Tuesday 26 April 2016

[wanabidii] News Digest: Patanjali to invest Rs 1,150 crore in FY17, eyes doubling revenue

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016
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Patanjali to invest Rs 1,150 crore in FY17, eyes doubling revenue
Patanjali Ayurved, the FMCG venture promoted by yoga guru Ramdev, will invest over Rs 1,150 crore in the current fiscal to set up six processing units and one R&D center as it chases a turnover of Rs 10,000 crore this year.

India narrowing gap with China on FDI inflows: Nomura
India may this year surpass China in attracting foreign direct investment, in terms of percentage of its GDP, as the gap in inflows between the two has been narrowing on the back of ongoing reforms in the country, says a Nomura report

Sensex trips 130 points in early trade on global cues
Caution ahead of expiry of April contracts in the derivatives segment on Thursday also influenced sentiment. Falling for the third straight session, the 30-share barometer fell by 129.88 points, or 0.50%, to 25,549.05.

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Delhi Zoo to have a butterfly park
Home to over 1,300 animals and birds, the National Zoological Park in Delhi is gearing up to set up a butterfly park. This will become one of the main attraction factors for children, the authorities said.

Groundwater depletion shifting Earth's axis: Scientists

Rescued circus elephant 'Rhea' reunited with her long lost sisters

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Australia's Papua New Guinea migrant camp illegal: Court
Australia's detention of asylum-seekers on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island is unconstitutional and illegal, a court ruled on Tuesday. Canberra has come under international criticism for sending asylum seekers who attempt to enter the country by boat to remote processing centres PNG and Nauru.

In not-so-presidential style, Trump rips Cruz and Kasich
The Cruz-Kasich agreement, which some stop-Trump Republican strategists say should have been undertaken weeks ago, was forged to try and keep Trump from securing the 1,237 delegates he needs to win the nomination outright and force Republicans to consider the two rivals at the party's national convention in Cleveland in July.

North Korea puts mid-range missile on standby: Report
North Korea is believed to have placed a new, powerful mid-range missile on standby for an impending launch. The reported launch plans came two days after North Korea claimed to have successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine amid ongoing South Korea-US military drills.

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Carbon dioxide making earth greener, reveals new research
Observations by Nasa satellites over the past 33 years show that there has been a steady increase in leaves on plants and trees, which scientists think is because of the higher CO2 levels. Leaves absorb CO2 and combine it with water to produce food for the plants.

Einstein's theory of relativity faces satellite test
Einstein's theory suggests that in perfect free-fall, the two objects should move in exactly the same way. But if they are shown to behave differently "the principle will be violated: an event that would shake the foundations of physics", Arianespace added.

Experts discover a new state of water molecule
Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have unveiled unique and unexpected behaviour of water molecules that is unmatched by any known gas, liquid or solid states.

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8 tips to boost your PC's performance
As advanced as modern-day PCs are, they can (and do) get sluggish over time due to everyday usage, errors, and more.But it doesn’t have to be that way, as there are numerous tips you can follow to improve your PC's performance. Read on to find out how:

13 best Chrome extensions you must use
Google wants us to stay in our browser and not go anywhere else.

Huawei Watch review: As good as a smartwatch gets 
Unveiled globally almost a year ago, the Huawei Watch has finally made it to India.

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Women's commission "seriously concerned" about Hindu College hostel rules

Unicef bats for better health reporting in India
Forty students of premier media institute Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) finished the course here, currently offered to public health professionals in Britain.

Gujarat govt gives universities list of topics for PhD theses
Students enrolling for a PhD in Gujarat’s universities might as well be researchers on the ground for the state bureaucracy. In a first, the state government has dictated a list of 82 topics for doctoral theses which include various welfare schemes and programmes of the state and central governments.

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Mumbai Monorail loses Rs 8.5 lakh every day
Two years after launch of phase I, Mumbai Monorail loses Rs 8.5 lakh every day as only 16,000 people regularly use Wadala-Chembur service, termed by some as a transit system to nowhere.

TranServ gets Rs 100 cr funding from Micromax, others
Mumbai, Apr 26 () Digital payments company TranServ today said it has closed an investment of USD 15 million (around Rs 100 crore) in a series C round of funding led by IDFC SPICE Fund and Micromax Informatics along with existing investors Nirvana and Faering Capital India Evolving Fund.

Shelar criticises Uddhav for remarks on Kanhaiya
Mumbai, Apr 26 () BJP Mumbai unit chief Ashish Shelar today criticised Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray who recently took on the Centre for branding JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar as "anti-national".

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Women's commission "seriously concerned" about Hindu College hostel rules

Will consider exempting lawyers in next odd-even scheme, says Delhi government
The Delhi government on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it will consider exempting lawyers from the odd-even traffic restrictions if the scheme is enforced again. This was in response to a petition filed by Delhi High Court Bar Association president Rajiv Khosla.

Rajya Sabha members question Mithun Chakraborty's long absence
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Rajya Sabha members on Tuesday questioned the continuing absence of actor and Trinamool Congress member Mithun Chakraborty from the house.

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SP finds 2 girls in 4-star, forces hotel to pay Rs 2L
The hotel, in its complaint to CID DGP Kishore Chandra, alleged that despite showing the lady SP relevant documents to prove that the two ladies were innocent guests and that their establishment was a family hotel, Veena barged into the room where the girls were staying.

Drought forces farmers into Bengaluru slums
The stories emanating out of the six districts of north-east Karnataka are of despair that even those used to centuries of backwardness and poverty are unable to bear any longer.

Bengaluru hopes Cauvery water doesn't evaporate fast in searing summer

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Sunny Leone's nude photo pops up on Hyderabad civic body's website
A nude photo of actor Sunny Leone left officials of Hyderabad municipal corporation red-faced on Monday after it continued to appear on their website's main page and several link pages despite their technical team's valiant attempts to take it down.

KTR second-in-command
KT Rama Rao, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's son, emerged as the second most powerful man in the Telangana cabinet after a cabinet rejig effected on Monday.

Sunny Leone spices up GHMC website
Residents looking for solutions to routine civic problems on Monday found a topless photograph of porn-star-turned Bollywood actor Sunny Leone on the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation's website, sparking a flurry of phone calls for authorities to take it down.

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Marriage keeps eluding this former AIADMK legislator

Candidate tries to teach 'lethargic' Tamil Nadu election officials a lesson
A man who wanted to contest the May 16 Tamil Nadu assembly election from Salem North constituency enacted a drama at the regional divisional office when he reached there to submit his nomination papers on Monday. 

Tamil Nadu election: PMK candidate hospitalised after gang attacks him in Salem
PMK candidate in Salem West constituency R Arul and his assistant, P Vijayakumar, were attacked by a six-member gang on Monday night. 

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Tareekh pe tareekh: State 3rd in India's case backlog ranks

Process starts to cut year from BEd course

Woman held for son's murder

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Youth slits own throat
A 24-year-old youth on Monday slit his throat in front of his house after an altercation with his wife.Kuldeep Nishad was a resident of Kakraha Ghat, Meerapur, and the incident took place under Attarsuiya police station.

Meerut acid attacks: HC seeks govt info on relief
Hearing a PIL on the issue of several cases of acid attacks in Meerut district, the Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the state government to apprise it on the compensation to be given to the victims.

After BTC paper leak, exam scraped
Answers of Hindi, Sanskrit and computer question papers of Basic Training Certificate (BTC)-2014 examination were leaked on WhatsApp about an hour before the examination here on Monday.

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Life imprisonment to inspector of schools for murder
Bhubaneswar, Apr 26 () A court in Rayagada district of Odisha today awarded life imprisonment to an inspector of schools for the murder of a lady teacher in 2013.

Lifer for former school inspector in 2013 teacher murder case
The district and sessions court in Rayagada on Tuesday awarded life term to former inspector of schools Netrananda Dandasena, finding him guilty in connection with the sensational murder of lady school teacher Itishree Pradhan at Tikiri in 2013.

Action likely against truant schools: Governor
All schools of the state - both private and government - have to abide by the order and ensure the closure of the schools.

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Vehicles rule eased in Ujjain to woo visitors
The organisers were disappointed over poor turnout during the inaugural 'Shahi Snan' on April 22.As against the expectation of over 50 million devotees, barely 10 lakh people turned up for a holy dip.

Poachers held with leopard hide
In a major breakthrough state forest officials have confiscated a leopard hide and other wildlife articles and arrested of two people from Betul district.

Customs staff honey-trapped, forced to clear 'sex toys'
Two senior officers of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax who were raided in connection with the Rs 100-crore Inland Container Depot (ICD) scam involving import of sex toys by CBI on April 7 were reportedly honey-trapped by the traders.

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Haryana: Govt depts asked to expedite Aadhaar seeding
Chandigarh, Apr 26 () Government departments in Haryana have been asked to expedite Aadhaar seeding in various schemes for smooth implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).

Chandigarh varsity ties up for Oracle programme
Rayat Bahra University (RBU) here on Monday joined Oracle University under the Oracle Workforce Development Programme (WDP) by launching three specialized degree programmes using Oracle technologies: Oracle Database and Analytics, Java and Oracle IoT (Internet of Things), and Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

3 weeks on, dalit rape case accused still at large
The district police are yet to arrest the two man accused of raping a dalit widow of Malout town in Muktsar even after three weeks of complaint being registered.

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