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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Today's Headlines

Post-Doklam, India & China to check differences from becoming disputes
India and China agreed on Monday to ramp up “strategic communication” between the governments, and significantly, to be mindful of each other’s “sensitivities”.

Netas be barred from fighting from 2 seats? SC to rule
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine whether politicians could be barred from contesting from more than one seat in an election and sought the attorney general’s assistance to decide the issue.

Don't allow govts access to forest funds: SC amicus
NEW DELHI: The amicus curiae appointed by the Supreme Court to assist it in forest-related cases on Monday moved an application to stop transfer of money to the Centre and states from the compensatory afforestation fund, which has swelled to Rs 50,488 crore since it was instituted in 2002.

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Business

India Inc's gender diversity hit by execution ills, below global standards: Survey
Nearly 60 per cent of women respondents in the BCG survey, which covered 1,500 employees across 25 large Indian companies, said their company is focused on promoting diversity, but only 29 per cent believe that they benefited from the programme.

Increase social security pension in budget: Experts to FM

Markets surge again as Sensex closes in on 33,500

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Environment

Whales could become extinct: Officials
Officials with the federal government say it's time to consider the possibility that endangered right whales could become extinct unless new steps are taken to protect them. North Atlantic right whales are among the rarest marine mammals in the world, and they have endured a deadly year.

Marine organisms shred plastic bags into pieces
A single plastic grocery bag could be shredded by marine organisms into over one million microscopic fragments, a study has found.

PETA teams up with Sony Music to help save rescued pets
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Sony Music together has launched a video contest 'Billi Ka Bachcha' on the occasion of International Animal Rights Day to encourage adoption of homeless animals like cats and dogs.

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World

Saudi Arabia says cinemas will be allowed from early 2018
"As the industry regulator, the general commission for Audiovisual Media has started the process for licensing cinemas in the Kingdom," Minister of Culture and Information Awwad bin Saleh Alawwad said in a statement.

Trump's accusers 'should be heard': Haley
The growing wave of women reporting abuse or misconduct has brought down powerful men, from movie producer Harvey Weinstein to popular television personality Matt Lauer.

California wildfire rages toward coastal communities
A massive California wildfire that has already destroyed nearly 800 structures scorched another 56,000 acres on Sunday, making it the fifth largest such blaze in recorded state history, as it ran toward picturesque coastal cities.

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Entertainment

Confirmed! Actress Anushka Sharma and cricketer Virat Kohli got officially married today
After a long run of rumours and speculations making rounds on social media, Bollywood's quintessential actress Anushka Sharma and cricketer Virat Kohli are finally married.

'PadMan' new poster: Akki's village 'superhero' scales new heights
Taking to Twitter, Akshay shared the latest poster of ‘PadMan’ that shows Akshay’s character in a sophisticated urban avatar.

Sonam admits she rejected a film due to pay disparity
Pay disparity between the male actors and female actors runs deep in Bollywood since ages and that's a known fact.

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Science

Five new types of mental illness identified
Five categories defined by their specific symptoms and areas of brain activation, are namely, tension, anxious arousal, general anxiety, anhedonia that means the inability to feel pleasure and melancholia have been discovered.

NASA's Kepler uses Google AI for latest discovery
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has made its latest discovery using machine learning from Google, the US space agency said. NASA will announce the discovery made by Kepler, which has been searching for alien worlds since 2009, on December 14.

7 reasons why there has been an increase in number of earthquakes
As per a report by The Guardian, scientists have warned there could be a significant growth in the numbers of devastating earthquakes around the world in 2018. Here are seven main reasons that may have led to a rise in seismic activity across the globe.

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Sports

India to play 81 matches at home from 2019-2023
India will be hosting 81 matches across formats from 2019-2023, 30 more than the current Future Tours Programme, but the BCCI insisted that the number of playing days per year for the ever-busy cricketers will decrease.

Virat Kohli ties knot with Anushka Sharma in Italy
After months of speculations and weeks of making headlines on a daily basis, Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli tied the knot with Bollywood actress and long time girlfriend Anushka Sharma in Milan, Italy today.

Dubai Super Series Final: Easy draw for Sindhu
Rio Olympic silver medallist shuttler PV Sindhu will begin her campaign against lower ranked Hi Bingjiao of China in the women's singles event of the season-ending Dubai Super Series Finals starting on Wednesday.

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Technology

Here's 'bad news' for Reliance Jio customers
Riding on the Jio wave, 2018 will see India gradually move away from being a developing 4G country, overcoming the hiccups necessary to become a full-grown 4G power, a new report said on Friday.

As bitcoin soars, warnings of a bubble proliferate
The price of bitcoin has been soaring this year, and last week alone it jumped from $11,000 to well over $17,000, according to Coindesk.It started the year below $1,000.

Year-end deals on Amazon: Get 50%-plus discounts on headphones
This sale includes various products such as speakers, hard drives, headphones, camera and PC accessories, wearables, printers and ink to name a few.

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Education

CBSE class 10, 12 board exam practical schedule released

680 placement offers bagged by IIT-Roorkee students in 1st week
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Roorkee placements: A total of 681 offers — 286 in core sector and 395 in non-core — came from 168 participating companies during the recruiting exercise which began on December 2, it said in a statement.

Best of Ivy League at Bennett University

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Mumbai

Over 50% of trees in Mumbai of foreign origin

Man shot at after bank visit, robbed of Rs 6 lakh

Start-up founder falls to death from Malad highrise

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Delhi

CM Arvind Kejriwal trying to score political points: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari

Install CCTVs in all 192 police stations: Delhi high court

Gangster who abducted 2 Jhansi bizmen held in Delhi

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Bangalore

Poll sop: Govt to allot plots in Bengaluru to 36 caste groups

Hit-and-run case: Youth held for injuring traffic cop on MG Road

Transgender voters in Karnataka double in 5 years

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Hyderabad

Hyderabad feels the nip as temperature drops to 12.7 Celsius
Within a span of 24 hours, the city's minimum temperature dropped from 15.9 to 12.7 degree Celsius on Monday - the lowest temperature recorded in December so far.

5 pharma firm staff arrested for dumping chemicals
Police arrested 12 people and booked employees of five pharmaceutical companies, involved in manufacturing of heavy drugs, on Monday for dumping chemical waste in Yadadri, Rachakonda.

Registration rider: Realtors can't con you on plot layout
RERA Norms Also Tighten Layout Rules

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Chennai

Court adjourns telephone exchange case to Dec 15

HC refuses to relax ban on living persons' photos on hoardings

Afghan eves get fire power in Chennai

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Ahmedabad

City receives light rain in morning, mercury dips

Respiratory illnesses spike with weather change

Roadside eateries face anti-trash drive

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Allahabad

Sangam city tops auto theft chart in zone

Old yet revered: Pattachitra art grabs eyeballs at Shilp Mela
The scenes of Mahabharat and Ramayan depicted on paintings made using the 2,000-year-old art form of ‘Pattachitra’ attracted a lot of visitors during the ongoing Rashtriya Shilp Mela, organised at the North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC).

Teachers demand to start promotion process
With the promotion of teachers in upper primary schools has not taken place since 2013 after few teachers had gone to Allahabad High Court, the teachers’ association has demanded from Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) to start the promotion process

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Bhubaneswar

'Indian breed dogs can be equally good pets as pedigree dogs'

Odisha government seeks crop damage report from 5 district collectors

College girl on a solo bike trip across India for paraplegic soldiers

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Bhopal

Convict complains of snake bite in Madhya Pradesh, doctors find no poison

MP Congress asks for probe into BJP MLA's assets after son is 'cheated' of Rs 77 lakh

Madhya Pradesh BJP pulls all stops for victory in Kolaras assembly constituency

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Chandigarh