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Over 780 BSE-listed companies come under graded surveillance
The enhanced surveillance measures have been introduced by the exchange to check any abnormal jump in share price which does not commensurate with the company's financial health.

Layoffs in Indian IT may continue for 1-2 years: Experts
The pink slips are being handed out to thousands of employees as part of their performance appraisal process, but it is believed that these are directed more towards cost control amid pressure on bottom line due to a rising tide of protectionism in most target markets.

MFs' asset base from smaller cities up 41% at Rs 3L cr
The contribution of the country's smaller towns — beyond-15 cities (B15) in industry parlance — to mutual funds' asset base surged 41 per cent to Rs 3.09 lakh crore by March-end due to investor-friendly initiatives by Sebi.

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Conduct sound mapping in CP: NGT asks Delhi govt
Acting on the complaint of a resident of Connaught Place, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government and the Central Pollution Control Board to map the sound levels in the area, particularly when demonstrations are carried out by protesters near the historic Jantar Mantar.

G7 seen urging Trump to stick with climate pact at summit

China's President Xi says to uphold global climate deal

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Emmanuel Macron takes office as French president
Macron, a 39-year-old centrist, arrived at the Elysee Palace in central Paris in a motorcade and walked down the red carpet under light rain to be greeted by Hollande for his inauguration. The new president's wife Brigitte arrived separately for the ceremony wearing a light blue Louis Vuitton outfit.

Nepal votes in first local election in 20 years
Polls opened in three provinces at 7:00 am (0115 GMT) with nearly 50,000 candidates vying for the position of mayor, deputy mayor, ward chairman and ward member in 283 local municipalities. Around 231,000 security personnel have been deployed for the two phases of the election

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Now, a tool that can help prevent surging waters in flood plains
A group of international scientists studying China's Yellow River has come up with an analytic formula that could help officials better predict and prevent its all-too-frequent floods, which threaten as many as 80 million people.

Water signature found in Neptune-sized planet's atmosphere
Researchers have detected strong water signature in the atmosphere of a distant Neptune-sized planet. The distant planet HAT-P-26b has a primitive atmosphere composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, said the study published in the journal Science.

China providing students lunar lifestyle experience
Chinese students will live in a 'Lunar Palace' - a cabin that simulates Moon-like environment - for a year, to test a life support system that may allow future astronauts to spend longer periods of time in space.

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How VR 'inspired' AR Rahman to have a go at film-making
Rahman is set to make his directorial debut with Le Musk, touted as the world’s first virtual reality 'multi-sensory' feature film.

22 countries where iPhone 7 costs higher than in India

Businesses worldwide wake up to ransomware threat
Businesses around the world scrambled on Saturday to prepare for a renewed cyber attack, convinced that a lull in a computer offensive that has stopped car factories, hospitals, schools and other organizations in around 100 countries was only temporary.

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NCERT to replace 'wrong map' on Aksai Chin
“The map on page 56 is not a map of India, but a map of East and South East Asia. It was prepared by the University of Texas... mentioned at the bottom. The map states ‘boundary representation is not necessarily authoritative,” NCERT said.

NCERT to replace map which depicted Aksai Chin as disputed area
The National Council of Educational Research and Training has decided to replace the map of East and South East Asia of the Class XII Political Science textbook, which depicted "Aksai Chin" as a disputed area. NCERT said the map was prepared by the University of Texas.

45 days into new session, CBSE yet to print class X English textbook
According to CBSE sources the board is yet to complete the printing of the English literature textbook for class X. On the reason for the delay, a senior CBSE official said: “Printing was ordered on time. However, it had to be stopped in the first half of April as there were errors in the books. Changes were made in close to 140 pages of the book.”

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Pre-monsoon showers in Mumbai
Welcome pre-monsoon showers soaked Mumbai giving respite from the blistering summer heat, but also disrupted its lifeline, the suburban services here on Saturday.

18-year-old from Tamil Nadu designs world's lightest satellite
​The satellite was selected through a competition called 'Cubes in Space', jointly organised by Nasa and 'I Doodle Learning'. This will be the first time an Indian student's experiment - a 64 gm satellite - will be flown by Nasa.

27 Shiv Sena MLAs skip farmer outreach, face Uddhav ire

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Kapil Mishra allegations: Conspiracy to derecognise Aam Aadmi Party, says Sanjay Singh
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over it called a conspiracy to derecognise the party, warning the BJP against questioning Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

I will drag you to Tihar Jail: Kapil Mishra to Arvind Kejriwal
Mishra alleged at a press conference in Delhi that the AAP had over Rs 45 crore in its bank account during the financial year of 2013-2014 whereas the party in its declaration to the EC had showed an income of around Rs 9 crore.

Kapil Mishra faints after allegations against Arvind Kejriwal, in hospital
Sources said the condition of Mishra is not serious. "He collapsed due to dehydration and low sugar level; he should get better with IV fluids and medicines," sources added.

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With hopes of good monsoon, Karnataka prepares for yet another drought
Agriculture minister Krishna Byre Gowda told STOI that officials had been instructed to prepare contingency plans to handle the eventuality of a monsoon failure."The forecast looks positive.

BBMP brings down temple and church
Residents of Vasanthnagar took to the streets on Saturday morning protesting the demolition of a church and a temple, located behind Jasma Bhavan on Queen's Road.

Bengaluru's lakes next on citizen activists' agenda
Heartened by the success of the citizen-led anti-steel flyover protests, various citizen bodies and nonprofits have come together to save the city's lakes.

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Andhra may scrap diesel vehicles in new capital
The Andhra Pradesh government has many ambitious plans up its sleeves for capital city Amaravati. The plans include banning diesel vehicles over a period of 10 years depending on the feasibility.

Singapore firm to build mega financial tower in Amaravati
Singapore consortium, the master developer for start-up area in upcoming capital city of Amaravati, will construct a huge financial tower with eight lakh square feet of built-up area. The first phase of development of the capital city will be ready in five years. It will come up on about 600 acres. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be signed between Andhra Pradesh and Singapore governments for the development of start-up area on Monday .

Haleem or daleem? Debate rages among foodies before Ramzan
It is barely a fortnight before the city welcomes the month of Ramzan. Even as earthen bhattis are being readied at restaurants across the city to prepare the month's delicacy of haleem, a section of foodies are busy debating its etymology.

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First Chennai underground metro line inaugurated; services to begin at 2pm
The underground line has seven stations, which are in turn linked to the elevated corridors through a ramp between Thirumangalam and Koyambedu.

Delay in result finds CBSE Class XII students in a fix
The delay in CBSE Class XII results, likely by May-end, is likely to affect students of CBSE-affiliated schools in the state as colleges began admissions on Friday, when the Class XII state board results were out.

Six Tamil Nadu dams have less than half the average storage in 10 years
Major dams and reservoirs of Tamil Nadu are running dry, and they have been reduced to cesspools.

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From frying pan into eye of thunderstorm

US Ambedkarite groups express solidarity with Justice Karnan

AICTE approves 6 new colleges in Gujatrat

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'Issue new licences for slaughterhouses'
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday said that it is an obligation of the state government to establish and run modernized slaughterhouses and the previous government had taken steps in this regard.

Mob torches 3 dumpers after 13-year-old crushed to death
An irate mob set three dumpers afire and pelted stones at vehicles after a 13-year-old boy was crushed to death by a speeding dumper near Mandar crossing under Puramufti police station in Kaushambi on Thursday.

HC seeks reply on tobacco company's name on IPL T-shirt
Hearing a PIL filed by Prakash Kharwadkar of Kanpur, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma issued notice directing them to file their counter reply.

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Odisha among bottom three states in governance
Despite political stability for past around two decades, Odisha continues to remain among the bottom three states on quality of governance, a latest survey of think-tank Public Affairs Centre (PAC), Bengaluru shows.

Marathon boy all set to run again, this time in Nepal
The state's marathon boy Budhia Singh is all set to run a different kind of run.

Fliers allege harrassment by airport parking handlers
The parking management at the city's Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) has come under the scanner with several people complaining of being harassed and extorted by handlers hired by the contractor for the purpose.

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'Exam veteran' eyes 20th shot at MSc
“If failing an exam is a reason to end life, I would have died 19 times,“ says Rajkaran Barua, who has been been failing his maths examinations continuously for the last 19 years.

Shift or close dairy farms from Bhopal, National Green Tribunal, tells BMC
The National Green Tribunal, central zone bench has given an ultimatum to Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) to shift dairies from residential areas of the city failing which they would be closed after the expiry of notice period.

Now, 'no-work-no-pay' policy to curb absenteeism in schools
The school education department has decided to implement "no-work-no-pay" formula for absent teachers across the state government schools. The move is aimed to curb absenteeism of teachers.

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Need to adopt Online Dispute Resolution Mechanism: Justice Dipak Misra
Justice Dipak Misra, Judge at Supreme Court of India and executive chairman, National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), has stressed the need for innovative techniques like online dispute resolution mechanisms to increase greater outreach to the ultimate consumer of justice delivery services.

At CM Manohar Lal Khattar's janta darbar, hundreds come, few heard
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar's ' janta darbar' was meant to allow common people to bring their complaints to him for quick redressal.

Mohali mother courage living her 'auto'-biography
A 46-year-old mother of three has given a new lease of life to five people in a case of organ donation

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