2015年7月31日 星期五

2015-08-01 India Spotlight


President APJ Abdul Kalam Dies at 83   
NDTV
Shillong: India's 11th President APJ Abdul Kalam died on Monday evening at a hospital in Meghalaya, where he had gone to deliver a lecture. He was 83. His body was today flown by an Air Force helicopter to Guwahati in Assam from where it will be taken ...

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How to get the Windows 10 update   
The Verge
Windows 10 launches on Wednesday, and you're probably going to want to update. The good news is that Microsoft has made the process surprisingly painless. Seriously, you just click a couple buttons and everything should be set. But the bad news is that ...

2015-08-01 India More Top Stories


Hindustan Times
   
We've finally seen light: Crowds cheer India-Bangladesh land swap   
Hindustan Times
Dwellers light candles at Madhya Mashaldanga enclave, Cooch Behar during the zero hour celebration. Historic exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh was made at midnight, on July 31, 2015. (Subhendu Ghosh/ HT Photo) ...

2015-08-01 India Health


Daily News & Analysis
   
75% of Indian population unaware of hepatitis   
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: With over 75 per cent of people in India being unaware about the existence of Hepatitis, the leading gastroenterologists of the country have decided to start an online data registry detailing the rising number of hepatitis patients. "The ...
Docs stress on public education on hepatitis C   Times of India
India to have online registry of hepatitis patients   Zee News
Fight Hepatitis on War-footing   The Northlines

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The Hindu
   
Brain surgery saved Russian general who helped defeat Napoleon   
The Hindu
Napoleon Bonaparte likely would have conquered Russia in 1812 if not for a life-saving brain surgery performed on Russian general Mikhail Kutuzov by a French surgeon, scientists have found. “It's a story of how medicine changed the course of ...
Battle Of Waterloo Might Not Have Happened If It Wasn't For Neurosurgeon Jean ...   Medical Daily
How brain surgery may have kept Napoleon from conquering Russia   RedOrbit
How A Brain Surgery Defeated Napolean   Focus News
Microfinance Monitor   
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The Hindu
   
FSSAI gets three months to frame food guidelines   
The Hindu
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted three months time to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to frame and enforce guidelines for making available wholesome, nutritious and hygienic food to school children and restricting the ...
Separate norms for alcoholic drinks   Times of India
Three months to frame norms restricting junk food availability: Delhi HC to govt   The Indian Express
Government proposes to introduce standards for alcoholic beverages   Economic Times
Daily News & Analysis   
Business Standard   
The Asian Age   
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The Guardian Nigeria
   
Fresh UN reports suggest Pakistan's population to exceed 300m by 2050   
Business Standard
Fresh reports released by the United Nations (UN) say Pakistan is among six of the ten largest countries in the world whose population has been projected to exceed 300 million by 2050. At present, the country's population has been estimated to be ...
World population projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050   New Vision
India's galloping population   Merinews
India Set To Overtake China As Most Populous Country   Design & Trend
Dispatch Times   
Forbes   
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Times of India
   
Ways in which you are ruining your hair!   
Times of India
Everyday habits can cause a lot of harm to your tresses without you even realising it. We keep trying out new things on our hair to make it look more beautiful. But, we fail to notice the negative impact it has on our locks. Experts point out some of ...
Surprising ways you're ruining your hair   The Indian Express
7 Mistakes You Make Using Dry Shampoo   GoodHousekeeping.com (blog)
5 common practices that damage your hair   The Express Tribune

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The New Indian Express
   
When ECMO saved a baby's life   
The Hindu
A three-day-old baby, who had a severe lung infection at birth, was saved when she was put on an ECMO (Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation) by doctors at Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, recently. On Saturday at a press conference, Binu Ninan, ...

2015-08-01 India Science


Zee News
   
Second full moon of July will be visible today   
Zee News
One can look towards east to see the moon which will rise at 6.43 pm. Technically speaking the moon will however reach its fully illuminated total phase at 4.13 pm itself, said Planetary Society of India. The moon rise time for Delhi is 7.01 pm ...
What makes today's full moon a 'blue moon'   Skymet Weather
Blue Moon to be visible today   Odisha Samaya
'Blue Moon' to be visible on Friday   The News Reports
Focus News   
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NDTV
   
Distant Uranus-Sized Exoplanet Discovered With Gravitational Microlensing   
NDTV
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a Uranus-sized exoplanet orbiting far from its central star, discovered through a technique called gravitational microlensing. Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope and the W M Keck Observatory in Hawaii made ...

2015-08-01 India Sports


Firstpost
   
Dominant Australia 'A' close in on victory against India 'A'   
Times of India
CHENNAI: The stage was set for Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara to engineer a rescue act for India 'A' in the second unofficial Test against the Australia 'A' here on Friday. But both the stars failed to keep it going as the hosts finished Day 3 at ...
Well begun, barely done   Daily News & Analysis
I give it back when taunted: Abhinav Mukund   Cricbuzz
India 'A' on the back foot   The Hindu
IBNLive   
The New Indian Express   
The Indian Express   
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Bangkok Post
   
Clarke demands more of bowlers -- and himself   
Bangkok Post
BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - Australia captain Michael Clarke called for an improved performance by his attack and was even harder on himself after an eight-wicket defeat by England in the third Test at Edgbaston left his side 2-1 down in the ...

2015-08-01 India Entertainment


The Indian Express
   
Pakistani woman crosses over to Punjab without passport, held   
The Indian Express
The woman said that she was a big fan of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan and wanted to go to Mumbai to see him after visiting a 'Dargah' in Jhalandar. Comments. Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba | Jalandhar | Updated: August 1, 2015 3:34 am. In a security ...

2015-08-01 India Technology


Mashable
   
Mozilla lashes out at Microsoft, says Windows 10 deters user choice   
Mashable
Mozilla, the company behind the web browser Firefox, is accusing Microsoft of discouraging users from changing default applications in Windows 10. Microsoft's latest operating system, released this week, changed the way to set preferred applications ...
Mozilla CEO chides Microsoft in open letter   New York Post
Here's how to set your default browser in Windows 10   CNET
Mozilla CEO blasts Microsoft for making it harder to keep previous settings ...   VentureBeat
Daily Mail   
Laptop Mag (blog)   
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Livemint
   
Twitter now available in Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi and Tamil   
Livemint
India is likely to have the second highest Twitter user base in the Asia-Pacific, with 22.2 million this year, a 30% increase over 2014, according to a January report by research and analyst firm Emarketer Inc. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint. Bengaluru: ...

2015-08-01 India Business


Daily News & Analysis
   
Petrol price cut by Rs 2.43/litre, diesel by Rs 3.60   
Daily News & Analysis
Petrol and diesel prices were last cut by Rs 2 per litre each, excluding local sales tax, from July 16 but consumers in Delhi were robbed of the benefit as Arvind Kejriwal government raised VAT on the two fuels. Representational image Getty Images.
Huge rush at petrol stations in UAE   gulfnews.com
Petrol, Diesel, LPG prices slashed   Orissadiary.com
Petrol prices slashed by Rs 2.43/litre, diesel by Rs 3.60/litre   Hindustan Times
The Hindu   
Times of India   
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Hindu Business Line
   
PSBs to get Rs 70000 cr from govt in 4 years   
Business Standard
By 2018-19, the government will infuse Rs 70,000 crore into public sector banks, 42 per cent of these banks' overall estimated requirement of Rs 1,80,000 crore. While Rs 25,000 crore each will be infused this financial year and the next, Rs 10,000 ...
PSBs get new treasury of Rs 70000 crore to address the issue of bad loans   Economic Times
Govt comes to the aid of its banks with Rs 25000 crore   Hindustan Times
Centre seeks additional funds worth `40822 cr   The Indian Express
NDTV   
Times of India   
Financial Express   
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Daily News & Analysis
   
ICICI Bank net rises 12% as bad loans growth slows   
Daily News & Analysis
The bank reported Rs 12,000 crore growth in its advances when most public sector banks are reporting a fall. icici bank. Driven by lower slippages and robust growth in loans, largest private sector lender ICICI Bank on Friday reported a 12% growth in ...
ICICI Bank: Improved asset quality to revive sentiment   Business Standard
ICICI Bank Net Up 14 Percentage   The New Indian Express
ICICI Bank net up 12%   Calcutta Telegraph
Financial Express   
The Asian Age   
The Hindu   
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The Indian Express
   
Maggi ban: HC to decide on Monday   
Times of India
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday reserved its order till August 3 on a petition filed by Nestle India against orders of Food Safety Standards Authority of India and Food and Drugs Administration of Maharashtra banning Maggi. Nestle argued that ...
Maggi ban: Bombay High Court reserves order, says samples can be tested in ...   The Indian Express
Maggi ban: Bombay High Court to pronounce order Monday   Daily News & Analysis
Verdict on Nestle's plea on Monday   The Hindu
Focus News   
NDTV   
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NDTV
   
Microsoft Said to Invest Big Sum in Uber   
New York Times
Microsoft has agreed to invest in Uber, according to people with knowledge of the matter, as part of a funding round that values the ride-hailing company at around $51 billion. If the deal is finalized, Microsoft's contribution would be a substantial ...
Uber to invest $1 billion in India to expand services | Reuters   Firstpost
Uber targets 1 million trips per day in India in 6 to 9 months   Financial Express
Uber to invest $1bn in India   The Hindu
CNET   
Hindu Business Line   
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Hindustan Times
   
Power woes hit infra sector, growth slows down to 3% in June   
Hindustan Times
Electricity production grew at annual 0.2% in June, sharply slower than 5.5% in the previous month. (HT file photo). Share. India's infrastructure output growth slowed to 3% in June, pulled down by a slowdown in electricity production, latest data ...
Core sector growth slows to 3% in June   The Hindu
Core Sector Growth Falls to 2.4 Percentage in June   The New Indian Express
Eight core industries index growth slows to 3 percent in June   Business Standard
domain-B   
Zee News   
NetIndian   
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The Indian Express
   
L&T net profit dips 37.3% on 'subdued investment climate'   
The Indian Express
Engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday missed analysts' estimate by posting a consolidated net profit at Rs 606.2 crore for the April-June quarter, a 37.3 per cent decline over the same period last fiscal, with the company ...
L&T net profit falls 37%, misses estimates   Business Standard
Larsen & Toubro net dips 37% in trying times   Financial Express
L&T net plunges 37%, company flays slow reforms   Hindustan Times
Livemint   
Firstpost   
The Hindu   
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Times of India
   
Centre downplays RBI board change   
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The finance ministry on Friday downplayed its decision to break from tradition and replace economic affairs secretary Rajiv Mehrishi with his deputy Ajay Taygi on the Reserve Bank of India board. Although a notification nominating Tyagi, ...

2015-08-01 India World


Hindustan Times
   
Recovered debris brings MH370 mystery 'closer' to being solved   
Hindustan Times
The plane debris that washed up on an Indian Ocean island is from a Boeing 777 aeroplane, Malaysian authorities confirmed on Friday, making it almost certainly the first piece of wreckage recovered from flight MH370 which disappeared last year.
Australia plays down missing Malaysia plane MH370 luggage link   The Indian Express
Debris brings MH370 mystery 'closer' than ever to answers   Times of India
MH370: Debris found on Reunion looks set to be ...   Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane Times   
The Australian   
CNN   
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Firstpost
   
Two of four Indians abducted in Libya brought back safely, tweets Sushma Swaraj   
Firstpost
Two of the four Indians abducted in Libya have been "brought back safely" to the University of Sirte, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). "Welcome news from Libya. 2 of the 4 detained Indians brought back safely to University of Sirte ...
West Asia poses a test to PM Modi's foreign policy   Hindustan Times
India-bound duo were seized on way to airport   Times of India
4 Indian teachers 'held' in IS zone of Libya, 2 freed, families wait   The Indian Express
The Hindu   
Daily News & Analysis   
Free Press Journal   
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Daily News & Analysis
   
Cameroon deports 2000 Nigerians in fight against Boko Haram   
Daily News & Analysis
Regional newspaper L'Oeil du Sahel reported yesterday that about 2,500 Nigerians had been "rounded up" in Kousseri, in the far north of Cameroon, and sent back to their country on Thursday. Boko Haram AFP photo. Cameroon has deported more than ...

2015-08-01 India India


Hindustan Times
   
We've finally seen light: Crowds cheer India-Bangladesh land swap   
Hindustan Times
Dwellers light candles at Madhya Mashaldanga enclave, Cooch Behar during the zero hour celebration. Historic exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh was made at midnight, on July 31, 2015. (Subhendu Ghosh/ HT Photo) ...

2015年7月30日 星期四

2015-07-31 India Spotlight


Hindustan Times
   
Bajrangi Bhaijaan's a superstar but Salman's still a convict   
Hindustan Times
On a Thursday afternoon -- a weekday mind, a premiere theatre in central Delhi is full of Salman Khan's admirers. It has been seven days since Bajrangi Bhaijaan released and yet no ticket is to be had for money or love. The film entered the tony Rs 200 ...

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'बजरंगी भाईजान' : असली चांद नवाब ने मांगा सलमान खान से कम्पन्सेशन   
दैनिक भास्कर
मुंबई. पाकिस्तानी रिपोर्टर चांद नवाब ने बॉलीवुड एक्टर सलमान खान से रॉयल्टी अमाउंट की मांग की। सूत्रों के अनुसार, 'चांद ने सबसे पहले तो सलमान का शुक्रिया अदा किया है कि उनपर बेस्ड रोल ...

2015-07-31 India More Top Stories


Hindustan Times
   
India-Bangladesh land swap: Over 14000 new Indian citizens   
Hindustan Times
Mohammad Mansur Ali, a resident of the Poatur Kuthi village enclave, south of Cooch Behar, is now legally Indian after the Landy Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh. (Subhendu Gohsh /HT Photo) ...

2015-07-31 India Health


Times of India
   
How a brain surgery helped defeat Napoleon   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Napoleon Bonaparte likely would have conquered Russia in 1812 if not for a life-saving brain surgery performed on Russian general Mikhail Kutuzov by a French surgeon, scientists have found. "It's a story of how medicine changed the course ...

2015-07-31 India Science


Microfinance Monitor
   
Growing Sea Levels Put Bengal Tigers at Risk, Says IUCN   
Microfinance Monitor
Royal Tiger or more ordinarily Bengal Tiger started undergoing a decreasing tendency since 2011. It posed such an intense effect on these species that the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) declared them to be ...

2015-07-31 India Sports


The Australian
   
Australian captain Michael Clarke in a pensive mood in the third Ashes Test ...   
The Australian
MICHAEL Clarke has fought the good fight for so long but now looks completely gone. And if Captain Clarke averages under 30 in the Ashes, Australia cannot win the series given the other batting disasters around him. The statistics tell the story of a ...
Ashes 2015: Jimmy Anderson injury leaves England selectors with conundrum   Sydney Morning Herald
Australia avoids two-day Ashes humiliation, extend Test to third day   The Globe and Mail
The Ashes 2015; England vs Australia, third Test, day two match report: Steven ...   Telegraph.co.uk
Economic Times   
BBC Sport   
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Firstpost
   
From England ton to World Cup cameo: Raina's decade in international cricket   
Firstpost
Suresh Raina completed a decade in international cricket on Thursday and said he is happy with way his career has progressed so far. He made his international debut on 30 July 2005 against Sri Lanka in Dambulla in a one-day international match.
Suresh Raina completes a decade in international cricket   Times of India
Suresh Raina completes a decade in international cricket, 'thanks' fans, well ...   The Indian Express
Suresh Raina Completes A Decade In International Cricket, Thanks Family, Fans   Focus News
Zee News   
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Financial Express
   
Paytm strikes title sponsorship deal with BCCI till 2019 for Rs 203.28 crore   
Firstpost
One97 Communications, owners of Paytm, today acquired the title sponsorship rights for India's domestic and international cricket matches at home for a period of four years with a bid price of Rs 203.28 crore. The decision to award the rights to One97 ...

2015-07-31 India Entertainment


Times of India
   
Bollywood celebrities mired in controversies   
Times of India
Even as India mourns to the last rites of Missile Man, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, and rejoices over the death sentence of 1993 serial blast terrorist, Yakub Memon, singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya's comment against lawyer, Prashant Bhushan creates a new fervor.
Yakub Memon hanging: Singer Abhijeet's derogatory tweet targets Prashant Bhushan   The Indian Express
Abhijeet hits a new low with vitriolic tweet against Indian lawyer   Daily Times
Will throw torn shoes at Prashant Bhushan's dead body: Singer Abhijeet ...   ABP Live
India.com   
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Bollywood Life
   
Salman Khan's Sultan WILL rival Shah Rukh Khan's Raees on Eid 2016, no clash ...   
Bollywood Life
Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan's ye dosti made all of us really happy. When their friendship fell apart, their fans were more hurt because for them it was the epitome of dosti. When they patched up, nobody rejoiced more than their fans. They are the ...

2015-07-31 India Technology


The Hindu
   
14 million computers now running Windows 10: Microsoft   
The Hindu
Microsoft says its' new Windows 10 operating system is now running on more than 14 million computers, two days after the software was released as a free download. That's a far cry from the company's goal of getting Windows 10 onto a billion devices ...
Windows 10: Home edition priced at Rs 7999 and Windows 10 Pro at Rs 14999 in India   Firstpost
Here's how to install Windows 10 on a Mac. But should you do it?   Mashable
How to do a clean install of Windows 10   CNET
The Seattle Times   
The Verge   
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Firstpost
   
Sony to unveil new smartphone on 3 August; rumours hint at Xperia Ultra C5   
Firstpost
Sony Xperia mobile's Twitter account has sent out a tweet teasing the launch of a new phone on 3 August. According to rumours doing the rounds online, the said phone is most likely expected to be the Sony Xperia C5 Ultra.
Sony's Android Concept Can Now Be Downloaded By All   Ubergizmo
Sony Teases Monday Launch of Phone That Can Take 'Split-Second' Photos   NDTV
Sony Canada Says no Xperia Z3+ or Z4 Tablet   Android Headlines - Android News
The New Indian Express   
TechRadar   
Irish Examiner   
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The Indian Express
   
Firechat, the no-network messaging service that could change the world   
The Indian Express
Of course, there is a cost advantage for service like Firechat, but the real advantage is that it could be a lifesaver when the actual mobile network is down. Comments. Written by Nandagopal Rajan | New Delhi | Updated: July 31, 2015 8:23 am. Home4.
FireChat launches new offline private messaging option   BBC News
FireChat launches off-the-grid private messaging service for smartphones   Daily News & Analysis
Flying High: how to text when you're on a plane   Irish Times
Economic Times   
Livemint   
Techtree.com   
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New York Times
   
In Microsoft's Nokia Debacle, a View of an Industry's Feet of Clay   
New York Times
Let's call it the $7.5 billion lesson. That's the amount Microsoft wrote off on Nokia's phone unit, which it bought a little over a year ago for what it said was $9.5 billion. Considering that the deal included $1.5 billion in cash, the write-off means ...
Why every Microsoft employee in the 1990s was obsessed with the stock market   Businessinsider India
Satya Nadella demonstrates Microsoft's "White-Fi" connectivity project   Daily News & Analysis
Why Microsoft Corporation CEO Was In Nairobi For Windows 10 Launch?   ValueWalk
Quartz   
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Times of India
   
M&M to launch compact SUV   
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) will make yet another attempt to regain its stronghold in the SUV segment as it readies an all-new compact off-roader, to be christened TUV 300. The company said the new vehicle will be launched in September and ...