack, Karnataka government defers arrest of scribes

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Hyderabad

Long swim at Novotel pool before fatal crash
Cyberabad police claimed `blurry' CCTV footage has made it impossible for them to track the person in the company of actor Bharath Raj at Novotel Hotel on RGI Airport premises or what he consumed on Saturday.

Show must go on: It's lights, action, camera for Ravi Teja
Bharath Could Have Been The 'Bigg Boss'

Woman jaywalker on Outer ring Road crushed by car
A 40-year-old housewife from Maheswaram was run over by an Indica while she was waiting along with her neighbour on the Outer ring Road (ORR) at Shamshabad to hitchhike back to her village.

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Chennai

No GST on rly tickets booked before July 1
The Goods and Service Tax (GST), set to kick in on July 1, will replace service tax for all airconditioned and first class railway tickets.

Most dog bites are by provoked pets: Study
Strays often cop the blame for dog bites and rabies deaths, but a statewide survey of canine bites shows that more than half of the animals involved were pets provoked into attacking their keepers.

Archana Ramasundaram may replace DGP T K Rajendran
K Radhakrishnan (1983 batch), K P Mahendran (1984 batch), S George (1984-batch) and Rajendran (1984 batch) are the other DGP-rank IPS officers in the state apart from Archana.

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Ahmedabad

5,259 BA seats vacant after first round

Gujarat contractors oppose GST, to hold mahasammelan

Tech glitches mar online registration

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Allahabad

Azad Park to get 110-ft post to hoist Tricolour from
A 110-ft flag post with Tricolour would be set up at Chandrasekhar Azad Park next month. The park would also be developed as a Children Park. The ticketing timings would be changed to facilitate help the morning walkers.

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

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Bhubaneswar

Cancer patient cop among four killed in accident

Asian Athletics Championships: Over 500 artists to perform for opening ceremony
Opening ceremony of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships at Kalinga Stadium on July 5 will be performed by over 500 artists and showcase Odisha’s glorious past, heritage, culture, Buddhist connection with other countries and modern time.

Puri: Chariots of holy trinity reach Gundicha temple
Sea of humans braving the rain on Monday morning pulled the chariots of Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath, which had stopped midway on Sunday evening at Puri. As per tradition, chariots are not pulled after sunset.

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Bhopal

High rises block Met's Doppler radar

Farmers in debt trap, how do ministers make lakhs from farming?

Monsoon's first shower leaves city roads inundated

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Chandigarh

Government school gets a new look, thanks to youngsters

Badnore wants escalators for Sec 17-Rose Garden subway
Not impressed by the plan for building a sub way connecting Sector 17 and Rose Garden in Sector 16, UT administrator V P Singh Badnore suggested at the foundation-laying ceremony of the Rs 6-crore project on Sunday that escalators be included in the blueprint too.

Police blockade on middle of road, motorists 'harassed'
UT administrator V P Singh Badnore's direc tion to Chandigarh Police to not inconvenience people when his cavalcade is on the move went unheard on Sunday. When Badnore was laying the foundation stone of the proposed Urban Park in Sector 17, cops blocked the road dividing the football stadium and the bus stand.

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