2014-12-23 India Spotlight

Deccan Chronicle   

Power to all, and how   
Deccan Chronicle
Earlier this month, energy minister Piyush Goyal announced that the proposed amendments to the Electricity Act, 2003, will allow consumers to exercise their choice to select the electricity supplier. This will boost competition, resulting in lower prices and ...

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Hindustan Times   

Assembly poll results LIVE: Counting underway in JK, Jharkhand; BJP takes ...   
Hindustan Times
Counting of votes began on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand which witnessed a high turnout in the multi-cornered contests to elect their assemblies. Fates of NC's Omar Abdullah (top left), PDP's Mehbooba Mufti (top right), JMM's Hemant ...

2014-12-23 India Health

New York Daily News   

Need greater recovery efforts in Ebola-hit countries: UN   
Business Standard
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday called for ramping up recovery efforts in West Africa where the Ebola virus had wreaked havoc. While speaking to reporters at the UN headquarters here upon his return from the affected regions in Guinea, Liberia, ...

2014-12-23 India Science

Slate Magazine   

NASA mulls plan to explore Venus with 'Cloud City'   
Christian Science Monitor
At 800 degrees Fahrenheit, Venus isn't a hospitable place to land, but some NASA scientists are proposing to study the atmosphere from habitable dirigibles. By Mark Trumbull, Staff writer December 22, 2014. close. The northern hemisphere of Venus is ...

2014-12-23 India Sports

IBNLive   

Yuvraj, Gambhir dropped from BCCI contract list   
Hindustan Times
A few weeks after they were left out of the 30-member preliminary squad for the 2015 World Cup, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh were on Monday dropped from the BCCI contract list while medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was promoted to a Grade A ...

2014-12-23 India Entertainment

IBNLive   

Hashtag war: Why #BoycottPK and #WeSupportPK both made India watch the film   
Firstpost
It had to happen: within a day of PK's release, there was a hashtag that appeared on Twitter. It wasn't one that companies like Dolby India had tried to promote in an effort to publicise PK, but one that emerged spontaneously. Within hours, a hashtag war had ...

2014-12-23 India Technology

The Indian Express   

Xiaomi vs Ericsson vs OnePlus vs Micromax: A winter of smartphone court battles   
The Indian Express
It's almost as if the winter chill has warmed up smartphone companies for a battle in India, what with two back-to-back bans on new smartphone entrants in the Indian market, both on orders of the Delhi High Court. It might be mere coincidence that both are ...

2014-12-23 India Business

Firstpost   

Vistara sees govt revoking 5/20 rule, readies strategy to fly abroad   
Firstpost
Vistara plans to start international operations as soon as the Government lifts the 5/20 rule. The airline, a 51:49 venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines (SIA), will be starting operations on 9 January with domestic flights on Delhi, Mumbai and ...

2014-12-23 India World

BBC News   

North Korea partially back online after internet collapse   
BBC News
Some internet services have been restored in North Korea after an almost unprecedented internet outage, amid a cyber security row with the US. Though there has been no comment from the authorities in Pyongyang, US experts reported the restoration.
North Korea internet back up after nation-wide outage   Telegraph.co.uk
North Korea's Internet collapses; US declines to say if it's responsible   Haaretz
North Korea internet cut in possible revenge attack   Financial Times
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BBC News   

Pakistan death row inmates face imminent execution   
BBC News
More than 50 people convicted of terrorist offences in Pakistan are facing imminent execution after President Mamnoon Hussain rejected their mercy petitions, officials say. The president's move means that some executions can take place across the country at ...

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Hindustan Times   

Assembly poll results LIVE: Counting underway in JK, Jharkhand; BJP takes ...   
Hindustan Times
Counting of votes began on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand which witnessed a high turnout in the multi-cornered contests to elect their assemblies. Fates of NC's Omar Abdullah (top left), PDP's Mehbooba Mufti (top right), JMM's Hemant ...