[wanabidii] News Digest: Sensex gains 78 points on Asian cues; Nifty tops 9,300

Monday, May 08, 2017

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Sensex gains 78 points on Asian cues; Nifty tops 9,300
The 30-share index was trading higher by 78.22 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 29,937.02 with all the sectoral indices led by consumer durables, auto, capital goods and healthcare, trading in the positive terrain by gaining up to 0.66 per cent.

Niti Aayog to recommend more PSUs for strategic sale
The Narendra Modi government had unveiled the move to resume the strategic sale programme in the 2015 Budget and had said that specific sectors would be kept out of the plan. Strategic sale refers to transfer of management control and ownership.

I-T plans portal for non-intrusive probe
The portal will facilitate communication between individuals and tax authorities by way of the PAN. The department is looking to keep the process as non-intrusive as possible with an emphasis on e-assessment to keep human interaction to the minimum.

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Environment

Antarctic ice sheet stable since warmer times: Study

India's green car plan prioritises electric vehicles over hybrids
Other suggestions in the blueprint include incentivising the use of electric cars as taxis by lowering taxes, interest rates on loans for purchases and electricity tariffs for fleet operators, and lowering duties on makers of such fleet cars.

Wolves return to Denmark for first time in 200 years

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World

Eurosceptics see Macron win as bad news for Brexit
Brexit firebrand Nigel Farage said Macron would be European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker's "puppet" while the Leave.EU campaign group compared his election win on Sunday to France's surrender to Nazi Germany.

Macron victory: The verdict of the world's media
The world's media largely hailed the thumping victory of pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron in France's presidential election on Sunday, but sounded a note of caution about the task ahead.

Gas leak in coal mine in central China kills 18 workers
18 workers were killed in a coal mine accident in central China's Hunan Province. As many as 55 people were working in the mining shaft when a gas leak took place at the Jilinqiao colliery in Huangfengqiao Township, Youxian County on Saturday.

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Science

Technique developed for turning Mars or Moon rocks into concrete
Civil engineers at the Stanford University have worked with colleagues at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a form of concrete that could be produced on Mars or the Moon.

Rocket to take 1,500 images of Sun in five minutes: NASA
A sounding rocket, designed to take 1,500 images of the Sun in just five minutes from about 320 kilometres above the Earth's surface, is set to be launched today, according to NASA.

World's biggest X-ray laser generates first light
The laser will allow scientists to get a glimpse of new materials, drugs and chemical reactions at the atomic level. The 3.4-kilometre-long European XFEL is mostly located in underground tunnels in Germany.

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Technology

Myntra to sub-franchise Mango stores in India
Jaipur-based Samarth operates more than 100 outlets of Benetton, Hilfiger, Lee, Wrangler, Calvin Klein etc while New Delhi-based G&B operates 25 outlets of Benetton in NCR.

Netflix, Tesla listed among potential takeover targets for Apple
Citigroup listed seven companies as potential takeover targets for Apple Inc, including Netflix, Walt Disney and Tesla Inc, as a way to put its cash hoard of more than $250 billion to work.

Wipro receives threatening letter, beefs up security
IT major Wipro today said it has augmented security measures at all its office locations after receiving a "threatening letter from an unidentified source".

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Education

Nagaland announces class 12 Board results
Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has declared the class 12 Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) examination Result 2017 on the official website of the board.

Nagaland announces class 10 Board results
Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has declared the class 10 High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination 2017 on the official website of the board.

Meghalaya announces class 12 Board Vocational results
The Meghalaya Board of School Education (MBOSE) has declared the Class 12 HSSLC Vocational Results 2017 on their official website.

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Mumbai

Ayurveda textbook shocker: How to conceive a boy
Textbooks for the third-year Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine, and Surgery (BAMS) course informs students on techniques to conceive a boy. The current syllabus has been copied from Charaka Samhita shares recipes to create a male foetus.

Woman lured with car as free gift for e-shopping, duped of Rs 61,000
There's no such thing as a free lunch, leave alone a free car.A 32- year-old woman working for a hospital in south Mumbai learnt this the hard way recently.

Dentist blew up 8 lakh stolen by girlfriend on betting
and valuables from her home and gave the booty to her Pune-based boyfriend to help him set up a dental clinic.But .

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Delhi

Delhi Metro fare to go up from Wednesday
Your travel in Metro rail will become little more expensive from Wednesday. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) board on Monday approved hiking fares.

12 lakh students appear for NEET; fate of aspirants to be decided on June 8
Amid tight security and stringent ruling on clothes and accessories, 11,38,890 aspirants appeared for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on Sunday. The offline exam, conducted by CBSE in 10 different languages, was held at 1,921 centres in 103 cities for 95,000 undergraduate seats.

Eatery licence denied to 25 applicants in Connaught Place in 2 months
Treading the cautious path after two incidents of roof collapse in Connaught Place, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has rejected 25 applications for running restaurants, cafes and other eateries in the area.

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Bangalore

Please don't go: Bengaluru needs thousands of warriors like Prabhashankar Rai, not one less
On a sultry Wednesday evening, clouds of dust billow up from ITPL Main Road, which, like many others in Bengaluru, is being dug up for the nth time. Little seems promising about this dusty, unappetising urban dystopia so common to the city now – until you turn into a nondescript little kachcha road. At the end, like manna, lies Chinnappanahalli Lake.

PG classes cancelled as teachers out on secret task
Close to 100 Assistant Professors of the Post-Graduate department of Government First Grade Colleges are missing. PG classes are cancelled and students have been asked not to come to college. These teachers are away on confidential work assigned by the Department of Collegiate Education – work that takes precedence even over the conduct of classes.

Residents reclaim their locality, make it safe again
For many years until recently, Eshwara Colony in Puttenahalli had been a target for robbers. From footwear to bicycles to major thefts and robberies, this neighbourhood – once a safe haven for government employees and bankers – had gained notoriety. But when complaints to the police didn’t bring a lasting solution, the residents put their heads together and made it happen.

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Hyderabad

Andhra Pradesh rich in uranium, reserves touch 1.04 lakh tonnes
The total uranium resources in the bifurcated Andhra Pradesh has crossed the one lakh tonnes mark. The state now has 1.04 lakh tonnes of uranium. Andhra Pradesh lost uranium rich regions in Nalgonda-Mahbubnagar to Telangana following the state bifurcation in 2014.

Veeresham takes tact route to ensure unity among partymen
TRS MLAs are being tactful in handling a situation that has arisen out of people from different parties joining the ruling party.

TRS foot soldiers to trumpet govt schemes before polls
The 75 lakh members of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) will turn into an army of foot soldiers of the ruling party. A plan is being chalked out to have the members liaise between the people and the government. More importantly, the members will have a key job for the Assembly polls scheduled to be held in 2019. Though the party leadership at the moment is confident of a smooth sailing in the next polls, it does not want partymen to be overconfident and remain in a state of inertia.

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Chennai

Stalin demands probe into 'corrupt dealings' of Panneerselvam and AIADMK ministers
DMK working president M K Stalin on Monday demanded that Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao order a probe into the alleged corrupt dealings of AIADMK ministers and former chief minister O Panneerselvam.

488 residential quarters opened for police personnel in TN
Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday opened 488 residential quarters for police personnel built across the state, including 125 in Virudhunagar district. A police station at Royapettah in Chennai was also opened.

Chennai cops get secure walkie-talkies
Transmitting scratchy, weak signals that sometimes go blank or catch more of the ambient noise than the speaker's voice, wireless handsets haven't really been user-friendly for police officers.

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Ahmedabad

'Policemen dealing with anti-social elements deserve better residential quarters'
Gujarat government has in a policy decided to allot two bedroom, hall and kitchen (2BHK) residential quarters with modern facilities to class-3 employees in the police force near their place of posting, looking to their nature of job constantly dealing with anti-social elements to ensure law-and-order in the state.

Non-veg fare? Only if you are a foreigner
If you are not a foreigner, you will not be served non-vegetarian food at private hospitals in Ahmedabad. Hospitals generally do not serve appetizing meals, but hospitals here force you to follow vegetarianism, especially if you are Indian.

At 44.5°C, Gandhinagar hottest city in Gujarat
Ahmedabad Sizzles At 43.3°C

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Allahabad

Sunday cash crunch in ATMs leaves locals high and dry
With banks being closed over the weekend, locals were in for a disappointment as most ATMs in the city were unable to dispense cash or were shut down spoiling plans for many on Sunday.

'Women being 'misused' in talaq row'
nstead of addressing problems of Muslim women, they are being 'misused' in the name of triple talaq, said chief imam of All India Imam Organisation, Umer Ahmed Ilyasi who was in the city as part of his 'Sadbhavna Yatra' (communal harmony march).

As Allahabad sweats, residents opt for summer coolers
With the constant rise in temperature and humidity in the city, people are opting for summer drinks to beat the heat.

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Bhubaneswar

Reshuffle fails to dent BJP reach
18 Dists Remain Unrepresented

Techies join Sunday walk in Old Town
Streets of the Old Town saw young techies this time at the weekly heritage Ekamra Walk as engineering students of KIIT University took a stroll down the architectural wonders of the ancient site this Sunday.

Naveen Patnaik cabinet reshuffle: Only 1 from western Odisha in cabinet
18 Dists Remain Unrepresented

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Bhopal

Inclusivity: Are we there yet?
With television commercials and short films focusing on the inclusion of third gender, Bhopal Times interacted with a few of the over 250 families of the transgender community in the city, to find out whether we are inching closer towards the dream of inclusion or are we segregating them further.

MP road rage: Youth dragged behind SUV, run over

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Chandigarh

Six men loot Rs 30 lakh from 2 ATMs in 8 mins

No changes around heritage structure: Sidhu tells PUDA

A Taj Mahal showstopper for her

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