News Digest: Padma awards: Foreign Awardees Range From Yoga Guru To Indologist

Padma awards: Foreign Awardees Range From Yoga Guru To Indologist
Among 85 Padma awardees this year, 16 are foreigners given the prestigious award for their work in public affairs, art and dance, yoga, spiritualism, medicine, social work, trade, literature and education.

Adhere to fire rules to avert Uphaar-like tragedy: SC

CIC hauls up man for RTI 'bombardment'
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has come down hard on an applicant for filing multiple applications with a view to harass the public authority. Information commissioner Yashovardhan Azad called out the actions of the applicant, who had filed a slew of pleas after a dispute with a neighbour.

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US economy cools in fourth quarter, falling below Trump goal
The world's largest economy slowed in the final quarter of 2017, bringing US GDP expansion for the year below President Donald Trump's ambitious three percent target, according to data released on Friday.

Honest borrowers to get easy loans: Government
Honest borrowers will find it easier to get loans from public sector banks (PSBs) following the reforms being undertaken, financial services secretary Rajiv Kumar has said, asserting that there would be a premium on integrity.

India and Mexico get an early taste of the 'Bank of Amazon'
In India, Amazon has a doorstep cash-pickup service that lets customers load money into a digital wallet. It has also acquired or invested in several startups there, including Emvantage Payments and BankBazaar.

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Coral reefs get sick from plastic waste: Study
Billions of bits of plastic waste are entangled in corals and sickening reefs from Thailand to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, scientists said on Thursday. The trash is another pressure on corals, already suffering from over-fishing, rising temperatures caused by climate change and other pollution.

At 67, Ranthambhore tiger numbers at all-time high
The thriving tiger population at Rajasthan’s Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve is now the highest in the park’s history at 67, RTR officials said. The numbers are becoming more than what the park can handle, leading to tigers straying out into nearby areas.

Don't allow new power plants if they violate MoEF norms: NGT
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) not to grant clearance to any new thermal power plant till they comply with the standards set by it, after a plea alleged that many of them were flouting norms and causing pollution.

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Dozens dead in South Korea hospital blaze
Around 130 others were hurt in the fire, which comes just weeks before thousands of athletes and foreign visitors are expected in the country for the Winter Olympics.

Nutella discounts spark chaos in French supermarkets
Chaotic scenes were filmed in several supermarkets across the country operated by the Intermarche chain, which offered massive discounts on pots of Nutella. The promotion, launched on Thursday, reduced the price of more than a million 950-gram pots from 4.70 euros ($5.85) to 1.41 ($1.75).

China unveils vision for 'Polar Silk Road' across Arctic

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Pic: Neetu-Rishi all praises for Deepika

'Padmaavat' box-office collection Day 1
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus 'Padmaavat' which stars Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh in lead, finally released on Thursday, amidst tight security.

Celebs attend 'Padmaavat' special screening
Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus 'Padmaavat', starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor, finally saw the light of day, when it released in theatres across the country on 25th January 2018.

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Earliest human fossil outside of Africa unearthed in Israel
Scientists discovered a jawbone complete with teeth at Israel's Misliya cave dated to 177,000 -194,000 years ago, suggesting that modern humans left Africa at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought.

Eating high-cholesterol diet may up colon cancer risk: Study
People eating a high- cholesterol diet are at an increased risk of developing colon cancer, a study warns. Scientists discovered that boosting mice's cholesterol levels spurred intestinal stem cells to divide more quickly, enabling tumours to form 100 times faster.

Fossil shows modern humans left Africa earlier than thought
Scientists say that an ancient upper jawbone and associated stone tools could also mean that Homo sapiens — modern humans — arose in Africa far earlier than fossils now show. And it may cause rethinking about how we evolved and interacted with now-extinct cousin species, such as Neanderthals.

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Even we had to face bouncers, pitch is not dangerous: Rahane
India batsman Ajinkya Rahane on Friday dismissed concerns raised over the Johannesburg pitch that has come under heavy criticism for offering uneven bounce.

3rd Test: Play stopped after umpires raise concern over pitch
Late into the third day's play, South Africa opener Dean Elgar was hit on the helmet grill by a rising delivery which prompted the umpires to take the players off the field. Eventually, after discussions between the two on-field umpires, captains of the two teams and the match referee, the stumps were drawn with South Africa 17/1, chasing 241.

Kohli betters Dhoni's record of most runs as Test captain
Virat Kohli on Friday surpassed Mahendra Singh Dhoni to become the India captain with most runs in Test cricket. During India's second innings of the third Test against South Africa at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, Kohli scored a gritty 41 and took his tally of runs as captain to 3456.

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Samsung to unveil next flagship device, Galaxy S9, on February 25
The smartphone will be launched at an event called 'Unpacked'.

Ford buys transport services startups Autonomic, TransLoc
Ford said Sunny Madra, the chief executive of Autonomic, will join Ford to run a new unit called "Ford X" to develop new transport services businesses. Palo Alto, California-based Autonomic has about 70 employees.

Google, Facebook bad for innovation, democracy: Soros
Calling Internet "monopolies" such as Google and Facebook an obstacle to innovation, billionaire investor George Soros has warned that social media companies can have adverse consequences on the functioning of democracy.

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Admissions trickle in engineering campus boom
Of 266 Colleges In State, 112 Had Low Enrolment

PhD scholar alleges caste bias, threatens suicide

Higher education council to change vacation schedule?
The state higher education council has decided to explore the feasibility of replacing the existing two-month summer vacation in colleges with a split vacation.

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Neral-Matheran train service, stopped in 2016, resumes
Mankhurd, Reay Road and Borivali were opened for public use.

'Why aren't Karni Sena goons tied to the front of jeeps & paraded', asks Omar Abdullah
Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah has asked why “Karni Sena goons” aren’t being tied to jeeps and paraded in front of school buses and cinema halls as human shields. Hisremarks came a day after a school bus carrying children in Gurugram was attacked by hooligans who are against the release of ‘Padmaavat’.

Maestro & mentor of playback singers gets Padma Vibhushan
A wave of delight washed over the music fraternity late Thursday night as word arrived that Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan had been awarded the Padma Vibhushan.

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DU Law Faculty website hacked, Bangladeshi blamed

Delhi: 75-year-old woman killed during robbery bid in Shalimar Bagh

EDMC to replace streetlights with LEDs before Diwali

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Labourer falls into drain, dies

Elephant kills planter, FIR booked against forest officers

Mini-truck kills elderly couple

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R-Day patriotism unfolds in Old City, netas join citizens
National Flag Seen Across Many Schools

In uncertain times, let's emulate 1954 test, says CJ

During tiger census, Qutub Shahi structure discovered at Nallamala

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Tamil Nadu government plans to convert water bodies to deep storage systems

Bar council's poll rules create flutter within legal fraternity

Self-immolation: Cabbie who had spat with cop dies

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Kids' carnival at YMCA lawns today

GCCI seeks changes in GST law

Cop arrested with 240 bottles of liquor

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'Water transport to be started before Kumbh'
Water transport would start from Varanasi to Allahabad before the beginning of Kumbh in 2019, said Union minister for road transport, highways and shipping Nitin Gadkari on Thursday.

Absent from duty, services of 16 railway employees terminated

Allahabad University prepares for Republic Day

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Elaborate security arrangement for R-Day celebration in Odisha
untoward incident, said Director General of Police R P Sharma.

No internal democracy in BJD: Jual Oram
against their party, "no action" has been taken against them.

Bride lodges dowry case as groom demands Rs 1 crore
1 crore.They have betrayed our trust and humiliated me and my.

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Madhya Pradesh: Radio bomb mystery solved, three arrested

'Blackmailer' journalism student in judicial custody

BJP discusses names for bypolls

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Punjab CM launches benefits under 'Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana' on R-day

Notorious gangsters Vicky Goundar, Lahoria killed in encounter in Rajasthan

Six Punjab police officers honoured with CM police medals, two with Raksha Padaks

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