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Wednesday, October 04, 2017

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Heavy rain spells up 3-fold in central India
Widespread extreme rain events, like the one that flooded Mumbai on August 29 this year, have tripled between 1950 and 2015 across central India, says a study by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology published in Nature Communications on Tuesday.

Rajoana's sister moves HC against his hanging
Twenty-two years after the then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh was assassinated, a petition seeking directions to commute the death sentence of convict Balwant Singh Rajoana into life imprisonment has been moved in the Punjab and Haryana high court.

Note ban was largest money-laundering plan ever: Arun Shourie
Slamming the Narendra Modi government over sliding economic growth and increasing job losses, former Union minister Arun Shourie has likened demonetisation to suicide, saying the latter is too “a bold step“. He also called the Modi government as “government of twoand-a-half persons“.

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Business

When offline deals beat online ones
While modern retail is still a small part of overall retail market in India, e-commerce in specific is at a nascent stage.

Corporate finances show improvement: Ratings cos
Ratings have always been a complicated issue, not just in India but globally with agencies often facing criticism for their actions. On Tuesday, two agencies released data, pointing to a sharp improvement in the financial health of India Inc, a statement that is good news for policymakers as well as businesses.

Core sector growth rises to 4.9 per cent in August
These eight infrastructure sectors -- coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity -- had witnessed 3.1 per cent expansion in August last year. The infrastructure growth was 2.6 per cent in the previous month of July

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Environment

Nepal, India to conduct first joint tiger count
For the first time, Nepal and India will undertake a joint tiger census next month in their national parks, forests and protected areas adjoining the two countries using a globally-recognised method, officials said on Monday. The counting of tigers will begin from the second week of November.

Delhi zoo begins National Wildlife Week celebrations
The Delhi zoo on Sunday began the National Wildlife Week celebrations, with many activities planned for school children and wildlife enthusiasts in its premises. The official said the park has added the theme of the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' to the ongoing wildlife week celebrations this year.

Fear of volcanic eruption on Bali forces 135,000 to flee
Nearly 135,000 people on the Indonesian island of Bali have left their homes and taken shelter in makeshift evacuation centres after warnings the Mount Agung volcano could erupt at any time, officials said late on Thursday.

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World

In Vegas, the show must go on
It is this song that came to my mind again and again as I negotiated the streets of Vegas the day after the tragic shooting near Mandalay Bay.

US expels 15 Cuban diplomats following mysterious attacks
The United States ordered the expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats, accusing Havana of failing to protect their US counterparts from harm in a series of mystery "attacks" on their health. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, however, said, Washington would maintain diplomatic relations with Havana

US-led strike kills 18 civilians in Syria's Raqa: Monitor
A US-led coalition air strike killed at least 18 civilians on Tuesday in the Islamic State group's former stronghold of Raqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.

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Entertainment

Katrina Kaif keen to star opposite Ranveer Singh in Kapil Dev biopic '83'?
While fans are still going gaga over Ranveer Singh’s menacing ‘Padmavati’ first look of Sultan Alauddin Khilji, the actor has already moved on to his next film projects.

'Padmavati' poster: Ranveer Singh looks menacing as the antagonist Sultan Alauddin Khilji
Ranveer’s much-awaited look as Khilji for 'Padmavati' is finally out and it’s everything the audience was expecting and much more.

Kangana Ranaut's sister Rangoli hits out at "stalker uncle" Hrithik Roshan for revisiting scandal
Pointing out that Kangna was still in school when Roshan made his Bollywood debut, Rangoli said that if not in the film industry, her sister would have called him “uncle”.

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Science

37 Indians co-author gravitational waves discovery paper
As many as 37 Indian scientists from nine institutes, including Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, were co-authors of the gravitational waves discovery paper — awarded the Nobel prize in Physics on Tuesday.

Protein that may treat flu symptoms, cut death risk identified
Scientists have identified a protein that can improve of symptoms influenza as well as reduce the death risk associated with the infection, and possibly other types of diseases.

'Unexpectedly' strong solar storm sparks global aurora on Mars
The solar event on Sept. 11, 2017 sparked a global aurora at Mars more than 25 times brighter than any previously seen by the MAVEN orbiter, which has been studying the Martian atmosphere's interaction with the solar wind since 2014.

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Sports

IPL contracts prevented Australians from sledging: Sehwag
Virender Sehwag on Tuesday said that the Australian players were scared of sledging Virat Kohli and the other Indian players during the recently concluded ODI series due to the possibility of losing out on their lucrative IPL contracts.

Deepa Malik still hurt over Khel Ratna snub
Rio Paralympics silver medallist remains upset over being ignored for Khel Ratna this year and feels exception should have been made by the awards committee, like it had done in 2016.

India U-17 footballers meet Sports Minister Rathore
The Indian Under-17 football squad on Tuesday met Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore along with All India Football Federation (AIFF) general secretary Kushal Das.

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Technology

Google set to launch Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL: Likely specifications, price and more

Amazon's second festive sale starts tomorrow: These are the discounts you will get
Amazon India's second festive sale starts tomorrow (October 4). So, you can ready your shopping list. Amazon Great Indian Festival sale (part 2) will be five-day sale running through October 4th to 8th.

7 reasons why you should not invest in bitcoins, cryptocurrencies
Investors’ honeymoon with cryptocurrencies seems to be ending. After rallying significantly since the beginning of 2017, prices have now started crashing.

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Education

Students can seek answer sheets under RTI, says CIC
There’s good news for students. The CIC in an order has ruled that educational institutions that are public authorities cannot refuse to provide exam answer sheets under the RTI Act.

IIT Ropar Professor Bags NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award 2017

CAT 2017 registrations close at 2.31 lakh, 1,000 short of last year
Registrations for the Common Admission Test (CAT), to make it to Indian Institutes of Management and other leading B-schools, closed at 2.31 lakh. Last year, CAT recorded 2.32 lakh applications, which were highest since 2010. CAT 2017 is being conducted by IIM, Lucknow after a gap of seven years.

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Mumbai

`Is there no other plot than SoBo park for fire engine?'
The Bombay high court on Tuesday asked the BMC if it had no other plot in Malabar Hill to temporarily house a fire engine instead of parking it at Priyadarshini Park. The court was hearing a plea by the Malabar Hill Citizen's Forum against the move to put up a temporary structure, station staff and park a fire engine on a portion of the park.

HC sets 2021 deadline for builder in Powai
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed Lakeview Developers run by the Hiranandani group to construct around 2,398 affordable houses in Powai before June 1, 2021, according to the undertaking given by them.

2017 sees highest dengue deaths in 5 years
The dengue outbreak that swept across the city in September has claimed 12 lives of which six were pediatric patients aged between 2 and 16 years. With this, the city's dengue death toll for the year has touched 14, making it the highest in the last five years.

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Delhi

No law to protect parents who are below 60: PIL
A 57-year-old man has moved Delhi high court claiming absence of a law for the protection of parents who are not yet senior citizens from hostility and violence by their children.

410 accidents every day, but how many of them are triggered by bad eyesight?
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday launched free eye check-ups camps for truck drivers with valid commercial licences, and their helpers and cleaners, across the country , laying down for the first time a nationwide measuring stick for eyesight among those behind the wheels.

Boy seen taking selfie run over by train
A teenager last seen taking a selfie on railway tracks died after being run over by a train near the Welcome railway station in nort heast Delhi. Police suspect he was walking along the tracks with earphones on and did not hear the train coming.

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Bangalore

BJP hits out at actor Prakash Raj for criticising Modi

Whiff of scam in universal health care says BJP, govt cancels tender of health cards

3 teenagers run over by train while taking selfie on track
Craze for a 'selfie-with-moving- train' cost 3 Bengaluru teenagers their lives as they were run down by a train.

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Hyderabad

Long queue, but no insurance cover for rain-battered cars

What's up? Schools shut after fake GO goes viral

Deluged by complaints, GHMC presses 190 teams for relief ops

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Chennai

Chennai no more among country's top realty hotspots

Duo held for pledging fake gold

Marans to file discharge petition in the illegal telephone exchange case

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Ahmedabad

Rs 600 crore for welfare of non-quota castes

Dalit atrocity case witness slashed with blade

Peeping crooks rely on ATM users' ignorance

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Allahabad

Damodarshree award given in Allahabad

BSP leader shot dead in Allahabad
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Rajesh Yadav (46), a resident of Park Road was shot by unidentified assailants near Tarachand Hostel in Colonelganj during the wee hours of Tuesday. He had contested the 2017 Assembly election from Gyanpur seat of Bhadohi district on BSP ticket but lost.

NSUI chalks out strategy for AUSU polls
In a bid to make the maximum out of its recent win in Delhi University Students Union poll and using it to boost the morale of its candidates and impress voters in Allahabad University, the National Students Union of India (NSUI) will use the slogan, “DU Hui Hamari — Ab AU Ki Baari” prominently this time.

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Bhubaneswar

Railways to felicitate four of its staff for averting a major mishap

DCP, team chase, nab 2 robbers on East Coast Road

Tax lawyers move Orissa HC challenging GST

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Bhopal

Reality Check: Only 1% of e-waste in Bhopal collected

'Rajmata' of Panna against Ken-Betwa linking project

Abattoir to come at Adampur Chhawani

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Chandigarh