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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
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10 cities offering real investment prospects: JLL
JLL India on Tuesday released the country’s ten cities that offer great lower budget real investment prospects. They are Hyderabad, Pune, Navi Mumbai, Jaipur, Surat, Ghaziabad, Nagpur, Kochi, Coimbatore and Ahmedabad.

Retail inflation probably went up for 5th month in Dec
Consumer inflation probably edged up for the fifth straight month in December, driven by higher food prices, complicating the Reserve Bank of India's task of steering monetary policy at a time of international deflation.

Jeep ready to start sales in India, brand CEO says
Fiat Chrysler's Jeep chief executive Mike Manley said the SUV brand will announce next month its first sales in India, where volumes will be low for the first few years. Manley had previously said the initial models to be sold to India will be the Grand Cherokee and Wrangler.

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Over 8.58 lakh migratory birds throng Chilika this year
Over 8.58 lakh migratory birds have thronged Odisha's Chilika lake this winter, as per the bird census released. Last year, over 7.61 lakh migratory birds were sighted in Chilika lake, Asia's largest brackish water lake and the largest winter resort for migratory birds in the Indian subcontinent.

Moonlight drives marine creatures in Arctic winter
In the absence of any sunlight, it is the moonlight that drives the migrations of tiny marine animals through the permanently dark and frigid Arctic winter, a study says. Researchers say, zooplankton — tiny animals found near the surface in aquatic environments — keep moving during the Arctic winter.

Higher temp during winter can hit wheat crop: Experts
Comparatively higher temperatures during the ongoing winters have become a cause of concern for the wheat-growers in Punjab and Haryana with experts fearing productivity loss if mercury continues to remain this way.

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Premature to speak of asylum for Assad: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday it was premature to say whether Moscow would grant asylum to embattled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad." Putin appeared to defend Assad, although he acknowledged the Syrian president had made "many mistakes" since the conflict broke out in 2011.

White supremacists: We don't need Muslims in US
A white supremacist group said it has placed thousands of automated phone calls in Iowa urging voters to back billionaire Donald Trump's bid for the Republican presidential nomination because "we don't need Muslims."

Germany turning back more and more migrants: Austria
Germany is turning back a growing number of migrants at its border with Austria, Austrian authorities said, in an apparent knock-on effect of Sweden and Denmark tightening frontier controls. Austria is a major transit country for the hundreds of thousands of migrants seeking to enter the EU.

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Human body has much less bacteria than thought before
A long standing myth about how many bacteria live in the human body may have been busted by recent research. The myth was that bacteria outnumber cells in the human body by an astonishing 10 to one. But a recent study by scientists from Canada and Israel says that’s way wrong. The likely ratio is one to one.

Domestication may have damaged dog's DNA
Domesticating dogs from grey wolves more than 15,000 years ago involved artificial selection and inbreeding, and this process may have inadvertently caused harmful genetic changes in our canine pets, new research suggests.

Sex with Neanderthals may be the cause of modern allergies, studies suggest
Important genes picked up from Neanderthals which contribute to the human immune system may also be the cause of common allergies, studies say

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These 10 companies tried to buy Facebook
Facebook, the biggest social network in the world, now has over 1.5 billion monthly active users.

Apple releases iOS 9.3 beta for developers
Among the new features of iOS 9.3 are Night Shift, upgrade to the Notes app, more personalization in the News app and a look at iOS in Education.

8 ways smartphones in India will change in 2016
2015 was a good year for smartphones. It is expected that 2016 will see a bigger shift: (a lot) better features for low- to mid-range smartphones, and better design & faster-than-ever performance for high-end models.Here's a look at the 8 ways smartphones in the Indian market are likely to change this year.

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More than 60% urban primary schools are overcrowded
More than half the primary schools in urban India -- 65.7% -- are overcrowded.

Why is US turning Indian students back?
Call it pre-election rhetoric or post Paris and St Bernardino paranoia, Indian students coming to the US have been caught in a bind, with many deported or denied entry for no fault of theirs.

Babus join hands to mentor budding IAS aspirants
If your are preparing for the UPSC Civil services exams and you just cannot afford expensive tutors, here is some good news.

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Shraddha Kapoor does the weightless act at the launch of Lakme 9to5 Weightless Mousse Foundation in Mumbai
Answering every working woman’s biggest beauty wish, Lakmé launched its Lakmé 9to5 Weightless Mousse Foundation with brand ambassador Shraddha Kapoor at an event that brought alive the concept of ‘weightless’ in an interesting way.

17 of 1.8 lakh candidates ace CAT 2015, highest in 5 years
Seventeen of the 1.8 lakh candidates who appeared for the Common Admission Test 2015 bagged the perfect score, the highest in the last five years.

Housewife head of Shani shrine trust
A 40-year-old housewife has broken a five-century-old glass ceiling with her appointment as the first woman chairperson of Shani Shingnapur Temple Trust in Ahmednagar district.

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Another childbirth in ambulance
Heavy traffic led to another childbirth in an ambulance on Sunday . A 28year-old woman, resident of Karawal Nagar in northeast Delhi, delivered a baby girl in the middle of the road because her labour pains peaked before she could make it to the hospital.

JNUSU member gets 'hate mail'
The JNU students' union vice-president and sole woman in the central panel, Shehla Rashid Shora, has filed a complaint with the National Commission for Women (NCW) against a hate mail she received on Sunday .

HC refuses to stay odd-even trial
The Delhi high court on Monday refused to stay the 15-day pilot run of the odd-even traffic scheme but asked the city government to consider objections flagged by petitioners before proceeding with the next phase of the plan.

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After years of delay, Okalipuram flyover work finally begins
Seven years after it was proposed, the eight-lane flyover at Okalipuram stands on just two half-built pillars, a testimony of how civic agencies' tall claims often fall flat.

Rahul as chief guest at Invest K'taka sparks row
The state Congress government's invitation to AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi to be chief guest at the Invest Karnataka meet from February 3 to 5 has sparked a controversy.

Congress woos rural voters with sops
In an attempt to woo rural voters ahead of the zilla and taluk panchayat elections, chief minister Siddaramiah is doling out sops even though they will add to the burden of his cash-strapped government.

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A Total Of 245 MoUs With An Expected Investment Of Rs 1.9L Crore Signed
With this, investments at the CII Partnership Summit have now reached close to Rs 3.89 lakh crore, with a total of 314 MoUs expected to provide employment to 7.5 lakh people, according to senior AP government officials.

Water shortage hits Qutub Shahi restoration work?
Restoration work at the Quli Qutub Shah Tombs, taken up by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, seems to have hit an unexpected speed-breaker. According to official sources, lack of water supply to the site has hindered the pace of work.

Election fever - Congress takes on MIM over Metro, CPP
With the Congress declaring an all out war on the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) ahead of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, the Hyderabad Metro Rail and the Charminar Pedestrianisation Project (CPP) are likely to resurface as election issues.

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Boat from Tamil Nadu with 15 fishermen stranded off Lakshadweep
A deep sea fishing vessel from Kanyakumari with a crew of 15 fishermen -- 12 from Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu and three from Kerala -- has been stranded in the Arabian Sea off the Lakshadweep due an engine snag.

Sugarcane procurement price announced by Tamil Nadu govt is too low, opposition parties say
They criticised the government for announcing the procurement price -- Rs 2,850 per tonne -- without consulting them and farmers.

Goon survives fifth bid on his life
Goon-turned-politician and businessman Jaganathan alias `Gate' Jagan, 50, who has several cases against him including murder, survived a fifth attempt on his life when a rival gang shot at him and attacked him with sickles in West Mambalam on Monday .

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HC stays arrest warrant against Parshottam Solanki
In a relief for the animal husbandry minister, Parshottam Solanki, Gujarat high court on Monday stayed an arrest warrant issued by the special anti-corruption court in Gandhinagar against him in connection with an alleged fisheries scam.

'Blackboxes' for truck safety: IIM-A study
Like airplanes, which have cockpit voice and data recorders, colloquially called `blackboxes', trucks too should have a 'blackbox' to analyze road accidents in India.

Bootlegging of Chinese lanterns a la liquor!
Sale of banned Chinese lanterns continues in city despite Gujarat High Court's directions to the state government to ban manufacturing and sale of it.

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Territorial Army to keep ghats, river clean during Mela
A Territorial Army battalion, comprising 250 personnel, would be deployed at Magh Mela to ensure cleanliness on ghats and keep the river pollution-free during the month-long religious fair Magh Mela. The initiative is a part of Central government sponsored ‘Namami Gange’ project.

Bomb squad holds mock drill to check preparedness
Members of bomb defusing squad (BDS) and anti-sabotage team (AST) conducted mock drill at Sangam and adjoining areas pm Monday.

9.5L to take TET exam on Feb 2
Uttar Pradesh Teachers Eligibility Test (UP-TET)– 2015 would be conducted by Examination Regulatory Authority at 1,200 examination centres on February 2. Around 9.5 lakh candidates have applied for the exam that would test teaching capability of applicants for government schools across the state.

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Kandhamal potato growers to get relief for crop loss
The state government sanctioned a compensation amount of 23,100 per hectare recently following the loss of crops during the last kharif.

State wants 1.26 cr to set up one-stop centres for women
The state government has moved the Centre, seeking Rs 1.26 crore for the establishment of four new one stop centres (OSCs) for women in Puri, Cuttack, Sambalpur and Berhampur.

CBI grills Odisha Cricket Association secretary in Ponzi scam
CBI, probing the mega chit fund scam, on Monday grilled Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) secretary Asirbada Behera to probe suspected diversion of crores of public deposits into Odisha Premier League (OPL), a state version of Indian Premier League.

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EC member raises stink over shabby security, alleges scam
Soon after inspecting security-related arrangments on the campus on Monday, Barkatullah University executive council (EC) member Hemant Katare has alleged that a there is a major bugling running into a couple of crores. From floating of tenders to recruitment of guards, their salaries and role of security agency in six year, from 2009 to 2016, reeks of a major scam.

Singrauli: Rs 10L cash looted from bank staff near police station
A cash of Rs 10 lakh was looted from an employee of a cooperative bank at a stone’s throw from a police station in Singrauli town on Monday afternoon, triggering sensation in the area.

'Op Smile' yields results, 51 kids rescued in 10 days
As many as 51 children were rescued under ‘Operation Smile’ campaign in last 10 days in capital, police said on Monday. Of these, 18 were missing from their homes for more than two years.

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'Goonj' of excitement to be back at PAU
Bringing excitement to the university campus after several days of protests by students, the 31st Inter-University North Zone Youth Festival 'Goonj' will kick off at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) from Thursday.

Sisters believe Medhu at relative's house
Eight-year-old Harshika and six-year-old Rashi believe their little brother Medhansh has gone to the house of one of their relatives and will return to have his food.

Now, pay your commercial taxes online
The department of excise and taxation of the Chandigarh administration on Monday launched the much awaited e-payment module for public use.

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