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People in Asurali in Bhadrak stopped eight vans at around 2am and found four cows dead in a vehicle. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2IszWcT

Firefox: The Effect of Ad Blocking on User Engagement with the Web [pdf] 6 by __ka | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Xiaomi’s latest fitness band comes with a range of health-focused features. It is currently available to purchase via mi.com and Amazon India. Read our detailed review.

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Vivek Tiwari was shot by constables Prashant Chowdhury and Sandeep Kumar while he was going to drop his colleague Sana Khan.

“They have all committed that during campaign period, they will not allow anything which is adversely effecting level playing field be allowed on their platforms... during the last 48 hours before the close of poll, they have committed that nothing of elections will be allowed on their platforms,” Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat said. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2NbA3dA

The Jammu and Kashmir policeman, who was injured in the attack, succumbed to his injuries, sources said. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2QjhWnY

The home ministry’s response stated that during the period, 35 armymen and 21 BSF personnel were killed. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2OkfAI9

Some of the oldest pending bills for the visits of the president, the vice president and the evacuation flights are nearly 10-year-old, the data furnished by Air India says. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2Qk30FZ

Around 60 Nepali porters, including women and children, a French national, and four Indians, were on their way to Himachal Pradesh when they got stuck near Lakhang on September 22 due to heavy snowfall in the region. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2xYD6A9

The five documents- 1959 NRC, Citizenship Certificate, refugee registration certificate, ration card and electoral roll upto March 24, 1971 will not be accepted now as the matter is currently pending with the Supreme Court and the next hearing on the matter is scheduled for October 23. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2R9rSBv

In 2017, 11,178 children were rescued while 8,963 children have been sent home by the Railway Protection Force. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2y24L3c

“Amul (Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation) is not just a production company, but a model of economy. It provides the world with an alternative to socialist or capitalist economy,” from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2ReEsjd

Dafny: verification-aware programming language 7 by lelf | 1 comments on Hacker News.

The dogs passed through the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) and the truce village of Panmunjom into South Korea on Thursday.

A Pakistan helicopter violated Indian airspace in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch sector on Sunday.

The administrative officer of the private hospital in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district denied the allegation and said the family of the deceased is trying to defame the hospital.

Indonesian air traffic controller Anthonius Gunawan Agung eventually jumped from the top of the crumbling four-storey tower in a desperate bid to escape, breaking his leg and suffering serious internal injuries.

Rohit smashed 317 runs in five innings which was inclusive of one century and two half-centuries, at an astonishing average of 105.66 in the recently-concluded Asia Cup.

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Niels Bohr’s Argument for the Irreducibility of Biology to Physics (1994) 9 by Osiris30 | 1 comments on Hacker News.

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Germans don’t do tech startups – more access to capital might change that 5 by ryan_j_naughton | 0 comments on Hacker News.

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Prime Minister Modi will be in his home state of Gujarat today to inaugurate several projects. Follow live updates here: from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2y3YALM

As the state heads for the assembly election next year, HT tracks her strategy to go pan-Haryana and focus on empowerment of women, a constituency untapped by her party that has roots in Haryana’s patriarchal heartland. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2OiH1C7

This is Uzbek president Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s first visit to India since assuming office in 2016. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2y4ivKz

Almost all the deaths had been recorded in Indonesia’s Palu, two days after waves 1.5 metres-high slammed into the city of 350,000 on Sulawesi island.

“It is now clear that our soldiers will give a befitting reply to those who try to disrupt the atmosphere of peace and progress in our country,” the Prime Minister said in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address.

Hold the Dark movie review: You need to unearth director Jeremy Saulnier’s latest thriller from the bowels of Netflix. Starring Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgard and James Badge Dale. Rating: 4/5.

Indian diplomat Eenam Gambhir exercised India’s Right of Reply and rejected allegations made by Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi during his UN General Assembly address on Saturday night.

Resistance has stiffened under the new government of populist Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has voiced alarm about rising debt levels and says Pakistan must wean itself off foreign loans.

MPCA secretary Milind Kanmadikar informed the CoA and the BCCI on Saturday evening that the association is no longer in a position to host the game in Indore on October 24.

Vivek Tiwari, a local employee of tech giant Apple, was allegedly shot by an Uttar Pradesh police constable well past midnight on Friday in Lucknow’s Gomtinagar

Under an agreement announced Saturday by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Elon Musk gets to remain Tesla CEO but must relinquish his chairman’s role for at least three years.

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Masayoshi Son, SoftBank, and the $100B Blitz on Sand Hill Road 40 by pdog | 9 comments on Hacker News.

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Ask HN: How do you decide when you've done enough work for the day? 84 by zzaip | 38 comments on Hacker News. I'm a relatively junior software engineer, a little over a year out from university, with a cushy remote job working for big-co. And I never know how much work to do on a given day. Right now, my daily rule of thumb is to try to have my butt in the seat for ~8 hours. I clock out at 6 and stay disciplined so I don't end up overworking as many remoters do. The main disadvantage of this strategy is that it just doesn't align with the reality of the job. Some days I work on something complex and want to work more hours, while others I'll knock out a few small things and want to call it early. Strategies I'd like to use but can't: - Show up and leave with my coworkers. We're a remote team, and have a few serious workaholics on the team (not to mention the issue of timezones). - Leave when I've done my tasks. This might work if we had actual spr...

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Elon Musk Settles SEC Fraud Charges 531 by omarchowdhury | 359 comments on Hacker News.

UK intelligence agency admits unlawfully spying on Privacy International 100 by severine | 12 comments on Hacker News.

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Mexico’s drug cartels are moving into the gasoline industry 200 by elsherbini | 116 comments on Hacker News.

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In test case, U.S. fails to force Facebook to wiretap Messenger calls 122 by T-A | 26 comments on Hacker News.

FCC bans radios that haven't been certified for non-amateur bands 39 by Lucky225 | 6 comments on Hacker News.

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Microsoft suspends development of touch-friendly Office apps for Windows 12 by extarial | 3 comments on Hacker News.

“TV is rare in this area and the people were excited and surprised. They were really interested in animals and forest shows,” said the superintendent of police, Narayanpur district, Jitendra Shukla. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2Iqaepj

The bidder said that by turning down its higher bid for the company, the administrators had denied the extra funds that would have accrued to the shareholder of Force India, Vijay Mallya’s Orange India Holdings Sarl. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2NSWTeU

Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on September 15. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2IpvGdT

PM Modi paid tribute to India’s armed forces and hailed Navy Commander’s Abhilash Tomy’s courage on the 48th edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’. Follow live updates here: from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2OssqnO

Head constable Ram Charan, posted with the 126th battalion, was on duty when he fatally shot himself in the neck at Sunderbani BSF headquarters late Saturday evening, the officials said. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2IsSObx

Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan reduced food wastage and introduced piped gas in Parliament. She also cracked the whip on MPs when required. Here’s a look at the different shades of the soft-spoken Mahajan. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2OswDYi

The CM undertook a day-long visit to 13 ‘tiraths’ (pilgrimage sites) in Karnal, his constituency, on Friday. In addition to these sites, he was scheduled to visit the gurdwara in Dachar village. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2Ogv2VJ

The Supreme Court had on Friday overturned the ban on entry of women aged between 10 and 50 to the hilltop shrine in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2Qk4Bvw

The Statue of Unity, billed to be the world’s tallest at 522 feet, will be installed on an island in the Narmada in Gujarat, close to the Sardar Sarovar dam. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2OYx6yJ

One way to understand the scale of devastation that Kerala has faced is to look at the numbers. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2R9rovf

A spiralling current account deficit led the finance ministry to hike custom duties; allegations of irregularities in the Rafale fighter deal kept the defence ministry busy; and a spat with Pakistan kept the external affairs ministry at the centre of public attention. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2Qly74d

Reliance Entertainment has refuted the allegations, saying that no payments were made to Gayet. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2P3kW7O

The Congress has decided to launch a countrywide campaign, Mahila Adhikar Yatra, to “spur the suppressed anger” among women — they constitute nearly half of India’s 1.3 billion population — over price rise and women’s safety. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2xPyTPS

The group was supposed to return to a base camp on Saturday, but contact has been lost with them. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2OVxZbb

A newly married woman was allegedly gang raped by her husband’s relatives and a ‘tantrik’ in Haryana’s Yamunanagar. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2RcquxU

Investors and corporate governance experts said on Saturday that the securities fraud agreement, announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Saturday, could strengthen Tesla, which has been bruised by Elon Musk’s recent volatile behaviour.

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj blamed Pakistan’s continued support of terror for stalled peace efforts between the subcontinental neighbours.

Apple India executive Vivek Tiwari was shot dead in Lucknow by police late Friday. His family demanded chief minister Yogi Adityanath come and accept their demands

The SC judgment on Sabarimala will open the doors for other Hindu places of worship to do away with their exclusionary practices whether it be restrictions on women or certain castes.It would be good for Hinduism, for social cohesion, for our economy and for the physical and mental well-being of women.

The two reasons the government gave for the cancellation of talks are far from convincing. They only raise further questions.

Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw and Mohammed Siraj were included in the India squad for the Test series against West Indies while Shikhar Dhawan missed out after a disastrous series against England.

Sushma Swaraj said that India had proposed a draft document in 1996 on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) at the UN but even till today, that draft has remained a draft, because UN member states cannot agree on a common language.

Tanushree Dutta on Saturday said that contrary to what Nana Patekar had claimed, she has received no legal notice from him.

The witnesses’ lawyer Asad Hayat said that men in a black Scorpio shot at them near Behror town where they were to depose in a local court. Police are however verifying their claim.

Some of the judgments have been unanimously hailed. Others have been welcomed by some and criticised by others. Interestingly, those welcoming some judgements are the very people criticising some others. This is a clear indication that the court has not taken sides or played favourites.

The question is whether we are staring at a prolonged period of uncertainty, stretching into the post-election period next year and if a more defensive positioning and tweaked asset allocation is advisable

As the government marks the second anniversary of surgical strikes across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said deterrent action against Pakistan “will continue at the border”. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2Ip0Y4P

Pashupati attacked and beheaded Girish on Saturday allegedly after the latter made some disrespectful remarks against his mother, police said. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2RbdPM2

The Aam Aadmi Party said the Ayushman Bharat scheme is another ‘white elephant’ in the making. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2xYUTHk

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing the inaugural ceremony of “Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence” organised by the human resource ministry. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2xMY19T

Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) R Madhavan said HAL recorded the highest ever turnover of Rs 18,28,386 lakhs in 2017-18 financial year. from Hindustan Times - india https://ift.tt/2DGG56t

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The Riemann Hypothesis, explained 7 by jorgevei | 0 comments on Hacker News.

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U.S. Congress Renews $5M Open Textbook Pilot for Second Year 4 by infodocket | 0 comments on Hacker News.

The “Holy Grail” of authors, poets, and playwrights, the Nobel has gone to some of the greatest writers of all time, from Albert Camus to Samuel Beckett and Ernest Hemingway.

The national disaster agency put the official death toll so far at 384, all of them in the tsunami-struck city of Palu, but warned the toll was likely to rise.

President Donald Trump and Republicans who narrowly control the Senate must now wait -- for up to a week -- for the report by FBI, an agency that he has repeatedly attacked and derided as biased against his administration.

A “booth action plan” prepared by party president Amit Shah has already asked state units to compile the list of smart phone carrying voters in every polling station.

The US had said countries that continue to do business with Iran will be blocked from accessing the American banking and financial system.

The team management has time and again spoken about the need for players to pass the Yo-Yo test to prove their fitness and get into the team. But the rising number of injuries puts team physio Patrick Farhart and trainer Shankar Basu in the spotlight.

Study confirms massive scale of lowland Maya civilization 6 by bryanrasmussen | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Facebook blocked users from posting some stories about its security breach 10 by okket | 0 comments on Hacker News.

China's largest electric scooter maker Niu files for $150M IPO in the US 4 by jseliger | 2 comments on Hacker News.