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Fuel rates: Del: P 76.23 D 67.79, Kol: P 79.10 D 70.43, Mum: P 83.68 D 71.89 Chn: P 79.18, D 71.52
Big Story: TN’s 5 time CM & DMK Chief Karunanidhi is critical condition, Shifted to ICU
Dark urine, nausea, abdominal pain? Get checked for hepatitis, it is more dangerous than you think
Study: Checking smartphones/Tabs for non-academic purposes during lectures lower grades in exam
Find: Stroke, diabetes, heart disease cause more deaths in India than in West, 3-4 times higher
Boeing’s Apache, Chinook helicopters for India complete inaugural flights India buying 22 & 15 units
ICICI Bank posts 1st quarterly loss of 120Cr in 16 years on higher provision for bad loans/bond loss
SC slams ‘irresponsible’ social media Cos FB, Google, WhatsApp for not curbing objectionable content
Truckers call off strike after Govt assures to look into demands, high-level committee, 50KCr loss till date
On Oct 2, 1Lac students in India to assemble solar lamps IIT-Bombay’s Solar Urja workshop
NGT: People should know Ganga water may be dangerous to their health if they drink or bath
Railways to adopt airline model of collecting waste in trash bags after meals, increasing adopting models
World’s oldest person, Chiyo Miyako, dies in Japan at age 117, Kana Tanaka new oldest at 115yrs
Srikrishna committee wants changes in Aadhaar Act, autonomy for UIDAI, limit access for verification
Utter Foolishness: Tamil Nadu man delivers baby with help of YouTube videos, wife dies
Scientists: Extreme temperatures/wildfires breaking out around world are "face of climate change"
Chinese Premier to India PM: China, India must work upholding multilateralism/economic globalization
Delhi issue 1st flood warning as Haryana release 1.39L cusecs water in Yamuna, rescue boats on standby
Dubious: ‘Lost in transit’, railway wagon takes 3 years, 8 months to reach Basti from Visakhapatnam
BRICS nations vow to strengthen economic cooperation in face of US tariff threats & unilateralism
Content moderation: In a bid to curb hate speech, Facebook doubles team size to 7,500 reviewers
Specialists wanted: Generalist techies, your days are numbered, as IT moves to innovation from delivery
Samsung Securities CEO resigns after $105BN ghost stock blunder, punished by financial regulator
France announced Indian passport holders no longer require airport transit visa while transiting through
Sharif’s PML-N concedes Pak election to Imran Khan(needs small parties support); EU cites concerns
South Korea complains of intrusion by Chinese military aircraft, says 3rd incident in the year
Greek PM Takes ‘Full Political Responsibility’ For Wildfire That Left 87 People Dead, conflicts over role
US looking forward to 2+2 dialogue, working ‘hand in glove’ with India, build dimensions of relationship
Amazon’s face ID tool wrongly identifies 28 US Congress members as police suspects, pressure to stop
US: Northern California Wildfire Doubles in Size, Killing Two, Prompting Evacuations For 6,000
Trump Touts 4.1% GDP Growth throughout his presidency, But Economists Doubt It’s Sustainable
Disney Co & 21st Century Fox both voted to approve Disney’ $71.3BN purchase of Fox movie &TV studios
India U-19 crush SL U-19 by innings, 147 runs, claim series 2-0, Siddarth shone with 4Wkts
Today’s Word – *Zampogna* – Italian bagpipe.
