2015年11月7日 星期六

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 ...

   


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 ...

2015-11-08 India Business


The Hindu
   
Finance Minister and RBI Governor bat for Aadhaar   
The Hindu
nion Finance Minister Arun Jaitley spoke out against the fact that the Supreme Court is deliberating on the issue of Aadhaar being universally implemented saying that it is up to the government to decide the methodology of governance, not the courts.
Govt ready to give Aadhaar legislative support, signals Jaitley   Livemint
Draft Law to Give Legal Backing to Aadhaar is Ready: Arun Jaitley   NDTV
May bring law for certainty on Aadhaar usage, says Arun Jaitley   Financial Express
The Indian Express   
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Livemint
   
Tata Motors in red on China port blast   
Times of India
MUMBAI: A one-time charge of Rs 2,493 crore related to the destruction of 5,800 Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) vehicles in a blast at the Chinese port of Tianjin has dragged Tata Motors into the red. The company posted an unexpected consolidated net loss ...
Tata Motors reports Q2 loss of Rs 411 crore on China fire   Financial Express
Port blast blows Rs 2500 crore hole in Tata Motors Q2   Daily News & Analysis
Tata Motors posts Rs430 crore loss on Tianjin explosion-related charge   Livemint
Firstpost   
Business Standard   
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Times of India
   
Dr Reddy's get US FDA warning letter for quality issues in 3 Indian facilities   
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Leading pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy's Laboratories have received warning letter from the US drug regulator over quality issues at three of its key Indian facilities manufacturing pharmaceutical raw material and oncology medicines.
Dr Reddy's gets warning from US health regulator   Business Standard
Dr Reddy's hit by FDA warning, shares fall 15 percent | Reuters   Firstpost
Dr Reddy's Lab gets USFDA warning for 3 drug plants   Daily News & Analysis
Economic Times   
Moneycontrol.com   
The Hindu   
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Financial Express
   
Planning to invest in Sovereign Gold Bond this Dhanteras, here are a few tips   
Financial Express
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled the much awaited set of gold schemes each serving a unique purpose; primarily aimed at bringing out the gold holdings held by households and institutions and using it productively at the same time ...
Diwali Bonus: Tax treatment of income from gold schemes attractive, say experts   Firstpost
PM Modi launches gold schemes to reduce physical demand for gold   Economic Times (blog)
New Gold Schemes May Perform Better Than Previous Initiatives: UBS   NDTV
Business Standard   
India Today   
The Hindu   
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Times of India
   
SBI Q2 net soars 25% as NPA dips   
Times of India
MUMBAI: State Bank of India (SBI) has reported a net profit of Rs 3,879 crore for the quarter ended September 2015, an increase of 25% over the corresponding quarter last year. The bank attributed the increase to higher non-interest income and a drop ...
SBI net spurts 25% as bad loans dip   Daily News & Analysis
SBI asset quality improves, but don't read too much into it   Livemint
SBI scores over PNB and BoB on asset quality front   Hindu Business Line
Business Standard   
Moneycontrol.com   
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Livemint
   
Punjab National Bank Q2 profit up 8%; stock rises over 4%   
Livemint
Gross bad loans as a percentage of total loans fell slightly to 6.36% from 6.47% in the previous three months, though higher than 5.65% a year earlier. Photo: Mint. Mumbai: Punjab National Bank, India's fourth-biggest state lender by assets, missed ...
Bank of Baroda Q2 profit tumbles as provisions spike   Hindu Business Line
Punjab National Bank climbs 2%; bad loans decline in Q2   Indiainfoline
State Bank of India gains on hope Q2 results would beat estimates   Economic Times

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Business Today
   
Royal Enfield to Set Up Third Plant in India; Double Production Capacity   
NDTVAuto.com
Royal Enfield announced it will install its third manufacturing facility and increase its production capacity in India. The aforementioned plant that will be set up by 2018 in Vallam Vadagal on the outskirts of Chennai will allow the bikemaker to ...
Royal Enfield to double capacity   Times of India
Eicher Motors net rises 55% in third quarter   Hindu Business Line
Royal Enfield to set up third plant to double capacity   Business Today
NDTV   
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Hindustan Times
   
Rupee ends flat at 65.76 against US dollar   
Economic Times
MUMBAI: The rupee closed almost flat at 65.76 against the US dollar on some demand for the American currency from banks and importers despite a steady greenback in the overseas market. The domestic currency opened lower at 65.80 against yesterday's ...

2015-11-08 India World


NDTV
   
US Wants China to be Part of Asian Security System: Ashton Carter   
NDTV
Washington: Making it clear that the US was not trying to create divisions in Asia, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has said America wants China to be part of the Asian security system and not stand apart from it. Speaking to reporters aboard USS ...
US patrol sought to avoid provocation, not reinforce China island claim: officials   Reuters
EU urges peaceful settlement in disputed sea   ABS CBN News
Chinese warship and US destroyer keep it friendly in South China Sea   New York Post
AsiaOne   
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The Nation
   
Two dead, dozens missing after dams burst at Brazil mine | Reuters   
Firstpost
MARIANA, BrazilCasualties from two collapsed dams at a Brazilian iron ore mine owned by BHP Billiton and Vale mounted on Friday as rescue teams searched for dozens missing in the mud and debris left by the flood that devastated a village in the country ...
Dozens missing in Brazil mine disaster, death toll uncertain   Reuters
Brazil Searches for Missing After Dam Breach   Wall Street Journal
Brazilian village buried in mudslide   CBC.ca
Daily Mail   
ABC Online   
Fox News Latino   
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New York Times
   
New violence shatters lull in Palestinian territories   
Zee News
Ramallah: Violence erupted Friday in the Palestinian territories after a lull in weeks of unrest, with two Israelis shot during a pilgrimage to a flashpoint holy site and clashes in the West Bank and Gaza. The new round of violence came ahead of ...
In Protesting Against Israel, Youth in Gaza Also Defy Hamas   New York Times
3 Israelis wounded after back-to-back shootings in Hebron: military   New York Daily News
Blade of jihad: Extremists embrace the knife as tool of terror   Fox News
Haaretz   
The News International   
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Washington Post
   
Saudi support to rebels 'slows Al Assad attacks'   
gulfnews.com
A Syrian man carries the body of a child killed in a reported air strike by government forcesin the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, yesterday. Published: 15:48 November 7, 2015 Gulf News. Reuters ...

2015-11-08 India India


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年11月6日 星期五

2015-11-07 India Spotlight


Financial Times
   
Madrassas: behind closed doors   
Financial Times
To reach Deoband by road from the vast conurbation of greater Delhi, you must drive through one of the most densely populated regions on earth, past shanty towns, apartment blocks, brick kilns, petrol stations, sugar-cane fields, timber plantations of ...

   


Search Engine Land
   
Google Warns Webmasters Again: Do Not Use Sneaky, Mobile-Based Redirects   
Search Engine Land
After warning webmasters in early 2014 about sneaky mobile redirects, Google now says it will issue manual actions, but also offers advice on how to clean up the unwanted redirects. Barry Schwartz on October 29, 2015 at 8:51 am. More. warning-barrier ...

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The Indian Express
   
When Karan-Arjun met: Salman Khan wished Shah Rukh Khan in person on his 50th ...   
The Indian Express
Shah Rukh Khan took to Twitter to share two pictures when Salman Khan paid a late night visit to his friend-turned-foe-turned-friend's residence to wish him on his 50th birthday. 279 155 G+0. Comments. Written by Sonal Gera | New Delhi | Updated: ...

2015-11-07 India More Top Stories


The Indian Express
   
Rajnath Singh has already conceded defeat in Bihar, says Lalu Prasad Yadav   
Economic Times
PATNA: 36 hours to go for the all-important Bihar election results, Rash?riya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has told ET that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has already conceded defeat by saying that Amit Shah will get a second term as BJP ...

2015-11-07 India Health


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
Teenagers sperm can get damaged through pesticides exposure   Financial Express
Pesticides exposure may damage sperm in teens   Business Standard

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Times of India
   
Sleep can put you at risk of diabetes   
Times of India
A Harvard University study claims too little or too much sleep puts older women at a risk for diabetes. Older women who get too little or even too much sleep are at greater risk of diabetes, new research suggests. The study suggests that chronic short ...
Lack of sleep may up diabetes risk: study   Business Standard
Lack of Sleep Increases Diabetes Risk   NDTV
Sleep like a log to cut diabetes risk   Financial Express
Daily News & Analysis   
Newsmax   
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The Siasat Daily
   
Malaria vaccine may save lives of thousands of children: study   
GlobalPost
LONDON, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- By using mathematical models, an international team predicted that the world's first malaria vaccine could potentially prevent up to one in four malaria deaths in young children, according to a new study released Friday by ...
WHO: Malaria Deaths, Cases Plunge in Latin America   Voice of America
Public health impact of RTS,S malaria vaccine   Times of India

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Livemint
   
Surrogacy by foreigners initiated before Nov 4 not to be hit by ban   
Times of India
Mumbai: Cases of surrogacy already initiated or in progress will not be affected by the ban prohibiting foreigners from seeking surrogacy in India, announced an online statement put up by the Union ministry of health and family welfare on November 5.
New surrogacy Bill replete with lacunae, say experts   Chandigarh Tribune
Surrogate mothers appeal to ICMR, seek 'dignity'   The Hindu
Uncertainty dogs 'rent-a-womb' industry after government ban   Khaleej Times
Deccan Herald   
pharmabiz.com   
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The Indian Express
   
21st INCOFYRA will bring together traditional and modern medical systems: JP Nadda   
Financial Express
The 21st International Conference on 'Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications' (INCOFYRA) will bring together traditional and modern medical systems, stated JP Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare in a curtain-raiser press ...