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Revealed: This is what Kiran Rao's next film is about!

Edit DNA India 04 Jul 2016
The plot is said to be revolving around an elderly lady and her relationship with a bunch of children ... Like Dhobi Ghaat, Aamir Khan will feature in this film of Kiran too....

Dream debut in Mollywood: Varalaxmi Sarathkumar

Edit Deccan Chronicle 04 Jul 2016
Actress Varalaxmi, daughter of actor Sarathkumar, who is foraying into Mollywood through the Mammootty-starrer Kasaba, smiles when she recollects Mammootty’s advice to her while rendering dialogues ... “I always wanted to be a part of Malayalam movie industry because it has got lovely scripts ... I have big dialogues with Mammootty sir ... Her part was shot in Kolar, the border of Karnataka, and Palani....

Railways plans to build bullet train coaches, MagLev trains

Edit DNA India 04 Jul 2016
In the biggest scale-up of its ambitions so far, the Indian Railways has set up two committees -- one to shepherd its plans to build bullet train coaches capable of running at speeds higher than 350 km per hour, and the second to explore the feasibility of running trains based on magnetic levitation or MagLev trains, as they are known worldwide ... Ahead of UP polls 2017, Delhi-Varanasi bullet train in the offing....

Sri Lanka mulls granting licences to Indian trawlers

Edit Indian Express 04 Jul 2016
The frequent arrest of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan navy remained unresolved despite high level talks since 2014 ... John Kerry vows to deepen ties with Lanka, two countries to start annual partnership dialogue soon Bringing back five fishermen from Sri Lanka 'high priority' ... The frequent arrest of Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan navy remained unresolved despite high level talks since 2014....

Niger Delta Avengers group claims five attacks in Nigeria’s southern Delta

Edit Indian Express 04 Jul 2016
Nigerian soldiers patrol outside the site of an accidental explosion in Yola, Nigeria, Feb ... The Niger Delta Avengers, a militant group that has been carrying out attacks on Nigerian oil facilities in the past few months, claimed responsibility on Sunday for five new attacks in the southern energy hub since Friday ... Niger Delta Avengers say five attacks launched since Friday in Nigeria's southern Delta Nigeria....

Adjustments paying off for slugging Lamb

Edit MLB 04 Jul 2016
Lamb hit his 19th home run of the year Sunday, and once again it came in a clutch situation ... Of Lamb's 19 home runs, 11 have either tied the game or given the D-backs a lead ... Lamb has homered in four of his last five games, and he leads National League in slugging percentage with a .607 mark ... We had a bunch of opportunities, but you don't put it all on one play....

AAP manifesto: Party promises to ‘annihilate’ Punjab drug-chain within one month of election

Edit Indian Express 04 Jul 2016
The party, which is aiming to capture power in the state, will come out with separate manifestos for different sections of society. “Our endeavour is to make the Punjab youth job creators, instead of job seekers,” the party said in the manifesto, prepared by Punjab Dialogue Committee Chairman Kanwar Sandhu, adding that 25 lakh jobs and employment opportunities will be created in the next five years....

Xi Jinping Meets with Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn of ROK (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Jul 2016
Both sides should strengthen communication between governments, legislative bodies, political parties and other channels, well utilize various institutional strategic dialogues between the two countries, constantly deepen political mutual trust, and give play to the engine role of practical cooperation so as to inject impetus into the development of bilateral relations....

Putting the best possible team on the field

Edit The Miami Herald 04 Jul 2016
It seems “gender equality” is on track to be the 2016 phrase of the year ... What receives less attention, however, is the far thornier topic of unequal access to opportunities ... Like millions of others, they serve magnificently in our Embassies and on our front lines ... But of the 36 countries in our hemisphere, only four — soon to be five — have a National Action Plan to advance the principles of women in peace and security....

Jewellers seek excise duty exemption limit of Rs 20 cr

Edit The Times of India 04 Jul 2016
Traders had opposed levy of excise duty in the first place and gone on a 43-day strike from March 1 to April 12. They called off the strike following assurance from the government to take positive decision on the issue through dialogue with representatives of jewellers at national-level ... More from The Times of India....

Is competiton forcing CBSE to inflate marks?

Edit The Times of India 04 Jul 2016
Although CBSE doesn't bunch subjects according to streams, a candidate with physics, chemistry, mathematics and English core from Delhi region may have ended up with a cumulative of 42 'extra' marks, a spike of over 10 percentage points in best of four aggregate ... "It would never lead to an increase of more than five marks," said a former CBSE chairman ... However, the minutes of the board's result committee meeting belies this claim....

Turnbull has only himself to blame

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 04 Jul 2016
Malcolm Turnbull has been leader of the federal Liberal Party twice – once as opposition leader, the second as prime minister ... He has not been the victim of outside forces, nor an ambush, nor terrible luck ... The one time in the political cycle when a politician should not be casting doubt on the wisdom and intelligence of voters is in the hours and days after an election....

Fourth of July should start nice, finish rainy

Edit Penn Live 04 Jul 2016
Central Pennsylvania should serious thunderstorms and severe weather, but it looks like Fourth of July could be a washout.  ... "It will be more of a nuisance than anything bad," Tyburski said. Looking at averages over 100 years, most July days shape up to be in the low to mid 80s with about a 20 percent of rain, so this Independence Day is one of the few that will get some rain of the bunch ... Chance of precipitation is 80 percent....
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