Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Cyclone Vardah: Normal life hit in Tamil Nadu, schools, colleges to remain shut on Tuesday

Cyclone Vardah: Normal life hit in Tamil Nadu, schools, colleges to remain shut on Tuesday

NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES:
Stories related to demonetisation & Tata-Mistry feud continue to hog space on the front pages of prominent dailies. "20,000 tonnes of currency paper to be imported soon, 9 firms on radar" says the Indian Express. "To cull black cash, banks told to scan all deposits" reports Asian Age. Hindustan Times writes Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to defeat corruption and nab illegal cash hoarders in three months.
The government plans to make it mandatory for payments to be made only through cheque or directly into their bank accounts, against the current practice of paying cash, reports the Times of India.
The Economic Times writes that mutual funds may either back interim chairman Ratan Tata or abstain in Group Cos' EGM Vote.
Under the caption, "Pak. trying to divide India", the Hindu reports that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has accused Pakistan of “conspiring” to divide India along religious lines and warned the neighbouring country, that it would be “splintered” into 10 nations if it failed to quell terrorism.
DNA reports under the headline, "Modi defeats fog by addressing rally on cell phone", that the foggy weather condition could not deter Mr. Modi from addressing the crowds at Bahraich over cell phone from Lucknow.
The Times of India says the health ministry has recommended recognising “failure of contraceptive and “unplanned pregnancy“ as lawful reasons for abortion among all women, married or otherwise as against the present law which recognises these two reasons for abortion only in case of “married“ women.
And finally, workers are 30% less likely to call in sick if they know that their absence will cause difficulties for colleagues, claims a study by researchers from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Bath which shows how our relationships with colleagues play an equally significant role in our decision-making, reports the Times of India.

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