News Digest: Heart valves one of 19 medical devices under NPPA lens

Heart valves one of 19 medical devices under NPPA lens

Hurriyat to Hizbul: Don't get emotional, follow 'freedom struggle with vision and wisdom'

Pakistan breaches truce again in J&K's Rajouri, India retaliates

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MeitY reaches out to RBI, others against Wanna Cry ransomware
The IT ministry has reached out to key stakeholders like RBI, National Payments Corporation of India, NIC and UIDAI (Aadhaar) to advise them to protect their systems against 'Wanna Cry' ransomware to ensure that the digital payments ecosystem in the country is protected.

Fake rupee notes seizure up four-fold in Switzerland

Over 780 BSE-listed companies come under graded surveillance
The enhanced surveillance measures have been introduced by the exchange to check any abnormal jump in share price which does not commensurate with the company's financial health.

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Conduct sound mapping in CP: NGT asks Delhi govt
Acting on the complaint of a resident of Connaught Place, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government and the Central Pollution Control Board to map the sound levels in the area, particularly when demonstrations are carried out by protesters near the historic Jantar Mantar.

G7 seen urging Trump to stick with climate pact at summit

China's President Xi says to uphold global climate deal

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N Korea fires missile after South proposed dialogue

Emmanuel Macron takes office as French president
Macron, a 39-year-old centrist, arrived at the Elysee Palace in central Paris in a motorcade and walked down the red carpet under light rain to be greeted by Hollande for his inauguration. The new president's wife Brigitte arrived separately for the ceremony wearing a light blue Louis Vuitton outfit.

Donald Trump: Different strokes

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Spotted: Hrithik Roshan enjoys downtime with Sussanne Khan
Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Khan may have parted ways in 2014, but the two continue to maintain a strong friendship.

Pic: Priyanka Chopra looks stunning at the world premiere of 'Baywatch'
PeeCee recently posted a picture on her Instagram from the world premiere of the film.

Farah Khan has the sweetest message for Karan Johar on Mother's Day
Farah, who is a doting mother to three kids, had a special message for filmmaker and producer Karan Johar on the occasion of Mother's Day.

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Isro gearing up for maiden launch of its heaviest rocket in June

Now, a tool that can help prevent surging waters in flood plains
A group of international scientists studying China's Yellow River has come up with an analytic formula that could help officials better predict and prevent its all-too-frequent floods, which threaten as many as 80 million people.

Water signature found in Neptune-sized planet's atmosphere
Researchers have detected strong water signature in the atmosphere of a distant Neptune-sized planet. The distant planet HAT-P-26b has a primitive atmosphere composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, said the study published in the journal Science.

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IPL: RCB beat Delhi Daredevils for consolation win
Royal Challengers Bangalore ended a dismal season on a positive note, beating Delhi Daredevils in IPL Match 56 by 10 runs on Sunday. Batting first, Virat Kohli scored a half-century to take RCB to 161/6 and then bowlers stepped up to bowl DD out for 151.

Silver for Sumit; India finish Asian C'ships with 10 medals
India ended its successful campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championships with a silver medal as Sumit went down to Yadollah Mohebi of Iran in men's 125kg freestyle gold medal bout on the final day of the competition.

IPL: Supergiant demolish KXIP to enter Playoffs
Rising Pune Supergiant joined Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders as the fourth team to make it to the Playoffs after thumping Kings XI Punjab by nine wickets.

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How VR 'inspired' AR Rahman to have a go at film-making
Rahman is set to make his directorial debut with Le Musk, touted as the world’s first virtual reality 'multi-sensory' feature film.

22 countries where iPhone 7 costs higher than in India

Businesses worldwide wake up to ransomware threat
Businesses around the world scrambled on Saturday to prepare for a renewed cyber attack, convinced that a lull in a computer offensive that has stopped car factories, hospitals, schools and other organizations in around 100 countries was only temporary.

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NCERT to review books for 1st time since 2007
Distinguishing between the two, NCERT council director ​said, “Revision of books and curriculum framework is a policy decision which will be taken at the level of the HRD ministry, and it is a massive task. What we are doing right now is reviewing the books, which is to plug the gaps.

NCERT to replace 'wrong map' on Aksai Chin
“The map on page 56 is not a map of India, but a map of East and South East Asia. It was prepared by the University of Texas... mentioned at the bottom. The map states ‘boundary representation is not necessarily authoritative,” NCERT said.

NCERT to replace map which depicted Aksai Chin as disputed area
The National Council of Educational Research and Training has decided to replace the map of East and South East Asia of the Class XII Political Science textbook, which depicted "Aksai Chin" as a disputed area. NCERT said the map was prepared by the University of Texas.

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Endangered 'Queen' returns to her underwater kingdom

No more offbeat: Careers in design define our lives

South Bombay pedestrian path mired in red tape, BMC wants chief secy to step in

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Crores funnelled into AAP coffers via shell cos: Kapil Mishra
Mishra alleged that in the name of four fake companies, Rs 2 crore (Rs 50 lakh by each company) was given to AAP through hawala transactions on the midnight of April 5, 2014.

Delhi man dies rafting on Ganga river in Rishikesh
A young Delhi man inspired by YouTube videos of adventure sports drowned while rafting on the Ganga river in Rishikesh on Thursday. The survivors of the rafting tragedy claim their guides were inexperienced and refused to help.

Safety audit of Heritage line by May-end

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Monsoon failure: Cautious Karnataka readies Plan B
In what has been a particularly harsh summer, pre-monsoon showers have provided the people much needed respite in the past few weeks, and Karnataka is eagerly waiting for the onset of the southwest monsoon, expected to hit the state in the first week of June.

Elderly woman was killed by daughter, grandson body buried in wardrobe: Cops
The elderly woman whose decomposed body was found in the wardrobe of a Kengeri house last week, was allegedly killed by her daughter and not the grandson as was initially believed, police said. They were quoting the youth's friend who was arrested for helping the mother and son hide the corpse.

Will night tourism at Lalbagh and Cubbon Park take off
The tourism department, in an effort to boost tourism with a piece of Bengaluru's history, is planning to open up the two big green spaces in the city, Cubbon Park and Lalbagh, from 7pm to midnight.

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High-profile cases: Cops foxed by blind leads & wily accused

Drinking water project hit by ban on road cutting by civic body

City foodies spurn kitchen, love to order online: Survey

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Epic discovery: Kolkata scholars find 'lost' manuscripts in Chennai library
Ancient Indian scholar Jaimini, a student of Ved Vyasa, has been held in great esteem for his re-telling of the ‘Mahabharata’. But most Indology scholars considered his works to be lost because no manuscript pertaining to Jaimini has been available in the country.

Metro's first underground line rolling, focus now on Phase-2

EPS wants Centre to tweak Smart City guidelines

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Betting racket busted in Gandhinagar
A team of Gandhinagar police’s SOG nabbed Sunil Tejwani, a resident of Por, and Nikhil Patel, a resident of Zundal, from the office of Kashtbhanjan Travels at Suyash Status near City Pulse on Sunday.

On Mother's Day, son held for torturing mom
: On Mother’s Day, a 70-year-old mother, Manjulaben Mistry — a resident of Jashodanagar — lodged a complaint of physical torture against her own son, Haresh Mistry

Teen resists push into prostitution, lover kills her

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'Issue new licences for slaughterhouses'
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday said that it is an obligation of the state government to establish and run modernized slaughterhouses and the previous government had taken steps in this regard.

Mob torches 3 dumpers after 13-year-old crushed to death
An irate mob set three dumpers afire and pelted stones at vehicles after a 13-year-old boy was crushed to death by a speeding dumper near Mandar crossing under Puramufti police station in Kaushambi on Thursday.

HC seeks reply on tobacco company's name on IPL T-shirt
Hearing a PIL filed by Prakash Kharwadkar of Kanpur, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma issued notice directing them to file their counter reply.

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Southwest monsoon touches Andaman sea; heat wave may continue till May 20: IMD
Southwest monsoon touched Andaman sea, six days prior to its normal date, on Sunday, said IMD’s regional office here. The normal date of arrival of monsoon at Andaman is May 20.

Odisha among bottom three states in governance
Despite political stability for past around two decades, Odisha continues to remain among the bottom three states on quality of governance, a latest survey of think-tank Public Affairs Centre (PAC), Bengaluru shows.

Marathon boy all set to run again, this time in Nepal
The state's marathon boy Budhia Singh is all set to run a different kind of run.

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Encroacher turns school building in MP into cowshed
The new premises of a government primary school in MP's Sagar district, set up to usher in a strengthened interest among locals in academics, now serve as a cowshed.

Dist child panel without chairman for second yr

Minister blames parents for student suicides

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Raped by stepfather repeatedly, 10-yr-old found pregnant

Rohtak gangrape: More gory details emerge
More gory details of Nirbhaya-like gangrape and murder of a young Dalit woman from Sonipat emerged on Sunday, while her family alleged that their plea to police for help prior to the killing went unheeded.

Need to adopt Online Dispute Resolution Mechanism: Justice Dipak Misra
Justice Dipak Misra, Judge at Supreme Court of India and executive chairman, National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), has stressed the need for innovative techniques like online dispute resolution mechanisms to increase greater outreach to the ultimate consumer of justice delivery services.

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