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Today’s Fuel rate: Del: P 81.44 D 74.92 Kol: P 83.29 D 76.77 Mum: P 86.91 D 78.54 Chn: P 84.64, D 79.22
*$20BN World’s Longest Cross-Sea Bridge (55KM) connecting Hong Kong & Macau to Zhuhai to Open*
Bizarre Rectangle Iceberg Spotted by NASA Near to Larsen C Ice Shelf in Eastern Coast of Antarctica
*Salty water just below surface of Mars could hold enough oxygen to support kind of microbial life*
Wrestling World Champ: Bajrang Punia get silver after losing to Japan’s Otoguro in men’s 65kg final
*Techies, take note: Corporates are going on a hiring spree, positive net employment outlook of 53%*
Find: Walnuts can help in keeping many lifestyle diseases at bay – obesity, diabetes & Cardio diseases
*French Study: People who eat more organic foods may be slightly less likely to develop certain cancers*
IIMs may soon be able to admit students directly for PhDs after graduation, HRD Min to finalise norms
*Amritsar mishap: Fake news on Muslim driver circulated, agency gave misleading ‘eyewitness’ account*
Assam faces law & order threat as 60 Organisations call for bandh over Citizenship Amendment Bill
*CBI does a Nithyananda’s Me in Me: Spl Director Asthana writes to CVC against Jt director AK Sharma*
Kuriakose Kattuthara’s death: Cops oblivious to Kerala nun rape witness living 3KM from police station
*Sabarimala temple row: Rehana’ attempt to enter Ayyappa abode earns her wrath of Hindus, Muslims*
CBDT Data FY14-17: Crorepati taxpayers rise by 70%, returns filed rise by 80%, gross income up by 67%
*Demonetisation Impact: Just 1.5 lakh tax returns vs 23.5 lakh notices sent. 6L Pan holders not filed IT*
MFs’ exposure to banks plunges even lower at 19.78% of equity AUM in Sep as against 20.21% in Aug
*Betting on Jet: This is the final boarding call for Ratan Tata if he wants an airline of his own*
Banking: BoB-Dena-Vijaya Merged Bank to get growth capital, LVB shortlists five investors to sell stake
*No new flying rights for Dubai, Qatar, Singapore as domestic players objected on their Intl Plans to hit*
Residential inventory levels in 9 cities at 13-Qrtr low: down 11% from year ago & 5% sequentially
*Sensex logs 3rd straight fall, sheds 181 points; energy, financial stocks drag due to fag-end selling*
Several powerful earthquakes with magnitude 6.5 to 6.8 jolt Canada’s west coast, no damage reported
*Ryanair Criticized for Letting Passenger Stay on Flight after Racist Rant over elderly black woman*
Ebola Outbreak Response in North Kivu Halted after More Rebel Violence, Protests, killed 12 people
*4,000 Swedes have had microchips inserted into their hand for unlocking cars/office, make payments*
Washington Bible Museum Admits 5 Of Its Dead Sea Scrolls Are Fake, not be displayed anymore
*US: Trump Claims Without Evidence That ‘Unknown Middle Easterners’ Are Part of Migrant Caravan*
Experts Decry Trump’s Effort to Erase Transgender Rights – not only scientifically inaccurate, but harmful
*Trump double down on jobs, immigration to fire midterm voters as his approval rating soar to highest*
N Korea, S Korea, UN Command agree to withdraw Firearms, DMZ Guard Posts from demilitarized zones
*Khashoggi: Demand for ‘transparent’ inquiry grows; US, EU condemn murder; Egypt, Bahrain back KSA*
Cat 5 Hurricane Willa Threatens Pacific Coast Of Mexico, potentially catastrophic storm at 155mph
Today’s Word – *Ibidine* – Pertaining to the ibis.
