Daily Newsletter | Thursday, January 18, 2018
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| Aadhaar final hearing: UID threat to Constitution, apex court told |
| “The petitioners are certain that if the Aadhaar Act and programme is allowed to operate unimpeded, it will hollow out the Constitution, particularly the great rights and liberties it assures to citizens. A people’s Constitution will transform into a state Constitution,” senior advocate Shyam Divan said in court. |
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| GPS, panic buttons on public transports by Apr 1 |
| All taxis, buses and public transport vehicles, barring three-wheelers and e-rickshaws, will have to install location tracking device or GPS and an alert button from April 1. Three-wheelers have been kept out of these mandatory installation since they are open. |
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| On Feb 10, Modi will be 1st Indian PM in Palestine |
| Modi’s visit to Israel last year was also the first by an Indian PM and the one to Palestine follows the government’s decision to “de-hypenate” relations with the two entities as a departure from past practice of seeing visits to the region as balancing acts. |
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| Trapped in UP ‘encounter’, 8-year-old killed |
| Madhav Bhardwaj, an eight-year-old school kid, died on Wednesday after being hit in the head by a bullet during an “encounter” by the UP police in Mathura’s Mohanpura village. The boy, his grandfather said, was playing with four of his friends in front of his house. |
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| 2nd Test: Ngidi six-for seals series for South Africa |
| India succumbed to another series defeat in South Africa losing the second India vs South Africa Test at SuperSports Park, Centurion by 135 runs on Wednesday. Starting the day on 35 for 3, still needing 252 more runs to win, India succumbed to 151 all out in the second innings with debutant Lungi Ngidi taking 6 for 39. |
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| UK delegation in India to promote Scotch whisky, food items |
| The mission, which arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday, is designed to grow and develop the local market’s awareness of British whisky, gin, craft beer, meat, fish, gourmet food and drink, health food and dairy at a time when the UK feels the Indian market’s appetite for these products is expanding. |
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| Pic: Priyanka channels her inner lioness |
| The international sensation is currently shooting for the 3rd season of her hit television series ‘Quantico’, and is documenting all the fun moments on her Instagram handle. |
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| Deepika to act opposite Prabhas in his next? |
| According to reports, the ‘Baahubali’ star will soon be seen in a Bollywood movie which he has approved about three years ago and Deepika Padukone has been approached by the makers to star opposite him. |
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| SC to hear plea against ‘Padmaavat’ ban |
| According to reports, a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission of the counsel of producers that the matter be heard urgently in view of the ban on its release by various state governments. |
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