News Digest: Aadhaar will have to meet privacy test: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Aadhaar will have to meet privacy test: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Chandrasekhar, who had intervened in the hearing held to decide whether right to privacy was a fundamental right, said the verdict was a first step towards evolving a new legal eco-system.

Dera chief verdict today, Panchkula in lockdown
e Manohar Lal Khattar government spent tense moments on Thursday, a day before a special CBI court gives its verdict in a rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. More than 1.5 lakh of his followers gathered in Panchkula, taking over the campuses of several government buildings and plunging the city into chaos amid a looming fear of violence across Punjab and Haryana.

Ravi Shankar Prasad's fundamental right tweet draws flak
Union minister for electronics and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday earned flak on Twitter for claiming that the government had been in favour of privacy as a fundamental right all along. Many tweeted back at the minister with pictures of the front page of The Times of India dated May 3, which carried the headline: “Citizens don’t have absolute right over their bodies: Government”

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Vishal Sikka likely to join Hewlett Packard Enterprise as CTO
Last Friday, Vishal Sikka ceased to be the CEO and managing director of Infosys and got a new designation as executive vicechairman. In less than a week, he has lost that position, too. On Thursday, Sikka stepped down from the company with immediate effect.

RBI to issue Rs 200 note on Friday. All you need to know
New 200 rupee note: The height of the note would be the same as the new Rs 500 notes that were issued post demonetisation. However, the width will be much less. “Dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 146 mm,” the RBI said. The base colour of the Rs 200 note is bright yellow, reminiscent of the now discontinued Rs 2 note.

Markets finish flat as Sensex, Nifty stay rangebound
The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 28.05 points to close at 31,596.06 while the broader 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 4.50 points to end at 9,857.05. Analysts said that the cautious note of trading can be owed to the long weekend as markets will remain closed on Friday on occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.

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Pollution at crisis levels in North India: Niti Aayog
Noting that air pollution has reached crisis level in Northern India, government think-tank Niti Aayog has recommended a slew of measures like imposing higher taxes on petrol in and around the more polluted cities to encourage commuters to share cars and take public transportation.

Arctic's permafrost is thawing, wildlife habitat disappearing
The Arctic is warming about twice as fast as other parts of the planet, and even here in sub-Arctic Alaska the rate of warming is high. Sea ice and wildlife habitat are disappearing; higher sea levels threaten coastal native villages.

Arctic researchers to study wind effects on marine life
The Sikuliaq (see-KOO'-lee-ak), owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, will depart on Friday from Nome for the trip through the Bering Strait to waters on and off the continental shelf in the Beaufort.

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How an imam in jeans forged terror cell in Spain
Few details about the conspiracy in the Netherlands were released, but the police said they arrested a 22-yearold man on Thursday in the Brabant region, southeast of Rotterdam, in connection with the investigation into plans for an attack at the Maassilo events venue, where Allah-Las, a band from California, were to play.

41 dead in two Brazil boat wrecks: Officials
The death toll from two separate ferry wrecks in Brazil surged on Thursday, with 41 people killed overall, according to authorities. There was no immediate information about the causes of the two sinkings.

16 dead as typhoon floods Macau, southern China
The most powerful typhoon to hit the southern Chinese region in more than half a century left at least 16 dead as a sudden deluge swamped the gambling hub of Macau, submerging streets and stranding residents.

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Pic: Anushka-Virat's Sri Lankan vacation
The two find ways to spend some downtime together whenever possible and here is a picture to prove it.

Pics: Esha Deol turns a bride for her baby shower ceremony
Esha Deol had her baby shower recently and it was a thing that dreams are made of. The diva had a traditional Sindhi godh bharai ceremony for which she turned a bride again to take three pehras with hubby Bharat Takhtani as part of the rituals.

'Babumoshai Bandookbaaz' leaked already?

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Nasa rockets to create glowing artificial clouds

SpaceX unveils sleek, white spacesuit for astronaut travel
Chief executive Elon Musk made the big reveal via Instagram on Wednesday. He says it's not him in the new suit, rather a SpaceX engineer. Musk says the new SpaceX suit has been tested on Earth and works.

Vitamin B intake may up lung cancer risk in men: Study

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2nd ODI: Bhuvneshwar, Dhoni help India beat Sri Lanka
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni added a record unbeaten 100-run stand for the eighth wicket to help India register a thrilling three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international in Pallekele on Thursday.

Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth enter World Championships quarters
Olympic silver medalist PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth stood just one step away from grabbing a medal each at the World Badminton Championships after entering the quarter-finals of the singles events on Thursday.

Cristiano Ronaldo wins UEFA Player of the Year award
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo was named UEFA's Player of the Year, beating Lionel Messi and Gianluigi Buffon to the prize, European soccer's governing body announced during the Champions League group stage draw in Monaco.

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Reliance Jio website crashes minutes after JioPhone pre-bookings start
The pre-booking of Reliance’s 4G-enabled phone was set to begin at 5.30pm today (August 24).

Samsung Galaxy S8+ 6GB RAM variant gets a price cut in India
Samsung launched the 6GB RAM and 128GB storage variant of its flagship smartphone Galaxy S8+ earlier in June 2017. According to a Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom, the smartphone has got a price cut and is now available for Rs 65,900.

26 of the toughest questions Apple asks in job interviews

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Under new rules, less than 50% private MBBS seats filled
Deemed universities and private colleges across the country are staring at a huge crisis of unfilled undergraduate medical seats under the new system of centralised counselling introduced under the Supreme Court’s orders this year.

IITs, IIMs may be told to rate, certify institutes
“We have a huge talent pool of teachers and students who can use the entire exercise of evaluation as a learning tool,” Prakash Javadekar said.

The Science of Happiness
In an introductory lesson on the Science of Happiness, Dacher Keltner, a UC Berkeley psychologist, underlined the relationship between the success of a person and his/her compassionate and nurturing traits. Here are some of the highlights from his introductory lecture at UC Berkeley:

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Case filed against builder over delayed possession
Police registered the case under sections 3 and 13 of MOFA against Vinod Goyanka, Shahid Balwa and five others.

No building audit notices after 2013: Crash report

Now, obtain your building's occupation certificate within 8 days
On April 20, 2016, the urban development department had notified public services, along with designated officers, first- and second-appellate authorities and stipulated time limits for such public services.

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9-yr-old raped by juvenile in south Delhi
A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour, a juvenile, in south Delhi's Govindpuri.The victim's family got to know about the incident when the girl complained of abdomen pain.She .

Repeat offenders to pay extra in dengue fight
To control larva breeding, South Delhi Municipal Corporation has slapped administrative fines, in addition to challans, on at least 2,500 repeat offenders since June.

Locals attack Cantt board office after demolition
Residents of Delhi Cantonment protested outside the headquarters of Delhi Cantonment Board (DCB) on Thursday after the agency demolished shops and houses in East Mehram Nagar and other areas. They also vandalised the office of DCB chief executive officer B Reddy Sankar Babu.

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Getting a cab when it rains is simply an impossible job

Bengaluru just 60mm rain away from its wettest August in history

CBD all set to welcome guzzlers back next week

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1616 maintenance staff awarded for achieving best fuel efficiency

Pray, Love, Eat: Edible Ganeshas add a tasty twist to idol shopping

It was a wedding reception to remember

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At last, Day 1: Students breathe easy as medical seats are allotted

Gold dissolved in acid seized at airport
Smugglers concealing gold in their body cavities, underwear or within electronic items to sneak past customs at Chennai international airport may be a thing of the past.

AIADMK whip moves speaker to disqualify 19 pro-TTV MLAs
Rajendran's decision came after the CM and his cabinet colleagues, S P Velumani, P Thangamani, D Jayakumar and C Ve Shanmugam, held a meeting at the speaker's chamber at the Secretariat.

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Gujarat: Man morphs singer's picture, shows her as wife

Cop arrested India's attention as a teen
This millionaire IPS officer had assets disproportionate to his age.Those assets - knowledge and talent - helped .

MP says no to lions from Gujarat
In a proposal to the Centre, the MP forest department has sought lions from various zoos across the country barring Gujarat. The proposal cites that the MP forest department wants Asiatic lions from various zoos in order to create a separate gene pool of lions which is distinct from Gujarat lions.

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1st unit of 660 MW of Meja thermal power project synchronised
In a major development which would boost the power production on the state, the 1st unit of 660 MW of Meja thermal power project, was synchronised with the main grid, on Thursday.

One Sub-Inspector killed, two injured in a fierce encounter in Chitrakoot

Naga police seeks city cops' help for social media cell
The Nagaland police has sought the assistance of their UP counterparts to set up a social media monitoring system (SMMS) at Kohima.

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Agitating teachers to celebrate Ganesh Puja on road at Dharna place

Odisha Travel Bazaar to start from October 15

OTDC launches monsoon tour packages
To provide a quick escape from the hustle-bustle of city in the rains, Odisha Tourism announces Monsoon tour packages to some serene and picaresque tourist destinations.

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Madhya Pradesh BJP chief clarifies stand on age bar row
Taking a clear stand on 75-age bar row, BJP state president Nandkumar Singh Chauhan clarified on Thursday that it was not obligatory to appoint veterans in the state cabinet.

Madhya Pradesh BJP in 'mission mode' for assembly, LS elections
The state unit of BJP is all set to switch onto mission mode aiming for a clean sweep in the forthcoming assembly and Lok Sabha elections slated for 2018 and 2019 respectively.

Class 8 girl poisons classmate in MP for scoring more marks
​The girl put liquid mosquito repellent into the water bottle of her classmate at their private school. The accused girl later allegedly tried to commit suicide, fearing police inquiry into the incident.

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Witnesses, sleuths face serious threat, says CBI
HC Orders Extra Security Cover For Them

Punjab cabinet approves culture policy
Punjab Cabinet on Thursday approved a new Punjab State Culture Policy, which was approved by the cabinet. With this, the state claims to have become the second state in the country, after Manipur, to have such a policy for the protection and preservation of its rich cultural heritage.

Workshop for national science congress on Aug 26

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