2014年8月27日 星期三

2014-08-28 India Spotlight


Delhi Development Authority Housing Scheme to Open from September 1  NDTV
New Delhi: The DDA today announced its much- awaited 'Housing Scheme 2014' - offering over 25,000 flats across various categories while scrapping the proposed plan to reserve 80 per cent flats for the city-dwellers in it. The new scheme offers flats ...


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Prosthetic revolution spells hope for amputees  The Hindu
Revolutionary technology at a north London hospital has transformed the lives of amputees taking part in a trial by allowing artificial limbs to be attached directly to their skeleton, giving them feeling and mobility far beyond that experienced by people with ...


   


RBI shuts overseas payment gateway for credit card transactions within India  Economic Times
KOLKATA/BANGALORE: The Reserve Bank of India moved to close a loophole on Friday, saying that the rules need to be followed with respect to e-commerce credit card transactions "essentially taking place between two residents in India". This means that ...


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Road Test and Review: Hyundai Elite i20  Yahoo India News (blog)
The dictionary defines the word elite as 'someone who is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of the society.' Well, in that sense, Hyundai's premium hatchback i20 has been an elite car since its inception in 2008. With its impressive fluidic design, ...


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Clint's legacy for Kerala  The Hindu
A drawing of a cheerful, pink caparisoned elephant imagined by a four-year-old girl from Bulgaria is one of the short-listed entries for the Department of Tourism's (Kerala) Clint Memorial International Children's Painting Competition for children.

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Your Anonymous Posts to Secret Aren't Anonymous After All  Wired
White hat hacker Ben Caudill is halfway through his sandwich when he casually reaches over to his iPhone, swipes the screen a few times, then holds it up to me. “Is that you?” he asks. It is, but nobody was supposed to know. He's showing me one of my posts ...


   


7 Lessons for Nonprofit Organizations From the Startup World  Entrepreneur (blog)
Philanthropy is a surprisingly complex world. There is just as much competition, red tape and politics as in finance or the startup world. Other complexities exist between the old guard of philanthropy and the new, disruptive groups of young people in social ...


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Black city, white police, and Brown  The Hindu
The shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, an African-American, by the Ferguson (Missouri) Police in the U.S. on the afternoon of August 9, led to major civilian unrest in the city and its neighbourhood. During the week-long violence, bottles and Molotov ...


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Swachh Bharat Mission: The Long Walk from Rhetoric to Implementation  IBNLive (blog)
Much has been said about the recent priority placed on sanitation, with the Prime Minister taking up the issue most recently from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day. He must be commended on this rhetoric - open defecation is a potent silent ...


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Yahoo Movies Review: Mardaani  Yahoo India News (blog)
'Mardaani' had a lot of potential – it could have been a gripping police drama. Alas, the payoff doesn't quite deliver on its promise. While the plot trajectory is immensely engaging, here again is a climax not only hugely disappointing, but also extremely ...


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