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Friday, March 30, 2018

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Tharoor tweets a Buddha pic on Mahavir Jayanti
Shashi Tharoor posted a Mahavir Jayanti greeting for his 6.6 million followers, but tweeted an image of Lord Buddha. Even as he accepted the faux pas and joked about it, people wished him for various festivals with unrelated images .

Karnataka election 2018: Decision on Third Front after state polls, says Deve Gowda

Officers under probe for graft won't get passports: Government
The government has decided to deny passports to officers being investigated or prosecuted in corruption cases or facing FIR registered by a government entity after a preliminary enquiry. Such officers will not be given vigilance clearance needed for grant of passport, according to revised guidelines.

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Business

Gas price up 6%; CNG, PNG likely to get costlier

IRDAI cuts insurance rates for two-wheelers, cars, taxis
The insurance regulator on Thursday cut rates on average from 10%-20% for two-wheelers, cars and taxis. The steepest year-on-year increase in rates was for luxury motorcycles at 110%. The new rates will be effective from April 1, 2018.

Deadline for claiming transitional credit extended, April-June GSTR-1 dates notified

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Environment

Smoking jumbo clip spreads like wildfire

When people turn forest managers

North China cities issue smog alerts as industry curbs end
Beijing and 33 other northern Chinese cities have issued smog alerts for the next few days as industrial output ramps up again after the end of winter restrictions, China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment said on Sunday.

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World

Russia to expel 60 US diplomats, close down American consulate in St. Petersburg
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow will also retaliate to the US decision to shut the Russian consulate in Seattle by closing the US consulate in St. Petersburg. He said the same approach will be applied to other nations that expelled Russian diplomats this week.

PLA bats for close ties between China, Pak armies
Close ties between militaries of China and Pakistan will not only help maintain an all-weather partnership between the two countries but also the regional peace and global stability, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) said on Thursday.

Sarkozy to face trial for corruption
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will face trial over charges he misused his influence to secure leaked details of an inquiry into alleged irregularities in his 2007 election campaign, a source close to the investigation said on Thursday.

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Entertainment

B'wood celebrites Dia Mirza and Zareen Khan raise awareness in Raipur school
Pandit Deendayal Upadhayay auditorium in Raipur was jam packed with adolescent students yesterday as Bollywood ladies Dia Mirza and Zareen Khan addressed them on ‘Teenager Health and Menstruation Hygiene’.

Umesh gives a panic attack to Tejashri
How would you react if your laptop got stolen? We're sure the first reaction would be of shock followed by panic.

Students get lifelong advice at IIM's convocation ceremony

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Science

NASA astronauts go spacewalking days after reaching orbit
NASA astronauts Drew Feustel (FOY-stul) and Ricky Arnold floated out on Thursday to install new antennas, replace a bad camera and remove jumper cables from a leaky radiator.

Interstitium: The undiscovered organ in our body

Finnish school employs a robot teacher fluent in 23 languages

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Sports

Ball-tampering scandal: Lehmann to step down as Australia head coach
Darren Lehmann announced on Thursday that he will step down from the post of Australia head coach after the fourth and final Test against South Africa to be played at Wanderers in Johannesburg starting Friday.

Steve Smith ban 'harsh', says Faf du Plessis
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis said on Thursday that he felt the 12-month ban on disgraced Australia skipper Steve Smith was "harsh".

Are Smith and Warner paying for revolt for pay hike? asks Gambhir
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir on Thursday termed sanctions imposed on Steve Smith and David Warner "harsh" and raised questions whether the errant duo paid the price for revolting against Cricket Australia on the pay hike issue.

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Technology

Huawei P20 and P20 Pro smartphones coming to India soon
It seems that Chinese smartphone maker Huawei is planning to bring the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro in India. The company has posted a teaser image on its official website with the tagline ‘Coming Sooon in India.”

7 dangerous apps Google has just removed from Play Store

Flipkart goes back to roots in its fight against Amazon
Flipkart has started reviving its books business after a few years of the category losing focus within the company. The e-tailer said over the past six months the books category grew by about 70% on the back of its efforts to strengthen it. Flipkart started operations in 2007 as an online book seller just like its arch rival Amazon.

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Education

CBSE: Some FAQs on board and exams

Odisha: No Odia professors in five state universities

CBSE likely to announce re-exam dates by Monday or Tuesday: Javadekar
The CBSE is expected to announce on Monday or Tuesday the date of re-examination for Class 10 Mathematics and Class 12 Economics papers, Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said. The board announced the re-examinations in the wake of reported paper leaks.

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Mumbai

SC/ST law not misused in every case: HC

Can't issue birth certificate without dad's name: BMC to HC
The 31-year-old petitioner from Nallasopara had given birth to a daughter in August 2016 through test tube process with sperms obtained from a donor.

Aditya's Yuva Sena sweeps MU senate polls, gets 10/10
It was a clean sweep for Aditya Thackeray-led Yuva Sena at Mumbai University's senate elections on Thursday.Sena won 10 of the 10 seats in the graduates constituency.

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Delhi

Dates for retest may be announced today

Woman stabbed to death in front of her husband, 4 children in Delhi market
Woman stabbed to death in front of her husband, 4 children in Delhi market

Designer murders Delhi University boy, cooks up a kidnap story
Cops

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Bangalore

Poll returns: Vote and enjoy discount on hotel, mall bills
: Come May 12, you could exercise your franchise and then hold up your inked finger proudly for a 5%-10% discount on your shopping bill or at an eatery.

Karnataka election 2018: still undecided, but aspirants hit trail running
Many politicians aspiring to contest assembly elections on Congress and BJP tickets have plunged into campaigning without waiting for an official announcement of their candidature. Some have commenced door-to-door campaigning in their respective constituencies, while others have been using techniques of seasoned politician — collecting voters’ lists and holding meetings of party workers and social organizations, promising to fulfil all their aspirations.

Bengaluru leads in warehouse leasing operations

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Hyderabad

Night of trauma at Hyderbad airport: Stranded with no food & water

Art of spending a night aboard grounded plane
On board AI 0546: After some hard partying the night before and day-long classes on the interplay of neuropsychology and leadership at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, all I had in mind was sleep.

Four tyres burst & plane landed on belly

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Chennai

Bank heist: Prime suspect is held in Nepal by Interpol

Realtor, 28, dies after taking 'drug' for weight loss from mobile quack

Air traffic chaos after Hyd tyre burst exposes serious lack of coordination

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Ahmedabad

PG landlord held for spycam in girl's loo
When thousands of girls leave their homes for studies or seeking a career in other cities, more often than not the owners of paying guest (PG) facilities work as local guardians for them.

Rupani: Will pursue process to rename A'bad as Karnavati

ASR ignored: Cong says Rs 25k cr foregone in 5 yrsIgnoring ASR rule meant Rs 25k crore of revenue forgone: Congress cites CAG report

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Allahabad

Kumbh to offer Swiss-style luxury at Maharaja-size cottages

40% of youths arrested for auto thefts are educated: Cops

Pedalling baratis to spread green message in Pratapgarh

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Bhubaneswar

BJD plans 10-day long Utkal Divas celebration

BJP demands probe into allotment of land for leadership institute

Odisha: No Odia professors in five state universities

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Bhopal

Raga Malva opens an evening of Dhrupad at Tribal Museum

Parents, students fume over CBSE leak

MP chief minister gets Rs 2,000 crore from Union govt for road repairs
The Union ministry of surface transport has approved a sum of Rs 2,000 crore under the CRF fund for repair of dilapidated road in Madhya Pradesh. The approval came after chief minister Chouhan met Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday and apprised him of the poor state of MP roads.

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Chandigarh

Villagers protest levelling of Mudki drain
They alleged mining also took place in the area following which the Mudki drain's banks were levelled and tress uprooted from the site.

Can join politics to counter prevalent narrative: Jaspal Atwal
Raps Trudeau For Pandering To 'Khalistanis'

Haryana wrongly paying income tax of its MLAs
Rs 48 Lakh Paid Since 2010, Reveals RTI Reply

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