2015-06-01 India Spotlight

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Meet the 11-year-old prodigy of Indian descent who has stunned South African ...   
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Malikah Hamza took her first international wicket at the age of 10 while playing Zimbabwe's national senior women's team. Bhavya Dore · May 27, 2015 · 07:00 pm. Meet the 11-year-old prodigy of Indian descent who has stunned South African ...

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Firstpost   

Modi's Hillary: Sushma Swaraj proves she's his best performing minister   
Firstpost
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has proved yet again why she is the best performing minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet, though the likes of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley are decidedly much closer to the PM. The latest corroboration, if ...

2015-06-01 India Health

The Hindu   

Quit smoking, if you can   
The Hindu
District Medical and Health Officer Aleem has called upon all sections of society to strive for tobacco free society in the country and check the spread of tobacco related diseases. Flagging off the rally to mark the 'World No Tobacco Day' celebrations in ...

2015-06-01 India Science

Mobiletor.com   

Delhi air pollution: High levels of toxins recorded as heat and dust intensify   
Mobiletor.com
As the heat and dust worsens the air pollution situation in Delhi, experts have warned that the levels of toxins have crossed a dangerous point. According to the MET (India Meteorological Department), toxic ozone levels have bounded over permissible limits ...

2015-06-01 India Sports

Cricket Country   

Pakistan-Zimbabwe 3rd ODI at Lahore washed out due to rain   
Cricket Country
The third and final One-Day International (ODI) between Pakistan and Zimbabwe at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday was called off due to rain, with Pakistan winning the series 2-0. Chasing a 297-run target set by the hosts, Zimbabwe were off to a ...

2015-06-01 India Entertainment

Daily News & Analysis   

Madhavan to host a big birthday bash!   
Daily News & Analysis
R Madhavan might be all smiles, given that his recent release Tanu Weds Manu Returns has been declared a big hit. Although it's hailed as a Kangana Ranaut-starrer, the film would be incomplete without Madhavan's Manu who mostly lets his eyes do the ...

2015-06-01 India Technology

Mashable   

Project Jacquard: Google, Levis working on clothes with touch-screen capabilities   
The Indian Express
Google has announced that it is working with iconic US jean maker Levi Strauss to make clothing from specially woven fabric with touch-screen control capabilities. The Internet titan used its annual developers conference in San Francisco to reveal its ...

2015-06-01 India Business

NDTV   

Faster than China? India's road, rail drive could lay doubts to rest   
Reuters
NEW DELHI, June 1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reformist, but hard-up government has begun a splurge on road and rail building that analysts say could remove doubts over whether economic growth in India really is overtaking China. Having roughly ...

2015-06-01 India World

Firstpost   

US Secretary of State John Kerry breaks leg in cycling accident in Alps   
Firstpost
Geneva: US Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash on Sunday after striking a curb and scrapped the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating the Islamic State group. He planned to return to the ...

2015-06-01 India India

Firstpost   

Military veterans' rising fury: 'No action by Modi govt on One Rank, One Pension ...   
Firstpost
New Delhi: In the wake of growing displeasure among ex-servicemen over the delay in implementation of 'One Rank, One Pension' (OROP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated his pre-poll promise and said his government is in “constant” talks with ...

2015-05-31 India Spotlight

Search Engine Land   

Google To Implement Googlebomb Fix To Prevent Racist Listings In Google Maps   
Search Engine Land
Crowdsourcing the entire web goes bad with Google Maps, causing many locations to be relevant for slurs and derogatory words. Google promises a fix is on the way. Danny Sullivan on May 21, 2015 at 7:04 pm. 1.3k; More. google-maps-dots-name-ss-1920.

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Foreign Policy (blog)   

Why Is Pakistan Such a Mess? Blame India.   
Foreign Policy (blog)
After a year in office, Modi's gestures of conciliation toward Islamabad have gone nowhere. That's because India's founding fathers set Pakistan up to fail. By Nisid HajariNisid Hajari is a member of the Bloomberg View editorial board and author of “Midnight's ...

2015-05-31 India More Top Stories

Hindustan Times   

PM Narendra Modi hits out at Congress, says suit-boot is definitely more ...   
Hindustan Times
Modi spent an hour at the Terracotta Warriors Museum which has a large collection of sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first ... Narendra Modi. The museum complex, a UN World Heritage site, houses Qin's mausoleum and was built in the ...

2015-05-31 India Health

Hindustan Times   

Artificial heart lung machine cures swine flu affected child   
Hindustan Times
In a first of its kind initiative, an artificial heart lung machine has been used to cure a child suffering from swine flu at the Apollo Children's Hospital in Chennai. Soubhashree was rushed from Puducherry to Chennai by a team of doctors from Apollo Hospitals ...

2015-05-31 India Science

TIME   

NASA orders first Commercial Crew mission from Boeing   
KREM.com (subscription)
Artist rendering of a Boeing CST-100 crew capsule preparing to dock at the International Space Station. (Photo: Boeing). CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. MELBOURNE, Fla. — NASA has placed an order for the first mission that will ...

2015-05-31 India Sports

Irish Independent   

FIFA corruption costs lives   
Irish Independent
Here's why FIFA corruption really matters. Wednesday's arrest of nine of the organisation's leading officials and four sports management executives who the US Department of Justice claim have received over $150m in bribes over the past 24 years is only the ...

2015-05-31 India Entertainment

Khaleej Times   

I am proud of Ranveer: Deepika Padukone   
Khaleej Times
Deepika Padukone is all praise for her Ranveer Singh's performance in his upcoming family drama Dil Dhadakne Do, after watching the multi-starrer recently. Deepika Padukone is all praise for her Ranveer Singh's performance in his upcoming family drama ...

2015-05-31 India Technology

The Hindu   

Honor 4C review: bigger RAM, better camera make it a winner   
The Hindu
Huawei has launched its second lot of Honor devices — Honor 4C, Honor Bee and a powerbank. Here's a closer look at Honor 4C priced at Rs.8,999: Design and colour: The Honor 4C feels more compact than any of its predecessors but is chunky. The back ...

2015-05-31 India Business

The Indian Express   

Controversies occurred because I challenged status-quo: HRD Minister Smriti Irani   
The Indian Express
HRD Minister Smriti Irani, who has been dogged by controversies, on Saturday said this was happening as she was a “straight-talker” who challenged the status-quo in education sector which was being used as a source of “profit” by some people.
Nirmala Sitharaman says no to FDI in multi-brand retail   Economic Times
Ministers crunch numbers to talk NDA success   Times of India
Union Ministers connect with Twitterati to mark anniversary   The Hindu
Daily Mail   
Hindustan Times   
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Firstpost   

GDP at 7.3%: India's economy has improved, but one wrong step can spoil things   
Firstpost
So the Narendra Modi government gets a nice anniversary present. Three days after it completes one year in office, numbers put out by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) show the economy grew 7.3 per cent in 2014-15 against 6.9 per cent in 2013-14.
India's Economy grew faster than China's in Q1   NY City News
Arun Jaitley: India has potential to achieve double digit growth   Financial Express
India's priority is to replace China in growth story: Jaitley   Times of India
Business Standard   
Reuters   
Hindustan Times   
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Financial Express   

Larsen & Toubro Q4 net falls 27% to Rs 2070 crore   
Financial Express
India's largest engineering and construction company by sales, Larsen and Toubro (L&T), whose performance is considered a benchmark for the health of the Indian economy, posted a mixed set of numbers for the quarter and year ended March 31.
Larsen & Toubro profit down 27 pct but home market improving   Yahoo Finance UK
L&T fourth quarter net profit down 27 %   The Hindu
L&T full year profit drops 27% to Rs 2069 cr   Business Standard
Economic Times   
Firstpost   
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The Hindu   

Capital market aids development: Raja   
The Hindu
As part of Capital Markets Week observed around the country between May 25 and 31 by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), its Madurai chapter held a programme in the city on Friday. Inaugurating the event, H. Raja, national secretary, ...

2015-05-31 India World

The Indian Express   

Japan: 7.8 magnitude quake strikes Tokyo, no risk of a Tsunami says US ...   
The Indian Express
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast on Saturday, geologists said, shaking buildings in Tokyo and setting off car alarms. Despite the huge power of the quake, there was no risk of a tsunami, The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre reported.
Powerful but deep quake strikes off Japan; 2 injured but no damage   The Globe and Mail
7.8 Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan Saturday, No Tsunami Risk Due To Quake's ...   CBS Local
Earthquake measuring 8.5 magnitude shakes most of Japan   The Guardian
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Herald Scotland   
Times of India   
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Daily News & Analysis   

Boko Haram's suicide bomber outside mosque kills atleast 30 in Nigerian city   
Daily News & Analysis
A witness said the bomber was pushing a wheelbarrow and pretending to be an itinerant trader when he joined them. Representative Picture. A suicide bomb blast outside a mosque and rocket-propelled grenades that exploded into homes as people slept ...

2015-05-31 India India

Hindustan Times   

PM Narendra Modi hits out at Congress, says suit-boot is definitely more ...   
Hindustan Times
Modi spent an hour at the Terracotta Warriors Museum which has a large collection of sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first ... Narendra Modi. The museum complex, a UN World Heritage site, houses Qin's mausoleum and was built in the ...

2015-05-30 India Spotlight

NDTV   

Yu Yuphoria Review: A Powerful Budget Phone With Some Issues   
NDTV
Yu Televentures is a subsidiary of Micromax and the first phone that the company introduced was the Yureka. It saw a good deal of success thanks to its good hardware and unbelievably low pricing. The company recently announced an even more affordable ...

2015-05-30 India More Top Stories

Hindustan Times   

Sohanlal Valmiki, the man who raped Shanbaug, in UP village: Report   
Hindustan Times
Nurses at the Thane civil hospital pay tribute to Aruna Shanbaug who died at the KEM hospital, after being in a vegetative state for more than four decades following her brutal rape in 1973. (Photo: Praful Gangude) ...

2015-05-30 India Health

Uncover Michigan   

Radiation therapy not much effective in heavy men: Study   
Uncover Michigan
According to a new study, radiation therapy for prostate cancer may not be that effective for overweight and obese men than for men having normal weight. The study was conducted on over 1,400 prostate cancer patients, average age 68; they were treated ...

2015-05-30 India Science

Daily Mail   

Is China about to join the International Space Station?   
Daily Mail
The ISS programme is a joint project between Nasa, Roscosmos, Jaxa, Esa and the CSA (Canadian Space Agency). Construction of the ISS began on 20 Novemer 1998 and, since November 2000, it has been continuously manned. At first it supported only a ...

2015-05-30 India Sports

IBNLive   

At G7 meet, UK wanted Sepp Blatter out   
Times of India
LONDON: Britain's Serious Fraud Office said on Friday that it is actively assessing "material in its possession" relating to FIFA corruption allegations. Clarifying that it has not launched a formal criminal investigation, SFO said "it continues actively to assess ...

2015-05-30 India Entertainment

The Indian Express   

Dharmendra discharged, may need surgery   
Times of India
MUMBAI: Actor Dharamendra, who was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital on Tuesday evening, was discharged on Thursday evening but may need to undergo a should surgery soon. The 79-year-old actor was admitted with low hemoglobin count or ...

2015-05-30 India Technology

NBCNews.com   

Google unveils Android Pay in fresh challenge to Apple   
Economic Times
Google has unveiled its pay-with-a-phone system for Android devices, ramping up its challenge to Apple in mobile payments. Android Pay, unveiled at the Google developers conference in San Francisco, brings together mobile carriers, payment networks, ...

2015-05-30 India Business

The Indian Express   

India's economy is in recovery mode, says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley   
The Indian Express
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Friday said it was “absolutely clear that the economy is in recovery mode” after data showed that the economy grew at 7.3 per cent in 2014-15. The country posted a 7.5 per cent growth in the January to March quarter of the fiscal, ...

2015-05-30 India World

Daily News & Analysis   

US officially drops Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism   
Daily News & Analysis
Obama ordered a review of Cuba's status on the terrorism list as part of a landmark policy shift on Dec. 17, when he and Cuban President Raul Castro announced they would seek to restore diplomatic relations that Washington severed in 1961, and work ...

2015-05-30 India India

The Indian Express   

Derecognised: Congress, govt spar over action on IIT Madras students' body   
The Indian Express
The move to derecognise the Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle (APSC), a student association in IIT Madras, for criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday triggered a heated political debate between the government and the Opposition. Congress ...

2015-05-29 India Spotlight

2015-05-29 India More Top Stories

Firstpost   

PM Modi took paathshaala from Manmohan for an hour: Rahul attacks BJP, RSS   
Firstpost
New Delhi: Stepping up the offensive, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at BJP's ideological mentor RSS saying its belief was "murdering" individuality and that thought process is now running the country in which only one man knows everything from farmers ...

2015-05-29 India Health

NBCNews.com   

'Itchy, Scaly' Tattoo Ink Allergies More Common Than Thought   
NBCNews.com
Mohammed Abass, 28, draws a tattoo of a skull on Saad Saif's leg, 25, in Baghdad, Iraq in 2011. Hadi Mizban / AP file. Share; Share · Tweet · Share · Email; Print; Comment · advertisement. A surprising number of people who get tattooed say they develop ...

2015-05-29 India Science

The Space Reporter   

NASA's InSight Mars lander undergoes testing at Lockheed Martin   
The Space Reporter
Engineers at Lockheed Martin Space Systems have begun testing a new spacecraft called InSight, intended for use as a Mars lander for NASA. The moniker InSight is derived from the craft's full title: the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, ...

2015-05-29 India Sports

Times of India   

England 'could host 2018 World Cup': FA   
Times of India
LONDON: England could feasibly step in and host the 2018 World Cup if it was stripped from Russia over new corruption allegations, a Football Association spokesman said on Thursday. Swiss authorities have launched a criminal investigation linked to fraud ...

2015-05-29 India Entertainment

IBNLive   

Veteran actor Dharmendra hospitalized; doctors say he is fine   
IBNLive
Mumbai: Veteran actor Dharmendra has been admitted to Breach Candy hospital here after he complained of weakness and shoulder pain. "Dharmendra was admitted last night after he complained of pain in right shoulder and weakness. He is here for ...

2015-05-29 India Technology

Firstpost   

Google I/O: Android M comes with improvements such as App Permissions ...   
Firstpost
Google has announced the latest version of Android, called Android M, at its annual Google I/O developer conference on May 28. The pre-release version for developers will debut today and the full version will be made available later this year. According to ...

2015-05-29 India Business

Firstpost   

Vodafone exits Bharti Airtel, sells its 4.2 % stake for $ 200 mn   
Firstpost
New Delhi: British telecom company Vodafone today said it has exited from Bharti Airtel by selling its 4.2 per cent stake in the Indian telecom major to an arm of Bharti Group. Reuters image. "Vodafone confirms that it has sold, through a wholly-owned ...

2015-05-29 India World

Daily Times   

Pakistan hangs three men who wanted to fly hijacked plane to India in 1998   
Firstpost
Islamabad: Three men who hijacked a plane of Pakistani airlines in 1998 and tried to take it to India were among eight persons who were hanged on Thursday in different jails across Pakistan. The convicts, Shahsawar, Sabir were sent to gallows in ...

2015-05-29 India India

Firstpost   

AFSPA removed in Tripura after 18 years: Here's why it was enforced and why ...   
Firstpost
A bit over 18 years after the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was enforced in Tripura, the state government on Wednesday decided to withdraw the Act. "In view of the significant taming of terrorism in Tripura, the council of ministers today ...

2015-05-28 India Spotlight

All India Roundup   

Karnataka 2nd PUC Results 2015 Declared at karresults.nic.in   
All India Roundup
Karnataka 2nd PUC Result 2015/KSEEB 2nd PUC Result 2015 is expected to declare today at karresults.nic.in. About 7 lakh students appeared for the KSEEB examinations this year which was conducted by Department of Pre-University Education (PUE) ...

2015-05-28 India More Top Stories

Firstpost   

Resolutions against MHA, LG mean nothing, it's all about Kejriwal showing up ...   
Firstpost
New Delhi: The Delhi Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution moved by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government against the Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) notification which conferred 'absolute' powers on Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung in ...

2015-05-28 India Health

Ahmedabad Mirror   

Bacteria in the bone   
Ahmedabad Mirror
The relief on Nanda Patil's face is easy to spot. Although a walker stands next to her at all times, it's not a symbol of assistance. It's affirmation that Patil can walk. It's the first time in eight years that the Kolhapur resident has been able to walk. In 2007, Patil, now ...

2015-05-28 India Science

Mobiletor.com   

Don't use environment as a pretext to stop development of poor countries: India   
Mobiletor.com
India has once again reiterated that environmental issues can't be used as a pretext to prevent poor countries from development, even in the light of common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR). CDBR acknowledges the differences in the levels of ...

2015-05-28 India Sports

Times of India   

Football world rocked as 7 top Fifa officials held for graft   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: In a stunning move that shook the soccer world to its boots, plainclothes Swiss law-enforcement authorities swooped down on a five-star hotel in Zurich at the crack of dawn on Wednesday and — at the instance of US authorities — took into ...

2015-05-28 India Entertainment

Times of India   

Things that brought Salman-Shah Rukh Khan together   
Times of India
It came as a pleasant surprise When Shah Rukh Khan revealed the first look of Bajrangi Bhaijaan. However, the move was a well-planned one. Shah Rukh had apparently promised Salman Khan to promote his film when he had visited him at his house ...