[wanabidii] News Digest: Sensex, Nifty crack as Sikka's resignation, global cues take heavy toll

Friday, August 18, 2017

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Sensex, Nifty crack as Sikka's resignation, global cues take heavy toll
The 30-share BSE Sensex lost 270.78 points to close at 31,524.68 and the 50-share NSE Nifty went down by 66.75 points to finish trading at 9,837.40. Infosys shares lost more than 10 per cent on both the indices during the day as the IT giant saw a loss in market capitalisation of about Rs 27,000 crore.

IndiGo cancels 85 flights over engine issues, airline says planned exercise
According to the sources, a total of 667 flights were cancelled by IndiGo between June 21 and July 3 this year, with 61 flights cancelled on June 27 alone, due to the grounding of these planes.

All you need to know about Infosys' interim MD & CEO

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Environment

Constipated gorilla in Kansas zoo recovering after surgery

Marine biologist works to save great white sharks
Great white sharks, which have been around since before the dinosaurs, visit Isla de Guadalupe each year between August and February, feeding on fish, sea lions and dead whales, maintaining balance in the marine ecosystem, Mexican marine biologist Edgar Mauricio Hoyos says.

Giant tortoise that fled Japan zoo found 140 metres away

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World

Decision soon on strategy for Afghanistan: Mattis
After months of sometimes heated internal debate, the Trump administration has almost reached a decision on a new approach for fighting the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Thursday. He gave no hint of what the strategy would look like.

Clearing Iraqi cities of explosives may take 25yrs
Militants hid explosives set to detonate with the slightest of movement. They can be almost anywhere- in a child's toy, a vacuum cleaner or an oven door. A contracting company has been hired to find and remove explosive devices and unexploded bombs.

Iran reform leader Karroubi ends hunger strike
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest for six years, ended his hunger strike after the government agreed to remove intelligence agents from his home. Karroubi, 79, stopped eating and drinking on Wednesday morning and was hospitalised a day later with high blood pressure.

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Science

Facts about the US solar eclipse on August 21
On Monday, August 21, for the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will march across the entire United States. "The Great American Eclipse" will cast a shadow over the whole country, moving diagonally from Oregon in the northwest to South Carolina in the southeast.

'Earth-like planet may exist in nearby star system'
Astrophysicists at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) in the US investigated the star system Gliese 832 for additional exoplanets residing between the two currently known alien worlds in this system.

Big asteroid to pass safely by Earth on Sep 1: NASA
Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid will pass safely by our planet on September 1, at a distance of seven million kilometres, or about 18 Earth-Moon distances, according to NASA.

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Technology

WhatsApp status comes to web
Facebook-owned WhatsApp introduced its new Status feature in February this year for Android and iOS users.

Coolpad Cool M7 smartphone Android Nougat launched in China
Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad has expanded its smartphone series with the launch of Coolpad Cool M7 smartphone in China.

Jio Phone to be available from September
Reliance Jio’s 4G feature phone is all set to enter the Indian market. Reliance Jio’s chairman Mukesj Ambani launched the company’s 4G VoLTE feature phone at the annual general meeting of the company on July 21.

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Education

IIMs reach gender diversity milestone
The trend reflects improved gender diversity in corporate India as many big companies actively remove biases against women, such as lesser pay and fewer promotions.

Civil services exam 2018 to be held on June 3: UPSC
The civil services preliminary examination to select IAS and IPS officers among others has been scheduled to be held on June 3 next year, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has said.

Kerala govt to bring out 'Hamari Malayalam' textbook for migrants
The Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority is all set to release a textbook exclusively to teach migrant labourers Malayalam, the mother tongue of the people of the state

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Mumbai

Attention poetry lovers: Coffee mugs with Gulzar's poems now on sale

Powai juvenile suicides: Police to look for motive other than sexual assault

I-T officer and his wife made 21 foreign trips in 6 years

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Delhi

The false Good Samaritan: Man robs hit-and-run victim of Rs 15,000

MCD parking lots no more gender-neutral, now women-exclusive lanes in Delhi

9 steps to speed up NH-8, airport ride in Delhi-NCR
This is the government’s roadmap to make the commute between Delhi and Gurgaon faster as well as remove existing bottlenecks in the two cities, the biggest two being Dhaula Kuan in Delhi and Iffco Chowk in Gurgaon. Among these, the underpass-flyover projects on the expressway in Gurgaon will be the earliest to be completed, possibly by March 2018.

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Bangalore

Physical trainer assaulted by ex-students for being too strict

Why was Bengaluru ravaged by floods?
Last year, the city saw massive demolition of properties built along the course of storm water drains hindering the flow of water. Areas surrounding water bodies bear the brunt of flooding.

Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka resigns; Pravin Rao interim MD and CEO
Infosys chief executive Vishal Sikka resigned on Friday after being at the helm for a little more than three years, a tenure which had started to show glimpses of revival at India's second largest software services company

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Hyderabad

The thunderstorm in the German capital made me think about Indian monsoon
It was a great honour to be invited for a a one-and-a-half hour solo performance at the Tagore Centre of the Embassy of India in Berlin, Germany.

Mecca Masjid conservation turns into politics of one-upmanship
The long overdue conservation work of the Mecca Masjid snowballed into a political controversy on Thursday between the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) on one side and the Congress and the Communist Party of India on the other.

Vikarabad's women farmers smash the glass ceiling, plough own furrow
Roughly 120 km away from Hyderabad, about 30 women farmers huddle in a makeshift meeting room to discuss marketing strategies for this year's harvest season. There is also talk about proper channels for procurement of fertilisers and modern farming techniques.

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Chennai

Vaishnavi, Rohit and Upasana lived it up partying at Boats Beach Resto Bar in Chennai
Want to start new day at work on a happy note? Party the previous evening, albeit wisely.

Tamil Nadu CM seeks subsidised sugar to all priority households

Tree cheers for Chennai
A leisurely well-paced walk through the Kotturpuram Tree Park, as part of the Madras Day Celebrations, was revelatory, to say the least.

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Ahmedabad

Gujarat HC upholds policy: Seniority not sole basis of promotion
Gujarat high court has upheld the state government’s policy of granting promotion on basis of merit and efficiency of employees and not only on basis of seniority.

Gujarat polls: AAP leader Kanu Kalsariya to contest as Independent

Ahmedabad schools sound Blue Whale alert

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Allahabad

Belgium, US to fund Smart City dream?
Envoys from US and Belgium showed interest in supporting transportation projects of Lucknow. They felt need for modern bus shelters, dedicated parking nodes for auto-rickshaws and integrated travel cards for public transport.

Allahabad University student leaders burn VC effigy
Continuing with their agitation and making a mockery of the Allahabad University administration, activists of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarti Parishad (ABVP) took out a procession on the varsity campus and burnt the effigy of AU VC on Thursday.

SP workers go berserk, damage three vehicles after Akhilesh Yadav's detention
Activists of Samajwadi Party Youth Brigade on Thursday went berserk in Civil Lines area and adjoining areas of the city following the detention of party president and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav near Unnao and damaged the window panes of two city buses and a private car in city.

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Bhubaneswar

IIT study questions mindless iron supplementation
The practice of giving iron supplementation to women in the reproductive age, during pregnancy and to children could end up lowering the count of gut-friendly lactobacillus bacteria, a recent study has found.

Cops pull up socks to keep stalkers at bay
In an effort to curb stalking, the commissionerate police has asked all police stations to intensify patrolling in places frequented by women.

Upcoming Odia Film Bhairav's Music Released

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Bhopal

MP BJP parties despite Congress wrenching seats in saffron stronghold
Ruling BJP maybe revelling in its victory in the urban civic polls, but the fact remains that opposition Congress on Wednesday wrenched six seats which belonged to the saffron party.

Grounded by tech trouble, Amit Shah to arrive today
BJP president Amit Shah, who was scheduled to arrive in Bhopal on Thursday evening on a three-day tour, was held up by aircraft problems and is now expected on Friday morning.

Madhya Pradesh man hangs self; films suicide on mobile phone

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Chandigarh

Court to hear Rakhi's bail extension plea on Aug 19

Dera Sacha Sauda chief rape case verdict: Haryana asks for 35 companies of paramilitary

2 more swine flu cases; tally 17 in state

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