[wanabidii] News Digest: Online petitions get 60k signatures for Rajan's 2nd term

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		Sunday, June 05, 2016
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		Business
		Online petitions get 60k signatures for Rajan's 2nd term With numerous political and corporate opinions swarming over RBI governor Raghuram Rajan's tenure, internet is abuzz with seven online petitions garnering 60,000 signatures so far in support of Rajan's second term. Two petitions are against his extending Rajan's term. More women taking up odd jobs, claims survey More and more women in metro cities are applying for unconventional jobs like cab driver, security guard for attractive pay and demand and supply gap, says a report. It shows there has been seven times more demand from employers for female cab drivers and 153 per cent increase in applicants. RBI policy to set market trend; monsoon's pace on watch RBI's bi-monthly monetary policy review on Tuesday, progress of monsoon rains and industrial production data will be key for stock market movement this week, say experts. More Business News»

		Environment
		Baby panda to stay in Belgian animal park for four years A baby panda born in Belgium on June 2 will remain at the Pairi Daiza animal park for four years before returning to China, a park spokeswoman said. The rare birth was made possible following an artificial insemination performed in February by a Sino-Belgian veterinary team of experts. Uniform policy for environment protection: Khattar 'Little pink sausage': Rare giant panda born in Belgium A baby giant panda was born in a Belgian zoo on Thursday, a rare event for an endangered species that numbers fewer than 2,000 worldwide. The healthy male cub was born in the early hours at the Paira Daiza wildlife park to six-year-old Hao Hao and her mate Xing Hui. The pink cub weighed 171 grammes. More Environment News»

		World
		Paris museum reopens as French floods slowly ease The riverside Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris reopened on Sunday as floodwaters slowly receded from the French capital. The Louvre Museum, several Paris train stations and roads remained closed after the worst floods in three decades caused the Seine River to burst its banks. Bangladesh top cop's wife shot dead in suspected militant attack Mahmuda Aktar, 33, was targeted by the gunmen at around 6:45 AM (local time) while she was on her way to drop her first-grader son to a nearby bus stop for school in Chittagong, about 275 kilometres from here. Clinton sweeps in Virgin Islands, moves closer to nomination illary Clinton has scored a sweeping win in the US Virgin Islands, picking up all seven pledged delegates at stake as she inched closer to the Democratic nomination. She is now just 60 delegates short of the 2,383 needed to advance to the November election. More World News»

		Science
		Why boys do better in science exam than girls explained Male students may perform better than females in life science exams due to the way the questions are designed, according to a new research. When tests include cognitively challenging questions that require elevated critical thinking, females score lower, the research says Loneliness can affect your wisdom, study finds Our level of wisdom varies dramatically according to the situations and is affected by factors like loneliness and togetherness, a new study has found. The study defines wise reasoning as a combination of such abilities as intellectual humility, consideration of others' perspective and looking for compromise. Not much research happening in medical institutions in India Out 579 medical colleges in the country, staff in 332 institutions have not written a single research paper between 2005-2014, said Dr M Gourie-Devi, former director/vice chancellor, NIMHANS and honorary advisor for neurology research, ICMR. More Science News»

		Technology
		10 best free productivity apps for Android and iOS Both Android and iOS app stores boast of million of apps across categories like games, entertainment, news, productivity and more. Meet Desi startups who have taken the lead in chatbots Bots have reduced human intervention for us by over 90%. Next-gen bots will save time and make us more efficient. Facebook's new AI tool can read and understand messages like humans The site says that it will use the robot to find out more things that people want to see, or to remove things that they don’t like spam. More Technology News»

		Education
		New HRD channels will telecast IIT lectures live Students across the country would soon be able to watch live telecast of lectures from six IITs and some other top institutions while seated in their living rooms, with the Union human resource department launching 32 Direct-to-Home channels to cater to their needs. Pathways schools can hike fees now In a new turn of events, additional chief secretary (school education) PK Das has allowed two Pathways schools to go ahead with the fee hike by putting a stay on an order of the Fee and Fund Regulatory Committee (FFRC). Presidency University to take entrance exams to other states The entrance exam to Presidency University entrance test may be held even outside the state this year with the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board considering conducting the test in Jamshedpur, Agartala and Guwahati apart from the various centres across Bengal. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		Maharashtra invites Malaysian firm to invest in road projects Mumbai, Jun 5 () Maharashtra government has held a discussion with Malaysian giant Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Holdings on ways to increase collaboration for Nagpur-Mumbai Super Communication Expressway and some other road projects. Sony garners revenue of Rs 1,200 cr from IPL 9 Mumbai, Jun 5 () Broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has mopped up Rs 1,200 crore in advertising revenue from Indian Premier League's ninth season, a growth of 20 per cent over last year. It had clocked an advertising revenue of Rs 1,000 crore from IPL 8. Govt committed to weed out illegal wildlife trade: Javadekar Mumbai, Jun 5 () Stressing that the Centre was committed towards weeding out illegal wildlife trade, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said 'Sanjay Gandhi National Park' in the city was a perfect example of human-wildlife harmony. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		On World Environment Day Tiger Express flagged off New Delhi, Jun 5 () Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today flagged off IRCTC's Tiger Express, a semi-luxury tourist train launched to spread awareness among people regarding tiger conservation, from Safdarjung station here. Delhi Govt launches crackdown against unregistered dealers New Delhi, Jun 5 () The Trade and Taxes department of Delhi Government has launched crackdown against unregistered dealers in the national capital. In its recent survey, the department found that many such dealers are making sale through e-commerce websites in the national capital which is illegal. Central panel for more BRT corridors in Delhi New Delhi, Jun 5 () While the Delhi Government has scrapped the controversial BRT, a central panel has recommended that more such corridors should be set up and 6,000 buses procured for public transport in interventions worth Rs 20,000 crore for traffic decongestion in the national capital. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		A househunt 101 for single women Many women house-seekers face picky landlords, judgemental flatmates and dwellings that do not match flowery descriptions in ads. Call for protest flops, all constables report for duty The threat by the constabulary in Karnataka to go on en masse leave to highlight their pathetic working conditions and low salaries fizzled out on Saturday, as cent percent attendance was reported from all police stations across the state. Ola will get aggregator licence in two days Ola will soon become the first app-based ride-hailing service in India to operate under a valid licence issued by the Karnataka state road transport authority. This comes after two months of the implementation of the Karnataka On-demand Transportation Technology Aggregator Rules 2016. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Piped gas for over 2.5 lakh households in Hyd by 2021: Pradhan Hyderabad, Jun 5 () Bhagyanagar Gas Limited (BGL), a joint venture of GAIL (India) Ltd and HPCL, will connect one lakh new households in Hyderabad to Piped Natural Gas (PNG) within next two years and more than 2.5 lakh by 2021, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. Govt plans to develop sports infra in Visakha Agency The state government has decided to construct mini indoor stadiums, an athletic track and other facilities for various sports at Paderu, Chintapalli and Araku in Visakha Agency in a bid to provide sports infrastructure and encourage local talent among the tribal youths. Prabhu rains sops on AP, promises 2 high-speed trains to state Profusely thanking chief minister Chandrababu Naidu for helping him sail through in RS poll, the railway minister promised to introduce a new Bengaluru-Amaravati high-speed express train, among a slew of sops for the state. More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS RECORDED AT 0830 HRS IST: Rainfall occurred at most places over Kerala and Lakshadweep, at many places over Coastal Karnataka, at a few places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and North interior Karnataka and at one or two places over Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu and South interior Karnataka. Sri Lankan naval agencies detain four Indian fishermen Sri Lankan naval agencies on Saturday night detained four Indian fishermen and their trawler on charges of poaching in the territorial waters of the island nation. Metro Rail: Jaya thanks Modi for approving extension of work Chennai, Jun 5 () Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Union Cabinet approving extension of Corridor I of the first phase of Metro rail here. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		Guj working on e-rickshaw project for pollution control: CM Ahmedabad, Jun 5 () Inspired by the e-rickshaw project launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today said Gujarat government is working on a similar project to curb pollution. Gujarat to face heat-wave again: IMD Sky remains off limits for Gujarat's oldest flying club The oldest flying club in the state that showed a glimmer of hope for revival finds itself on the backburner again. Two light aircraft that would have set the club back on track are nowhere in sight, eight months after they were sanctioned by the central aero club in New Delhi. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		Yogi, Varun supporters want them as CM candidates for UP polls Supporters of Sultanpur BJP MP Varun Gandhi and Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath on Saturday raised their demand for the BJP leadership to declare them as CM candidates for UP polls. Allahabad Mayor gives directions to finish pipeline work before June 15 Mayor Abhilasha Gupta convened a meeting of Jal Nigam, Ganga Pollution Control Unit and other agencies on Saturday on the issue of laying of pipelines and gave instructions to expedite the work so as to finish it before June 15. Now, bio- diesel and bio-toilets in train to save environment The railways has formed a separate directorate of environment at the Railway Board and designated a special officer in each zone, including North Central Railway, to safeguard environment. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Global award for sand artist Eminent sand sculptor Sudarsan Pattnaik bagged gold medal in the people's choice category at the world championship of sand sculpting, Russe, 2016, in Bulgaria for his sand sculpture aimed to spread awareness against drugs abuse in sports. BMC to monitor waterlogged areas A day after chief minister Naveen Patnaik's motorcade was forced to make a diversion due to logged water on its route, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday identified 27 vulnerable points that witness waterlogging during monsoon. Plans for 5 more bus depots in smart city Public mobility in the state capital is likely to undergo a facelift, after it bagged the tag of India's 'smartest' city. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Students, audience vow to save environment Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) in collaboration with Bhopal Nursing Home Association celebrated the World Environment Day at Tatya Tope stadium on Saturday. Private hostel slapped with Rs 11K fine District Consumer Redressal Forum has slapped a fine of Rs 11,000 on a private hostel for refusing to refund caution money to a student from Sehore. 3-yr-old succumbs, boy run over by train A three-year-old boy who fell from a chair at his home while playing on June 2, died during treatment while two others including a college girl and a boy who worked at a coaching class died in different incidents. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		Patiala varsity VC delivers lecture on Indian Constitution Professor P S Jaswal, vice-chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala, delivered a lecture on 'Indian Constitution: Critical Issues' at the Centre for Competitive Examinations, Panjab University (PU). Short course on research methodology concludes at PEC Badal to take up Punjabi language issue with Vasundhara Raje More Chandigarh News»

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