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How India and China have come to the brink over a remote mountain pass. On a remote pass through Himalayan peaks, China and India, two nuclear-armed nations, have come near the brink of conflict over an unpaved road. It is one of the worst border disputes between the regional rivals in more than 30 years. The road stands on territory at the point where China, India and Bhutan meet. The standoff began last month when Bhutan, a close ally of India, discovered Chinese workers trying to extend the road. India responded by sending troops and equipment to halt the construction. China, the more powerful of the two, angrily denounced the move and demanded that India pull back. Now soldiers from the two powers are squaring off, separated by only a few hundred feet.
The conflict shows no sign of abating, and it reflects the swelling ambition — and nationalism — of both countries. Jeff M. Both sides have taken hard-line positions that make it difficult to back down. Why the Territory Matters Diagram: Joe Burgess/NYT India’s Aggressive Response Bhutan, Caught in the Middle. Jio effect: Vodafone offers 70GB 4G data, unlimited on-net calls for Rs 244. Vodafone India is now offering 70 GB high-speed 4G or 3G data combined with unlimited calls to Vodafone numbers in a new recharge pack of Rs 244.
The Rs 244 recharge pack is valid for new users only in the form of first recharge coupon (FRC). On recharging the new Vodafone number with Rs 244, user gets 1 GB data every day for 70 days. Also, the plan offers unlimited free calls within Vodafone network valid for 70 days. For existing customers, the Rs 244 recharge pack comes with similar benefits – 1 GB data every day and unlimited calls within Vodafone network – but with 35 days validity only. New users can also avail the FRC benefit just once and on the subsequent recharges they also get the benefits valid for 35 days only. Recently, the company revised other recharge plans with more data benefits and extended validity period. Reliance Jio also added new plans in its portfolio and revised its older plans recently as well. Congress remarks on Prez Kovind's speech sparks row in Rajya Sabha.
The Rajya Sabha saw repeated adjournments during Zero Hour and Question Hour on Wednesday over Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's remarks that the opposition was making Zero Hour a TV opportunity. The opposition members, irrespective of party affiliations, vociferously objected to the remarks of Leader of the house in the Rajya Sabha and demanded that these be expunged. Several opposition members raised a Point of Order and gave notice under Rule 267 after questioning Jaitley on the government's reported decision to stop printing Rs 2,000 currency notes and rumoured plans to introduce Rs 1,000 notes again besides other big denomination coins.
Jaitley refused to answer the queries, while the Point of Order and the notice under Rule 267 were rejected by the Chair. "The Chair must be guided by the principle that you cannot have Zero Hour run for the benefit of television cameras," the Minister said. A P J Abdul Kalam's death anniversary: PM in Rameshwaram to unveil memorial. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate APJ Abdul Kalam's memorial in Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu and attend several other programmes on Thursday, the second death anniversary of the former president.
The prime minister will hoist the national flag at the memorial designed and built by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Pei Karumbu, the PMO had said in a statement here yesterday. He will unveil a statue of Kalam and offer floral tributes besides interacting with his family members. Later, the PM would flag off 'Kalam Sandesh Vahini', an exhibition bus which would travel across various states of the country and reach Rashtrapati Bhavan on October 15, the birth anniversary of the former President, the statement said. Modi will then proceed to Mandapam for a public meeting. The PM will also release a synopsis of the 'Green Rameswaram' project, the statement said. The day-long visit will conclude with an address at a public meeting. RBI stops printing Rs 2,000 notes; Rs 200 note may hit market next month. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stopped printing the Rs 2,000 currency notes and will not be bringing new notes of that denomination in the current financial year, according to a Livemint report on Tuesday.
Officials of the central bank reportedly told the newspaper that the RBI had also accelerated the process of printing the Rs 200 currency notes. The new notes are expected to start circulating by next month. "About 3.7 billion Rs 2,000 notes, amounting to Rs 7.4 lakh crore, have been printed; that more than compensates for the 6.3 billion Rs 1,000 notes that were withdrawn after demonetization on 8 November 2016," Livemint said, citing an RBI source. The RBI has reportedly already started printing the first batch of Rs 200 note in June to ensure easy currency availability in the country. The 19 July report from SBI’s economic research wing showed that cash on hand with banks was high at 5.4 per cent of currency in circulation, compared with 3.8 per cent before demonetisation.
Drinking alcohol may improve your memory, claims study. Researchers from the University of Exeter in the UK gave 88 social drinkers a word-learning task. Participants were then split in two groups at random and told either to drink as much as they liked (the average was four units) or not to drink at all. The next day, they all did the same task again - and those who had drunk alcohol remembered more of what they had learned. The researchers stressed that this limited positive effect should be considered alongside the well-established negative effects of excessive alcohol on memory and mental and physical health. "Our research not only showed that those who drank alcohol did better when repeating the word-learning task, but that this effect was stronger among those who drank more," said Celia Morgan, professor at the University of Exeter.
"The theory is that the hippocampus - the brain area really important in memory - switches to 'consolidating' memories, transferring from short into longer-term memory," she said. Ghatkopar building collapse: Shiv Sena leader arrested, toll touches 17. Shiv Sena leader Sunil Shitap got arrested on Wednesday for the Ghatkopar building collapse in Mumbai that claimed 17 lives, reports NDTV. Five more bodies were pulled out from the rubble of the four-storey building here during overnight search and rescue operations, a civic official said.
After from the nursing home on the ground, the building was home to 12 families. According to residents of the ill-fated Siddhi-Sai Cooperative Housing Society, the pillars of the building got weakened due to the ongoing renovation of a nursing home located on its ground floor, reportedly owned by a local Shiv Sena leader, leading to the collapse yesterday morning.
"Our rescue team along with the fire brigade and NDRF jawans extricated 28 people from the debris out which 17 people have been declared dead while 11 injured have been admitted in the nearby Shantiniketan, and the Rajawadi hospitals," an official of the disaster management unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. India vs Sri Lanka: Hardik Pandya may make Test debut, hints Virat Kohli. Ahead of the three-match cricket Test series opener against Sri Lanka, India captain Virat Kohli has hinted that all-rounder Hardik Pandya may make his debut here on Wednesday. "We got great balance in the side. We got a guy like Hardik Pandya who is a wicket-taking bowler. Every game he plays, on any surface, he has a knack of picking up wickets. He has a great chance of playing," Kohli told reporters on the match-eve on Tuesday. The Vadodara all-rounder has made 17 appearances in One-Day International (ODI) scoring 289 runs at an average of 41.29 and has taken 19 wickets in the 50-over format.
The 23-year-old has played 19 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) scoring 100 runs and picked up 15 wickets. Kolhi also recalled India's previous Test encounter with the hosts here and claimed that his side understands the threat from the World No.2 Test bowler Rangana Herath. India were victorious in their last Test series held in 2015 against Sri Lanka, registering a 2-1 win over the hosts. Ram Nath Kovind sworn in as President, pledges to uphold Constitution.
Ram Nath Kovind, a former BJP member and an RSS activist, was on Tuesday sworn in as the 14th President of India. Chief Justice J S Khehar administered the oath of office to Kovind in the presence of outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament's Central Hall. Immediately after the oath taking ceremony, Kovind, 71, exchanged the chair with Mukherjee to take over the top constitutional post of India - as the head of the state and supreme commander of the Indian Armed forces. Kovind, former Bihar Governor, is the second Dalit President of India after K R Narayanan. The NDA candidate received 65.65 per cent of the votes in the Electoral College and defeating Opposition candidate Meira Kumar. The President-elect left Rashtrapati Bhavan for Raj Path with Pranab Mukherjee, who was given a farewell in Rashtrapati Bhavan earlier, reported Lok Sabha TV. While Kovind was seated on the right side of the buggy, Mukherjee was seated on the left side.
Air India privatisation: PE funds KKR, Warburg Pincus want a bite too. After Tata Group and IndiGo, Air India’s privatisation bid has received yet another boost as private equity players KKR and Co and Warbug Pincus have expressed interest in acquiring the national carrier’s businesses, reported Live Mint. The two buyout firms separately sought details of the proposed privatisation process cleared by the Union Cabinet in June 2017, two people aware of the development said. (Read more) “Air India’s businesses make attractive investment opportunity for the PE funds,” a source told the English newspaper, saying the discussions on the divestment are still underway. The government is expected to take some action on privatising the loss-making state-owned airline Air India in next six months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month approved plans or selling part or all of the company, ending decades of state support. (Read more) Air India was bailed out in 2012 with $5.8 billion of federal funding.
The privatisation saga Fleet expansion plans run into headwinds. IAF almost dropped a bomb on Nawaz Sharif, Musharraf during Kargil: Report. According to the national daily, an IAF Jaguar attack aircraft had targeted a forward base of the Pakistani army at the precise moment that Sharif and Musharraf happened to be present at the site. However, a second Jaguar jet, which was supposed to execute the actual bombing, dropped its payload outside the targeted area and away from the base after being instructed to do so.
Sharif and Musharraf's presence at the base, at around 8.45 am on June 24, 1999, which the report claims coincided with the IAF bombing run, was confirmed through an official document accessed by the national daily. Citing the official Government of India document, the report said that the first Jaguar, unaware at that time of Sharif or Musharaff's presence at the base, used its laser targeting system to take aim at the Gulteri base across the Line of Control (LoC). However, the report added, an IAF air commodore advised the Jaguar pilot to not hit the original target. England beat India in ICC Women's World Cup: Women cricketers hit sixes too.
The England women’s cricket team will be met by a sell-out crowd of 26,500 people as they walk through the Long Room and out onto the pitch at Lord’s for their World Cup final clash against India on July 23. The last time England won this competition on home soil, in 1993, the players had to receive special permission to make the same walk through the pavilion, which did not officially open its doors to women until 1999.
This record attendance for an international women’s cricket game in England and Wales is testament to the game’s development. But it also exceeds the expectations of many – including Lord’s owners, the Marylebone Cricket Club, which required reassurance from the International Cricket Council that it would be able to fill the nation’s largest cricket ground. Encouragingly, 31% of those 26,500 tickets have been sold to under 16-year-olds. Super strength A criticism of women’s cricket has been the perception that it is less entertaining than its male counterpart. If India wants to play a larger game, it must confront China's moves.
We are currently in a prolonged stand-off with Chinese forces on the Doklam plateau and it is hoped that this will be eventually resolved peacefully. But in dealing with such situations it is helpful to be aware of the overall context in which these specific events may be unfolding. My sense, based on my own interpretation of China’s display of unusually aggressive and threatening behaviour, is that Beijing was caught on the wrong foot by the unanticipated action taken by India’s armed forces to confront China’s road building team in Doklam, which is Bhutanese territory. It has been engaged in the usual incremental nibbling advance in this area for several years, making dirt tracks, sending graziers in summers and occasional patrols. The Bhutanese have lodged protests, there have been solemn commitments not to disturb the status quo but intrusions have continued. Will this precedent prevail or will there be a different denouement ? Understanding Chinese thinking The factory of the world.
ICC Women's World Cup 2017: Harmanpreet Kaur muscles India to final. A magnificent unbeaten century from star batswoman Harmanpreet Kaur helped India beat Australia by 36 runs in the semifinal of the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup at the county ground on Thursday. Chasing a daunting total of 282 in a match that was reduced to 42 overs because of rain, the defending champions were bowled out for 245 in the 40th over.
Apart from Villani (75) and Alex Blackwell (90), none of the Australian batters were able to stay long at the crease. However, Blackwell did threaten to take the game away from the women in blue with some powerful hitting towards the end of the game, but the mammoth total turned out to be too much for the Aussies. Deepti Sharma was the pick of the Indian bowlers as she took three wickets. Apart from her, Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey both picked two two wickets each and contributed to the side's astounding victory against the Meg Lanning led-side. Got fertility issues? App helps Kashmiri woman get pregnant after 7 years.
A young Kashmiri woman who was unable to conceive for the last seven years has got pregnant after receiving medical advices from doctors of Sir Ganga Ram hospital on a smartphone app. The patient, who suffered from Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, despite undergoing treatment at the IVF Centre and Human Reproduction at SRGH, was unable to visit Delhi as per doctor's requirement, the hospital authorities said on Thursday. Treatment for infertility, notably, requires frequent follow-up visits for ovarian follicular scans and review of these scans for treatment interventions. According to the doctors, that is where the "My Follow Up app" was utilised to give her the medical pieces of advice and share the important reports from both the ends of patients and the medical team. "This particular patient required gonadotrophin injections that were to be given with concurrent follicular monitoring. The app is downloadable free of cost, and available both on Android and IOS.
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Salman to compensate distributors Rs 55 cr as Tubelight fails at box office. Virat Kohli will be consulted on Team India new coach, insists Ganguly. Terror attack on Amarnath yatra: 7 pilgrims killed, 19 injured in Anantnag. Fire breaks out at Mukesh Ambani's Antilia, blaze erupts on 9th floor. Delhi traffic congestion: 8 am to 8 pm - NCR comes to a standstill. Army kills two terrorists crossing the Line of Control. Prez polls: Amid speculation over future, dented coalition in Bihar needs repair. T20: Evin Lewis' ton guides West Indies to a 9-wicket victory against India. Why did CBI raid Lalu and family? Hotel tender irregularities explained. West Bengal violence: BJP worker's death sparks more clashes. Countering China: India, Japan, US' biggest warships to be part of war game.
Fifa ranking: India climb 77 spots in 2 years to 96th, the best since 1996. UK cancels 'Burhan Wani Day' rally in Birmingham City after India protests. Former Tata Finance MD Dilip Pendse commits suicide in his Dadar office. UK cancels 'Burhan Wani Day' rally in Birmingham City after India protests. Leave Sikkim Dokalam area with dignity or be kicked out: Chinese media. Modi in Israel: PM gifts two sets of relics from Kerala to Netanyahu. Note ban: Let people with genuine reasons deposit old notes, SC tells govt. Army guns down terrorist in Kashmir's Pulwama district, operation still on. 'They played to lose': Minister alleges Kohli, Yuvraj fixed India-Pak final. Presidential Polls: Nitish Kumar keeping the grand alliance on tenterhooks. India's millennials love flexi-work styles, shows Microsoft study. India can't afford showdown, must be taught lesson: State-run Chinese paper.
Buying a car, gold or property? How GST will impact your expenses. How the GST launch impacts you: All your questions about the tax reform answered. Dates announced: VP polls on August 5; Presidential polls on July 17. 'Not in my name': Thousands rally across India to protest against lynchings of Muslims, Dalits. India becomes 1st country to give to UN Tax Fund with $100,000 contribution. Modi says killing people in the name of cow worship is unacceptable.
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Official: Bihar Board class 10 results today at 1. Narendra Modi's biopic: Rumour has it, Akshay Kumar will be roped in. 3 Lashkar-e-Taiba militants killed in Kashmir's Pulwama district. Full text of Kumble's resignation letter as he quits as India head coach. See pics | From China to US, world celebrates yoga day with India. A glimpse into Ram Nath Kovind's views on discrimination against dalits. Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind named NDA's presidential candidate. ICC Champions Trophy: 5 reasons why India lost to Pakistan in the final tie. Presidential election: Meet Ram Nath Kovind, a crusader for the Dalit cause.
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Shafi Armar, Indian-born chief IS recruiter, named global terrorist by US.