[wanabidii] News Digest: Mahila E-haat ties up with India Post, SBI

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		Wednesday, December 07, 2016
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		Business
		Mahila E-haat ties up with India Post, SBI The Women and Child Development Ministry has tied up with India Post and State Bank of India to offer more payment options to buyers and simplify shipping of products bought from "Mahila E-haat", an online marketing platform for women entrepreneurs. India seeks nod to up net spending by $5.2 billion The supplementary demand for more funds, the second to come before the Lok Sabha, had been expected for some months. In August, lawmakers had approved $3.1 billion in additional spending for the current fiscal year. ONGC exploring swap deals to import gas from Myanmar A unit of India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd (ONGC) is in early talks with Gazprom for supply of natural gas through a complex swap involving Russia, China and Myanmar, the head of the unit said on Wednesday. More Business News»

		Environment
		Regions around Delhi contribute to its pollution: Expert The regions surrounding Delhi contribute significantly to the pollution in the national capital, which should be tackled in order to solve this problem, an expert said on Tuesday. Polar bear numbers to plunge a third as sea ice melts Polar bear numbers could drop a third by the mid-century, according to the first systematic assessment released Wednesday. There is a 70 per cent chance that the global polar bear population will decline over the next 35 years, the study found. Climate change battle heats up for Australian winemakers When an unprecedented heatwave hit South Australia state, the viticulturists fretted about the impact on their grapes. The crops survived, but the extreme weather was a reminder of how climate change can hurt a resurgent $1.5 billion export industry for Australian premium red wine. More Environment News»

		World
		Trump trumpets US $50 billion investment  Donald Trump announced that Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son is ready to invest US $50 billion in telecom creating 50,000 additional jobs in the US. The money will come as part of a US $100 billion investment fund that he is setting up with Saudi Arabia's sovereign-wealth fund. 80,000 have fled east Aleppo since Army operation began At least 80,000 people have fled east Aleppo since the Syrian army began an operation in mid-November to recapture the rebel-held sector of the second city. The army has made swift progress in its operation to recapture east Aleppo and now controls three-quarters of the sector. Afghanistan's efforts to welcome women in military Captain Niloofer Rahmani abd Captain Safia Feroz are first 2 women pilots in Afghanistan Air force besides the other 5 who are under training.There are nearly 1800 women serving in Afghanistan military. Their government is working for the upliftment of woman in the society, military and government. More World News»

		Science
		Plants can learn from surroundings, study finds Chemotherapy may cause women to grow new eggs: Study Robot flying ambulance makes first solo flight An autonomous flying ambulance has successfully completed its first solo test flight, offering a potential solution for challenging search and rescue missions. More Science News»

		Technology
		Google's India revenues jump 44% to touch Rs 5,904 in FY2016 Google India's annual revenues jumped 44% with business doubling in the past two years. Google India Pvt Ltd posted a turnover of Rs 5,904 crore during the year to March 2016, outstripping its last year's growth of 35% to Rs 4,108 crore. Infosys assigns 'profit & loss' responsibilities to horizontal delivery heads In addition to asking industry unit heads to run their business with separate profit and loss statements, Infosys is working on making its horizontal delivery heads operate under a P&L structure as well, as it looks to boost growth. India's internet population expected to double to 600 million by 2020: Study With increased 4G and 3G penetration, the internet user base in India is rapidly expanding and has reached a penetration of over 27% versus 50.3% penetration in China and expected to double to 600 million users by 2020 from 343 million users currently, according to an Assocham-Deloitte joint study. More Technology News»

		Education
		More firms but fewer offers at IITs this year At IIT-Bombay, the number of students picked by leading finance and consulting firms has reduced; it has shrunk from 16 to 13 as in the case with Goldman Sachs or nine to four from consulting firm BCG. Meanwhile, students across IITs have received more offers from the analytics sector. CAT flaws: Candidates point at complete mismanagement Though IIM-Bangalore said on Monday that the leaking of the toughest section of last Sunday’s Common Admission Test (CAT) for the Indian Institutes of Management and other prominent business schools on social media sites was an isolated incident that was being dealt with, some candidates have alleged “complete mismanagement” at the test centres. UGC amends regulations, college principals to get one more term The University Grants Commission (UGC) in one of the important decisions has said that a college principal can get one more term after completion of his/her five-year tenure, following the constitution of the external peer review committee. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		Tamilians in Mumbai mourn CM Jayalalithaa's death Urgent house meet to approve weather radar site : BMC to Bombay HC A UK-Mahad trip to root for the girl child More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Man killed over spat at wedding party A shoe factory employee was bludgeoned to death by his friend in central Delhi's Anand Parbat on Monday for asking him to leave a wedding that he had gatecrashed. Major rejig in Delhi Police, two new districts created In a major reshuffle, over half-a-dozen senior officers of Delhi Police were on Tuesday assigned different districts, even as two new districts were carved out of the existing 11 in the national capital.With the creation of two new districts -Rohini and Shahdara -the tally has now gone up to 13. Free MRI, CT scan for the poor The Delhi government on Tuesday said it will provide free MRI and CT scan in private labs to bonafide residents of the capital whose annual income is less than Rs 3 lakh. Asked about the financial implications, Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said money saved from timely construction of flyovers would be used to fund the scheme. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		Money laundering case: Mining baron Janardhana Reddy in fresh trouble Ballari’s mining czar Gali Janardhana Reddy is reportedly in fresh trouble following the alleged suicide of one KC Ramesh Gowda, driver of Karnataka government special land acquisition officer L Bhima Naik. Stars at the Times Food Guide 2017 Awards over, it was time for the guests to indulge the foodie in them. And why not? They got to sample fine food as award-winning eateries laid out their signature dishes. Four sub-committees to study drought The government on Tuesday constituted four cabinet subcommittees to study and assess the implementation of relief measures in drought-hit taluks across the state. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Man gets life term for rape of mentally challenged A man convicted of raping a mentally challenged girl was awarded life sentence. Senior assistant among 2 held for forging cops' signatures The Uppal police have arrested two persons, including a senior assistant of the Rachakonda police commissionerate, for forging signatures of senior police officials for getting licences to operate private security agencies. ​ Uranium mining gets nod in Amrabad tiger reserve The Department of Atomic Energy is likely to begin exploration for uranium deposits in Amrabad tiger reserve following an approval of a exploration proposal by the State Board for Wildlife here on Tuesday. ​ More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		Cho Ramaswamy had immense affection for Amma, Tamil Nadu chief minister Panneerselvam says A day after Jayalalithaa funeral, Tamil Nadu limps back to normal A day after complete shutdown as a mark of respects to former chief minister J Jayalalithaa who died of cardiac arrest on Monday night, life slowly limped back to normal in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. 'Jayalalithaa had a great memory and was very generous' For K Vijay Kumar, senior security advisor, Ministry of Home Affairs, who flew down to Chennai to attend the funeral CM J Jayalalithaa, her demise is also a huge personal loss. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		Rs 13,860 crore disclosure: Mahesh Shah might face three years in jail Ahmedabad based property dealer Mahesh Shah, who had sensationally disclosed Rs 13,860 crore unaccounted income under the Centre’s Income Declaration Scheme, might be staring at a maximum of three years in jail for providing false information. According to income tax source, providing false information under IDS is illegal and action might be taken against Shah for doing so. Auto driver returns $3,000 purse Sunday evening was like any other for Nasir Qureshi stationed outside the domestic terminal of the city’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International airport. Like several other fellow auto drivers, he was eagerly accosting exiting passengers in the hope that one of them would hail him for a ride home. In the rush his attention was drawn to a black, rectangular purse lying unattended on the ground. He picked it up and immediately rushed towards the terminal manager’s office. Someone even tried to gather the purse from him claiming it belonged to him but Nasir was one pucca Amdavadi. Man stabbed to death in Amraiwadi, accused held More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		'If BJP forms govt in UP, it will be end of caste-based politics' BJP state president Keshav Prasad Maurya said mafias would be sent behind the bars once BJP forms its government in the state. Traditional chulhas for kalpwasis at Magh Mela With lakhs of devotees spending over a month on the banks of Ganga and performing kalpwas, the Magh Mela administration has arranged as many as 10,000 ‘chulhas’ (earthen stoves made of soil) for kalpwasis, who would be preparing their meals once a day during their stay on the mela campus. ATMs empty, so are wallets More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Crunch-hit Odia workers return home Like spinning mills, other textile manufacturing units like weaving, manufacturing and embroidery factories had been paying wages in cash to workers, most of whom do not have bank accounts there. Odisha spends 90 lakh on minister's jaunts The state government spent around Rs 90 lakh in the past two years on ministers' tours to places inside and outside the country. 40% households in Odisha go without power connection While both the central and the state governments often claimed to ensure electricity for all by 2018, around 40% families in Odisha don't have power connections. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Married woman gangraped, 4 held, two on the run The arrested have been identified as Abu Bankar, Raju Khandel, Akash Goliya and Guddu alias Ramesh while a hunt has been launched to arrested two others - Raju Nikkam and Babu Jatav. Power minister faces BJP, Congress MLAs' ire No response to my plea for electrification of a village in 12 yrs, says ruling party legislator State kicks off 271 crore heritage plan for 'Swadesh Darshan' Project aims at upgradation of heritage, Buddhist and wildlife sites More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		No cash in bank, residents protest On the day a cashless awareness drive was to be launched in the district, hundreds of people took to streets to protest against banks that failed to dispense cash. Clip shows Basit gesturing officer to get aside Even as India has denied Pakistan's claims of mistreatment of its foreign advisor Sartaz Aziz during his Amritsar trip, a three-minute video clip has now surfaced showing how Pakistan high commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, nearly tried to breach the hotel security , but an alert Punjab Police officer firmly stood his ground. He graduated in law from Panjab University in '77 India will get its first Chief Justice from the Sikh community in the new year as Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar will be sworn in as the next CJI on January 4 More Chandigarh News»

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