- Patriots quarterback was expected to play against the Bears, but cut himself before taking the field.
- Paul Manafort began consulting in Ukraine in 2005, when he had largely disappeared from view in U.S. politics, and became connected to some of the country’s most powerful officials. But reports this week of alleged payments may trigger FBI scrutiny of Manafort’s work with the ousted Ukrainian president.
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- P. Dhanapal says the MLAs had ridiculed him besides insulting the Chief Minister
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- Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd (中國平安保險集團) is aiming for a possible fivefold increase in overseas investments and has not been put off Britain by its vote to leave the EU, its group chief financial officer told reporters yesterday.
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- Piramal Enterprises has acquired US-basedAsh Stevens in an all cash-deal valued at $43 m
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- Planting in Gujarat, the largest growing State, down 70% so far
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- PM Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech, had said that although Nagla Fatela was only three hours away from Delhi, it took 70 years for electricity to reach there.
- PM’s Balochistan remark not a policy shift, states MEA
- Police claim stones were pelted at the soldiers, but said the Army’s role will be under the scanner
- Police discredit Ryan Lochte’s robbery story, say swimmers owe Rio an apology
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- Police Say Lochte, Swimmers Made Up Rio Robbery Story
- Police say she was called an "idiot" so often and for so long that it was the word that sprung to her young mind when a social worker asked her name.
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- Praising the spirit and drive of relief workers, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O'Brien, has said the global humanitarian community is determined to not let political disagreements, conflicts or natural disasters get in the way of their ability to help the people who are most in need.
- Praising the spirit and drive of relief workers, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O&#39Brien, has said the global humanitarian community is determined to not let political disagreements, conflicts or natural disasters get in the way of their ability to help the people who are most in need.
- Preliminary draft of the law which will replace the Wildlife Protection Act has been prepared and shared between select officials
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- President, PM congratulate P V Sindhu on her victory in Rio Olympics
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- Prisoners in the open jails at Cheemeni in Kasaragod and Nettukaltheri in Thiruvananthapuram will have another opportunity to join the mainstream social life on completion of their sentence. The Keral...
- Private prison stocks collapse after Justice Department promises to phase them out
- Production from the D6 block dropped considerably after a peak of 62 mscmd in 2010
- Production safety to be strengthened
- Profitability boost for India Cements
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- Pro-talk ULFA leader Anup Chetia today met Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and submitted a memorandum enlisting various demands of the organisation, officials said.
- pThe recent attempted ‘coup’ by the Turkish military has brought back into focus...
- Pune District Collector Saurabh Rao said that nearly 40,000 hectares had come under under irrigation and Rs 165 crore had been spent on the programme.
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- PV Sindhu enters badminton final, assured a medal
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- PV Sindhu storms into final, one win away from historic gold medal at Rio 2016 Olympics
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- Rain played spoilsport on the opening day of the first cricket Test between India and the West Indies as only 22 overs were bowled during which the visitors struck twice before play was called off, here today.
- Rain played spoilsport on the opening day of the first Test between India and the West Indies as only 22 overs were bowled, during which the visitors struck twice before play was called off on Thursd...
- Rain played spoilsport on the opening day of the fourth Test between India.
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- Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump walks the tarmac before boarding his campaign plane to depart from Laredo, Texas, Thursday, July 23, 2015
- Researchers examined the way sun safe messages are conveyed to young women, and found that visual communication using technology to age participant's faces to emphasis sun damage and premature aging is most effective.
- Researchers from Deakin University in Victoria, Australia noticed zebra finches make special calls when left alone with their eggs, but only when the temperatures are hotter than 26 degrees Celsius.
- Researchers from the Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavanagar, Gujarat have developed photocatalyst that can completely degrade three industrial dyes in the presence of sunlight.
- Researchers from University College Dublin, looked at nine fragments of leather from Ötzi's clothes and quiver, and were able to identify the species of origin for each.
- Researchers have discovered familial differences in the earliest vocal babblings of juvenile songbirds, suggesting a possible genetic basis for the variations.
- Researchers have revealed that most tropical butterflies feed on a variety of flower types, but those that are 'picky' about their flower diets tend to prefer native plants and are more dependent on forests. These 'picky' butterflies also have wings that are more conspicuous and shorter proboscis.
- Researchers say there are four main ways we could deal with a zombie apocalypse
- Researchers say there are four main ways we could deal with a zombie outbreak, ranging from running and hiding to culling the infected.
- Researchers, using the liquid crystal elastomer technology have demonstrated a bioinspired micro-robot capable of mimicking caterpillar gaits in natural scale. The 15-millimeter long soft robot harvests energy from green light and is controlled by spatially modulated laser beam. Apart from traveling on flat surfaces, it can also climb slopes, squeeze through narrow slits and transport loads.
- Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan was spot on when he said pay scales in PSU are lopsided. A BusinessLine reality check showed that public sector bank employees, up to the middle manag...
- Revenue Secretary meets various stakeholders over concerns on GST
- Revenue squad pegs losses in political clashes at Rs.15 lakh
- Ride-hailing service Uber says it will start hauling passengers with self-driving cars on the streets of Pittsburgh in next several weeks. But the company said they will also have back-up drivers.
- Rio 2016: 30 of the most incredible Olympic photos so far
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- Rio 2016: Shuttler PV Sindhu enters Women's Singles final
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- Rio2016: Wrestler Babita Kumari lose 5-1 to Maria Prevolaraki of Greece in women's freestyle 53 kg
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- Rio Olympics: Young golfer Aditi Ashok tied third after round 2
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- Rio police say surveillance videos show there was no violence or robbery committed against the four US Olympic swimmers.
- Rio: Shuttler PV Sindhu enters final
- Rio: Sindhu creates history, Aditi on course
- Rio to Rohtak: Malik drives home medal
- Roadster, the first Indian clothing brand to tie-up with MotoGP
- Robbery in Rio story begins to unravel
- Rocker Alice Cooper on why being the president isn't as easy as it sounds.
- Rohtak Zen in Rio zone, Sakshi brings wrestling bronze
- Rolling the Dice: Obama Still Has Time to Mend Relations With Russia
- Rostec and FPFC to Engage in Joint Projects
- Royal Mail warns fans not to spray post boxes gold after fan takes matters into own hands in Adam Peaty's town
- RS-25 Engine 0525 – a development engine that new flew with the Shuttle – conducted seven static fire tests on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis, prior a flight engine being installed in its place.
- RSS chief to have lunch at a Dalit household
- Rubbishing the allegations, Swati said that the present strength of the commission was 80, as compared to 40 when she joined. The additional hands were hired to clear the backlog of cases from Barkha's tenure of nine years, she told reporters. PTI file photo
- Runner bumped in Rio relay; USA gets reprieve
- Run up to this visit is surrounded by intense speculation that Communist leader might visit china ahead of India
- Russia Builds Up Army Near Ukraine Border
- Russia Delivers Over 90 Tonnes of Aid to 18 Countries Since 2015
- Russia is bolstering its military presence on its western border, sending tens of thousands of soldiers to newly built installations within easy striking distance of Ukraine.
- Russia is ready to tap India as a global aeronautics manufacturing base and is willing to partner local firms in developing their technological and production capabilities in the aviation sector, an o...
- Russia keen to tap India as global aeronautics manufacturing base
- Russia launches third day of Syria strikes from Iran
- Russian newswires have quoted SSTL’s parent, Sistema JSFC reportedly voicing apprehensions that “the procedure of hearing in SC is being stalled for an uncertain period of time."
- Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Konstantin palace outside St.Petersburg, Russi
- Russia proposes 48-hour cease-fire in Syria to allow delivery of humanitarian aid
- Russia ready to support proposal for 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo: UN
- Russia Testing REM-KS Heavy Repair Trailer for S-400 Air Defense System
- Russo-Turkish Alliance: Unlike US, Moscow Pursues Clear, Transparent Objectives in Syria
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- Ryan Lochte: A champion swimmer caught in a riptide of self-absorption
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- Ryan Lochte endorsements could be in trouble
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- Ryan Lochte sparked an international spectacle when he claimed that he and three other U.S. Olympic swimmers were robbed at gunpoint in Rio. Here’s how Lochte’s story shaped up and ultimately unraveled
- Sachin Tendulkar selects Maharashtra village for development under SAGY
- Sage Project transforms the black and white food label into colorful, easy-to-read infographics.
- Sakshi created history by becoming the first Indian female wrestler to clinch an Olympic medal
- Sakshi-India’s Miss Sunshine
- Sakshi Malik all set to get Khel Ratna award
- Sakshi Malik, champion
- Sakshi Malik to be promoted as gazetted railway officer
- Sakshi Malik won the hearts of everyone with her honest words as she interacted with the media soon after making the whole country happy with that precious piece of metal that everyone covets but few...
- Sanskrit Diwas: PM congratulates those who study Sanskrit language
- Satellite in orbit
- Saudi Arabian Airlines Takes Delivery of World's First A330 Regional Jetliner
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- SBI, associates merger scheme may bring little cheer for investors
- SBI board approves merger of 3 associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank
- SBI board approves merger of 5 associate banks, BMB with itself
- SBI merger: Share swap aims to please
- SBI sets swap ratio for merger with associates
- Scan-D Corp (詩肯), which designs and sells teak furniture under the Scanteak brand, yesterday said continuous outlet expansion would be a profit driver next year.
- School girls wearing traditional Punjabi dresses tying Rakhi to BSF jawans on the occasion...
- Science and Society
- Science of Sport: BMX
- Science Talk - August 16, 2016 - By Steve Mirsky and David Epstein
- Scientist from Naval Submarine Medical Research Lab Awarded for Outstanding Research
- Scientist G Madhavan Nair said Rs 10,000 crore to Rs 15,000 crore spread over 5-6 years, is completely affordable for India
- Scientists are using the health records of dogs to monitor the status of a potentially fatal tick-borne disease that appears to have been imported into the UK.
- Scientists can now manipulate x-ray light using visible light, removing the need for inefficient and expensive optics that other approaches must use.
- Scientists find potential treatment for 'painful blindness' form of dry eye
- Scientists have found that colorectal tumors present epigenetic heterogeneity relates to the clinical course of the disease. This heterogeneity can be used as a predictive biomarker.
- Scientists have used CRISPR gene editing technology and live cell, single molecule microscopy to watch in real-time, for the first time, the essential interaction between telomerase and telomeres.
- Scientists Identify Supernova Ashes in Magnetic Fossils
- Scientists search for the moment humans triggered the Anthropocene era
- Scientists Solve Mystery of 5,300-Year-Old Ice Man’s Clothes
- Scott Sander and Arthur Hair, co-founders of SightSound Technologies, have been locked in a David and Goliath battle with the tech giant since iTunes first launched in 2003.
- SECNAV announced the second ship of the next generation of fleet replenishment oilers will be named USNS Harvey Milk. SECNAV announced Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, DDG 122, will be named USS John Basilone. The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center released an update to the ShipShape Program.
- Secretary-General Urges Parties in Sudan, South Sudan to Resume Peace Talks
- Secretary of Earth Sciences Madhavan Nair Rajeevan will be conferred Honorary Doctor of Science degree at the 7th convocation of GITAM University on Saturday. He will also deliver the convocation addr...
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- Security is not a product but a culture: Palo Alto Networks' Anil Bhasin
- Sedition charge on Amnesty wrong
- See Digitally Manipulated Olympic Tennis Games in Outer Space and Under the Sea
- Selectees Learn Heritage at Hampton Roads Naval Museum
- Sen. Jeff Sessions said Thursday that Donald Trump's 1989 campaign to bring back the death penalty for the "Central Park Five" shows the Republican nominee is serious about "law and order," though all five of the men convicted in that crime were eventually exonerated.
- Sen. Marco Rubio's office has contacted the Brazilian Embassy in Washington over the investigation into claims Ryan Lochte and three other U.S. swimmers were robbed in Rio de Janeiro.
- Serbia stuns U.S. women’s volleyball team in semifinal
- Serbia surprises top-seeded US women in Olympic volleyball
- Setting up one's own portfolio management services can be more rewarding monetarily and offers greater flexibility to own a concentrated portfolio
- Seven Chicago officers have been recommended for termination in relation to the death of teenager Laquan McDonald in October 2014, Chicago police said. The recommendations came from the city's Office of the Inspector General.
- s former Vice President Riek Machar fled to the DRC
- s former Vice President Riek Machar fled to the DRC" South Sudan'
- Shares of India Cements today surged to its 52-week high level after the company reported a 16 per cent jump in standalone net profit for the April-June quarter. India Cements today posted a 16.34 pe...
- Shares of Samsung closed at an all-time high, putting the South Korea-based company within striking distance of Tencent and Alibaba, Asia’s two most valuable technology firms.
- Share swaps kick off SBI merger
- Sharjeel, Wasim torment Ireland in record victory
- She came to him in 2004 at Chhotu Ram Stadium Wrestling Academy in Rohtak despite opposition by some local people
- She's just 15 and already a world champion -- but Ren Qian had a new shiny Olympic gold medal to show off Thursday.
- Should investors of PTC India Financial Services be worried?
- ‘Show to the world how a party devoid of dynasty functions’
- Shri Ram General, ICICI Lombard & Royal Sundaram selected; scheme begins next month for online bookings
- Shuttler P V Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik scripted a new chapter in Indian Olympic history with their unprecedented feats but the embattled Narsingh Yadav's dreams lay in tatters after being slapped with a four-year doping ban on a bitter-sweet ...
- Sign-up for the Global Education Monitoring Report 2016
- Simpler laws needed to avert conflict over India's scarce land
- Sindhu revives gold quest
- Sindhu sails into final, assures India another medal
- Sindhu, Sakshi shine before Narsingh ban dampens India spirits
- Sindhu sets up gold clash with Carolina Marin
- Sindhu storms into final
- Sindhu storms into final, one win away from historic gold
- Singapore Telecommunications is investing S$2.47 billion ($1.8 billion) for bigger slices of the top mobile operators of Thailand and India, as Southeast Asia’s largest telecoms firm raises its bet o...
- Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singtel) agreed to pay S$2.47 billion (US$1.8 billion) for stakes in Thailand’s Intouch Holdings PLC and India’s Bharti Telecom Ltd to broaden access to fast-growing wireless markets in Asia and Africa.
- Singer Lily Allen is writing a book inspired by self-help tome.
- Singer-songwriter Pixie Lott would love the chance to appear on a song with Justin Bieber.
- Sirte is IS's final bastion in the country, and Libyan troops have been forcing the militants into ever-smaller bits of territory there, backed by US airstrikes.
- Six out of eight analysts polled on Bloomberg maintain their 'buy' recommendation on PFS after the quarterly results, with a target price of Rs 55
- S Korea's army conducts its largest-ever artillery drills near N Korea border
- SNP urged to spend Scottish share of sugar tax on tackling child obesity
- social media
- Software developers listen up: if you want people to pay attention to your security warnings on their computers or mobile devices, you need to make them pop up at better times. A new study finds the status quo of warning messages appearing haphazardly -- while people are typing, watching a video, uploading files, etc. -- results in up to 90 percent of users disregarding them.
- Some interns get coffee. Others might make copies. Not at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center.
- Sony Corp on Wednesday said it is planning its first non-convertible bond sale in three years, after an earlier announcement by
- Sources said no decision has been taken on the application so far, but the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is not likely to give permission as the preliminary inquiry has found that Amnesty has been receiving foreign funds without registering under FCRA. File photo
- South Sudan's former Vice President Riek Machar fled to the DRC
- South Sudan's former Vice President Riek Machar fled to the DRC" South Sudan's former Vice President Riek Machar fled to the DRC
- South Sudan government recruited child soldiers: UN
- South Sudan government recruited child soldiers, UN says
- South Sudan's Former Vice President Flees Country
- South Sudan's government has recruited child soldiers in the past week to prepare for a renewed conflict, according to an internal United Nations document obtained by The Associated Press.
- Soya oil up on strong signals
- Speaking at a campaign event, the German chancellor pushed back against those who linked recent extremist-inspired terrorist attacks in Europe with refugees who have reached the continent.
- Special Assembly session on GST
- Special CBI court says there is no sufficient evidence against N.K. Amin. .
- Special darshan for VIPs at Sabarimala temple should be stopped: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
- SPIES tool aims to support solar park developments
- Sports: Sindhu wins medal for India, eyes gold
- s recent visit to St Petersburg to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian jet fighters taking off from an Iranian base for the first time to hit Syrian targets and Erdogan’
- Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa says President Sirisena must take responsibility if SLFP splits
- Sriram Murali shot the incredible footage across California to reveal the effect cities have on light pollution, choosing areas to represent eight levels of light pollution. He found areas to represent eight levels to show how light pollution affects the view of the night skies, ranging from the Eureka Dunes, Death Valley (top left), Lassen National Park respectively (top right) to Mountain View (bottom left) and a shopping centre in San Jose (bottom right).
- s rural communities" MINUSMA funds project to light up Mali'
- S S Ahluwalia, Union minister of state for agriculture and farmers welfare, has written a letter to the home ministry in which he has raised several demands for Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, including a new Army regiment from the district. ...
- s Sara Kolak wins gold in women’
- Star Olympian Ryan Lochte has stuck by his story that he and three other American swimmers were mugged at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro last weekend. As far as Brazilian police are concerned, Lochte is lying.
- State Bank of India’s board today approved merger of three associate lenders and Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMBL) with SBI, a move which will make the state owned lender a bank of global size.
- State Bank of India’s board today approved merger of three associate lenders and Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMBL) with SBI, a move which will make the state owned lender a bank of global size. “The centr...
- State Coop. will also take phone orders. No more queues, but not everyone is happy
- State Council plans and policy measures on foreign trade (Jan-July)
- State governments will now be allowed to prepare their borrowing calendar for the first nine months and seek a one-time consent for raising open market borrowings (OMB) during the first nine months of...
- State’s Chief Secretary Basudeb Banerjee has been asked to submit a report to the Commission in eight weeks.
- Stevenson gets his shot at boxing gold
- Stocks rose for the first time in three days with the market benchmark Sensex rebounding 118 points to 28,123.44 on fresh buying after minutes of the U.S. Fed July meeting cooled rate hike expectatio...
- Story Sinks: US Swimmer Lochte Lied About Robbery to Hide ‘Drunken’ Vandalism
- Structural biologists provide a new explanation for how ALS-associated genetic flaws interfere with the proper function and behavior of the protein TDP-43.
- Students Fly Prototype of Potential Mars Airplane
- Study highlights importance of regular lung cancer screenings for those at high risk
- Study to explore the scale of physical activity, nutritional health messaging at major sporting events
- Subberwal: As school begins, we remember how lucky we are
- Sudan: Ban 'disappointed' at failure to reach truce agreement
- Sudan: Ban 'disappointed' at failure to reach truce agreement
- Sudhir Shivaram spotted the cunning animal when he was exploring in the small town of Bera in Rajasthan - and has enjoyed teasing pals who don't even believe there's a leopard in the pic.
- Sugar companies have witnessed a turnaround in their financial performance in the June 2016 quarter with 23 companies reporting combined net profit of ₹326 crore
- Sugar prices ruled flat in absence of spot market activities. Prices at mill and naka level also ruled steady. Arrivals at Vashi were negligible and there were no local dispatches today. At Vashi no...
- Sunken WWI battleship is brought back to life: Experts digitally recreate HMS Falmouth 100 years after it was torpedoed by German U-boats
- Sun TV, Oberoi Realty results on Friday
- Superconductivity: After the scenario, the staging
- Superconductivity with a high Tc continues to present a theoretical mystery. While this phenomenon is experimentally well established, no scientist has managed to explain its mechanism. In the late 90s, a British physicist proposed a scenario based on the Coulomb energy. Today, researchers have committed to test this scenario. Their findings challenge the old conjecture, opening new avenues for the explanation of high Tc superconductivity.
- Supernova ash has been found in fossils created by bacteria here on Earth. The discovery, published on August 10 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, suggests a link between an explosion of a star and an extinction event on our planet over two million years ago.
- Supreme Court to decide fate of Reliance Communications and Sistema's merger
- Survey shows broad support for national precision medicine study
- Sushma Swaraj To Visit Myanmar This Month
- Sushma to represent govt at Mother’s canonisation
- Swimmers from the US Olympic delegation -- Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger -- were released after questioning for four hours in a Brazilian police station regarding an alleged assault and robbery case, the media reported.
- Syrian Airstrikes Hit Kurdish-Arab Forces Fighting Islamic State
- Syrian doctors are using social media to draw attention to the plight of conjoined twins, who are awaiting the documents they need to leave the country for vital surgery.
- Syrian planes said to have bombed Kurdish-held area for first time
- Syrian regime warplanes launched airstrikes against Kurdish forces in a major escalation of violence between the two camps, according to officials and residents.
- Syrian, Russian jets pound rebels
- Taiwan Cement Corp (台泥) yesterday said it was optimistic about its sales outlook in the second half of the year, benefiting from recovering demand in China.
- Taliban rocket kills 2 injures 49 others in East of Afghanistan
- Talking about Balochistan
- Tamil Nadu's 20-over cricket tournament, Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL), is set to start its first edition with the organiser, the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), on Thursday unveiled the trophy and announced sponsors, including Coca Cola, ...
- Tamil Nadu to get its own flavour of powerplay
- Tata CliQ: Asus ZenFone 3 ZE520KL 4G Dual Sim 32 GB at Rs. 21,999 (4% Off)
- Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) has won an extension on its three-year contract with U.S.-based airline JetBlue and will expand its innovation centre in Pune in the next two years to support Jet...
- Tatas’ telecom business seems to be going nowhere
- Technology: Japan develops real time system to predict crowds
- Technology: Japan develops real time system to predict crowds
- Temps make half of auto firms' staff
- Tesco-Tata scouts for land to prop up distribution
- Thae Yong-ho, the most senior North Korean diplomat to flee to the South, is likely to have round-the-clock protection and make a comfortable living at a think-tank run by Seoul’
- Thai finance minister brushes off investment plunge
- Thailand's military govt detains 15 blasts suspects
- Thai Minister of Finance Somkid Jatusripitak yesterday brushed off concerns about plunging foreign investment under junta rule, saying “there is light ahead” now that voters have approved a military-crafted constitution.
- That engine was E2059, which flew on five Space Shuttle missions; it first flew three times on Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (
- That hasn’t stopped NASA twitter accounts from claiming human boot prints on the Red Planet by the “early” 2030s, which is in line with political instruction, but not aligned to NASA’s own internal schedules.
- The Aam Admi Party's Gujarat unit office here was vandalised and ransacked by unidentified miscreants on Wednesday. Subsequently, one social group Brahmin Padkar Group has claimed responsibility of ...
- The accused, CEO Sujeet Chatterjee, medical director Anurag Naik, and doctors Mukesh Shete, Mukesh Shah and Prakash Shetty, who were arrested in connection with the kidney racket, were granted bail on a surety of Rs 30,000.
- The Act and Rules aim to preserve biological diversity and provide a mechanism of impartial sharing of benefits that arise out of traditional biological resources and knowledge
- The AFSPC-6 launch will be the first to use an upgraded version of the Delta IVM(4,2), with the RS-68A engine replacing the original, less powerful, RS-68 which had been used since the first launch in 2002. This upgrade has already been introduced with all of the other configurations that are still flying; the Medium(5,2) and (5,4) and the Delta IV Heavy.
- The Agriculture Ministry has opposed the Food Ministry’s proposal seeking creation of a buffer stock of 10 lakh tonnes of sugar on the ground that it would resul...
- The Andhra-based protégé of Pullela Gopichand has become the first Indian woman to reach a Badminton final at the Olympics. Here is an overview of her life, career and achievements...
- The annual gathering at the crumbling historic home of founding anarchist Mikhail Bakunin features devotees lecturing one another.
- The application will help to further expand digital presence of MEA and serve as a common platform to further its public outreach.
- The army chief on Thursday met Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to explain why he had to file the affidavit in his personal capacity while responding to a petition moved by Lt Gen (retd) Ravi Dastane who had alleged 'favouritism' during his selection as the army commander. PTI file photo
- The Bengaluru police on Thursday questioned the representatives of Amnesty International India and a few others in connection...
- The Bengaluru police on Thursday questioned the representatives of Amnesty International India and a few others in connection...
- The BJD-led Odisha government has raised the Mahanadi river issue to divert attention from the killing of five villagers during an anti-naxal drive in Kandhamal and the death of 19 malnourished infants in Jajpur, Union Minister Jual Oram said ...
- The British government on Wednesday announced plans to clamp down on accountants, financial planners and advisers who enable tax avoidance, with heavy fines for those caught.
- The casualties in Sirte on Thursday came from two separate suicide vehicle bombings, Misrata hospital spokesman Akram Gliwan said.
- The catastrophic flood devastating Louisiana is now the worst natural disaster to strike the United States since Hurricane Sandy four years ago, the Red Cross said.
- The Centre dropped a plan to appoint a separate administrator for Chandigarh UT 
- The Centre dropped a plan to appoint a separate administrator for Chandigarh UT after a strong protest from Punjab Chief Minister...
- The Centre has announced its decision to give special assistance of ₹1,976.50 crore to Andhra Pradesh during 2016-17.
- The Centre on Thursday announced a ‘special assistance’ of Rs. 1,976.5 crore for residual Andhra Pradesh to help it tide over the financial impact caused by the bifurcation of the erstwhile undivided...
- The Centre on Thursday announced its decision to give Special Assistance of Rs. 1976.50 crore to Andhra Pradesh during current financial year.
- The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership this year reached a critical juncture with the relatively moderate faction retreating into the political shadows and ideological hardliners rising to the foreground and dominating many levels of decisionmaking.
- The Clinton Foundation said Thursday it will not accept foreign or corporate donations if Hillary Clinton is elected president in November.
- The Clinton Foundation said Thursday it will not accept foreign or corporate donations if Hillary Clinton is elected president in November. CNN's Joe Johns reports.
- The commissioner, who submitted his report to the court recently, has identified 3.95 acres of encroachment on the lake, which is located on survey number 112 of Byrasandra village, Varthur hobli, in Bengaluru East taluk. DH file photo. For representation purpose
- The Common Booster Core will provide thrust for the first three minutes and 57.7 seconds of the launch, after which time it shut down, a point in the flight designated Booster Engine Cutoff, or BECO.
- The companies have signed a cooperation agreement on joint participation in infrastructure projects in Russia and abroad
- The company’s next launch is scheduled for 8 September,
- The company plans to test 100 Volvo XC90s outfitted to drive themselves on the streets of Pittsburgh. Still, the cars will be accompanied by two humans: an engineer who can take control of the vehicle when needed and a co-pilot who takes note
- The company’s launch calendar this year will likely turn out to be one of the biggest. Here are the three cars to look out for before 2017 arrives
- The consumption of LSD, short for lysergic acid diethylamide, can produce altered states of consciousness. This can lead to a loss of boundaries between the self and the environment, as might occur in certain psychiatric illnesses. Now a team of researchers studies how this psychedelic substance works in the brain.
- The dam project is widely seen as a litmus test of a new phase of Naypyidaw’s ties with Beijing.
- The DCSS’ second burn will be shorter in duration than the first; raising the orbit’s apogee close to geostationary altitude.
- The death of Subhas Chandra Bose or Netaji has stoked controversy in the past. It got another lease of life when Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tweeted this on Thursday morning: "Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was an icon of exemplary valour and ...
- The Deaths of 9 Research Chimps Ignite a Biology Feud
- The death toll from the flooding stood at 13 people and about 30,000 people have been rescued from the floods. Rainfall hit historic levels in some parts of the state.
- The decision comes in the midst of mounting criticism of how the Foundation operated during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state.
- The decision to construct wet-well leaves minister fuming
- The delisting offer to the shareholders of Xchanging Solutions from CSC Computer Sciences International Operations along with others will begin on Friday. They plan to mop up 2.785 crore shares and h...
- The Delta IV’s only East-coast launch pad, SLC-37B was the site of the rocket’s maiden flight in November 2002. That launch carried Eutelsat W5 – since renamed Eutelsat 33B – the only spacecraft the Delta IV has ever launched for a commercial operator.
- The Delta IV was integrated in the pad’s Horizontal Integration Building before being transported to the launch pad and raised to vertical. The GSSAP satellites, already encapsulated within their payload fairing, were mounted atop the rocket at the pad.
- The detail in digital retail
- The distant planet GJ 1132b intrigued astronomers when it was discovered last year. Located just 39 light-years from Earth, it might have an atmosphere despite being baked to a temperature of around 450 degrees Fahrenheit. But would that atmosphere be thick and soupy or thin and wispy? New research suggests the latter is much more likely.
- The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospitals run in public-private partnership (PPP) mode will soon have facilities for dialysis, CT and MRI scans, among others. “Dialysis facilities ar...
- The Esquire Network is attempting capitalize on Ryan Lochte's Rio scandal by re-airing a marathon of his single season reality TV show "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?"<img
- The eye's lacrimal gland is small but mighty. This gland produces moisture needed to heal eye injuries and clear out harmful dust, bacteria and other invaders. The eye's lacrimal glands can be repaired by injecting a kind of regenerative “progenitor” cell, a new study in animal models suggests.
- The familiar 'Mercator' projection that is used to create maps, such as the one bottom right, distorts the size of landmasses, particularly towards the north. This results in Europe appearing larger than North America, but in reality the reverse is true. Several countries in Europe that seem fairly large are really smaller than they appear, and would not fill the area of the US (left). Russia is also not as large as it is depicted, while Africa is vast and capable of encapsulating the US, Europe, India and China comfortably on its landmass (top right).
- The fatty acid linoleic acid (Omega 6) in subcutaneous adipose tissue was linked to lower mortality among older men followed over a 15-year period.
- The filing of sedition charges by the Bangalore police against Amnesty India International is yet another...
- The firm said it was using spam-fighting technology to seek out and automatically flag accounts that might be promoting terrorist activity.
- The former Fox News host drew back the curtain on an ugly culture, but not enough has changed.
- The fourth unit of NHPC’s Teesta Low Dam Project has started producing electricity. The State-owned firm will start commercial operations from the 40-MW unit beginning Friday. The power generated fro...
- The GeoStar-1 platform was previously used for the MiTEx-A satellite, USA-187, which formed Orbital’s contribution to DARPA’s Microsatellite Technology Experiment (MiTEx) along with the Lockheed Martin-built MiTEx-B, or USA-188.
- The girl, who was sold at least 12 times, raped, and married off twice, found her way back home on July 26 and was reunited with her mother and sister, said police.
- The good, bad and ugly of civic projects
- The good work done by the Prime Minister in smoothening ties with Pakistan — one can think of his surprise visit to Pakistan as one example — has been undone, first by the Home Minister with some ill...
- The government has increased the duty drawback of 3.2% to 4.7% (depending on the category) for exports of non-fabric inputs made from imported fabrics
- The government hopes recent amendments in loan recovery laws will help hasten the disposal of over 70,000 pending cases involving more than Rs 5 lakh crore in non-performing assets and ease the crippling situation of toxic loans, senior officials ...
- The government will ask Amnesty India to register itself under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA)...
- The GSSAP spacecraft operate in near-geosynchronous orbits, allowing observations of other spacecraft from above and below.
- The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the killing of a Kurdistan TV cameraman on 14 August, the second such murder in Iraq in a week, urging measures to improve the safety of journalists in the country.
- The High-Speed Physics of Olympic BMX
- The Hindu Playwright Award 2016 for Thomas Manuel
- The hunt for the 'golden spike': Scientists to search for the moment humanity changed the planet forever and triggered the Anthropocene era
- The Hyderabad High Court has observed that it is high time there is a rethink on sports quota as they have no constitutional basis and said sports and professional education take a beating as a result...
- The image of the stunned and weary-looking boy captured the horror that has beset the war-torn northern city as photographs of the child were widely shared on social media.
- The Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 (the Scheme) provides an opportunity to persons who have not paid full
- The Indian contingent received a major boost after the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) rejected the appeal by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) against the clean chit to star wrestler Narsingh Yadav in a doping case.
- The Indian elephant was swept across the Bangladesh border in strong river currents over a month ago.
- The Indian government, UN sources said, has also not shared information on the 62 individuals its intelligence services now believe have left the country to fight with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.
- The Indian-origin population in the UK tends to be more educated and less unemployed when compared to other ethnic minorities....
- The Iranian-backed Shiite militia used to command widespread admiration in the region for confronting Israel, but its battle today is almost exclusively against fellow jihadists, writes Yaroslav Trofimov.
- The Jamaican legend won the 200-m gold in Rio, finishing with a time of 19:78, far ahead of the rest of the field, but wasn't able to beat his previous record set at world championships in Berlin in 2009
- The Jamaican sprinter became the first runner to capture three consecutive gold medals in two different events, after winning the 100-meter for a third time earlier in the week. This is a developing story. It will be updated.
- The Jamaican sprinter made it look easy as he became the first runner to capture three consecutive golds in two different events after winning the 100-meter race earlier in the week.
- The J&K government registered a case of murder against the “Army and others” Thursday while the Army, expressing regret, announced an inquiry into the incident that took place at Sharshali near Khrew in Pulwama district.
- The Justice Department called privately-operated prisons less safe and less effective than government-run facilities.
- The Justice Department’s Inspector General last week released a critical report concluding that privately operated facilities incurred more safety and security incidents than those run by the federal Bureau of Prisons.
- The killings marked some of the worst abuses by Mexico's security forces in a decade of grisly drug-related violence.
- The land buying will help Tesco meet India's norm of multibrand foreign direct investment in the segment
- The latest static fire test of the development RS-25 engine (E0528) has taken place at the Stennis Space Center. The test is part of a series aimed at validating hardware and software elements, such as the improved engine controller, as the former Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME) prepare to launch the opening Space Launch System (SLS) missions.
- The latest test, technically the third of the series for this engine, fired up on Thursday, providing a focal point to a day of assaulting social media with hashtags to increase awareness for missions that NASA hopes will take place via the use of RS-25 hardware.
- The Latest: Usain Bolt wins 3rd straight gold medal in 200m
- The lender allotted 161.7 mn shares at Rs 225 apiece to investors
- The list includes the outgoing NYPD commissioner, one of the country’s leading female police chiefs and two people who spoke at the Democratic National Convention.
- The little boy from Aleppo who jolted the conscience of the world - the story behind the photograph
- The logistics cost in India is high at 17-18 per cent and it has to be brought down drastically, if the country were to compete in the international market, according to Union Minister for Surface Tr...
- The long-awaited “robust strategy” to stem an epidemic of UK childhood obesity has morphed into a feeble, industry-pleasing half-measure, says
- The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the Returning Officer of R.K. Nagar Assembly constituency, with a copy to all contestants including Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, on an election pe...
- The main US ally fighting ISIS in Syria was bombed by Syrian warplanes for the first time Thursday while US military advisers were "nearby," a US defense official told CNN.
- The majestic Durbar Hall at the Raj Bhavan was choc-a-bloc on Thursday with scores of children waiting to tie a ‘rakhi’ to the First Citizen E.S.L. Narasimhan.Normally strait-jacketed, staff of the R...
- The market has alleged the company of siphoned off money from investors to buy Sheraton Mirage Resort (Sheraton) on the Gold Coast
- The math of earthquakes
- The medal belongs to the entire country: Sakshi Malik
Friday, August 19, 2016
General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-19 digest
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