India-Special-Important-Daily-NEWS-IN-HINDI
-26-10-2016
GANGTOK:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 1200 MW Teesta Stage III
Hydro Electric Project in Sikkim, all 6 units of which are expected to be ready
for commissioning by the end of this year. PM Modi gave this assurance to
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling when he called on the Prime Minister
at his residence in New Delhi, an official release said in Gangtok. Teesta
Implementation
of the contentious no-detention policy which does not allow any child to be
failed till Class VIII will now be left to the discretion of different states.
The Central Advisory Board of Education which is the country's top education
advisory body has made that recommendation today at its annual meet. The
no-detention policy has been blamed for a drop in learning outcomes and to
GOVERNMENT
SCHEME-APPROVAL-DECISION -
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Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley on launched the SMS alert service for Tax Deducted at
Source (TDS) for salaried class and the CBDT will soon offer this facility on a
monthly basis. Jaitley said salaried class cannot afford to pay tax twice
or indulge in litigations and hence they should be kept updated about their TDS
deductions. Hence tax payers will benefit if they receive information through
use of
LEGAL-COURT
BILL-ACT- DAILY-NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL-NEWS-IN-ENGLISH-26-10-2016
Former
Karnataka chief minister and BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa was acquitted
along with his family members by a special CBI court on Wednesday, in a Rs 40
crore bribery case related to the alleged grant of favours to a JSW Steel
affiliate to mine iron ore.Yeddyurappa, his two sons, a son-in-law, steel major
JSW Steel and four Bellary-based JSW Steel affiliates were cleared of criminal
The
Uttarakhand High Court on 25 October 2016 ordered a complete ban on the sale of
whitener in the state. The decision came following the death of a teenager
(14-year-old) in Bhowali town of Nainital district after he sniffed an excess
of whitener for a kick. The single bench of Justice Rajeev Sharma directed the
state government to put a complete ban on its sale. Besides, the court also
ordered that
SAN
FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES: A US judge on Tuesday granted final approval
for a $14.7 billion class action settlement in Volkswagen's diesel emissions
cheating scandal, the largest such automaker settlement in history. The buyback
deal at the same time also resolved some claims brought by US and California
environmental regulators who had sought penalties for Volkswagen's violations
of
SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY-HEALTH- DAILY-NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL-NEWS-IN-ENGLISH-26-10-2016
WASHINGTON:
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have started planting
their third on-orbit crop of red romaine lettuce, NASA said. "Early this
morning, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough initiated the Veg-03 experiment, one of
his first science assignments as a new crew member aboard the orbiting
laboratory," the US space agency said in a statement on Wednesday.
Astronomers are using a
An
American team of robots have defeated their Australian rivals in a game of
football to win the RoboCup Challenge after technical problems plagued the
Australian side. The University of Texas at Austin’s Austin Villa beat the
University of New South Wales’ Runswift 7-3 during China’s World Robot
Conference. Jeremy Collette, from the University of New South Wales in
Australia, bemoaned
APPOINTMENT-
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A
day after Tata Group abruptly replaced Cyrus Mistry as chairman, Dr Ralf Speth,
CEO of Jaguar Land Rover, and N Chandrasekaran, CEO & MD of TCS was
appointed as Additional Directors on the Tata Sons Board. “Dr Ralf Speth, CEO
of Jaguar Land Rover, and Mr N Chandrasekaran, CEO & Managing Director of
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), have been appointed as Additional Directors
India-born
Rajeev Misra in the third week of October 2016 was appointed the SoftBank
Vision Fund, constituted by Japanese telecom and Internet major Softbank Corp.
The SoftBank Vision Fund intends to make investments in the technology sector
globally. It is managed in the United Kingdom by a subsidiary of the Saudi
Binladin Group (SBG). It is reportedly one of the world's largest of its kind
and
BANKING-DAILY-
NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL-NEWS-IN-ENGLISH-26-10-2016
The
first cross-border transaction between banks using multiple blockchain
applications has taken place, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Wells Fargo
& Co said , resulting in a shipment of cotton to China from the United
States. Australian cotton trader Brighann Cotton Marketing bought the shipment
bound for the port city Qingdao from U.S. division Brighann Cotton in Texas,
the companies
ECONOMICAL-DAILY
-NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL-NEWS-IN-ENGLISH-26-10-2016
Road
and inland water communication in Assam is set to improve in the wake of the
Centre deciding to invest nearly Rs 1 lakh crore to improve connectivity.Union
Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari announced this
while discussing several issues related to improvement of transport
communication with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in New Delhi. An official
release
AWARD
AND HONOUR - -DAILY-NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL-NEWS-IN-ENGLISH-26-10-2016
Finolex
Industries Ltd, one of the leading suppliers of PVC pipes & fittings for
the agriculture and non-agricultural sectors in India, has been awarded with
the national record certificate by The Limca Book of Records for conducting the
largest number of plumbers meets organised simultaneously across 26 states and
58 cities. The activity, which was carried out on the occasion of World
Plumbing Day on
Queen
Latifah received the highest honour of the Princess Grace Awards for her
contribution to the arts. The "Chicago" actress was handed the Prince
Rainier III Award, named after the husband of late actress and Princess of
Monaco Grace Kelly, for giving back to the arts community. She was chosen for
the honour by the executives of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA, which awards
grants and
Portugal’s
Renato Sanches on 24 October 2016 was awarded the 2016 European Golden Boy
award. Sanches will be handed a trophy at a Monte Carlo ceremony. He defeated
Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford, Bayern's Kingsley Coman and AC Milan
goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to bag the prize. Sanches was selected
following a vote by journalists from 30 newspapers across Europe to name the
Paul
Beatty on 25 October 2016 became the first US author to win the Man Booker
Prize. He won the award for his racial satire, 'The Sellout' at a ceremony in
London's Guildhall. the novel tells the story of a young black man who tries to
reinstate slavery and racial segregation in a suburb of Los Angeles. Chair of
the Judges, Amanda Foreman, said the book managed to eviscerate every social
taboo. Beatty
SPORT-DAILY--NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL-NEWS-IN-ENGLISH-26-10-2016
RSPB
finished on top in all three sections -- men's freestyle, Greco-Roman and
Female wrestling -- at the Senior (men's and women's) National Wrestling
championship at Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. RSPB wrestlers, who dominated the
competition, bagged maximum medals on the final day of the tournament as well to
emerge triumphant across all three sections. Grapplers representing RSPB --
Lalita (women's
Moscow:
Suspended Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova was removed from the Women's
Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings, according to a report on the
organisation's website on Monday.Last week, Sharapova, 29, was in 93rd place in
the rankings, reports Efe. She is serving a two-year suspension for the
violation of anti-doping regulations since January 26. However, the Swiss-
Fédération
Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on 21 October 2016 unveiled the
Official Mascot for the 2018 World Cup. The Official Mascot for the 2018 FIFA
World Cup Russia is named Zabivaka, which means ‘the one who scores’ in
Russian. The mascot is the wolf developed by student designer Ekaterina
Bocharova. The selected mascot had received 53 per cent of the votes, followed
by
ENVIRONMENT-DAILY-
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NEW
DELHI: An afforestation campaigner on Tuesday moved the National Green Tribunal
challenging the forest clearance granted by Karnataka government for
construction of Phase-I of the Rs 12,912 crore Yettinahole project, prompting
the green panel to seek response from the Centre and others. A bench headed by
NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the Ministry of
SYDNEY:
More corals are dying and others are succumbing to disease and predators after
the worst-ever bleaching on Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef, scientists
said on Wednesday. A swathe of corals bleached in the northern third of the
2,300-kilometre (1,429-mile) long biodiverse site off the Queensland state
coast died after an unprecedented bleaching earlier this year as sea
temperatures
FOREIGN
TOUR-FOREIGN RELATION- INTERNATIONAL
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MoU
signed for establishing India-Vanuatu Centre of Excellence in IT in Vanuatu.
Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and
Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal led a thirteen-member Indian delegation to Republic of
Vanuatu on 25-26th October, 2016. During this visit, the Minister held meetings
with H.E. Mr. Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas, Prime Minister of Republic of
Taiwan
has announced a simplified group visa policy to encourage tourist groups from
Southeast Asian countries, including India and Indonesia, to visit the nation.
The group visa is free of cost for five or more people and is aimed at
promoting Taiwan as a destination for exhibitions and conferences. Taiwan is
also being promoted as a locale for shooting movies. The two-way traffic is
also set to increase
DEFENCE
-DAILY- -NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL-NEWS-IN-ENGLISH-26-10-2016
NEW
DELHI: Russia has unveiled the first image of its beast of a nuclear missile
called the RS-28 Sarmat, also known as Satan-2. It is Russia’s new super-heavy
thermonuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which can wipe
out parts of the earth the size of Texas and France, according to Russia’s
Zvezda TV channel. The missile is capable of targeting major cities of the UK
and other
The
fourth edition of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise ‘MITRA SHAKTI
2016’ is being conducted at Sinha Regimental Centre in Ambepussa, Sri Lanka
from 24 October to 06 November 2016. The main focus of this edition of the
joint exercise is to enhance inter-operability while carrying out Counter
Insurgency (CI)/Counter Terrorism (CT) operations under the United Nations
Mandate. A
Indian
Naval Ship Sumitra, an offshore patrol vessel, has arrived at Suva, Fiji today
on a three day visit from 26 to 29 Oct 16, as part of her operational
deployment to Southern Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, in pursuit of
India’s ‘Act East’ policy and outreach to friendly countries. The visit is
aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and enhancing maritime security
cooperation between the two countries.
SURVEY
AND REPORT-DAILY-NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL-NEWS-IN-ENGLISH-26-10-2016
After
pinning its hopes on a significant improvement in World Bank’s Ease of Doing
Business Index, India has managed to move up by only one rank in the Doing
Business Report 2017. India’s position on seven out of 10 parameters also went
down, compared to the previous year's rankings. The government said the ranking
failed to take into account the various reform initiatives undertaken by
A
majority of Indian firms have voluntarily set up emission reduction targets
prodded by growing benefits from reduced carbon emissions. Of the 69 Indian
firms examined by the carbon disclosure project, a global non-profit firm
assessing the work of companies worldwide in the area of climate change, over
80 per cent are in the process of implementing emission reduction targets, a
report
India
has climbed 21 spots to rank 87th on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender
Gap Report 2016. In 2015, it was ranked 108th. The improvement in ranking, the
report says, is driven largely by major improvements in education, where it has
managed to close its gap entirely in primary and secondary education. With this
jump in ranking, India has now overtaken China which is ranked 99th
NEW
YORK: Efforts to close gender gaps in pay and workforce participation
slowed so dramatically in the past year that men and women may not reach
economic equality for another 170 years, the World Economic Forum said on Tuesday.
Statistics just a year ago predicted the economic gap between genders could
close in 118 years, but progress has decelerated, stalled or reversed in
nations
TORONTO:
Dismissing a common perception that dinosaurs were solitary, vicious
monsters, researchers have found evidence that just like most modern animals,
these gigantic creatures too loved company and they lived and died together in
groups. "The common mythology of dinosaurs depicts solitary, vicious
monsters running around eating everything," said one of the researchers
Gregory
India
is becoming more generous with larger number of people stepping up to support
others in tough times, according to a new study that shows the country climbing
up the World Giving Index of global generosity. According to the Index
that is compiled by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), India has re-entered
the list of top 100 most generous countries, by occupying the 91st rank as
opposed to the
PASSES
AWAY-DAILY- -NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL-NEWS-IN-ENGLISH-26-10-2016
Renowned
Kashmiri singer Raj Begum passed away on Wednesday, 26 October. She was 89.News
agency ANI reported that Begum had been ill over a prolonged period of time
leading up to her death. She is survived by two sons and a daughter, as well as
their children. Born to Ghulam Rasool Sheikh of Srinagar in March 1927, Raj
Begum began singing from a very early age, reported The Kashmir
Jorge
Batlle, a veteran politician who was the fourth member of his Catalan immigrant
family to be president of Uruguay, died a day before his 89th birthday. A
centrist leader of the right-wing Colorado Party, he sought closer ties and
free trade pacts with the United States during his 2000-2005 presidency that
was also marked by one of the South American country’s worst-ever financial
The
mortal remains of freedom fighter and Gandhian Narayana Pillai, 93, were
cremated at the courtyard of his ancestral home, Eeswaravilasom, at Nellimukal,
near Adoor, on Tuesday. He was the former president of the Sarvodaya Mandalam.
He died due to age-related illness on Monday. He is survived by wife Sulochana
Amma and three children. District Collector R.Girija paid tributes to the
Mumbai:
Pop singer Pete Burns, the founder of the group Dead Or Alive, has died at the
age of 57 from a cardiac arrest. Burns was catapulted to fame in 1985 with the
huge success of the group's single 'You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)', and
later participated in the 2006 edition of ‘Celebrity Big Brother’, in which he
finished fifth. "All of his family and friends are devastated by the loss
of our
Carlos
Alberto, who scored one of the greatest goals in World Cup history while
captaining Brazil to glory in the 1970 final against Italy, has died aged 72
following a heart attack. The marauding right-back scored Brazil's fourth goal
in their 4-1 win over Italy in Mexico’s Azteca Stadium, a thumping drive that
ended a move involving nine players, before hoisting the Jules Rimet trophy as
Brazil won the
MISCELLANEOUS-
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Six
Indian films have bagged eight major nominations in the 10th edition of Asia
Pacific Screen awards this year. Bollywood thriller “Psycho Raman,” directed by
Anurag Kashyap and starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been nominated in three
categories including best actor, achievement in cinematography and achievement
in directing. In the best performance by an actor category, Nawazuddin is up
COMMITTEE-DAILY-
-NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL-NEWS-IN-ENGLISH-26-10-2016
The
Union Telecom Ministry has formed a committee to look into the regulator TRAI’s
recommendation of a Rs. 3,050 crore penalty on top three telcos — Airtel,
Vodafone and Idea. The committee has been asked to give a report on the
recommendations soon likely to be before 15 November 2016. What is the case?
Earlier TRAI had recommended Department of Telecom to impose
The
Centre has constituted a Committee headed by Joint Commissioner, Department of
Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries (DADF) to maintain constant vigil on the
situation arising out of avian influenza (H5N8). The Committee will have
representatives from Ministry of Health, Ministry of Environment, Forests and
Climate Change and Department of Agriculture Research and Extension
AGREEMENT-
-DAILY-NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL-NEWS-IN-ENGLISH-26-10-2016
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi met meet New Zealand Prime Minister John Key at
Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Wednesday. Both leaders held bilateral talks on
the issues of mutual interests on trade, renewable energy and defence. India
and New Zealand also exchanged agreements and issue a joint statement.
Addressing media after meeting New Zealand PM, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
said, he
New
Revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and Republic
of Korea comes into force with effect from 12th September, 2016; Will have
effect in India in respect of income derived in fiscal years beginning on or
after 1st April, 2017. A new revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA)
between India and Korea for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention
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