[wanabidii] News Digest: Saudis to cut August oil exports to lowest level this year: Report

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

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Saudis to cut August oil exports to lowest level this year: Report
"In order to meet its OPEC quota and meet its domestic demand during summer, Saudi Arabia has made big cuts in allocations internationally by more than 600,000 bpd for the month of August," a source said.

Sensex, Nifty rangebound but hold on to gains
Key market indices- Sensex and Nifty continued to stay in the green in Wednesday's afternoon trade although the gains were moderate as compared to the rally the market saw in the last three days.

ONGC-HPCL merger by FY18, stocks spike
Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan confirmed that the merger would be completed by 2017-18. The merger entity is likely to be $ 40 billion dollar in total size. In Wednesday's morning trade, both the ONGC and HPCL rose by almost 3 per cent.

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Environment

Arctic winter warming events becoming more frequent
Arctic winter warming events, winter days when temperatures peak above minus 10 degrees Celsius, are becoming more frequent and lasting longer than they did three decades ago, a new research has found.

'Sixth extinction' of wildlife faster than feared: Scientists
More than 30% of animals with a backbone are declining in both range and population, according to the first comprehensive analysis of these trends. "This is the case of a biological annihilation occurring globally," said Stanford professor Rodolfo Dirzo, co-author of a study published in the US journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

NGT bans nylon, synthetic manja
The green panel directed all state governments to prohibit the "manufacture, sale, storage, purchase and use" of synthetic manja or nylon threads and all other synthetic strings used for flying kites with immediate effect on the grounds that it posed threat to life and environment.

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Science

Juno completes Jupiter's Great Red Spot flyby
Six years since the Juno spacecraft started its journey, it has completed a close flyby directly over Jupiter's Great Red Spot, NASA has confirmed. This was humanity's first up-close and personal view of the gigantic feature.

NASA plans to fight fungus to keep space travellers safe
To keep space travellers safe, NASA researchers are taking steps to fight fungus as prolonged stay in closed habitats that may one day be used to explore other planets might be stressful for inhabitants and thus lead to decreased immune response, making people more vulnerable to opportunistic pathogens like fungi.

Mini Saturns created from charged liquid droplets

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Technology

Reliance JioFiber Preview plan allegedly leaks, to offer 100GB data per month
Reliance Jio started testing its high-speed internet service - JioFiber - last year. In April this year, the company revealed its plans to launch Fibre To The Home (FTTH) service soon, and also ran trials in few selected cities.

Moto X4 spotted online, to sport a 5-inch display
Lenovo-owned Motorola recently launched its Moto E4 and Moto E4 Plus smartphones. Now, rumours about the launch of a new mid-range smartphone have surfaced online.

7 things you didn't know you can do with your old Android tablet

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Education

Education system dehumanised, mass producing clones: High Court

DHSE Kerala Class XII Result: DHSE Kerala to declare Plus Two SAY, Improvement results soon
The Directorate of Higher Secondary Education (DHSE) will declare its Class XII SAY (Save A Year) and improvement exam results for this year soon.

SC allows IITs to go ahead with admission process
The apex court had on Friday found faults in IIT's decision to award 18 bonus marks to students for wrong and vague questions in the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) paper and stayed the ongoing counselling and admission in IITs, NIITs, IIITs and all government-funded engineering colleges.

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Mumbai

Palghar bandh to protest terrorist attack on Amarnath pilgrims

Saibaba temple gets Rs 5.52 crore donations on Guru Poornima
The Saibaba temple here received donations worth Rs 5.52 crore during the recent three-day 'Guru Poornima' festival, an increase of Rs 1.40 crore as compared to last year, an official has said.

Navi Mumbai cops arrest man suspected of leaking Jio data
The development comes a day after Jio, run by Ambani's conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd, said it was investigating whether personal data of more than 100 million of its users had been leaked to a website named Magicapk.com.

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Delhi

Pleasant morning in Delhi after rains
It was a pleasant Wednesday morning here with rains in several parts of the city that brought the minimum temperature down a notch below average to 26 degrees Celsius, the weather office said.

SC respite for liquor vends on Delhi roads
Signalling return of happy hours for tipplers on highways within city limits, the Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for states to denotify highways passing through municipal limits to allow liquor vends to resume business.

School principal, director move plea in student cruelty case

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Bangalore

Bengaluru students bag award for bee health tracker

Coming soon: Tsunami alert device

Decoding design: Art for me is a catalyst for building better tomorrow

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Hyderabad

Jains embark on unique peace building initiatives
The Jains in the city have embarked on two unique "Peace Building" initiatives.

Congress to hold dharna in support of farmers in Telangana

Varsity asks students overstaying in hostels to vacate

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Chennai

Madras HC quashes defamation case against Tamil actors
Offering a big relief to seven Tamil film actors and a director who were facing a defamation suit, the Madras high court on Wednesday quashed an eight-year-old case in which non-bailable arrest warrants were issued by a court in the Nilgiris district in May this year.

Tamil Nadu medical admission 2017: Rank list preparation going on as officials expect favourable HC verdict
Students and parents are anxious that any delay in MBBS/BDS counselling will affect engineering counselling too.

Cochin International Airport Limited to boost solar power capacity

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Ahmedabad

Bandh in Valsad to protest attack on Amarnath pilgrims

Problematic periods? Try these effective ayurveda remedies

How e-challans are causing marital strife
It is quite hilarious, but certainly not for the man in Ahmedabad, who was almost sent to prison after a traffic e-challan exposed his alleged extra-marital affair.

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Allahabad

Couldn't make it to Kashi Vishwanath yatra? Get prasad home-delivered
The postal department has entered into an agreement with the temple trusts to dispatch prasad to devotees' homes.The prasad would be delivered in waterproof envelopes through speed post.

Dole for holy cities to charm religious tourists to UP
Hefty sanction for tourism promotion at holy cities is set to launch Uttar Pradesh as a destination for religious tourism. Varanasi got over Rs 850 crore for development of tourist facilities, while Ayodhya and Mathura earned Rs 650 crore each for the same.

Rains creates havoc in Sangam city

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Bhubaneswar

Neeraj in search of a coach

Asia's fastest man misses Nigeria a lot

Sheep killer on the prowl in Ganjam district
Thirteen more sheep were killed at Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district on Sunday night.This time, the mysterious animals have killed sheep under the Gallery forest range.

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Bhopal

Tomatoes soar to Rs 100 a kg in retail markets of Bhopal

Fear back home for pilgrims
Indore/ The terror strike on an Amarnath Yatra bus has put the relatives of hundreds of pilgrims from Indore and Bhopal on edge back home.

Seven-summit challenge beckons Indore Everester

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Chandigarh

Booze likely to be back in bars after a week as SC dilutes ban
Hoteliers hit by the booze ban have a lot to cheer about. The Supreme Court has turned down the petition challenging the decision of the UT administration to denotify state highways passing through the municipal limits, paving way for allowing sale of liquor in hotels and bars within 500 metres of national and state highways.

Liquor distributor alleges harassment by excise officials, court orders probe
The court has asked the station house officer (SHO) to submit the status report of the investigations carried out by July 18.

Amarinder seeks debt waiver to bolster sagging finances
Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's support in promoting the state's industrial development to revive its economy and enable job creation for the unemployed youth.

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