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Sunday, January 07, 2018

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'Mud therapy' soils Taj Mahal's tourist appeal

VP sends notice against Rahul Gandhi to LS

Mughals, Brits ruined India: Vice President
Vice-president Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday accused Mughals and Britishers of “looting, ruining and cheating India”. He said the ‘loot’ was not just limited to materialistic things but extended to ‘some of the minds’.

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Business

Green shoots already visible from structural reforms: Jaitley
Asserting that India is the only economy to undertake a number of structural reforms, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said these measures can create a "transient hiatus" but "green shoots" are already coming out.

Infosys: Ex-CFO pats Nilekani for correcting previous 'wrongdoings' over CEO's pay
Former Infosys CFO said it is important for the board to clearly articulate the performance metrics for the vesting of variable salaries to senior management.

Paytm Payments Bank, IndusInd tie-up for fixed deposit facility
Paytm Payments Bank customers can redeem their deposits instantly, anytime without paying any pre-closure or miscellaneous charges and can earn up to 6.85 per cent annual interest, the company said in a statement.

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Environment

Manas National Park to get three rhinos
Three female rhino calves that were rescued from Kaziranga National Park area during the devastating monsoon floods in 2016 will find their new homes in Manas National Park.

CSIR scientists join hands to develop e-crackers
Different labs of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India’s key scientific research body - have joined hands for developing eco-friendly firecrackers and arriving at a cost-effective technology to make e-crackers (electronic-crackers) available to Indian consumers across the country.

Solid waste management: A challenge before cities
Eight out of every 10 city managers including municipal commissioners and mayors feel solid waste management is the biggest challenge before their cities while 70% of them feel it is improvement in water supply.

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World

Trump says he's 'very smart' & 'very stable genius'
President Donald Trump, in an extraordinary defence of his mental capacity and fitness for office, described himself on Saturday as a “genius” and “a very stable genius at that.” In a series of Twitter messages, Trump defended himself by charting his rise to the presidency.

13 killed in heavy snowstorms in China
Thirteen people have been killed in heavy snowstorms in China's Anhui Province in the last three days as blue alert has been sounded for blizzards. The worst snowstorms since 2008 have so far affected 1.06 million people in the province, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Malaysia approves new search for missing airliner
The Malaysian government has approved a new attempt to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean, the transport minister said Saturday.

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Entertainment

Twitterati targets Anushka Sharma for Virat Kohli's poor performance in India-South Africa Test
Anushka, who was present in the stands to cheer her hubby, was again at the receiving end of trolls on Twitter and was brutally trolled for Virat's poor performance.

Disha Patani shares a throwback picture from her Sri Lanka vacation
Disha Patani, who was vacationing with rumoured beau Tiger Shroff in Sri Lanka returned to Mumbai three days back. However, looks like the actress is still very much in her holiday mood.

This picture of Karan Johar nestling Roohi and Yash in his arms is pure bliss
With the arrival of his twins Roohi and Yash in 2017, Karan Johar became a changed man.

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Science

Chemical ban helped closing up of ozone layer hole: NASA
With the declining levels of ozone-destroying chlorine, scientists have for the first time observed less ozone depletion. The findings showed that an international ban on chlorine-containing manmade chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons(CFCs) has resulted in about 20 per cent less ozone depletion during the Antarctic winter from 2005 to 2016.

Race to be perfect hurting youth

Massive stars more abundant in nearby galaxy: Study
The discovery, made in the gigantic star-forming region 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, has 'far- reaching' consequences for our understanding of how stars transformed the pristine universe into the one we live in today, researchers said.

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Sports

1st Test: All-round Pandya sparkles but SA hold the edge
Hardik Pandya starred for India with an all-round show but South Africa still managed to edge ahead ending at 65/2 and extending their lead to 142 runs on Day 2 of the first Test at Cape Town on Saturday.

Federer-Bencic lead Switzerland to Hopman Cup title
Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic won the deciding Fast4 mixed doubles 4-3 (4), 4-2 Saturday over Germany to give Switzerland its third Hopman Cup title.

'Pandya has kept us in the game'
Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara credited allrounder Hardik Pandya for helping India stay afloat in the first Test against South Africa. Pandya's 93 and 2/17 have given India some toehold despite a 142-run lead currently enjoyed by the home team.

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Technology

Jio's 1GB data/day plans to go cheaper: Key details

Apple officials meet commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu
Senior officials of the US-based iPhone maker Apple today called upon Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu.

8 cool phones available at up to Rs 8,000 cashback

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Education

Aadhaar helped identify 80,000 'ghost' teachers in higher education institutions
Mandatory Aadhaar disclosure during the All India Survey on Higher Education 2016-17 revealed that there are over 80,000 teachers who are faculty members of three or more higher education institutions in the country. This was disclosed by the HRD minister Prakash Javadekar, at the release of the final AISHE 2016-17 report on Friday.

CUSAT CAT 2018 exam to be held on April 28-29; apply at www.cusat.ac.in
Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) has announced that the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2018 examination will be held in the month of April.

CAT Result 2017 will not be released today; check iimcat.ac.in for update
The Common Admission Test 2017 (CAT 2017) is conducted by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM). The CAT scores are used for admission to various management institutes across the country.

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Mumbai

St Xavier's kicks off 150th anniversary with star alumni
One of the city's oldest institutions with a roll call of illustrious alumni, St Xavier's High School, Fort, will step into its 150th year in June 2018.

Flashback: When bandhs were quiet labour weapons
One fine day in December, 1978, long before the advent of fake news, the 8.10 am All India Radio news bulletin said "Life in Bombay is normal".

CM must quit over Koregaon Bhima failure: Congress
Days after the Koregaon Bhima violence, the state Congress led by former chief minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday demanded the resignation of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.

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Delhi

Civic bodies rapped over industrial units
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has accused civic authorities of allowing industries to operate in residential areas of the capital without mandatory clearances.

New control room to monitor all public transport for violations

4 arrested for extortion calls to doctor
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Bangalore

School registration goes online

Traffic cops to target cops in helmet drive

Govt likely to give up on Lingayat issue for now

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Hyderabad

Star stripes for Panjagutta PS: Second best in country

Health, finance tech script B2B startup success in Hyderabad

Smuggling gold biscuits in shoes: Man held at airport
10.64 lakh, but did not declare it.At 5am, when the passenger was exiting through the green channel, the authorities suspected him and directed him to go through a metal detector.

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Chennai

Three wheels and a four-legged friend

Kirmani pledges to donate eyes, retracts to stump everyone

Revenue sinks, five accidents on third day of Tamil Nadu bus strike

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Ahmedabad

Rs 2 lakh cash stolen from parked car

Coal scam: ED attaches 348 acres

DPEO makes schools give word to refund excess fees

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Allahabad

North Central Railway earns valuable carbon credits

Allahabad University starts admission process
Contrary to previous years, wherein Allahabad University was late in starting the process for taking admission in various courses, varsity authorities this year has commenced the process quite early.

At 5.7 Celsius, Friday city's coldest morning this season
Allahabad recorded its lowest minimum temperature of this year's winter season on Friday at 5.7 degrees Celsius.However, foggy conditions and a windy day marred the relief brought by sunshine.

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Bhubaneswar

6 trains cancelled, six rescheduled due to fog in north India

'Deposit money in bank account of school students instead of serving midday meal'

Digital learning to start in more Kendriya Vidyalayas soon
The digital learning scheme is likely to be introduced in some more Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) in the state from the next academic session.At present, the system is running only in one school - KV Mancheswar, Bhubaneswar.

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Bhopal

Arun Yadav to remain state Cong chief

Cold wave effect: Schools in Tikamgarh dist shut for 5 days

For school bus operators, fitness certificate a cakewalk

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Chandigarh

No name in waiver list, Barnala farmer kills self

Burail sewage spill blamed on burst pipe

MC holds workshops on waste segregation

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