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Wednesday, November 08, 2017

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Rajasthan: 'Love jihad' woman returns to husband
A 22-year-old Hindu woman whose conversion to Islam and marriage to a Muslim had led her family to allege 'love jihad' returned to her husband's home on Tuesday after the Rajasthan high court said she was free to go anywhere she wished.

Adhir-Yogi meeting sets tongues wagging
Bengal Congress chief and Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's meeting with UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday in Lucknow has ruffled feathers in the Congress camp, especially in the backdrop of buzz that the leader has been hobnobbing with BJP functionaries for some months now.

Bangladeshi convicted of raping nun, 71, in Bengal
The city sessions court on Tuesday held a Bangladeshi national guilty for the March 2015 rape of a 71-year-old nun of a convent in Ranaghat, more than 80km from here.

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Business

Arun Jaitley hints at pruning more items in 28% GST slab
Under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime implemented from July, over 1,200 products and services have been fitted into one of the 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent tax slabs based on the principle of keeping the total tax incidence at almost the same level as previously as well as keeping revenue collections neutral.

BG Srinivas, Ashok Vemuri front runners for Infosys CEO post
Infosys is also exploring possibilities to create a deputy CEO role. It has interviewed a slew of candidates, including some executives from Oracle and Google.

Bankruptcy board strengthens legal framework
It will ensure that as part of due diligence, prior to approval of a resolution plan, the antecedents, credit worthiness and credibility of a resolution applicant, including promoters, are taken into account by the committee of creditors (CoC), the government stated in a notification.

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Environment

China echoes India's concerns at Bonn Climate Summit
The question was raised by India while supporting a group of developing countries' demand to include implementation of pre-2020 commitments of rich nations in the agenda of current climate conference. The group also asked developed countries to increase their ambition to reduce carbon footprints.

Donald Trump 'not invited' to Paris climate summit
President Donald Trump is not among the around 100 heads of state and government invited to next month's climate summit in Paris, a French presidential aide said Tuesday. "For now, President Donald Trump is not invited," he said, while noting that representatives of the US government would attend.

Antarctic leopard seals flocking to Australia: Biologist
Sam Thalmann, a marine biologist with 20 years of experience based in Tasmania, said that in a typical year there were three to five leopard seals spotted in the island state, Xinhua news agency reported.

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World

US attorney general Sessions to face House judiciary panel on Nov 14
In a letter to Sessions on Tuesday, all 17 Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee told the attorney general they would question him about his past denials of communications between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.

Sex scandal, gaffes add to trials of beleaguered May
May faces the challenge of steering Britain out of the EU at the helm of a government split between proponents and opponents of Brexit. And she is weakened after her gamble on a snap June election to increase the Conservative majority in Parliament backfired, leaving her with a minority government.

NATO to boost Afghan mission by 3,000 troops
Around half the new troops will come from the United States, and the overall size of NATO's training and support mission in the unrest-hit country will increase from 13,000 to 16,000.

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Entertainment

Milind Soman posts new selfie with girlfriend
While the trolls were having a field day, Milind seems to be least bothered as he shared yet another selfie with his air hostess girlfriend, Ankita Konwar.

Spotted: Kareena slays in a denim jacket
Kareena Kapoor Khan was spotted at the airport going denim all the way as she headed out to Phuket for the next schedule of the film.

Pics: Aishwarya glams it up for 'Fanney Khan'
Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan recently kicked off her scheduled shoot of the upcoming musical comedy ‘Fanney Khan’.

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Science

Earth will turn into sizzling fireball in less than 600 years: Stephen Hawking
British physicist Stephen Hawking has warned that the human race will perish on Earth as growing population and massive power consumption would turn the planet into a sizzling fireball in less than 600 years. To ensure the survival, humans must "boldly go where no one has gone before," Hawking said.

'Missing link' in origin of life on Earth found
These ingredients are short strands of nucleotides to store genetic information, short chains of amino acids (peptides) to do the main work of cells, and lipids to form encapsulating structures such as cell walls.

Poor social skills may harm physical, mental health: Study
People with poor social skills experience more stress and loneliness, which can negatively affect their physical as well as mental health, a study has found. The study, published in the journal Health Communication, is among the first to link social skills to physical, and not just mental health.

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Sports

India beat New Zealand by 6 runs in a thriller, clinch T20 series 2-1
Indian bowlers defended a modest-looking 67 with admirable discipline as the hosts pipped New Zealand by six runs in the rain-hit third Twenty20 to claim the series 2-1, on Tuesday.

Winning Asia Cup great, but we need to succeed in 2018: Rani
Back in the country after helping the Indian women's hockey team lift the Asia Cup title for the first time in 13 years, captain Rani Rampal and experienced goalkeeper Savita Punia are naturally beaming when speaking of the team's success over the past ten days.

Headmaster tag came back to me later in my career: Anil Kumble
Former India coach Anil Kumble, known to give it all on the field, attributed his approach to a disciplined upbringing that eventually got him the unpopular tag of a "headmaster" later in his illustrious career.

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Technology

Huawei Fit, Band 2 and Band 2 Pro fitness trackers launched in India, price starts at Rs 4,999
Chinese smartphone maker Huawei has expanded its wearable series with the launch of Huawei Band 2, Band 2 Pro and Huawei Fit. All the three devices are available across various retail and online stores in the country.

Moto X4 to be exclusively available on Flipkart
Lenovo-owned Motorola recently started sending out media invites for the launch event of Moto X4 smartphone.

IIT Kharagpur led NDL India and UNESCO join hands on Knowledge Engineering through Globalization of Digital Library Design
In the recently concluded international workshop jointly held by UNESCO and the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) under the leadership of IIT Kharagpur, NDLI announced to go global through international collaborations with the world’s top digital libraries keeping up to its motto of ‘Open and Inclusive’.

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Education

India inks $119 million loan pact with World Bank for Odisha's education scheme
India signed a loan agreement with World Bank to improve the quality of students' access to selected institutions. The agreement for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development loan equivalent to $119 million is for Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence and Equity Project.

Specialisation in one field not good enough for future jobs, say educationists and employers

Goa government likely to hike spending on education sector
educational sector which is around 3.4 per cent of the GDP is.

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Mumbai

75% Mumbaikars believe vaccines only for kids, so do 15% in 5 nations: Study
Three-fourths of adult Mumbaikars believe vaccines are meant only for children, found a survey . In a year when swine flu emerged as one of the biggest reasons for hospitalization, 30% of those surveyed said adults should take vaccines only before travelling.

BMC asks hawkers to stay off railway stations, mulls alternative areas
The BMC held a meeting with hawkers' unions on Monday , asking them to avoid hawking inside marked areas near stations. But the unions alleged the BMC was acting against court orders and forcing them to shut their business.

From next month, sail on a cruise liner to Goa
Cruise line services between Mumbai and Goa will begin by the first week of December and hotels have been requested to construct floating jetties to facilitate ferrying tourists to their resorts, said Union minister of shipping Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday .

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Delhi

Delhi, you're killing me
Bringing back terrifying memories of last November's apocalyptic smog, Delhi awoke to find itself shrouded in a toxic grey haze on Tuesday . Air quality fell to “severe“ levels, worse than post Diwali pollution in the city .

Added hurdles to odd-even this time
Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said that Delhi government is ready to implement the Graded Action Plan, including putting in force the odd-even road rationing scheme, if the air quality worsens. However, rolling out the scheme at a short notice this time around may turn out to be tougher than the previous editions.

Form school safety panels in 15 days: DoE
The directorate of education, in a circular released on Tuesday, has given 15 days to all schools in the capital to create a school safety committee that will be entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining minimum safety standards in the school. A checklist of measures that must be taken to ensure that the safety measures for a school are followed have also been released.

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Bangalore

Names of netas opposing fete to be taken off invites

Bengaluru man stabs Mumbai teacher for refusing to marry him
A 33-year-old woman from Mumbai is battling for life after she was stabbed four times by a 36-year-old unemployed man, whom she had met on a matrimonial site but declined to marry, in south Bengaluru recently.

Power outages leave Bengalureans fuming

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Hyderabad

Telangana intermediate exams to begin from March 1

Two arrested by CID for uploading morphed, obscene photos of Tollywood actresses

BJP MLA pulls mike from Congress MLA, ruckus in Telangana assembly

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Chennai

DMK lawyer moves HC for Karuna's name on Sivaji plaque

Doctors highlight 'double cross' women carry in battling diabetes

Panel rejects RTI by auto firm staff

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Ahmedabad

HC nod for state's first wind power auction

Were staff forced into 'hot oil test' in Rs 6L theft?

ISIS suspect picked up from Ujjain

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Allahabad

After arrest, accused claims note ban losses pushed him into crime

NCR to make all running rooms fully air-conditioned
Authorities of North Central Railways (NCR) has decided that all running rooms in this zonal railway would be made fully air-conditioned before the onset of the next summer.

UPRTOU convocation: Education is about universal brotherhood, says Ram Naik
ALLAHABAD: The aim of education is to make every student work for society and the nation so that not only their personality improves but the idea of universal brotherhood spreads across the world, opines Governor of the state, Ram Naik. He was speaking at the 12th convocation of the Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU), on Tuesday.

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Bhubaneswar

Odisha to host National Bird Festival at Chilika in January-2018

Odisha institutes award to recognize exemplary service by doctors and paramedical staffs

Odisha: Koraput schoolgirl was not gang-raped, say police

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Bhopal

Tribal woman forced to carry hubby on shoulders as 'punishment' for 'elopement'

Crime branch detains over 400 people found at city's vulnerable spots
In a major crackdown following the gang-rape of a civil service aspirant in state capital, crime branch has detained more than 400 people from vulnerable or isolated spots of the city. The raids were random and many people were caught either drinking or involved in anti-social activities.

Now, girls' hostels in populated areas only
Days after the horrific gang rape of a UPSC aspirant returning from her coaching class shook the state capital, the district administration has woken up to security concerns and has decided that government girls hostels will henceforth come up only in densely populated areas.

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Chandigarh

ISI-backed terror module behind targeted killings in Punjab: Captain Amarinder Singh

Haryana government turning blind eye to panchayat pressure: Junaid's father
Panchayats are being openly held in Khandwali village with the aim of pressurising Jalalduddin Khan, father of 16-year-old Junaid who was killed on a train in June, into withdrawing his case and the Haryana government has turned a blind eye to the tactic.

Tough geography, remote villages took test of campaigners
The campaigning took test of the contestants and their supporters in Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti districts where they had to work hard, sometime over 18 hours a day, to cover the remote villages despite tough geography under very limited time period.

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