[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Rein in hotheads or lose global credibility, Moody's tells Modi

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Rein in hotheads or lose global credibility, Moody’s tells Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi must keep “his party members in check” from making controversial statements “or risk losing domestic and global credibility”, an arm of global ratings agency Moody’s said on Friday while urging the government to focus its attention on the reforms agenda.

Explosion at Romanian nightclub claims 26 lives

At least 26 people died and 88 were injured in an explosion and fire in a Bucharest, Romania, nightclub where hundreds of people had gathered late on Friday, government officials said, in one of the capital's worst incidents in decades.

IS recruiter from Hyd dreams of global caliphate

Afsha Jabeen, the first woman Islamic State (IS) recruiter to be held in India, had deeply imbibed the terror outfit’s religious extremism, fervently believing that a global caliphate would be established some day and that beheading of Iraqi Shia soldiers had sanction under Islamic law.

CITIES

44-year-old hacks wife to death in Coimbatore

A 44-year-old woman was hacked to death by her husband at Anaikatti on the outskirts of the city on Thursday evening.

Woman killed in Indirapuram flat

Rajbala Devi was looking forward to evening when her husband was due to return home from his shop for Karva Chauth celebrations.

2 J&K youths thrashed in southeast Delhi

Two engineering students from Kashmir studying in a private college in Noida were allegedly beaten up by a group of men for objecting to honking at Maa Anandamayee Marg in southeast Delhi's Govindpuri area on Thursday night

TECH

6 Apple features copied by rival tech companies

While Apple is sometimes accused of copying features from Android, there are plenty of instances in which other tech companies have released products that at least somewhat resemble Apple's. Here's a look at some of the design aspects gadget makers have copied from Apple over the years.

OnePlus X first impressions

OnePlus has finally released its first smartphone with 5-inch screen, its smallest handset yet. We went hands-on with the latest OnePlus smartphone to see what it is all about. Here are our OnePlus X first impressions:

Why HCL, Mphasis are tweaking bell curve system

Bell curve may still be the most preferred method of performance appraisal with several companies swearing by it, but increasingly companies are disbanding this model or tweaking it to make their system of rating and rewarding employees more flexible and feedback-based.

SPORTS

2015 IPL contributed Rs 11.5 billion to India's GDP: BCCI

The key benefits and opportunities that arose from IPL were employment generation across sectors, tourism development and support of tier two cities.

Naik writes to BCCI for action against Shastri, Arun

The controversy started when South Africa posted a mammoth 438 for four in the series-decider and Shastri is said to have passed a sarcastic remark to Naik about the nature of the pitch.

Paes to partner Nadal in Paris

Paes on Thursday lost his quarter-final match at the Valencia Open partnering Polish Lukasz Kubot but will now look to reach the last stage of the Paris meet.

BUSINESS

Government offers sops for exports to check fall

The government on Friday announced some sops for textiles, pharma, auto parts, electronics and exporters of several other products in an attempt to check fall in exports, which have declined for 10 straight months now.

Panagariya sees growth at over 8%

The Indian economy is expected to grow over 8% in the current financial year as the momentum has started gathering pace, NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya said on Friday.

Government dithers on overseas flying rule

Even after months of intense deliberations with stakeholders, the government has not been able to decide on new rules for Indian carriers to fly abroad.