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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

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UP hospital deaths: Yogi govt orders FIRs against doctors, staffers
The UP government ordered FIRs to be registered against doctors and officials of BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur, and supplier of liquid oxygen on the basis of a report submitted by chief secretary Rajiv Kumar following his probe into the turn of events that had led to death of 30 kids in 48 hours.

Dawood on UK 'hit-list' with 3 Pak addresses

Boy caught in woman tutor's sex trap in UP
A 15-year-old Class X student has alleged he was sexually exploited by a female tutor and her divorcee sister for nine months. He told police the duo even shot “obscene videos and pictures” of him “to extort money”. Their brother was allegedly complicit as well.

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Business

By staying till March, Sikka may benefit from stock options
Infosys’ vice-chairman and former CEO Vishal Sikka is staying back till March next year and the company said this was to ensure a smooth transition. But sources said his remaining eight-month stint in the company will also give him an opportunity to cash in on unvested equity awards.

Alibaba's UC Web Browser may face ban in India
UC Web, the browser owned by Chinese internet giant Alibaba, has come under the scrutiny of the Igovernment as part of investigations against Chinese companies over data theft. If found guilty of stealing data of Indian users, the company may be banned in the country, a top official said.

Telecom companies likely to get more time on deferred spectrum payment
The final recommendations of the group will be placed before the Telecom Commission and ultimately before the Cabinet. Incidentally, the Telecom Commission is slated to meet on September 1. The drafting of report has begun and will take a day or two, marking the final leg of the report's finalisation

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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

Once a colony, Angola rules coloniser Portugal
How the roles have reversed: The coloniser has been colonised. On Portuguese coast of Cascais, where the nation’s royal court used to summer, a new 14-storey condominium building looms by the sea. So many of its apartments have been bought by Angola’s ruling class that it has come to be known as “Angolans’ building”.

China defends ally Pakistan after Trump criticism
Asked about Trump's speech, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Pakistan was on the front line in the struggle against terrorism and had made "great sacrifices" and "important contributions" in the fight.

US-led strikes kill more than 170 Raqqa civilians
More than 170 civilians have been killed by US-led strikes on Islamic State in Raqqa city in the past week, a spike in casualties since an offensive to oust the militants began more than two months ago, a war monitor said.

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Entertainment

Taimur poses with Kareena, Karisma and cousins
We've seen him being carried in and out of parties and his granny's home. But this time, Taimur decided to give mommy company on sets.

Sushant Singh Rajput speaks about his 'nude scene' in 'Drive'
Rumours of the actor doing the full monty have also been doing the rounds online. However, the 'M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story' actor has now cleared the air about the scene.

Jacqueline poses with KJo, Manish Malhotra

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Science

Now, dissolvable milk capsules for your coffee!

Invited scientific proposals for Venus, Mars, asteroid projects: Isro chairman

New catalyst can reduce pollution from diesel vehicles
Scientists have developed a catalyst that can curb emissions of nitrogen oxides from diesel-powered vehicles. The team focused on copper-exchanged zeolites, a particular class of catalysts used to promote the conversion of NOx into environmentally benign nitrogen gas.

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Sports

World Championships: Dominant Sindhu eases into pre-quarterfinals
Top Indian shuttler PV Sindhu stormed into pre-quarterfinals of the women's singles event at the World Badminton Championships, with a commanding straight games victory over Kim Hyo Min of Korea in Glasgow on Tuesday.

We need one good left-arm pacer, says Bharat Arun
Variation in any bowling attack makes it lethal and that's precisely the reason why bowling coach Bharat Arun is in search of a potent left-arm speedster, who enables Indian team to have all bases covered.

Jhajharia, Sardar to be conferred with Khel Ratna
Based on the recommendations of the Selection Committee consisting of former Olympian, Arjuna Awardees, Dronacharya Awardees, Dhyan Chand Awardees, the Sports Ministry has decided to confer the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2017 to Para Athlete Devendra Jhajharia and former hockey captain Sardar Singh.

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Technology

Nokia 6 to go on sale today on Amazon
HMD Global launched the Nokia 6 smartphone in June earlier this year in India. The smartphone comes with a price tag of Rs 14,999 and will go on sale on Amazon today (August 23) at 12PM.

Vivo V7+ selfie smartphone to launch in India on September 7
It seems that Chinese smartphone brand Vivo is all set to launch its latest selfie smartphone in India.

Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro price leaked
It seems that Samsung will also unveil its Gear Fit 2 fitness tracker with its flagship smartphone Galaxy Note 8 on August 23. A fresh leak about the Gear Fit 2 has surfaced online. Popular tipster Evan Blass of VentureBeat has leaked an image revealing the price of Samsung Gear Fit 2.

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Education

IITs, IIMs may be told to rate, certify institutes
“We have a huge talent pool of teachers and students who can use the entire exercise of evaluation as a learning tool,” Prakash Javadekar said.

The Science of Happiness
In an introductory lesson on the Science of Happiness, Dacher Keltner, a UC Berkeley psychologist, underlined the relationship between the success of a person and his/her compassionate and nurturing traits. Here are some of the highlights from his introductory lecture at UC Berkeley:

JEE to junk multiple choice for short-answer questions
The announcement comes just a day after the JAB said the next IIT-JEE (Advanced) will be conducted online. JEE (Advanced) so far only had MCQs, where the correct answer had to be marked into optical mark reading (OMR) sheets later evaluated by machines.

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Mumbai

Strict norms, realty blues hit Ganpati mandals
A stringent permissions process and a depressed real estate market appear to have led to a drastic drop in the number of sarvajanik Ganeshotsav mandals that have applied to the BMC for permission to set up pandals so far this year.

Mumbai cops began drill for Maratha morcha in June
The city police began preparing for the August 9 Maratha morcha in June last week itself to ensure Mumbai is not affected by the crowd expected from across the state.

'Ward officials could have stopped work in Ghatkopar building sans plaint'
Shiv Sena functionary Sunil Shitap was arrested as the extensive repairs being carried out in a maternity home on the ground floor owned by him had allegedly caused the crash. Residents claimed he had removed load-bearing pillars.

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Delhi

Delhi govt puts swine flu toll at 5, hospitals report over 40 deaths
Among hospitals that shared data with TOI, Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) had recorded the maximum numbers of deaths at 22, of which 13 patients were from Delhi, seven from Uttar Pradesh and two from Haryana.

Why you aren't ready for pollution season
The city may be marginally better off now that the graded response action plan is in place, but that involves responding to pollution crises with emergency interventions.

19 Hauz Khas Village eateries lose licence
South corporation on Tuesday informed the high court that it has revoked the licences of 19 restaurants in Hauz Khas Village, following an “extensive” survey of all the eateries to check of any condition violations.

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Bangalore

Govt may send revised list of KPSC members to governor

Pre-poll survey results part of Cong's attempt to mislead public: Vishwanath

Dasara website draws visitors from US, Gulf

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Hyderabad

Aadhaar now made mandatory for vehicle registration in Telangana
Want to register your vehicle with the Road Transport Authority in Telangana? Make sure you have an Aadhaar card.

Reforms was the answer to avoid court battle: Activist

'Muslim Personal Law changes are against Sharia'

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Chennai

Tamil Nadu to make it must for drivers to carry original DLs

Girl leaps off 7th floorr: Cops probe 'Blue Whale' link
A 24-year-old student sustained severe injuries after she jumped from her seventh floor flat in Virugambakkam around 11pm on Monday, landing on a car parked below.

Can't exempt Tamil Nadu from NEET, start medical admission: SC
Chennai/ The Tamil Nadu government's NEET bubble burst on Wednesday when the Supreme Court directed it to do MBBS/BDS admissions solely on the basis of NEET marks.

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Ahmedabad

PM Modi to dedicate Narmada dam on his birthday

Gujarat to demand Rs 4,700cr from Centre

Now make law to build mandir: Togadia

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Allahabad

Student cops to share learnings at police seminar next month
All the 15 students of six different schools, including Saumya Dubey who officiated in the role of Station House Officer (SHO) at Civil Lines police station for a day and witnessed police proceedings at four different police stations on Sunday, would be invited to share their experiences at a panel discussion to be organised by police department in the second week of September month.

Kaushambi rejects BJP-supported candidate in zila panchayat president bypoll
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday received a jolt in the home turf of deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya when party supported candidate Madhupati lost to independent candidate in the zila panchayat president by-election 2017 held in Kaushambi amidst tight security arrangements.

Class 10th girl becomes SHO for a day, wants to be an IPS officer

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Bhubaneswar

Odisha police modernisation action plan gets MHA approval
The ministry of home affairs (MHA) on Tuesday approved an action plan of Rs 31.75 crore for modernisation Odisha police force in 2017-18 fiscal. DGP Kunwar Brajesh Singh confirmed that the high power committee of MHA approved the action plan.

BJD to intensify agitation over MSP and GST on handloom products
The BJD cooperative cell on Tuesday announced to intensify its agitation against the Centre demanding increase in the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy and exemption of GST on handloom products.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik pays homage to Congress MLA Subal Sahu

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Bhopal

Women Who Stood Up Against Instant Triple Talaq

Swimmer without hands is chief guest at Bal Sansad

Dengue, H1N1 claims 4 lives in Bhopal

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Chandigarh

Big parties ditch Pinjra Tod, leave it to the Left

HC dismisses PIL seeking CBI probe in Varnika case

Nursery student suffers burn in school, committee inquires

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