Saturday, September 13, 2014

Licence to tweet: Twitter improves language skills, claims study

Licence to tweet: Twitter improves language skills, claims study

TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS
Announcement of the election schedule is the lead in most papers. 'Poll dates out for 2 states' writes Mail Today. 'October 15 - polls in Maharashtra, Haryana' is the Hindu headline. The paper adds that Haryana and Maharashtra have been under Congress led governments for 10 and 15 years respectively. 'Counting on October 19, Congress faces anti-incumbency' states the Hindustan Times.
Referring to the J&K floods, the Hindustan Times writes, 'after disaster, comes disease'. 'Omar announces Rs 200 crore package' is the Tribune headline. ' Mudslide wipes out Jammu village' writes the Times of India, of Saddal in Udhampur district. '40 bodies dies dug out so far' adds the paper. 'Within 2-3 minutes, village vanished under the landslide' says the Indian Express.
Most papers today have an interview with the former CAG, Vinod Rai. Quoting him, the Economic Times writes 'Manmohan Singh could have stopped 2G scam', adding that the former PM should have reacted with greater alacrity to Raja's letters. 'The Times of India  has dedicated one full page to this. Quoting Kamal Nath the Hindustan Times writes 'Singh may have made a mistake'.
Papers have reported of Delhi University and JNU, which had elections yesterday.
Olympic and paralympic track star, Oscar Pistorius features in many dailies as he was convicted yesterday. "Pistorius could get 15 years jail term' writes the Asian Age.
'Supreme court stays Koli's execution till October 29' reports the Tribune, of the Nithari case accused.
The Indian Express reports on its front page of Shweta Katti, who grew up in a Mumbai red light district and made it to a prestigious New York college last year. Overcoming adversity, she has emerged as an icon for youngsters in similar circumstances, and now has been nominated for a UN award for youth coverage.
Finally, is your haemoglobin level low? Well, the Times of India writes of a new, inexpensive invention in London which will detect anaemia in just 60 seconds.

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