[wanabidii] News Digest: Bank management, unions meet on Jan 5 to avert strike

		THE TIMES OF INDIA
		Saturday, January 03, 2015
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		Business
		Bank management, unions meet on Jan 5 to avert strike As another bank strike looms large, the Central chief labour commissioner has called a conciliation meeting on Monday between employee unions and the apex body of management, IBA, to resolve the wage hike issue. Global medical tourism market to rise over $ 30 bn by 2019 The research has been conducted by Transparency Market Research (TMR), a US-based market intelligence company, which has pegged the current medical tourism market at $ 10 billion. McDonald's campaign looks to rekindle 'lovin'' As the world's biggest hamburger chain fights to hold onto customers, McDonald's on Friday unveiled a new marketing strategy and ads it says will emphasize the "love" in its long-running "I'm Lovin' It" slogan. More Business News»

		Environment
		Bhutan crew films Sikkim's first organic festival Sikkim has set for itself the goal of becoming an organic agricultural state by 2015. Javadekar eases green norms for linear projects Environment ministry has allowed a major relaxation for faster execution of all ‘linear' projects including roads, rail, power transmission lines, water supply lines and laying of optic fiber cables. Drunk birds slur just like tipsy humans Drunk birds slur their words just like humans do when they are inebriated, a new study has found. More Environment News»

		World
		Thousands flee homes as Australian wildfires rage Thousands of Australians fled their homes as wildfires raged across the nation's south on Saturday, with firefighters struggling to contain the blazes fanned by strong winds. IS seizes dozens in northern Iraq The Islamic State jihadist group seized dozens of men from two villages in northern Iraq while searching for people who burned its flag, officials and residents have said. US slaps more sanctions on N Korea after Sony hack North Korea was hit with more sanctions on Friday designed to impede access to the US financial system in the wake of a cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, which the Obama Administration has said was supported by the reclusive country. More World News»

		Science
		What makes HIV vaccines backfire? The very immune cells that HIV vaccines aims to increase may already have been affected by the virus, a reason why AIDS vaccines have backfired in more than one clinical trail, a study says. New artificial knee ligament graft in offing Researchers are developing a new synthetic knee ligament graft that can integrate with the native bone, promote growth of new ligament tissue and stabilise the knee. Nation's progress linked to science: PM Modi at Indian Science Congress 2015 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the 102nd Indian Science Congress 2015 at the Mumbai University. More Science News»

		Technology
		Wipro Enterprises exit plan upsets some investors A handful of original investors of Wipro, who became shareholders long before the company became a poster-boy of IT in the country, are an upset lot. Micromax to dial Dalal Street for Rs 3,100-crore IPO Micromax Informatics has begun shortlisting investment bankers to manage an initial public offer to raise as much as Rs 3,170 crore in the domestic market. The worst tech logo makeovers of all times Every once in a while, companies decide to reinvent themselves. Part of doing that is creating a new company logo. More Technology News»

		Education
		Universities must have greater academic freedom, autonomy: PM Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday batted for giving universities more academic freedom and autonomy and promised to cut excessive regulation and cumbersome procedures to encourage research. HRD ministry 'goofs', makes professor university's chancellor The ministry has appointed a senior faculty member Jandhyala BG Tilak of the prestigious National University of Educational Planning and Administration as chancellor of the same university. Puducherry students bag awards at science congress A paper on transforming barren lands into cultivable lands using organic manure and a poster on seasonal impact on butterfly abundance and its species diversity done by a few students from the Union territory of Puducherry. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		Religious Head of Dawoodi Bohra Community calls on PM Modi The religious head of the Dawoodi Bohra Community, His Holiness Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai. Bill on conversion needs consensus, Amit Shah says BJP national president Amit Shah on Friday said his party was keen on a consensus on the issue of religious conversion. Advocate in custody for 'offensive' Facebook post Kurla advocate Vijay Gaikwad, who was booked by the police for allegedly posting objectionable material from his Facebook account, surrendered before the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Marg police on Thursday. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Delhi will have country's first 'smart city' Delhi will be developed into a "global city" and the country's first 'smart city' will be set up here to decongest the national capital and facilitate it with all modern amenities, Union urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu said here today. KMC ends service of former principal College sources said the governing body has submitted the order of termination to vice-chancellor, Dinesh Singh, who will take the final call. Bring same party at Centre & Delhi, says Naidu Union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu on Friday called upon Delhiites to vote for BJP in the forthcoming assembly elections stressing the need of a common party heading both the state and the Centre. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		New Year brunch at ITC Windsor, Bengaluru Foodie start to the year One more heart transplant in Bengaluru Bengaluru is all set to witness yet another heart transplant on Saturday morning. With the formation of a green corridor, a live heart will be ferried by ambulance driver Devaraj for 30 km from M S Ramaiah hospital in Bengaluru North to BGS Global hospital in Bengaluru South. Time to pedal in Malleswaram Get ready to hop on to the saddle as Cycle Day will return to Malleswaram this Sunday. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		New Year revelry at various parties in Hyderabad New Year revelry at various parties in Hyderabad Chandrababu Naidu to meet party leaders every week Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu has decided to allot one day a week to meet his party MLAs, MLCs and MPs. Privatisation of garbage transportation on the anvil With problems of frequent strikes by workers unions that are hitting transportation of garbage in the city for several days at a stretch, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is mulling to privatize sanitation works, especially garbage transportation in some parts of the city soon. More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		Six flights diverted, delayed due to fog at Chennai airport Six flights were diverted and a few flights were delayed by two hours after fog reduced visibility to 100metres at Chennai airport on Saturday. Major police operation to trace missing children in Chennai When two-year-old Kavitha went missing from her house in Saligramam on September 19, 2011, her family was devastated. Foreigner in Chennai gets heart from Coimbatore CHENNAI: Six organs of a 26-year-old web designer, who lost his life in a bike accident near Coimbatore, were donated on Friday morning. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		No Islamic green during Eid-e-Milad procession in Palanpur The Banaskantha district administration has restrained Muslims from carrying flags and banners in Islamic green during the procession to be taken out on the festival of Eid-e-Milad on Sunday in Palanpur town. Denied information under RTI, Jashodaben files appeal Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s estranged wife Jashodaben has filed an appeal under the Right to Information Act after Mehsana district police declined her earlier application seeking information about her security cover. Crime branch to probe theatre vandalism case The complaints of vandalism at two theatres screening Aamir Khan-starrer 'PK' have been handed over to the city crime branch. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		Rain and dam water wash tall claims away Water-logging and slush caused by Thursday’s day-long rain continued to torment seers and kalpwasis in Magh Mela area on Friday. Rain, dam water wreak havoc on Mela campus The water released in Ganga from Narora and Tehri reached Sangam and uprooted the pontoon bridges. The swift pace of 1,500 cusec water also led to further erosion of the banks Orissa-based gang of thieves busted, 6 held Based in Orissa, the gang had been involved in several criminal cases reported in the district, including Chirgaon and Rajgarh. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Puri court orders removal of Biju samadhi at Swargadwar A lower court in Puri has ordered the district administration to remove the samadhi (memorial) of late chief minister Biju Patnaik located at Swargadwar crematorium. State plans to set up Vidhan Parishad, Opposition slams move The Odisha government plans to set up a legislative council (Vidhan Parishad) in the state. Leaky sewer pollutes water in Ward 55 After Sambalpur, Ward 55 in the state capital has been hit by water contamination. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Paddy sold for a song in Madhya Pradesh, scrapes coffers of Rs 100cr Officials of Madhya Pradesh food department sold 2.65 lakh metric tonne paddy procured during 2012-13 at throwaway prices, draining the exchequer of around Rs 100 crore. Express train rams into a temple in Madhya Pradesh, six injured Six people were injured after a train rammed into a temple during shunting at the yard attached to Gwalior railway station in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday morning. Cold wave claims three lives in state Cold wave ‘claimed’ three lives in Madhya Pradesh on Friday as rain and fog prevailed over most parts of the state including Malwa region. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		Three killed as DEMU rams into tractor-trolley Three persons were killed and two injured in a collision between a DEMU and tractor trolley at manned railway crossing near village Khojewala between Kapurthala and Jalandhar as the gateman failed to block the crossing before passage of the train. Amarinder Singh accuses BJP of politicising the issue of drug pedalling in Punjab Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh has accused Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to play politics on the issue of drug pedalling and addiction in Punjab. SAD, BJP in slugfest over anti-drug dharnas Continuing their battle over the Rs 6,000-crore drug scam and rampant substance abuse in Punjab, allies SAD and BJP entered into a fresh row on Thursday over the former's January 5 dharnas against BSF in Amritsar and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe against party leaders. More Chandigarh News»

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