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    NEWS HEADLINES OF THE DAY – 11 May 2017– THURSDAY

    Apple becomes first firm to top $800BN Mcap, represents 4% of $21TN that makes up entire S&P Index

    Motor Nation: Vehicles zoom in India after slump in 2007-08. 7 States more than 1 CR registered vehicle

    India blocks discussion on global investment facilitation at WTO as it not allowing to discuss investment

    Closed Toll: Pay only for the distance travelled by the commuters than for the entire stretch of toll road

    Study: 10-Yr Lifespan Gain For Some HIV Patients since Anti-AIDS drug became available since the 1990s

    India’s 5th largest IT firm TechMahindra Lays off 1000 Employees follows similar downsize by Wipro/CTS

    14 of Earth mountain exceed 8K KM, Climbers reached peak of 13, K2 exception, Polish climbers on task

    Maternal education could be a more potent weapon against childhood malaria than biomedical vaccine

    Oldest signs of life on land found in 3.48 BN-yr-old fossils in Australia, pushing back by 580MN yrs older

    Space mission Astronauts lower physically fit, exercise capability – blood vessel less effective to carry O2

    In A First, Supreme Court Goes Digital, Other Courts To Follow, start July from entry till filling only digital

    UDAN: Not 2.5K, Airfares to be revised every 3 months on inflationary trends, viability gap funding later

    IIT are likely to compress MTech into 1yr course, designed for professional, bridge to next level research

    India to replace Maitri station in Antarctica in next 3-4yrs, expand research activity per International law

    Techies Protest Sacking By Cognizant, Seek Government Intervention, submit petitions to TN/Telangana

    SBI Merger: Leapfrog in top 50 Global, Free 5K for new roles, Chance to look at 2.71L staff, rejig positons

    Navy to display stealth frigates, Boeing P-8I anti-submarine marine aircraft off coast with Singapore navy

    Mexico: World heaviest man weighed 600KG undergone successful gastric bypass surgery to reduce 50%

    UK PM Theresa May spark outcry with sexist' comment mentioning her husband handle boy job at home

    US Prez Trump Asks Russia to Work Together to End Syrian conflict, asks Russia to rein in Syria PM Assad

    Already at Odds US Media Go Ballistic after Prez Trump sack FBI Chief, grave doubt on viability of probe

    EU: Non-EU parent has right to stay in the bloc if their child is an EU citizen, could complicate Brexit talk

    European Space Agency's Euclid Mission to Map properties, effect of Energy Gets Detectors from NASA

    South Korea Prez 1st Speech: equal opportunity, fair process, just outcome, willing to work with N Korea

    US mulling extending carry-on computer ban to Europe widening security measures done for 8 nations

    Street Signs: Market scales new high on prospects of good monsoon, Earnings, macro numbers to be key

    Renault Duster’s base model with no airbags gets zero star for adult protection in Global NCAP crash test

    Softbank written down value of investments in online marketplace Snapdeal /cab aggregator Ola $1.4BN

    Hero-backed startup Ather Energy wants to clone Tesla charging model in India, hinges on Electricity Act

    Airtel’s cost controls cushion Jio’s impact, but worst yet to come, if Jio offer continue another dismal act

    Railway line linking Kashmir with rest of India, become functional by 2021, New Delhi to Srinagar 14HRS

    AstraZeneca asthma drug fail to meet goal of significantly reducing attacks after similar setback at Roche

    Champions League: Real Madrid trump Atletico on aggregate to Set up Final with Juventus, seek 12th cup

    Today’s Word - *Aba* - Camel or goat-hair fabric
     

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