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The most important document is now the birth certificate, particularly for those born before 1971.
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NRC sparks rush for birth papers

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Parents born before 1951 have no certificates.
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Aditya Thackeray and Eknath Shinde visit the Thane Municipal Corporation to congratulate the newly-appointed mayor Naresh Mhaske on Thursday. (PTI)
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Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress form ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’

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Prior to this, Uddhav will hold a meeting of his own party MLAs at his residence in the morning.
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K Chandrasekhar Rao to await HC order: RTC

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The CM further pointed out that around Rs 640 crore was required to pay salaries to the employees and clear arrears of PF.
Pragya Thakur

Row as Pragya named to panel on defence
“Despite opposition from the Reserve Bank and the Election Commission, the government went ahead with this scheme,” said Congress MP Manish Tewari during Zero Hour.

Opposition takes up poll bonds issue
G. Kishan Reddy

Four BJP MPs seek Centre’s intervention into strike
Actor Rajinikanth addresses media persons at Chennai airport on Thursday. (DC)

Rajinikanth on 2021 TN assembly polls: ‘Miracle’ debate continues merrily
A senior BJP national leader said that none of the four BJP leaders elected to Lok Sabha are likely to succeed Dr Laxman, if the party decides to decline him a second term. The senior most amongst them, G. Kishan Reddy, MP, Secunderabad, is currently serving as minister of state for home affairs and cannot simultaneously hold another post, nor is he interested.

Game of Thrones begins in BJP’s Telangana unit
Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa(L) hands over documents after taking oath as country’s Prime Minister to his brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa(R) during a ceremony in Colombo on Thursday. (AFP)

MEA: India will work with Sri Lanka
Supreme Court

Supreme Court order on Sabari law to prove tough
Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi will prune list, hope leaders
The situation in the city, they say, has been worsening. If there were a total of 2 lakh vehicles in the city in 2009, it is projected to reach 74 lakh by 2025. (Representational Image)

Hyderabad: Pollution woes too pose huge problem
Siddaramaiah

Didn’t take MTB Nagaraj money: Siddaramaiah
M K Stalin.

It’s Edappadi who has changed policy in Tamil Nadu: DMK
Shehala Sherin

Girl’s snake bite death jolts Kerala
The petrochemical products from the company are expected to save foreign exchange to the tune of Rs 13,000 crore a year.

BPCL: Kochi Refinery fate hangs in balance
Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said that they will share the power-sharing formula. (Photo: ANI)

Total unanimity between Cong-NCP, will meet Sena tomorrow: Prithviraj
'Our aim is to make evidence-based policy-making an integral part of governance by the year 2022. It will also help in creating a new identity of New India. So is the right phase for the transformation of audit and assurance sector. Now CAG also has to move towards CAG 2.0,' said Modi. (Photo: ANI)

'Evidence-based policy making part of governance by 2022': Modi
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Karnataka school introduces 'water bell' to create awareness about drinking water

Speaking to ANI, Jose MJ, Principal of Indraprastha Vidyalaya, said: "It has been observed that as the temperature of the environment rises, so do several health complications like stomach pain and drowsiness." (Photo: ANI)
 

Virat Kohli becomes 2019 PETA India's Person of the Year

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Cutting-edge: Japan welcomes Pope Francis with song composed using AI

Theme songs for papal visits have been composed before. One has been unveiled for Thailand, where Francis will visit before Japan. (Photo: File)
 

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tops Fortune's Businessperson of the Year 2019

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Panda Bei Bei says bye bye to US, heads 'home' to China

Bei Bei will travel on a specially equipped direct flight from Washington to Chengdu inside a steel and plexiglass crate, accompanied by his keeper. (Skip Brown/Smithsonian's National Zoo)
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Imran Khan’s ‘govt by retweet’ has no signal feat to show
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The PPP government had called for the creation of the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms in its 12th month in power.
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Towards pan-India NRC: Creating climate of fear?
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The flaws and the troubles flowing from the Assam NRC are being sought to be blamed on the Supreme Court directive, indirectly if not directly.
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Zahid Hussain
Even though the former PM was in prison, his presence in the country had given the party something to rally around.
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P S Raghavan
A British economist had coined the acronym “Bric” in 2001, identifying four high-growth economies that could dominate the world by 2050
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Rani Mukherjee’s film removes Kota from rape radar
The actor was humble as ever while receiving the award as well.

Rajinikanth honoured at International Film Festival of India
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Kim Kardashian.

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Rajat Sharma was reinstated by DDCA ombudsman Justice (Retd) Badar Durrez Ahmed on Sunday, besides fixing November 27 to formally hear the matter. (Photo: Twitter)

DDCA chief Rajat Sharma meets Lt Governor, informs him of recent developments

The ODIs will take place Chennai on December 15, Visakhapatnam on December 18 and Cuttack on December 22. (Photo: AFP)

India squad vs West Indies announced; Bhuvi returns, Shami makes T20I comeback

Chief Selector MSK Prasad was joined by India skipper Virat Kohli, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly and others to pick the team. (Photo: Twitter/ BCCI)

Selection committee meets to pick squads for West Indies series

Sunil Chhetri is the most-capped player and also the all-time top scorer for the Indian national team, with 72 goals in 115 appearances. (Photo: DC File)

'Sunil Chhetri is irreplacable': India coach Igor Stimac

Lifestyle

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With more than 1.3 million hectares of land scorched in the state, the fires have also destroyed large tracts of the tree-dwelling marsupial's habitat. (Photo: AFP)

Aussies raise AUD 1 million for rescuing koalas injured by bushfires

An attempt last year to revive "pissoirs" on the streets of Paris to stop men from urinating against walls. (Photo: AFP)

Outdoor loos in Paris get historic status

The possibilities are endless, from home decor to apparel, bespoke to a quick online purchase. (Photo: AP)

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Technology

According to Bloomberg, the iPhone maker is working on adding 'Flags' to features in test versions of iOS. (Photo: AP)

Apple to make iOS updates less buggy
It enables customers to rent an AI supercomputer on-demand from their desk.

NVIDIA announces world's largest GPU-accelerated cloud-based supercomputer
Called Time Machine, the filter lets you swipe left to watch your face turn from a child to an adult. (Photo: ANI)

Snapchat's 'time machine' filter can turn you into your younger or older self
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All babies with brain injury will have detailed neurophysiological investigations. (Photo: Representational)

India-UK experts begin largest study on babies with brain injury in India

The two Koreas undertook a flurry of diplomacy including three summits last year, during which Moon and Kim agreed to improve ties and restart stalled business initiatives. (Photo: File)

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Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was on Thursday absolved of all corruption charges linked to the embezzlement of nearly USD 185,000 by a high court which also lifted the overseas travel ban on him and released his impounded passport. (Photo: File)

Lankan court drops corruption charges against Gotabhaya, lifts travel ban on him

'The sewer was very smelly, with many cockroaches, many snakes. Every step was very, very painful,' said Bowie, 21, a student at Hong Kong University who was forced to turn back. (Photo: Twitter | Screengrab)

Hong Kong students' escape through 'smelly' sewer filled with snakes thwarted

Business

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US Fed members unanimously reject negative rates: Minutes

The Sensex shed 76.47 points or 0.19 per cent to close at 40,575.17, while the Nifty fell 30.70 points or 0.26 per cent to close at 11,968.40.

Stock market enters a consolidation phase

“We will touch Rs 200 crore sales turnover this calendar year ending December 2019 despite slowdown challenges,” PL Muthusekkar, Managing Director at Nord Drivesystems India told Financial Chronicle.

Germany’s Nord opens third plant

The month recorded 28 M&A deals worth $1.5 billion against 48 deals valued $2.8 billion in the corresponding period last year, found Grant Thornton’s M&A Dealtracker. (Photo: Techcrunch)

Weak domestic sentiments pull down M&A deal value

Science

The technique is being tested at the University of Maryland Medical Center on patients that arrive with acute trauma. (Photo: ANI)

Human put in suspended animation for first time
Titan, with a diameter of 3,200 miles (5,150 km), is the solar system’s second-biggest moon behind Jupiter’s Ganymede.(Photo: NASA/Representational)

'Possibility of life': scientists map Saturn's exotic moon Titan
With more than 1,000 sensors, or pixels, this camera might be of great help in future space-based telescopes searching for chemical signs of life on other planets (Photo: Pixabay)

This light-sensing camera may help detect extraterrestrial life, dark matter
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It is much better to understand its functioning rather than fight a losing battle with it. Always in search of happiness, the mind follows the senses into the world of objects and enjoys various experiences — TV shows, a dance or just window-shopping!

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