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5. V.S. Naipaul dead, admirers say legacy will live on (Roundup)
6. Discus thrower Perkovic makes history with 5th European title
7. Happy with A certificate for 'Satyameva Jayate': Nikkhil Advani
8. Won't play again with Spain, says Pique
9. Liam Payne moves on from Cheryl
10. Juarez defeats Japan's Nuki to retain bantamweight belt
11. Hamill once advised Schwarzenegger to lose his accent
12. Real Madrid beat AC Milan 3-1 to lift Santiago Bernabeu Trophy
13. Dulquer not 'actively pursuing' films in Hindi
14. Bored of playing negative characters: Jim Sarbh (IANS Interview) (Lead, correcting name of actor)
15. Adani bags gas rights for 21 cities; BPCL, Torrent Gas other big winners
16. Indian airports to go green, save fuel by using taxibots to tow aircraft
17. Adopting ingenious measures to prevent VVPAT failures: EC Chief O P Rawat
18. I share Trump's vision of prosperity through strong India, US ties: Modi
19. DGCA to conduct financial audit of turbulence-hit Jet Airways
20. Aviation regulator DGCA is set to conduct a financial audit of the Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways, amid its fiscal conditions under pressure due to the surging jet fuel prices and low fares, a source said.
21. Govt plans inflation-linked pre-determined tariff structure for airports
22. The government plans to have a pre-determined tariff structure linked to inflation for airports as it seeks to address issues hindering investments in the fast growing Indian aviation sector, a senior official said.
23. Somnath Chatterjee suffers heart attack, condition critical: Hospital
24. Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee's condition deteriorated today after he suffered a "mild heart attack", an official of a private hospital said.
25. Man lynched on suspicion of being thief suffered 11 injuries: Police
26. A man, who was lynched in Bijopur here by a group villagers on suspicion of being a thief, had 11 injuries on his body, according to the post mortem report.
27. Shop belonging to BJP functionary torched in Coimbatore
28. A textile shop owned by a local BJP functionary here was set on fire by two miscreants early today, police said.
29. Homeless, penniless! Camp inmates in Kerala stare at bleak future
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31. When Naipaul was bowled over by Cong leader Mirdha!
32. V S Naipaul was once so awestruck by Congress minister Ram Niwas Mirdha's knowledge of his books that he wondered what this "extraordinary kind of fellow" and "civilised man" was doing in politics.
33. Ahead of Independence Day, BJP starts 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign in Jammu
34. The BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit today kick-started a campaign to to distribute the country's flags among people in the region ahead of Independence Day celebrations.
35. IBC has put recovery process on fast track: Ficci Survey
36. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has put the debt recovery process on fast track and improved the position of banks, according to a Ficci survey.
37. UP: Woman beaten to death over dowry
38. A woman was beaten to death allegedly by her in-laws and husband over dowry at a village in Shamli district, police said today.
39. 2 couples commit suicide in Rajasthan
40. Two couples allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of trains in Rajasthan's Sikar and Jalore districts apparently over their failed love affair, the policed said today.
41. RBI net sells USD 6.184 bn of US currency in June
42. Reserve Bank continued to remain net seller of the US currency for the third consecutive month in June, after it sold USD 6.184 billion of the US dollar in the spot market, RBI data showed.
43. Wasn't stumped by Jimmy Kimmel's Trump question, says Kanye West
44. Kanye West has denied that he was "stumped" by a question about US President Donald Trump from host Jimmy Kimmel.
45. India hands over to people 1st lot of houses built in Sri Lanka
46. India today handed over the first lot of houses built for Indian-origin people in Sri Lanka's tea plantation areas.
47. Newly-elected Pak parliament to meet for first time tomorrow
48. Pakistan's newly-elected parliament is meeting tomorrow for the first time to start the process of transition and handing over powers to the new government.
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54. NASA launches Parker Solar Probe spacecraft
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83. US election officials worried as hackers break into EVMs
84. Nobel Prize-winning writer V.S. Naipaul, known for his celebrated works like "An Area of Darkness" and "A House for Mr Biswas", has died at age 85. The literary fraternity mourned his passing and said his rich legacy will live on for generations to come.
85. 5 injured in J&K explosion
86. Inter Milan beat Atletico in International Champions Cup final
87. Croatian discus thrower Sandra Perkovic, double Olympic and world champion, made history by securing her fifth European title with a 67.62-metre throw. No other athlete has won five titles in the history of the European Athletics Championships.
88. FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique said that he will never again play for Spain's national football squad, despite the 2010 FIFA World Cup winners beginning a new era with his former club coach Luis Enrique Martinez.
89. Mexican Mariana Juarez retained her World Bantamweight Championship of the World Boxing Council by defeating Japan's Terumi Nuki in the Arena Mexico stadium.
90. Real Madrid defeated AC Milan 3-1 to win the 39th Santiago Bernabeu Trophy, with Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema starring with the goals for the Spanish football giants.
91. Reducing job strain may lower risk of new mental illness cases
92. Home kit raises chances of pregnancy by 89%
93. New wearable sensor technology that can help quit smoking
94. Irregular heart rate, carotid disease may up dementia risk
95. Depression during pregnancy may affect your child’s sleep
96. ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ shoot begins in London
97. CJI is master of roster: AG to SC
98. Drug issue is back, and now haunts Congress in Punjab
99. Google, SingTel and others to build submarine cable
100. Maneka, Mamata spar on killing of Royal Bengal tiger
101. Delhi deaths: Family was disturbed due to daughter’s ‘manglik dosh’, says Crime Branch
102. Delhi deaths: Family was disturbed due to daughter’s ‘manglik dosh’, says...
103. UIDAI plans Aadhaar crash course on what's risky and what isn't
104. The Indian hand in never-before NASA spin
105. How to make Assam's bane a boon for others
106. Honor 9 Lite
107. Mobiistar India
108. Ad: Regrow
109. Taxibots to tow aircrafts, to save fuel, cut pollution at airports
110. Adani walks away with gas rights for 21 cities; BPCL bags 11 cities
111. UIDAI plans Aadhaar crash course to teach you safety tricks
112. The Indian hand in never-before NASA trip
113. BJP's ally the Lok Janshakti Party today said it would reach out to people in various parts of the country to highlight the pro-Dalit measures.
114. UIDAI plans Aadhaar crash course on what's risky and what isn'tFAQ will address half a dozen queries related to the issue that has been debated over past fortnight
115. The Indian hand in never-before NASA spinThe $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe will perform the closest-ever observations of a star.
116. How to make Assam's bane a boon for othersThe best solution is to resettle them in other states that are short of labour, and are willing to receive workers.
117. Mankind's first mission to 'touch' the Sun may have panned out differently had it not been for Indian-American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, whose intervention made it possible for a research paper proposing the existence of solar wind to get published 60 years ago.The unprecedented sun-skimming probe that lifted off today from the US is set to study the 'solar winds' proposed in the paper by Dr Eugene Newman Parker, who has now become the first living scientist to have mission named after him.NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which will fly closer to the Sun that any other spacecraft has attempted before is set to explore the corona, a region of the Sun only seen from Earth when the Moon blocks out the Sun's bright face during total solar eclipses.Back in 1958, when the 31-year-old Parker suggested that the charged particles streamed continuously from the Sun and fill up the space, the scientific community refused to believe him. The prevailing opinion at the time was that the space was total vacuum."When he submitted his paper detailing his theory to the Astrophysical Journal, the most prominent research journal of the field, it was rejected twice by two different reviewers who were asked to provide opinions," Dibyendu Nandi, an associate professor at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, told PTI."The Senior Editor of the Astrophysical Journal intervened and overruled the reviewers and allowed the idea to be published. That Editor was the Indian-American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar," said Nandi, who is also the chairman of the Working Group on Solar-Stellar Environments of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)."Chandra, as he was popularly known, is another astrophysicist with his name tagged to a space mission, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory," Nandi said.Chandrasekhar was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with William A Fowler for studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars.Perhaps the incident shaped how Parker perceived the research work of budding Indian scientists."My PhD research supported an alternate theory for the Sun's magnetic cycle, different from a theory that had been proposed earlier by Parker," Nandi recalls."Eugene Parker had the vision to recognise the possibilities discussed in my thesis, and the magnanimity to write a glowing review of a thesis for an unknown student from a far away country - a PhD thesis that contradicted one of his own theories," he said."I have learnt a very important lesson of my professional scientific career from him: to be generous to the ideas of others, as long as they are not obviously wrong, and even if they contradict my own personal views," he said.A mission like Parker Solar Probe has been a dream of scientists for decades, but only recently has the required technology - like the heat shield, solar array cooling system, and fault management system - been available to make such a mission a reality.The car-sized spacecraft will travel directly into the Sun's atmosphere, about four million miles from its surface - and more than seven times closer than any spacecraft has come before, thanks to its innovative Thermal Protection System.The USD 1.5 billion mission will perform the closest-ever observations of a star when it travels through the Sun's outer atmosphere, called the corona.It will make 24 passes through the corona during its seven-year mission. The mission will rely on measurements and imaging to revolutionise our understanding of the corona and how processes there ultimately affect near-Earth space.
118. What is to be done about the four million people in Assam who failed to get into the draft list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) that aims to determine who are legal citizens? The NRC will hold another round of counting, giving those missing from the draft list a second chance to prove their citizenship. But even if the NRC blacklist halves to only two million people, what next?Bangladesh will refuse to accept them. Keeping them permanently in refugee camps would be a monumental tragedy and probably impractical. The best solution is to resettle them in other Indian states that are short of farm labour, and hence willing to receive workers.As a libertarian, I instinctively favour the free movement of people. I share the fear of critics that the NRC process will throw out many genuine Indians who happen to be Bengali-speaking or Muslims. In a semi-literate country, lack of documentary evidence is common.The law says that anybody from Bangladesh who entered until 1971 will be deemed Indian, but later arrivals will be deemed foreigners. So, millions who came after 1971 will be thrown out, even if they have worked and lived in India for decades. That would be a humanitarian debacle. A large country like India should be willing to absorb an inflow from neighbours that is a negligible proportion of the Indian population of 1,300 million.Problem: the inflow is far from negligible as a proportion of Assam’s population of 32 million. Muslims constituted over 34% of Assam’s population in 2011, up from 30% in 2001, and have become a majority in some border districts. One cannot ignore communities fearful of being overwhelmed and converted into a minority by newcomers.Tripura historically had a tribal majority, but now has a Bengali majority thanks to migration. In Sikkim, Nepali migrants overwhelmed the local tribal population and became the political masters. These examples have made the rest of the northeast paranoid about being overwhelmed by newcomers.Bhutan, supposedly the land of Gross National Happiness, has thrown out lakhs of Nepali settlers for fear of being overwhelmed. Meghalaya seeks to expel Nepalis too. Nagaland is determined to keep out outsiders.In theory, people should be free to travel, own land and vote in any part of their nation. Yet nationbuilding is still a work in progress in India. In 1947 Churchill declared that India was just a geographical entity and was no more a country than the equator. Since 1947, India has proved Churchill almost entirely wrong by creating a unity across territories that was never guaranteed. But this required delicate political handling, and the creation of exceptions in sensitive areas.That sensitivity is required for any peaceful humanitarian settlement of issues in the northeast. Absorbing Bangladeshi migrants should not be a problem for a large country like India, but is a problem for small regions in the northeast fearful of being overwhelmed.One answer is to resettle immigrants in other states. Although unemployment is a problem, especially for the educated, farmers everywhere complain of an acute labour shortage. Once, Biharis migrated to labour-scarce states as farm workers, but today agricultural labour is scarce even in Bihar, so harvester combines have entered the state. Construction companies also complain of scarce labour.Traditionally, a lot of agricultural and construction work was done by women. But since 2004, more than 40 million women have withdrawn from the workforce. Some are studying in school or college, but most stay at home because their family incomes have risen, and withdrawal from manual work improves their social status. Families whose women work in the fields are looked down upon, and do not attract desirable husbands for their girls. This has induced mass withdrawal of women from manual occupations like agriculture and construction.This creates a favourable climate to resettle illegal immigrants in areas with scarce farm labour. The BJP will oppose this tooth and nail: it sees the immigrants as undesirable Muslim intruders to be expelled wherever they are found. Non-BJP parties will, hopefully, band together to change that policy.Many village communities in the rest of India will be suspicious of immigrants. Yet migrants from Odisha and Bihar have long been able to find jobs in south India and Punjab. Bangladeshi migrants will more easily move to areas where they have brethren. Clusters of immigrants can be created in other states, but the BJP will oppose them.These are formidable practical difficulties. But they are perhaps no more formidable than corralling millions of immigrants into refugee camps and keeping them there.
119. PM Modi takes on Mamata over NRC: Only those who have lost faith, will use words like 'civil war', 'bloodbath'
120. PM Narendra Modi in ANI interview: "My party and I have spoken in clear words, on multiple occasions against such actions (lynching) and such a mindset.
121. Tarun Gogoi claims updating NRC his ‘baby’, BJP failed to ‘nurse’ it
122. 2nd Test: India lose openers early after England declare with 289 runs lead
123. Dhruv was not drunk, suggests Vikram's manager
124. Pakistan: PTI's 'chaiwala' MNA turns out to be millionaire, owns assets worth Rs 30 million
125. Sunday Story
126. Thalapathi’s time: MK Stalin finally emerges as the undisputed chief of DMK
127. Pakistan: PTI’s ‘chaiwala’ MNA turns out to be millionaire, owns assets worth Rs 30 million
128. DLF to offer only completed flats to assure certainty of delivery
129. Asian Games 2018: All you need to know about the 18th Asian Games
130. What no one tells you about studying Cost and Management Accountancy
131. Idris Elba responds to James Bond casting rumours
132. Expresso Season 2, Episode 11: Very early in life, I developed the ability to focus on the positives, says Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
133. Gujarat: Seven minor members of family killed as car falls into ditch
134. निकसोबतच्या नात्याचा १८ à¤'गस्टला प्रियांका करणार खुलासा?
135. திருமுருகன் காந்தியை திட்டமிட்டுப் பழிவாங்குகிறது தமிழக அரசு! – மு.க.ஸ்டாலின்
136. ‘അന്‍പോടു കൊച്ചി’ക്കൊപ്പം കൈ കോര്‍ത്ത് താരങ്ങളും
137. India vs England 2nd Test Day 4, Live Cricket Score Streaming: India lose openers against England
138. Tried and tested! AI capability challenge in the mid-range smartphones
139. Video: सलमान खान से लड़ाई के बाद बदल गई जुबैर खान की लाइफ, खुद किया खुलासा
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141. Android 9 Pie update confirmed for HTC U11 series, Sony Xperia XZ1
142. On This Day: Olympics high for India in Britain
143. Will not be able to make my kind of films if I stop being simple: Aanand L Rai
144. Parking restrictions at metro stations for Independence Day security: DMRC
145. Vijay Shankar ruled out of Quadrangular series with hamstring injury
146. The crash site of a Swiss-made Pilatus aircraft at Menuk mountain in Oksibil.
147. VS Naipaul
148. سورج Ú©Ùˆ قریب سÛ' جاننÛ' Ú©ÛŒ کوشش، مصنوعی سیارہ روانہ
149. मला HIVची लागण झाली पण या गोळीने मी अनेकांचा जीव वाचवू शकलो'
150. The boy was travelling with eight other people when the aircraft came down in Papua, Indonesia.
151. India are 17-2 in their second innings - 272 behind after England declare on 396-7 - when rain stops play on day four of the second Test at Lord's.
152. Thibaut Courtois missed training at Chelsea before his move to Real Madrid because he was stressed, says his agent.
153. The Nobel laureate died surrounded "by those he loved" at his home in London, his wife confirms.
154. Boy, 12, sole survivor of plane crash
155. Rain halts play with India two down v England - in-play clips, radio & text
156. Author Sir VS Naipaul dies at 85
157. Four die of asphyxiation in sewage trench
158. Srinagar, Aug 12
159. Four people, including a woman died due to asphyxiation after they entered a sewage trench here on Sunday.
160. CISF nabs foreigner with cocaine worth Rs 2 5 cr at Mumbai airport
161. National Geographic to air documentary on “The President’s Bodyguard”
162. Cong ruled for 50 years, now seek accounts for 15 years: Shivraj
163. Not everyone can do comedy: Biswa Kalyan Rath
164. PATNA, AUG 12
165. Models walk the ramp during the three day Fashion Week in Patna Saturday night. UNI PHOTO-52U
166. Models walk the ramp during the three day Fashion Week in Patna Saturday night. UNI PHOTO-51U
167. Models walk the ramp during the three day Fashion Week in Patna Saturday night. UNI PHOTO-50U
168. Models walk the ramp during the three day Fashion Week in Patna Saturday night. UNI PHOTO-49U
169. Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan with MP Chirag Paswan paying tributes to Dr. Bhim RAo Ambedkar during a Dalit, Adivasi, Backward, Backward, Right conference at Sri Krishna Memorial hall in Patna on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-48U
170. Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan with MP Chirag Paswan being presented a huge garland by supporters at a Dalit, Adivasi, Backward, Backward, Right conference at Sri Krishna Memorial hall in Patna on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-47U
171. Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and MP Chirag Paswan at a Dalit, Adivasi, Backward, Backward, Right conference at Sri Krishna Memorial hall in Patna on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-46U
172. Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik administers the oath of chief Justice Mukesh Kumar Rasikbhai Shah as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court at Raj Bhawan in Patna on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-45U
173. Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik administers the oath of chief Justice Mukesh Kumar Rasikbhai Shah as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court at Raj Bhawan in Patna on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-44U
174. New chief Justice of Patna High Court Mukesh Kumar Rasikbhai Shah being greeted by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at Raj Bhawan in Patna on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-43U
175. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi and RJD senior leader Rabri Devi during oath ceremony of Chief Justice of Patna High Court at Raj Bhawan in Patna on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-42U
176. Newly-elected Chief Justice of Patna High Court Mukesh Kumar Rasikbhai Shah during the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhawan in Patna on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-41U
177. Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) national president and former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi addressing a press conference in Patna on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-40U
178. Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) national president and former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi addressing a press conference in Patna on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-39U
179. LUCKNOW, AUG 12
180. Lucknow University students protesting against the U P Government at GPO in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-38U
181. Girls protecting themselves from monsoon rain in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-37U
182. People passing in monsoon rain in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-36U
183. People passing in monsoon rain in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-35U
184. People passing in monsoon rain in Lucknow on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-34U
185. GUWAHATI, AUG 12
186. Birubala Rabha renowned women of Assam and founder of “Mission Birubala” deliver her speech at Upen Chandra Das Memorial Trust during felicitation and prize distributing function, in Guwahati on Sunday. UNI PHOTO-33U
187. Salman shares fitness video in response to challenge by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju
188. New Delhi, Aug 12 (UNI) Responding to a fitness challenge by Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju, Superstar Salman Khan shared a fitness video of him cycling and working out in the gym on the social media.
189. Israel's first lawyers' shared workspace set to open