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Thursday, May 17, 2018

Today's Headlines

BJP: Nothing illegal, learn from Rajiv's 1989 example
aw minister Ravi Shankar Prasad reminded Congre- ss leaders about Rajiv Gandhi's decision in 1989 of not staking claim to form the government despite heading the single-largest party.

Karnataka elections: SC refuses to stay BSY swearing-in, hearing on Cong-JD(U) plea to continue Friday
The apex court made it clear that the swearing-in and the government formation would be subject to the final outcome of the case before it. After hearing the matter for more than three hours, a three-judge bench directed that the letter sent by the BJP to the governor for forming the government be placed before it.

BJP seeks to win over rivals' Lingayat MLAs to form govt
There are about a dozen Lingayat MLAs in Congress and JD(S) who could rally around to backing Yeddyurappa, considered the tallest politician from the community. The community supported BJP, largely rejecting Congress's move to offer religious minority status to Lingayats, choosing instead to back their leader for the CM post.

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Business

Flipkart India trims losses to Rs 244.7 crore in FY17

Tata Steel reports Q4 net profit at Rs 14,688 crore

Rising minimum salary requirements in UK hit skilled expat workers

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Environment

Greenpeace: Paper giant cut forests during conservation pact
Greenpeace has ended a five-year truce with one of the world's largest paper companies, accusing it of cutting down tropical forests in Indonesia during the entire time the two were cooperating on conservation.

Europe's bottled water producers seek to increase plastic recycling
Europe's bottled water producers set a goal on Tuesday of raising collection rates of plastic bottles to 90 per cent by 2025 from 60 per cent to improve recycling and cut pollution.

Niagara Falls Aquarium begins building jellyfish exhibit
The $440,000 project will let the aquarium permanently house jellyfish for the first time in its history. Plans call for about 100 jellyfish representing four species. They will swim in tanks in a darkened exhibit space with dramatic lighting.

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World

Facebook's Zuckerberg to appear at European Parliament
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will appear before members of the European Parliament to answer questions about the improper use of data of 87 million Facebook users by a political consultancy, the speaker of the legislature said on Wednesday.

'With friends like these': EU chief tears into Trump
EU president Donald Tusk lashed out at Trump over his decisions to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal and to impose trade tariffs on Europe, which have caused a transatlantic rift. Tusk even compared the US administration to Europe's traditional foes Moscow and Beijing in his broadside, which came as the 28 EU leaders met in Bulgaria to discuss how best to react to Trump.

Turkey expels Israeli consul in spat over Gaza violence
Turkey has ordered the Israeli consul general in Istanbul to return to Israel "for some time", in a diplomatic row that follows the killing of 60 Palestinian protesters by Israeli forces. Turkey has been among the most vocal critics of the Israeli use of deadly force against protesters at the Gaza border.

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Entertainment

Tamil films to look forward to this weekend
From Arvind Swami’s family drama ‘Bhaskar Oru Rascal’ to Vijay Antony’s ‘Kaali’, here is the list of films to look forward to this weekend.

'Bhavesh Joshi Superhero'to release on June 1
Recently, the makers of the film released a new poster that revealed the new release date as June 1.

Alia Bhatt in Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's next
The actor spoke to a daily about working with Ashwiny. She opined that she is definitely going to be working with Ashwiny, who she believed is a fabulous director. She added that the film is almost confirmed, but she’d like to everyone to wait for an official announcement.

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Science

NASA CubeSats beam back 'classic portrait' of Earth, Moon
NASA's first mini satellites to travel into deep space have beamed back an image of the Earth and the Moon, which appear as a 'pale blue dot' and a tiny white speck floating in space.

Spacewalking astronauts tackle pump work at space station
Drew Feustel (FOY-stull) and Ricky Arnold emerged from the International Space Station on Wednesday. They need to rearrange the space station's external cooling system by swapping the positions of two spare ammonia pumps.

Chimps sleep on cleaner beds than humans: Study
The researchers wanted to know how this compares with some of our closest evolutionary relatives, the chimpanzees, which make their own beds daily. Researchers in Tanzania collected swabs of 41 chimpanzee beds or nests.

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Sports

IPL: Mumbai beat Kings XI by 3 runs, move to fourth
Defending champions Mumbai Indians kept themselves alive in the tournament as they defeated Kings XI Punjab by three runs in their must-win game at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. Mumbai jumped to fourth in the Indian Premier League standings after registering their sixth win in 13 games.

ICC report fears formation of rebel governing body
A breakaway rebel governing body and lack of interest from broadcasters are among "18 threats" that international cricket faces right now, according to a report of the ICC's Strategic Working Group which will discuss these issues with the BCCI on Thursday.

'Proper big dog' coming to County, Moeen Ali on Kohli
Some assumptions in the Surrey dressing room are sure to come crashing down when "proper big dog" Virat Kohli joins the side, said England all-rounder Moeen Ali as he reflected on the Indian captain's much talked-about county stint next month.

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Technology

OnePlus 6 to launch in India today: Here's how you can watch the event live
For those OnePlus fans who won’t be able to make it to the event and want to catch the launch live, the company will be live streaming the launch event for them.

17 years ago, Steve Jobs forever changed the way gadgets are sold
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs changed the face of Apple retail stores forever on this day in the year 2001. With the opening of the first Apple store, Jobs intended to change the way people buy Apple products and services.

Google News with AI comes to iOS, Android: Top 5 feature to check out
The new Google News app will offer a personalised news briefing of the top five stories along with latest local stories.

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Education

Registration deadline for Swachh Bharat Summer Internship extended till June 15
The government of India has extended the registration deadline for the Swachh Bharat Summer Internship till June 15, 2018. Earlier, the last to apply was May 15, 2018.

NIOS to conduct D.El.Ed exam for untrained in-service teachers from May 31
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) will conduct the D.El.Ed examination for around 13 lakh untrained in-service teachers from May 31 to June 2.

Odisha government warns parents and students against fake institutes
Odisha government on Wednesday warned parents and students about various fake junior colleges operating across the state. Ahead of the admission into plus two courses begins the school and mass education department has asked parents to ensure admission through online mode only.

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Mumbai

Encroachers in South Bombay could get up to Rs 50 lakh

Teen texted apology to pals before suicide
The 15-year-old left his grandfather's 10th floor flat around 2.30am and went to the refuge area on the 14th floor where he spent hours before jumping off the building around 5.55am.

Chargesheet against 3 in 320 crore land scam
5 crore.In Maharashtra, the maximum number of investors were from Thane, Pune, Satara and Solapur.

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Delhi

'Begging no crime if government can't give food'
How can begging be an offence in a country where the government is unable to provide food or jobs, the Delhi high court on Wednesday observed while hearing two PILs seeking to decriminalise begging.

Youth killed in petty row, 1 detained
A 24-year-old man was bludgeoned to death allegedly by one of his friends over a petty issue in outer Delhi's Narela on Tuesday night.Police said that the friend has been detained and enquiry is on.

20 AAP MLAs' case back in EC today
The Election Commission will tomorrow resume the hearing in the case of 20 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs after the Delhi High Court set aside their disqualification for allegedly holding office-of-profit.

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Bangalore

Despite victory, B'luru strongmen can't take things for granted

Human trafficking: Karnataka HC rejects bail to three transgenders
The Karnataka high court has rejected bail to three transgenders who were arrested on charges of human trafficking and kidnapping.

Karnataka Election: 3 candidates with Kerala roots win
Even as many Karnataka ministers lost in the assembly election, the victory of U.T Khader - the lucky few who sailed through - may have made people from Kerala proud.

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Hyderabad

Syeda Falak clinches gold at 4th International Karate Championship

Citizens troll Hyderabad Traffic Police FB handle to protest removal of their fave 'Admin H'

Mission T' tops BJP's agenda now

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Chennai

First in five years, Tamil Nadu Class XII pass % falls
This, education experts say, is mainly due to a more standardised questionnaire cum evaluation and also because students were focusing more on competitive exams like NEET and JEE.

Moneylender held for abetting woman's suicide
In yet another case of usury death, the police arrested a 51-year-old man on charges of harassing an elderly woman who killed herself at her house in Villivakkam on May 6.The police said B Thangamani, 65, had borrowed .

TNHB issues fresh notices to staff in quarters to be razed

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Ahmedabad

Mercury soars above 43°C at six places in Gujarat

Gujarat babu rules record books with 19 PG degrees
When exams end, life begins for most examinees: they get rid of memory tonics, stop obsessing about lucky pens, and quit worrying in general.But here is a man who can't get enough of the examination buzz.

Doctor at doorstep for the elderly in Gandhinagar

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Allahabad

Locals block road, seek arrest of killers
Scores of locals including lawyers on Tuesday blocked vehicular movement on the busy Collectorate road in protest against police failure in arresting killers of lawyer Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, who was gunned down last week on his way to court.

Six held for BJP corporator's murder
District police, on Tuesday, claimed to have worked out BJP corporator Pawan Kesari killing case with the arrest of six persons including the mastermind, from different areas.

Bail granted to doc in BRD medical case
The Allahabad high court has granted bail to Dr Satish Kumar, one of the nine accused in the death of several children at Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, Gorakhpur, allegedly due to disruption in oxygen supply.

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Bhubaneswar

Prema Pain Mahabharata's mahurat a grand affair
Upcoming Odia film Prema Pain Mahabharata's mahurat was held at the Press Club of Odisha near Master Canteen Square on Monday.

Odisha's BJP leaders supporting Chhattisgarh projects on Mahanadi: CM
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday accused BJP leaders from Odisha of supporting the Chhattisgarh government's projects on the Mahanadi river, which affect Odisha's interests.

Odisha Police to launch campaign to check child rapes

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Bhopal

Dad throws party after son fails Class 10 exam in MP
In an unusual gesture, a man from Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district threw a party for his son who had flunked his Class 10 exams on Monday because he wanted to "motivate" the teenager to perform better.

Suspended former MLA Kalpana Parulekar returns to Congress

Jha takes a dig at Scindia's lunch politics

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Chandigarh

Chandigarh gasps as cars double in 9 years

Swachh survekshan: Chandigarh is third cleanest in country

'Proper waste management need of hour'

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