[wanabidii] News Digest: Sensex rises more than 300 points; Nifty breaches 9,650-mark

Monday, June 19, 2017

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Sensex rises more than 300 points; Nifty breaches 9,650-mark
Equity benchmarks Nifty and Sensex saw a steep spike on Monday after a fairly sedate showing last week. 30-share BSE Sensex gained 255.17 points to finish at 31,311.57 and the broader 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 69.50 points to close at 9,657.55.

20 lakh houses approved in two years under PM Awas Yojna: Venkaiah Naidu
The construction of over 20 lakh affordable houses for urban poor in 4,720 cities and towns has been approved under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (Urban) launched two years ago, Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today.

GST anti-profiteering agency for passing on gains to buyers
The govt has said that businesses will have to ensure that the entire benefit of lower tax incidence, including input tax credit, is passed on to consumers or else face action from a five-member Anti-Profiteering Authority for GST. Similarly, any price increase has to be in line with tax incidence.

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Environment

Centre to help for scheme for beautification of Aravalis
Union minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday assured that the central government will extend all possible support to any scheme for enhancing the beauty and ecology of the Aravali range.

Microscopic organisms turn Istanbul's shores turquoise

New Amazon dams would be 'massively' destructive: study
Building the 428 hydroelectric dams proposed for Brazil's Amazon basin -- three times the existing number -- would devastate the environment and could even disrupt regional weather, an international team of researchers warned Wednesday.

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World

Presumed death toll in London tower blaze rises to 79
London Police Commander Stuart Cundy said the toll from the Grenfell Tower blaze could still change but probably not as much as it had in recent days.He also said that five people who were reported missing had now been found safe and well.

South Korea to scrap all plans to build new nuclear reactors
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In vowed to scrap all plans to build new nuclear reactors as he seeks to steer Asia's fourth-largest economy clear of atomic power. Moon, during his presidential campaign, vowed to try to eventually shut down all nuclear power plants across the country.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Science

Our Sun was likely born with a twin star: Study
Our Sun likely had a twin when it came into existence 4.5 billion years ago, say scientists who found that every star in the universe is born with a companion. The Sun's sibling most likely escaped and mixed with all the other stars in our region of the Milky Way galaxy.

Ebola vaccine comes closer to reality
The world may soon get a vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus.A phase 1 randomized controlled trial has found an Ebola virus disease (EVD) vaccine, developed in Canada, was well-tolerated with no safety concerns, and high antibodies were present in participants 6 months after immunization.

VR therapy may help reduce pain: Study
50 patients received virtual reality therapy consisting of wearing VR goggles to watch calming video of swimming in the ocean with whales. Those patients reported a 24 per cent drop in pain scores, according to a study.

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Technology

OnePlus releases TV commercial ahead of OnePlus 5 launch
OnePlus is all set to launch its flagship smartphone the OnePlus 5 globally on Tuesday June 20. As the countdown to the event begins, the company gave an sneak peek into the upcoming smartphone in TV ads during the recent India-Pakistan ICC Cup final.

New tech can wirelessly charge electric cars and smartphones
Scientists at Stanford University in the US have overcome a major hurdle to such a future by wirelessly transmitting electricity to a nearby moving object.

Samsung to launch English version of Bixby voice assistant
The English version of Bixby, an advanced voice recognition system that comes on the Galaxy S8 and its variant Galaxy S8 Plus, is likely to be launched in the US and taken to other English-speaking countries, Yonhap news agency reported.

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Education

Why unrecognised 'PGs' in emergency medicine thrive

IITs try to woo girls to bridge gender divide
Congratulations on your earning a rank in the prestigious JEE(Advanced) 2017. You may be wondering what it is like being a girl student in an IIT....,’ reads a letter that IITs has sent to the 7,137 girls who qualified in JEE (Advanced) 2017. In a first, IITs have reached out to girls who have qualified, encouraging them to take admission at any of its branch. The mail, which advises the girls on ‘how to make the right choice of institutes’ and debunking some pre-conceived notions and apprehensions, was sent on June 12, a day after the JEE (Advanced) results were announced.

CBSE shocker: Huge errors in totalling board exam marks
Documents accessed by TOI revealed how Mohammad Affan, a Mumbai student who scored 80% and above in all his subjects, scored just 50 in maths. After verification, his marks were revised to 90. Another economics student who was ‘failed’ with 9 marks finally ended up with 45.

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Mumbai

Video: Mumbai road repairs: BMC slaps 30 lakh fine on contractors

1993 Mumbai blasts case: Quantum of sentence arguments to commence tomorrow

Video: Amit Shah meets Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray regarding Presidential polls

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Delhi

Two named by CBI as accused in Satyendar Jain case 'don't even exist': AAP
The Aam Aadmi Party has claimed that the two men – named Sanjay and Suresh – whom the CBI has accused of transacting with Hawala operators on behalf of PWD minister Satyendar Jain, do not exist.

CBI team goes to JNU to probe Najeeb Ahmed's disappearance

Video: Why don't you go celebrate in Pakistan, Gautam Gambhir to Hurriyat's Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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Bangalore

Video: Thousands take first ride on Bengaluru metro

Infrastructure for expanded PNG network unveiled

How KG classes boosted student strength in schools

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Hyderabad

K Chandrasekhar Rao's TRS announces support to Ram Nath Kovind

Girl falls off fifth floor balcony, dies
A BTech graduate named Tripura died after falling off the fifth floor balcony of her building on sunday night. The incident took place at Bhagyanagar of Ongole in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.

Centre has no role in High court bifurcation: Law minister
Union minister of state for law and justice PP Chaudhary said the high court bifurcation issue was pending with the high court itself and the Centre had nothing do with this. He said three writ petitions were filed pertaining to the HC bifurcation. this.

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Chennai

IIT-Madras to offer interdisciplinary dual degree programme
The ID DD programme will involve a study period of five years during which students can obtain a B Tech degree in a parent discipline and M Tech in an interdisciplinary area.

Bribing voters in R K Nagar: Tamil Nadu CM says case was registered as directed by EC
Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday informed the assembly that the state police have registered a case on distribution of money to voters in R K Nagar where a byelection was to be held on April 13. The Election Commission rescinded the bypoll scheduled in the wake of bribery charges.

TNAU counselling: VC says more students are taking up agriculture with awareness
The single-window counselling for admissions to 13 courses offered by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) began here on Monday.

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Ahmedabad

Yoga event: Thousands gather on Day 1
“Yoga is beyond the paradigm of physical or breathing exercises. It has the power to give people a meditative experience which transforms life,” said Baba Ramdev on the opening day of the four-day Yoga Anushthan, on the GMDC grounds.

Rahul Sharma to float 'smart' political outfit
Rahul Sharma, IPS officer of the 1992 batch who sought retirement in February 2015 to become a lawyer, is all set to enter politics.

Now, researchers have a guide powered by artificial intelligence
A team of software engineers has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) powered online research guide that understands human thought processes and draws hundreds of relevant research papers, articles, lectures, images and videos to help further develop a student’s research idea.

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Allahabad

Allahabad Development Authority says no to marriage halls on narrow roads
All marriage halls situated on less than 12-metre wide roads have been ordered to shut with immediate effect.

Lack of parking lots deters bus upkeep
Presently, the buses are parked in the open on the sides of the roads or at workshops meant for long route buses in the city.This had resulted in theft of components and equipment kept inside the buses.

Helpline for participants on Yoga Day
District administration launched helpline number (9415661488) on Sunday for those who want to participate in the yoga camp being organised at Parade Ground on the occasion of World Yoga Day on June 21.

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Bhubaneswar

Egg attacks: BJP sends a loud message silently
BJP workers on Sunday staged a silent protest in several parts of the state against the egg attacks on Union ministers Jual Oram and Radhamohan Singh during their visit to the state.

Women beaten up for ransacking liquor shop
Six women agitators were beaten up by men of a licensed foreign liquor shop at Olavar village under the jurisdiction of the Rajkanika police station when they were trying to ransack the liquor shop on Sunday.

Less students: 25 schools in Ganjam face closure
As many as 25 primary schools in 11 blocks of Ganjam district face closure this year due to low enrolment of students.The government has decided to close the schools having student strength of 10 or less.

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Bhopal

Kitaabi keedas of Bhopal to get a Reader's Park soon
In its bid to make Bhopal reader friendly and to get the youngsters out in the open, district administration and the Bhopal Runners Association are on a spree to convert old parks around the city into green reading spaces. To beging with the park in front of Swami Vivekanand Library is under the process of being converted into the first reader's park

This Ramzan, it is Iftar for all
For the very first time in the city, youngsters from old Bhopal got together and formed a committee that serves pure vegetarian iftari snacks to all the citizens of Bhopal, irrespective of the fact whether they are observe fast or not. Organised at the erstwhile heart of the walled city - Iqbal Maidan, the Iftar for all spread feeds up to 1500 people every day. The light yet tempting spread consists of only fruits and a few veg snacks like bhajiye and mixture accompanied by a refreshing cool beverage which changes on a daily basis.

One-of-a-kind, Wedding on Water!
When lawyers Apoorv Shukla and Prabhleen Kaur - after four years of courtship - decided to tie knot, little did they know that their families would totally sweep them off their feet with surprises and land them in the middle of Bada Talab!

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Chandigarh

BJP launches Parivartan Rath Yatra in Punjab

Truck driver with fake registration plate arrested

2 held with 150-gm heroin in Ludhiana

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