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Sunday, April 16, 2017

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Data war: Airtel doles out free data to postpaid subscribers
Airtel is offering up to 30 GB of free data for the next three months for postpaid subscribers logging onto the 'My Airtel' app by April 30. For those who have already availed a similar offer by the company last month, 10 GB free data (one month validity) will be up for grabs.

Finance Ministry okays 8.65% interest on EPF
The Finance Ministry in its communication to the Labour Ministry has, however, put a rider that the interest rate should not result in a deficit for the retirement fund. This will enable the Labour Ministry to provide 8.65 per cent rate as decided by the EPFO trustees.

Net FPI inflow at Rs 16,500 cr in April so far
Foreign investors have pumped in Rs 16,500 crore in the Indian capital markets this month so far on the back of improved investor sentiment and growth in manufacturing sector. This comes following a record net inflow of Rs 56,944 crore last month.

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Environment

Zoo confirms April the giraffe's calf is a male
Before an online audience of more than a million viewers, April the giraffe gave birth to a male calf on Saturday at a New York zoo, ending weeks of proverbial pacing by animal lovers in a virtual worldwide waiting room.

'US will lag as global climate action marches on'

2 lakh baby Olive Ridley turtles emerge in Odisha beach
Emergence of baby Olive Ridley marine turtles along Gahirmatha beach on Odisha's coast has provided relief to conservationists. Nearly two lakh hatchlings have emerged out of pits since past 24 hours, forest officials said on Wednesday.

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World

Tense Turkey votes in crunch referendum on Erdogan powers
Over 55.3 million Turks are able to vote in the referendum on sweeping changes to the president's role which, if accepted, would grant Recep Tayyip Erdogan more power than any Turkish leader since its founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and his successor Ismet Inonu.

North Korea fails in new missile launch
A North Korean missile "blew up almost immediately" on its test launch on Sunday, the US Pacific Command said, hours before US Vice President Mike Pence was due in the South for talks on the North's increasingly defiant arms programme.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Science

Here's how heavy drinking causes accidents
People who are heavy drinkers, those that drink between 10 and 40 alcoholic drinks per week, may perceive that they can handle the alcohol, as it leads people to judge that they are not impaired.

3D-printed patch can help mend 'broken' hearts

Saturn moon has necessary conditions to harbor life: NASA

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Technology

Funds, not ideas, flow to entrepreneurs in Japan
Japan Inc, where companies with roots going back decades, if not centuries, have long dominated, is finally warming up to startups.

Snapchat CEO terms India "too poor" to consider expansion
According to a report in Variety Magazine, the comment was made by CEO Evan Spiegel during a meeting to discuss the growth of the app’s user base in 2015.

Meet the Flipkart delivery boy who became a multi-millionaire
Iyyappa was Flipkart's first employee. He remembers he received the offer letter almost a year later as there was no HR team in the company then.

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Education

CBSE files FIR against pvt publisher for 'sexist' text

UP governor appoints VCs of two universities
Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik today appointed Vice Chancellors in King George's Medical University (KGMU) and Madan Mohan Malviya Technical University (MMTU), Gorakhpur for a tenure of three years.

Indians in demand despite H-1B noise, say US universities
"The Indian students in US universities have no reason to get unduly perturbed if they are seeking placements in America after finishing their courses."

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Mumbai

CBI books firm for illegally transferring Rs 11.92 cr to Hong Kong
The company's modus operandi to send money in tranches of less than $ 100,000 was also adopted by several entry operators at the bank's Ashok Vihar branch here in 2015.

Problem of plenty: Rs 75 crore tur dal awaits purchase at state centres
Farm Produce Lines Up At Govt Door Even As Old Stocks Pile On

BMC cut trees on 'private playground' despite court stay, says Goregaon soc
A housing society in Goregaon (West), fighting the BMC's takeover of its 'private playground', has complained that the civic administration flouted court orders and cut seven trees on the plot this February.

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Delhi

'No rift with Kumar Vishvas, next you will say my wife is targeting me,' Arvind Kejriwal says
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal denied reports of a rift with colleague Kumar Vishvas who posted a speech on Twitter in which he appears to be criticizing the AAP chief. "I'm not angry with him, he's a family member," Kejriwal said in an interview clip he retweeted.

BJP: Nothing done about tanker scam

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Bangalore

Water turns scarce in village with 37 borewells

Suspension of cop revoked, transferred

Entrepreneur offers online market to small-time food producers
Eighteen months, around 1,000 registered food vendors, and a large client base for their 4,000 products.That's Ithiha.com which was started with an aim to rope in local producers for marketing their products online.

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Hyderabad

Hyderabadi boy, Sai Kiran Porangi.is going to Nasa!
Sai secured a second place worldwide in the annual NASA Ames Space Settlement Contest 2017 under Grade 12, individual category, and is one among the four individuals to bag the prize in that category from India

Why Easter is actually a bigger deal than Christmas...

BJP MLAs suspended from Telangana assembly over Muslim quota bill

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Chennai

Father, son held for assaulting cop in TN
A 55-year-old postman and his son were arrested for allegedly assaulting a head constable in Ambur on Sunday.

Man gored to death by bull during jallikattu in TN village
A 28-year-old engineering graduate was gored to death by a bull during a jallikattu event in a village in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday.

S Nandagopal -- Man who sculpted a legacy, shaped a movement
One of the last guardians of the Madras Art Movement, son of seminal artist KCS Paniker, and a national award-winning artist at the age of 24, sculptor S Nandagopal did not let of any of these labels make him complacent, always striving to create lasting work and more importantly a milieu where art could thrive. And in a way he had been able to accomplish what he set out to do — half a century of his work in metal was behind him, the Cholamandal museum was set up, and the artists’ commune celebrated its 50th anniversary this year.

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Ahmedabad

Daman shuts down to protest Gujarat HC's merger suggestion
All wine shops, restaurants, hotels, markets and petrol pumps voluntarily supported the bandh by keeping their establishments shut.

Abandoned woman delivers baby under bridge over Dhatarwadi river
The delivery of a baby girl under a bridge in Khambha, Amreli, has once again brought to fore a social evil with regards to pregnant women that still prevail in the society and considers them as untouchables.

From highways to high seas
On May 20, if everything goes according to schedule, Gujarat will take a giant step towards realizing one of the most ambitious projects — the Roll-on Roll-off (Ro Ro) ferry service — conceptualized decades ago.

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Allahabad

Calf carcass sparks panic in Allahabad
A calf head found on the premises of Akhileshwar Mahadeo temple in Allahbad's Shivkuti locality on Saturday morning triggered panic in the area.

Allahabad IG sends list of 'corrupt' cops to DGP
Inspector general of police, Allahabad zone, Dr KS Pratap Kumar on Saturday sent a fresh list of 99 policemen to director general of police (DGP) headquarters, Lucknow, for their inter-district transfer.

Mafia thriving in districts under scanner
The men-in-khaki have decided to up the guard and launch a crack down on mafias charged with illegal mining, cattle smuggling, land grabbing and liquor smuggling in the zone.

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Bhubaneswar

Cyclone Maarutha may trigger rains in Odisha
Signal Number Two (DW-II) at Paradip and Gopalpur ports.

PM offers puja at Lingaraj Temple

Amit Shah's Mission 2019: An ambassador for each booth
BJP Prez Plans Booth-Level Brand Ambassadors; 500 Experts To Train Them

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Bhopal

Woman thrown off train by robbers in Madhya Pradesh, leg amputated
Almost three years after Delhi girl Rati Tripathi was thrown off speeding by a gang of thieves on board Malwa Express in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, another woman from Chhattisgarh was pushed off a train near state's Itarsi by robbers on April 6.

Madhya Pradesh govt revokes transfer orders of Bhind collector, SP
Madhya Pradesh government on Sunday revoked transfer orders of Bhind Collector Ilayaraja T and the superintendent of police Anil Singh Kushwaha.

MP thrash Andaman 30-0
Hosts Madhya Pradesh registered a thumping 30-0 win against the team of Hockey Andaman and Nicobar in the seventh junior national hockey ‘B’ division tournament at Aishbagh Stadium here on Saturday. In another match, Vidarbha defeated Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) 16-1.

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Chandigarh

Haryana minister Kavita Jain favours ban on liquor sale
Prohibition had been imposed in Haryana in 1996 by the Bansi Lal-led Haryana Vikas Party-BJP coalition government but it was lifted by the same regime in 1998.

Sonipat man live-streams suicide on Facebook

Same gun used in 3 of 4 'sectarian' killings in Punjab

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