[wanabidii] News Digest: SpiceJet launches direct flights on four routes

Thursday, June 08, 2017

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SpiceJet launches direct flights on four routes
From July 1, SpiceJet will operate a direct flight on three routes - Hyderabad-Jaipur-Hyderabad; Jaipur-Guwahati- Jaipur; and Hyderabad-Chandigarh-Hyderabad. A direct flight on Delhi-Patna-Delhi route will also commence from July 10.

83 per cent currency remonetised so far: RBI
RBI on Wednesday said nearly 83 per cent of the currency has been remonetised so far and denied shortage of cash in the system. "According to our latest data, 82.67 per cent of the currency has been remonetised and in volume terms, it is 108 per cent," RBI deputy governor B P Kanungo told.

Committed to 6.5-8.5% revenue growth: Infosys COO
IT services giant Infosys today said it remains "committed" to its guidance of 6.5-8.5 per cent revenue growth this year even as some clients ask for projects to be carried out at 30-40 per cent lower costs than before.

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Environment

New species of flying squirrel, a 'surprising' discovery

Skin cure fad driving Myanmar elephant poaching surge: WWF
Myanmar's wild elephants are being poached in record numbers with at least 20 killed this year due to surging demand for their hide, WWF said Monday, warning the species is facing a "crisis".

Australia must do more to protect reef: UNESCO
UNESCO urged Australia to accelerate efforts to save the Great Barrier Reef, saying long term targets to improve its health were unlikely to be met.Progress towards achieving water quality targets has been slow, and Australia was at risk of falling short of its 2050 goals.

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World

Polls open in Britain's general election
UK polls on Thursday opened with about 46 million eligible voters expected to cast their ballot to choose between Prime Minister Theresa May and Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn under the looming shadow of the two deadly terror attacks that recently rocked the country.

Obama has private dinner with Trudeau in Montreal
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted his thanks to Barack Obama after the two shared a private dinner at a Montreal restaurant. "How do we get young leaders to take action in their communities? Thanks Barack Obama for your visit & insights tonight in my hometown," Trudeau tweeted

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Science

Homo sapiens 100,000 years older than thought: Studies
A recent research shows that Homo sapiens roamed Africa 300,000 years ago. It pushes back our origins by a hundred millennia. The research team said the small, flat face and jaw shape of those ancient Homo sapiens closely resembled today's humans.

Dr Reddy's Laboratories launches 'Bivalirudin' injection
Dr Reddy's Laboratories has announced the launch of Bivalirudin, a injection for the US market. The injection will be a generic version of Angiomax. The drug will be available in packages of 10 single-dose vials.

GSLV-MkIII: HAL, Godrej build crucial components
The recently launched GSLV MkIII has its structural assemblies and propellant tankages produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited while Godrej Aerospace has produced the first stage Vikas Engine and the indigenously developed third stage Cryogenic Engine Thrust Chamber.

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Technology

Reliance Jio 4G feature phone to launch soon, specifications tipped
Reliance Jio is said to be planning to launch 4G VoLTE-enabled feature phones priced between Rs 999 and Rs 1,500. A report has surfaced online suggesting that the company has started production of the phone.

OnePlus 5 to be exclusively available on Amazon, to come with 8GB RAM
OnePlus is all set to launch its latest flagship smartphone OnePlus 5 in India. The company has scheduled its launch event for June 22, where it will unveil the device. Now the e-tailer Amazon has announced that the device will be exclusively available on its India website starting June 22 at 4.30pm.

Asus Chromebook Flip C213 convertible laptop launched
Asus has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of its Chromebook Flip C213. However, the company has not yet revealed the price and availability of the device.

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Education

Textbook tells students to 'write emails as short as skirts'
The book 'Basic Business Communication', authored by C B Gupta, advises students to write emails short enough to be interesting like skirts, has created an outrage on social media. Gupta said he took the analogy from an article written by a foreign author.

From 2018, only NCERT to publish school textbooks
The NCERT presented its plan of action and said it would be ready for the increased volume as well as with the revision process before the start of the next academic session,“ said an official of the HRD ministry.

A CBSE examiner's candid account of how papers are marked

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Mumbai

Mumbai needs the Metro: High court raps activists opposing it

83% of mishap victims in Mumbai are men, data reveals
Thursday seemed to be the most accident prone day of the week for road users in 2015 and 2016. A majority of the 1,173 fatalities recorded in these two years were reported on Thursdays. Of all casualties, 83% were males.

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Delhi

Light rains cool Delhi
Delhiites woke up to a pleasant morning on Thursday as light showers in various areas brought down the minimum temperature to two notches below normal.

15% leeway in cutoffs to pupils under ECA category
Aspirants worried about admission because of a low score in exams have a shot at Delhi University (DU) colleges if they lean on the artistic side. The university is granting up to 15% of leeway in the cutoff to the aspirants applying there through the ECA category.

3 cops suspended for harassing couple
Three police constables accused of harassing a couple in a car near Buddha Garden were suspended after a complaint to senior officers. The policemen had allegedly extorted Rs 10,000 from the couple by threatening to prosecute them for obscene acts in public.

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Bangalore

JP Morgan looks for 1.2m sqft in Bengaluru

BTC gets government licence, races from Saturday

Only 6% illegal shops in residential areas shut down

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Hyderabad

Telangana Edcet to be held on July 16

Holes in de-silt claim: After nala clean-up job, GHMC leaves muck brimming over
With monsoon knocking on its doors, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has stepped up its efforts to prevent flooding in the city and began de-silting storm water drains.

Pre-Monsoon Mayhem is Sign Of What Lies Ahead
The civic machinery in Hyderabad is going into yet another monsoon test underprepared. That’s what experts feel about the monsoon action plan or lack of it of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).

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Chennai

DMK urges Centre to postpone launch of GST
The DMK on Thursday urged the Centre to postpone the launch of the good and services tax (GST) till there is consensus among all stakeholders.

Bus passengers overpower knife-wielding gang that tried to rob them in Chennai
A five-member gang wielding knife boarded an omnibus near Koyambedu in Chennai on Wednesday night and tried to rob passengers. However, the passengers overpowered the robbers and caught one of them while others escaped.

Mahila Congress members clash at TNCC headquarters
An ugly skirmish broke out at Sathyamurthy Bhavan, the TNCC headquarters in Chennai on Wednesday, even as the state unit launched a membership drive in the state.

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Ahmedabad

Gujarat to get 5 more indigenous livestock breeds
Gujarat is all set to get five more indigenous breeds of livestock, paving way for their conservation and preservation of genes.

Class XII topper set to take diksha on banks of Tapi today
Surat/ Seventeen-year-old Varshil Shah scored 99.99 percentile in the class XII general board examination, but he doesn't aim to be a chartered accountant or an MBA.

Sexual chemistry: Pappu writes porn in board exam
For one class XII science student, from Borsad in Anand district, transferring the contents of his mind to his answersheet in his board exam did not end happily for him.

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Allahabad

Police to cut dacoit Babuli's liquor supply, force him to come out of hiding
How to force a tippler bandit come out of hiding in dense forests? Easy. Choke his supply of liquor, feels Chitrakoot police.

Tech aid sought to jam 4G phones in UP prisons
With recurrent cases of mobile phone usage being reported from within prisons, the Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) has been asked to install 4G jammers in UP jails.

NCERT books mandatory for UP Board students
The Aditya Nath Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh has made National Council of Research and Training (NCERT) books mandatory for all schools affiliated to the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board) from academic session 2018-19.

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Bhubaneswar

Odisha government evinces interest in Nilagiri boy's humanoid robot

Rain brings down mercury in most parts of Odisha
Further drop in temperature in most parts of the state following more rain brought considerable respite from the sweltering heat on Wednesday.

Selfie with wild elephant lands youth in hospital
Posing for a selfie with a wild elephant nearly cost a youth his life at Masania village, in Dhenkanal district on Tuesday.

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Bhopal

Modernisation of Habibganj station picks up pace

5 farmers were killed in 'police firing': MP home minister
Madhya Pradesh home minister Bhupendra Singh on Thursday said that the five casualties during farmers' agitation in Mandsaur occurred during police firing. The minister's remarks assume significance as the authorities had been claiming that the police had not fired during protests

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Chandigarh

Haryana has skewed distribution of doctors

Congress govt's 1st budget session from June 14

In Haryana, 2 POCSO cases a day in 4 months of 2017

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