[wanabidii] Top Headlines: China pips India in aid to Nepal; Delhi out of top five donors' list

Daily Newsletter | Monday, May 09, 2016 TOP HEADLINES MORE » China pips India in aid to Nepal; Delhi out of top five donors' list If it is Nepal's growing proximity with China that is making PM K P Sharma Oli act in a cavalier fashion, some of the resultant damage for India could be self-inflicted. Crony wealth in India 3% of GDP, from 18% in 2008 Modi trying to subject the economy to a blast of competition, says magazine Only 10% women candidates in 4 poll-bound states reflected in the Indian political scene.Barely about 10% of candidates contesting the current elections in four states are women. CITIES MORE » President to perform aarti at Dashaswamedh Ghat in Varanasi The final itinerary of the President's Varanasi visit from the afternoon of May 12 to the morning of May 13 was received by the district administration on Saturday night. Karnataka police first to own, operate drone fleet Karnataka police became one of the first police departments in the country to own a UAV fleet, with the procurement of 12 drones last month. Two 7-yr-old boys choked to death in car in Jhajjar Police said Hritik, Yakeen, and Yash were playing in the open area near the house while elders were busy with a marriage function. TECH MORE » India's 911-like emergency number '112' to be active from January 1 Telecom minister has approved the provision of a single number for various emergency services that would be similar to the '911' service in the US. The service will also be accessible even through those SIMs and landlines whose outgoing call facility has been stopped or temporarily suspended. SPORTS MORE » IPL: Gujarat Lions beat KKR by five wickets to go top Yusuf-Shakib's record 134-run partnership went in vain as Karthik scored his third fifty of the season to lead Gujarat Lions to five-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders. With their seventh win in 11 games, Gujarat jumped to top of the standings. IPL 2016: Sunrisers spank Mumbai Indians by 85 runs Ashish Nehra produced a sensational spell of pace bowling after Shikhar Dhawan shone with the bat with a scintillating unbeaten 82 as Sunrisers Hyderabad spanked Mumbai Indians by 85 runs in a lopsided IPL match. Barca thrash Espanyol, Atletico crash out of title race Barcelona closed in on the La Liga title by thrashing local rivals Espanyol 5-0 on Sunday as Atletico Madrid dropped out of the race after losing 2-1 at Levante and Real Madrid beat Valencia 3-2. Barca will be champions with victory at Granada next weekend. BUSINESS MORE » Zomato’s $1bn value slashed by half After successive markdowns of highly priced tech startups by US mutual funds, it’s now HSBC’s brokerage arm which has slashed the paper valuation of restaurant-discovery platform Zomato, while taking stock of the startup’s publicly traded shareholder InfoEdge. There is no excuse for poor services: Ravi Shankar Reserve prices worked out for the upcoming mega spectrum auctions are at “reasonable levels” and will result in a “successful” sale for the government, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said. RBI may allow you to be a lender The RBI's move to regulate the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending business has evoked good response with most participants saying that it could provide greater confidence to lenders and borrowers, as also to venture capitalists. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » Mika to spend on Sarbjit's daughter's wedding Sarbjit as we all know is a story of courage and perseverance. It is the courage of a sister who fought for 23 years to get her brother out of a Pakistan prison, where he was incarcerated under charges of being an Indian spy. Bhansali's next is an anti-hero film The director will make an anti-hero film about Sultan Alauddin Khilji and his obsessive love for Queen Padmavati of Mewar. Interestingly, Bhansali had earlier helmed an opera on this story, which was screened in Paris and Rome. The film is tentatively titled 'Padmavati'. Hrithik and Yami begin 'Kaabil' shoot Even as his Mohenjo Daro gears up for an August release, Hrithik Roshan has begun work on his father Rakesh Roshan’s next production, 'Kaabil'. Other Newsletters from TOI: Breaking News | Digest | Tech | Entertainment | Movie Reviews | Life & Style Unsubscribe | To manage your newsletter subscription settings, click here. Copyright 2016 Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service

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