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		THE TIMES OF INDIA
		Monday, February 23, 2015
		Today's Headlines

		Business
		Sensex closes below 29,000-level on profit-booking Stock markets fell for the second straight session today with the benchmark BSE sensex slipping below the 29,000-mark by falling over 256 points as investors turned cautious ahead of the Budget and booked profits. 'Clean energy share will be at 15% of basket in 7 years' Stressing the need to boost clean energy generation, President Pranab Mukherjee today said that the share of renewable power generation will be enhanced to 15 per cent of the total energy mix in the next seven years. JSPL, DLF shares fall on exit from Nifty from March 27 Shares of realty major DLF and Jindal Steel & Power today witnessed selling pressure after the announcement that both the firms will be dropped from the National Stock Exchange's benchmark index Nifty from March 27. More Business News»

		Environment
		Melting Greenland's past for its future Providing a vital clue to the future of Greenland, scientists have measured how the island's ice sheet reacted to a warm period 8,000 to 5,000 years ago when the temperatures were two to four degrees Celsius warmer than present. Tweets of joy: Rare birds fly into Delhi Birdwatchers have reported a host of rare birds in the city this season. The sightings, they say, are a result of luck and the proliferation of birdwatchers with better equipment. Kanhar dam case: Green panel pulls up environment ministry The National Green Tribunal has sought a report from the union environment ministry in the case of the controversial Kanhar dam in Uttar Pradesh within one week, failing which a Rs 25,000 fine would be slapped as it listed the final hearing for March 4. More Environment News»

		World
		Australian PM announces fresh security crackdown Tony Abbott on Monday announced a national security crackdown that could deny welfare payments to people seen as potential threats, strip the passports of those with dual nationality and curb travel overseas. Egypt military court to try 84 Brotherhood leaders Outlawed Muslim Brotherhood's supreme leader and 83 other Islamists have been transferred to military court to face trial on charges of attacking public and governmental buildings and inciting violence in Egypt. 2 Thais who staged play jailed for insulting monarchy A court in Thailand sentenced two theater activists to two and a half years in prison on Monday on charges of insulting the country's monarchy. More World News»

		Science
		Eating late at night bad for your brain Be warned if you have a strong urge to eat late at night for a new study shows that this could be bad for your brain. Now, same-sex couples can make babies In a breakthrough, researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist, have shown that stem cells from the skin of two adults of the same sex can be used to make human egg and sperm cells. Did dark matter trigger wiping out of dinosaurs? The elusive dark matter may have been responsible for the comet strike that wiped out dinosaurs 65 million years ago, a new study suggests. More Science News»

		Technology
		Lenovo A6000 review We review the Lenovo A6000, India's cheapest 4G-capable smartphone, at this time. Micromax dials Alibaba, SoftBank for stake sale With its IPO plans on the back burner, India's largest homegrown handset vendor Micromax is exploring several strategic options. 7 hot smartphones under Rs 10,000 Shopping for a budget smartphone? Not sure which one to go for? The wide range available across e-commerce websites adding to rthe confusion? Here's help. More Technology News»

		Education
		INSTITUTE WATCH - University Launch The JIS Group Educational Initiatives will be launching the JIS University at Agarpara in Kolkata from the upcoming academic year. India to witness major changes in medical education Renowned cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty recently called for technology-enabled solutions to address pressing health issues at the World Innovation Summit for Health. Delay in school may lead to poor performance Delaying school entry for children could cause poorer academic performance, new research says.Many parents are keen to hold their children back a year if they were born prematurely or in the summer months. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		HC fixes final hearing date on Haji Ali's women ban Bombay High Court on Monday fixed March 16 as date for the final hearing of a public interest litigation challenging the ban on the entry of women into the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali Dargah which houses the mazaar (tomb) of the saint and has millions of visitors every year. International artist Parama to hold an exhibition in the city Parama (Paolo Libralesso) fuses European classicism with Oriental philosophies. HC to hear PIL on ban on women at Haji Ali Bombay high court will hear on Monday a public interest litigation challenging the ban on the entry of women into the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali Dargah which houses the mazaar (tomb) of the saint and has millions of visitors every year. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Delhi court holds two men guilty of being members of terror outfit Two Manipuri residents have been convicted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act by a Delhi court for being members of a banned terror outfit. Trafficked woman saved from south-east Delhi A 20-year-old woman, who was trafficked from West Bengal and forced into prostitution was rescued from southeast Delhi’s Greater Kailash on Sunday. Two men and one woman were arrested from the area. AAP MLA from Vivek Vihar booked for rioting According to the complaint filed by BJP activist Manish Ghai, Goel and his men had barged into his house on January 6, claiming that he had stored illegal liquor meant for distribution during the polls. Police said the FIR also names Goel’s son, Sumit, and supporters Atul Gupta and Balbir Singh. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		Rashri Ponnappa's birthday bash at The Sugar Factory, Bengaluru A Bollywood style bash Shutterbug keeps date with show The big guys may be here ­ from American supersonic jets to fly ing machines from Germany, France and other parts of the world, but his favourite is IAF's Su-30.Phil Camp (in pic), considered one of the best aviation photographers in the world, is in love with IAF and its birds. From his father having worked with the Cavalry Regiment in 1940 (Lucknow) to co-authoring a book (Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker in Indian Service), India has been part of Phil's life. Showstoppers take in city lights, pubs, cows On Saturday evening, a group of US air men was standing under a giant KC-135 Stratotanker, going through a list -of all the places they had visited in Bengaluru.They compare notes, make changes and more plans to explore the city in the little time they have left. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Kurnool rail project moves at a snail's pace Kurnool, the capital of erstwhile Andhra state, continues to get a raw deal even after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. Defectors set to dominate council polls in two states An unprecedented 41 vacancies are to be filled in the first biennial elections to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh legislative councils after the bifurcation of the undivided state. Techie stages kidnap drama to extort money from father A techie who landed in the city from Mumbai to attend a job interview engineered his own abduction drama to demand ransom from his father “to have fun with the money.” More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		George Town gets new road, loses it within a month Residents of Audiappa Naicken Street in George Town were relieved when Corporation of Chennai belatedly gave them a new road top in December. Unfortunately for them, it didn't last even a month. Skin allergy, dry cough: Pollutants exact toll Chennai Fifty-two-year-old Panjalai D of Vadaperumbakkam began suffering from respiratory ailments about five years ago. It was around the same time that his neighbourhood got taken over by plastic recycling units. Some residents in that area now go to sleep with masks on or handkerchiefs around their faces to keep out the smoke billowing out of the units. Smaller the pollutant, bigger the problem when it enters lungs They are 100 times finer than human hair, and deadlier. While residents are up in arms every time an industry or a garbage dumpyard comes up near their neigh bourhood, they are oblivious to the dangers posed by smaller and seemingly in nocuous pollutants that are more harmful than those visible. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		'Heritage can earn its upkeep' From extending help through micro financing for repairs of dilapidated havelis to helping people manage their heritage and even earn a livelihood out of it, schemes were dished out at the inaugural ceremony of ‘Hamari Virasat’ on Sunday. DGP Cup cricket tourney begins The DGP Cup cricket tournament was inaugurated by the DGP PC Thakur at the Gujarat College cricket ground on Sunday. 'Make In India an old mantra' ‘Make in India’, a marketing strategy promoted by the central government as the idea of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is actually an old mantra. A study by an IIM Ahmedabad professor reveals that ‘Make in India’ was very much there during India’s colonial period and the post-independence decades till 1991. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		AAP ready with UP's five zone expansion plan Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is ready with its expansion plan. In order to prepare for the assembly elections scheduled in 2017, the party has decided to divide UP into five zones. Now plan & track bus journey with UP BusApp Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) has launched a mobile application ‘UP BusApp’ that would enable passengers to plan their journey in advance. Residents join hands to lay sewage system in their localities As the authorities plan to make Allahabad a smart city replete with world class infrastructure and facilities, there are still some basic amenities which have been ignored. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		CM carcade head shunted Chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s carcade in-charge Binod Das was on Sunday transferred to commissionerate of police headquarters in the wake of Thursday’s egg attack on the CM’s car. Health dept asks police to report jaundice cases With jaundice cases pouring in from three police institutions in the state, the health department has asked police to inform it about any future outbreak. New lease of life for dying art forms at fest Artists left city folks mesmerized during a two-day fest, which aimed at reviving various dying art forms. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Row over mobile last installment trigger for twin murder: Police Row between a youth and his girlfriend over a mobile set led a youth to inflict multiple stab wounds on teenager and her mother to eliminate the two in a cold blooded and pre-planned manner. Smart city model must have resilience factor: Experts Model for developing Bhopal as a smart city must have resilience factor of Indian architecture and planning rather than rely on western model of development, said experts at a workshop organized by Indian institute of Architects (IIA) Bhopal Chapter on Sunday. Guns boomed in Bhind district on day of panchayat election Ravine-ravaged Bhind looked like a battlefield on Sunday as guns boomed in third and final phase of panchayat elections. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		Punjab civic polls get off to peaceful start Polling to Punjab's six municipal corporations and byelection in two others on Sunday was largely peaceful except for stray incidents of clashes. Industry happy over likely amendments in Factories Act In what may be termed as a big development, finally the process to amend the Factories Act, 1948, by the Union government is likely to be completed soon. Amendments in the Act would be important for the industrial city of Ludhiana. First-timers off the blocks first Arvind Bishnoi | For the first-time voters in the Mohali municipal corporation (MC) elections on Sunday, it was not a day to sit at home and watch India take on South Africa in the cricket World Cup. More Chandigarh News»

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