News Digest: Plaint against Uttarakhand CM Rawat for giving wrong age in polls

Plaint against Uttarakhand CM Rawat for giving wrong age in polls

HC slams Centre for GST on sanitary napkins

Hindu Mahasabha builds Godse temple, Congress cries sedition

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Restaurants fall in line on GST
Restaurants across the country on Wednesday complied with the lower goods and services tax (GST) rate of 5% after initial reluctance to do so, at least from some quarters. The new GST rates for a host of items — from washing powders and razors to shampoo and watches — kicked in from Wednesday, days after the GST Council pared rates on over 200 items, including 178 in the top bracket of 28%.

Centre decides to switch to BS-VI fuels from April
Delhi will run on BS-VI (Bharat Stage-VI) grade petrol and diesel from April 1 next year, two years ahead of the 2020 deadline the Centre had set for rolling out cleaner fuels across the country.

RCom, other Reliance group stocks tumble up to 12% on heavy selling
The scrip of Reliance Communications slumped 12.12 per cent, Reliance Capital tanked 10.21 per cent and Reliance Infrastructure plummeted 9.16 per cent on BSE.

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India-led solar alliance to add 1,000GW of energy by 2030
Set to become a legal entity in December, the India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) plans to add 1,000 gigawatt (GW) of solar power across the globe by 2030 with an investment of nearly 1,200 billion euros. ISA’s future plans were made public in Bonn on the sidelines of the ongoing UN climate change conference.

'Better protections needed from mine water disasters'
A string of mining waste disasters over the past decade show better protections are needed for communities downstream of massive polluted material storage sites, according to a United Nations report.

International Solar Alliance to become legal entity on Dec 6
The International Solar Alliance, which will become a legal entity on December 6, has planned to add 1,000 gigawatt (GW) of solar power across the globe by 2030. It is estimated that the plan to create 1000 GW of solar power capacity will need an investment of nearly 1,200 billion Euros by 2030.

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Nazi speech: US will vote no at UN to banning it
Introduced by Russia, the resolution calls on all UN nations to ban pro-Nazi speech and organizations, and to implement other restrictions on speech and assembly. That's a non-starter in the US, where First Amendment protections guarantee all the right to utter almost anything they want - even praise for Adolf Hitler's followers.

4 suicide bombers kill 14, wound 29 in Nigeria
Four suicide bombers detonated in Nigeria's Borno state capital and killed 14 people while wounding another 29, police said on Wednesday, in one of the largest such attacks in the city in years. The deafening blasts could be heard in the evening in Maiduguri, the home of the Boko Haram extremist insurgency.

Lebanon president says Saudi has 'detained' PM
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of having "detained" Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who announced his resignation in a statement from the kingdom earlier this month.

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Karan Johar launches the first look of Janhvi Kapoor-Ishaan Khatter starrer 'Dhadak'
Dharma Productions' film 'Dhadak' starring debutante Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter, is on its way and Karan Johar just unveiled the first look of the film.

Rajput Karni Sena gives it back to Deepika Padukone for reacting against them
Rajput Karni Sena vandalised a cinema hall in Kota, Rajasthan for screening trailer of ‘Padmavati’ in a bid to give it back to Deepika Padukone

Pic: Salman Khan debuts suave new look for 'Race 3'
You saw Salman Khan hit the screen with guns blazing, now you will see him get behind the wheel for the third instalment of the crime drama, ‘Race 3’.

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Nasa testing space nuclear reactor to 'empower' humans on Mars
Nasa is testing a space nuclear reactor that could 'empower' future astronauts on the surface of Mars, by energising habitats and running on-the-spot processing equipment to transform resources on the red planet into oxygen, water and fuel.

More stress could mean wider waistline for women: Study
Women tend to live longer than men, putting especially ageing women at greater risk for obesity, said Eva M Durazo, a post-doctoral scholar at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in the US.

Dimming Sun's rays to cool planet will affect storms too: Study
Injecting billions of reflective particles into the stratosphere could help cool an overheating planet, but would also alter the intensity of tropical storms, researchers said Tuesday.

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China Open: Sindhu, Nehwal, Prannoy in round two
Ace India shuttlers PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy entered round two of the singles events at the China Open Super Series Premier, after registering contrasting victories on Wednesday.

I am not a robot; will ask for rest when needed: Kohli
Chief National Selector M.S.K. Prasad, though, refuted all rumours later saying that Kohli had made himself available for selection for all the three Test matches and the selectors would look at resting the skipper only after that.

India ready to inflict more humiliation on Sri Lanka
India would look to continue their ruthless streak while Sri Lanka would want to forget the annihilation suffered at home and chase what has been an improbable dream of winning a Test here when the two teams clash in a three-match series, starting here tomorrow.

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Lenovo Tab 7 with 4G LTE launched in India at Rs 9,999
Chinese smartphone maker Lenovo has expanded its product lineup with the launch of company’s latest budget tablet.

Timex BLINK activity tracker launched in India, price starts at Rs 4,995
Timex has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of its latest activity tracker.

OnePlus phones have a glaring security flaw, here's what the company has to say
OnePlus recently came into news for snooping on users for data.

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25 lakh kids part of largest national learning survey

US still top draw, but growth rate of Indian students halves: Survey
Though the US is still a much-favoured destination for Indian students, the percentage of increase in fresh enrolments by Indians halved in 2016-2017 to 12.3% from almost 25% the previous year, according to the latest Open Doors survey conducted by the Institute of International Education.

Fresh enrolment in US universities fall, India growth halved
After six years of formidable growth, the United States of America saw a decline in fresh enrolments in fall 2016. Nearly 10,000 fewer candidates signed up this year taking the new student count to about 2.9 lakh, a 3% decrease from the previous year. Growth from India halved as well as the student count in the USA is now 1.8 lakh.

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State cleared 72 factory closures in 20 years, nearly 40% of applications
MUMBAI: As the state moves to reform laws on factory closures and retrenchments, the latest available data shows that it cleared the closure of only 72 factories with 100 and more workers in Maharashtra in the two decades between 1994 and 2013.

Students of BMS find exam paper on social media

90% burnt body found, cops suspect rape
The body of an unidentified woman with 90% burns was found in a desolate area of Anand Nagar MIDC in Ambernath on Wednesday morning. As the victim's clothes and footwear were found nearby, cops suspect whether the woman was first sexually abused and then murdered and set on fire so that no one can identify her.

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Try teen as an adult, Ryan victim's father asks JJB
Pradhyumn Thakur’s father Barun filed an application before the juvenile justice board (JJB) on Wednesday, pleading that the 16-year-old Class XI student detained by CBI for the murder of his son be tried as an adult.

Delhi builder murder: Wife, her brother held
Four days after Delhi-based builder Rizwan Khan’s charred body was found inside his burnt car on a stretch of the national highway near Aligarh, UP police have detained his wife, Nazmeen, and her brother, Shahrukh, in connection with the murder.

Braveheart catches two chain-snatchers in Delhi
A courageous 36-year-old woman caught two chain-snatchers who had grabbed her gold chain on Wednesday barely a few metres from her house in east Delhi’s Jagatpuri.

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Bangalore Turf Club-government battle set to enter court turf
The crisis at the Bangalore Turf Club deepened on Wednesday with a majority of its members favouring legal action against the Karnataka government, which hasn’t renewed the racing licence since August 31.

Private hospital OPDs in Bengaluru shut indefinitely from today
All outpatient departments (OPDs) in private hospitals and nursing homes across Bengaluru will shut indefinitely from 8am Thursday.

India, Israel partner on atomic clocks, electrical propulsion

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GST rip-off: Government struggles to nail restaurants slapping service charge

Techie run over by bus in Banjara Hills
A software engineer died and two motorcycle riders suffered injuries in separate road mishaps on Wednesday.

Cantt chokes: Fury over green grab
Now those frequenting the SCB Public Garden at Bolarum are now threatening to launch protests after a portion of the garden was demarcated for SRDP.

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Madras high court gets a new judge
The Madras high court has got a new judge in Justice Satrughana Pujahari, who has been transferred from the Orissa high court.

Driving licence: HC upholds Tamil Nadu decision

IIT-M notice says 'behave yourself'; students upset
The circular was put up yesterday on the notice boards of the hostels on the campus, said a third year student."We sent a mail to the Council of Wardens asking that this particular point be removed from the form.

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Patidar netas lobbying for Congress tickets
There are nine other members of PAAS in Saurashtra who have been seeking tickets from Congress.

Man cheated with lure of UK visa

Alleged loan shark held for abetment to suicide

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Outsider's presence created dispute in Martina's family?
Suspecting that Martina's family had had a tiff with her over an outsider who visited her, police began questioning all her family members separately on Tuesday.

Fake IDs being used for sending obscene messages
Fake IDs are being used to send obscene and vulgar movie clip or photograph on cell phones and social networking sites of fairer sex in Allahabad.

Will talk to Sunni board: Akhara chief

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Wi-Fi to be provided in small stations through Universal Services Obligation Fund

Reasons behind Brunda Sahu's suicide not clear, says Odisha agriculture minister

Odisha government issues 'no sale' notice to 11 pesticide companies

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Ordnance factory AGM held for molesting minor

Kids need more sleep, report wants to change school timings

NLIU to get new chief, strike ends

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Schools, education secy to meet today on EWS, fee hike

Not paying claim costs insurance company Rs 1.31 lakh

PU panel for discipline-specific books for upgrading bureau's publishing quality

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