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THE TIMES OF INDIA

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Today's Headlines

India

LS polls: INLD, BSP join hands in Haryana

In London, Modi finds loud fans, and protesters

Governance during Maya rule was very efficient: Yogi's mantri

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Business

India takes US to WTO's safeguard committee on steel, aluminium duties

RBI worried over rise in one-day default norms breach

India witnesses highest ever monthly domestic flyers in March

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Environment

Novel plastic-eating enzyme created
Scientists have created an enzyme which can digest some of the most commonly polluting plastics. The discovery could result in a recycling solution for millions of tonnes of plastic bottles, made of polyethylene terephthalate which currently persists for hundreds of years in the environment.

Loopholes in draft National Forest Policy flagged
Over 100 civil society organisations from 15 states have flagged several loopholes in the Centre’s draft National Forest Policy 2018 and questioned environment ministry over the rationale of proposing involvement of private parties in regeneration of forests.

Oz's 'punk turtle' risks being last of the Mohicans
The "punk turtle" was this week ranked 29th on the Zoological Society of London's Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered list, triggering calls for better protection of the reptile found in a remote part of Australia's east coast.

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World

G7 finance ministers seek economic pressure on NKorea
Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers said on Wednesday that they would continue to impose maximum economic pressure on North Korea, which evades international sanctions with a network of front and shell companies to access the global financial system.

Donald Trump calls sketch released by Daniels 'a total con job'
In an early morning tweet from his Palm Beach estate, Trump said: "A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!" It appeared to be the first time Trump tweeted directly about the porn actress.

More than 300 sentenced to death in Iraq for ISIS links
Iraqi courts have sentenced to death a total of more than 300 people, including dozens of foreigners, for belonging to the Islamic State group, judicial sources said on Wednesday.

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Entertainment

Sushmita with rumoured ex-beau Ricky Martin
Looks like throwback Thursday came a bit early in the week for Sushmita Sen. On Tuesday, the former Miss Universe and Bollywood diva shared a picture with International pop sensation Ricky Martin on her Instagram account. For the uninitiated, reports believed that Ricky Martin dated Sushmita at some point in her life.

'Raazi' song 'Ae Watan' will evoke patriotism
Junglee Pictures and Dharma Productions’ upcoming espionage thriller 'Raazi', starring Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal in the lead, has already managed to arrest the attention of the audience with its intriguing trailer and posters.

2 States @ 4: Interesting facts

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Science

New system to spot fake Facebook, Twitter accounts
The method is based on the assumption that fake accounts tend to establish improbable links to other users in the networks, according to the study in published in the journal Social Network Analysis and Mining.

Junk food TV advertisements more frequent during kids's peak viewing times
Researchers from University of Adelaide in Australia found that children would view more than 800 junk food advertisements each year, if they watched 80 minutes of television per day.

No need to give up pasta to shed kilos
Although pasta is made from refined grains, it's low on the glycemic index, a measure of how quickly a person's blood sugar levels rise after a food is eaten, the authors write in 'BMJ Open'.

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Sports

IPL: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets
Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday registered a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur and jumped to the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) standings.

BCCI should come under RTI Act, recommends Law Commission
The Law Commission of India on Wednesday recommended the central government to include the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) along with its constituent member cricketing associations under the RTI Act.

Aim is to provide feeder system for Indian football: Bhutia
Bhutia, the face of Indian football for over a decade and a half, and who as a player won the Nehru Cup, LG Cup, SAFF Championship (thrice) and AFC Challenge Cup, Bhaichung spoke to TOI Sports on the genesis of this academy and the road ahead.

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Technology

Apple registers new iPhone models with EEC, speculations hint at iPhone SE 2
Cupertino giant Apple may introduce a new iPhone as soon as next month. It's also possible that the company launches a new iPhone at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) scheduled to be held in June along with showcasing the next-generation version of iOS, iOS 12. The speculations come courtesy a filing in Eurasian regulatory database.

Airtel ahead of competition in 4G download speeds: Report
As per the report, Reliance Jio was the closest competition to Airtel in overall speed due to its high level of 4G access. The report says that while Jio was able to deliver typical everyday download speeds of 5.1 Mbps, Bharti Airtel delivered 6 Mbps.

Facebook users in India, now you can recharge your smartphone using its app
Facebook has been facing a lot of heat lately for mishandling the data of its users, and amidst all this, the social networking giant seems to be rolling a new feature. The social networking platform could now give the users an option to recharge a prepaid number via its platform.

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Education

Avoid these 6 mistakes while attempting online test for SSC CGL
The official notification of SSC CGL 2018 is expected to be announced on 21st April. For all the students who have been preparing for this exam, here are some common mistakes which one must avoid while attempting the online mock tests for the SSC CGL exam:

Govt launches Study In India initiative, targets 2 lakh foreign students by 2023

Study in India: Common admission portal for international students launched
The Central government on Wednesday launched a common admission portal for foreign students to promote Indian education to "200,000 international students by 2023".

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Mumbai

Rs 20 lakh car for Shivaji memorial panel chief
The BJP-led state government is to purchase a Rs 20 lakh car for Maratha leader Vinayak Mete, chairman of the implementation and coordination committee for the Rs 2,560 crore Shivaji Maharaj Memorial project.

1993 blasts death row convict dies in hospital after chest pain
Tahir Merchant (60), who was sentenced to death by a trial court in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and lodged in Yerawada prison, died while undergoing treatment at a government-run hospital in Pune in the early hours of Wednesday.

50% of fees paid by medical students to be refunded

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Delhi

Navjot Singh Sidhu appeal in road rage case: SC reserves verdict

Girl taken forcibly to mental hosp: HC for action on cops, doctors
Invoking the Supreme Court’s verdicts on right to privacy and the Hadiya case, the Delhi high court on Wednesday reunited a 23-year-old woman with her music teacher and ordered strict action against cops, doctors of a private mental hospital and an ambulance service who connived with her parents to abduct her and confine her in hospital.

2 of the advisers were hired after LG nod: AAP

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Bangalore

Government stops kidney transplant on IAS officer's intervention
While the state government has, by and large, promoted organ donation, it took a few hospitals by surprise last week by banning the transplant of a kidney between a particular donor and a recipient.

Few ATMs dispense cash, people fume at long queues
CASH CRUNCH

Government asks CID to probe Vikram Investment case
government has transferred the Vikram Investments case to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

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Hyderabad

Scuffle at Hyderabad Haj house, TRS activist taken into custody

Party peeps had a ball at this bash in Hyderabad

Contemporary comedy play strikes a chord with Hyderabadis

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Chennai

Lover who used wire to strangulate minor girl held

Spl passport camp to be held in Pondy on April 21

'KA-19' to perform on April 20

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Ahmedabad

Rs 2,654 crore bank fraud: Bhatnagars remanded in custody till April 27

Sabarmati riverfront not to get Narmada water from 2019-end?

Birthday boy gives green return gift to Mother Earth

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Allahabad

Allahabadis enjoy Daamaad Ek Khoj

ATMs go dry, greet with 'no cash' board in Sangam city
Most of the ATMs in the Sangam city greeted their customers with 'no cash' board or remained defunct.Similar has been the scene for past many days in the first month of the new financial year, in the city.

North Central Railway awarded with best all round improvement cup

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Bhubaneswar

Odisha: Former Mumbai top cop Arup Patnaik joins BJD

Fuel stations, buyers violate 'no helmet, no petrol' rule
The 'No Helmet, No Petrol' drive, which was launched by the commissionerate police in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar in 2016, has remained just a catchy slogan.

Deities go 'hungry' as Puri temple cooks protest
The deities have been 'hungry' since Monday afternoon and had not been fed till the time of filing the report, late on Tuesday evening.

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Bhopal

Forest staff booked for letting off 'poachers'

Rakesh Singh edges out big guns as new MP BJP chief

From chief whip of party in LS to state BJP chief

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Chandigarh

1 injured in attack, 14 booked

Mother of 1 raped

Parties march together for peace in Phagwara, BSP leaders stay away

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