[wanabidii] News Digest: Sensex edges up 86 points to hit six-week high

		THE TIMES OF INDIA
		Monday, March 14, 2016
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		Business
		Sensex edges up 86 points to hit six-week high Asian and European markets, which advanced for a third day ahead of policy reviews by Bank of Japan and the US Federal Reserve, kept sentiment upbeat. Besides, weak industrial production also couldn't stifle new bets despite declining for a third consecutive month in January. OROP: SBI disburses Rs 1,465 cr as first instalment of arrears The government had in November last year formally notified the OROP scheme for the more than 24 lakh defence ex-servicemen and 6 lakh war widows in the country. Rupee gains 15 paise against dollar in early trade Rupee strengthened by 15 paise to 66.90 against the dollar in early trade at Interbank Foreign Exchange, extending its upward march for a fourth straight day on sustained selling of the US currency by exporters and banks amid higher opening in the domestic equity market. More Business News»

		Environment
		NGT seeks Centre's view on banning micro-plastics The National Green Tribunal has sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking ban on use of micro-plastics in cosmetic and bodycare products in India alleging their use is extremely dangerous for aquatic life and environment. 'Buddha's teachings can resolve global issues' Maas is a nascent body of 320 monastic and lay Buddhist organizations across 39 countries. The body is of the opinion that Buddha’s teachings could resolve issues ranging from climate change and nuclear proliferation to poverty and war. With 3% emissions, India ready for climate change With only three per cent of the global carbon emissions, India is ready to combat climate change, said union environment minister Prakash Javadekar. "Though India is not part of the problem, it wants to be part of the solution,"he said affirming that climate change is a reality More Environment News»

		World
		Chemical accident at Thai bank's headquarters kills 8 Eight people died at the headquarters of one of Thailand's largest banks when workers accidentally triggered the release of fire extinguishing chemicals. Seven other people were injured in the accident, which occurred on Sunday night in the basement of the Siam Commercial Bank's HQ in Bangkok. In Africa, child spared for praying, another shot dead At least one child was among the 16 people killed in an attack at the popular Grand-Bassam resort in Ivory Coast, it has been reported. A bearded gunman approached two children and allegedly spoke in Arabic. One child knelt and prayed but the other was shot dead. 'I don't hear their voice': Trump on campaign protesters When a protester interrupted his speech on Sunday at an airport hangar in Bloomington, Illinois, minutes after it began, Donald Trump derided him as a "disrupter" and told the cheering crowd: "Don't worry about it - I don't hear their voice." More World News»

		Science
		Countdown begins to launch mission to find life on Mars The European Space Agency and the Russian Federal Space Agency are set to send a robotic probe to Mars on Monday to find if the planet has traces of alien life. Named "ExoMars 2016", the mission is set to lift off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a seven-month journey to the Red Planet. 'DNA origami' paves way for faster, cheaper computer chips Scientists has opened a door to faster, cheaper computer chips with the help of 'DNA origami.' "We would like to use DNA's very small size, base-pairing capabilities and ability to self-assemble, and direct it to make nanoscale structures that could be used for electronics," Adam T. Woolley said. Procrastination boosts creative ideas: Research Many of us can feel guilty for putting off impending tasks. However new research has revealed we may not need to feel so shameful. Around 20% of adults claim to chronic procrastinators, but they may also be more creative, according to scientists. More Science News»

		Technology
		Android N vs Android Marshmallow: 10 new features Check out 10 new features Android N brings to your smartphone and tablet... Xiaomi to set up 2 plants, launch more devices in India Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi plans to set up two manufacturing plants in India and launch more devices this year as it ramps up its presence in the world's fastest growing market amid a cooling in its home market. Would you have sex with a robot? Hollywood sci-fi movies have often imagined what it would be to live in a world where robots and humans pursued relationships with each other, included a possibly sexual one. More Technology News»

		Education
		Irom Sharmila scholarship awarded to Rohith Vemula and Kanhaiya Kumar The 2016 Irom Sharmila Scholarship has been jointly awarded to Rohit Vemula (posthumously) of Hyderabad Central University and Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president, Kanhaiya Kumar) on Monday. MBA aspirants find state's CET paper tricky and lengthy Scores of students who appeared for the common entrance test (CET) for MBA/MMS admissions to state's management institutes this year, found the paper to be extremely difficult as compared to the previous years. Most students found the logic and quant sections in the paper lengthy and challenging. Aligarh movie to be screened in Aligarh Muslim University Perwez siddiqui, president of Sir Syed minority foundation of India (SSMFI) of Aligarh Muslim University said that any conflict of opinion between AMU students and the movie may hamper the creativity of actors who are trying to portray the real scenario of society by substantial storyline. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		GoAir shifting arrivals to terminal 1B Low cost carrier GoAir on Monday announced that it will relocate its arrival operations from Terminal 1A to Terminal 1B at Mumbai airport from tomorrow. With this, GoAir's complete operations, both departures and arrivals at Mumbai, shall now operate from terminal 1B. Scholarship for Advanced Training in Hindustani Music' open for applications The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai and Citi India, have opened applications for the 8th edition of the ‘Citi-NCPA Scholarship for Advanced Training in Hindustani Music’ under the aegis of the ‘Citi-NCPA Guru Shishya Program’ aimed at the preservation and propagation of Hindustani music to the next generation. Go Air to relocate Mumbai arrivals to terminal 1B from Tuesday Low cost carrier GoAir, announced that effective Tuesday, March 15 it will relocate its arrival operations from terminal 1A to terminal 1B of the Mumbai airport. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		We got an Indian visa only because of this festival: Pak visitors at World Culture Festival A 62-member team from Pakistan is happy to have “finally” reached India with an eight-day-only visa to visit Agra, Delhi and Jaipur Irom Sharmila scholarship awarded to Rohith Vemula and Kanhaiya Kumar The 2016 Irom Sharmila Scholarship has been jointly awarded to Rohit Vemula (posthumously) of Hyderabad Central University and Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president, Kanhaiya Kumar) on Monday. Talent ki baarish in Delhi The two-day auditions for India's Got Talent were recently held at Delhi Techno logical University and saw about 1,200 people from various parts of North India come to prove their mettle. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		Time to strengthen threshold of LLB entry: Lawyers Various stakeholders in the legal profession are in support of ‘long overdue’ reforms as suggested by the Supreme Court, but strike a different note when it comes to ways to achieve them Devanahalli farmers fight land sharks to save their core flavour If one searches for Devanahalli on Google, the first 100 results, barring some exceptions, will be pages about high-priced villas and property on sale. 'Occupants need to pay one-time betterment charge' The official added that they have proposed regularizing the development on plot dimensions up to 50ft x 80ft."The occupants have to pay a one-time betterment charge and we'll fix slabs for this. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Tollywood singer and hubby counselled after bloody brawl Singer Madhu Priya and her husband Srikanth were counselled by psychologists at Humayun Nagar police station about their marital discord on Sunday. Singareni thermal unit synchronized Telangana will get an additional 1, 200 MW of power from Singareni from May 1, 2016. One of the two thermal units (each 600 MW) of Singareni Thermal Power Plants coming up at Jaipur mandal in Adilabad district was synchronized successfully for power generation on Sunday. Man gets thrashed as cops busy in VIP duty ignore call to '100' A call to ‘Dial 100' is supposed to get a police response within a couple of minutes. However, when an incident was intimated to ‘Dial 100', the response time was over 30 minutes on Sunday evening. Reason: Police were providing bandobust at a VIP's house. Around 4. More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		Honour killing in Tamil Nadu: Man surrenders in court A day after a 22-year-old dalit youth was murdered by a five-member gang in an apparent honour killing in Udumalpet in Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu, a 48-year-old man surrendered before a judicial magistrate court at Nilakottai in Dindigul district claiming responsibility for the murder. Asked about honour killings in Tamil Nadu, PMK leader Ramadoss walks out of press meet Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) chief Dr Ramadoss on Monday walked out of a press meet in Vellore when a journalist raised a question about honour killings in Tamil Nadu. TN students launch association, to contest assembly election For the first time, a group of 15 students from different parts of Tamil Nadu have come together to launch an association to give a voice to youth in an election year. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		Don't follow the West blindly: Gujarat governor OP Kohli While speaking at the 64th convocation of Gujarat University (GU) here on Sunday, Governor O P Kohli urged students to follow Indian value systems rather than following western ideas blindly. Student who leaked maths paper on WhatsApp identified The Board has stated that the legal action will be taken against the student for taking the cell-phone inside the examination hall. MCI for overhaul of medical curriculum In a rare instance, senior members of Medical Council of India (MCI) interacted directly with medical students. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		TOI chronicles HC's 150-yr journey One of the highlights of the 150th year anniversary function was the release of 500-page Commemoration Volume titled `Gavel and Pen', by the President and the Chief Justice of India.The volume has been produced by The Times Group. Glorious history, splendid journey As Allahabad high court observes the sesquicentennial inaugural ceremony on Sunday, it would be befitting to remember some legends of the Bench member some legends of the Bench and Bar who brought glory to the high court during 150 years of its existence. Gauri Yadav gang beats up labourers in Chitrakoot Police, meanwhile, added over two dozen criminal cases were pending against dreaded bandit who has been operating his activities in Bahilpurwa, Pahari and adjoining areas. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		KV, 2 MLAs skip crucial BJP meet Three MLAs skipped a joint meeting of BJP legislators and the new office-bearers here on Sunday in an apparent manifestation of internal dissension in BJP over the recent rejig of office-bearers a week ago on March 6. Farakka shutdown triggers power crisis A power crisis looms large over Odisha a day after the National Thermal Power Corporation shut down most units of its super thermal power plant at Farakka in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Servitors' squabble disrupts ancient rituals at Lingaraj Century-old daily rituals and an annual ceremony were affected at the famous Lingaraj Temple here second day on Sunday because of an ongoing conflict between different groups of servitors. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		BMC water gives woman blisters on face, victim moves court Sub-inspector suspended after protest from BJP leaders Under pressure from agitating BJP leaders in Gwalior, a sub-inspector was suspended and an inquiry has been initiated against him on Saturday for beating up son of a BJP leader. Sub inspector Uday Veer Singh was accused of thrashing local BJP leader's son on Friday. Engineers of discoms to stage hunger strike In a move likely to hit power supply in state, more than 1,000 engineers of the power distribution companies (discoms) have threatened to stage a three-day hunger strike at the headquarters of the Central Region Power distribution company from Monday to protest the termination of the More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		BJP and INLD attack Cong, Hooda over elusive Virender As Prof Virender, aide of Bhupinder Hooda, continues to elude the police even after one fortnight of a sedition case being registered against him, INLD and BJP have now trained their guns at the Congress as well as the ex-CM. Slain Akali leader's kin want CBI probe into double murder Family members of Jaspal Kaur Dharni, president, Istri Akali Dal(rural) demanded a CBI inquiry into the gruesome murder of Jaspal and her son Amarinderjit Singh, who were killed on April 22, 2015. Dedicate my win to Pathankot terror attack martyrs: Vijender Singh Indian boxing star Vijender Singh has dedicated his fourth successive professional triumph to the Indian Armed Forces personnel who were martyred in the Pathankot terror attack. More Chandigarh News»

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