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World's oldest person dies in Japan aged 117 |
- A great-great-great grandmother who was the world's oldest person has died at the age of 117.
- Nabi Tajima, who was born on 4 August 1900, died in hospital in the town of Kikai in southern Japan on Saturday, officials said.
- She became the world's oldest person in September after the death of Violet Brown, of Jamaica, who was also aged 117.
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23-Apr-2018 |
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TCS becomes first Indian company to breach $100 billion market capitalisation |
- TCS created history on Monday by becoming the first Indian company to reach the $100 billion market capitalisation (m-cap) mark
- At 10.30 am, the market value of the company stood at Rs 6,79,332.81 crore ( $102.6 billion)
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23-Apr-2018 |
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Death Penalty for Child Rapists Updates: President Kovind Signs Ordinance To Provide Strict Punishment |
- NEW DELHI: Today, President Ram Nath Kovind has signed the executive order to pave way for providing stringent punishment, including death penalty, for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
- The Union Cabinet on Saturday at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the ordinance and was waiting for the President's approval.
- The changes were cleared by the government amid nationwide anger triggered by gory details of the gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua.
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23-Apr-2018 |
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North Korea 'halts missile and nuclear tests', says Kim Jong-un |
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says he has suspended all missile tests and will shut down a nuclear test site.
- "From 21 April, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles," the country's state news agency said
- Mr Kim said further tests were unnecessary because Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities had been "verified".
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23-Apr-2018 |
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Prince Charles to be next Commonwealth head |
- The Prince of Wales will succeed the Queen as head of the Commonwealth, its leaders have announced.
- The Queen had said it was her "sincere wish" that Prince Charles would follow her in the role.
- Leaders of the Commonwealth have been discussing the issue at a meeting behind closed doors at Windsor Castle.
- The head role is non-hereditary so is not automatically passed on when the Queen dies, with suggestions it might have rotated among the 53 leaders.
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21-Apr-2018 |
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Flickr gets acquired by photo management platform SmugMug for an undisclosed amount |
- Photo management platform SmugMug said on 20 April that it has agreed to buy image and video-hosting website Flickr for an undisclosed amount.
- Flickr will continue to operate as a separate entity after the deal closes, SmugMug said.
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21-Apr-2018 |
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Ola Co-Founder Bhavish Aggarwal, Deepika Padukone, Virat Kohli Among TIME's 100 Most Influential People |
- NEW YORK: Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and Microsoft's Indian-born CEO Satya Nadella have been named in TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world this year, an annual list of honorees that includes US President Donald Trump.
- "TIME's annual list of the world's most influential people is a designation of individuals whose time, in our estimation, is now," the magazine said.
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21-Apr-2018 |
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Chief Justice Dipak Misra Faces Impeachment Motion, 71 Have Signed: 10 Facts |
Here's your 10-point cheatsheet to this big story:
- "The constitution allows only one recourse to remedy the situation. Since there is no other way to protect the institution except to move on impeachment motion, we, members of the Rajya Sabha, do so with a heavy heart," said the Congress. Seven of the Rajya Sabha members have resigned since the signatures were collected.
- Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's signature is not on the impeachment motion. "We didn't involve Manmohan Singh intentionally as he is an ex-PM," said Congress leader Kapil Sibal.
- The Congress emphatically denied the move was linked in any way to the decision of a Supreme Court bench led by the Chief Justice on Thursday that the death of judge BH Loya will not be investigated. Judge Loya was deciding on murder charges against BJP president Amit Shah when he died of a heart attack in 2014.
- The opposition petition lists five "charges" including the assigning of sensitive cases to handpicked judges.
- These allegations were raised in January by four top judges who publicly criticised the Chief Justice and accused him of abusing his position as "master of the roster". The trigger for their press conference was the judge Loya case, which was later reassigned.
- On Thursday, the Congress had expressed disappointment with the judge Loya case verdict, calling it a "sad letter day in history". Party chief Rahul Gandhi tweeted that the "truth had a way of catching up" and it would, with Amit Shah.
- The parties that have signed the motion are Congress, Mayawati's BSP, Samajwadi Party, Sharad Pawar's NCP, CPI, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Sources say the opposition is divided on this; parties like the Trinamool Congress, DMK, and Lalu Yadav's RJD are against impeachment.
- Former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee said impeachment can only be on grounds of misbehaviour. "One cannot bring an impeachment motion against a judge because you think he has given a wrong judgment," he said.
- The Constitution details the process of impeachment for the Chief Justice of India on the ground of proven misbehaviour or incapacity.
- "A Judge of the Supreme Court shall not be removed from his office except by an order of the President passed after an address by each House of Parliament supported by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of that House present and voting has been presented to the President in the same session," the Constitution says.
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21-Apr-2018 |
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Health Ministry to roll out prog to combat hepatitis |
- The Health Ministry has decided to roll out an initiative for prevention and control of viral hepatitis to address aspects such as surveillance, awareness generation, safe blood and injection safety to combat the disease.
- Under the initiative, the ministry has decided to establish a state coordination unit under the state NHM for efficient rollout of the programme in 26 large and four small states, a senior Health Ministry official said.
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21-Apr-2018 |
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Saudi Arabia's first cinema in over 35 years opens with Black Panther |
- Saudi Arabia has unveiled its first cinema in over 35 years with a private screening of the blockbuster Black Panther.The invitation-only gala event in a converted Riyadh concert hall on Wednesday was the first in a series of test screenings after a ban on cinemas was lifted last year. US giant AMC has been granted the first licence to operate movie theatres.
- The AMC chief executive, Adam Aron, said ticket sales will start on Thursday for the first public shows on Friday, but local authorities indicated the test screenings could last for days. Officials earlier said movie theatres are expected to open to the public in May.
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20-Apr-2018 |
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