Daily Newsletter | Saturday, June 20, 2015 | | | Swaraj is PM pick for yoga event at UN | | Unfazed by the controversy over her role in the Lalit Modi row, Swaraj will leave for New York Saturday to lead the International Day of Yoga (IDY) celebrations at the UN on June 21. |
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| | Kolkata students develop system to help farmers switch on pump sets from home | | Five final year pass-out students from the Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology (MSIT) in Kolkata have bagged the runners-up prize at the prestigious Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge 2015 by inventing a system that will enable farmers to turn on their pump sets (to water their fields) from home by using mobile or landline telephones. |
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| | 5 new heroines taking over the gaming world | | Following a noticeable absence of female video game protagonists at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) over the past few years, several developers are unabashedly introducing gamers to all-new heroines at the annual trade show extravaganza that's historically been a boys' club. |
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| 9 highest-paying tech companies in the US | | Online jobs and and careers site Glassdoor recently released a report which identifies the 15 companies with the highest median total compensation as reported by US-based employees on the Glassdoor website over the past year. |
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| After the Silicon Valley, it's Ghar Wapsi | | Senior-level Indian engineers and executives are beginning to leave comfortable jobs in Silicon Valley to join startups in India. Shilpa Phadnis and Shalina Pillai find that they are attracted by the innovative ways in which startups are trying to solve some of the big challenges facing India and the world. |
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| | | Govt plans gold bonds to curb demand | | Investors will soon be able to buy gold, albeit in the paper form, that will come with a sovereign guarantee, and earn interest on it as well. After announcing a gold monetization scheme, the government has released the draft outline for the sovereign gold bonds (SGBs) scheme, which would offer interest rates in terms of grams of gold. |
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| Snapdeal takes a potshot at Flipkart ad | | E-commerce companies have been involved in some innovative ambush marketing, and Flipkart’s “Acha Kiya” campaign became the latest target with Snapdeal taking a dig into the tagline. |
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| CIBIL eyes new sectors for growth | | Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL), which mainly caters to financial institutions, is now planning to aggressively tap telecom, insurance, trading and credit rating agencies to drive growth, said a top official of the company here on Friday. |
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| | Salman: Kareena is boring but I like boring | | Kabir Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan is a very warm story about human relationships set against a larger-than-life background. With two superstars Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan, a great actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and a debut of the most gorgeous little girl, it looks all set to be this Eid’s big entertainer. |
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| Welcome back Kajol, Aishwarya & Sunny Deol | | 2015 will see a lot of artistes getting back to their craft and some actors to their most famous franchises and characters. We pick a few of the most awaited returns. Here’s the lowdown… |
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