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		Saturday, May 06, 2023
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		India
		Two held with 6kg heroin worth crores in Poonch India-China ties are not normal & won't be so till peace on border returns: Jaishankar Wake up & smell the coffee, 370 is history: EAM to Bilawal Bhutto More India News»

		Science
		Astronomers spot Sun-like star devouring planet Galactic gobble: Star swallows planet in one big gulp Astronomers have observed a star swallowing a gas giant planet, Jupiter-sized or larger, in a one-off event about 10-15,000 years ago. In a preview of the fate of our own solar system, the red giant star had engulfed the close-orbiting planet, resulting in an outburst of light followed by a long-lasting stream of dust shining brightly in cold infrared energy. The short-lived swallow was observed for the first time. Scientists warn of AI dangers but don't agree on solutions More Science News»

		Technology
		Explained: Generative AI integration in Google Workspace and how it can help users Google has announced that its Workspace AI features for more users. These features generate summaries and save time, while features in Sheets enable users to analyse data and auto-complete. In addition to auto-generating images, audio and video in Slides, the company has added some AI features to Chat to help workflows, and AI-powered backgrounds and note-taking to Meet. Amazon Summer Sale 2023: 15 deals from HP, Boat, Godrej available under Rs 1,000 Amazon Summer Sale 2023 is already live for all users. The ongoing sale offers discounts and deals on a wide range of product categories, including many options for gadget enthusiasts. Among these deals are affordable gadgets available at significant discounts, such as mice, keyboards, smart bands, speakers, and other gadgets priced under Rs 1000. Credit, debit card tokenisation: What it means, how it benefits users and more Card payments company Visa recently introduced a feature which enables users to make online transactions without punching their CVV (cardholder verification value) number, if their card is tokenised. For those unaware, tokenization replaces sensitive card information with a unique code, enhancing the security of transactions. These tokenized transactions require two-factor authentication: once during the tokenization process and again when entering the OTP. RBI allowed tokenised card transactions in 2019 for better safety and security of transactions done via cards. More Technology News»

		Business
		Fresh drive against fake GST registrations Unicorn e-tail company Meesho cuts 15% jobs Irish lessor files insolvency petition against SpiceJet More Business News»

		Sports
		IPL: Gujarat crush Rajasthan by 9 wickets to consolidate top spot Defending champions Gujarat Titans came back to winning ways on Friday, demolishing Rajasthan Royals by nine wickets in their Indian Premier League match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Titans consolidated their top spot in the standings with the win as they now have 14 points from 10 games, three more than the second-placed Lucknow Super Giants. Neeraj begins Diamond League title defence with win in Doha Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra kicked off his new season in an emphatic manner by winning the opening leg of the Diamond League with a world leading and fourth career-best effort in Doha on Friday. Rahul rules himself out of remainder of IPL, WTC Final; to undergo thigh surgery Team India on Friday suffered a major blow as top-order batter KL Rahul ruled himself out of the upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia in June. Rahul, who suffered a thigh injury during the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 1 will also not feature in the remainder of the ongoing Indian Premier League. More Sports News»

		Education
		NEET UG 2023: What to carry to NEET exam centre? NEET-UG 2023 is scheduled to take place on May 7, 2023, at over 499 examination centres across India and outside. The NTA has released the admit cards and candidates must carry their hard copy along with valid photo identification. Two passport-size photos, a transparent water bottle and extra stationery are also recommended. NHRC to conduct research on issue of paid period leave for working women The National Human Rights Commission will investigate paid period leave for working women in India including Odisha. NHRC will research and evaluate the current policy implemented to ensure women's rights. Rights activists and lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy filed the petition, emphasizing the need for policy and administrative measures for women's basic dignity, establish guidelines during menstruation and to prevent infections during menstrual periods. Tribal youth become Vikasdoots Lloyds Metal & Energy and Trisharan Enlightenment Foundation trained 40 tribal youth from Gadchiroli as development ambassadors. The workshop held in Pune from April 21-30 was inaugurated by journalist Arun Khore. Dr. Shripal Sabnis felicitated participants at the valedictory. Lloyds Metals' L. Saikumar and Pradnya and Prashant Waghmare were also present. More Education News»

		Environment
		Atmospheric Rivers caused 70 per cent of India's floods between 1985 and 2020, says study The research team used the high-resolution atmospheric fields from the European Reanalysis Version, along with observed precipitation from the India Meteorological Department and a historical flood database from the Dartmouth Flood Observatory of the University of Colorado, USA, to study the impact of ARs formed during the summer monsoon season on flooding in India, a first-of-its-kind comprehensive study in this regard in India. Gurgaon: Sculptures made from waste installed at Khushboo Chowk, IFFCO Chowk The Khusboo Chowk and IFFCO Chowk, two major intersections of Gurgaon, get two massive sculptures – giant bird and honeycomb -- made of scrap metals on Monday. The sculptures were installed by GMDA in association with the M3M Foundation. Air pollution kills 1,200 children a year: Report More Environment News»

		World
		King Charles' coronation to blend ancient ritual with modern Britain The coronation of King Charles will seek to blend the ancient ritual of a ceremony that dates back for almost 1,000 years with the modern, more diverse face of Britain and its many faiths, the Order of Service makes clear. Watched by about 100 heads of state and dignitaries, Charles will be crowned on Saturday at Westminster Abbey, which has staged all coronations since William the Conqueror back in 1066. UK PM Rishi Sunak hails multi-faith Coronation as 'moment of national pride' Trump video deposition in civil rape trial made public More World News»

		Environment
		Atmospheric Rivers caused 70 per cent of India's floods between 1985 and 2020, says study The research team used the high-resolution atmospheric fields from the European Reanalysis Version, along with observed precipitation from the India Meteorological Department and a historical flood database from the Dartmouth Flood Observatory of the University of Colorado, USA, to study the impact of ARs formed during the summer monsoon season on flooding in India, a first-of-its-kind comprehensive study in this regard in India. Gurgaon: Sculptures made from waste installed at Khushboo Chowk, IFFCO Chowk The Khusboo Chowk and IFFCO Chowk, two major intersections of Gurgaon, get two massive sculptures – giant bird and honeycomb -- made of scrap metals on Monday. The sculptures were installed by GMDA in association with the M3M Foundation. Air pollution kills 1,200 children a year: Report More Environment News»

		Hyderabad
		Tech corridor gets several new bus routes to ease travel woes in Telangana In view of the increasing traffic in the western corridor, Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) has introduced several new bus routes over the last one month. With these services, it hopes to draw IT professionals . Realtors woo techies with co-working spaces and creches in upcoming residential projects in Hyderabad With amenities such as club houses, gyms, spas and mini supermarkets no longer a key differentiator in Hyderabad's realty market, developers are going the extra mile to woo techies with added facilities such as co-working spaces and even creches in some upcoming residential projects at Kokapet, Kondapur, Hitech City and Financial District. Hyderabad's Noornagar Dyed In Toxins, Water Raises Stink Flustered by the persistent problem of water contamination, around 100 families from Noornagar in Banjara Hills are now demanding that all dyeing units in the area be pushed out to a different location. They allege the continuous discharge of chemicals into the neighbourhood drains by these units has turned the groundwater toxic. More Hyderabad News»

		Chandigarh
		Patiala Police cracks contractor's murder case; nabs his business rival Patiala Police on Friday cracked the murder case of a contractor — he used to provide contractual employees to various government departments — who was shot dead in front of his office at Patiala-Nabha Road in Punjab in broad daylight on Thursday. Hisar accountant booked for registering 69 fake firms The police have registered a criminal case against a CA and unknown persons for allegedly getting documents from people on the pretext of getting loans and subsidies under various government schemes and getting registered about 69 fake firms. It is alleged that an FIR was registered against the CA earlier also in the year 2019, but the investigating officer did not investigate the matter properly. Family taken hostage near Karnal, robbed Four robbers decamped with Rs 5.8 lakh cash and ornaments from a jeweller's house in this district's Assandh town after taking the family hostage at gunpoint in the wee hours of Thursday. More Chandigarh News»

		Ahmedabad
		Gujarat: 'Admit child who will turn six on June 1' The Gujarat high court has ordered the Vadodara primary education authorities and a private school not to deny admission to Class 1 to a child who falls short of one day in completing six years on June 1. Imports of 2.50 lakh cotton bales from Oz soon in Gujarat With lower arrivals in the domestic market, the textile industry is witnessing a higher demand for imported cotton. According to sources, Indian spinners have placed orders for 2.50 lakh bales from Australia which will be duty free. This stock is expected to reach India in three months. New engineering colleges only if all requirements met: All-India Council for Technical Education Taking serious note of frequent complaints about insufficient teaching staff and facilities at government-run engineering colleges, the All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has written to the Higher and Technical Education secretaries and the Directorate of Technical Education to solve these problems quickly. More Ahmedabad News»

		Chennai
		Tamil Nadu: Engineering counselling from August 2 Unlike 2022-23, Tamil Nadu engineering admission counselling begins this year on August 2 till October 3. Last year, the counselling went on till the fourth week of November. Kalakshetra: No interim bail for jailed professor Madras high court on Friday refused interim bail to suspended assistant professor Hari Padman of Kalakshetra Foundation who has been arrested in a sexual harassment complaint. Government trying to privatise Tamil Nadu transport service: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said the DMK government is making attempts to privatise state transport services. He said the number of buses have been reduced after the government announced free travel for women. More Chennai News»

		Bangalore
		Bengaluru: Man, 36, dies after setting himself, spouse on fire A 36-year-old man died and his wife sustained burns after the former set both of them ablaze at their rental house in Vaddarapalya, near Bannerghatta, on Thursday. Karnataka: Techie helps woman he met online, loses Rs 34 lakh A 48-year-old software engineer from Marathahalli lost over Rs 34 lakh to cybercriminals within a few days of acquainting himself with a woman on a matrimonial site. Hebbal constituency: No dearth of resources in billionaire-warhorse bout In Hebbal constituency, the BJP is attempting to recapture one of its strongholds that it had lost to the Congress in 2018. Leading the saffron party’s charge against sitting MLA Suresha BS aka Byrathi Suresh is Jagadeesha Katta KS, son of former minister Katta Subramanya Naidu. More Bangalore News»

		Bangalore
		Bengaluru: Man, 36, dies after setting himself, spouse on fire A 36-year-old man died and his wife sustained burns after the former set both of them ablaze at their rental house in Vaddarapalya, near Bannerghatta, on Thursday. Karnataka: Techie helps woman he met online, loses Rs 34 lakh A 48-year-old software engineer from Marathahalli lost over Rs 34 lakh to cybercriminals within a few days of acquainting himself with a woman on a matrimonial site. Hebbal constituency: No dearth of resources in billionaire-warhorse bout In Hebbal constituency, the BJP is attempting to recapture one of its strongholds that it had lost to the Congress in 2018. Leading the saffron party’s charge against sitting MLA Suresha BS aka Byrathi Suresh is Jagadeesha Katta KS, son of former minister Katta Subramanya Naidu. More Bangalore News»

		Mumbai
		Mumbai: BEST driver halts bus as brakes fail The presence of mind shown by a BEST bus driver saved lives of passengers and bus staff in a mishap on Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road on Thursday. The brakes failed and it could have led to a major crash and fatalities. Nobody was injured. EOW arrests developer duo in Rs 43 crore cheating case The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Friday took custody of Dharmesh and Rajeev Jain, the directors of Nirmal Lifestyle, in a Rs 43-crore cheating case filed in 2021, and produced them before a local court, which remanded them in police custody till Monday. Axed Mumbai University VC in line for Pune varsity's top post Sanjay Deshmukh, who was asked to step down from the Mumbai University vice-chancellor's post in 2017, is in the running for the top post at one of the state's leading universities - Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU). He is among the 27 candidates shortlisted for the post by the university's vice-chancellor selection-cum-search committee. Their interviews are scheduled on May 18 and 19 in Mumbai. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		CCTV shows Tihar cops let gangsters finish job Fresh CCTV footage from Tihar Jail that surfaced on Friday shows at least 10 police personnel standing as mute spectators to the mayhem unleashed during the murder of gangster Sunil Tajpuria on Tuesday morning. Indicating the scandalous state of affairs in Tihar, the footage shows the assailants removing a sheet covering Tajpuria – after he had been removed from the courtyard by cops and brought inside – and stabbing him repeatedly and kicking his almost lifeless body. 142 fresh Covid cases, one more death in Delhi Delhi recorded 142 fresh coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 5.43% and one Covid-linked death on Friday, according to data shared by the city government's health department. Services affected on Delhi Metro's Violet Line for 2 hours Services on Delhi Metro's Violet Line were affected for nearly two hours on Friday, causing inconvenience to commuters. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		CCTV shows Tihar cops let gangsters finish job Fresh CCTV footage from Tihar Jail that surfaced on Friday shows at least 10 police personnel standing as mute spectators to the mayhem unleashed during the murder of gangster Sunil Tajpuria on Tuesday morning. Indicating the scandalous state of affairs in Tihar, the footage shows the assailants removing a sheet covering Tajpuria – after he had been removed from the courtyard by cops and brought inside – and stabbing him repeatedly and kicking his almost lifeless body. 142 fresh Covid cases, one more death in Delhi Delhi recorded 142 fresh coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 5.43% and one Covid-linked death on Friday, according to data shared by the city government's health department. Services affected on Delhi Metro's Violet Line for 2 hours Services on Delhi Metro's Violet Line were affected for nearly two hours on Friday, causing inconvenience to commuters. More Delhi News»

		Delhi
		CCTV shows Tihar cops let gangsters finish job Fresh CCTV footage from Tihar Jail that surfaced on Friday shows at least 10 police personnel standing as mute spectators to the mayhem unleashed during the murder of gangster Sunil Tajpuria on Tuesday morning. Indicating the scandalous state of affairs in Tihar, the footage shows the assailants removing a sheet covering Tajpuria – after he had been removed from the courtyard by cops and brought inside – and stabbing him repeatedly and kicking his almost lifeless body. 142 fresh Covid cases, one more death in Delhi Delhi recorded 142 fresh coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 5.43% and one Covid-linked death on Friday, according to data shared by the city government's health department. Services affected on Delhi Metro's Violet Line for 2 hours Services on Delhi Metro's Violet Line were affected for nearly two hours on Friday, causing inconvenience to commuters. More Delhi News»

		Allahabad
		Amid heavy security, 31.45% cast their vote in Prayagraj Voting for posts of 100 corporators and one mayor of Prayagraj Nagar Nigam passed off peacefully amid tight security on Thursday with the city recording a voter turnout of 31.45%. The polling was held between from 7am and 6pm at 1180 polling booths. According to the SEC, Prayagraj recorded a polling percentage of about 31.45. Sangam city wears a deserted look amid poll Residents of Sangam city faced a tough time reaching their destinations or going home from railway station or bus depot as public transport went off the roads, on Thursday due to civic elections. As city went to polls, most of the roads wore a deserted look. Many left disappointed after their names missing from voters' list in Prayagraj Pankaj Mehrotra, a resident of Sardar Patel Marg in Allahabad City North constituency, has voted in every election since 1991, but on Thursday he along with eight other family members were left disappointed as their names were missing from the electoral rolls. More Allahabad News»

		Bhopal
		4-year-old raped by neighbour in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa A 4-year-old girl was raped by her middle-aged neighbor in Rewa district. The incident took place at a locality in Civil Lines police station of the district on April 30 when the accused took the girl to his rented house and raped her. The accused lured the survivor who was playing outside her house by offering chocolates. Lessons in 'happiness' in schools from this year in Madhya Pradesh What is happiness - materialistic gain or mental satisfaction? Kids in Madhya Pradesh would now be getting lessons in "happiness" from this academic session. Pretending to offer help, man speeds away with BHEL executive's scooter in Bhopal A fraudster duped a BHEL executive by offering him help to take out his scooter from the parking lot outside a liquor shop located near Habibganj Naka in Bag Sewania and fled with his scooter. The person, who was in an inebriated condition was unable to move his scooter and the accused who noted it approached him with help. More Bhopal News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Lok Sabha secretariat seeks report from govt on BJP's privilege notices The Lok Sabha Secretariat has asked the department of personnel and training (DoPT) to seek a report from the Odisha government regarding the alleged home detention of Bargarh MP Suresh Pujari in Sambalpur on April 18, as well as preventing BJP MPs from visiting the western Odisha town the same day. Murder accused out on bail arrested for killing again in Bhubaneswar A 27-year-old man, who is currently on bail in connection with the rape and murder of a school teacher in Angul district in 2016, was arrested in Bhubaneswar on Friday on charges of killing his friend in Khandagiri area, here on Wednesday. 'Opposition seems blind to the development work in Jharsuguda' Ahead of the May 10 Jharsuguda byelection, Ritesh Sharma speaks to BJD candidate Dipali Das on her slain father Naba Kisore Das, development activities and more. More Bhubaneswar News»

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