[wanabidii] News Digest: Banks may have to write off bad loans worth Rs 2.38 lakh crore : CRISIL

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

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Banks may have to write off bad loans worth Rs 2.38 lakh crore : CRISIL
The 50 stressed companies, which account for Rs 4 lakh crore in soured loans, are largely from the metals, construction and power industries and account for nearly half of the total non-performing assets in the banking sector as of the end of March, CRISIL said.

Markets back on track, Sensex gains almost 250 points
Markets recovered from the losses it encountered on Tuesday to retain last week's bullish trend. The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 244.36 points to close at 31,955.35 while the broader 50-share NSE Nifty settled at 9,899.60 gaining 72.45 points.

World Bank to draw up plan for Railways' Rs 5 lakh crore makeover
Railways is investing Rs 5 lakh cr to transform itself into a modern growth platform. The World Bank will help it draw up a granular makeover blueprint.

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Environment

Petrol, diesel vehicles have been banned within 500 metre of Taj Mahal: Union minister
The Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) Authority has banned petrol and diesel vehicles within 500 metre of Taj Mahal, the government said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said a study had found that Taj Mahal was turning yellow due to carbon pollution.

NGT notice to Centre on air pollution caused by ships

New bird-like species of dinosaur identified

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World

20 Yemeni civilians killed in air strike: UN, witnesses
An air strike on a group of displaced Yemenis has killed at least 20 civilians, mostly from the same family, a UN statement and witnesses said Wednesday.

Convictions in major Thai human trafficking trial
A Thai court found dozens of people guilty of human trafficking offences today in a mass trial exploring links between corrupt officials, including a senior army general.

French military chief quits over budget dispute with Macron
French military chief has quit in a dispute with President Emmanuel Macron over budget cuts, a new challenge to Macron's administration and his economic reforms.

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Science

Doctors declared the world's first child hand transplant a 'success'
The first child in the world to undergo a double hand transplant is now able to write, feed and dress himself, doctors said Tuesday, declaring the ground-breaking operation a success after 18 months.

Hyderabad scientists decode the genetic secrets behind rare diseases in South Asians

Environmental factors contribute to the rise of TB: Study
Studies have shown that environmental factors have been a major cause in the rise of Tuberculosis (TB) cases. Doctors say TB is impacted greatly due to factors like personal hygienic with respect to respiratory disease prevention, clean water supply, housing, overcrowding and nutrition.

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Technology

Google launches Hire, recruitment management tool
Google has rolled out its new service, Hire. As the name suggests, the service is designed to help small and medium sized businesses to recruit new talent.

Moto G5S Plus' dual rear cameras surface online
Motorola’s upcoming Moto G5S Plus smartphone has been a part of various leaks and rumours in the past few months. Now, a scanned image of the phone has surfaced online that not only shows the smartphone’s design, but also highlights its key specifications.

Now, react to messages with Google Allo's latest update
Google has rolled out an update for its messaging app Allo. The update adds support for message reactions in the app. Allo users will now be able to react to a message like with Facebook Messenger and Facebook.

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Education

9 per cent of IITians dropped out in 2016-17
Indian Institutes of Technology have seen 889 (about 9%) students drop out in the 2016-17 academic year, according to latest data released by the ministry of human resources development (MHRD).

NCWEB releases fourth cut off list, B.A. BCom still available in most colleges

54 per cent of seats in private engg colleges went vacant last year
Engineering education in the country seems to have reached a saturation point with around 54% of undergraduate and postgraduate seats in private engineering colleges across the country, or 8.67 lakh seats of 16.07 lakh seats, not finding takers in 2016-17, data put out by Lok Sabha on Monday revealed.

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Mumbai

Man arrested with heroin outside school; Nigerian with cocaine, held
A 39-year-old man was arrested with 4.1 gms of heroin outside a school at Malwani on Sunday. The police acted on specific information that Majid Khan was to arrive at Ramzan Ali school in Malwani's Gate no. 6 area for selling drugs. They laid a trap and nabbed him.

BMC issues notice to RJ Malishkha over mosquito breeding
The BMC on Tuesday sent a notice to a radio jockey (RJ) after mosquitoes were found breeding in her home at Pali Naka in Bandra-west.

School bus owners threaten agitation

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Delhi

Cloudy Wednesday morning in Delhi
It was a cloudy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 28 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season's average, the weather office said.

East corporation seeks more land for waste plant

Monsoon delays Asola animal count

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Bangalore

Legally we can have Karnataka flag, says law minister

CSD launches green skills academy

Prevalence of BRCA gene mutations in India three times higher
According to the findings by Strand Life Sciences, a genomic profiling and bioinformatics company, the prevalence of BRCA (Breast Cancer) gene mutations in the Indian population is at least three times higher than in western countries.

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Hyderabad

Telangana government puts cap on weight of school bags
The Telangana government has put a cap on the weight of bags carried by schoolchildren in a bid to prevent adverse physical effect and anxiety disorders in students.

Hyderabad artist paints the town black to protest GST on sanitary napkins

Tollywood director appears before excise sleuths for links with drug peddlers
Tollywood ace director Puri Jagannath appeared before enforcement wing of prohibition and excise department on Wednesday for his alleged links with drug peddlers

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Chennai

Blippar launches Halos AR face profiles
Blippar, the technology company specialising in Augmented Reality and Computer Vision, on Wednesday announced the beta launch of Halos, its Augmented Reality (AR) face profiles, which is available in the Blippar app. The launch of Halos builds on the company’s existing real-time facial recognition capabilities.

Kathiramangalam oil leak damaged one acre of land, ONGC says
ONGC officials on Wednesday said the 12-hour oil and gas leak in Kuthalam-35 well at Kathiramangalam in Thanjavur district on June 30 damaged nearly one acre of land. Around 2,000 litres of crude oil and 18,000 cubic metre of gas leaked out of the well.

Former secretary of cooperative society sentenced to 15 years imprisonment
A judicial magistrate court in Villupuram on Tuesday sentenced a former secretary of the Primary Agricultural Commercial Cooperative Society (PACCS) in Kudhiraichandal near Villupuram to 15 years imprisonment for misappropriating the society funds to the tune of Rs 3.53 lakh between May 12, 1994 and June 5, 1997.

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Ahmedabad

It is a crematorium, not an airport
The easiest way to make kids understand death is to tell them that the person sat in a plane and went to heaven. Keeping this in mind,a crematorium in Bardoli, Gujarat has been designed like an airport and named "Antim Udan Moksha Airport".

Wear your love for Ahmedabad on your sleeve
Proud of living in India’s first UNESCO World Heritage City? Well, you can soon wear your pride on your sleeve, quite literally. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation plans to launch buttons, mugs and T-shirts that will help citizens loudly proclaims their love for Ahmedabad.

New amendment in RPA act may save Ahmed Patel against possible cross voting

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Allahabad

BJP to plant saplings in district from today
The leadership of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to start a campaign to plant saplings across the district from Wednesday.

Anyone from family can get ration under PDS, says HC
Any member of a family can get ration from fair price shops, not just the head of the household.

Allahabad Development Authority remove encroachers from 4500 sqmt land
A joint team of Allahabad Development Authority (ADA), local police force, PAC and Allahabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) carried out an extensive anti-encroachment drive at Kalinidipuram locality of the city, on Tuesday. The authorities removed encroachment from an area spanning in 4500 square meter (sq/mt).

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Bhubaneswar

Odisha government to identify students for RTE quota in private schools

Tomato crosses Rs 100 per kg mark in Odisha

Naveen Patnaik seeks land in New Delhi to set up integrated cultural centre
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday requested Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan to persuade the urban development ministry to allot a land in New Delhi for setting up an integrated cultural centre.

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Bhopal

iDEATE Unconvention gives a new platform to budding entrepreneurs

Indore duo shine in CA exams
Indore’s Palak Agrawal and Harshit Jain have secured all-India 13th and 38th ranks in the Chartered Accountants (CA) Final Examination and Common Proficiency Test (CPT), whose results were announced on Tuesday.

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Chandigarh

Punjabi University archers meet Punjab CM to thank him for his support
Archers from the Punjabi University Patiala, who have been selected for the World University Games 2017 in China, met Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday to thank him for his timely intervention that has ensured their participation in the prestigious international event.

Karnal institute finds tech to clone dead cattle

'Come what may, I will not give up 1984 victims' cause'

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