Mar 27, 2015

Thai junta leader: I'll fight forced labor in fish industry

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s junta leader has vowed to take legal action against companies using forced labor, after an Associated Press investigation revealed that fish caught by enslaved migrant workers was being exported from Thai ports to global markets…. - Source      



Thai junta leader: I'll fight forced labor in fish industry

Scolded for FB chatting, boy shoots self dead

Reprimanded by mother for continuously chatting with his facebook friends on mobile, a class IX student shot self with his father’s licensed revolver in his Manas Nagar resident at Naini on Wednesday. - Source      



Scolded for FB chatting, boy shoots self dead

Telcos, govt spar over tariff hikes

The spectrum auctions proved to be a success, but the government and industry now seem to be speaking at cross-purposes over the need to hike consumer tariffs.


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Telcos, govt spar over tariff hikes

Three Things You Probably Didn't Know about the Future of IoT

I might have found a solution to my vexing fitness problem. As with so many of my personal breakthroughs, the answer was obvious in retrospect. But had it not been for a series of technology purchases and a mistyped URL, it is unlikely I would have discovered it. - Source      



Three Things You Probably Didn't Know about the Future of IoT

Infosys gives average pay hike of 6.5%

Infosys has given an average salary increase of 6.5% to employees for the year starting April 1, like last year. - Source      



Infosys gives average pay hike of 6.5%

Germanwings Tragedy Focuses Attention On Psychological Evaluations Of Pilots

We now know that the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately brought down the aircraft he was entrusted to fly, killing 150 passengers and crew members. Questions are focusing on the co-pilot’s mental state, and whether aviation authorities and airlines take adequate precautions regarding the mental stability of those flying the planes. - Source      



Germanwings Tragedy Focuses Attention On Psychological Evaluations Of Pilots

Murky Inquiry Targets Critic of N.Y.U. Role in Abu Dhabi, and a Reporter

A private investigator making inquiries about a professor who criticized the exploitation of migrant workers building the university’s Abu Dhabi campus won’t say whom she is working for.
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Murky Inquiry Targets Critic of N.Y.U. Role in Abu Dhabi, and a Reporter

Post-Sept. 11, Cockpits Are Built to Protect From Outside Threats

By apparently locking the captain out of the cockpit, the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 took advantage of a major safety protocol instituted after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Post-Sept. 11, Cockpits Are Built to Protect From Outside Threats

Private owners, Himuda to develop urban estates

Private individuals in Himachal can now partner with Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban Development Authority (Himuda) to develop their contiguous chunk of land into urban estate.


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Private owners, Himuda to develop urban estates

Pubs, bars shut in Bathinda against excise policy

Accusing the state government of coming out with an unfavourable excise policy, pub and bar owners of Bathinda closed their establishments on Thursday as a mark of protest.


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Pubs, bars shut in Bathinda against excise policy

Rs 803 crore municipal corporation budget passed in 15 minutes in Ludhiana

Ludhiana municipal corporation passed an interim budget of Rs 803 crore without any discussion on Thursday.


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Rs 803 crore municipal corporation budget passed in 15 minutes in Ludhiana

World Briefing: Ebola Vaccines Pass Initial Safety Tests

Two experimental Ebola vaccines “appear to be safe” partway through a clinical trial being conducted in Liberia, the National Institutes of Health said Thursday.


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World Briefing: Ebola Vaccines Pass Initial Safety Tests

World Briefing: Ebola Vaccines Pass Initial Safety Tests

Two experimental Ebola vaccines “appear to be safe” partway through a clinical trial being conducted in Liberia, the National Institutes of Health said Thursday.


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World Briefing: Ebola Vaccines Pass Initial Safety Tests