News Digest: With PM as face of khadi, sales up 89% in first half of this fiscal

With PM as face of khadi, sales up 89% in first half of this fiscal
The sale of khadi products -which include garments and other items -shot up over 89% to Rs 814 crore during April-September 2017, compared to Rs 430 crore a year ago, drawing praise from PM Narendra Modi in his monthly radio broadcast `Mann ki Baat' for transforming the lives of weavers.

431 Pak Hindus granted long-term visas
"The ministry of home affairs granted long-term visas to 431 Pakistani nationals last month.They are from minority communities of that country," a PTI report quoted an official as saying.

Congress distances itself as PC remark on J&K autonomy triggers row
Congress said it was in the process of finalising its formula for finding peace in Jammu and Kashmir and did not agree with individual opinions on the subject, distancing itself from senior leader P Chidambaram who has advocated greater autonomy for the troubled state.

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Cut GST for restaurants, small businesses: Panel
A panel of state finance ministers suggested fresh changes on Sunday to the Goods and Services Tax (GST), including a cut in the levy at restaurants and a flat 1% tax for small traders, manufacturers and eateries that opt for the less onerous composition scheme.

Bank recap plan to push GDP growth to 7% in FY19: Report

GST: Exporters set to get tax refund relief
In a big relief to exporters, the government is set to restore a majority of benefits under the drawback schemes, meant to reimburse taxes paid by exporters, the latest move aimed at fixing glitches that have emerged since the roll out of the goods and services tax (GST) almost four months ago.

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'40% dip in emissions from firecrackers this Diwali'
The level of emissions from fireworks fell by around 40 per cent during Diwali festivities this time as compared to 2016, according to the findings of a study which assume importance in the light of a region-wide ban on the sale of firecrackers by the Supreme Court.

Lions, sharks get added protection under UN convention
Lions, chimpanzees, giraffes, leopards and a wide variety of sharks received added protection at a UN wildlife conference in the Philippines. Some 34 endangered species were selected to receive heightened conservation efforts at the Conservation of Migratory Species conference.

Remains of 150mn-year-old marine reptile found in Kutch
Remains of a 150 million-year-old marine reptile were discovered in Kutch in Gujarat by a team of Indian and German scientists. Until now, no Jurassic era ichthyosaur fossils have been reported found in India.

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Toll in Mogadishu attack rises to 27, police chief sacked
The death toll from a deadly weekend attack on a hotel in Mogadishu has risen to 27, the Somali government said on Sunday, announcing the dismissal of the country's police and intelligence chiefs.

1 million people at Spanish unity rally in Barcelona

Catalan independence parties may lose election, poll suggests
Pro-independence parties were seen as taking 42.5 percent of the vote while anti-independence parties would win 43.4 percent, according to the poll of some 1,000 people surveyed.

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Vidya Balan says patriotism cannot be forced
Vidya reportedly feels that we are not in school where we start the day with the national anthem

Karisma Kapoor reveals Taimur's birthday plans
Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan’s son Taimur has been the media's eye candy ever since his birth and now that the little nawab would be turning a year old, everyone in the family seems to be excited about it.

Jahnvi Kapoor's Bollywood debut film shelved?
Karan, who took the young lad under his wings, is now reportedly in two minds over the commercial viability of the Marathi remake film

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SpaceX to reuse Dragon spacecraft for ISS cargo mission

Upper Palaeolithics had way to avoid in-breeding: Study

Experimental vaccine may protect against HIV
Researchers designed a vaccine candidate using an HIV protein fragment linked to a sugar group. When injected into rabbits, the vaccine candidate stimulated antibody responses against the sugar shield in four different HIV strains.

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India beat New Zealand by six runs in a thriller, clinch ODI series 2-1
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli conjured up classy hundreds as India registered a thrilling six-run win over New Zealand in the third and final ODI, clinching the three-match series 2-1 at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur on Sunday.

Srikanth beats Nishimoto to win French Open Super Series title
Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth created history by becoming the first Indian player to win four Super Series titles in a year with straight games victory over Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in the French Open final on Sunday.

Federer outlasts Del Potro for eighth Basel title
Roger Federer claimed an eighth Swiss Indoor title when he outlasted Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3 in front of a partisan Basel crowd on Sunday.

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26 toughest questions from job interviews at Apple

Apple sacks engineer over daughter's iPhone X video on YouTube, read why
In the video posted earlier this week, Brooke Amelia Peterson documented her trip to Apple's campus, where her father is an employee and was seen carrying an iPhone X.

9 cool YouTube features you may not know about

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IIT-Roorkee students win global competition for 'earthenware cooler'
Innovating on the age-old concept of using earthenware to keep the water cool, two students of IIT Roorkee have built 'Evacool', an air cooler which uses the same fundamentals of cooling as employed by many Indians in use of earthenwares and won an award for it.

Punjabi language convention pitches for education in mother tongue

'High-stakes tests, private tuition harmful to students: Unesco
Two popular pillars of education in India and elsewhere in Asia -- "high-stakes" tests and private tuitions -- have been denounced by Unesco as harmful to students and the goals of education.

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14-yr-old girl booked for abandoning newborn behind toilet, cops arrest her cousin for rape
A 19-year-old was arrested for allegedly raping his 14-year-old cousin, who then got pregnant.The girl, a resident of Vasai, has been booked for abandoning her newborn.

Four months into academic year, no check on schoolbags' weight

In a setback for Customs, Rs 11 crore gold smuggling case sent to DRI

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March for Ryan school student at India Gate disallowed

Delhi: Three suicides reported in 48 hours
Three suicides were reported from different parts of east Delhi in the last 48 hours.No suicide note was, however, recovered from the possession of any of the deceased.

Ensure eateries don't choke drains:
A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the corporation and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to take action against violators.

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PM quotes Rajiv Gandhi, asks 'which hand reduced Rs 1 to 15 paise'

A vehicle that helps teachers carry books on campus

On November 14, Lotus Temple will bloom at Cubbon Park

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KTR pitches for India Telecom Summit in Hyderabad

After cracking the tough civils exam, officer trainees show thet can cook and sell

TRS MP asks union minister Gadkari for Expressway and high speed train between Hyderabad and Amaravathi
The Bhongir MP has also asked for a high speed train connectivity train between the two cities.

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Police team pushes kin of SI on Marina

On his way to plane, CM gets stuck in lift at airport

'Write to reservation chief for transfer of train tickets to kin'

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It is Hardik who needs to clear his stand on quota: Rupani

Barad faces his community's ire for defending Vaghani

Don't give in to PM's tears, Hardik urges voters

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BJP joint panel to pick 3 names from each ward

Municipal polls: Uptick in number of women candidates seeking BJP tickets

Congress likely to play Muslim card in municipal poll

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Naveen Patnaik rules out forging alliance with others in next election
"We will have no alliance with any political party. We will fight the next election on our own," Patnaik said during an interactive session at a literary festival here.

BJD will get comfortable majority in 2019: Naveen Patnaik

Odisha to include disaster preparedness in school curriculum

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Demanding roads, villagers in Chitrakoot threaten to not vote

Kid dies as thatched roof falls on him

Man shoots at mom-in-law, wife before killing himself

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PCPA accuses PCA of nepotism

Police unaware of sand mafias and illegal mining

Special sanitation drive launched in Mani Majra

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