News Digest: After Special Olympics golds, boy now pushes wheelchairs for living

After Special Olympics golds, boy now pushes wheelchairs for living

How a young widow brought her father to book

Textile ministry seeks more funds for powerlooms

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You can easily subscribe, launch ransomware attack
Ransomware is now being offered as a service — like many cloud services are. Not only can you subscribe to ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) on what is known as the dark web, the providers will also give you step-by-step instructions on how to conduct an attack. So even a novice can launch sophisticated, and often profitable, attacks.

Over half of McD's outlets close down in North & East India
With the closure of 84 outlets on Monday, over half of McDonald’s restaurants in North and East India have now downed shutters, which may put pressure on franchise partner Vikram Bakshi to sell out to the global burger giant.

All McDonald's east India outlets shut: Bakshi
McDonald's estranged joint venture partner Vikram Bakshi on Monday said nearly all outlets of the fast-food chain in east India has been shut and several others in the north are on the verge of close down due to discontinuation of supplies by its logistics partner.

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New spider species named after Bob Marley

'Photosynthesis began 1.25 bn yrs ago on Earth'
The world's oldest algae fossils are a billion years old, according to a study which found that the basis for photosynthesis in today's plants was set in place 1.25 billion years ago.

Selection of researchers for tiger population estimation
In an online examination which was held in all the 17 states having tiger reserves on Saturday, around 596 science graduates and post-graduated out of 728 registered appeared for the exams. Out of these 250 will be interviewed to select 59 finalists. National tiger census will start on February 18.

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Julian Assange's Twitter account goes offline, then back
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s Twitter account mysteriously disappeared and reappeared on Monday. The account reappeared without loss in number of tweets posted but having lost a considerable number of followers.

Dark, desperate life without power in Puerto Rico
Three days before Christmas, Doris Martinez and daughter Miriam Narvaez joined their neighbors in a line outside city hall in Morovis, a town of 30,000 people still living without electricity in the mountains of central Puerto Rico more than three months after Hurricane Maria battered the US island.

Christmas message: Pope calls for peace in Jerusalem
Pope Francis called for "peace for Jerusalem" and "mutual trust" on the Korean peninsula as he highlighted the suffering of children in conflicts across the world in his Christmas address on Monday.

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Kapoor family gathers for their traditional Christmas brunch
Christmas Brunch is an annual tradition for the Kapoor Khandan and today everyone from the Kapoor family was spotted gathering for the brunch.

Pic: Taimur steals the limelight from Ranbir
The much-awaited picture of Ranbir Kapoor playing with nephew Taimur is here. It was just last week that Taimur celebrated his first birthday amidst his family in the Pataudi Palace.

Taimur joins Kareena-Saif for the Kapoor brunch
Come Christmas and it's time for the annual brunch that has the whole Kapoor khandaan coming together.

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Folic acid in pregnancy can up risk of allergies in kids
According to a study, taking folic acid in late pregnancy may increase the risk of allergies in children affected by growth restriction during pregnancy. Folic acid is widely used to prevent neural tube defects in the fetus and to aid in the development of the central nervous system.

Scientists create world's smallest Christmas card
Scientists have created the world's smallest Christmas card - measuring just 15 micrometres wide - that could fit over 200 million cards in a single postage stamp. The 15x20 micrometres card requires a powerful microscope just to see it, let alone read the festive message inside.

Hubble spots 'holiday ornament in space': NASA
Scientists at NASA using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a what looks like a colourful holiday ornament in space - a planetary nebula with glowing wisps of outpouring gas that are lit up by a central star nearing the end of its life.

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India rise to second place, Kohli slips to third in T20I rankings
India captain Virat Kohli lost his pole position in the latest ICC T20I Rankings as his absence due to personal commitments led to loss of 48 ranking points.

Rohit Sharma steals the show in maiden series as captain
Stand-in India skipper Rohit Sharma ruled the limited-overs leg of the home series against Sri Lanka, finishing as the highest-run scorer in the two formats while leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal ended up as the top wicket-taker.

Dale Steyn would be challenged by India: Harbhajan Singh
Comeback from a career-threatening injury is never easy and that's why South African pace ace Dale Steyn might not turn out to be as big a threat for India in next month's highly-anticipated Test series, feels senior spinner Harbhajan Singh.

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Infosys looks to reboot under new CEO after stormy 2017
E​ach new year holds the promise of a fresh beginning. And a fresh start is exactly what the USD 10 billion revenue Infosys -- once considered the IT bellwether -- and its two lakh workforce now need after a stormy 2017.

Moto X4 Android One edition starts receiving Android Oreo update
It seems that smartphone maker Motorola has started rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo update for the Android One Edition of its Moto X4 smartphone.

These two Honor smartphones are available on discount on Flipkart
Indian e-commerce major Flipkart is offering discount on recently launched Honor smartphones. Customers can purchase the Honor 9i and the Honor 8 Pro as part of the Honor Celebrations from Flipkart.

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50,000 madrassa teachers not paid by Centre for two years
Over 50,000 madrassa teachers in 16 states, including UP, Uttarakhand, MP and Jharkhand, registered under the Centre’s Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madrassas (SPQEM) have not been paid the central component of their salaries for two years now, forcing many to quit their posts.

Results for TNDTE Diploma out: Here's how to check

Prof Dhirendra Pal Singh appointed UGC chairman

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AC local thrills commuters, but high fare turns up heat

Season's greetings for Mumbai commuters

New train to have CCTV cameras and women cops

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Magenta line: From south Delhi, Noida is now just a 19-minutes ride away

Lunch thali for Rs 10: BJP civic bodies seek way to voters' hearts

In India's capital, a place where girls need escorts to defecate

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Woman cheated of Rs 6.8 lakh by her 'Facebook friend'

Newlywed couple commits suicide

RERA, GST likely to make co-operative society sites costlier

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KTR tweets against Revanth comments
Municipal administration and urban development minister K T Rama Rao tweeted about the comments made by Congress' Revanth Reddy against health minister Lakshma Reddy.

Election to cooperative societies put off in state

Encroachers dump mud to shrink lakes & claim land

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Police round up 100-plus errant bikers

Special trains to clear rush
Two pairs of special trains will be run between Villupuram and Yesvantpur (Bengaluru) to clear the extra rush during holidays.

Three men arrested for attacking, biting cops
Three youths were arrested on Monday for biting and attacking police on special night patrolling with lathis.

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Boy, 13, killed while trying to protect mom from molesters
Cop's Son, Who 'Led' Group Of Attackers, Held

City soaks in Christmas festivities

Ladies tailor held with firearms

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Gang of solvers busted, 3 arrested
Sleuths of crime branch, on Sunday, claimed to have busted solver's gang by arresting three persons including mastermind of the gang and recovered fake Aadhaar cards, marksheets and Rs 80,000 cash in Cantonmment area.

Police attach Atiq brother's property
Police attached the property of ex-MLA Khalid Azim alias Ashraf when he failed to appear in court despite summons in a murder case.Ashraf is the brother of Atiq Ahmad.

Five pontoon bridges, 15 ghats for Mela devotees
Crores of pilgrims are expected to visit Magh Mela commencing from January 2. The Mela administration claimed that 15 ghats have been set up for the devotees to take holy dip.

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Nandankanan, Puri beach witness heavy rush on Christmas

Odisha: Heavy rush in trains, passengers face difficulties finding confirmed berths

Gangadhar Meher University to start French course
The Gangadhar Meher University (GMU) will offer a course in French from January next year. A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of the university’s academic council.

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Geospatial technology to keep track of forest guards

Cong to frame chargesheet against BJP govt before assembly polls

NITI Aayog to help state raise the bar on school education

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CM Amarinder Singh hosts NDA batchmates for reunion after 58 years

3-day Shaheedi Jor Mela begins at Fatehgarh Sahib

11 months on, PPSC yet to declare judicial services main exam dates

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