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Friday, July 14, 2017

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Considering visa plea of Jadhav's mother: Pakistan Foreign Office
Pakistan said on Thursday that it was considering a visa application of the mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav for a visit to meet her son who was sentenced to death by a military court. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said that she had written a "personal letter" to Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs asking for the visa approval.

SC raps Assam CM for advancing deadline on NRC
The bench had ordered fencing of the border and put the Gauhati HC in charge of expeditious setting up and supervising of Foreigners' Tribunals and deportation of identified illegal migrants back to Bangladesh. It also ordered updating and publishing of the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

India snubs China 'offer' on Kashmir

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Business

Jio suspected data leak: 50 SIM cards found from arrested man
The cards were recovered in Rajasthan's Churu district, from the house of Imran Chippa, a dropout of the Bachelor of Computer Science, a police official told PTI. Police had earlier recovered a computer, mobile phone and other devices from Chippa, an official said.

GST: How companies are gaming the system
Many companies, especially those with a turnover of between Rs 50 crore to Rs 200 crore, are creating shell companies specifically to take advantage of GST. These shell companies would be used to take credit in an interstate transaction and would accumulate input credit

Tata Sons appoints chief digital officer

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Environment

This NGT order changes everything about cleaning Ganga
In a significant order seeking a fundamental change in strategy in cleaning the river Ganga, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed that 100 meters from the edge of Ganga between Haridwar in Uttarakhand and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh should be treated as “no construction or no development zones.”

Arctic winter warming events becoming more frequent
Arctic winter warming events, winter days when temperatures peak above minus 10 degrees Celsius, are becoming more frequent and lasting longer than they did three decades ago, a new research has found.

'Sixth extinction' of wildlife faster than feared: Scientists
More than 30% of animals with a backbone are declining in both range and population, according to the first comprehensive analysis of these trends. "This is the case of a biological annihilation occurring globally," said Stanford professor Rodolfo Dirzo, co-author of a study published in the US journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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World

Trump says son is a 'wonderful' man, did nothing wrong
US President Donald Trump defended his son Donald Jr on Thursday after he was criticized for accepted a meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer during the US election campaign last year.

Friendly fire kills two soldiers in southern Philippines
The incident on Wednesday was the second time soldiers have been killed by their own air support since fighting began in Marawi city almost two months ago, military spokesman Brigadier General Restituto Padilla said.

Nawaz Sharif rejects demands for his resignation
Pointing to the opposition parties who have been demanding his resignation following the release of the report, Sharif said: "The people of Pakistan have elected me and only they can remove me from this post."

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Entertainment

Iulia Vantur off to New York to join Salman?

Pics: Adnan Sami and baby Medina's photoshoot

Baahubali 2: Prabhas-Rana's BTS picture
Doesn't this picture take you on a nostalgic trip?

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Science

US panel endorses new gene-altering cancer treatment
If the FDA accepts the recommendation, which is likely, the treatment will be the first gene therapy to reach the market.Researchers and drug companies have been in intense competition for decades to reach this milestone.

US firm plans return to the moon, this time with robots
Cape Canaveral, Florida-based Moon Express is developing a fleet of low-cost robotic spacecraft that can be assembled like Legos to handle increasingly complex missions, founder and Chief Executive Officer Bob Richards said in an interview.

Trillion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica
The massive ice cube, larger than the US state of Delaware, has a volume twice that of Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes. It is about 350 metres (1,100 feet) thick. The iceberg weighs more than a trillion tonnes and it will likely be named A68.

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Sports

Hurt by 'falsehoods', didn't force Zaheer, Dravid on Shastri: CAC
The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) on Thursday shot a letter to CoA chief Vinod Rai, expressing "pain" at the perception that appointments of Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan were forced upon head coach Ravi Shastri.

Venus eclipses Konta to reach Wimbledon final
Five-time champion Venus Williams rolled back the years to reach her first Wimbledon final since 2009 with a clinically-executed 6-4, 6-2 victory over home hope Johanna Konta on Thursday.

Zaheer's appointment, like Dravid, is tour specific: BCCI
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday made it clear that Zaheer Khan's appointment as bowling consultant of the Indian cricket team is also tour specific, just like batting consultant Rahul Dravid.

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Technology

Netflix ranks Spectranet second-fastest in fixed broadband speed, ahead of Airtel
Popular video streaming service Netflix has ranked fibre-based broadband service provider Spectranet ahead of bigwigs, including Bharti Airtel.

Nokia 2, 7, 8 and 9 processor details tipped online
After launching its Nokia 3, 5 and 6 smartphones, Finnish-based HMD Global is rumoured to be working on more Android powered smartphones.

8 hottest IT courses across metros in India
Uncertainty in India IT sector has led to employees learning new technologies on their own time. Online education provider Udacity analysed data on online course consumption in the country and found a sharp increase in demand since the beginning of this year.

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Education

MCOPS student represents India, wins best poster award

Varanasi to have an international center for research on rice varieties
Govt on Wednesday approved setting up International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Regional Center in Varanasi. The Center will be established at existing campus of the National Seed Research and Training Center in the holy city of eastern India. The Center will be commissioned within 6 months.

Education system dehumanised, mass producing clones: High Court

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Mumbai

Family of man killed on Goa highway get Rs 1.4cr for ST driver's negligence

Bhujbals, ex-babu face FIR for illegal plot use

Steep hike in fee for selling flats on collector's land

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Delhi

Authorities want mid-highway temple complex to make way
For almost two decades, it hugged the sides of two highway inclines on the Nizamuddin Bridge, an unlikely temple where Hanuman devotees driving past stopped on a whim and spent a few spiritual minutes.

DU to open portal to register for women's education board

Goal review of 1st outcome budget

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Bangalore

Medicos protest Karnataka students losing seats

Right-wingers on social media denounce Jinnah picture on bus

Roopa's letter puts spotlight back on drug abuse in jails

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Hyderabad

GHMC bulldozes 8 illegal structures
Continuing its special demolition drive, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) pulled down eight structures in the city on Thursday.

Dell techie dies while working out in gym
A 22-year-old software engineer employed with Dell died after he complained of chest pain and collapsed during a workout at Madhapur on Wednesday.He was working on his back muscle when he collapsed.

Doon alumnus' Paris dreams end in prison

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Chennai

Out of 2-year ban, CSK eyes 'old boys' for its 2nd innings
The two-year suspension imposed by Supreme Court on Chennai Super Kings following the spot-fixing scandal ended on Thursday and the two-time champion is back in the fold.

Folk dance by kids, band welcome railway official after foreign tour
Indian Railways send dozens of railway officials on foreign tours every year to upgrade their knowledge of railway systems across the world.

Counselling for engg admissions to kick off on July 17
The much-awaited counselling for admissions to engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu will commence at Anna University on July 17.

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Ahmedabad

HC notice to govt, Ambuja Cement over mining safety measures

State sends Tapi DPR to Centre

CM to kick off rooftop solar power scheme

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Allahabad

Sangam witnesses lifesaving demonstration

Cong unit set to rein in its 'poster boys'
He claimed that partymen had often enough held events or put up posters without informing or seeking directions from senior leaders because of which, senior leaders had been put in the dock.

Mobile attendance app to keep track of doctors
The district health authorities have introduced a real time tamper-proof biometric attendance mobile app for doctors and para-medical staff that would display their exact location along with photograph.

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Bhubaneswar

BMC wakes up to rainy days ahead after waterlogging
Waking up to the severe waterlogging crisis that put the city to standstill a couple of days back, Bhubaneswar Municipal Commission (BMC) on Thursday decided to open a round-the-clock control room.

Naveen Patnaik to host NDA's presidential nominee for lunch
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik would be hosting NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind for lunch during his visit here on Friday.

Closure of low attendance schools leads to dropout of students
As many as 261 students are suspected to have given up studies after government shut their schools numbering 735 across the state for having less than 10 students.

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Bhopal

71 IPS officers transferred in major reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh
In a major reshuffle the state government on Thursday issued transfer and posting order of 71 IPS officers. Some of the names included police headquarters (PHQ) in its list were removed during a meeting between chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and DGP R K Shukla.

Minister disqualified by EC to continue under provisions of Article 75(5)

Bhopal airport to go all-solar by December

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Chandigarh

SIT fails to find any Murthal gang-rape survivor
The special investigation team (SIT), probing allegations of women having been raped at Murthal near Sonipat during the 2016 Jat agitation for reservation, has not found any victim related to the incident.

Nihang gurdwara chief beheaded by sewadar

Temperatures to see upward trend

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