[wanabidii] News Digest: Gold rises on global cues; silver weakens

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

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Gold rises on global cues; silver weakens
Gold prices rose by Rs 30 to Rs 27,830 per 10 grams at the bullion market on Tuesday amid a firming global trend and increased buying by jewellers to meet wedding season demand.

BJP not in favour of FDI in multi-brand retail: Jaitley
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has said the BJP was "never" in favour of allowing foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail and a recent government notification only published the extant policy on it.

India ignored warnings on foreign investor tax row
Finance ministry could have sidestepped a damaging multibillion-dollar tax row with foreign investors if it had acted on regular warning letters that officials had been sending since as long ago as September.

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World

Myanmar army blames ethnic rebels for shelling in China
Myanmar's army chief blamed ethnic Kokang rebels for shelling attacks in southwestern China that he said aimed to damage relations between China and Myanmar, state media reported on Tuesday.

Pak, Afghanistan sign intelligence-sharing deal
In a first of its kind deal, Pakistan's spy agency ISI has entered into an agreement with its Afghan counterpart over intelligence sharing and coordinated operations against Taliban militants.

Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemen's capital Sanaa
Saudi-led air raids hit the Yemen capital Sanaa overnight, targeting forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the east and south of the city, residents said on Tuesday.

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Science

These revolutionary bladeless wind turbines shake to generate electricity
These bladeless wind turbines can revolutionize the way wind energy is produced.

Aliens will be bear-sized: scientist
Aliens, if they exist, will weigh about 300 kilogrammes - roughly of the size of a bear, according to a cosmologist.

One-jab universal flu shot in offing
Scientists have uncovered how human immune cells remember previously encountered strains of influenza, a discovery that may pave the way for a single universal flu shot to immunize people for their entire lives.

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Technology

16 Android apps not available for iPhones
Here are 16 interesting Android-only apps.

#ModiInsultsIndia trends on Twitter: Here's why
Modi's statement during his recent three-nation tour that Indians earlier 'felt ashamed' of being born in the country has not gone down well on Twitter.

ZTE Nubia Z9 mini first impressions
We’ve been using the smartphone for the last few days and here are our initial thoughts….

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Education

Andhra Pradesh 10th class result to be announced tomorrow
The Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education is likely to announce the 10th Class examination result tomorrow.

Pali, Sanskrit attracting Board students
Regional languages slip on popularity chart

Haryana guest teachers protest against Khattar government
Scores of guest teachers in Haryana on Monday took out a protest march against the Manohar Lal Khattar government here, demanding regularisation of their jobs.

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Mumbai

Two-year-old crushed by truck driver taking reverse in Mumbai's Bhayander
A two-year-old girl was crushed underneath a garbage truck when the driver was reversing the vehicle at Bhayander.

Explosion in a tanker in Mumbai; 2 die
Two people died after an explosion in a tanker which had come for repairing at RCF area in Eastern Mumbai.

Over 4,500 objections over Vasai-Virar ward demarcation
As the civic election fever catches up, the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) has received over 4,500 objections to the ward demarcation.

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Delhi

LG Najeeb Jung meets President Pranab Mukherjee
Lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung on Tuesday met President Pranab Mukherjee and briefed him about issues relating to transfer and posting of senior bureaucrats in Delhi.

Manoj Vashisht case: Encounter cops to be transferred, family accepts body
Delhi police brass has decided to transfer the cops involved in the encounter which led to the death of a wanted criminal Manoj Vashisht on Saturday evening.

Eminent lawyers back AAP govt's stand after it seeks opinion
Supreme Court lawyers Rajeev Dhavan, in his letter, said that chief minister has a "perfect right" to a chief secretary of his choice and the current "crisis" has been created by the lieutenant-governor.

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Bangalore

Fun for a casue at the Bengaluru 10k marathon
TCS World 10K Bengaluru

Children clear up garbage dump
When a vacant plot in a north Bengaluru turned into a garbage dump, it took a band of kids to take the matter into their own hands and clear up the mess.

HC relief for shuttler, will get passport
The high court has come to the rescue of young badminton player Daniel S Farid and directed the regional passport officer, Bengaluru, to issue an ordinary passport to him.

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Chennai

Athira sported a red lace dress partying on band nite at US 101 in Chennai
Two well-known faces spotted at the do were Adam and Chaitanya Rao.

Appoint govt pleaders in Rajiv case, says PMK
Two days after the Supreme Court announced that it was going to take up the Rajiv Gandhi case on July 15, PMK chief S Ramadoss on Tuesday said the Tamil Nadu government’s laid back attitude had already caused one year delay.

After 8 months, Jayalalithaa to make first public appearance on May 22
In what would be her first public appearance since September last year, AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa will garland the statues of leaders, including AIADMK founder M G Ramachandran, DMK founder C N Annadurai and DK founder Periyar E V Ramasamy on May 22.

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Ahmedabad

Textile reinforced concrete gets industry boost
Five months after Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association (Atira), along with Instut fur Textiltechnik-RWTH Aachen (ITA), Germany set up Innovative and Green Building laboratory – IGB lab for testing and display of Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC), top companies like L&T and Godrej have approached Atira for collaborations for their upcoming projects.

Court asks boy to maintain ex-girlfriend under Domestic Violence Act
A metropolitan court has asked a youth to give maintenance amount of Rs 3,000 every month to his ex-girlfriend, who filed a case under the Domestic Violence Act after end of their live-in relationship a year ago.

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Allahabad

HC asks KDA to remove encroachers
The Allahabad high court on Monday directed the Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) to get vacated unauthorized occupations by ‘kabadis’ (scrap dealers) at ‘O’ Block at Kidwai Nagar, Kanpur.

Unhygienic cut fruits and veggies a health hazard
Even as hot weather is forcing the denizens to stay indoor, eatables and cut fruits being sold in various localities of the city are posing serious health hazard because of which cases of stomach upset and diarrhoea are on the rise.

AU scientists study meteorite for signs of life
Is there life beyond the blue galaxy? Experts at Allahabad University are trying to answer this mystifying question by analyzing a specimen of Haripura chondrite, a meteorite that had fallen in Rajasthan in 1921.

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Bhubaneswar

AIIMS, Bhubaneswar registered with ECFMG
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here has been registered with Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), an institute statement said.

Puri temple priest attacks couple, detained in police station
Unseemly attitude of the priests of Jagannath Temple in Puri continues to be a cause for concern as a couple was on Tuesday assaulted by a priest when they refused to pay him dakshina.

Berhampur University Plus III results: Girls outperform boys in arts
Girls outshone boys in arts, grabbing the top positions in most subjects in the Plus III final year examinations in Berhampur University (BU), while boys bagged first position in most of subjects in the science stream.

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Chandigarh

Medico slaps woman in labor pain; mother, new born dies
Even as the controversy related to negligence of medicos in attending former CM Hukam Singh is yet to die down, yet another inhumane act of medico has come to light in PGIMS Rohtak.

Despite hardships, they come up trumps
They did not have sufficient resources, but abundant will-power.

PU expels girl hosteller for non payment of dues, seals room
In a rare occurrence, Panjab University (PU) has expelled a resident of girls' hostel No 7 for non-payment of dues and sealed her room.

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