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The Rajkot-Mumbai flight suffered a bird hit during take-off around 7:15 am. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2KBqhke

The complainant alleged that sarpanch, Nirmal Singh, tore off his wife’s clothes when they went to Singh’s house. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2tH85zt

Ajaygarh chief judicial magistrate Manoj Soni was booked for sexual assault on June 13 after a woman government official accused him of raping her repeatedly at his official residence after promising to marry her. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2tNCDhW

Doctors said the eight-year-old schoolgirl was brutalised in a manner that reflected the gangrape of a nursing student in Delhi nearly six years ago. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2IEZ7XW

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Jammu and Kashmir DGP SP Vaid had on Friday tweeted that three terrorists were killed in the encounter. However, just one terrorist’s body was found at the encounter site, indicating that the other two may have escaped.

In the time of the FIFA World Cup, Mirpur becomes little Portugal because of a 300-year-old connect. They are supporting Cristiano Ronaldo.

India said it hoped Pakistan will take measures to curb terror-financing after FATF placed Islamabad on its “grey list”, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

This is the city’s third such site, after the Elephanta Caves and CSMT; new precinct added on Saturday at session underway in Bahrain.

Officials at Juhu aerodrome, where the aircraft that crashed in Ghatkopar was undergoing repairs by Indamer Aviation Pvt. Ltd, said it was in a poor condition when it was brought to Mumbai.

Ranbir Kapoor has registered the biggest opening day of his career and of the year with the Sanjay Dutt biopic, Sanju.

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Show HN: Smart Fruit – A Python schema-based machine learning library 31 by madman_bob | 4 comments on Hacker News. I've made a small Python library, designed for quick-and-easy prototyping of machine learning models. It's built on top of scikit-learn, to serialize and deserialize data from the forms you're likely to have, to the format used in scikit-learn. https://ift.tt/2IC2PBO It's pretty bare-bones at the moment, but I thought I'd see if there was any interest before spending too much time on it. Let me know what you think.

Google De-lists AntiPolygraph.org on Key Search Terms 88 by ap_org | 15 comments on Hacker News.

Facial recognition rolled out by London police sparking human rights concerns 21 by pmoriarty | 2 comments on Hacker News.

Scientists are studying what it takes to kill “super coral” 4 by danso | 0 comments on Hacker News.

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Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu said the law against conversions could undermine secularism and is probably targeted towards Christians from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2KvIZNz

The bus was carrying 20 soldiers on a narrow mountainous stretch to their nearby camp on Friday after a training exercise in Lower Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2MCIMFt

India said it hoped Pakistan will take measures to curb terror-financing after FATF placed Islamabad on its “grey list”, the Ministry of External Affairs said. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2KzzvRp

Sources said the gangster Munna Bajrangi is scared to even step out of prison. The Special Task Force, however, has dismissed allegations and claimed that the gangster just wants to delay ongoing court trials in Uttar Pradesh and other states. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2MD1GMP

Mallya’s retaliation came after an ED official dismissed the former’s offer to settle all dues if his seized assets were freed up as “an attempt at plea bargaining and a bid to bolster his case against extradition to India from Britain”, as per a news report. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2Kxh5R3

BJP’s alliance partner in Uttar Pradesh, SBSP, will hold an emergency meeting in Lucknow on July 4 to discuss “pressing” issues with the Yogi Adityanath-led state government. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2KmkHGi

Samina was beaten to death and two family members injured when they attacked by five people over a monetary dispute in Uttar Pradesh from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2MBYbGd

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Wind, solar farms produce 10% of US power in the first four months of 2018 41 by toomuchtodo | 1 comments on Hacker News.

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Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler 281 by adapteva | 186 comments on Hacker News.

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Massive Comcast Outage Hits the US 265 by crazysane | 207 comments on Hacker News.

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I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational complexity researcher. AMA 544 by ScottAaronson | 281 comments on Hacker News. Hey HN, We recently recorded a podcast (https://ift.tt/2Mwp3Hz) where I discussed my research, AI, and advice for nerds in general or people who want careers in science. We covered many but not all of the questions submitted over the internet so AMA!

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Ask HN: What's the best way to handle internal tech support? 3 by underyx | 3 comments on Hacker News. My company has around 1000 CS reps and 200 engineers. The CS reps very often need to ask the engineers questions, report bugs heard about from customers, etc. Us engineers also get bug reports about the internal tools we've developed for CS. Currently, all this is handled via a simple Slack channel. This is actually great, since there's no bureaucratic cost to getting in touch, unlike with a proper ticketing system, and having actual public conversations is the fastest way to resolve issues. But of course, we started seeing inefficiencies in other aspects. The same questions keep being asked over and over again. There's an FAQ linked in the channel topic and it's automatically posted in the channel every 12 hours, but it's still not enough, we still get tons of questions that could be self-solved without engineers' intervention. So, that made me curious,...

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A newly discovered film shows Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had polio, walking 56 by wilsonfiifi | 19 comments on Hacker News.

The family tried to secretly cremate Rajveer’s body near the house at Khori village in Rajasthan, but villagers saw the pyre and informed police.

Mallya’s retaliation came after an ED official dismissed the former’s offer to settle all dues if his seized assets were freed up as “an attempt at plea bargaining and a bid to bolster his case against extradition to India from Britain”, as per a news report.

The bishop complained that the nun was blackmailing him and had earlier threatened to implicate him in a sexual harassment case.

According to the HRD ministry’s plans, the number of supernumerary seats for girls in these institutions was hiked to ensure that the number of students in each campus was at least 14%.

The latest instance of a lynching triggered by rumours about kidnappers was in Tripura on Thursday. The victim was an activist hired by the state government to create awareness about misleading social media messages. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2NbyddR

A police official said Irfan and Asif used to drink and commit petty crimes together so there was a strong chance that Asif too was involved in the crime. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2KgJ74d

A spokesperson confirmed that the operation, launched by the state police and Indian Army’s Rashtriya Rifles, occurred at Chatpora locality of Pulwama town. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2lKbVDu

The Congress leadership has communicated to regional parties that it is willing to give away its claim to the post, but the decision to back a candidate from a regional party will depend on the names that are proposed. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2tGUpEF

The state government said it had made alternative arrangements for running ambulances to avoid inconvenience to the patients. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2KAUCPU

The Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Friday after heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2KjmHzo

The identities of Shujaat Bukhari’s killers were not known for a while since the men covered their faces and were on the run after gunning him down in Srinagar’s Press Colony on June 14. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2Kyn6da

In her complaint to Kottayam district police superintendent, the nun alleged that she was subjected to sexual abuse 13 times by the bishop from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2Ky4ha2

A villager said he saw two embers fall from the sky and land near his house with a loud bang. The objects have been sent to the Indian Institute of Sciences in Bengaluru for analysis. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2lHSyej

While investigators on Friday said the preliminary inquiry report into the chartered plane crash in Ghatkopar would be released within 15 days, aviation experts are sceptical. Reason: reports of the three mishaps in the state in the past 18 months are yet to be released. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2IEGIKL

Managing director Mandi Board Faiz Ahmad Kidwai confirmed that a vehicle was purchased for the CM’s official use but, he added, he would have to check from which fund it was purchased. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2MAwU71

The body of the Class 8 boy was found in Muradnagar with his throat slit and several injury marks. It has been sent for autopsy, said Ghaziabad Police. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2Kjl3xn

Survey on 11 new railway lines are in progress in Arunachal Pradesh while two other surveys have been completed. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2MwbBn9

From announcing a bailout for the sugar industry to unveiling a new legislative architecture for higher education, the government pushed key measures. But it also faced setbacks, when it received no bids for Air India disinvestment. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2Ki7mip

The Union government had advertised and sought applications for a Joint Secretary (JS) rank, a mid-ranking position usually filled by officers selected through Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2MCZ7ub

The practice of ‘nikah halala’ allows a man to remarry his divorced wife. The government believes that the practice is against the principles of gender justice and had made its stand clear in the Supreme Court on the issue. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2tP0cah

The issue had cropped up before the church authorities in mid-May, when a member of the Niranom diocese in central Kerala complained that five priests of the church were sexually exploiting his wife for many years on the basis of a confession made to one of them. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2yUvSkt

A principal of a government school in Uttarkashi questioned the CM in the forum on why she wasn’t being transferred despite having served in a remote area for 25 years. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2KiFaMd

A group of 10 Indians holidaying in southern Indonesia were among others who were stuck, even as the Consulate General of India, Bali set up a help desk at the airport to assist Indian nationals. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2z0Qd7s

The monsoon reached Sriganganagar, its last outpost in the country located in west Rajasthan, on Friday. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2tPVwkC

The Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Friday after heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

While investigators on Friday said the preliminary inquiry report into the chartered plane crash in Ghatkopar would be released within 15 days, aviation experts are sceptical. Reason: reports of the three mishaps in the state in the past 18 months are yet to be released.

The victim—Pankaj Mafatlal Shah–a retiree, with acute spondylitis , was unable to escape because of his hunch after being attacked by the hornets. ho

The latest instance of a lynching triggered by rumours about kidnappers was in Tripura on Thursday. The victim was an activist hired by the state government to create awareness about misleading social media messages.

The identities of Shujaat Bukhari’s killers were not known for a while since the men covered their faces and were on the run after gunning him down in Srinagar’s Press Colony on June 14.

In an interim order, the Delhi high court held the action of the Delhi Metro employees was not justified or legal since sufficient notice had not been given to the DMRC to go on strike from Friday midnight.

Courses such as Economics at Lady Shri Ram College, Political Science and Chemistry at Gargi College, and B.Com at Indraprastha College were reopened in the third DU cut-off list released on Friday.

That Indonesia, the largest country in ASEAN, has signed on to the concept, will increase its acceptability for others

Frankly, I find this business of ranking ‘worst’ countries to be tedious. To be bad is bad enough; better or worse is an academic argument

Seven persons, including two minors, were killed and 22 others injured in separate road accidents in Rajasthan from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2tGZug1

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More than 2,000 vehicles have been left stranded since Thursday night after a landslide blocked the strategic Manali-Leh highway close to Marhi, 30 kilometres uphill from the tourist town of Manali. The landslide was caused due to heavy rains over the last 24 hours. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2KjhZBx

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated a 300-bed Power Grid Vishram Sadan in AIIMS and a ‘connection motorable tunnel’ between AIIMS, Ansari Nagar and the Trauma Centre. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2KzvDMM

Doctors said the eight-year-old was brutalised by the accused in a manner that reflected the gang-rape of a nursing student in Delhi nearly six years ago. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2Klwwwv

Two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and four others suffered injuries in an ambush by insurgents near Aboi in the Mon district on June 17. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2tOy4Ei

The US State Department in its annual Trafficking in Persons Report for 2018 urged India to increase prosecutions and convictions for all forms of trafficking, including forced and bonded labour, and of officials allegedly complicit in it. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2tPHHlY

Bulletproof jackets used by CISF personnel were procured in 2011 and a gunshot, if fired from close range, is capable of piercing the jacket and hurting a person, said the senior officer cited above from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2lH01dl

The study was conducted in five areas — health, education, housing, public spaces and political formations—by researchers across the country. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2z3vmAP

How my role as CTO has changed as we've grown from 1 to 100 engineers 389 by edawerd | 124 comments on Hacker News.

Surabhi Gupta, one of the five killed in the Mumbai plane crash, told her father that she was going to fly in a “sick aircraft”, he said on Friday.

The exam is being viewed as an attempt to introduce professionalism and bring about a change in Congress’ culture.

Union finance minister Piyush Goyal’s statement comes a day after Switzerland released data which showed money parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose over 50% to Rs 7,000 crore in 2017.