Sunday, August 31, 2014

Veteran Telugu film director, artist ‘Bapu’ passes away

Veteran Telugu film director, artist ‘Bapu’ passes away

NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES:
Most newspapers have covered on their front pages the story of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at 5.7 per cent during April-June. Under the headline, "Economy turning around, more to come: Jaitley", The Economic Times quoting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, says that the 5.7% GDP growth rate in the April-June quarter, the highest in nine quarters, indicates that the economy is turning around and the impact of initiatives by the new government will be reflected in coming months, adding that investor confidence is improving and inflation is moderating as a result of the recent government decisions to relax FDI norms and push manufacturing.
Under the headline, "India, Japan sign MOU to develop Varanasi into Kyoto-like smart city", The Indian Express writes that PM Modi has signed an MOU with Japan wherein Kyoto will provide cooperation in the fields of conservation and modernisation to turn Varanasi into a smart city.
Hindustan Times writes that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's proposal to create a grand anti - BJP alliance, even going to the extent of asking the CPI (M) to join hands with it, was summarily rejected by all the four major constituent parties of the Left- front.
A report on foreign student population in the US, published by Brookings Institution for 2008-2012, offers some remarkable insights on India saying the number of full-time Indian students is 168,034, second only to China in the list of 74 nations with a large number of F-1 visa holders, reports The Times of India. The paper goes on to add that there are more students in the US from (undivided) Andhra Pradesh than any other state in India.
Email turned 32 yesterday but how many of us know that this quick method of message transfer was invented by Indian American V.A Shiva Ayyadurai only at the age of 14, writes the Asian Age.
Now here's a story that sounds like science fiction but actually happened. A man in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, thought the words `hola' and `ciao' (hello or goodbye in Italian) and another man in Strasbourg, France, received the two greetings in his brain. No hands, no speaking, no typing, no gestures - just mind-to-mind communication. Researchers from the University of Barcelona, Harvard Medical School and three companies making brain stimulation equipment and robotics, carried out these experiments, reports The Times of India. 

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