[wanabidii] News Digest: Gujarat tops among tax defaulters in the country

Friday, April 17, 2015

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Gujarat tops among tax defaulters in the country
he Income-Tax department has once again named tax defaulters in the country on its website.

Sensex plunges for 3rd day; IT pack leads fall on TCS let-down
The benchmark BSE sensex fell by over 223 points on Friday to close at 28,442.10, its weakest closing in over two weeks, mainly dragged down by heavy selling in tech and healthcare sectors.

Indian economy to grow at 7.3% in 2015: Moody's
Indian economy is expected to grow marginally higher at 7.3% during the year compared with 7.2% in 2014 and interest rate cuts will buttress private sector spending, said a group company of global rating agency Moody's.

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Environment

Maha to start online monitoring of industries
Maharashtra environment department will soon start online monitoring of industries and their hazardous waste disposal based on which it would take a decision on renewing licences of such units.

Stop use of polluted river, NGO pleads in high court
The Godavari Gatarikaran Virodhi Manch, petitioners in the river pollution case who were asked by the Bombay high court on April 8 to file an application regarding pollution.

Apple invests in China solar project, US forest conservation
Apple is expanding its environmental efforts by investing in a new Chinese solar power project and preserving 36,000 acres of ``sustainable'' timberland in Maine and North Carolina.

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World

Syria gas attack video moves UN envoys to tears
The children, aged 1, 2 and 3, their parents and grandmother were killed in the March 16 attack on Sarmin village in northwest Idlib province.

Pak anti-corruption court summons Zardari
An anti-corruption court in Pakistan on Friday summoned former president Asif Ali Zardari in an old graft case against him in which he was accused of acquiring assets illegally.

ISIS's Pakistan chief killed while planting bomb
Islamic State's Pakistan chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was killed when a roadside bomb he was planting went off in the country's restive northwest tribal region, according to a media report.

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Science

NASA spacecraft to crash into Mercury in 2 weeks
After more than four years of orbiting Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will crash into the solar system's innermost planet in two weeks when it runs out of propellant. the solar system's innermost planet in two weeks when it runs out of propellant.

Moon formed 4.47 billion years ago: study
Moon may have been created about 4.47 billion years ago, according to a new study of meteorites that provides clues to the giant collision which formed Earth and the lunar body.

Mystery behind knuckles' crackle solved
The distinctive popping sound heard when cracking knuckles is caused due to a cavity forming rapidly inside the finger joints, scientists have established for the first time ever.

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Technology

iPhone 6 vs Galaxy S6 edge camera comparison
Apple’s iPhone has always been one of the most consistent camera-phones.

TCS bonanza: Rs 2,628cr bonus for staffers
The Diwali windfall has come six months early for 2.5 lakh employees of software services giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). India's biggest private sector employer and top recruiter of women will dole out a special reward amounting to Rs 2,628 crore ($423 million), probably the biggest-ever bonus payout by an Indian company .

Twitter India on a hiring spree
Online social networking service provider Twitter, which acquired Bengaluru-based Zipdial earlier this year, has started to scale up operations in the city.

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Education

Schools can prepare kids to report sexual abuse
Teaching children in schools about sexual abuse give them courage to report abuse, finds a study, suggesting that such kids are more likely than others to tell an adult if they had, or were actually experiencing sexual abuse.

HRD directive helps spread awareness
The directive issued by the human resource development (HRD) department regarding strict implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act in private schools this year has not only helped in ensuring the admission of below poverty line children (BPL) in every private school, but also opened the doors for parents to protest against fee hike in schools.

1 in 4 children with special needs out of school in TN
While Tamil Nadu takes pride in the fact that 99.4% of its children between the age of six and 13 are in schools, the state seems to have forgotten about children with special needs.

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Mumbai

By-poll dress rehearsal raises Sena's hopes for civic elections
The Shiv Sena, which combined a well-crafted strategy with organisational networking to win the Bandra (East) assembly by-election, plans to replicate the strategy in the forthcoming Aurangabad and Navi Mumbai municipal corporation elections, sources said.

MNS upset as Marathi movie GR still not out
The state government has made it mandatory for all theatres and multiplexes in the city to screen at least one Marathi film in the prime-time slot.

Racecourse restaurant stops in its tracks as BMC serves notice
The BMC sent a notice on Monday to a restaurant on the racecourse premises, asking it to stop operations because it does not possess the requisite licence to run an eatery.

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Delhi

Tis Hazari lawyer murder: Accused held, case solved
Delhi Police have arrested one accused Dhanna Ram Chaudhary and detained some other people in the Tis Hazari court murder case.

DUSIB babu sent back to central dept
Less than a fortnight after he was asked to relinquish charge as member secretary of the Delhi Dialogue Commission, Ashish Joshi was on Thursday moved out of the post of member finance of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board.

`Multilevel parking bad idea'
Urban planners are opposed to multilevel parking projects. They say these are not a solution to the growing parking problem.

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Bangalore

BBMP, pollution board get an earful
Taking a potshot at the Palike's work culture, the bench said the civic agency is "service minded" and has a "very aesthetic" way of functioning wherein it didn't want to earn money but help contractors earn money at its expense.

Video on rogue auto driver goes viral
Video grabs of an autorickshaw driver abusing a woman commuter and harassing her have been posted on the city traffic police website.

Glitches force girl to change 5 computers
After years of preparation for IIT-JEE Main, the last thing Anjali wanted was her computer to hang when she began answering the paper.

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Hyderabad

Fate of cases under section 66A lies in uncertainty
Though the Supreme Court had struck down section 66A of the Information Technology Act nearly three weeks ago, police are in a dilemma over cases pending trial before local courts and certain cases where other sections were added. Investigation into all cases linked to section 66A has been put on hold.

'Rigorous imprisonment' may fetch more wages for prisoners
Thousands of prisoners in South India can hope for an increase in wages for the work they do in jails. And just as jail birds can expect to earn more for the 'rigorous work' they do carrying out their sentence, even prisons officials can hope for a better deal.

Alair encounter: HC directs state government to file affidavit
Justice Vilas V Afzulpurkar of the Hyderabad High Court on Thursday directed the Telangana government to file an affidavit by April 23 informing the court whether a case of unnatural deaths has been registered in the encounter killings of Viquaruddin and four others at Alair in Nalgonda district.

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Chennai

Protest against dubbed Tamil TV serials: Madras HC orders notice to actor Raadhika, others
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Friday ordered notice to Chinna Thirai Producers Association president Raadhika Sarathkumar, Chinna Thirai Actors Association president Nalini Ramarajan, South Indian Film Directors’ Association president Vikraman and others for allegedly threatening Tamil TV channels.

Accident relief paid sans court case
If ever there is a textbook case of harmonious settlement of accident claim, this is it. There was an accident and injury, but the settlement came without any case being filed and a word being uttered in court, because all documents were in order.

Probe into fake abduction reveals triple murder, two held
An investigation into the “kidnapping” of a Korrukupet plastic trader has led police to the shocking discovery that the trader and his friend murdered three men in 1998.

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Ahmedabad

Cantonment's dispute with club reaches Gujarat HC
The disputes between the Cantonment authorities and the more than a century-old Ahmedabad Gymkhana, which is located in Cantonment area itself, has reached at Gujarat high court.

Ahmedabad's Rasik Chauhan derived sadistic pleasure from act of burning vehicles
Cops on Wednesday nabbed Rasik Chauhan, 30, a resident of Bhimjipura in Nava Vadaj, for burning about a dozen bikes and an ATM center.

Gujarat to set up India's first medical device testing lab
India's first medical device testing laboratory is expected to come up in Gujarat by the end of this year.

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Allahabad

ABVP observes black day against police lathicharge
Volunteers of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) observed ‘black day’ on Thursday, to mark protest against police lathicharge on innocent students in different parts of the city on Wednesday.

Abandoned girl child finds dad in watchman
At a time when good Samaritans have become scarce in the society and people are struggling to negotiate with hardships of daily life, a watchman here has adopted a new-born girl, thrown on railway tracks to die by someone.

Teenager alleges rape by cop, accused on the run
A police constable and his two associates have been accused of raping a teenaged girl on the pretext of marriage.

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Bhubaneswar

Stray dog menace assumes alarming proportions in city
The state capital is grappling with the stray dog menace with nearly 1,200 animal-bite cases being reported every month.

Only 18 Puri hotels have treatment plants: RTI info
Information obtained through RTI Act revealed that only 18 hotels in Puri have obtained consent to operate (CTO) and set up sewerage treatment plants.

No decision to join Janata Parivar: BJD
A day after six parties came together to revive Janata Parivar, the BJD on Thursday said the party has not taken a decision to be part of the new formation.

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Bhopal

A DJ enthralls crowds at a weekend bash held in Bhopal
A weekend bash held recently saw party-hoppers from the city and guests from outside enjoying themselves to the hilt.

Odhisha Mahotsav held at Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal
The concluding day celebrations of Odhisha Mahotsav, held at Bharat Bhavan, featured performances that highlighted the tribal culture of Odisha.

FIR against MP Gov: HC reserves detailed order
Madhya Pradesh High court on Friday passed stay orders on FIR against Ram Naresh Yadav by Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examinations Board (MPPEB) scam.

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