Digest News Letter - Times of India

Thursday, November 09, 2017

Today's Headlines

Real-time monitoring helps govt identify 12,000 malnourished kids
Crediting technology with building accountability and enhancing transparency, the government said its use has helped identify around 12,000 children in the age group of 0-6 who were found to be in the range of malnourished to undernourished and in need of special dietary care across anganwadis in 77 districts of the country.

Year after placing ad, three CIC posts still unfilled: RTI report
More than a year after the department of personnel and training came out with an ad for appointment of information commissioners, the government says a search committee, headed by Arun Jaitley, minister of finance and the nominated Cabinet minister, is still engaged in the process of selection.

Carry out study to fix output for NREGA wages, says Centre
The Centre is set to tell the states that they must scientifically fix a worker's daily output for him to earn his wages under the job guarantee scheme. It is likely to be made mandatory for states to avail the MGNREGA funds from next fiscal.

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Business

Markets reel under profit booking again as Sensex slips further 150 points

Gold imports may fall 25% in Q4 on weak festival demand
Lower gold purchases by India, the world's second-biggest consumer after China, could drag global prices that have already fallen nearly 6 per cent from this year's peak.

India slips to 7th position in business optimism ranking
Indonesia is at the top, followed by Finland (2nd), the Netherlands (3rd), Philippines (4th), Austria (5th) and Nigeria (6th), as per Grant Thornton's International Business Report (IBR).

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Environment

Yoga session a hit among visitors at UN Climate Summit
Yoga session at India pavilion here on sidelines of the UN climate change conference (COP23) may be a subject of debate about its relevance, but this age-old traditional Indian practice is quite a hit among visitors. It was a full house on first day of the session with foreigners marking their presence in good numbers.

Could the peatlands of Congo be a carbon bomb?
Gruelling talks are unfolding in Bonn for implementing the UN's Paris Agreement on climate change, but many kilometres (miles) away, there are fears that any progress may be wiped out by a lurking carbon threat.

China echoes India's concerns at Bonn Climate Summit
The question was raised by India while supporting a group of developing countries' demand to include implementation of pre-2020 commitments of rich nations in the agenda of current climate conference. The group also asked developed countries to increase their ambition to reduce carbon footprints.

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World

Trump, Xi walk through Forbidden City
Although North Korea is expected to dominate the talks over the next two days, a Trump advisor gave new dimension to the agenda by discussing trade flows in the “Indo-Pacific region”.

Philippines backs down in SCS after Beijing protest
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stopped construction work on a newly formed sandbar in the disputed South China Sea after China protested, the defense chief said on Wednesday, disclosing details of the territorial spat for the first time.

Trump in China for talks on NKorea's 'cruel dictatorship'
After warning the North's "cruel dictatorship" in a speech in Seoul against testing the United States, Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were met by Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan for tea at the former imperial palace.

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Entertainment

Daughter Misha is Shahid Kapoor's energizer bunny
Shahid Kapoor is a father now and is very good at it, as confirmed by his wife Mira Rajput.

Pic: Tiger Shroff looks fierce in his new look
The charismatic actor shared a fierce picture of himself flaunting his new look for his upcoming film 'Baaghi 2'. Tiger, who has a chiseled body, innocent looks, and a coy smile, looks to have turned on his beast mood for his upcoming flick.

Pic: When Farah Khan met Harvey Weinstein
Farah recently shared an old picture with Weinstein on the sets of ‘Main Hoon Na’

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Science

One lakh Indians book ticket for Mars
Around 1,38,899, people from India are Mars-bound. They have 'booked' a flight to the Red Planet via Nasa's InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission slated for launch on May 5, 2018.

Ageing reversed in old human cells: Study
Scientists have discovered a way to rejuvenate old human cells, not only making them look physically younger, but also coaxing them to behave like young cells and start dividing. Researchers from University of Exeter in the UK worked with senescent cells, which have stopped dividing.

Earth will turn into sizzling fireball in less than 600 years: Stephen Hawking
British physicist Stephen Hawking has warned that the human race will perish on Earth as growing population and massive power consumption would turn the planet into a sizzling fireball in less than 600 years. To ensure the survival, humans must "boldly go where no one has gone before," Hawking said.

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Sports

Saina Nehwal, Prannoy win national titles
Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy, both ranked number 11 in the world, won tough summit clashes to be crowned new national champions at the 82nd Senior National Badminton Championship in Nagpur on Wednesday.

Ranji semis against TN most memorable for me: Sachin
Sachin Tendulkar singled out the Ranji Trophy semi-final between Mumbai and Tamil Nadu played at the Wankhede Stadium in the 1999-2000 season as his most memorable game in the championship.

Kohli's passionate defence of Dhoni throws up more questions
Despite India's series win, his patchy innings at Rajkot in the second T20I remains the major talking point of the series with former cricketers like VVS Laxman and Ajit Agarkar questioning Dhoni's role in the T20 setup.

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Technology

Beyerdynamic DT 240 professional monitor headphones launched at Rs 7,500
The audio product manufacturer Beyerdynamic has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of professional monitor headphones DT 240 in India.

Pollution effect: LG launches its new range of air purifiers in India
Keeping in mind the rising concern over deteriorating air quality which is a result of growing air pollution in the country, LG Electronics has announced the launch of its Air Purifiers range- LG PuriCare.

Airtel is now giving you more data under Rs 349 plan
Airtel, one of country’s leading telecom operator, has revamped its Rs 349 plan for prepaid users. Earlier, Airtel offered 1GB 4G data daily under the Rs 349 plan.

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Education

India inks $119 million loan pact with World Bank for Odisha's education scheme
India signed a loan agreement with World Bank to improve the quality of students' access to selected institutions. The agreement for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development loan equivalent to $119 million is for Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence and Equity Project.

Specialisation in one field not good enough for future jobs, say educationists and employers

Goa government likely to hike spending on education sector
educational sector which is around 3.4 per cent of the GDP is.

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Mumbai

Veteran Maharashtra award winning cyclist injured in 'hit-and-run' on Sion-Panvel highway
In a suspected hit-and-run case, a 65-year-old veteran cyclist, Ashok Khale, met with an accident near Mankhurd octroi naka signal on the Sion-Panvel highway on Sunday around 5.30am. Khale, a Dadar resident, is battling for life. While a motorist, Moij Mohsin Shaikh (25), who was passing by noticed Khale and got him admitted to Wockhardt Hospital in Vashi, the cyclist was taken back and forth between Navi Mumbai and Mumbai by civic doctors and police looking for a bed with ventilator until his family got to know about the accident and shifted him to KEM Hospital in Parel.

Two get 4 years' RI for evading fines on rigging stock prices
In the first such instance in the state in a case involving Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) violations, a special court has sentenced two men to four years' rigorous imprisonment for not paying penalties imposed for defrauding investors by rigging prices of stocks.

Hurrying doctors could hurt quality of patient care: Study
The average time India's neighbourhood doctors, called primary care consultants, spend with patients is a negligible two minutes, says the largest international study on the length of medical consultation.

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Delhi

Metro to add 186 trips from today
The metro started extra train trips from Wednesday and will run 186 extra trips every day from Thursday .

Ryan's Class 11 student killed junior to postpone exam: CBI
The day after school bus conductor Ashok Kumar was arrested by Gurgaon police for the murder of 7-year-old Ryan International School student Pradhyumn Thakur, TOI had asked in a headline, “Have cops got the right man? Pradhyumn's father doesn't think so.“

As smog thickens, CM & LG declare air emergency in Delhi
As the toxic smog engulfing the capital worsened and Delhiites suffered a second successive day of `severe' air quality, lieutenant governor Anil Baijal and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal came together to declare an air emergency in the city and set in motion a series of urgent measures.

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Bangalore

Driver chases runaway engine on his bike, stops it after 13km

Court asks school to refund Rs 51,000 fees

Bengaluru beats San Francisco in confidence to go digital

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Hyderabad

When medicos turned safai karmacharis for a day

I am trying to contribute to the cause of veganism through my writings and lectures

An evening of fashion, music and lots of fun

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Chennai