News Digest: Learning with the Times: CCTV was first used by Germans in 1942 to observe V-2 rocket launch

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		Monday, April 06, 2015
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		India
		Learning with the Times: CCTV was first used by Germans in 1942 to observe V-2 rocket launch CCTV (Closed circuit television) was first used in 1942 in Germany when the system was installed to observe the launch of V-2 rockets. Defence minister to undock first Scorpene sub today The first of the six Scorpene Submarines (Project 75) will undock in presence of the defence minister Manohar Parrikar at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai on Monday. IMA national head trashes Centre's draft health policy The Union government's draft health policy lacks clear directions, said neurosurgeon A Marthanda Pillai, national president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), on Sunday. More India News»

		Business
		Cadbury slapped with 574cr notice Demand raised for allegedly evading excise duty for its ‘ghost’ unit In HP Myntra to shut website from May 1 Fashion e-tailer to shut desktop website. Know your needs before taking a loan A loan helps build assets and allows you the perks, but there should be no disconnect between income and expenditure. More Business News»

		Environment
		Conference to finalize changes in environment laws tomorrow The environment ministry is all set to hold a two-day national conference on Monday which is seen as a final step of consultations and taking states on board before bringing amendments in existing green laws. Over 1 crore renewable energy certificates unsold at IEX Showing continued sluggishness in the renewable energy certificates market, more than one crore such certificates remain unsold at the power bourse IEX, even as the government aims to boost green energy generation in the country. Eco-friendly cremations gaining acceptance in China Cremation of the deceased instead of traditional practice of burials is gaining increasing acceptance in China with nearly 50 per cent of the dead being cremated last year to promote environmentalism and save land. More Environment News»

		World
		Obama defends Iran deal as 'once-in-a-lifetime' opportunity President Barack Obama is defending a framework nuclear understanding with Iran as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prevent a nuclear bomb and bring longer-term security to the Middle East, insisting the U.S. will stand in defense of Israel. Palestinians reject Israel tax transfer Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday he rejected Israel's offer of a partial transfer of tax revenues it collects for the Palestinians, following a three-month freeze. Official's son among Kenya university attackers The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the masked gunmen who killed nearly 150 at a university last week, the interior ministry said on Sunday, as Kenyan churches hired armed guards to protect their Easter congregations. More World News»

		Entertainment
		#Easter: B-Town wishes for love and happiness As the world celebrated April 5, 2015 as Easter Sunday or the Resurrection Sunday, a string of Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter and wished their friends and fans a Happy Easter, hoping that the occasion brings love, peace and happiness. Here's what they wrote... Kalki supports men's views on Deepika's video? Kalki Koechlin has expressed her views on Deepika Padukone's 'My Choice' video, saying that she understands the counter argument that if men would have done the same, they would have been branded idiots. Little AbRam joins Clean India campaign! After being known as a book lover, Shah Rukh Khan's son AbRam has apparently taken to cleaning! More Entertainment News»

		Science
		Don't overuse mosquito repellents Growing awareness about dengue has led to a dramatic increase in sales of mosquito repellents. Reach Mars in 39 days with plasma rocket A US-based rocket propulsion company is developing an engine that could take humans to the Red Planet in just 39 days and it has got funding from Nasa to accomplish the task. Cern restarts 'Big Bang' collider after 2-year refit Scientists at Europe's particle physics research centre Cern on Sunday restarted their "Big Bang" Large Hadron Collider (LHC), embarking on a new bid to resolve some mysteries of the universe and look for "dark matter". More Science News»

		Sports
		AB, Gayle and I will be able to do better in IPL 8: Virat Kohli Captain Virat Kohli said RCB's batting line-up will be able to express itself better in IPL 8 with the arrival of players such as Darren Sammy and S Badrinath. Azlan Shah Cup: Raghunath salvages 2-2 draw for India India drew 2-2 with Korea to make a satisfactory start to their campaign in the 24th Azlan Shah Cup, in what was Paul van Ass's first match as the team's coach. KKR's Sunil Narine cleared by BCCI to bowl in IPL 8 Sunil Narine has passed the BCCI's bowling action test conducted in Chennai and has now been cleared to play for KKR in the eighth edition of IPL. More Sports News»

		Technology
		With FB & Twitter, public shaming gets a makeover On a Delhi-Imphal IndiGo flight last month, Angellica Aribam's instincts were spot on. There was indeed something not right about that a group of five men who boarded in Delhi and were seated in front of her. They ogled at women, took videos of air hostesses and, as if this wasn't enough, they turned to stare at Aribam and her sister who was nursing her baby. Indian govt mulls blocking Uber, Ola apps across the country The Delhi government had requested DEITY to block such apps, but the Department found it technically impossible to do so for one particular state. Microsoft is 40-years-old: Windows over the years Microsoft has turned 40-years-old today, making it among the oldest tech companies in a time when startups are all the rage. More Technology News»

		Education
		MBA magic - executive touch To keep pace with the changing times, Rotman School of Man agement, University of Toronto, launched an interna tional executive MBA programme for mid-to-senior executives in 2004. Course cursor - groom players A Master of sports coaching programme meant to develop the student's individual coaching philosophy New research and development With IT-based agriculture changing the way farming can be done, Lincoln University has developed a programme to teach people the latest techniques. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		Rounds of lotto, clink of glasses bring colour to Easter celebrations Bringing an end to the 40-day austerities of Lent, the Christian community celebrated Easter, the most important festival of the Christian calendar, Sunday. Cops hunt for man accused of molestation A 23-year-old woman was groped in a moving BEST bus at Malad by a male passenger seated behind her. Mahayuti does what Cong-NCP govt couldn't The tripartite agreement relating to the Ambedkar memorial signed on Sunday transfers the ownership of the land to the state government, once the formalities are completed. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		HC okays rash driving term A person is supposed to drive a vehicle on the correct side and respect the rights of others on the road, a Delhi court has observed while upholding the conviction of a man for rash driving. Jilted lover stabs 14-yr-old with cleaver A 16-year-old boy stabbed a girl with a cleaver in central Delhi’s LNJP colony on Saturday. Police said the accused is absconding. Goods worth 1cr damaged in Okhla fire A major fire broke out at a storehouse-cum-office of an international courier agency located at Okhla Industrial area in south Delhi on Sunday morning. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		'Karnataka must have its language policy' The two-day brainstorming session on introducing mother tongue/regional language as the medium of instruction at the primary level, which concluded at Dharwad on Sunday, came out with the Dharwad Declaration. People-friendly tech is need of hour: Minister Union minister of science and technology and earth sciences Harsh Vardhan on Sunday called upon scientists to develop technologies that will help people in their day-to-day life. BBMP trifurcation impractical: HD Kumaraswamy The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government in New Delhi is thinking of reversing the former Congress government's decision of trifurcating the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), with things reportedly going wrong. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		APSMC intervenes in 'custodial death' case The AP State Minorities Commission (APSMC) on Saturday took congnisance of the death of one Rahima Bee, a resident of Pargi, Ranga Reddy district, after she consumed poison, allegedly on account of harassment by police officials. Yemen crisis: Need for a comprehensive evacuation plan War is bad.It is worse when it takes place in a wretched country like Yemen that is poor on all accounts.For over a week now the Saudi and other Gulf forces have been carrying out airstrikes against Yemen. College stops girl from writing exam after brother files RTI query A Right to Information (RTI) query by an activist against an engineering college has led to a backlash against his sister, who is being denied permission to write her examination. More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		GST may halt truckers' strikes It barely took two days for G Raju to drive his truck laden with a consignment of wheat from Haryana to Walayar, located in the Tamil Nadu ­ Kerala border, about 40 km from Coimbatore. In Ooty, historic horse racing battling heavy odds Surpassing the annual flower show and the forest reserves, it used to be the biggest tourist attraction in Nilgiris. Tamil Nadu flunks competitive tests for PG engineering Around 2 lakh students graduate from Tamil Nadu's engineering institutions each year and almost half of these newly-minted engineers appear for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		Gujarat's Vaidehi wins AITA title City tennis player Vaidehi Chaudhary once again did the state proud after she emerged winner at AITA Women's 50k tournament held in Karnal recently. BM institute to revamp autism care The number of children identified with autism is increasing, with the data from the Centre for Disease Control suggesting that one in 68 children falls into the spectrum. Board scanning past results of Khokhara school Officials of the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) are scrutinizing the results of the past three years of Jay Somnath High School situated in Khokhara. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		Teachers continue to boycott evaluation of HS, Inter answersheets Many teachers of secondary schools affiliated to Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UP Board) continued to boycott the evaluation High School and Intermediate answersheets in protest against non-fulfillment of their three-point demands. Police was deployed outside the centres on Sunday to disperse the agitating teachers. Students launch indefinite fast against UPPSC Seven students preparing for competitive examination launched an indefinite fast at Allahabad University’s Union Hall on Sunday evening in protest against non-scrapping of second question paper of PCS-2015 preliminary exams by Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC). DM warns schools over fee hike In view of complaints received from parents’ associations, the district administration has warned private schools over exorbitant fee hike from the new academic session. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Here, illegal buildings are off record The city corporation, which collects regularization fee to legalize unauthorized constructions in the city, does not keep a record on such buildings, revealed an RTI query by TOI. Kidney disease fear grips Ganjam village At least 20 people have died of renal failure at Badaputi village in Ganjam district in the last four years. Forest fire wreaks havoc on Jajpur Forest fire is raging in Daitari, Ostapala and Chingulipala forests under Sukinda forest range and Kansa, Tundisuni, Kiajhad in Tamaka range of Jajpur district."Fire was noticed on Thursday night. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Botched tubectomy: Couple drags doc to consumer court, seeks Rs 24L damages After botched-up sterilisations in Chhattisgarh took 13 lives, law has become more vigilant against hospitals and doctors who perform faulty tubectomies. Laadli day care case: No medico legal opinion of victim in chargesheet Final chargesheet submitted in the session court in the Laadli day care case, contains only the medical report of the minor, but no medico-legal opinion on the girl whose private parts were allegedly burnt by accused tribal girl, Kalawati, who was slapped with Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO). FIR was filed by child welfare committee (CWC) and Gauravi, dedicated to protection of children and women. MPPEB scam: SIT asks STF to probe role of ex transport min After Laxmikant Sharma, another former minister of Shivraj Singh Chouhan's cabinet is likely to be probed in connection with Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		2 ITI students, instructor killed in cylinder blast Two students and their instructor were killed on Saturday when two gas cylinders exploded during a welding workshop at a private institute in Haryana’s Kurushetra district. 'I'm not just a Sikh girl singing Islamic music' Priyanka.Kachhava@timesgroup.Though people have often called her a 'sufi fusion' artist, or a Sikh girl singing Christian (gospel) and Islamic (Sufi) music, Sonam Kalra hates the label. Mohali councillor passes away; date of bypoll soon The councilllor of Mohali municipal corporation's ward 29, Amteshwar Kaur, died of a heart attack on Friday night.A source in the MC said Kaur was among the front-runners for the mayor's post among independent candidates. More Chandigarh News»

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