Daily Newsletter | Friday, June 10, 2016 | | | Muslim student population zooms by 44% | | India's student population in the 5-19 years age group has increased by 30% between 2001 and 2011 but the increases are unevenly distributed across religious communities, with lagging sections catching up. |
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| | SP, BJP in tacit pact over Mathura violence: Mayawati | | Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Thursday accused the SP and the BJP of using the Mathura incident to enter into an "open tactic understanding" and taking political advantage of it ahead of UP elections. "The understanding is no more a secret. |
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| Murders in daylight: Is Chennai losing its 'safe' tag? | | For Vikram (name changed), a resident of Baker Street in Vepery , murder was something that he had read about in newspapers or watched in films, until Tuesday afternoon, when he witnessed the killing of RTI activist J Parasmal. |
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| | Moto Z and Moto Z Force with Moto Mods launched | | Lenovo not only launched the world’s first Google Tango-based handsets, Phab 2 Pro but also the flagship Moto Z and the Moto Z Force at the Tech World Show. As expected, the Moto Z Force is more powerful out of the two as it has more battery capacity and features the company’s Shatter Shield display, which was first seen with Moto X Force. Although the company did not reveal the pricing of the metal-clad devices, it said they will be hitting the shelves by September this year along with the Moto Mods. |
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| | Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon due to wrist injury | | Rafael Nadal will miss Wimbledon after failing to recover from the wrist injury which also forced his early withdrawal from the French Open, the Spaniard announced on his Facebook page. The 14-time Grand Slam title winner was Wimbledon champion in 2008 and 2010. |
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| Roger Federer backs Maria Sharapova doping ban | | Roger Federer had no sympathy for Maria Sharapova, saying he backs a "zero tolerance" stance against doping. Russian star Sharapova was handed a two-year doping ban on Wednesday after testing positive for the banned medication meldonium at January's Australian Open. |
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| Rajkot, Dharamsala among 6 new Test venues | | Rajkot, Visakhapatnam, Pune, Dharamsala, Ranchi and Indore will host Test matches for the first time in the forthcoming season where India will be playing 24 games, while the domestic calendar will include a whopping 918 matches across formats. |
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| | Government rules out capping of airline fares | | Capping of airfares in the backdrop of complaints of arbitrary tariff hikes was ruled out by the government, which said that competition among the airlines will solve the problem. Civil aviation minister said restricting air fares could also jeopardise government's regional connectivity plan. |
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| NITI Aayog concerned over FDI ban in tobacco sector | | The proposal to completely ban foreign direct investment in the tobacco sector has run into rough weather as NITI Aayog has raised certain issues on the plan. However, the proposal of the department of industrial policy and promotion has got the support of the finance ministry. |
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| China objects to India’s steel anti-dumping probe | | China has expressed serious concern over India initiating an anti-dumping probe against Chinese steel products as it sought an investigation in line with WTO rules. It said said excess steel production capacity is a global challenge and countries should unite, rather than abuse trade remedy measures |
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