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Thursday, March 22, 2018

Today's Headlines

India

Bengaluru heading towards Day Zero? Analysis paints grim water crisis picture

Parliament paralysed for 13th day

Mamata fallout: AAI to curb ATC access for cops, officials

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Business

Ravi Shankar Prasad warns Mark Zuckerberg, says can 'summon you' to India

CBDT invites suggestions to draft new Direct Tax Law
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Wednesday said that it has constituted a task force to review the Income Tax Act, 1961 and to draft a new Direct Tax Law in consonance with the economic needs of the country, the Ministry of Finance stated in a notification.

60% start-ups may fail amid lack of market: Mohandas Pai

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Environment

'Warming climate will displace millions in coming decades'
The number of people fleeing crop failures, droughts and rising sea levels will grow drastically over the next three decades if world governments do not intervene, according to a World Bank report released Monday.

102 rhinos in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, census finds

Novel protein 'mat' can soak up pollution: Study
The study, published in the journal Science, shows a path toward exploiting the power of proteins outside of the cell by demonstrating a unique way to keep proteins active in synthetic environments.

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World

US rules out hot pursuit of militants who flee to Pakistan
Afghanistan has witnessed some of the worst terrorist attacks killing scores of people. It has blamed Pakistan-based terror groups such as the Haqqani Network and the Afghan Taliban for these attacks.

Boko Haram returns 76 of abducted Nigerian schoolgirls
Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi, northeast Nigeria, just over a month ago have returned 76 of the students to the town, the government said on Wednesday.

Singapore passes terror attack blackout law
The law allows police to stop anyone within the vicinity of what they deem to be a "serious incident", including a terror attack, from taking photos and video or communicating about police operations through text and audio messages.

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Entertainment

Deepika wants to keep her 'Jauhar' outfit
The scene is apparently so close to her heart that the actress recently reached out to the filmmaker requesting him to give her the outfit she had worn for the climax scene to treasure it for life.

Priyanka Chopra, mom down with flu
Global star Priyanka Chopra, who recently returned to the Bay city after wrapping up her America television series 'Quantico' has taken ill.

Actors who are doing biopics in 2018
Biopics based on real-life stories of eminent personalities have usually been well-received by the fans and have done well at the box-office too. Let us look at the biopics lined-up in the coming months of 2018 that we should be excited to look out for.

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Science

Isro's miniature camera onboard nano satellite INS-1C sends high resolution images of earth
An indigenously built miniature camera onboard Indian Space Research Organisation’s nano satellite INS-1C that can fold up like origami (the art of folding paper) is now sending high resolution images of the earth.

Brown fat: The thing that could help treat obesity?

Beet compound may help treat Alzheimer's: Study
Researchers at the University of South Florida in the US found that the compound could slow the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the brain, a process associated with Alzheimer's.

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Sports

Ganguly hails Pujara, says he's as important as Virat in Tests
Virat Kohli may be the most valuable Indian cricketer at the moment but former India captain Sourav Ganguly said Cheteshwar Pujara is also equally good and is someone who goes "unnoticed".

Decision Review System to be implemented in IPL 2018
IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla confirmed on Wednesday that the Decision Review System (DRS) will be implemented for the first time in the history of the Indian Premier League.

West Indies edge out Scotland to qualify for 2019 World Cup
The West Indies snatched a spot at next year's World Cup by edging to a five-run victory over Scotland on DLS method in Harare on Wednesday.

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Technology

Be careful with what your toddler watches on YouTube: It may not help in learning new things
A lot of parents think that YouTube videos are entertaining and can keep their child busy.

Apple nearly doubles self-driving fleet in California
Registering 18 new vehicles since January, Apple has expanded its self-driving car programme rapidly and now has 45 autonomous vehicles registered with California's Department of Motor Vehicles.

Micromax invests in AI based startup One Labs
Homegrown mobile handset firm Micromax today said it has invested in a consumer technology and artificial intelligence based startup 'One Labs', which has developed chat bot like Apple's Siri and Google Assistant.

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Education

Autonomy fine, but funds now a concern, says AMU
Government Will Not Pay For New Initiatives Of University

Teachers agitation has no impact on matric answer sheet evaluation: Board

GUJCET 2018 registration begins from March 23; apply @ gujcet.gseb.org

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Mumbai

Book row: Sanjay Dutt sends notice to 'biographer'
Actor Sanjay Dutt has slammed author Yasser Usman and publishers Juggernaut for an unofficial biography on him, saying the book is based on "tabloids and gossip magazines" and hurts his family.

Indrani wants to check driver's phone
Sheena Bora murder case, Indrani Mukerjea, on Wednesday filed an application to be allowed inspection of a mobile phone of her former driver and co-accused-turned-approver, Shyamwar Rai.

Builder to deposit Rs 1 crore in court
A day after a non-bailable warrant was issued against builder Jayant Mehta, the developer appeared before Bombay high court on Wednesday and said he would deposit Rs 1.10 crore before April 11.

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Delhi

Highways may get their old numbers back

Here's why people keep dying on Yamuna e-way
Here' Driving late night on the Delhi-Agra e-way is extremely unsettling.Several vehicles betrayed a Ferrari state of mind hurtling ahead at speeds anywhere between 120 and 140 kmph, may be more.

Engineer shot by snatchers battles for life
The victim, Ashok Kumar, who works in an auto company in Gurugram, was shot twice in the stomach and once in the arm.He is being treated at the hospital's ICU and is critical.

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Bangalore

B S Yeddyurappa : Didn't sign '13 memo for separate religion status
Documents Clearly Show His Signature

SC order on seniority list leaves Congress government fix

New fares kick in, cab rides costlier
If cab rides are more expensive now, it's because app-based aggregators like Ola and Uber are implementing the new structure announced by the transport department in January and revised in March.

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Hyderabad

MLA's pre-release event was a starry affair

A lifetime of love: Platinum couple at home for the aged celebrate 70th wedding anniversary

14 persons arrested for gang-raping minor tribal girl
Police have arrested 14 persons for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old tribal girl in Kotthagudem district, Telangana.

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Chennai

Pistol magazine, 6 bullets found in Grand Trunk Express at Central
A pistol magazine with six bullets was recovered from an abandoned bag in the First AC (HA-1) coach of the New Delhi-Chennai Grand Trunk Express on Tuesday.

Traders take knife to rules, illegally bring meat to Chennai for sale

AIADMK may not back no-trust vote proposed for 'TDP cause'
B Sivakumar."TDP's notice for a no-confidence motion is for their own cause.

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Ahmedabad

Booze worth Rs 148 crore seized in two years
In the five minutes you took to have your tea this morning, Gujarat police would have seized illegal IMFL or beer worth Rs 7,000 across the state. On average, police in Gujarat seize trafficked liquor worth Rs 1,406 every minute.

Five held for angadia worker's murder-robbery
City crime branch late on Tuesday night arrested five men, for the of shooting and robbing an angadia firm employee, Arvind Patel, near Gujarat Vidyapith on March 16. While three persons were nabbed from Rajasthan and one from Ahmedabad, Ashu Yadav, who actually shot Patel in the face, was arrested from Khanderpur in Uttar Pradesh.

4 North East Chief Ministers and a big fat wedding in Gujarat village
The Gujarat government has planned an epic event on March 25 at the littleknown Madhavpur-Ghed village fair, which traditionally commemorates a mythological wedding testifying to the timeless links between the Northeast and the rest of India.

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Allahabad

A riot of colours

NCR installs solar panels on builidgs, platforms for power generation
For generating 2.7 MW of electricity, solar panels will be installed on roof tops of various buildings under NCR.

Rooftops of Allahabad Junction to harness solar energy

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Bhubaneswar

Adaptive traffic signals installed at 50 junctions in Bhubaneswar

Government creates 171 posts for second traffic police station
The state government on Tuesday created 171 posts of police personnel to man a proposed traffic police station in Chandrasekharpur here.

BJD MLAs reach out to farmers on hunger strike for 10 days
The BJD on Tuesday reached out to farmers who have been on a hunger strike at Lower PMG here for the last 10 days.

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Bhopal

Woman breaches Mohan Bhagwat's security cordon in Madhya Pradesh

After pandemonium, speaker adjourns MP assembly budget session sine die

Opposition moves no-trust motion against MP Assembly speaker

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Chandigarh

SAD cornered on vendetta, sacrilege
The treasury benches and AAP launched a joint attack on SAD after the motion of thanks on the governor's address in the state assembly on the second day of the budget session.

Session: Heated exchanges mark second day
Heated exchanges between the treasury benches and Opposition marked the second day of the Punjab budget session.

Full autonomy will not change PU fee structure: VC

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