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Anushka’s birthday pledge: Building home for stranded animals

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On her 30th birthday, Bollywood star Anushka Sharma today announced she is building an animal shelter on the outskirts of Mumbai. The actor, who is an animal lover, said she always dreamt of doing something to support her “fellow living beings”. “I’m building an animal shelter just outside Mumbai – a home for those animals that are stranded, left to fend for themselves, have to brave harsh surroundings. A home where they will be cared for, loved, protected and nurtured. “This has been my calling for years now and my…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Singapore Airport May Use Facial Recognition Systems To Find Late Passengers

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Ever been delayed on a flight because of straggling fellow passengers? That might be an annoyance of the past at Singapore’s Changi airport which is testing facial recognition systems that could, in future, help locate lost travelers or those spending a little too much time in the duty-free shops. Changi Airport, ranked the world’s best for six years straight in a survey by air travel consultancy Skytrax, is looking at how it can use the latest technologies to solve many problems – from cutting taxiing times on the runway to…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

A Black Man Was Forced To Pay Upfront At Restaurant. He Got His Meal – And $10,000.

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In the early hours of May 3, 2014, Emile Wickham and three of his friends went out to eat in downtown Toronto for Wickham’s birthday. The group chose to celebrate at Hong Shing Chinese Restaurant, a mainstay in the area for nearly two decades, in part because they saw other people eating there at that hour. The group was seated and ordered food, but a waiter told them they would need to pay upfront for their meals before they could be served. It was the restaurant’s policy, he said. According…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Kerala becomes ‘NokkuKooli’ free on Labour Day

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In a major push to transform Kerala as an investment-friendly destination, the CPI(M)-led LDF government has banned the obsolete ‘Nokku Kooli’ practise used by headload workers to extract exorbitant wages without doing any work. “The order, which was issued last night, comes into effect from today on Labour Day,” an official statement said. NokkuKooli, which literally means ‘gawking wages,’ is a euphemism for extortion by organised labour unions in the state under which wages have to be paid to trade union workers for loading and unloading works done by other…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

April GST collection of over Rs 1 lakh crore “a landmark”: Jaitley

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Buoyed by GST collections exceeding Rs 1 lakh crore in April, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said it is a landmark achievement and a confirmation of increased economic activity. The government mopped up Rs 1.03 lakh crore in GST collection in April, indicating stabilisation of the new indirect tax regime which was rolled out on July 1 last year. While Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in entire 2017-18 stood Rs 7.41 lakh crore, in March the figure was Rs 89,264 crore. “GST collections in April exceeding Rs 1 lakh…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Polavaram project in Andhra: Plea in HC alleges rights violation

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A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court alleging human rights violation and forced evictions in connection with a multi-purpose irrigation project at Polavaram, in west Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The petition, filed by a person affected by the project, has sought implementation of government orders on rehabilitation and resettlement of the displaced people. The matter was listed before Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who posted it for further hearing on August 24. The petitioner, Pentapati Pullarao, has also challenged the decision of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

MACT dismisses kin’s claim over death of man in road accident

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The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has dismissed a claim filed by a woman following the death of her husband in an accident in 2012. MACT member and district judge K D Vadane observed that the claimants were not eligible for any compensation as Nitin Shewale, had borrowed the motorcycle which met with the accident, from one of the respondents. Hence, Shewale was not a victim in terms of the motor accident claims, the judge said in his order on April 27. The claimants in the case were Shewale’s…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

NITI Aayog to soon come out with development agenda for ‘New India 2022’

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Aayog will soon come out with a development agenda for ‘New India 2022’, which will spell out strategy for expediting economic growth, its vice chairman Rajiv Kumar said today. Kumar further said NITI Aayog will start working on a 15-year vision document after finalising the development agenda document for ‘New India 2022’. “The NITI Aayog is committed to bringing out a vision document and a strategy framework as originally mandated. The work on the strategy document is on advanced stage and will most likely be titled Development Agenda document for…

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NEWS CATEGORIES SPORTS 

Tennis needs money, innovation but home and away format is DNA of Davis Cup: Bhupathi

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A three billion dollar deal is too big to ignore as authorities target revamp of the Davis Cup but doing away with the home and away format is not “ideal” since it is the DNA of the competition, says India’s captain Mahesh Bhupathi. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) will put to test a proposal to create a season-ending World Cup of Tennis, featuring 18 nations. The matches will be played over a week at a single venue in the traditional week of Davis Cup final in November, abolishing the home…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Katy Perry visits Pope Francis with Orlando Bloom

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Katy Perry seems to be back with former flame Orlando Bloom as the duo was spotted in Vatican City where they got an opportunity to meet Pope Francis. The 33-year-old singer also shared an Instagram story in which she told her fans that she was in Italy to a speak at the Vatican’s United to Cure event, an international conference on the cure for cancer. “Happy Saturday, everyone. I’m here in Rome at the Vatican about to speak on meditation,” Perry said. She also turned the camera towards her mother…

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