[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Eye on China, Modi government clears funds for India's largest-ever warship

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Eye on China, Modi government clears funds for India's largest-ever warship

India has finally set the ball rolling for the eventual construction of its largest-ever warship, the 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier INS Vishal.

PM Modi thanks Xi, to meet Chinese premier today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday tweeted a "special thanks" to Chinese President Xi Jinping for "an extremely productive meeting" in Xi'an earlier in the day.

Modi-Xi personal chemistry on display on Day 1

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping walked hand in hand, and chated at a pagoda in his home town of Xi'an on Thursday. The two leaders seemed to have built up a rare chemistry, which would help bring the two countries closer.

CITIES

BEST told to fix wiring in buildings in Mumbai

The death of three firefighters because of the Kalbadevi building blaze has prompted the government to ask the BEST undertaking to fix loose or hanging wires in buildings in south Mumbai and take action against shops and commercial establishments with illegal electricity connections.

Gujarat's Siddhpur mourns Karachi attack

The Aga Khan Ismaili Shia Muslim Samaj in Siddhpur in Patan in north Gujarat postponed a mass wedding ceremony to be held on Sunday in a mark of respect for the 43 Ismaili Shia Muslims who were killed in a terror attack in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday.

No more police custody of 5 Maoists arrested in Coimbatore

The Madras high court on Thursday directed the Q Branch police in Coimbatore district not to seek further custody of the five suspected Maoists who were arrested on May 5.

TECH

Housing.com CEO gives away shares worth Rs 200cr to staff

Rahul Yadav, co-founder & CEO of Housing.com, announced at a company town hall held in a suburban hotel in Mumbai that he is allotting all his shares to employees of the realty portal, in what comes across as an unprecedented move by a company founder and leaves him with no skin in the game.

Indian startups open up to 'fail-fast' culture

Taking failure as a norm is a major cultural shift in India, where high-achieving children are typically expected to take steady jobs at recognized firms.

SPORTS

Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders to keep playoff hopes alive

Kieron Pollard bowled a brilliant last over as Mumbai Indians kept their playoffs alive with a five-run victory against Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL match.

Dravid bats for India-Pakistan series from cricketing angle

Giving his support for the proposed revival of Indo-Pak cricket series, former skipper Rahul Dravid said he welcomed it from a purely cricketing perspective.

Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis storm into semis in Rome

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis stormed into semifinals of Rome Masters with a straight-set win over Goerges and Soler-Espinosa in doubles event.

BUSINESS

FDI in e-comm: It’s Flipkart, Snapdeal vs Amazon, eBay

The government on Thursday began consultations on FDI in B2C e-commerce amid a sharp divide between Indian and foreign players.

Finance minister sticks to April deadline for GST

Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday stuck to the April deadline for rolling out goods and services tax (GST) but acknowledged that there was a lot of unfinished work, which had to be completed during the monsoon and winter sessions of Parliament.

SC rejects telcos’ plea for extension of 2G licences

The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down pleas by various telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Reliance Telecom, for extension of their 2G spectrum licences, which expired in November last year.

ENTERTAINMENT

Salman Khan to sing two songs in 'Hero'

Salman Khan is singing not one but two tracks in Sooraj Pancholi’s debut film.

How Aishwarya fought tuberculosis

Aishwarya Sakhuja was in the news for her health complications during her TV show Saas Bina Sasuraal two years ago. She had to even quit after her health worsened. However, we hear that the actress confessed recently on the dance reality show Nach Baliye that she had been down with tuberculosis.

'As actresses, we don’t have choices'

As Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet releases today, in which she plays the role of a jazz singer Rosie, she talks to us about why she respects Ranbir Kapoor, what keeps her secure and what made her cry on the set. Excerpts: