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Potentially
Hazardous Asteroid’ 3200 Phaethon Will Pass By Earth Sunday & Might Catch A
Glimpse
Study:
Spending some time with coloring books after tough day at work help feel
better, reduce stress
Social media
fans, beware: FB-scrolling can make feel bad, increase teen depression with
tech use
Glass
ceiling: Women get less credit than men in workplace, Men get extra credit if
both told same thing
Madras HC:
Explore giving gadget to women to combat sexual violence, submit details on Sex
Starvation
PM 90K Cr
boost for northeast roads, Mizoram to be gateway to SE Asia, Elections due next
year
Demand key:
1Lac less engineering seat, 50% seat for courses with less than 30% intake in
last 5yrs
GST approves
early rollout of e-way bill available from Jan, NIC given 40Cr to
implement
Navy to
double aircraft fleet to 500 in next decade-mix of fighters, helicopters &
maritime patrol aircraft
South
Central Railways proposes recreational foreign tour for its staff to
Singapore/Malaysia, Staff to pay 15K
UIDAI
suspend Airtel’s Aadhaar-linked e-KYC
services for opening payments bank A/Cs without consent
BK Birla
group’s Kesoram Industries to get 350Cr from promoters, to use for scale up
Tyre business
As bit coin,
other currencies soar, regulators urge caution, ethereum price now $706, but $8
at Jan 2017
Embraer sees
2024 commercial launch for Uber flying cabs, 1 Pilot + 4 Passengers altitude
800-1000 meters
Railways to
offer discounts like hotel/airlines; flexi-fare to be revamped - led to 50%
fare increase
Hello
concept-tech! MS just filed patent for foldable dual-screen notebook, Special
hinge to solve bezel issue
Bhubaneshwar:
GAIL starts CNG supply for scooters/3-wheelers, to get 220Cr 32KM long transit
corridor
5years after
Nirbhaya, we have empty promises– No bus operate in NCR without CCTV, but in
paper only
Intact
skeleton of woolly mammoth lived at least 10000 yrs ago sells for €550,000 at
French auction
15 limited
Edition Royal Enfield Classic 500 Bikes ridden by commandos sold out in under
15 Seconds
SpaceX
launch reused rocket, capsule in Nasa resupply mission 4800 pound research/crew
supplies to ISS
US Arizona:
Nasa drop replica Orion spacecraft to test craft ability to cope with partial
parachute failure
Japan Eyes
$46BN defence Budget to counter N Korea, Much of increase only to protect nuke
threat
Google
crunch data help Nasa find 2new planets– learned diff b/w planets & other
objects 96% accuracy
Belgium ends
19th-Century telegram service after 170yr of service final dispatch
sent/receive on Dec29
Russian
presidential election slated for Mar 18, Putin expected to win 4th term, Ksenia
Sobchak joins race
Tons of
biological weapons next level N Korean threat, produce more virulent strains of
microbes/germs
China,
Britain pledge co-operation as UK leaves EU, More than 50% Britons now want to
stay in EU -poll
Student
borrowers under most stress in New York City’s poor area, $34K Avg debt – 18%
above national
Republican
tax Bill final version unveiled in Congress, cut corporate income tax rate 14%,
benefit biggies
Novel cancer
drug get stymied by Medicare rigid billing system doesn’t fully cover Gilead’s
complex cost
Dubai
Superseries Final: World 3 PV Sindhu storm into final beat China’s Chen Yufei,
Medal assured
Football: FC
Goa Outclass Delhi Dynamos Top Spot, Real Madrid Beat Gremio 1-0 Retain Club
World Cup
Today’s Word
– Liability - Plasticity; openness to change or breakdown
