[wanabidii] News Digest: Jio suspected data leak: 50 SIM cards found from arrested man

Thursday, July 13, 2017

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Jio suspected data leak: 50 SIM cards found from arrested man
The cards were recovered in Rajasthan's Churu district, from the house of Imran Chippa, a dropout of the Bachelor of Computer Science, a police official told PTI. Police had earlier recovered a computer, mobile phone and other devices from Chippa, an official said.

Flipkart may make revised offer of $950 million for Snapdeal
In May, both the companies had signed a binding agreement after which Flipkart initiated due diligence. At that time, Snapdeal was being valued at about $1 billion. The exclusivity period of the same agreement ended on July 2.

GST: How companies are gaming the system
Many companies, especially those with a turnover of between Rs 50 crore to Rs 200 crore, are creating shell companies specifically to take advantage of GST. These shell companies would be used to take credit in an interstate transaction and would accumulate input credit

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Environment

Arctic winter warming events becoming more frequent
Arctic winter warming events, winter days when temperatures peak above minus 10 degrees Celsius, are becoming more frequent and lasting longer than they did three decades ago, a new research has found.

'Sixth extinction' of wildlife faster than feared: Scientists
More than 30% of animals with a backbone are declining in both range and population, according to the first comprehensive analysis of these trends. "This is the case of a biological annihilation occurring globally," said Stanford professor Rodolfo Dirzo, co-author of a study published in the US journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

NGT bans nylon, synthetic manja
The green panel directed all state governments to prohibit the "manufacture, sale, storage, purchase and use" of synthetic manja or nylon threads and all other synthetic strings used for flying kites with immediate effect on the grounds that it posed threat to life and environment.

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World

Nawaz Sharif rejects demands for his resignation
Pointing to the opposition parties who have been demanding his resignation following the release of the report, Sharif said: "The people of Pakistan have elected me and only they can remove me from this post."

In reversal, Afghan girls get US visas
Homeland Security Department spokesperson David Lapan said the US Citizenship and Immigration Services approved a State Department request for six girls from the war-torn country to be allowed in, along with their chaperone, so they can participate in the competition.

Trump arrives in Paris for Bastille Day visit
Accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, the 71-year-old stepped onto French soil for the first time as president hoping the visit will distract from weighty allegations that his family and inner circle colluded with Russia to win the 2016 US election.

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Science

US firm plans return to the moon, this time with robots
Cape Canaveral, Florida-based Moon Express is developing a fleet of low-cost robotic spacecraft that can be assembled like Legos to handle increasingly complex missions, founder and Chief Executive Officer Bob Richards said in an interview.

Trillion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica
The massive ice cube, larger than the US state of Delaware, has a volume twice that of Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes. It is about 350 metres (1,100 feet) thick. The iceberg weighs more than a trillion tonnes and it will likely be named A68.

Juno completes Jupiter's Great Red Spot flyby
Six years since the Juno spacecraft started its journey, it has completed a close flyby directly over Jupiter's Great Red Spot, NASA has confirmed. This was humanity's first up-close and personal view of the gigantic feature.

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Technology

8 hottest IT courses across metros in India
Uncertainty in India IT sector has led to employees learning new technologies on their own time. Online education provider Udacity analysed data on online course consumption in the country and found a sharp increase in demand since the beginning of this year.

Xiaomi MIUI 9 to roll out on Mi 6 smartphone in August
Xiaomi will launch its MIUI 9 OS on August 16. Latest reports suggest that the company could roll out the same on its latest flagship smartphone Mi 6 at the same time. The MIUI 9 is based on Android 7.1 Nougat operating system.

Google rolls out Backup and Sync app for Mac and Windows
Google has rolled out its Backup and Sync desktop app for Mac and Windows. The search giant has lived up to its last year’s promise of delivering the new tool which replaces the existing Google Photos desktop uploader and Drive for the PC.

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Education

MCOPS student represents India, wins best poster award

Varanasi to have an international center for research on rice varieties
Govt on Wednesday approved setting up International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Regional Center in Varanasi. The Center will be established at existing campus of the National Seed Research and Training Center in the holy city of eastern India. The Center will be commissioned within 6 months.

Education system dehumanised, mass producing clones: High Court

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Mumbai

''Train pervert'' sent to judicial custody

Bomb scare at Churchgate station

Beware! Someone's eyeing your credit/debit card pin
With credit/debit card frauds on the rise in the city, it’s time to be vigilant about transactions

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Delhi

Cloudy Thursday morning in Delhi
It was a generally cloudy Thursday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27 degrees Celsius, season's average, the weather office said.

Fire at footwear godown in Kamla Nagar
A fire broke out at a footwear godown in north Delhi's Kamla Nagar on Thursday, fire officials said.

Gandhi portrait sold for £32,500 at Sotheby's London auction

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Bangalore

Sasikala 'pays' Rs 2 crore for VIP treatment, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah orders probe
DIG (Prisons) D Roopa on Wednesday alleged that senior jail staffers are allowing a host of illegal activities at Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, including provision of special treatment to former AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala.

No condoms: Youth protests at government hospital

Gridlock Hackathon sparks smart solutions to traffic woes

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Hyderabad

The Telangana state open sailing championships concluded

Gazetted officers in Telangana to get state cadre

Telangana man stuck as another flies with passport

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Chennai

Cops outnumber cadre at AIADMK headquarters as factionalism dampens party spirit
While the three factions of AIADMK are busy bickering and politicking, there is little or no activity in the party's headquarters at Royapettah in Chennai.

Sri Lankan navy detains seven Indian fishermen
The Sri Lankan navy apprehended seven Indian fishermen and their two boats on charges of poaching in the territorial waters of the island nation.

Can't stay TN engineering counselling, Madras HC says
The Madras high court has declined to stay counselling for engineering courses in Tamil Nadu, saying unaided colleges had no right to question the government’s right to get seats from private seats for allotment through single window system.

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Ahmedabad

After 5 hours delay, Dubai-bound flight cancelled at Ahmedabad airport

Cotton, groundnut push sowing up 42%
Sowing activity in state has picked up thanks to timely onset of monsoon and first spell of rains covering almost all parts of the state.

Orthopedic surgeon injects himself to death
A 31-year old orthopedic surgeon, Dr Mehul Varde, committed suicide by injecting himself with a muscle relaxant drug on Tuesday night.

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Allahabad

Cong unit set to rein in its 'poster boys'
He claimed that partymen had often enough held events or put up posters without informing or seeking directions from senior leaders because of which, senior leaders had been put in the dock.

Mobile attendance app to keep track of doctors
The district health authorities have introduced a real time tamper-proof biometric attendance mobile app for doctors and para-medical staff that would display their exact location along with photograph.

Online and offline awareness campaign to check mosquitoes breeding in Allahabad

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Bhubaneswar

Naveen Patnaik to host NDA's presidential nominee for lunch
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik would be hosting NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind for lunch during his visit here on Friday.

Closure of low attendance schools leads to dropout of students
As many as 261 students are suspected to have given up studies after government shut their schools numbering 735 across the state for having less than 10 students.

Neeraj in search of a coach

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Bhopal

Bhopal airport to go all-solar by December

Times Impact: Airport Cracks Whip On Parking Mess

Online booking delay mars Mahamana Express maiden run

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Chandigarh

Residents can soon remove house walls to park more cars

Video of Harjit Sajjan throwing cherry seeds goes viral

One year jail to Balachaur man carrying 10g heroin

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