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6 Reasons to buy and not to buy Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+
6 Reasons to buy and not to buy Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+
While it’s too early to say whether Samsung’s new handsets are worth buying or not, here are a few reasons why should and should not consider getting the Galaxy S8 or S8+.
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A team of five IIT-Madras students has developed a mechanical device that can lead to safer use of public toilets. The device lifts, sanitizes and wipes a toilet seat, and is hands-free.
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BSNL to offer 300GB data per month at Rs 249
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MTNL to offer 2GB data per day, unlimited on-net calls at Rs 319
"On its 31st anniversary, MTNL announces new plan from April 1, 2017 that offers 2 GB of 3G data per day and unlimited calling within MTNL network for Rs 319 for Delhi and Mumbai mobile customers," the company said.
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TataCLiQ woos top sellers on rival platforms Amazon, Flipkart
TataCLiQ, which currently sells more than 800 brands mainly in fashion and electronics segment, plans to scale up to 3,000 brands by adding newer segments.
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Indian smartphone market set to get new No. 2
30 million phones were shipped in Q4 as note ban effects wane; Samsung leads, Vivo top 2, Apple top in premium segment, said Counterpoint report.
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Apple sends warning to banks with Australian mobile payments decision
Apple Inc on Friday won a victory in its global fight to prevent banks from introducing their own mobile payment services on Apple devices, as an Australian regulator barred lenders from bargaining collectively for access.
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Airtel launches 4G in 22 towns of Kashmir
Telecom giant Bharti Airtel has said it has launched 4G services in 22 towns across the Kashmir valley.
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[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Highway liquor vends, bars must close from today: Supreme Court

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Highway liquor vends, bars must close from today: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to revisit its order banning liquor vends within 500 metres of national and state highways from April 1 and ruled that this would also bar hotels and restaurants on highways from serving liquor to guests.
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Five BJP-led states turn heat on illegal abattoirs
Hardline Hindu organisations in Bengaluru are trying to enforce vegetarianism even as five BJP-ruled states — Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh — have followed in the footsteps of the Uttar Pradesh government by clamping down on illegal slaughterhouses.
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Virat let emotions affect his batting against Oz: Ganguly
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31/03/2017 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved USD 253.0 million of loans to the Governments of Kenya (USD 147.3 million) and Uganda (USD 105.7 million) for the upgrading of 118 km road section connecting the two countries as well as the construction of the 32 km Eldoret town bypass, in Kenya. Once completed in 2021, the project will contribute to improve the living standards of the 1.4 million people in the project zone of influence.

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31/03/2017 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a project preparation grant of USD 2.3 million to kick-start future investments in decentralized power systems in rural and urban areas in Uganda. The grant was provided by the Scaling–Up Renewable Energy Programme of the Climate Investment Funds managed by the AfDB's Department of Climate Change and Green Growth.

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31/03/2017 - The Dean of African Diplomatic Corps in India, Ambassador Alem Tsesaye Woldemariam of the State of Eritrea, has commended the African Development Bank (AfDB) for its steadfast commitment to ensure a better future for the continent.

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31/03/2017 - Low-income residents of the Ghanaian capital, Accra suffering from frequent cholera and flooding will soon experience some relief. The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Tuesday, March 29, 2017 approved a loan of approximately US $ 49 million to the Government of Ghana to increase access to safe and sustainable sanitation and facilitate income generation support for urban and peri-urban poor residents of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA).

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[wanabidii] News Digest: Government clears the way for five new SEZs

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Friday, March 31, 2017
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Government clears the way for five new SEZs
The government has approved five proposals, including those of Oracle India and L&T Construction Equipment, for setting up IT special economic zones (SEZs).

PM Modi wants BJP MPs to be GST ambassadors
A govt official told ET that the PM wanted the "GST message to travel to the people" so that full information on "the tax reform's architecture" is understood.

Trump to sign executive orders to tackle trade deficit
President Donald Trump is set to sign executive orders instructing his administration to examine the cause of trade imbalances with over 15 countries, including China and India.

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Japan kills 333 whales in annual Antarctic hunt
A Japanese whaling fleet returned to port on Friday after an annual Antarctic hunt that killed more than 300 of the mammals as Tokyo pursues the programme in defiance of global criticism.

Plants' emission standards shouldn't be diluted: Green bodies
Green bodies on Thursday demanded that emission standards set for thermal power plants should not be diluted and said inadequate execution of such norms worsens air pollution killing 1.2 million people in India every year.

Chinese demand for elephant ivory drops: Report
The price of ivory in China has dropped sharply as the country plans to end the legal trade in ivory later this year, a leading elephant conservation group said in a new report on Wednesday.

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Russian submarines match Cold War-era patrol intensity
The Russian military had fallen on hard times after the 1991 Soviet collapse when it was forced to scrap many relatively new ships and keep most others at harbor for lack of funds. The military has revived its strength thanks to a sweeping arms modernization program amid tensions with the West over Ukraine.

UN chief: More funding needed for Iraq programs
According to the UN, 212 million dollars is needed in 2017 in emergency funds to provide for the people displaced from the city. It said seven million dollars were needed to provide shelter for those who are expected to flee Mosul in the coming days alone. Guterres said UN programs were funded at only 8 percent in Iraq this year.

Pakistan revives controversial military courts
Pakistan's controversial special military courts to try hardcore militants were revived today for a period of two years after President Mamnoon Hussain gave his assent to the bill amid a surge in terror attacks across the country.

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Solar wind turned Mars into dry, cold planet: Study
Particles blasting out from the sun stripped away what was once a thick, Earth-like atmosphere on Mars, leaving behind a dry and cold world inhospitable to life, researchers said in a study released on Thursday.

SpaceX launches its first recycled rocket in historic leap
SpaceX successfully launched and then retrieved its first recycled rocket Thursday, a historic feat and the biggest leap yet in its bid to drive down costs and speed up flights. It was the first time SpaceX founder Elon Musk tried to fly a booster that soared before on an orbital mission.

You can dance your way to a younger brain, say experts
Could learning to dance the minuet or fandango help to protect our brains from ageing?

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Airtel asked to pull off ad where it claims to be "fastest network"
Jio had approached advertisement sector watchdog, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), against Bharti Airtel, saying that the latter's claim of being "officially the fastest network" is "misleading" and done in "mala fide manner in collusion with" broadband speed tester Ookla. The ACSI has asked now Airtel to either modify or withdraw the TVC by by 11thApril 2017.

RJio planning to launch 'Prime sequel': Report
Reliance Jio is likely to come up with disruptive tariff plans in the next couple of days to yet again create buzz in the industry

Trai snubs DoT's view on revenue
Telecom regulator Trai has come down heavily on the department of telecom (DoT), and its former secretary J S Deepak, over the latter's concerns on declining industry revenues after the launch of services by Reliance Jio, and said affordable consumer tariffs “cannot be substituted by revenue maximisation."

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US body announces scholarship programme for Indian women
A top US body in international education and global investment banking has announced a scholarship and mentoring programme for the Indian women university students in science and technology-related fields.

US universities register drop in Indian student applications
US universities have registered a sharp decline in the number of applications from Indian students after a spate of hate crimes and fear and anxiety about potential changes to visa policies by the Trump Administration.

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RPG Art Foundation unveils Dabbawala installation

Court stays MSRTC plan to discontinue buses in Vasai region from April 1

My name is Gaikwad and I am not a chappal-happy flier
BJP MP Sunil Gaikwad claims he has had to undergo extra scrutiny at airport thanks to his namesake. This first happened on his trip from Delhi to Pune last Friday, a day after his fellow Parliamentarian assaulted an Air India official with a slipper.

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150 makeshift shops gutted in blaze
Around 150 makeshift shops were gutted when a fire broke out in the Ghazipur flower market here, an official said today.

Hot Friday morning in Delhi
It was a hot Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 23.3 degrees Celsius, five notches above the season's average, the Met office said.

House tax waiver corp's 'achievement'
BJP's councillors, though denied tickets, have been asked to make presentations showcasing their “achievements“.

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Nagamani 'trick' backfires on priest amid suspicion of fraud
A priest’s plan to usher in the new year (Ugadi) by attracting hundreds of devotees at a temple in Chikkaballapur district by showing them the legendary Nagamani (snake pearl) that glows by itself in the dark

When king Cobra came begging for water
In desperate need of water, a deadly but dehydrated king cobra entered a human habitat and accepted water from a bottle offered by a forest official in a drought hit village in Karnataka.

Phones, rings, even a puppy: Things Bengalureans forget in cabs

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HC acquits Satyam Babu in sensational rape-murder of Ayesha Meera, raps police for framing him

Collector urged to eat his words on killing wild boars
The Bhupalpally district collector has been urged to publicly denounce his call for killing of wild boar and consume their meat by people with a caution that not only is killing of wild boar currently prohibited in Telangana, but any consumption of its meat too is prohibited by law.

HC sets up committee to probe illegal structures on govt land
The high court on Thursday appointed a committee comprising its registrar (judicial) and officials of revenue and HMDA to conduct a field level inspection on April 1 of the alleged illegal constructions in government land by a private realtor in Devathalagutta area near Balapur in Ranga Reddy district.

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Bigbasket raises Rs 45 crore from Trifecta Capital
Trifecta Capital on Friday announced that it has provided Rs 45 crore of venture debt to SuperMarket Grocery Supplies Pvt Ltd that owns and operates Bigbasket.com.

We will chase Ajeet Saxena wherever he goes, Southern Railway Mazdoor Union president says
President of Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU) CA Raja Sridhar has said retiring Southern Railway chief commercial manager Ajeet Saxena has “made life miserable for many commercial staff.”

Schools correspondent held for raping girl in Chennai
he Chennai police on Friday arrested a 36-year-old correspondent of a private school at Nerkundram who alleged raped and blackmailed a 15-year-old girl who was his relative. The girl committed suicide on Wednesday unable to bear blackmailing by him.

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Congress MLAs suspended for the second day

Dreaded IM terrorist Yasin Bhatkal, associate Haddi brought to Ahmedabad

Retracing the great escape from Poland to Gujarat during WWII
Wieslaw Stypula a Polish refugee of World War II was in Ahmedabad along with a crew from Poland shooting for a docu-drama on historic rescue of 1000-odd Polish children and women by the then Majaraja Digvijaysinh of Nawanagar.

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UPPSC suspends two for error causing candidate's failure

Crusading villagers to revive ancient river Jwalamukhi

Mahakaushal Express derailment: Rescue work continues on war footing
Following the derailment of eight coaches of Nizamuddin bound (12189) Mahakaushal Express near Mahoba station in the wee hours of Thursday, railway authorities of North Central Railway have commenced the relief and rescue work on a war footing.

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'Colleges now rehab centre for BJD netas'
The opposition members on Thursday disrupted the assembly proceedings alleging that the government had rehabilitated its leaders, who could not win the 2014 assembly election, as presidents of governing body of various colleges.

Odisha records 3 sunstroke deaths
The state on Thursday recorded the season's first three allegations of sunstroke death, two from Kendrapada and one from Balasore district, as intense heat wave gripped parts of Odisha affecting lives, said an official report.

Anti-Maoists operations discussed by senior officials
Left-wing extremism (LWE) was the focal point of the unified command meeting on Wednesday.

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Schemes set residents of Old City talking; grid separator on cards
By announcing many schemes to develop city's old commercial hub - Hamidia Road, mayor Alok Sharma has triggered speculations about his political ambitions. Observers read in it a sign of his preparing ground to contest election from a constituency from where he had lost the assembly election by a slender margin in 2013.

Heatwave warning issued for Bhopal and Indore
Bhopal, Indore and most of the state are reeling under heat wave conditions for the past week, with maximum and minimum soaring four to five degrees above normal.

NIA team in Kashmir to probe train blast
National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids in Kashmir in connection with March 7 Bhopal-Ujjain train blast. Sources revealed the mastermind of the terror plot in Madhya Pradesh - Atif Mujjafar went to Srinagar in February 2016.

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Maur blast case: Another victim succumbs to injuries, death toll rises to 7
Exactly two months after a blast claimed 6 lives at Maur town of Bathinda, a 12-year-old boy succumbed to burn injuries on the wee hours of Friday raising the death toll to 7.

Punjab to use satellite imagery, SMS alerts to stop crop burning
Punjab is set to make its battle against crop residue burning real time, with the state authorities using geo-spatial data to detect crop fires and alert the concerned deputy commissioner and district monitoring committees through SMSs.

Prepare plan for desilting of village ponds: Manohar Lal Khattar
Haryana government on Thursday directed the officers to prepare district-wise action plan for desilting of village ponds and carry out a detailed survey to explore the possibility of developing water bodies, lakes and aquaculture in the waterlogged and low lying areas in state.

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