[wanabidii] News Digest: Money and power: Samsung embroiled in South Korea scandal

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

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Money and power: Samsung embroiled in South Korea scandal
Samsung, whose turnover is equivalent to a fifth of South Korea's GDP, is one of several sprawling conglomerates, known as "chaebols". Major industrial firms are so intertwined with power in South Korea that citizens joke they live in the "Republic of Samsung".

Budget 2017: Govt mulls social security system for poor
The target group is said to include unemployed people with no source of income. For better utilisation of funds, money could be given to the woman of the household.

Rupee gains 5 paise against dollar in early trade
Forex dealers said besides selling of the American greenback by exporters and banks, weakness in the dollar against other currencies overseas supported the rupee.

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Environment

EPCA to enforce graded response plan on pollution in NCR
Terming air pollution in NCR as a "matter of serious concern", which requires "urgent action", the Environment Ministry in its notification assigned the task to implement the plan to Environment Pollution Control and Prevention Authority (EPCA) under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

Beijing to be hit by new bout of pollution
According to the municipal environmental protection bureau, Beijing will see mild pollution, with the main pollutant being PM 2.5, Sunday. The Air Quality Index is expected to reach between 125 and 145. Pollution will become severe on Monday and hit medium levels on Tuesday.

E-waste rising dangerously in Asia: UN study
Electronic waste is rising sharply across Asia as higher incomes allow hundreds of millions of people to buy smartphones and other gadgets, with serious consequences for human health and the environment, according to a UN study released on Sunday.

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World

180 feared dead in migrant boat disaster in Mediterranean
Four people died and nearly 180 are missing, presumed dead, after Saturday's migrant ship capsize in the Mediterranean. The latest deaths and rescues follow a record year for the number of migrants trying to reach Europe on the western Mediterranean route from north Africa to Italy.

Chinese official fired after calling Mao 'a devil'
Zuo Chunhe, deputy director of Shijiazhuang Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film, TV, Press and Publication, called Mao a devil on social media and termed the annual commemoration of Mao's birthday "the world's largest cult activity".

Wilbur Ross, Trump's Commerce pick, offshored 2,700 jobs since 2004
Billionaire Wilbur Ross specialized in turning around troubled manufacturing companies at a time when the US economy was losing more than 100,000 jobs yearly due to global trade. Supporters say Ross saved thousands of US jobs by rescuing firms from failure.

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Science

Our universe contains two trillion galaxies: Study
The universe contains an astonishing two trillion galaxies, ten times more than previously thought, according to a new study. Astronomers have long sought to determine how many galaxies there are in the observable universe, the part of the cosmos where light from distant objects has had time to reach us.

Fight against malaria needs to include cattle-sheds too, says new study
In India, about 95% of the population lives in malaria endemic areas. There were over 1.1 million confirmed cases of malaria in 2014 but this is an underestimate since the surveillance and blood testing does not cover the whole population. In 2014, only about 10% of the population had their blood tested for malaria.

Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at 82
On December 14, 1972, Gene Cernan became the last of only a dozen men to walk on the moon. Cernan called it "perhaps the brightest moment of my life. ... It's like you would want to freeze that moment and take it home with you. But you can't."

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Technology

Jio subscriber base crossed 72.4 million in December: RIL
Reliance Industries today said its telecom subsidiary Jio has garnered 72.4 million subscribers within four months of commencement of services but continues to face congestion issues as interconnect capacity provided by some large operators is "still way below requirement".

Reliance Jio blames Airtel for most call drops
The telco also took a jibe against the largest telco saying that while Jio's network saw a 2-3% rate of call failure with Vodafone and Idea, it has seen 16-17% calls fail with Airtel.

Google Pixel smartphones now available on Snapdeal with offers worth Rs 25,999
Google's Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones are now also available on Snapdeal's website. Both Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones were so far Flipkart exclusive (online). The e-commerce website is also offering a slew of discounts on the smartphones. These include Rs 10,000 instant cashback for Yes Bank card holders, alongwith Rs 10,000 ecash from Yatra and a free mobile protection plan from Allianz worth Rs 5,999.

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Education

Delhi govt to come up with more vocational training centres
In order to promote skill-based education, Delhi govt is in process of opening new vocational training centres, Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Monday. "There are priority areas like retail, hospitality & travel tourism wherein students need skill training, he said.

Delhi govt asks pvt schools to not follow CBSE guideline on appointment of principals
Delhi Government has asked private schools in the national capital to not follow the recent CBSE circular on appointment of principals as the new clauses are contrary to the provisions of Delhi School Education Rules.

Delhi govt to come up with more vocational training centres
In order to promote skill-based education, Delhi government is in process of opening new vocational training centres, Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Monday. "There are priority areas like retail, hospitality & travel tourism wherein students need skill training, he said.

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Mumbai

Several long distance trains to be short terminated at Thane instead of LTT for next 40 days
Central Railway will operate a Traffic Block for 40 days to carry our repair and maintenance of damaged pit line no. 2 of Lokmanya Tilak Terminus from January 17. During this period following trains will be short-terminated at Thane station.

Indrani Mukerjea says she wants to divorce Peter Mukerjea
This comes after a special CBI court on Tuesday framed charges of murder and criminal conspiracy against Indrani Mukerjea, her husband Peter Mukerjea and former husband Sanjeev Khanna for the murder of Indrani's daughter Sheena Bora in 2012.

10X10 feet room where fake cops run a police station
Kishor had some official work in Bhayander on January 10. To avoid the evening peak hour road traffic, he decided not to travel by car but take the train instead. He bought a ticket for the general compartment. He had not anticipated the crushing load in the trains and had to let go of five trains. Finally, he boarded the special coach for handicapped passengers in the 7.22-pm Virar local from Andheri. He said he tried to get down at Borivali station to enter the general compartment but could not manage to do so.

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Delhi

Radar failure at Lucknow airport, singer Benny Dayal reaches Delhi by road
Singer Benny Dayal, who was travelling from Lucknow to Delhi for a concert, was forced to make the journey by road after a radar failure at the Lucknow airport, which was only resolved after midnight

David Guetta in Delhi: This India tour has been complicated, but you made it worth it!
Despite all the drama around, the end of the tour finally happened on a musical note as the French DJ performed to a full house at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday night.

Cold, windy morning in national capital
The residents of the national capital on Tuesday woke up to a cold and windy morning with the minimum temperature settling at six degrees Celsius, one notch below the season's average.

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Bangalore

Mantri Mall wall collapse: BBMP forms expert committee to look into the issue
A day after Mantri Square mall in Malleswaram has been closed following a wall collapse incident, city's civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has formed an expert committee to conduct an inquiry into the incident.

Mamata Banerjee's allegation smacks of `political narrowness', says Tripura CM Manik Sarkar
Slamming West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for spreading canards about him in connection with the multi- crore ponzi scams. Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar on Tuesday said the allegations against him smacked of `political narrowness'.

Nostalgia Galore at Kite festival in Bengaluru
A kite flying festival was organized on Sunday at HSR Layout to raise funds for various social projects.

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Hyderabad

Telangana CM KCR announces Rs 2.25 cr for Param Veer Chakra and Ashok Chakra recipients
The Telangana State government will give a cash reward of Rs 2.25 cr to any army personnel from Telangana who receives the Param Veer Chakra and Ashok Chakra. This will be the highest cash reward that is being by any state government for the recipients.

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owasis aghast at Bombay High Court's remark while granting bail in murder of Muslim youth

India ready to export state-of-the-art weapons, missiles to other countries: Manohar Parrikar
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said that the state of-the-art weapons and missile systems produced in India would be sold in the international market.

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Chennai

Chennai college student tries to meet lady love, beaten up
A 20-year-old college student has been hospitalised after he was beaten up by the father and relatives of his lady love whom he tried to meet by scaling the compound wall of her house at Pattabiram here in the early hours of Monday.

Jallikattu: Police are treating Alanganallur as an undeclared war zone, Stalin says
DMK working president M K Stalin and other party MLAs on Tuesday met director general of police TK Rajendran and took up the issue of the arrest of people who were holding pro-jallikattu protests across Tamil Nadu.

Bull race: Man gored to death in Tamil Nadu
A 40-year-old man was gored to death by a bull during the banned eruthu vidum vizha (bull race) at Vellakuttai in Vallore district of Tamil Nadu Monday evening.

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Ahmedabad

AAI to privatise terminal management at Jaipur, Ahmedabad; issues tender
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has issued tenders for handing over the management of terminals at Jaipur and Ahmedabad to private players. The authority will remove its personnel from these terminals and hand over the airport to the chosen bidder so they can start with a “clean slate,” AAI chief Guruprasad Mohapatra said Monday.

Motera Stadium will be Mecca of cricket in future: Parimal Nathwani
The ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the new Motera Stadium was performed by Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) vice-president Parimal Nathwani and joint secretary Jay Shah, in Ahmedabad on Monday. GCA and Larsen and Toubro (L&T) officials were among those who attended the event.

BJP's Yuva Morcha president vows to fight young turks
A day before Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel returns to Gujarat after six months, the BJP on Monday organized a show of strength as it felicitated its newly appointed Yuva Morcha president Dr Rutvij Patel at a youth seminar held at party headquarters Kamalam here. Rutvij hails from Hardik’s hometown Viramgam (Mandal).

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Allahabad

16 Allahabad high court judges take oath
These judges were earlier appointed as additional judges and on Monday they were administered oath of confirmation by the Chief Justice.

Celebrations erupt at SP office after EC verdict

Illegal occupants stay on as AU fails to crack down

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Bhubaneswar

351 law will take its own course: Dharmendra Pradhan
Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said law will take its own course in the case of his brother Soumendra against whom the state vigilance lodged a case for alleged irregularities by his cooking gas agency.

Burnt body of woman sarpanch candidate found in Gajapati
Police on Monday found the half-burnt body of a woman sarpanch candidate near Sagada hill, around 3km from Chandagiri in the state's Gajapati district, triggering alarm ahead of the three-tier rural polls in February.

Prime minister's office seeks report on techie's death
The much-hyped 2015 death of two students of National Institute of Technology (NIT-Rourkela) while swimming in a waterfall in Sambalpur district is back in focus.

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Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh shuts down liquor shops along Narmada
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan seems to be on a cleansing drive. On Monday, while launching a massive project to clean up the river Narmada, he announced that all liquor shops within 5km of the riverbank will be shut down.

Cops to have list of all liquor buyers
A couple of hours before the CM banned liquor shops along the banks of Narmada, the cabinet on Monday ratified a new excise policy for 2017-18, willing to implement a Supreme Court order to remove all liquor shops within 500 metres of national highways. And now, local police stations will have a list of customers of every liquor shop.

Chouhan shuts down liquor shops along Narmada
Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan seems to be on a cleansing drive. On Monday, while launching a massive project to clean up River Narmada, he announced that all liquor shops within 5km of the riverbanks will be shut down.

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Chandigarh

PU hosts capacity building workshop for non-teaching staff
The department of public administration conducted a three day 'Capacity Building Programme for Non-Teaching Employees of Panjab University' on Financial Management and Accounting from January 12-14, 2017. As many as 25 Superintendents / assistant registrars/ deputy registrars from different departments of the university attended this programme.

National Youth Day preaching Swami Vivekananda's philosophy

Drawing youth attention to HIV/AIDS epidemic

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