[wanabidii] News Digest: IDBI Q3 loss widens to Rs 2,255cr as bad loans soar

Tuesday, February 07, 2017

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IDBI Q3 loss widens to Rs 2,255cr as bad loans soar
Public sector lender IDBI Bank's net loss widened further to Rs 2,254.96 crore in the third quarter of 2016-17 due to higher provisions for rising bad loans and fall in income.

MP government to form JVC with railways
The MP cabinet, chaired by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Tuesday gave its nod to the proposal of forming a JVC with the ministry of railways for expansion of railway network in the state. The state government will have 51% share and the railways remaining 49% share in the JVC.

Govt sells 2% in ITC through block deals
Through block deals in early trades on Tuesday, the government is believed to have sold about 2% of the 11.12% it holds in tobacc major ITC. State run insurance major LIC was the buyer of government’s stake in ITC.

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Environment

Giant panda Bao Bao to depart for China from Washington
Bao Bao was born on August 23, 2013 at the Washington zoo, and is nearing her fourth birthday. According to arrangements between China and the US, giant pandas born here must move back to China at around four years of age, Xinhua news agency reported.

SC raps Centre for not banning furnace oil

Peacock feathers inspire new variety of non-polluting dyes
The non-polluting greener method to colour textiles using "3-dimensional colloidal crystals" has been described by Bingtao Tang and colleagues at China's Dalian University of Technology in the American Chemical Society (ACS) journal Applied Materials & Interfaces.

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World

Romanian government seeks loophole on corruption
Romania's government is on a high-risk mission: devise a legal and politically acceptable way to remove penalties for some types of official corruption.

Sarkozy to face trial over 2012 campaign financing
The source said one of two judges in charge of the case, Serge Tournaire, had decided on February 3 that the case should go to trial after the failure of Sarkozy's legal efforts to prevent it in December.

Israel passes law legalizing thousands of settlement homes
Israel's parliament on Monday passed a contentious law meant to retroactively legalize thousands of West Bank settlement homes built unlawfully on private Palestinian land, a step that is expected to trigger international outrage and a flurry of lawsuits.

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Science

Swirling spirals spotted at the north pole of Mars

World's tiniest hammer may help understand brain injuries
Researchers have created the world's tiniest hammer to precisely measure how force affects brain cells, an advance that might pave the way for better treatments against traumatic brain injuries and Alzheimer's.

Man sells his tattooed skin to immortalise it
Tim Steiner has a work of art inked on him, but he's only the “temporary frame“.

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Technology

Apple iPhone 6 available for Rs 3,999 on Flipkart in exchange offer
For all those eyeing to buy an Apple iPhone and not so hung up on it being the very latest model, there's an attractive offer on iPhone 6 on e-commerce website Flipkart.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X to launch on February 14
The announcement was made in a post from the Chinese tech company’s official Weibo page.

Google Pixel smartphone available at a discount of up to Rs 29,000
This means that with the two offers clubbed, one can buy Google Pixel smartphone at the same price as OnePlus 3 (Rs 28,000).

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Education

HRD to bring 'graded regulatory mechanism' in UGC: Javadekar
The HRD ministry will bring in a "graded regulatory mechanism" as part of key reforms in the University Grants Commission (UGC) to usher in greater transparency, freedom and autonomy, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday.

BEd degree from Jammu & Kashmir institutions will now be valid in Bihar
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) degree from the University of Jammu and the University of Kashmir will now be valid in Bihar for appointment of teachers in secondary and higher secondary schools.

Academic council fumes at attempts to straight jacket popular arts course under science
A circular from under-secretary to government, education department (universities – 2) to registrars of all 17 state universities to offer UG/PG courses in geography, psychology, statistics, mathematics, anthropology and criminology as part of BSc/MSc programmes came in for close scrutiny at the third general meeting of the academic council of Mangalore University on Friday.

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Mumbai

Woman hangs self after in-laws taunt her over dowry

American citizen of Indian origin arrested for antique smuggling
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested Vijay Nanda, an American citizen of Indian origin for antique smuggling.

Bandra school pays tribute to Homi Bhabha

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Delhi

Noida's 'like' Ponzi scam: Cops may question Sunny Leone
Photos have surfaced of Mittal with Sunny and actress Ameesha Patel at an event but that one, police said, was of a birthday party, an event that did not concern the probe.

Officers took casual leave, AAP tells High Court
AAP government on Monday said in Delhi high court that the bureaucrats who allegedly went on mass leave to protest against its decision to suspend two of its DANICS cadre officers in December 2015, had availed casual leave in their individual capacity .

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal fined Rs 10,000 in defamation case
The Delhi high court on Monday slapped a cost of Rs 10,000 on chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for delay in filing a response to the defamation suit filed by the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) against him and former cricketer Kirti Azad.

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Bangalore

Alert against Maoists led to Bengaluru ATM attacker's arrest
The arrest of Madhukar Reddy in Madanapalle town, for attacking a woman in a Bengaluru ATM three years ago, was possible because of a general alert against Maoists in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

$1 billion boost to Karnataka startups in 2 years
Karnataka received investments of about $1 billion in startups over the past two years and has retained its lead as one of the startup capitals of the world.

Home minister G Parameshwara warns colleges about foreign students
Home minister G Parameshwara on Monday warned educational institutions of sheltering overstaying foreign students. The government, he said, will hold the college responsible if students overstay or indulge in illegal activities.

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Hyderabad

Legislative council poll on March 9
The election to fill a vacancy in the state legislative council will be held on March 9, the Election Commission of India said on Monday.

5000 seats for kids: HCA bats to make Indo-Bangla Test sizzle
Denizens were slow on the uptake as news slowly trickled in that the world No.1 Test team assembled here on Monday and hit the ground running.But there should be no dearth of enthusiasm on Thursday.

Mercedes in stable, inspector's king-size life busted by ACB
A motor vehicle inspector (MVI) working at Bhadradri-Kothagudem district was caught by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths for being in possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income on Monday.

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Chennai

Sasikala's CM move: AIADMK says Pandian helped DMK file cases against Jayalalithaa
A few hours after P H Pandian, one of the AIADMK founding leaders, alleged that there is mystery in the death of former chief minister J Jayalalalithaa, the party headquarters accused him of betraying the party. The party asked him to produce proof for the accusation that Jayalalithaa did not die of natural causes.

I am not afraid of Sasikala, Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa says
Deepa said lots of people had been calling her since Sunday after Sasikala was elected the leader of the legislature party. “I am under a lot of pressure to express my plans to enter politics. I will announce them on February 24, on Amma’s birth anniversary,” she said.

Five die, eight suffer injuries as SUV collides with truck in TN
Five people died and eight others suffered injuries when a sport utility vehicle (SUV) they were travelling in collided with a truck after jumping the median on the Trichy-Chennai national highway near Padalur in Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu in the early hours of Tuesday.

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Ahmedabad

City malls charging extra taxes on MRP in return for big discounts

AAP to write 10,000 postcards to Narendra Modi over women's safety

I-T searches, surveys on two data entry units

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Allahabad

In poll season, teens game for 'Modi Temple Run'
While the candidates of all major political parties are busy canvassing to woo voters, political gaming apps seem to be gaining popularity among youngsters of Sangam City.

93,000 licensed weapons deposited
Over 93,000 licensed weapons were deposited at police stations in Allahabad zone comprising Allahabad, Kaushambi, Fatehpur, Pratapgarh, Banda, Mahoba, Chitrakoot and Hamirpur districts till February 5. The exercise of depositing licensed weapons began on January 4.

Allahabad University students create ruckus, seek official's removal
Scores of students of Allahabad University held a ‘student’s mahapanchayat’ outside the vice-chancellor’s office on Monday to demand the removal of the director of the admissions committee, who is facing charges of financial irregularities.

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Bhubaneswar

OUAT students demand arrest of driver
Police said the SUV that knocked down Suchismita Biswal belonged to a company, owned by Samantaray's kin.

12-hour BJP bandh in Dhenkanal cripples life
The BJP on Monday observed 12-hour bandh in Dhenkanal protesting against murder of its party worker Salman Rout of Tarabha village in the district on Saturday.

BJP seeks minister's arrest over murder
The murder of a BJP worker in Dhenkanal district on Saturday resulted in a full-blown political war between the saffron outfit and the BJD.

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Bhopal

Donkey business: China behind MP's falling donkey population?

SIMI jailbreak probe panel term extended

RSS chief in state to discuss strategy to win over dalits, tribals

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Chandigarh

Parents, schools unhappy with CBSE's move to scrap global curriculum
As CBSE decided to discontinue its CBSE-i project, over 500 students enrolled in three Tricity schools under this project are set to face a tough time.

Class X Chandigarh student receives best cadet award by prime minister

Election Commission mulls repoll at few booths in Majitha, 3 seats

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