[wanabidii] News Digest: Sensex climbs 120 points ahead of RBI policy meet

Tuesday, December 06, 2016

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Sensex climbs 120 points ahead of RBI policy meet
Rising for the second straight day, the 30-share index was trading higher by 119.88 points, or 0.45 per cent, to 26,468.98, with realty, power, oil and gas, capital goods, PSU and IT stocks leading the gains.

Rupee gains 16 paise against dollar in early trade
The rupee strengthened by 16 paise to 68.05 against the dollar in early trade today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange on increased selling of the US currency by exporters and banks amid higher opening in the domestic equity market.

Adani's Australian coal mine project gets a boost
Indian mining giant Adani's plan to build one of the world's largest coal mines in Australia got a major boost on Monday as it secured the final approval for a permanent rail line for the 21.7 billion dollars controversy-hit project despite protests from green groups.

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Environment

Indonesia expands protection for peatlands, climate

How toxic water destroyed Pakistan's largest lake
For generations, the Mohanna tribe have lived, loved, worked, and played on Pakistan's Manchar Lake; their floating settlement serving their needs from birth to death. But an unrelenting flow of toxic wastewater has slowly rendered it inhospitable, poisoning the water and almost everything in it.

Japan's CO2 emissions drop 3% to a 5-year low in FY2015
The world's fifth-biggest carbon emitter, Japan, has set a goal to cut its emissions by 26 percent from 2013 levels by 2030, and last month ratified the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement to prevent climate change. Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell 3 percent to a five-year low in the financial year through March owing to lower power demand, growing renewable energy and the restart of nuclear power plants, government figures showed on Tuesday.

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World

Aleppo truce must include rebel pullout: Syrian govt
The Syrian government says it rejects any cease-fire for embattled Aleppo unless it includes the departure of all rebels from the eastern part of the city

North Korea hacks South Korea's cyber command
North Korea appears to have hacked South Korea's cyber command in what could be the latest cyber-attack against Seoul, the military here said on Tuesday. The cyber command said it isolated the affected server from the whole network to avoid the spread of viruses.

Bernard Cazeneuve named new French Prime Minister

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Science

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.

New polymer patch can repair heart damage
A new flexible polymer patch can improve the conduction of electrical impulses across damaged heart tissue without the need for stitches, scientists say.

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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.

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Education

CAT 2016 not 'glitch' free, 1.95 lakh take test
The Common Admission Test 2016 conducted in two sessions on Sunday in 138 cities across the country wasn't free of "glitches" as some candidates claimed that 3 questions in quantitative ability section showed 'Pi' symbol on their computers instead of what should have ideally been a 'square root'.

ISC exams from Feb 6, ICSE from Feb 27
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has announced the exam timetable for the class XII (ISC) and class X (ICSE) examination to be held in 2017.

Only 177 PhDs in entrepreneurship in last 16 years: Study
Despite government's efforts to promote entrepreneurship, doctoral research on the subject is yet to pick up in Indian universities as only 177 PhDs have been awarded in it compared to 20,271 in social sciences during last 16 years, says a study.

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Mumbai

Malmsteen set to rock Dambuk at the Orange Fest
The third edition of the North-Eastern Orange Festival of Adventure and Music (OFAM) is back this month and will be held over four days from December 15-18 at the breathtaking Lower Dibang Valley’s quaint village Dambuk.

Mumbai-Pune expressway sees 3 accidents in nine hours

Bal Thackeray's will: Sena MP Sanjay Raut deposes

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Delhi

Road rage again: Factory owner shot for 'denting' SUV
Road rage claimed another life in the capital when a small-time UP businessman fished out a pistol and shot a 25-year-old factory owner at point blank range on Sunday night following an argument over their SUVs scraping against each other at a turning in east Delhi's Dallupura.

'Cap on free withdrawals a policy move'

Cash-starved Delhi continues to wait outside banks
Non-functional ATMs continue to be the bane for Delhiites who have been battling the cash crisis for almost a month. While machines were out of order in areas such as Munirka, Vasant Vihar, Green Park and Hauz Khas, the ones at AIIMS had limited amount of cash on Monday.

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Bangalore

Rayanna Brigade banks on disgruntled BJP leaders
When he was sidelined in JD(S), Siddaramaiah had launched 'Ahinda' involving dalit, backward classes and minorities to revive his sagging political career.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah condoles the death of Jayalalithaa
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has condoled the death of J Jayalalithaa.

`TOI found me a wife, has now given an award'
Like most scholars, Ramachandra Guha holds firm views on the subjects he believes in. But unlike most scholars, he isn't precautious in his choice of words or expression.So, when Lou Majaw serenaded the historian with Dylan's Forever Young before he was conferred this year's Lifetime Achievement Award at the Times Litfest, Guha sat there stomping his foot and swinging on his seat with childlike glee before doling out four Biblicalstyle commandments that could make the dogmatic go bananas.

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Hyderabad

No money for bribe forces blind man to ferry wife on stretcher
Mohammed Naseeruddin, a blind man from Kishenbagh in the city, was seen ferrying his TB afflicted wife to the acute medical care unit (AMCU) on a stretcher at OGH with directions provided by his accompanying five-year-old daughter.

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhara Rao expresses shock and sorrow at Jayalalitha's death
for himself having got democratically elected.He recalled that.

Jayalalithaa and three Telugu governors

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Chennai

Jayalalithaa becomes everyone's leader in her death
DMK and AIADMK members may not have seen eye to eye in life, but death sometimes has the ability to smudge sharp lines. This was evident in the garlanded photos of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa in street corners that are usually adorned by the rising sun – the DMK party symbol.

Jayalalithaa demise: Pharmacies to open at 6pm after her funeral
Pharmacies that remained shut during the day on Tuesday as a mark of respect to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who died on Monday night, will be opened around 6pm once her funeral is over.

Goa declares a day's mourning for Jayalalithaa

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Ahmedabad

Man who declared Rs 14,000 crore now decides to seal his lips
Income tax officials said that Mahesh Shah remained uncooperative during his six-hour interrogation on Monday. Shah had earlier insisted that he would name all those whose untaxed wealth he intended to launder for a cut.

Summer placement drive concludes at IIM-Ahmedabad
The summer placement process for the class of 2018 of the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management at Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has completed within three clusters with students being placed across 17 sectors and functions of their choice.

Presidents, PMs, Nobel winners to light up Vibrant Gujarat Summit-17
Vibrant Gujarat Summit (VGS) 2017 is going to be the grandest of all summits. This is evident from the guest list of summit which includes the presidents of two countries, prime ministers of two other countries, several other top international leaders and many key ministers.

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Allahabad

Sun plays hide-&-seek; fog continues to hit rail traffic
Dense fog and low temperatures forced locals of Sangam city to stay indoors for a greater part of the day on Monday. Meanwhile, the sun played hide and seek, leaving locals longing for some warmth.

Aspirants gherao UPPSC office, allege paper leak
Alleging question paper leak on WhatsApp, students preparing for competitive exams on Monday gheraoed the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC). They were demanding cancellation of the review officer/assistant review officer-2016 (RO/ARO) prelims, which was conducted on November 25.

Dandi Swami to take up the cause of nirmal Ganga
At a time when the government is pumping crores of rupees to clean the Ganga, the river water in city is unfit for bathing. Against this backdrop, hundreds of Dandi Swamis, along with the Sankracharyas, Seers and saints associated with various akharas of the country, who will be coming for the Magh Mela from next month, have decided to raise the issue and start a crusade for the cause.

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Bhubaneswar

'Odisha failed to use Rs 774 crore educational funds'
Even as the Naveen Patnaik government keeps patting its back for development works, the latest CAG report tabled in the assembly on Monday blasted his government for poor implementation of flagship education programme, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), besides welfare schemes for backward districts such as Kandhamal and Gajapati.

Student groups clash in BJB, girls too not spared
Tension ran high at BJB Autonomous College here on Monday as two groups of students clashed over posting objectionable messages in social media. The fight took a violent turn as rival groups attacked each other with sticks and tubelights. The college authorities suspended classes and one platoon of police has been deployed on the campus.

Sambalpur cops to seek RBI help
Police will move the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ascertain the origin of wads of Rs 2,000 denomination notes, which were seized from a car near Dhanupali Chowk here on Sunday, said SP (Sambalpur) Akhileswar Singh on Monday.

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Bhopal

Tigers, leopards in Madhya Pradesh become victims of tantriks' ATM card gig

Over 15 boys accuse govt hostel warden of sexual abuse

Chief secretary Basant Pratap Singh reviews preparations for president visit to Chhindwara
Chief secretary Basant Pratap Singh reviewed preparations as regard to the proposed programme of the President a to be held at Chhindwara district on December 14.

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Chandigarh

Indian hockey's 'golden girl' revolts against AAP
Rajbir Alleges AAP Being Run By Those Selling Tickets

'Have urged Centre to cut online payment charges'

Capt urges EC to crack down on proliferation of arms in state

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