[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Modi's Diwali greeting from Siachen: India's with jawans

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[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Modi's Diwali greeting from Siachen: India's with jawans

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Modi's Diwali greeting from Siachen: India's with jawans

PM spent his Diwali morning at Siachen glacier, lauding India’s armed forces and saying "125 cr Indians can celebrate Diwali today because the jawans guard borders."

Sensex hits intra-day high of 26,930 during special session

During the session, which was to mark the start of Samvat Year 2071, the New Year for the trading community, the sensex closed 64 points higher at 26,851.

Google doodle celebrates Mangalyaan's one month in Mars orbit

In a tribute to India's space-technology prowess, Google is celebrating with a doodle today the completion of one month by Mangalyaan in an orbit around Mars. India's Mars Orbiter Mission, or Mangalyaan (Sanskrit for Mars craft), started orbiting Mars on September 24.

CITIES

Twins drown off Marina along with friend after Diwali swim

It was a dark Diwali for two Chennai families that lost three youngsters between them including two twin brothers who drowned when they went for a swim off Marina Beach on Wednesday.

Air, noise pollution up in Chennai due to fireworks

Experts sounded alarm bells a day after Diwali as celebrations left the city with a huge amount of firecracker waste, toxins from which the rain on Wednesday night may have already washed into water bodies.

Young'uns hit the high note, rap in style

Groovy lyrics, funky beats and some pacy rhyme jam. Rapping, as a form of music, tends to tug at heartstrings, especially of youngsters rearing to go. So it's no surprise that students in small bunches are fast doling out their own versions of the musical form, especially on buzzing campuse

TECH

Google launches new email service dubbed ‘Inbox’

Google Inc launched an email service called ‘Inbox’ on Wednesday that will better organize emails and display information such as appointments, flight bookings and package deliveries in a more user-friendly way.

Twitter announces Digits, an alternative to passwords

When users sign up or log into an app, they will get a message with an authentication code on their phone. This code is used by the app to confirm the user’s identity.

Revisiting 1994: What tech was like 20 years ago

Twenty years ago, your smartphone wasn't even a twinkle in Steve Jobs's eye. Nevertheless, 1994 was a momentous year for the tech industry.

SPORTS

ISL: Atletico de Kolkata beat FC Goa 2-1

Cavin Lobo's double strike in the second half helped Atletico de Kolkata maintain their unbeaten run as they beat FC Goa 2-1 in their fourth ISL encounter.

Scheduling hands Barca advantage, fumes Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo has complained that the timing of the first El Clasico of the season on Saturday gives La Liga leaders Barcelona an unfair advantage.

Schumacher will need years to recover, says doctor

A French doctor treating stricken former F1 champion Michael Schumacher said that the German ace was making progress, but will need years to recover.

BUSINESS

Companies go all out to win women over at work

Indian HR heads may not be in a hurry to roll out egg-freezing perks like tech giants Apple and Facebook. But several of them have introduced their own woman-centric policies to help attract and retain talent — from offering exclusive parking lots to IVF leave.

Private banks, IT are MF favourites

Shares of private sector banks and information technology (IT) companies continue to remain the top picks of equity mutual funds (MFs).

Hyundai to upgrade Verna as competition hits hard

Hyundai is set to give an upgrade to the Verna sedan, which has been rattled by the strong showing of the new Honda City and good response to the newly-launched Maruti Ciaz.