Daily Newsletter | Monday, April 16, 2018
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| To step up global outreach, India eyes lead role in Commonwealth |
| India is getting ready to play a larger role in the Commonwealth, a multilateral grouping that could now work very well for India’s global aspirations. With 53 countries and no Chinese presence, India is poised to give the Commonwealth a fresh sense of purpose. |
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| Surat horror: 11-yr-old held captive, raped, killed |
| Amid nationwide outrage over the gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua, Surat police told TOI on Sunday that an 11-year-old, whose body was found about 10 days ago, had been raped, tortured and strangled to death. There were at least 86 injury marks on her body. |
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| ‘900-year drought wiped out Indus civilisation’ |
| The Indus Valley civilisation was wiped out 4,350 years ago by a 900-year-long drought, scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) have found. Evidence gathered during their study also put to rest the widely accepted theory that the said drought lasted for only about 200 years. |
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| Groom pedals to bride’s house in UP’s Pratapgarh |
| A unique initiative to spread awareness about environment conservation left the natives of Ibrahimpur, Pure Kharag Rai and adjoining villages in Pratapgarh district wondering in amazement on Sunday afternoon, when they witnessed a ‘baraat’ (wedding procession) – including the groom – pedalling all the way to the bride’s place on bicycles. |
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| Talk to books, play word association with Google AI |
| Google has been working extensively on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and now it has given users a (fun) glimpse of how far natural language processing — that deals with machine reading comprehension — in the technology has come. |
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| Young and old shine bright in India’s eventful CWG campaign |
| The exuberance of youth, the endurance of experience and a bit of usual drama that is signature of Indian sports – the country’s Commonwealth Games campaign was all this and much more with a medal count that turned out to be the third best ever. |
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| Rating agencies focus on ICICI’s continuity plans |
| Rating agencies are trying to find out what continuity plans ICICI Bank has in place if the MD & CEO, Chanda Kochhar, were to step down. The concern is that the lender may not have contingency plans if the exit were to be abrupt. |
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