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Friday, July 21, 2017

Today's Headlines

A Kovind, but her name doesn't say it
Employee morale at soon-to-be-privatised Air India may be low these days but Ram Nath Kovind winning the presidential polls on Thursday sent joy waves coursing through the airline.

After Kovind's win, PM Modi hails a 'privilege'

A success for party's Dalit outreach: BJP SC wing on Kovind's win

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Business

IT sector to see up to 38% fewer jobs this fiscal

Get pre-approved ICICI loans via ATMs

New pension plan for elderly with 8% return

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Environment

Fewer 'good air' days in China despite official efforts
Chinese cities had fewer "good air" days in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year despite government efforts to curb incessant smog, according to official data.

Billions of tons of plastic trash accumulating on Earth, says US researchers
More than 9.1 billion tons (8.3 metric tons) of plastic have been produced on Earth, with most dumped into landfills or the oceans, US researchers said yesterday.

Petrol, diesel vehicles have been banned within 500 metre of Taj Mahal: Union minister
The Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) Authority has banned petrol and diesel vehicles within 500 metre of Taj Mahal, the government said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said a study had found that Taj Mahal was turning yellow due to carbon pollution.

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World

Polish parliament adopts contested Supreme Court reform
The lower house of parliament, which is controlled by the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, voted 235 to 192 - with 23 abstentions - in favour of the law giving the justice minister power to select candidates for the court.

Russian meddling: Trump Jr. to testify before Senate
Donald Trump Jr. is scheduled to appear July 26 before the Senate Judiciary Committee along with former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. They are lijkely to be quizzed about their attendance at a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer.

Duterte flies to besieged city, warns of other attacks
Clad in a camouflage uniform with a pistol tucked in a holster, President Rodrigo Duterte landed with top generals in a military camp in Marawi city which briefly came under fire from militant snipers shortly before he arrived, military officials said.

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Entertainment

Deepika's new photoshoot is too hot to handle
Deepika Padukone has recently shot for Femina magazine's cover picture and the pictures are too hot to handle.

Rohit Shetty's next with Ranveer post Diwali

Sizzling pictures of Bruna Abdullah

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Science

New 3D-printed water sensor may prevent waterborne illnesses

Amid turning tide, AIDS claimed 1 million lives in 2016: UN
AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, a UN report said today proclaiming "the scales have tipped".

Living healthily, learning more could cut dementia cases by a third
Learning new things, eating and drinking well, not smoking and limiting hearing loss and loneliness could prevent a third of dementia cases, health experts said today.

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Sports

Women's World Cup: India beat Australia by 36 runs to enter final
Harmanpreet Kaur produced one of greatest ever ODI knocks in women's cricket as India stormed into the ICC World Cup final, demolishing Australia by 36 runs in the semi-final on Thursday. It is only the second time that India have entered the summit clash of the global event.

Never easy playing Sri Lanka in their backyard: Kohli
Top-ranked India will not take Sri Lanka lightly despite the home team's recent indifferent form as well as controversies over fitness and ethics, captain Virat Kohli said on Thursday.

Japan beat India 2-0 in Women's HWL Semi-Final
Japan blanked India 2-0 in a 5-8 placing match of the Women's Hockey World League Semi-Final on Thursday. India made a zestful start to their campaign against Japan with Monika getting an early shot on goal in the opening minute of the game.

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Technology

Google rolls out new tool to take on malicious apps
Technology giant Google has started rolling out a new feature that’s aimed to increase the security of Android devices and the data stored on them.

Huawei Honor Band 3 up for sale in India at Rs 2,799
Huawei’s sub-brand Honor launched its fitness tracker Honor Band 3 last month with its smartphone Honor 8 Pro. The company has now announced that the device is up for sale.

Oppo A77 Listed on official website
There's a strong buzz about Oppo, the Chinese smartphone maker, launching a new smartphone called Oppo A77. The mid-range smartphone is expected to be unveiled in China soon. Ahead of its launch the company has listed the smartphone on its official website, revealing its design and specifications.

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Education

UGC will continue to hold NET: HRD

Pilot project started for reducing weight of school bags, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar says
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said while the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has recommended only two books (language and mathematics) for classes I and II and three books for classes III to V, it has also made available all their textbooks for free access through the web and mobile devices.

All higher institutes may have to take ranking test
ET has learnt that the ministry is in talks with authorities like the University Grants Commission (UGC) while looking into the same.

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Mumbai

Former SRA boss cleared 137 files in his final month
Former SRA CEO Vishwas Patil whose actions are now under scrutiny had decided on 137 files in the last month of his tenure. Five projects were given a final clearance or Letter of Intent (LOI), according to a status report from the state housing department.

Poacher from Nashik held with leopard skin in Thane
A Nashik resident, Ramchandra Bhusare (49), was arrested from the vicinity of Thane station on Thursday for allegedly being in possession of the skin of a one-year-old leopard.

Mumbai resident loses 40k in 18 fraud online deals in one hour
A Sakinaka resident became the latest victim of of a debit card fraud when Rs 40,000 was used from his bank account to make online shopping payments on Tuesday.

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Delhi

Showers throw city off balance
all arteries with bumper-to-bumper traffic on all connecting roads.

SC: Tough to define 'privacy' in net age
Just the act of operating an iPhone or iPad which uses fingerprints to open the device and allows the operator to store the impression and such actions, along with sharing of personal data by people on social network sites, makes defining breach of privacy a challenging task, the Supreme Court observed on Friday.

Outside campus, food & fun await you

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Bangalore

Concern over stent supply due to technical issues in billing

GST impact: 3 weeks on, Karnataka govt yet to reimburse GST on Kannada films

Peacock-pecked abandoned newborn battles for her life
A nine-day-old girl, who was dumped in a bush hours after she was born and survived at least 15 deep peacock pecks, is battling for life in the neonatal ICU of Hassan Government Hospital.

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Hyderabad

HC pulls up AP for inaction on protecting tank

Water row: Telangana wants its share from Pattiseema

Cong demands inquiry into 'torture' of Dalits protesting against sand mafia

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Chennai

10 years on, subsidy to fit autos with LPG kits yet to be released

No more underreporting of infections: Hospitals to upload patient details online

Interest payments, salaries dried up Tasmac coffers

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Ahmedabad

Did Vaghela meet Modi, Shah in New Delhi?

Party won't tolerate anti-party activity by Vaghela: Siddharth Patel

'GST will make textile sector uncompetitive'

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Allahabad

Devotion bring them in Prayag from far states to collect Ganga water

Kanwariyas go berserk, torch a four wheeler in Allahabad
The rumour of the death of a kanwariya in road mishap has triggered violence in Baraut and adjoining areas on Allahabad- Varanasi highway under Handia police station her on Thursday morning.

HC asks how bird park land went to housing society
Hearing a writ petition filed by one Suleman Dabas, a division bench comprising Justice Arun Tandon and Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi asked the state government to take action against the erring officers.

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Bhubaneswar

Odisha govt raids Bhubaneswar city malls to check GST compliance
In the first such crackdown after goods and services tax (GST) was implemented, the food supplies and consumer welfare department on Thursday conducted raid at some malls in the city to check whether they put revised price tags complying the new tax regime.

Odisha aims to achieve export turnover of Rs 1 lakh crore by 2025
The state government has a vision to achieve an export turnover of Rs 1 lakh crore by the year 2025. Additional chief secretary, MSME, L N Gupta said this at a seminar on ‘Export Finance’ organised here on Thursday.

Odisha PPP cell implements 73 projects
The state public private partnership (PPP) cell under the administrative control of the planning and convergence department has so far grounded 73 projects in Odisha.

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Bhopal

Onion corruption stinks, civil supplies corporation GM arrested

Cross-voting in Madhya Pradesh for Ram Nath Kovind
At least three legislators in Madhya Pradesh seem to have cross-voted in favour of NDA candidate Ramnath Kovind during the Presidential elections held on Monday.

MP assembly adjourned after ruckus over loan waiver, Congress stages walkout

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Chandigarh

PSPCL promotes energy efficiency, Ujala scheme launched in dist

Heavy rush at end of summer break delays 9 trains

2 drug peddlers get 10-yr jail

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