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Thursday, June 22, 2017

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Top Hizb ultra among 2 killed in Sopore
Two terrorists, including a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander, were killed in an encounter in Baramulla’s Sopore town on Wednesday.

Govt eyes Rs 35,000 crore savings by making buildings green
The power ministry has set its sights on achieving an estimated Rs 35,000 crore annual savings by making all existing and future government as well as commercial buildings in the country energy efficient in the next few years and use the saved electricity to light up poor homes and energise irrigation pumps.

4 farmers end life, one lights own pyre in Maharashtra
Four farmers allegedly committed suicide in different parts of Nashik district on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 53 in the last six months.

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Business

CDSL IPO subscribed 170 times, most in 10 years

Sebi eases norms for lenders buying stake in stressed firms

Don't ask buyers to pay before July 1, builders warned
It is illegal for builders to ask buyers of unfinished realty projects including flats to make full advance payment to avoid paying higher taxes after GST kicks in, Union housing minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said.

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Environment

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.

Tigers at risk of poaching over sharing locations on social media
Field directors of tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh and other states have been asked to take steps to prevent circulation of pictures and video footages of tiger movements on WhatsApp groups and Facebook.

Centre to help for scheme for beautification of Aravalis
Union minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday assured that the central government will extend all possible support to any scheme for enhancing the beauty and ecology of the Aravali range.

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World

Canadian charged in Michigan airport stabbing
The suspect was immediately taken into custody, and federal prosecutors hours later announced the Canadian man was charged with committing violence at an airport. They identified him as Amor Ftouhi of Quebec.

Romania government falls after six months in power
The ruling Social Democrat party (PSD) filed the motion, which passed with 241 to 10 votes, barely six months after winning a thumping election victory.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Entertainment

WATCH: 'Jab Harry Met Sejal' new song 'Radha'
After treating the audience with three of its mini-trailers, the makers of 'Jab Harry Met Sejal' have come up with its first song 'Radha'. Shah Rukh Khan along with Anushka Sharma and Imtiaz Ali launched the song at Ahmedabad and interestingly by inviting women named Sejal from the city.

Pic: Farhan wishes fans on World Music Day
Actor-director-producer-writer-singer Farhan Akhtar, who is currently filming for his upcoming Ranjit Tiwari helmed 'Lucknow Central', wished his fans on World Music Day.

BMC demolishes actor Arshad Warsi's Versova bungalow
The BMC demolished part of film actor Arshad Warsi's bungalow at Versova on Monday for allegedly constructing an additional floor illegally. The move comes four years after the alleged illegality came under the BMC scanner.

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Science

Stephen Hawking urges Moon landing by 2020 to 'elevate humanity'
Stephen Hawking has urged countries to send astronauts to the Moon by 2020 and Mars by 2025 to 'elevate humanity', as the British physicist is convinced that humans need to leave the Earth to survive for another million years.

NASA tests flexible solar array on space station
NASA will be testing the effectiveness of a flexible solar array on space station that could one day power satellites and spacecraft.The Roll-Out Solar Array has the potential to make solar arrays more compact and light weight for satellite radio and television and other services used on the Earth.

Why some airplanes don't fly in hot weather
Airplanes find it harder to take off and land in hot weather. Hotter air gets thin, making it harder to take off and land safely, mostly for smaller jets. That's what has kept some planes grounded in Phoenix this week where temperatures have been pushing 120 degrees.

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Sports

BCCI need to come clean on Indian cricket's latest breakdown
While nobody can take away anything from Kohli the batsman, Kohli the leader, player and person leaves a lot to be desired. He has no one to blame for it, but himself.

Kumble-Kohli communication had stopped six months ago
The BCCI top brass had an inkling that all was not well but they were taken aback when they came to know that captain Virat Kohli and chief coach Anil Kumble were not on talking terms for the "last six months".

Stuck to a coach I hated for 20 years: Abhinav Bindra
Within hours of chief cricket coach Anil Kumble's resignation following a rift with captain Virat Kohli, Abhinav Bindra tweeted about his own equation with German Uwe Riesterer, a long-time member of his coaching staff.

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Technology

WhatsApp is dumping this mobile OS on June 30, 2017
In 2016, Facebook-owned WhatsApp had announced that its messenger will cease to support some older-generation operating systems after the end of the year (December 31, 2016). The company later announced the extension of this date to June 30 of this year. Now, in another revision, the company has further extended the support for most of these OSes for some more time.

OnePlus 5: 5 reasons to buy and not buy the flagship smartphone

Amazon aiming to be the dressing room in your house
The company, which has been making a big push into selling clothes, is testing a new service that lets members of its Prime program try on styles before they put items on their charge card - at no upfront fee.

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Education

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'.

NPTEL offers 116 new certification courses this session
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) will offer 116 new courses for its July to November, 2017 session. All these free courses are open for online enrollment. The courses will begin from July 24, 2017 or August 21, 2017 with examination dates on September 24/October 22, 2017 (Sundays).

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Mumbai

Prabhu prods rlys to put revamp of 18 suburban stations on fast track

One killed and six injured in E-way mishaps

CISF gets thank-you note from flyer for putting sex pest in dock

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Delhi

Why do away with re-evaluation: Delhi high court

CBSE schools don't want exams in February

Stunt biking kills teen; 25-year-old dies in crash in Delhi

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Bangalore

Bengaluru firm 1st in India to deliver diesel at home
On June 15, 9Mypetrolpu-mp, a one-year-old startup, conducted a soft launch with three delivery vehicles - each with a capacity of 950 litres.It has alr-eady delivered more than 5,000 litres of diesel.

Global cities will now emulate B'luru's TenderSure roads

Foul air from graphite plant makes life difficult for residents

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Hyderabad

Telangana, Andhra and Odisha workers starved by firm during Ramzan in Saudi Arabia
Twenty-four Indian workers from Telangana, AP and Odisha have complained that the company they have been employed with is starving them during Ramzan in Saudi Arabia.

Transport goof-up: Toddler heads to wrong play school, cops left in a tizzy
A toddler attending a play school was accidentally mistaken for another child creating panic in Bachupally.The case of mistaken identity kept the police on tenterhooks for a few hours on Wednesday morning.

Telangana 'wanted' workers struggle to return home from Saudi Arabia
Nineteen workers from Telangana, who wanted to make use of the amnesty scheme in Saudi Arabia and return to India, suffered a jolt with their kafils (employers) declaring them 'matloob' or wanted.

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Chennai

PWD to focus on heritage conservation
Decrepit public heritage structures dotting Tamil Nadu may soon get a facelift as the state has constituted a separate division for their conservation.

Man held after slitting throat in escape bid
A history-sheeter facing several criminal cases including five murder cases in the city, 'Nondi' Murugan, slit his throat in an attempt to escape from police on Wednesday but was nabbed after a chase through the narrow lanes of Mylapore.

Penalty for traffic violators: Watch a film on road safety
Imposing a fine on those violating traffic rules, it seems, is passe. A more effective penalty for the offenders, transport authority officials believe, is to make them watch a movie on road safety.

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Ahmedabad

23 world records and counting...

Gujarat high court tells state government to implement chit fund law
Gujarat high court on Wednesday directed the state government to not allow chit fund schemes to operate if they do not follow the law framed recently by the Centre. The government has been told to strictly implement the law to protect small investors.

Kenyan held with cocaine, meth
In their second seizure in one month, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials with help from the Railway Protection Force (RPF) nabbed Kenyan national John William Best, 33, a resident of Delhi, with 587g of cocaine and 700g of amphetamines, worth Rs 6 crore in the international market, from the Garib Rath train at Ahmedabad railway station on Tuesday.

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Allahabad

Yoga Day observed in Sangam city
The international yoga day was observed by several organisations of the the Sangam city on Wednesday.

Aadhaar, PAN card must for teachers' transfer: Basic Shiksha Parishad
Amidst raging debate of linking Aadhaar with PAN card, the basic education department in UP has made details of both mandatory for transfer and adjustment of teachers.

Congressmen celebrate Rahul Gandhi's birthday in Allahabad
The city Congress committee workers celebrated the 47th birthday of the party’s vice-president Rahul Gandhi as ‘Sankalp diwas’ at the party’s office, on Monday.

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Bhubaneswar

Pregnant woman carried on shoulders; probe ordered

Odisha government transfers 32 IPS officers
The state government on Wednesday transferred 32 IPS officers as part a major reshuffle under which 19 districts got new superintendent of police (SP). It is the first major IPS reshuffle following the poor performance of the ruling BJD in February panchayat elections.

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Bhopal

Maths, the chosen subject for students

Bhopal college cut-off sinks to a dismal 38%

Cong in shavasan since last 13 years, says Nandkumar

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Chandigarh

Congress, BJP clash over CM Manohar Lal Khattar's remark on traders

Three held for stealing copper coil in transformers
The police here have arrested three persons for allegedly stealing copper coil of electricity transformers in Kurukshetra and from other districts of Haryana.

Baba Farid University ad hoc employee consumes poison
Protesting for regularisation of their services, an employee consumed a poisonous substance outside the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) in Faridkot on Wednesday.

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