2015-11-08 India Spotlight

Conde Nast Traveller India   

111 days, 11 countries, 1 family   
Conde Nast Traveller India
Packing a few bags and travelling half way across the world from Bengaluru to Paris on the road with two pre-teen kids isn't the general idea of good parenting, but according to Anand (38) and Punita (36) Baid, they'd do it again in a heartbeat. What ...

   

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MIT Technology Review   

Google Aims to Make VR Hardware Irrelevant Before It Even Gets Going   
MIT Technology Review
Smartphones have sidelined digital cameras and other special-purpose devices. Now Google thinks mobile phones will shove virtual-reality headsets like the Oculus Rift into the shadows, too. By Tom Simonite on November 3, 2015. 9 comments. Comments.

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Livemint   

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and India's trade strategy   
Livemint
On 5 October, 12 nations signed an agreement that, if ratified, will form the largest trade bloc in the world, accounting for roughly 40% of global income. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) brings together the US, Canada, Japan and nine other Pacific ...

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Inbox by Gmail app for iPhone will use AI-powered Smart Reply feature to ...   
9 to 5 Mac (press release)
Google's Inbox by Gmail app for iPhone is one of the best things to happen to personal email management since email was invented (at least, it is for Gmail users). Using Google Now's power, it can automatically create calendar events, sort out your ...

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All India Roundup   

HSSC JE Admit Card 2015 Released: Download Haryana SSC Junior Engineer Hall ...   
All India Roundup
HSSC JE Admit Card Released: Download Haryana SSC Junior Engineer Hall Tickets @ hssc.gov.in – Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) is going to conduct recruitment examination for 946 Junior Engineer (JE) Posts. HSSC invited online ...

2015-11-08 India More Top Stories

NDTV   

Bihar Election Results: Counting begins at 8 am, exit polls split wide open   
Firstpost
New Delhi: An exit poll on NDTV on Friday predicted an edge for the BJP-led alliance in the Bihar Assembly elections giving it 120 to 130 seats in the 243 member House. A post-poll survey ( not an exit poll) done by Lokniti-CSDS for The Indian Express, ...

2015-11-08 India Health

Livemint   

New surrogacy Bill replete with lacunae, say experts   
Chandigarh Tribune
The proposed surrogacy Bill, which seeks to bar foreigners from hiring surrogate mothers in India, came in for sharp criticism from legal experts here today. Questioning the Bill, “The Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill, 2014”, experts ...
Anguish after India moves to ban surrogacy for foreigners   CTV News
Surrogate mothers appeal to ICMR, seek 'dignity'   The Hindu
Uncertainty dogs 'rent-a-womb' industry after government ban   Khaleej Times
The National   
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40% of Kolkata slum children yet to be immunised   
The Hindu
The immunisation of children in the city's slums has been found to be way below at 60 per cent of the target, according to a survey done by an NGO. The Child Rights and You's sample survey found that though the scenario improved in the past few years ...

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Times of India   

Nutritional Vitamin D improves vascular function: Study   
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Nutritional Vitamin D supplementation improves the vascular function and reduces inflammation in early stage of chronic kidney disease, a study has revealed. It stated that no other medicine has proper effect in the inflammation of kidneys ...
Vitamin D can prevent heart disease in kidney disease patients   The Hans India
Vitamin D Boosts Vascular Function in Kidney Patients: Study   NDTV

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Times of India   

Pesticides exposure may damage sperm in teenagers   
Times of India
Adolescent exposre to organochlorine pesticides such as DDT may lead to defective sperm and consequently fertility problems later in life, says a study. "Exposure to these chemicals in adolescence may lead to reproductive problems years later," said ...
Teens exposed to pesticides may develop abnormal sperm leading to fertility ...   New York Daily News

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Times of India   

Delhi prefers impressive gift baskets to boring mithai   
Times of India
Mithai boxes are passe, Delhi goes the customised Diwali gift basket way. A box of sweets used to be the most obvious Diwali gift, but Delhiites say it has been replaced by customised gift baskets as mithai boxes just end up being passed on. A platter ...
Demand rises for organic, low-fat food ahead of Diwali   Chandigarh Tribune

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The Hans India   

New compound can reverse cataract   
The Hans India
A team of scientists has identified a new chemical that can be used in eye drops to reverse cataracts which are a leading cause of blindness worldwide. The newly identified compound is the first that is soluble enough to potentially form the basis of a ...
Curing cataracts with eye drops   Financial Express
Chemical clears cataracts in lab experiments with human lens tissue, mice   UPI.com
Eye drops for dissolving cataracts works in dogs and in the lab on human tissue   Next Big Future

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NDTV   

Sex Safe for Most Heart Patients, Says Study   
NDTV
Counseling regarding how to gradually resume habitual sexual activity is critical for patients who have experienced a cardiac event or undergone a cardiac procedure. Toronto: Dispelling a common myth, researchers have found that engaging in sexual ...

2015-11-08 India Science

Daily News & Analysis   

Leonardo DiCaprio's visit to Haryana village   
News Nation
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio recently visited Delhi and the purpose was to profile environmentalist Sunita Narain for a documentary. He had an interview with Narain on climate change. He then visited Kheladi village in Mewat district of Haryana.
Climate crusader Leonardo DiCaprio visits Haryana village   India Today
US consumption level unsustainable: CSE   Press Trust of India
CSE : US Consumption Level Unsustainable   News World India
Deccan Herald   
Niticentral   
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Livemint   

Climate change is moving mountains: study   
Livemint
Washington: A strong relationship exists between global and local climate change and a mountain's internal tectonic plate shifts and topographic changes, researchers have found. Researchers led by geologist Eva Enkelmann from University of Cincinnati ...
Global warming is moving mountains   Economic Times
Research: The way a mountain range moves and behaves topographically can ...   NYC Today
Climate change can move mountains, study finds evidence   Dispatch Tribunal
Odisha Samaya   
The Weather Network   
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UPI.com   

Astronomers detail giant radio galaxy 9 billion light-years away   
UPI.com
The supermassive black hole in the red galaxy produced radio jets that spawned massive radio lobes. Photo by Prathamesh Tamhane/Yogesh Wadadekar. MUMBAI, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Radio galaxies are galaxies that emit powerful radio waves. Really big ones ...

2015-11-08 India Sports

Daily News & Analysis   

Shoaib Akhtar says he's hopeful of Indo-Pak cricket series next month   
Daily News & Analysis
Akhtar said "eventually we will come to the point when we will sit together, put our hands together and work things out." Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar Getty Images. Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has expressed optimism that India ...
Warne's Warriors 141/4 | Overs 17.2 | Live Cricket Score, Sachin's Blasters vs ...   Cricket Country (blog)
Sachin Tendulkar vs Shane Warne: Battle of the champions   Times of India
Warne, Tendulkar want to mimic Beckham in US   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
Firstpost   
euronews   
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Firstpost   

Nabi, Len, Brandon and Kuttymani: Here's how the ISL's fresh faces did in ...   
Firstpost
When a journalist asked Delhi Dynamos manager Roberto Carlos why Adil Nabi, the English loan import from West Bromwich Albion, hadn't played as much as he was expected to, the Dynamos' media manager and a few other Delhi-based sports reporters ...

2015-11-08 India Entertainment

NDTV   

Railways amends refund rules   
The Hindu
The Ministry of Railways has further amended the refund rules for cancellation of ticket and refund of fares with effect from November 12 this year. The objective is to plug misuse of tickets, facilitate passengers with mobile ticketing/proposed ...
Railways double ticket cancellation fee   Zee News
Indian Railways doubles ticket cancellation charges, no refund after train departs   Financial Express
Railways' new rule in the offing! Get ready to pay more for ticket cancellation   Oneindia
NetIndian   
Hindu Business Line   
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NDTV   

I am prepared for a social boycott: Anupam Kher   
Times of India
In the backdrop of the 'award wapsi' protest against 'intolerance in the country', Anupam Kher stands out as the voice of counter argument, despite all the criticism that has come his way. The veteran actor is even organising a protest march — 'March ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi: 'Indian Culture Goes Beyond Tolerance, and Talks ...   The New Indian Express
Tolerance Debate: Actor Anupam Kher to Lead 'March For India'   NDTV
Growing intolerance row: Anupam Kher asks PM Modi to meet him during ...   Daily News & Analysis
Oneindia   
Hindustan Times   
SKJ Bollywood News   
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Hindu Business Line   

Ghulam Ali dismisses reports of giving nod to India concerts   
Financial Express
Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali has dismissed reports that he had agreed to perform at the concerts in New Delhi or Jaipur in December... By: PTI | November 7, 2015 1:35 AM. G+. Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali has dismissed reports that he had ...

2015-11-08 India Technology

NDTV   

Apple watch in India: 12 Things You Need to Know   
Economic Times
1. There are three editions and two sizes. To suit your taste, you can choose from different colour fluroelastomer bands, leather, loop and link bracelets. Practically, there is no difference in how the two sizes (38 and 42mm) operate - it's a matter ...
Apple Watch out in India starting at Rs 30900   Mobiletor.com
Apple Watch launched in India at 30900 onwards   The Hans India
Apple Watch lands in India   CNET
BGR India   
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Times of India   

Govt hikes excise duty on petrol by Rs 1.6 per litre, diesel by 40 paisa   
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The government tonight hiked excise duty on petrol by Rs 1.60 per litre and the same on diesel by 40 paisa a litre to mop up additional revenue to meet budgetary targets. The basic excise duty on unbranded or normal petrol was increased from ...