Headlines May 9 2017

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    2/3rd of money spent by Indian households goes to ‘roti, kapda aur makaan, Poor on Food, Rich housing

    Find: Now Wooden filter to purify water, to remove toxic impurities from water such as lead & copper

    Find: Language can influence way in which we experience time, people estimate duration on language

    Find: Developed an AI system that can predict court decisions better than legal scholars with less info

    CII Prez: Some of the best firms have NPAs due to slow decision-making, Start adding interest it balloons

    Jharkhand Govt signs MoU with Oracle for digital transformation – improve citizen services, help startup

    Watching movie calm/cheap alternative to anaesthesia for kids undergoing radiotherapy to treat cancer

    Delhi colour-code barricades to mark its high-security areas with red for sense of urgency & high on alert

    India, South Africa, US oppose G20 draft investment facilitation, collapse major setback for China/Japan

    EPFO rules changed to enable digital payments – pension, PF & Insurance only electronically, no cheque

    Kolkata HC Judge Karnan orders 5yr jail for CJI, 7 SC judges for offences punishable under SC/ST Act 1989

    In Iran things get Messi, lookalike Reza Parastesh almost land in jail as chaos in traffic for selfies with him

    India banks’ bad loan cleanup faces a long day in court, untested bankruptcy court may be major hurdle

    NEFT: RBI to introduce 11 new settlement batches from 10 July at 30 minutes intervals for better service

    IFC/JICA to offer structured finance - renewable energy, energy efficiency, water, transportation $1.5BN

    CRPF: Maoists forge rocketpowered resurgence, take on forces, the more we learn, the more they learn

    Construction sector in Gurgaon, Noida hit by shrinking labour force, worker not turned up post note ban

    Ola, Airtel to cross-sell services in new tie-up - Ola Money integrated with Airtel for mobile, DTH, BB bills

    South Koreans vote for New Leader after Months of Political Vacuum, Liberal Moon Jae-in set to be Prez

    US White House was told Trump aide Michael Flynn was vulnerable to Russian blackmail, Obama against

    Putin reaches out to Macron, shed distrust and join forces, Hacking of French Prez Mails linked to Russia
    Putin Uses The Soviet Defeat Of Hitler To Show Why Russia Needs Him Today, Govt is above all criticism

    Afghan, Pakistan plan to settle border dispute on controversial 'Durand Line' through use of Google Map

    Nepal to join China’s One Belt, One Road initiative, will link Nepal to India & Europe, to sign framework

    Iran: Will hit inside Pakistan if terror attack continue, border plagued by militants & drug smuggling gang

    Brexit: Largest global banks in London plan to move about 9,000 jobs to the continent in next two years

    World leading investors with combined worth of $14TN ask US not to leave pact, stay with Paris Climate

    FSSAI wants additional tax on packaged food items, beverages, banned ads of foods with high fat, sugar

    Rollout of Aadhaar PoS terminals & ATMs likely to be delayed again, mismatch between demand/supply
    Robot sweep Maruti’s shopfloor, 1 Robot for every 4 humans at its Manesar/Gurgaon automobile plants

    SBI cut home loan rate to 8.35%, big boost to affordable housing, consumers can also avail Govt subsidy

    Monster: Online hiring activity shows 10% growth in April, Kolkata record 28% growth, Chennai negative

    Cricket has competition. Pro Kabaddi signed record 5yr deal worth whopping 300Crs with VIVO Mobiles

    Today’s Word - *Aardwolf* - Carnivorous fox-like quadruped
     

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