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Sunday, February 08, 2015

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Cairn India to spend Rs 13,000cr on KG-Basin
Cairn India may spend Rs 13,000 crore in developing an oil and gas block in Krishna-Godavari Basin over a period of time even as it geared up to undertake drilling of 64 exploratory and appraisal wells in that block.

BSNL, MTNL not to participate in spectrum auction
State-run telecom firms BSNL and MTNL will not participate in the upcoming spectrum auction, from which the government targets to raise over Rs 1 lakh crore.

Delhi poll results to drive stock markets
Stock markets on Monday would react to exit polls that are predicting an AAP win in the Delhi assembly elections.

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Environment

Animal casualties in Kaziranga: NGT bans roadside shops
The National Green Tribunal has ordered a ban on roadside shops and eateries along the animal corridors near Assam's Kaziranga National Park among a slew of directions in the wake of increasing wildlife casualties due to vehicular movement on the adjacent highway.

'Developing equipment to tap gas hydrates from Ocean'
To meet India's growing demand for energy, the ministry of earth sciences is developing high-end equipment to harness and exploit the deposits of gas hydrates in Indian Ocean, said a top official here Friday.

Bengal tiger confronts a new creature: Development
A plan drawn up by the state government will see building of roads, hotels and other tourism infrastructure in ecologically sensitive Sundarbans.

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World

Boko Haram stages new assault on Niger border town
Boko Haram staged an overnight assault on a border town in Niger, residents said Sunday, the second time the West African nation has come under attack by the Nigeria-based extremists since Friday.

Malala calls for 'urgent action' to free Nigerian schoolgirls
Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai today called for global support to help release more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, as they marked 300 days as hostages.

TransAsia discusses compensation with victims' families
TransAsia Airways representatives met Sunday with relatives of the victims of last week's plane crash in Taiwan to discuss compensation after it began distributing $38,000 to families of the deceased for funeral costs.

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Science

This natural antidepressant protein can help sustain sound mind, strong heart
A protein, called BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), already known to act as a natural antidepressant, can help sustain sound mind and strong heart.

Spray to help you sleep
Silicon Valley startup Sprayable has sold more than 40,000 bottles of its topical caffeine spray since launching it in 2013.

Red wine compound may help prevent memory loss: Study
A compound found in common foods such as red grapes and peanuts may help prevent age-related decline in memory, according to an Indian-origin researcher.

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Technology

Why we love and hate WhatsApp
The advent of the instant messaging app on smartphones has completely revolutionised the way we communicate.

Myntra planning to shut down its website by year-end
Myntra is expecting to take traffic and sales from mobile to 90% by the year end, which is when the e-tailer's web portal may cease to exist.

10 things to do with your old Android phone
Check out 10 ways you can give your old Android phone a new lease of life.

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Education

The college-going boy can't be a molester...or can he?
Is a guy from DU, JNU or IIT `safer' for girls to hang out with than a guy from a less `liberal' space?

Venky faculty, students say nothing was amiss, thought it was `just another Sanskrit dropout'
A 21-year-old third-year student of Sri Venkateshwara College, University of Delhi, Bhavna Yadav, was ruthlessly murdered by her parents and uncle on Saturday because she married Abhishek Seth a boy from another caste and region.

100 Kaushal centres from coming academic year: UGC
The proposed Knowledge Acquisition and Upgradation of Skilled Human Abilities and Livelihood (Kaushal) centres will be set up from the upcoming academic year, a senior University Grants Commission (UGC) official said today.

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Mumbai

It's shameful that Obama's lecturing us: Digvijaya Singh
Addressing the seventh convention of Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) in the city on Saturday, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh deplored that the US President Barack Obama was lecturing us on our Constitutional rights.

Maharashtra gets Rs 135 crore for Swachh Bharat
Union minister of urban development Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday called for people, public, private partnerships (PPPP) to develop Indian cities.

10 SGNP monkeys 'poisoned' to death
At least 10 monkeys were found were found dead near Tulsi lake in Mulund on Saturday afternoon. An animal activist said that the monkeys were possibly poisoned.

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Delhi

Delhi election 2015: AAP falls short of fund collection target

Afghan held for stabbing girlfriend
A man was caught red-handed by policemen, who were on election duty, when he tried to escape after stabbing his girlfriend at Kalkaji in southeast Delhi on Friday night.

Elderly woman shot by accident
An elderly woman was shot dead by unidentified men at Khajoori Khas in northeast Delhi on Saturday.

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Bangalore

Togadia can't address meet virtually: Cops
The VHP's plan to have its leader Praveen Togadia address the Virat Hindu Samajotsava in the city on Sunday through video-conference has been forestalled by the Bengaluru police.

Students want trucks off the road
The movement of heavy vehicles impacts areas like Whitefield, Varthur, Gunjur, Kadugudi and Kannamangala.

Vikram Sampath chosen for President programme
This is part of the President's initiative to open up his official residence to citizens.

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Hyderabad

UoH distributes 5,000 masks, medicines to curb swine flu
The University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Friday reeled under panic as the authorities scrambled to distribute preventive medicines to curb the spread of swine flu after post-doctoral fellow Sudha Nirmala, succumbed to the infection.

Centre turns down Chandrababu Naidu's Rs 20k cr aid plea
In what is being viewed as yet another setback to Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu’s plans of constructing a world-class capital in the residuary state, the Centre has reportedly turned down his request for Rs 20,000 crore financial assistance.

Success rate for Veena-Vani separation over 80%: Doctors
Two London-based doctors have brought new hope into the lives of 11-year-old conjoined twins Veena-Vani, based at the state-run Niloufer hospital by asserting that the success rate to separate the duo is more than 80%.

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Chennai

Andrea is pretty in pink at a wild garden tea party at Amethyst in Chennai
Andrea is pretty in pink at a wild garden tea party at Amethyst in Chennai

3 held for Ranipet effluent tank crash that left 10 dead
The Crime Branch CID on Saturday arrested three people in connection with the Ranipet industrial accident in which 10 workers were killed when an unauthorised storage tank of a common effluent treatment plant collapsed and watery sludge entered the adjacent tannery where they were sleeping.

Lack of humane approach to medical care causes deaths
Lack of humane approach to medical care in the country has caused many deaths, and it is time we learnt from them, said Medical Council of India vice-president Dr CV Bhirmananandam.

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Ahmedabad

Misuse of antibiotics making H1N1 patients critical in Gujarat: Swine flu director
Swine flu director of Gujarat Dr Kamlesh Upadhyay, who is in-charge of swine flu department in Civil Hospital, believes that misuse of antibiotics instead of use of anti-virals is leading to H1N1 patients getting critical.

No gold medals upset graduates at Cept convocation
Convocations usually end on a buoyant note, with students flaunting their gold medals. But on Saturday, 39 graduates expressed disappointment over not getting gold medals at the 9th convocation of Cept University.

Police force steps in to battle malnutrition in Amreli kids
Donning the role of parents for the underprivileged, the cops in Amreli have adopted 110 malnourished children.

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Allahabad

HR panel orders probe into custodial death
State Human Rights Commission has ordered probe into alleged custodial death of a man at Bahraich’s Jarwal Road police station on Monday.

VHP urges Hindus to unite for Ram Temple
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday called upon the Hindus to “unite as a single entity by shunning caste as the community faces bigger challenges in the form of Ram temple construction and conversions among others”.

50 youth duped on pretext of job in UAE
Scores of unemployed youth of Gonda district were duped of lakhs of rupees in the name of providing jobs in Abu Dhabi. A case has been registered with Umribegumganj police and two teams have been formed to go to Etah and Ghaziabad for further investigations.

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Bhubaneswar

State fails to provide jobs to tech grads
The state government's initiative to provide jobs to technical degree holders has brought negligible results in past five years, if statictics are an indicator.

Designated staff under scanner in online fraud of NREGA funds
A day after illegal online transfer of NREGS funds to fake beneficiaries' accounts in Balangir district came to the fore, collector (Balangir) M Muthu Kumar on Saturday admitted that recklessness of employees, who are handling the fund transfer, led to leak of login ID and passwords.

Idcol, Indian Rare Earths ink pact
The state-owned Industrial Development Corporation of Odisha Limited (Idcol) and Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) signed an MoU on Saturday to set up a heavy mineral separation plant in Ganjam district at the cost of Rs 450 crore.

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Bhopal

Youth nabbed, counterfeit currency notes seized
A youth was arrested and counterfeit currency worth Rs 10,000 was recovered from him on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Shoaib Khan, 30, a resident of Ashta in Sehore district, police said.

Police officer shot himself dead in Madhya Pradesh
A police station incharge shot himself dead with his own service revolver at around 5 am in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, on Sunday.

Swine Flu: 10 more test +ve, 40 treated in state
It could be two more weeks, before swine flu outbreak in Madhya Pradesh shows any sign of relenting, according to estimates by top health department officials.

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Chandigarh

Find ways to cut delay in criminal trials, HC tells state
They have been told to ensure trials should not suffer due to the absence of officials.

Close to cracking Rohtak rape case: Cops
Haryana police on Saturday claimed that it was about to crack the brutal rape and murder case of a Nepali woman last week.

Solar park inaugurated in Fazilka
A solar park set up by French company was inaugurated in a village of Fazilka district on Saturday.

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