TOP Stories Of The Day – 8th May - The single emergency number '1- Navbharat Times Photodhamal

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The single emergency number '112' will be operational throughout India from January 1, 2017 to help people reach immediate services of police, ambulance and fire department.

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In 2012, Harvard Business Review named data scientist the "sexiest job of the 21st century". More recently, Glassdoor named it the "best job of the year" for 2016. In India, too, companies are scrambling to hire data scientists, sending salaries soaring. According to TeamLease, a staffing solutions company, data scientists with around 5 years' experience are earning over 75 lakh per annum as compared to 8-15 lakh for CAs and 5-8 lakh for engineers with the same experience level.

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His achievement may not be as colossal as that of Dashrath Manjhi, the mountain man, but his spirit is equally indomitable. Refused permission to draw water from a well by the owner and insult of his wife made him so determined to be self reliant that Bapurao Tajne dug a well all by himself.

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Water diviner Channappa Mithkari's schedule is packed and he travels 24x7 as water scarcity gets acute in Latur in May. In the last couple of months, Channappa has 'identified' about 600 sites in Latur and nearby villages to dig borewells with his 'unique power' to find location, depth and yield of groundwater. Latur city has about 50,000 borewells and the number is growing.

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Till some time ago, Alwar-based businessman Narendra Modi loved the attention he got for being the Prime Minister's namesake. But all that changed ever since Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal dragged him into the degree controversy by alleging that it was the Alwar-based businessman who was awarded a graduation degree by Delhi University in 1978 and the degree awarded to the PM by DU in the same year was "false".

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