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Newsbytes: National
SC refuses separate NEET merit list for State syllabus Gen. V.K. Singh victimized me: Army Chief tells SC
students
In an unusual development that could cause severe discomfort to the
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to pass an interim Union government, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Dalbir Singh has
direction to the Medical Council of India (MCI) and the accused Minister of State General V.K. Singh of levelling false, baseless
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to publish and imaginary allegations against him when the latter was heading the
separate merit lists for CBSE students and their Army.
counterparts who studied under the State syllabus in the With his affidavit before Supreme Court filed earlier this week, the COAS
National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) held on July has not only revealed the appalling power struggle within the Indian Army
24 for undergraduate medical and dental courses in but also placed the Narendra Modi government in a quandary since his
private colleges all over the country. serious allegations are made against a member of the council of
ministers.
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Acting on a complaint filed by ABVP on Saturday, police have Bihar Assembly ratifies GST Bill in special session
charged Amnesty International India under Section 124A of the
IPC. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill was passed on Tuesday in a
one-day special session of the Bihar legislature, while 3 MLAs of
The police on Monday filed cases, including one of sedition, Communist Party of India-Marxist and Leninist (CPI-ML) boycotted the
against the organisers of a programme held on Saturday that bill and staged a walkout from the House. Participating in the debate,
sought to project the human suffering of the Kashmir conflict. legislators of both ruling and Opposition parties underlined the benefits
Acting on a complaint filed by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi of the bill for the state.
Parishad (ABVP) on Saturday, the J.C. Nagar police charged With the GST Bill passed in the House, Bihar became the second state
Amnesty International India under Section 124A of the Indian after Assam to adopt it, while neighboring Jharkhand is scheduled to
Penal Code, which defines sedition as brings or attempts to convene a special session of the state assembly to ratify the bill on
bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite Wednesday.
disaffection towards the Government of India.
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Newsbytes: National
Cant avoid pesticides, say farm experts
New proposal to limit antibiotic use, NAM principles more relevant now
wants countries to set targets
For the first time, global health experts are Venezuela is counting on Prime Minister Narendra
calling on world leaders to set specific Modis attendance at this years Non-Aligned
country-level targets limiting antibiotic Movement (NAM) meeting in September, despite
consumption in order to combat a looming reports he is unlikely to, said visiting Foreign
crisis of drug-resistant superbugs. Minister Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday.
Countrys first bio-CNG plant to be inaugurated Najma Heptulla sworn in as Governor of Manipur
in Pune on Sunday
Former Union Minister Najma Heptulla was on
Indias first bio-CNG plant is all set to be Sunday sworn-in as the governor of Manipur, All India
inaugurated this Sunday, in Pune. Commissioned Radio News tweeted.
by city-based Primove Engineering Private Limited, The Manipur Governor designate, Heptulla, arrived at
this plant will use agricultural residue to generate the Imphal Airport on Saturday afternoon, where she
CNG which can be used in automobiles as fuel. was received by State Chief Secretary Oinam
Nabakishore, along with Director General of Police
Santosh Gondhalekar, director, research and L.M. Khaute, Imphal West Deputy Commissioner
development, said the idea of using agricultural Ningthoujam Jeoffrey, Superintendent of Police Dr.
residue for generation of CNG was considered as A.K. Jhaljit and State Protocol Officer Rehanuddin
the problem of disposal of agricultural waste was a Choudhury.
major concern in the country.
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Newsbytes: National
Patel will take over from Raghuram Rajan when Fifteen deaths were reported in Madhya
the latter leaves office after his term ends on 4 Pradesh since Friday evening as the Met
September. The choice of Patel will ensure department predicted more showers and
continuity at the RBI since he has been the sounded heavy downpour alert for some
deputy governor in charge of monetary policy. districts on Sunday.
In a note released on 18 June, Rajan informed Three Indian Air Force aircraft dropped food
the staff of the Reserve Bank that he will return packets and medicines in flooded areas of
to academia after his term ends in September. Rewa district, Collector Rahul Jain said.
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Newsbytes: National
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Newsbytes: Business
Singtel to buy 7.39% more in Bharti Telecom for $659 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) is
million throwing its weight behind blockchain and
getting ready to launch core banking software
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singtel) said on based on the underlying technology behind
Thursday that it had signed an agreement with its majority virtual currency Bitcoin.
owner Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd to purchase a 7.39% This will make Indias largest software exporter
stake in Bharti Telecom Ltd, the holding company of only the second large company globally to do
Indias largest telco Bharti Airtel Ltd, for $659.51 million. so. Incidentally, local rival Infosys Ltd launched
a blockchain framework for Finacle, its core
The deal will strengthen the foothold Singtel, South-East banking platform, earlier this year.
Asias largest telecom company, has in India, the worlds
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Newsbytes: Business
Now you can see a live video of the caller before The US is set to cede power of the Internets naming
you answer. system to a non-profit organization on October 1,
Tech giant Google has launched its video calling ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a
app, Google Duo, for Android and iOS users, crucial part of the internets governance.
which will compete with apps like FaceTime and The Domain Naming System, DNS, is one of the
Skype. internets most important components.
The video calling app, which was first announced Key component
by Google three months ago at its I/O developer It pairs the easy-to-remember web addresses with
conference, aims to take the complexity out of their relevant servers.
video calling.
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apples-facetime-skype/article8994369.ece
NEWSBytes: Technology
Intel's next-gen Kaby Lake processors Is that a piece of bark in your drink? A bug,
maybe? Nope. It's a tiny water-purifying tablet
Intel's 7th-gen Core processors, known as powered by the sun.
Kaby Lake, are right around the corner. What The device comes from scientists at the
does that mean? Faster, more capable Department of Energy's SLAC National
computers, obviously! Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford
But Kaby Lake isn't your typical chip upgrade. University's Institute for Materials and
Here's everything we know so far. Energy Science. It measures 1 centimeter by 2
What's a Kaby Lake? centimeters, about the size of half a postage
Intel's 7th-gen Core processors, presumably stamp, and decontaminates water fast using a
the latest and greatest CPUs the company readily available resource -- visible light from
has to offer. They're the successor to Intel's the sun's rays.
6th-gen "Skylake" processors from 2015.
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NEWSBytes: Technology
India worlds third biggest tech start-up hub: Study Askmebazaar may down shutters soon
This queen of seed funding has Europe under Gender-biased Indian startup ecosystem
her feet, America in her veins, and India in her only 21 of 670 funded startups in 2016
soul run by women
Reshma Sohoni is the Co-founder and managing Eight months into 2016 and 670 funding
partner of Seedcamp, a First Round Funds based deals worth $2 billion have been
in London with over 200 investments, and one of closed. Guess what percentage of these
the authors of the European Startup Manifesto, deals were bagged by startups with women
the document to support startups promoted by the co-founders or a solo woman founder? A
European Union. She was born in India and mere three percent. Approximately 14
moved to the US with her family when she was percent has gone into startups with male
10. Later, she went to France to do her MBA with and female co-founders, while the rest 83
a return ticket to the US but, as it happens, she fell percent went to those founded by men.
in love with Europe and decided to stay.
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sohoni-seedcamp/
SPORTS
Newsbytes: India at Rio
Ryan Lochte Made Up Robbery Claim After Turkey wedding blast: 30 dead and 90 hurt in
U.S. Swimmers Damage Gas Station, Gaziantep
Brazilian Authorities Say A blast at an outdoor wedding party in the south
Brazilian authorities suggested Thursday that Turkish city of Gaziantep has killed at least 30
the U.S. swimmers who claimed they were people and injured 94 more, the authorities say.
robbed at gunpoint in Rio had made up the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said so-called
robbery following an incident in which they Islamic State (IS) was likely to have carried it out
vandalized a gas station. amid reports of a suicide bomber targeting the
party.
Swimmer Ryan Lochte and teammates Gunnar The attack, in an area popular with university
Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen claimed students, could be heard across the city.
that they were robbed after leaving a party early Gaziantep, near the Syrian border, is known to
Sunday morning by individuals posing as police have several IS cells.
officers.
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Newsbytes: International
Russian Warplanes Take Off From Iran to Chinese ships, planes hold war games in Sea of
Target ISIS in Syria Japan:
Chinese planes and ships held war games in the Sea of
Russias Defense Ministry says that Russian Japan last week, the military said, during which Beijing
warplanes have taken off from a base in Iran to displayed its latest-generation frigate at a time of bitter
target Islamic State fighters in Syria. territorial disputes with Asian neighbours.
Tuesdays announcement marks a major The Defence Ministry said in a statement on its website
development in the efforts against the Sunni late Saturday that the long-range exercises staged on
militant group. Russia has never used the territory Friday pitted a red army against a blue one in a
of another country in the Middle East except simulated bomber attack on a naval task force.
Syria for its operations inside Syria before this
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