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Saturday, August 19, 2017

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'No additional IndiGo flight cancellations'
India's largest domestic airline IndiGo is now reeling under the impact of unending snags on Pratt & Whitney's (PW) engines powering the Airbus A-320 new engine option (NEO).

Shift 1/3rd of flights to T2, DIAL tells IndiGo, SpiceJet & GoAir
The Delhi International Airport Pvt Ltd (DIAL) has asked these three low-cost carriers (LCC) to cut one-third of their domestic flights each currently operating from terminal 1 and shift them to terminal 2 from the winter schedule, which comes into force this year from October 29.

Welcome US terror tag for Hizbul Mujahideen: MEA
India has welcomed the United States decision to designate Hizbul Mujahideen as a foreign terrorist organisation, saying it follows a joint commitment by the two countries to fight the menace of terrorism.

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Business

Sensex, Nifty crack as Sikka's resignation, global cues take heavy toll
The 30-share BSE Sensex lost 270.78 points to close at 31,524.68 and the 50-share NSE Nifty went down by 66.75 points to finish trading at 9,837.40. Infosys shares lost more than 10 per cent on both the indices during the day as the IT giant saw a loss in market capitalisation of about Rs 27,000 crore.

IndiGo cancels 85 flights over engine issues, airline says planned exercise
According to the sources, a total of 667 flights were cancelled by IndiGo between June 21 and July 3 this year, with 61 flights cancelled on June 27 alone, due to the grounding of these planes.

All you need to know about Infosys' interim MD & CEO

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Environment

Rare butterfly spotted in Scotland after 133 years
The sighting in a field in Berwickshire, 100 metres from the English border, has raised hopes that climate change has helped it become the 34th butterfly species to live and breed in Scotland, reports the Guardian.

Constipated gorilla in Kansas zoo recovering after surgery

Marine biologist works to save great white sharks
Great white sharks, which have been around since before the dinosaurs, visit Isla de Guadalupe each year between August and February, feeding on fish, sea lions and dead whales, maintaining balance in the marine ecosystem, Mexican marine biologist Edgar Mauricio Hoyos says.

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World

Steve Bannon says 'going to war' for Trump
Donald Trump's ousted top strategist Steve Bannon vowed to keep fighting for the president from outside the White House, as he returned to his former home at Breitbart News.

China rebukes Japan for comment on Doklam
Annoyed by Japan's support for the Indian position that China had unilaterally sought to alter the status quo in Doklam, Beijing has asked Tokyo "not to make random comments before clarifying relevant facts".

14 dead in attacks as Spanish police launch manhunt
Spanish police hunted on Friday for the driver who ploughed a van into crowds of pedestrians on a busy avenue in Barcelona, just hours before a second such assault hit a nearby resort, in twin attacks that left 14 dead and over 100 injured.

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Entertainment

Cuteness alert! Tusshar with son Laksshya
Actor Tusshar Kapoor who is currently busy filming the fourth instalment of the 'Golmaal' series took to Instagram to share an adorable picture with his son Laksshya.

Ekta Kapoor on sacking of Pahlaj Nihalani

Prabhas gears up for next almost after 5 yrs

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Science

NASA launches satellite to help astronauts talk to Earth
The $408 million Boeing-made Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-M) soared into space atop an Atlas V rocket that launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 8:29 am (1229 GMT). The satellite will "support critical space communication into the mid-2020s," NASA said in a statement.

Facts about the US solar eclipse on August 21
On Monday, August 21, for the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will march across the entire United States. "The Great American Eclipse" will cast a shadow over the whole country, moving diagonally from Oregon in the northwest to South Carolina in the southeast.

'Earth-like planet may exist in nearby star system'
Astrophysicists at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) in the US investigated the star system Gliese 832 for additional exoplanets residing between the two currently known alien worlds in this system.

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Sports

Never found ex-coach Kumble strict: Wicketkeeper Saha
India wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha on Friday said he never found former India head coach Anil Kumble "strict", adding incumbent Ravi Shastri always encourages them to go out there and kill the opposition.

World Championships: Srikanth, Sindhu favourites to create history
In what has been a stunning year for Indian badminton, expectations will soar for India to bring home their first World Championships gold medal.

India are always tough in their backyard: Michael Clarke
"One-day cricket is different from Test cricket, so I imagine that the wickets will be good. You will see some entertaining one-day cricket, hope the Aussies can perform well and win but it is going to be tough, India are always tough in their own backyard," Michael Clarke said.

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Technology

WhatsApp status comes to web
Facebook-owned WhatsApp introduced its new Status feature in February this year for Android and iOS users.

Coolpad Cool M7 smartphone Android Nougat launched in China
Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad has expanded its smartphone series with the launch of Coolpad Cool M7 smartphone in China.

Jio Phone to be available from September
Reliance Jio’s 4G feature phone is all set to enter the Indian market. Reliance Jio’s chairman Mukesj Ambani launched the company’s 4G VoLTE feature phone at the annual general meeting of the company on July 21.

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Education

IIMs reach gender diversity milestone
The trend reflects improved gender diversity in corporate India as many big companies actively remove biases against women, such as lesser pay and fewer promotions.

Civil services exam 2018 to be held on June 3: UPSC
The civil services preliminary examination to select IAS and IPS officers among others has been scheduled to be held on June 3 next year, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has said.

Kerala govt to bring out 'Hamari Malayalam' textbook for migrants
The Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority is all set to release a textbook exclusively to teach migrant labourers Malayalam, the mother tongue of the people of the state

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Mumbai

BMC nod to be made mandatory before any repairs to bldg columns
Action Spurred By Ghatkopar Bldg Collapse

HC moves to secure bank's $500k mistake

91-yr-old battles LIC to avoid eviction from flat rented in '52

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Delhi

Police try to find man who made ex-SG's fake image
Delhi Police cyber cell is trying to identify a person who had morphed the photograph of a former solicitor general of India and circulated its copies to some people known to him.

Probe to find out if hotel fired survivor
hotel executive who has accused the security manager of molesting her said he had been pressuring her for many weeks to begin a physical relationship with him.

Swine flu spurts in Delhi: 1,066 cases last month
1,300 In All, Six Times More Than Same Period In '16

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Bangalore

BBMP seeks 15 days to run canteens better

This is how Army recruits turn into bravehearts

Foot over bridge at Holenarsipur station inaugurated

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Hyderabad

Minorities dept distances itself from Siddiqui's comments

Stars savour local treats

Hyd teens' holiday plans go for a toss as worried parents say 'No Goa!'

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Chennai

Confusion over GST halts railway projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore
A majority of the railway projects in the country, including the quadrupling of lines between Chennai Beach and Korukkupet and the Sengottai-Punalur gauge conversion, estimated at Rs 1 lakh crore have slowed down or stopped since July 1 as the contractors executing them are at loggerheads with the national transporter over the rate of Goods and Services Tax (GST) for projects awarded before July 1.

Anti-climax on Marina as Edappadi K Palaniswami,O Panneerselvam play hide and seek
J Jayalalithaa's memorial on the Marina was decked up with flowers on Friday evening to host what looked like an imminent merger of the two AIADMK factions led by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and rebel leader O Panneerselvam.

Aides demand CM's post for Panneerselvam, hold up merger
OPS camp insiders said a section within spurned the offer of deputy CM's post for OPS, arguing that he had been chief minister thrice, and hence cannot be EPS's deputy.

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Ahmedabad

Lionesses killed for preying on goats
The death of two lionesses in Lakhapadar village of Amreli's Dhari taluka was a revenge killing by shepherds as the wild cats had preyed on their goats.

ASI struggles to clear modern eyesores from heritage icons
A visit to 15th century Dastur Khan Mosque near Astodia may not expose the visitor to the grandeur of the famed Indo-Islamic architecture.

'Election Commission rejection of two rebel Congress votes illegal'
Rajya Sabha polls, Congress rebel and BJP candidate Balwantsinh Rajput on Friday moved the Gujarat high court challenging the election results and demanding that he be declared the winner and not Patel.

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Allahabad

Couple collect trash from park, spread message of cleanliness

A musical touch to Teej celebrations
Members of a city club celebrated Saawan with gusto by organising a Hariyali Teej function based on a Rajasthani theme at a city hotel recently

Belgium, US to fund Smart City dream?
Envoys from US and Belgium showed interest in supporting transportation projects of Lucknow. They felt need for modern bus shelters, dedicated parking nodes for auto-rickshaws and integrated travel cards for public transport.

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Bhubaneswar

32 arrested for ransacking Dhamra port

Utkal University to have uniform evaluation systems for autonomous colleges
Utkal University has decided to implement uniform course curriculum, regulation and common question pattern and evaluation system in all 16 autonomous colleges affiliated to it from the coming academic session.

IIT study questions mindless iron supplementation
The practice of giving iron supplementation to women in the reproductive age, during pregnancy and to children could end up lowering the count of gut-friendly lactobacillus bacteria, a recent study has found.

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Bhopal

Ramayana, Buddhism unite ASEAN nations, says Swaraj

BJP's Bitter Pills For Nation's Benefit, Says Shah

Amit Shah sets target of 200 seats in Madhya Pradesh elections
"He said that he expected no less than 200 seats in next year's elections. He also said that he wanted all 29 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections," sources said.

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Chandigarh

Retd colonel guilty of corruption

4-months pregnant woman kills self, hubby, sister-in-law booked

Resort companies' agents booked for fraud

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