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Why every girl breathes hockey in this remote Jharkhand village
Nestled amidst sprawling paddy fields, Hesal is a tribal village in Jharkhand's Khunti district. Roughly 50 km from Ranchi, the village is situated in an area where left-wing extremists hold sway. Undeterred, every girl in this hardscrabble hamlet of 50 homes breathes hockey and aspires to play for India.

DoP begins consultations to finalise national pharma policy

Incredible India 2.0 to take a spiritual bent
India’s spirituality and its wellness traditions will be the highlights of Incredible India 2.0 campaign. The revamped version of the government’s marketing initiative to promote India as a preferred tourist destination for global audiences will be launched formally on World Tourism Day on September 27.

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Business

Farm loan waivers squeeze future loan payments: SBI

Data breach costs hit record high

Commerce department unhappy with GST norms for exporters
The commerce department has flagged a series of concerns on the mechanism devised for goods and services tax (GST) and said it would not be beneficial for exporters.

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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

UN chief: US will be replaced if it disengages from world
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning the Trump administration that if the United States disengages from many world issues it will be replaced and that won't be good for America or for the world.

Alleged UK attacker cursed Muslims day before incident
Father-of-four Darren Osborne was arrested by police after a van ploughed into pedestrians outside the Mosque on Seven Sisters Road in Finsbury Park, North London. Witnesses said the driver shouted: "I want to kill all Muslims", before onlookers pinned him to the ground.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Entertainment

Shahid shares a royal selfie with wife Mira
Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput are currently in the Queen's city attending a friend's wedding. Shahid took to his Instagram account to share a selfie with Mira from the wedding.

Watch: Ranbir-Kat's voice in this 'Jagga Jasoos' promotional video
Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif are on a promotional spree these days. The former lovers are seen together promoting 'Jagga Jasoos' at various events and interviews. The actors are extensively promoting the film in many different and innovative ways.

'Annabelle: Creation' new trailer is what nightmares are made of
Coming straight out of a nightmare and onto the big screen, the ‘Annabelle: Creation’ trailer explores the story behind the possessed doll that first made its evil presence felt in hit horror series ‘The Conjuring’ and later in the ‘Annabelle’ spinoff.

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Science

Nasa's Kepler telescope spots over 200 new planet candidates
Nasa's Kepler space telescope has spotted 219 new potential planets, of which at least 10 are near-Earth size with conditions suitable to host life. This brings the total number of planet candidates identified by Kepler to 4,034, of which 2,335 have been verified as exoplanets.

Nasa discovers 10 new Earth-size exoplanets
Nasa reveals 10 new rocky, Earth-sized planets that could potentially have liquid water and support life. Ten of the new discoveries were orbiting their suns at a distance similar to Earth's orbit around the sun, the so-called habitable zone that could potentially have liquid water and sustain life.

India's Mars mission completes 1,000 earth days in orbit
The country's low-cost Mars mission spacecraft that is on a rendezvous with the Red planet for an extended period completed 1,000 earth days in its orbit. The satellite is in good health and continues to work as expected.

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Sports

Partnership between Kohli and me was untenable: Kumble
In his statement, Kumble went on to clarify that it was only a day before that he got to know through the BCCI that the Indian captain Virat Kohli had reservations with his ‘style’

Anil Kumble steps down as India coach, team heads to West Indies
Although, none of the BCCI top officials, who are in London for the ICC Annual Conference, were available for confirmation but it is being widely reported that Kumble has submitted his resignation.

India lose to Netherlands 1-3, to face Malaysia in quarters
All the goals came in the first two quarters of the match with Netherlands scoring through Thierry Brinkman (2nd minute), Sander Baart (12th) and Mirco Pruijser (24th), while Akashdeep Singh sounded the board for India with a brilliant field strike.

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Technology

Intex Aqua S3 smartphone with Android 7.0 Nougat launched at Rs 5,777
Domestic smartphone brand Intex has launched its latest Aqua series smartphone. Dubbed Intex Aqua S3, the smartphone is priced at Rs 5,777 and is available in Champagne colour.

PM Narendra Modi to discuss H-1B visa issue with US President Donald Trump: Official
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take up the issue of visas for skilled workers when he meets US President Donald Trump next week in Washington, a senior Indian government official said on Tuesday.

Samsung planning to launch Galaxy Note 8 in August: Sources
Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans to hold a launch event in New York City for its next Galaxy Note smartphone in the second half of August, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

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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

Cops post missing senior's photo on Twitter & WhatsApp, reunite him with kin in 2 hours

Sehri parties in city waning, charity growing

Hit by bullets, 4-yr-old Aden girl gets ready to walk again at Parel hospital

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Delhi

Tribunal hails homemaker, awards Rs 19 lakh to kin

Slum policy gets cabinet approval, LG's approval awaited

IIMC alumni fight for course director

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Bangalore

We want students to comprehend, communicate and ask questions

Students on a mission to drive home water lessons

City band tours Europe with its music
On World Music Day, Bengaluru-based fusion ensemble MoonArra tells us about their endearing concert tour in Austria and Ireland

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Hyderabad

Babus & biggies queue up for talent at B-school

HC quashes case against IAS officers

Unavailability of public representatives causes delay in inauguration of minorities residential schools

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Chennai

Mahout arrested for attacking couple in Sriperumbudur

Amid showers, motorists use Porur flyover ahead of launch

Rs 246cr to make Tambaram flood-proof

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Ahmedabad

Bulging waste-lines killing the Narmada
Rampant Illegal Sand Mining Along Its 1,100-km Stretch In MP, Unchecked Flow Of Sewage And Effluents Scripting Disaster For The Iconic River In May this year, a team of environmentalists travelled along the Narmada river from its origin at Amarkantak in Anuppur district of eastern Madhya Pradesh down to Barwani district abutting Gujarat in the west.

'Only unrefined intelligence can't spot sport in asanas'

On International Yoga Day, taming ego while setting records

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Allahabad

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.

Allahabad Development Authority says no to marriage halls on narrow roads
All marriage halls situated on less than 12-metre wide roads have been ordered to shut with immediate effect.

Lack of parking lots deters bus upkeep
Presently, the buses are parked in the open on the sides of the roads or at workshops meant for long route buses in the city.This had resulted in theft of components and equipment kept inside the buses.

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Bhubaneswar

Odisha government issues notice to IOCL for violating lease deed
The Odisha industrial infrastructure development corporation (Idco) has issued a notice to Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for alleged violation of the terms and conditions of the lease deed and allotment of land for its refinery near Paradip.

Nayagarh enters country's rly map, gets its first train
After a long wait, Nayagarh was included in the country's railway map on Monday.

Squad to check misuse of vehicle passes
Police have constituted a special squad to curb misuse of vehicle passes during Rath Yatra in Puri.Police have asked the district administration to emboss hologram seal on the passes to avoid possible tampering.

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Bhopal

MP cabinet doles out power sops for farm sector

Govt ready for GST rollout in state: Malaiya

Experts extol virtues of yoga

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Chandigarh

Punjab to set up skill development university

Mixed response to Amarinder Singh government's first budget

Loan wavier is a statistical jugglery: Farm bodies

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