2014-12-31 India Spotlight

Firstpost   

Micromax Yu Yureka receives 'phenomenal' response, sales to begin on 13 ...   
Firstpost
Update: Registrations for the smartphone closed on 24 December at 3 PM. Micromax hasn't mentioned the number of registrations it has received but claims it has got a phenomenal response for the Yu Yureka smartphone. Initially, the registrations were ...

2014-12-31 India More Top Stories

Firstpost   

AirAsia Live: 6 bodies recovered, including flight attendant's in QZ8501 crash   
Firstpost
Indonesia search and rescue says 6 bodies recovered so far from AirAsia crash in Java Sea. According to an Associated Press report, six bodies lost in the AirAsia crash have so far been recovered from the Java Sea, including a woman wearing a flight ...

2014-12-31 India Health

Zee News   

Risk of having cancer again can be prevented by reprogramming stem cells   
TheHealthSite
New York, Dec 30: After full body radiation, certain faulty stem cells re-engineer the blood system that creates cancer risk in people which can be prevented by artificially activating a stem cell maintenance pathway, research has found. 'In a healthy blood ...

2014-12-31 India Science

News Nation   

'Thinking' robo-turtle for undersea mission   
Times of India
SINGAPORE: Indian-origin researchers have developed a next-generation 'thinking' robotic sea turtle capable of performing complicated tasks such as surveillance and energy harvesting. In the near future, it would be possible to produce a swarm of ...

2014-12-31 India Sports

The Indian Express   

MS Dhoni should have continued as player   
Hindustan Times
It was a day of surprises at the MCG just before the end of the year. Firstly, the declaration by Steve Smith in the morning, and then in the evening, the surprise retirement of India captain MS Dhoni. And by evening, the news of MSD would have completely ...

2014-12-31 India Entertainment

Times of India   

Filmmakers fume as Maharashtra home department places 'PK' under police probe   
Times of India
MUMBAI: The state home department has asked the police to "look into" the content of the Aamir Khan-starrer 'PK', which has evoked protests from right wing groups. The police are yet to receive the mandate of the inquiry. The film fraternity has not taken ...

2014-12-31 India Technology

Mashable   

IE, once king of browsers, to be phased out   
Times of India
Microsoft is developing a new, streamlined web browser that will replace Internet Explorer, according to reports, in an apparent attempt to move towards other popular browsers like Chrome and Firefox. The new app could also help Microsoft distance itself ...

2014-12-31 India Business

Firstpost   

Excise duty concessions for auto sector to go: Jaitley is right to remove industry's ...   
Firstpost
The government is likely to end the excise duty concessions to cars, two-wheelers and SUVs by 31 December, according to a PTI report that quotes an unnamed finance ministry official. High time. In an infrastructure-short country, the last thing to do is to ask ...

2014-12-31 India World

Times of India   

Palestinian draft resolution fails in UN council, US votes against   
Times of India
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories by late 2017. Even if the draft had received the minimum nine votes in favor, it would have been defeated by ...

2014-12-31 India India

Hindustan Times   

Amit Shah innocent in Sohrabuddin killings: Court   
Hindustan Times
BJP president Amit Shah, the closest aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Tuesday cleared of ordering police to carry out the extrajudicial killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and his friend when he served as home minister of Gujarat almost a ...