International Olympic Committee sets deadline for Indian Olympic Association on tainted rule

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday refused to lift the suspension on the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), in force since December last year, and gave the Indian body a new deadline to set its house in order, asking it to seize the golden opportunity to implement the basic principles of good governance, ethics and integrity.
At its executive board meeting in Buenos Aires, IOC asked the Indian body to meet before October 31 and suitably amend its constitution. The parent body wants IOA to frame rules that would disqualify any person charged in court for a criminal or corruption-related case, from running for office. Once this revised constitution is approved, the world body said IOA could go for elections before December 15.

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Lok Sabha passes amended Land Bill; Judicial Bill gets Rajya Sabha’s nod

The Land Acquisition Bill, which seeks to provide just and fair compensation to farmers while ensuring that no land can be acquired forcibly, has been passed by the Lok Sabha with amendments while the Rajya Sabha passed the Judicial Appointment Bill. The Upper House passed Constitutional Amendment Bill that paves way for setting up of Judicial Appointments Commission amid BJP walkout. The Land Bill legislation was on Wednesday passed by the Rajya Sabha. The bill was later taken up in the Lok Sabha for approval of the new amendments, which include dilution of retrospective clause with regard to acquisition of land for irrigation projects.

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Intex launched 13 mega pixel Aqua i7 for just at Rs. 21,900

Technology and IT company Intex launched Aqua i7 with 5 inch HD display and 13 mega pixel camera for Rs21,900. The launch event was in Mumbai and the phone was unveiled by Farhan Akhtar, the brand ambassador for its mobile division. The phone comes with a FHD corning Gorilla glass for better display. It runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and has a 1.5GHz quad core processor. The phone has a 5 mega pixel front camera for video calling. The phone is loaded with a 2GB RAM and a mammoth 32GB worth of internal memory. It also has an additional storage space of 5GB -on Intex cloud. There is no slot for external memory on this dual-sim phone. The phone will be available in markets across the country from September 9.

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Gold suffers second biggest fall in a week; tumbles Rs. 1,250

Gold yesterday fell by Rs. 1,250 per 10 grams in the national capital on heavy sell-off by stockists as the rupee recovered after RBI’s fresh measures amid a weakening trend overseas. This is the second biggest fall this week after August 29, when it lost Rs. 1,575. In the national capital, gold prices plunged by Rs. 1,250 to Rs. 30,950 per 10 grams, while in Mumbai the yellow metal fell by Rs. 380 to Rs. 31,560 per 10 grams. Gold lost Rs. 1,085 to Rs. 32,575 per 10 grams in Kolkata, but in Chennai it managed to close Rs. 130 higher at Rs. 30,305 per 10 grams. Bullion traders attributed the sharp fall in the precious metal prices to fast recovery in the rupee against the dollar after the new RBI chief announced measures to boost economic growth.

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Deepak Sandhu became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of India

Deepak Sandhu, who has been an information commissioner for the last four years, on Thursday became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner of the country. A former Indian Information Service officer of 1971 batch, she was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan, attended among others by Vice President Hamid Ansari. Ms. Sandhu had served in many key positions such as Principal Director General (Media and Communications) in the Press Information Bureau, Director General of DD (News), Director General (News) All India Radio before taking over as Information Commissioner in 2009.

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200 injured in 100-car pile-up on United Kingdom bridge

A massive pile-up involving up to 100 vehicles caused a range of injuries in thick fog on Thursday morning on the Sheppey Crossing in Kent. According to local media, a number of people were trapped in their vehicles. There are reports of eight serious injuries and 200 minor ones. The accident happened in thick fog with witnesses saying visibility was down to 20 yards in places. Kent Police was called at about 7.15am to the Londonbound carriageway on the Sheppey crossing. It has been reported there were collisions at the top of the crossing and at the foot of the approach to the crossing.  A Kent fire and rescue service spokesman said,There are no fatalities but ambulance crews are dealing with a large number of walking wounded casualties.

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Katrina Kaif beats Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone to win sexiest woman title

Katrina Kaif beats Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone to win sexiest woman title. The actress has beaten all her contemporaries to emerge as No. 1 in an annual survey. It has been revealed (to no one’s surprise) that marriage can make a difference to an actress’ sex appeal. Kareena Kapoor Khan post her marriage has slipped from the No. 2 position to No. 8. Katrina who started her Bollywood acting career with the 2013 movie titled Boom and we can see that she has evolved tremendously in the industry. 

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Now, a video game that makes old brains act younger

There may be a new market for video games: octogenarians. Brain scientists have discovered that swerving around cars while simultaneously picking out road signs in a video game can improve short-term memory and long-term focus of older people. Some people as old as 80, the researchers say, begin to show neurological patterns of people in their 20s. Cognitive scientists say the findings, to be published on Thursday in the scientific journal Nature, are a significant development in understanding how to strengthen older brains. That is because the improvements in brain performance did not come just within the game but were shown outside the game in other cognitive tasks as well. For Full Read News

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Government, opposition close ranks to corner judiciary

Government and opposition in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday presented a joint front to indict judiciary on diverse counts — from corruption, favouritism and nepotism to compromises due to lust of post-retirement jobs and benefits — as they approved a bill which seeks to scrap the collegium system of appointing judges. The Constitution amendment ending judiciary's monopoly in appointing judges by giving executive a crucial role was finally passed as BJP members walked out protesting against the government's refusal to send the proposed legislation to standing committee for wider consultations. But the protest by the principal opposition did not take away from the near-total convergence on ending judiciary's prerogative in appointments of the Chief Justice of India, and the judges of the Supreme Court and high courts. For Full Read News

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Delhi University teachers question vacancy ads

The Delhi University teachers have demanded an inquiry into why the orders regarding reservation policy and 200-point roster for posts of teachers were not implemented before advertisement for vacant posts was put out.  A memorandum by the registrar on Tuesday stated that the reservation policy—mandated by a human resource development ministry letter dated June 25, 2013 and a UGC letter dated May 9, 2013 —is to be implemented in all teaching and non-teaching posts. On Wednesday, a letter by the assistant registrar asked the colleges to prepare the roster of all teaching posts according to the 200-point roster. For Full Read News

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Government municipal corporation school buildings offices displace classes

Some government and municipal corporation school buildings now have more offices than classrooms. A North Delhi Municipal Corporation school in Moti Nagar that houses several offices is verily a prison for students as they aren't allowed to step out and play even during the recess. The school has a Delhi Jal Board office, South corporation's Karol Bagh zone maintenance office, west zone's electrical department office, and a store room. It's a similar story at the Lady Noyce Senior Secondary School for the Deaf, behind Ferozshah Kotla Stadium, where the department of Social Welfare works out of some classrooms. For Full Read this News

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S.M (Stock Market) ,rise to greet Rajans first moves

Raghuram Rajan got a rousing reception from the financial markets on Thursday as stocks, bonds and the rupee all rallied in unison following the measures he announced in his maiden address after taking over as the new RBI governor on Wednesday. For Full Read this News

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Indian author executed in Afghanistan by Taliban

Indian author Sushmita Banerjee was executed by the Taliban late on Wednesday. While the reason for the barbaric act was not given, Banerjee had possibly attracted the ire of the fundamentalist outfit for her ceaseless social work, especially for women's healthcare and upliftment. Forty-nine-year-old Banerjee, according to reports, was dragged out of her house in Kharana in Paktita province before being shot dead by the turbaned militants. The execution signals the portent of things to come before the impending withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan where deadly attacks and other forms of atrocities against women have spiralled in the past few months. full more read

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