News Digest: SAT dismisses Mallya's appeal against SEBI's bar from dealing in securities

SAT dismisses Mallya's appeal against SEBI's bar from dealing in securities

SC: Won't interfere with HC stay on cattle-trade rules

Independence Day events in UP madrassas to be video taped
Clerics in the state, including those from the influential Deoband and Bareilly seminaries, have strongly opposed the order, calling it an instance of the Yogi Adityanath government “displaying its suspicion and antipathy“ towards the community.

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Industrial output enters negative zone, contracts 0.1% in June

Bring back Narayana Murthy as Chairman Emeritus, says ex- CFO of Infosys
"As Chairman Emeritus, people can look up to him to give his views...these are (views on) governance, nothing to do with management, strategy and all that. May be Murthy should come back as Chairman Emeritus, where he has no operational responsibility," Mohandas Pai said.

Sensex slips more than 300 points, Nifty crumbles too as markets crash
The 30-share BSE Sensex slipped 317.74 points to close at 31,213.59 while 50-share NSE Nifty came down by 109.45 points to close at 9,710.80. Analysts believe that this major correction in markets was due after the emphatic bull run it saw in the last couple of months.

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New hope for endangered eels, Japanese summer delicacy
Soaring demand for Japanese eel, or Anguilla japonica, helped put the creatures on the International Union of Conservation of Nature's "Red List" of endangered species in 2014. It's spurring poaching of similar species off the US east coast.

Snakes face threat from humans, superstitions surrounding them

As glaciers melt, 'Land of Fire and Ice' watches its history seep away

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Police nab fireman for arson as Italy blazes rage
Italy's fire brigade was tackling flames nationwide, where a relentless heat wave has turned fields and woods into tinder. With the wind picking up, nine regions launched urgent appeals for water planes.

Wife of ousted Nawaz Sharif to seek his parliament seat
Papers for Kulsoom Nawaz's candidacy were filed with election authorities on Friday, Sharif adviser Asif Kirmani told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore. The special election is to be held in about 45 days.

Families demand Malaysia accept MH370 hunt offer
No trace of the Malaysia Airlines plane, which disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on board, was found during a lengthy deep sea hunt in the southern Indian Ocean off western Australia, with the search called off in January 2017.

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Pahlaj Nihalani sacked, Prasoon Joshi to be new CBFC chief
Noted adman, song-writer and poet Prasoon Joshi is expected to take charge. Nihalani has been embroiled in controversies since his appointment as the chief of the 23-member board in January, 2015. His candidature as the CBFC chief was said to have been pushed by the RSS.

Ekta Kapoor shares candid click with nephew
Doting sister and now a 'bua' Ekta Kapoor shared an adorable picture with the apple of her eye - Laksshya.

Amitabh Bachchan injures rib, continues shooting
Amitabh Bachchan is one of the most active actors in Bollywood and can easily give the youngsters a run for their money. According to reports, the actor had cracked his upper-left rib and had excruciating pain in his lower back, but despite all odds, he refused to take a break and continued the shoot to accommodate the tight schedule.

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NASA to study Earth's ionosphere during total solar eclipse
NASA is set to study the Earth's ionosphere during the upcoming total solar eclipse in the US, to better understand the Sun's relationship to the region of the atmosphere where satellites orbit and radio signals are reflected towards our planet.

Asteroid to shave past Earth inside Moon orbit: ESA
An asteroid the size of a house will shave past Earth at a distance of some 44,000 kilometres (27,300 miles) in October, inside the Moon's orbit, astronomers said Thursday.

China's quantum satellite sends unbreakable signals from space

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Jadeja suspension: Kohli wants consistency in ICC rules
Missing the services of premier spinner Ravindra Jadeja due to a suspension, Indian captain Virat Kohli urged the ICC to be more consistent in implementing rules pertaining to the players' code of conduct.

Olympic Task Force submits final report to government
The eight-member Olympic Task Force (OTF) constituted to recommend the roadmap for improving India's performance in the next three Olympics on Friday submitted its final report to the government.

BCCI is not above god, says angry Sreesanth
An irate S Sreesanth vowed to make a competitive comeback despite BCCI's decision to appeal against the lifting of the life ban on the tainted pacer. BCCI decided to appeal to the Division Bench of Kerala High Court against lifting of life ban on the 34-year-old.

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Google's just rewarded $10,000 to a high school student, read why
Cyber security and secured networks is something that Google is renowned for and lives by their reputation.

Micromax to launch smartphone with infinity display on August 22
Domestic smartphone maker Micromax is all set to launch its latest smartphone in India.

Samsung launches Bluetooth headphones starting at Rs 1,800
Consumer electronics giant Samsung has launched its global range of portable speakers and headsets in India. The product range includes Level Box Slim, Bottle and Scoop speakers and Level Active and Rectangle headset.

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Centre mulling taking girls into Sainik Schools, NDA: MoS Defence Subhash Bhamre
"There is a suggestion from the (Parliamentary) Standing Committee, there have been PILs and many members have also suggested... Sainik Schools prepare students for NDA, and the NDA is not taking girl cadets," Bhamre said while replying to a query during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha.

Shoolini University is first in north India to offer job oriented programme in yoga
Shoolini University in Solan, Himachal Pradesh, has become the first university in the country to offer research programme at undergraduate level in professional courses.

IIT-M start-up bags $1 million order from Singapore firm

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Maharashtra seeks to club 6 murder cases against 'Dr Death'
The state government has approached the Bombay high court, seeking to club criminal cases against Satara's alleged serial killer, Santosh Pol, also called 'Dr Death'.

Techie re-engineers birth certificate to get job abroad
A computer professional, holding a double master's degree, was recently arrested by the Kandivli police for submitting an allegedly forged birth certificate in order to get a new passport.

Maharashtra short of 45% of modern weapons it needs: Govt auditor
It also found that the supply of 1,834 weapons, accounting for 41% of the total order, were pending from the Ordnance Factory Board for periods ranging from six months to 4.5 years.

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We'll look out for you, Noida CEO tells Jaypee homebuyers

Two calls, 6 police teams in pursuit, but Buxar DM's suicide couldn't be stopped
Buxar district magistrate Mukesh Pandey landed in Delhi in an Indigo flight on August 10 noon and checked into the Leela Palace in Chanakyapuri. Nearly 10 hours later, he was found dead on the railway tracks in Ghaziabad.

Relief for man fighting wife's false charges
The Delhi high court has come to the rescue of a man who had to face a criminal case in which his wife had falsely accused him of dowry harassment, complained of adultery to his superiors and finally stopped living with him from March 4, 2006.

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Friday showers hit traffic; weekend sets in on wet note
Commuters in several parts of the city were caught unawares as Friday evening showers ushered in a long and wet weekend.Traffic in the Central Business District and on Outer Ring Road in particular reduced to a crawl.

IIIT-B student had erased all call records, attended birthday party previous evening
The IIIT-B student, who committed suicide in the early hours of Friday by jumping off his hostel building in the city, had attended a birthday party the previous evening and looked normal.

Cops break into shop, save abducted woman
A 28-year-old woman, kidnapped and locked inside an empty shop near Yeshwanthpur railway station, was rescued by a police team, which caught the abductors attempting to molest her.

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Taps run to trickle, cattle graze on river bed
Greater Hyderabad is staring at a drinking water crisis but the situation in the nine peripheral areas of the city is much worse. Water supply to peripheral Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) circles such as Kukatpally , Uppal, Patancheru, Malkajgiri, Alwal, Ramachandrapuram, LB Nagar and adjoining areas is down to a mere trickle, with taps running dry on most days of the week as water supply is down to once in five days.

An Uddanam in Telangana tribal hamlet
The festering Uddanam kidney syndrome has not only triggered widespread concern in Andhra Pradesh, but also drawn global eyeballs with the visit by a Harvard medical team.

Kingpin in Muthoot robbery bid case held
A month after the robbery attempt at the Muthoot Finance branch in Mailardevpally area, the Cyberabad police on Friday arrested Mohammed Sharif Abdul Kadar Quadri, the kingpin of the inter-state gang hailing from Mumbai.

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Reject affidavits backing Sasi clan: OPS camp petition to EC

Madras univ degrees must be completed within 2 years of end of course duration

City boy rams pillar while trying to board bus, dies; 2 injured

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Gondal BJP MLA gets lifer in 2004 murder case
The Gujarat High Court today awarded life imprisonment to BJP MLA Jayrajsinh Jadeja and two others in the murder case of a man, who was shot dead by Jadeja in Rajkot in February, 2004.

Husband held for sending indecent messages

Auto driver stabbed in Bapunagar

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IIIT-Allahabad to celebrate foundation day

'Ghost barber' targets more women, police unconvinced
No Family Reports Case To Police

ABVP holds Mahapanchayat at Allahabad University

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Rain lashes Bhubaneswar, forecast of heavy rains
rainfall in some parts of the coastal Odisha.

Odisha swine flu toll rises to six
The swine flu toll in Odisha today rose to six with two persons succumbing to the disease in the state, official sources said.

Second OJEE results published
Results of second Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) were published on Friday. The examination was conducted on Thursday.

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Born in garbage dump, she is destiny's daughter

Pick up your bookmarks and reading glasses, the Book Fairies have arrived in Bhopal!

Pick up your bookmarks and reading glasses, the Book Fairies have arrived in Bhopal!

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Pest attack 'alarming', CM asks officials to act

Thrust on English at govt schools

11-year-old girl missing since Aug 8, lawyer says cops lazy

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