News Digest: Indians in Congo safe after clashes, say diplomats

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		India
		Indians in Congo safe after clashes, say diplomats Rijiju: MHA was in cahoots with LeT on Ishrat IITs mulls safety net as startups revoke offers IITs will allow all the affected students to re-register for placements, after some startups revoked offers or reduced compensations. No solution has emerged in the Flipkart-IIM-A row so far, as both the institute and the company continue to stick to their demands. More India News»

		Business
		SBI Q4 net profit falls 66% to Rs 1,264 crore Country's largest lender SBI on Friday posted 66 per cent slump in standalone profit to Rs 1,263.81 crore for the 4th quarter of last fiscal ended March 31 as it more than doubled the provisions for bad loans. SBI had reported net profit of Rs 3,742 crore in the corresponding, January-March quarter. Sensex gains over 100 points on foreign inflows G7 leaders pledge collective action to boost growth The leaders of the Group of Seven rich economies pledged Friday to "collectively tackle" major risks to global growth, including direct political threats to the international order from terrorist attacks, violent extremism and refugee flows. More Business News»

		Environment
		Thousands of quarries closed as NGT deadline nears NGT had ordered all those stone quarries which have failed to obtain an environment clearance in the Balesar region to be shut. Miners have decided to take up the issue with Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar in the the national meeting of state mines ministers. Antartica's marine life vanished with dinosaurs A study published in the journal Nature Communications revealed that the mass extinction event 65 million years ago that killed the dinosaurs also proved fatal for the entire marine life in Antarctica. Scientists have found more than 6,000 fossil specimens to support their claim. NGT bans trees felling for road construction in Uttarakhand Taking note of a complaint filed by an NGO, the green tribunal restrained state government from chopping of trees for construction of roads in the Uttarakhand. The plea alleged that there was a nexus of mafias, greedy villagers and officials behind the massive felling and forest fires in the state. More Environment News»

		World
		Obama mourns the dead on historic trip to Hiroshima President Barack Obama on Friday arrived in Hiroshima, the first visit by a sitting US president to the site of the world's first atomic bombing and paid a moving tribute to victims of the nuclear attack. France labour strikes intensify, N-workers join stir France faced fresh strikes after nuclear power station workers voted to join gathering protests against labour law reforms that have forced the country to dip into strategic fuel reserves due to refinery blockades. The reforms are designed to make hiring and firing workers in labour market easier . Obama says, Taliban still bent on violence despite new leadership Hopes of peace negotiation with the new Afghan Taliban leader came floundering down as US President Barack Obama warned that the extremist movement will continue killing in Afghanistan. Obama made his doubt clears in Japan, where he is meeting with other leaders of the Group of Seven nations. More World News»

		Entertainment
		SRK, Shraddha Kapoor top Times Celebex Shah Rukh Khan and Shraddha Kapoor take the top positions in Times Celebex powered by zoom for the month of May 2016. Ranbir-Katrina's body doubles for romantic scenes? It puts us in a dilemma as to why thorough professional actors like Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif would use body doubles to shoot their romantic scenes in 'Jagga Jasoos'. If reports are to be believed, the actors did use their body doubles during their Morocco schedule. 'I am okay with people who troll me' Abhishek Bachchan is pushing that passion in different territories. As an actor, a producer and as an owner of various sports leagues. More Entertainment News»

		Science
		Launching Aditya-L1 satellite for solar study underway- ISRO chairman What happens in the brain when you take difficult decisions? A study published in the journal Neuroscience, researchers found a strong positive correlation between perceptual difficulty and activity in insular cortex. This shows that brain activity increases in parts responsible for making coherent thoughts with increasing difficulties in problems. Agro-economy revolution: BAU initiates tissue culture to augment banana yield Aimed at augmenting banana yield in the region, the Bihar Agricultural University (BAU) has embarked on the ‘plant tissue culture method’ for commercial banana production, with help of the Tissue Culture Laboratory at BAU. More Science News»

		Sports
		IPL: Warner takes SRH to final in a thriller On Friday, Warner was SRH's 'Man Friday' waging a lone battle against an inspired Gujarat bowling attack as he hit the winning runs to remain unbeaten on 93 off 58 balls and take his team to their maiden IPL final. As it happened: IPL Qualifier 2 - Gujarat vs Hyderabad Captain David Warner smashed an unbeaten 58-ball 93 as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Gujarat Lions by four wickets to set up IPL 9 final clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday. Wawrinka eases into French Open fourth round French Open holder Stan Wawrinka eased into the fourth round at Roland Garros with a drama-free 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 win over Jeremy Chardy on Friday. More Sports News»

		Technology
		12 Snapchat features you need to know about Few apps update quite as frequently or as dramatically as Snapchat. HTC 10: First impressions Our initial impressions of the HTC 10 are really positive. The smartphone sports a premium build and feels great in the hand. On the software side of things, the phone comes with all the latest features found in Android 6.0 Marshmallow and adds some extra functionality to the mix as well, thanks to the Sense UI. Google beats Oracle in $9 billion Android trial A US jury on Thursday unanimously upheld claims by Google that its use of Oracle's Java development platform to create Android was protected under the fair-use provision of copyright law, bringing trial to a close without Oracle winning any of the $9 billion in damages it requested. More Technology News»

		Education
		No government quota seats in private colleges for MBBS and BDS Here is a bad news for students, 12 private medical colleges and 24 dental colleges which come under the umbrella of COMEDK will not share its MBBS and BDS seats for government quota from this year. Re-evaluation of papers earns Anna University Rs 75cr in 5 years Anna University has collected more than Rs 75 crore from engineering students for revaluation of papers since 2011, an RTI application has revealed. Seven out of 10 rank holders are from Karnataka City students have bagged the top two ranks in ComedK's UGET for admission to engineering colleges in the state this year.And like last year, seven of the top 10 rankers are from Karnataka. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		Early detection key to treating thyroid cancer Thyroid cancer is the most common cancer of the endocrine system and occurs in all age groups, including children. In India, the number of new cases of thyroid cancer is 13.9 per 100,000 men and women per year. 2 'private agents' of cop held for pocketing 50,000 bribe As a police officer was handling the situation at the site of an explosion in Dombivli on Thursday night, two of his “private agents” were caught by the Thane ACB while accepting a bribe of Rs50,000. The duo — Rajkumar Bharti (34) and Ramprakash Tiwari (46) — were allegedly accepting the money to help a man in releasing his brother from jail. 'Human error led to CR disruption, not faulty transformers' Disruption in train services on Wednesday took place due to improper installation of earthing, not due to faulty transformers, as was claimed by Central Railway (CR). More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Men in car try to abduct girl, rob her brother in north Delhi New Delhi, May 26 () Three men allegedly tried to abduct a 19-year-old girl today and robbed her brother of his mobile phone and wallet before pushing him off a moving car, in which they had offered lift to the siblings in north Delhi's Geeta Ghat area, police said. HC extends stay on rustication of Umar, Anirban The Delhi high court on Friday extended interim stay on JNU's decision to rusticate Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya Sports, ECA trials to be streamlined Delhi University aspirants seeking admission through sports or extracurricular activities (ECA) categories will no longer have to give trials at multiple locations or face clash of dates for the try-outs. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		Karnataka students shine in COMEDK's UGET engineering Like previous year, this year also seven students out of the top ten rank holders in COMEDK’s UGET for engineering seats are from Karnataka. First and second rank holders are from Bengaluru. The other ranks secured by the Karnataka students are fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth. No government quota seats in private colleges for MBBS and BDS Here is a bad news for students, 12 private medical colleges and 24 dental colleges which come under the umbrella of COMEDK will not share its MBBS and BDS seats for government quota from this year. Seven out of 10 rank holders are from Karnataka City students have bagged the top two ranks in ComedK's UGET for admission to engineering colleges in the state this year.And like last year, seven of the top 10 rankers are from Karnataka. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Cricket association to take decision on elections soon The Hyderabad Cricket Association has assured the Hyderabad High Court that it would take a decision on election to the association in the annual general meeting (AGM) scheduled to be held on May 29, 2016. Gough Road to stay open till Nov 30 In a major relief to lakhs of commuters, the ministry of defence (MoD) has deferred its plans to close Gough Road in the Secunderabad Cantonment limits by six more months. ATM cash theft accused followed bosses' footsteps In the case involving siphoning of Rs 9.98 crore cash meant to be loaded in ATMs across the city, the investigators have found that the six employees, who stole Rs 7.83 crore meant to be loaded into various State Bank of India (SBI) ATMs, were guided by the cash-strapped owners of RCI Cash Management Services. More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		CBSE class 10 results today The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will declare the Class 10 results at 2pm on Saturday. Traffic police shrug onus, say short-staffed to handle vehicles Four years after Greater Chennai Corporation came up with a project to build better pavements along 400 bus route roads, just 36 got wider footpaths. Sowcarpet killers brought to city Police brought Rakesh, the man who gunned down travel agent Babu Singh in Sowcarpet, and his aide Tikku, to Chennai on Friday. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		State govt to launch Digital Gujarat app by August Soon people in the state will be able to get their ration card or income certificate by simply logging on to a mobile application. Gujarat government is set to launch a mobile app, Digital Gujarat, which will provide several such services on the lines of e-services already being rendered through digitalgujarat.gov.in. Transplanter machine to save city's trees The AMC now has fell trees for various development projects. This will change. With the acquisition of a tree transplanter machine, AMC will have the option of transplanting grown trees in the city instead of cutting them down. Normalcy returns to Kinshasa Hanif Ada, a native of Kutch, said that around 6,000 Indians live in Kinshasa, and are mostly associated with grocery, provision and medical shops. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		AU to probe technical snag during the conducting of UGAT AU to inquire the technical snag in conducting UGAT HC defers hearing on petition challenging Modi's election       Allahabad, May 27 () The Allahabad High Court today deferred till August 19 its hearing on a petition challenging the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Odisha to set up model degree colleges in eight districts Odisha fixes its target to build 8,369 Anganwadi centres in 2016-17 Naveen announces BJD candidates for Rajya Sabha elections Bhubaneswar, May 27 () BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced the names of Prasanna Acharya, Bishnu Das and Bhaskar Rao as party candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections slated for June 11. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Three cops punished for puncturing vehicles Three cops, including a sub-inspector (SI) were punished after they were caught, puncturing vehicles for wrong parking during night patrolling, on CCTV cameras in Katni town on Friday. Newly-married woman commits suicide A 22-year-old newly-married woman committed suicide by hanging herself on Thursday evening. A case was registered at Govindpura police station. 400 fighter planes in fleet by 2030: Minister Union rural development minister Chaudhary Birender Singh said on Friday that India will procure 400 fighter planes by 2030. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		Multi-crore sports complex is falling apart Said to have been built to match international standards, the multi-crore sports complex in Mohali is languishing in neglect, thanks to mismanagement. Two get life term for 2014 murder of local BJP leader The Panchkula district court held two persons guilty of murdering local BJP leader Ashutosh Bhardwaj in 2014.The court of additional and session judge Gulab Singh sentenced the accused, Arun and Ajay to life. Sippy's brother to contest Punjab polls from Mohali Jasmanpreet Singh Talwandi alias Jippy Sidhu, brother of slain national shooter and advocate Sippy Sidhu, has decided to contest the upcoming Punjab assembly elections from Mohali. More Chandigarh News»

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