Daily Newsletter | Friday, December 22, 2017
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| 2G scam verdict: ‘Top PMO officials misled Singh, gave nod to DoT’ |
| Congress’s celebration over the 2G verdict may be tempered by the CBI special court’s observation that key officials in the Manmohan Singh PMO — secretary Pulok Chatterjee and principal secretary TKA Nair — suppressed the relevant and controversial part of A Raja’s letter to Singh. |
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| 2G spectrum Verdict: No proof of scam, says Court |
| Holding that the 2G spectrum scam of 2008 was “conjectured” by some people, a CBI court on Thursday acquitted former telecom minister A Raja, DMK chief K Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi, well-known businessmen, bureaucrats and all other accused. |
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| US isolated by 128 nations on Jerusalem decision |
| Washington found itself isolated as many of its Western and Arab allies voted for the measure. Some of those allies, like Egypt, Jordan and Iraq, are major recipients of US military or economic aid, although the US threat to cut aid did not single out any country. |
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| RK Nagar records 77% voter turnout |
| As many as 1.76 lakh voters in Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar assembly constituency (RK Nagar) picked their choice of candidate during the bypoll held on Thursday, resulting in a 77.68% voter turnout. |
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| This is the worst password of the year 2017 |
| Splashdata has released its annual ranking of the worst passwords of 2017, using data from more than 5 million leaked passwords. For 2017, the world’s most-hacked password is still “123456,” followed by “Password.” |
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| ‘Wearable’ computing a growing market: IDC |
| Sales of “wearable” computing items — from internet-linked watches to step-counting shoes — will nearly double in the next few years, a market forecaster said on Wednesday. |
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| Sindhu to pick and choose tournaments in 2018 |
| “There’s no point blaming the BWF as the schedule is already made and nothing is going to change. Instead, what we can do is discuss with our coaches on what tournaments to play. Accordingly, we will play (in events) we want to and in a few tournaments the upcoming youngsters should go and play. It will give them exposure,” Sindhu said. |
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| When I saw Chandu sir’s reaction, I was in tears: Gurbani |
| “I got quite emotional after getting the final wicket and saw Chandu sir’s (Pandit’s nickname) reaction tears came into my eyes. We have been following the same routine from the first match we played in the league stage against Punjab till today,” Gurbani, who had a match haul of 12 wickets said. |
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