Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Irom Sharmila Back In Hospital After Breaking 16-Year Hunger Strike

Irom Sharmila Back In Hospital After Breaking 16-Year Hunger Strike

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
Parliament clearing the long delayed Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill makes for front page news in most of the major dailies this morning."Amended GST Bill gets parliament green signal"headlines the Hindu adding, "barring AIADMK, all 443 members present in Lok Sabha vote in favour."Business Line quotes Prime Minister Modi as saying "GST a big win for 'Team India',will end tax terrorism."While the Business Standard quotes him as saying "GST will spare the poor."
On the latest on the Kashmir situation the Mail Today quotes a top national security official as saying "Restraint for citizens, no mercy on terror. "Mufti invokes Atal, asks Prime Minister to talk to Jammu and Kashmir", writes The Asian Age.
Most of the newspapers this morning carry pictures of gymnast Dipa Karmakar performing the Produnova vault to become the first Indian to enter the gymnastics final. "2 Dipa somersaults, 1 giant leap for India", leads The Indian Express.
Referring to the Quetta explosions The Statesmen writes "Taliban bomber kills 70 at Pakistan hospital".
Hindustan Times reports that a new dam will be constructed on Tons river, a tribulatary of the Yamuna, on the Himachal Pradesh-Uttarakhand border to meet nearly two-thirds of Delhi's projected additional demand for water by 2023.
"Over 1 Lakh schools in India have just one teacher" informs the Times of India. The paper writes that  Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are the worst with 18,000 such schools while Delhi has 13 schools.
The Pioneer in its bottom spread carries the story that India's party capital Goa is to turn party pooper. The paper writes that a bill introduced by Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar seeks to amend excise duty law and seeks fine of upto 10,000 rupees  for drinking in public places including beaches. The bill has also re-designated Feni from a country liquor to a Goa heritage drink at par with scotch and Tequila.
And finally, did you know that smiles originated 30 million years ago. Well, Hindustan Times reports that the smile originated at least 30 million years ago, when old world monkeys and our direct ancestors diverged. A study shows when human and chimp infants are dozing, they sometimes show facial movements that look like smiles. These expressions - spontaneous smiles - are the evolutionary orgin of smiles.

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