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Friday, September 08, 2017

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Software giant Adobe to bridge gender wage gap in India, US
At its annual Adobe & Women and Leadership Summit held in San Jose, the company announced pay parity across the US and India. In India, Adobe said female employees are currently earning 99 per cent of what male employees earn and is working to close the remaining gap.

Markets finish flat for second day in row
30-share BSE Sensex closed on 31,687.52, up by 24.78 points and the broader 50-share NSE Nifty gained 4.90 points to close on 9,934.80. The markets have remained cautious for two days in a row now, an aberration from the volatile sentiments it has witnessed in the recent past.

After implementing GST, government moves to rework direct taxes
Sources said the plan is to have the draft legislation ready by the Budget before it is put out for public comments. With general elections due in 2019, the government is unlikely to move to the new regime at the start of 2019-20 financial year.

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Environment

Warm Antarctic caves harbour secret life: Scientists
The caves, hollowed out by steam from active volcanoes, are light and could reach temperatures of 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit), researchers said, raising the possibility of a whole ecosystem of flora and fauna deep beneath the frozen surface.

One in three animal parasites may be extinct by 2070: Study

Pacific corals in 'worrying' state: Researchers
A survey of Pacific corals has found many severely bleached, some near-dead, according to marine researchers who warned Wednesday that global warming threatened the precious ecosystem's very survival.

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World

'Sad day' for North Korea if US takes military action
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would prefer not to use military action against North Korea to counter its nuclear and missile threat but that if he did it would be a "very sad day" for the leadership in Pyongyang.

Yingluck's escape convoy seen heading towards Cambodia: Thai junta
One senior military official said they believed Yingluck flew straight to Singapore in a private jet and then on to Dubai. But her party insiders have said she either drove or took a boat to Cambodia from where she then flew in a private plane to Singapore and on to Dubai.

6 killed as earthquake of magnitude 8 hits south Mexico
An earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struck off the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, killing at least six people, triggering small tsunami waves and damaging some buildings.

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Science

SpaceX launches secret US military space plane ahead of Irma
SpaceX successfully launched a secret US Air Force space plane on Thursday ahead of the arrival in Florida of Hurricane Irma. Live images broadcast by the California aerospace company showed a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the unmanned X-37B drone lifting off at 10:00am from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Strange black hole detected for first time at the heart of Milky Way
A strange form of black hole has been detected for the first time at the heart of the Milky Way. It's a 'mini-me' version of its neighbouring supermassive 'cousin' - shedding light on how it formed. Looming the middle of every galaxy, supermassive black holes weigh as much as ten billion suns - fuelling the birth of stars and deforming the fabric of space-time itself.

NASA captures images of strong solar flares
Two high-intensity solar flares were emitted on Wednesday, the second of which was the most intense recorded since the start of this sun cycle in December 2008, NASA said.

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Technology

6 most-viewed tech executives on LinkedIn

Samsung Galaxy C8 smartphone with dual camera launched in China

Google starts rolling out new feed to Indian users
Search giant Google has introduced a new feed in its Google app for both Android and iOS users.

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Education

1.45cr NCERT books sold online

Indian universities fall behind in global rankings: Study

Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018: Not a single Indian university in top 200
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018 of top 1,000 universities in the world has been released.

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Mumbai

Teen pushed out of moving train for resisting theft in Mumbai

Two bouncers with Bandra restobar arrested for assault

1993 Mumbai blasts: RDX not used to kill mosquitoes, all 5 knew what they were doing, says Court
Taher Merchant and Feroze Khan, two of the five convicts in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, were on Thursday sentenced to death by a special TADA court. Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan were sentenced to life in jail. Riyaz Siddiqui, was sentenced to 10 years in jail.

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Delhi

Conjoined twins Jaga-Baliya back home after successful surgery at AIIMS

16-year-old boy sodomised by classmate in coaching centre

Rajdhani derails near New Delhi station, third city mishap in 32 days

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Bangalore

Tabloid's next edition delayed

National camp under way to evolve dengue diagnosis, treatment practice

'I'm proud to be Gauri's mother'

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Hyderabad

Case registered against Jawed Habib for 'insulting' Hindu Gods

Home secretary seeks Ayesha re-probe

21-year-old back from kafil torture chamber

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Chennai

Former DMK MLA seeks unconditional apology from Puthiya Tamizhagam leader
Former DMK legislator S S Sivasankar has sent a legal notice to Puthiya Tamizhagam leader S Krishnasamy, seeking an unconditional apology from him for the statements linking him to medical aspirant Anitha’s death.

Madras HC dismisses plea against appointment of Panneerselvam as TN deputy CM
The quo warranto petition moved by advocate V Elangovan claimed that by taking oath as deputy chief minister at the time of his swearing-in on August 21, AIADMK leader and former chief minister Panneerselvam had committed an impropriety and his very appointment as minister was in total violation of the Constitution.

DMK will continue its fight till AIADMK govt falls, Stalin says
Speaking at a marriage function in Thanjavur on Friday, M K Stalin said the Tamil Nadu government is not functioning.

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Ahmedabad

Alert Suryanagari Express driver averts major train accident

Gujarat: Village opposes government plan hook, line and sinker

Potholes claimed 120 lives on Gujarat roads last year
Craters drilled into poor quality roads by rains not only break backs they kill too. As per the report 'Accidents in India 2016' released by ministry of road transport and highways on Wednesday, the deadly potholes claimed 120 lives last year as they were cited as reason causing 306 accidents.

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Allahabad

Babuli Kol falls short of weapons, manpower, police say
Dreaded bandit Babuli Kol, who unleashed a reign of terror for more than seven years in the hilly terrain of Chitrakoot and had his own cook for preparing meals and has helpers to shift the gang’s belongings, is fighting for survival with a handful of trusted lieutenants.

BJP plans to woo women with health camps in Allahabad

Ardh Kumbh to get own slogan, emblem

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Bhubaneswar

Odisha Tourism leans in favour of social media to woo foreigners

Naveen Patnaik requests PM Modi to set up hub of Tata Memorial Centre
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday urged the Centre to set up a hub of the Tata Memorial Centre at Bhubaneswar in view of the emerging role of Odisha in providing medical care.

Leading hotel entrepreneur J K Mohanty awarded 'Hall of Fame' title

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Bhopal

Chinese Army veteran Wang Qi quits India, forever

No 'Amrit' relief for BPL patients at GMC pharma

NGT seeks report on plantation drive along Narmada

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Chandigarh

Ingrained! Parking woes, jams in Sector 26

Dera HQ search: Mobile Internet services suspended in Sirsa

Agony and ecstasy: Mood after polling

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