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Jayendra Saraswathi and Shankarachrya tradition: All you need to know

Shankaracharya Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, the 69th head of the Kanchi Mutt, passed away today in Tamil Nadu's Kanchipuram, at 82. He had been keeping unwell for the last few days and was rushed to a hospital near Kamakshi Amman temple earlier today after he complained of breathlessness.
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Madhya Pradesh bypolls: Congress ahead in both Assembly seats

As of mid-morning today, the Congress is leading in Kolares and Mungaoli, two key Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituencies that held bypolls on Saturday.The Congress was leading by 2,474 votes in Kolaras and 2,038 votes in Mungaoli, in the third round of counting of votes.
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For this Nagaland MLA, polling day is no less than marathon

It's 7am and four people are sweeping the sprawling lawn outside and two dogs lie curled up, not wanting to be disturbed this early, as Tovihoto Ayemi gets ready for what is going to be a long and trying day for him.
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Connectivity a pipe dream for Meghalaya's smallest polling station

At Kamsing, under Amlarem constituency in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district, voting has always been a leisurely exercise.With just 29 voters, there is no hurry.
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Karti's arrest is diversionary tactic, vendetta politics: Congress

Karti Chidambarm, son of former Union minister P Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI today. The Congress termed it a "diversionary tactic" of the govt to hide its "corrupt governance model". Party spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi said the move smells of "vendetta politics" of BJP.
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Development first, 'solution' second for Dimapur voters

When voters in Nagaland's commercial capital Dimapur pressed the EVM button on Tuesday, development was the first thing on their mind.
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Fashion and festivity rule Meghalaya polling

An air of festivity bathed the hill station as people turned out in large numbers in colourful attire to exercise their democratic right on Tuesday when Meghalaya voted to elect its 60-member assembly.
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INX Media money laundering case: CBI arrests Karti Chidambaram

The CBI this morning arrested Karti Chidambaram in Chennai in connection with the INX money laundering case. The national investigative agency has alleged that Karti Chidambaram received money from INX Media for using his influence to manipulate a tax probe against it.
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Why today's results of 2 Madhya Pradesh bypolls are crucial

Buoyed by winning the Chitrakoot assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh (MP) in the November 2017 bypoll, the Congress will today be eagerly looking forward to retaining two more seats for which bypolls were held last Saturday.
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In a first, Rajya Sabha TV runs special programme on ‘right-wing icon’ Veer Savarkar

In a departure from the usual for state-run television channel Rajya Sabha TV, a 24-minute feature on ideologue and political thinker Veer Savarkar was aired on Monday, with a repeat telecast on Tuesday.
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Now, Karnataka poll announcement may be deferred to April

Confusion prevailed over the schedule for the forthcoming assembly elections in Karnataka after the Election Commission (EC) indicated that it would defer the announcement of election dates by a month in view of a series of exams in March-April.
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They find the job, then train you for it

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Manoj Baitha, BJP man accused of mowing down 9 kids, surrenders to Bihar police

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After his 10% commission jibe, Narendra Modi calls govt ‘seeda rupaiyya’

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Foodgrain production may touch record 277 mn tonnes

India's overall foodgrain production may touch a record of 277.49 million tonnes in the 2017-18 crop year (July-June) with output of pulses and rice reporting a new high.
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2 hurt as Pakistan violates truce; 72 schools shut

72 Schools Shut (Cleared by Aarti ma'am)
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Mantri who debunks Darwin's theory is chief guest for science day

Though the minister will not participate in the discussion, he will deliver the inaugural address. "National Science Day" is celebrated to commemorate the discovery of the "Raman Effect", which had led to C V Raman winning the Nobel prize in 1930.
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Give expense info of PM's travel by AI: CIC to MEA

CIC R K Mathur rejected the contention of the ministry that details of the amount, reference numbers, dates of bills raised by IAF and Air India for the foreign visits undertaken by the PM are scattered across various records and that collation of information would involve "searching of voluminous records by a significant number of officials".
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Google’s Flutter framework for building iOS and Android apps launches in beta

After being announced last year, Google took to the stage at MWC 2018 to announce a beta release of Flutter, its free and open-source framework for building iOS and Android apps with a unified codebase. The SDK lets devs code their apps in the Dart programming language, and packages them along with a rendering engine, as well as the native code needed to run those apps on Android or iOS. It’s designed to offer top-shelf performance, while also making it easy to create interfaces suitable for both platforms, thanks to included UI widgets for each. Flutter plays nice with a range… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Android , iOS , Google from The Next Web http://ift.tt/2ovHzqb
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Amazon acquires Ring’s home security business for $1 billion

Amazon has acquired Ring, a Santa Monica, California-based maker of connected video doorbells and security cameras, for $1 billion. That will see the ecommerce giant push further into the home security business: it previously acquired Blink, which makes similar products. Plus, it already offers a Cloud Cam that’s designed for use inside your house, and to allow couriers into your home to drop off parcels as part of its Key program. GeekWire notes that while neither firm has shared details on the way forward, it’s expected that the Ring brand will continue to exist, as other Amazon-owned labels like Zappos… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Amazon from The Next Web http://ift.tt/2FdfCgs
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Aspiring YouTube star? It’s time for a reality check.

There’s something to be said for those with the courage to follow their dreams. But if your dream is to make it big on YouTube you should probably take a seat. This is going to hurt a little. Choosing a far-fetched career path isn’t new. From a young age, many of us aspired to be actors, pop stars, or professional athletes. This generation, though, has a new plan: taking over the internet. In a British survey last year, one in three children professed a desire to be full-time YouTubers. That is to say, the children wanted to be the next… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: YouTube from The Next Web http://ift.tt/2CNzaT0
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Classic SNES game Chrono Trigger gets godawful PC port

Square Enix surprised fans today by releasing Chrono Trigger on Steam, making it the first time the cult classic has been ported to PC. Fans should be cheering. Instead, they’re groaning over the game’s terrible quality. The Steam release appears to be a port of the seven-year-old mobile version of the game. Let’s just say this particular version doesn’t look good on Windows. It has the tile-based interface, intended to go hand-in-hand with touch controls, an ugly font, and buttons which stay in the corner of your screen the whole game. This looks like someone's first attempt at an RPG Maker… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://ift.tt/2t2L5wH
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IBM’s Watson is going to space

IBM yesterday announced it would be providing the AI brain for a robot being built by Airbus to accompany astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). When only the best of the best will do, it looks like Watson has the right stuff. The robot, which looks like a flying volleyball with a low-resolution face, is being deployed with German astronaut Alexander Gerst in June for a six month mission. It’s called CIMON, an acronym for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, and it’s headed to space to do science stuff. It’ll help crew members conduct medical experiments, study crystals, and play… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: IBM from The Next Web http://ift.tt/2GPk2ac
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Bye bye black box: Researchers teach AI to explain itself

A team of international researchers recently taught AI to justify its reasoning and point to evidence when it makes a decision. The ‘black box’ is becoming transparent, and that’s a big deal. Figuring out why a neural network makes the decisions it does is one of the biggest concerns in the field of artificial intelligence. The black box problem, as it’s called, essentially keeps us from trusting AI systems. The team was comprised of researchers from UC Berkeley, University of Amsterdam, MPI for Informatics, and Facebook AI Research. The new research builds on the group’s previous work, but this time… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://ift.tt/2EWswQl
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Wacom’s new ‘Engine’ turns your Cintiq Pro into a workstation

What’s better than a big drawing tablet? A really big drawing tablet. Wacom today announced the Cintiq Pro 24, joining the current 13 and 16-inch models. It’s sporting a 4K Display with 98 percent Adobe RGB coverage, ensuring accuracy for color-critical work. It also supports Wacom’s new-ish Pro Pen 2 with 8,192 levels of pressure sensitivity, tilt detection, and an etched glass panel for low parallax. Perhaps more interesting, however, is Wacom’s new Cintiq Pro Engine. It’s basically a mini computer that attaches to the back of your Cintiq to turn it into a all-in-one, semi-portable workstation. The engine includes… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web http://ift.tt/2CNDjXa
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