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: ...