Saturday, November 26, 2016

Tata Steel replaces Cyrus Mistry with OP Bhatt as interim chairman

Tata Steel replaces Cyrus Mistry with OP Bhatt as interim chairman

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES,
Former Prime Minister Manmohan's Singh's speech in the Rajya Sabha yesterday dominates front page headlines. The Tribune writes, "Ex-PM Manmohan calls note ban 'organised loot' ". The Asian Age highlights Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's reaction as it quotes him as saying "Black money boomed on Manohan's watch".
 Drawing attention to certain matters reportedly discussed at a special cabinet meeting held last night the Pioneer's lead headline says "60% tax on unaccounted high deposits".
The Times of India has published pictures of two variants of the new 500 rupee note under the caption "Two variants of 500 rupee note surface, RBI says printing defect due to rush".
All the papers take note of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao moving into his new official residence. The Hindustan Times observes "KCR spends 50 crore rupees for bungalow, but housing for poor still a dream".
 The Supreme Court's remarks on extra-marital affairs in the context of a woman having committed suicide due to her husband's alleged extramarital affair are widely noticed in the press. The Hindu quotes the apex court as saying "Hubby's extramarital affair don't always amount to cruelty".
The Times of India reports that after pulling up the government for delaying the process for selection of Lokpal members, the Supreme Court rapped the Central government for doing little to make government buildings disabled-friendly. The paper writes "SC raps govt. again, now for being 'disabled-unfriendly ; Centre apologises, admits Minister sat on file for 2 years".
The UNICEF has come out with some disturbing newborn mortality figures for the country. The Hindustan Times reports "With 7 lakh newborn deaths in 2015, India fared worse than most neighbours". The paper adds India accounts for 26% of newborn deaths in the world.
And finally....school books will now be a source of joy for some children with comics and stories of wizards and magic being made a part of the school syllabus. The Hindustan Times writes "Harry Potter, Tintin, amar Chitra Katha to be part of ICSE syllabus".

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