Daily News (In Short)-20-June-2015

#* AAP youth wing protests outside Sushma Swaraj's residence 

NEW DELHI: Volunteers of Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) youth wing today protested outside the residence of Sushma Swaraj here, demanding resignation of the External Affairs Minister in Lalitgate.Over 300 volunteers, including AAP MLA from Palam, Bhavna Gaur, also protested outside Swaraj's residence in Lutyens Bungalow Zone in central Delhi.They also demanded sacking of Rajasthan chief Vasundhara Raje.

#* Mumbai limps back to normal as train services resume, but more rains predicted over weekend

A day after heavy rains and flooding, life in Mumbai limped back to normal on Saturday, with train services restored on all three suburban lines.Ignoring drizzles and an advisory to stay indoors, men and women streamed to suburban stations around the city to head for their offices and other places of work which remained shut on Friday because of the unusually heavy downpour.
 A statement issued by the Central and Western Railway sections said all suburban services were running according to the normal schedule, including Harbour line and Trans-Harbour line of the Central Railway.However, the Maharashtra government directed all schools and colleges in the city and neighbouring Thane district to stay closed on Saturday.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted intermittent rain or showers and isolated spells of heavy to very heavy rainfall over the weekend.VK Rajeev, IMD director (western region), said, “Like Friday, Mumbai, the Konkan and Goa are expected to receive heavy rainfall over the weekend.”

#* Mustafizur Rahman - from a humble background to cricket stardom

Mirpur: First class debut at the age of 18, international debut a year later at 19, Mustafizur Rahman's story is similar to many recent stars from the subcontinent who come from the undistinguished areas far away from the big cities and make it big in the international arena.Mustafizur - a left-arm fast bowler - became a national hero in Bangladesh's stunning victory over India at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium here on Thursday. The rookie pacer claimed a five-wicket haul on debut to hand Bangladesh a 79-run win against India for only the fourth time in 30 one-day internationals and help his side take a big step towards qualifying for the 2017 Champions Trophy.ALSO SEE 'We didn't like what Dhoni did' The teenager ran through the star-studded Indian batting line-up with 5 wickets for 50 runs as the visitors were bowled out for 228 in 46 overs in pursuit of 308. After starting off as a batsman playing with tennis ball, he took to fast bowling only to become the second Bangladesh bowler to claim five-for on debut.

#* Guarantor pulls out: Subrata Roy in deeper trouble as refund amount rises to Rs 36000 cr

The Supreme Court on Friday asked jailed Sahara chief Subrata Roy to furnish Rs 5,000 crore in cash and a bank guarantee of equal amount to secure his release from the prison.Roy will, however, remain in jail as senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for him told the court that there was a difficulty in furnishing the bank guarantee of Rs 5,000 crore as one of the financial institutions had backed out.A bench of justices TS Thakur, AR Dave and AK Sikri, while pronouncing its order, said, "We have accepted the format of bank guarantees", subject to certain conditions.Supreme Court asked Subrata Roy to pay Rs 10,000 crore to secure his release. PTISupreme Court asked Subrata Roy to pay Rs 10,000 crore to secure his release. PTI
The court also asked the 65-year-old Roy, who has been in Tihar jail since 4 March, 2014, to pay Rs 36,000 crore to the SEBI within 18 months and in nine instalments from the date of release.It allowed market regulator SEBI to encash the bank guarantees to be furnished by the Sahara chief, in case he defaults in the payments of two instalments.The bench further said that if Roy defaults in payments in three instalments, then he will have to surrender himself back to the jail.

#* FACEBOOK’S NEW AI CAN PAINT, BUT GOOGLE’S KNOWS HOW TO PARTY

FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE are building enormous neural networks—artificial brains—that can instantly recognize faces, cars, buildings, and other objects in digital photos. But that’s not all these brains can do.They can recognize the spoken word, translate from one language to another, target ads, or teach a robot to screw a cap onto a bottle. And if you turn these brains upside down, you can teach them not just to recognize images, but create images—in rather intriguing (and sometimes disturbing) ways.As it revealed on Friday, Facebook is teaching its neural networks to automatically create small images of things like airplanes, automobiles, and animals, and about 40 percent of the time, these images can fool us humans into believing we’re looking at reality. “The model can tell the difference between an unnatural image—white noise you’d see on your TV or some sort of abstract art image—and an image that you would take on your camera,” says Facebook artificial intelligence researcher Rob Fergus. “It understands the structure of how images work” (see images above).

#* ShopClues’ founder now back with ‘Droom’

Sandeep Aggarwal, the brain behind online marketplace ShopClues, is a more mature, energetic and determined entrepreneur now compared to what he was 20 months ago.Aggarwal, who had pleaded guilty in 2013 to an insider trading charge in his previous job as an analyst at Collins Stewart in the US, is now building his second venture Droom, which is an online marketplace for automobiles. Besides sales of old and new vehicles, it is also a platform for providers of services such as washing and maintenance.Aggarwal had admitted that he had tipped a portfolio manager about a pending deal between Yahoo! and Microsoft in 2009, while he was working at Collins Stewart as an analyst. The case is still open. “I had to go through trauma during the trial period for the insider trading case. I have learnt to compartmentalise my life and ensure that ShopClues is not affected,” said Aggarwal, who is still the single largest shareholder in the Delhi-based company. Though he doesn’t hold any position in the company now, for Aggarwal it is his “first baby” and he provides informal mentorship regularly.

#* Bizarre! Two men journey from Johannesburg to London in plane’s undercarriage, one dead

A suspected stowaway was found unconscious on a flight from Johannesburg after the plane landed in London and a second man may have died falling out of the same flight, British police said Friday.The man found alive on Thursday is believed to be 24 years old and police said that he had been hiding in the undercarriage of the British Airways plane at the end of a journey that usually lasts 11 hours."His condition is now described as critical," a police statement said.The NotOnTheHighStreet.com office in London where the stowaway plunged to his death from a plane. APThe NotOnTheHighStreet.com office in London where the stowaway plunged to his death from a plane. AP Police had found the body of the dead man on the roof of an office under the flight path to London Heathrow Airport and were trying to work out if he could have fallen out of the plane.A police spokesman told AFP that the possibility was "one of the lines of inquiry."The police were called about the suspected stowaway on the 12,875-kilometre (8,000-mile) flight from South Africa at 8.28 am  and about the body at 9.35 am.The flight takes 11 hours and outside temperatures during the journey would fall as low as minus 60 degrees Celsius (minus 76 Fahrenheit).

#* Yemenis struggle as treasured city deteriorates

A day without the thud of air strikes in Sana’a is rare. The sound of missiles and responding anti-aircraft gunfire fills the thin, dusty air in this ancient city, perched 2,300m high on top of red, jagged peaks.A Saudi-led coalition of countries is trying to rout rebel fighters known as Houthis from cities across the country, with an intensive bombing campaign.The Houthis are an armed movement based in Yemen’s rugged northern mountains, along the border with Saudi Arabia. They seized control of Sana’a – Yemen’s capital – and its government last September. In March the country’s president, Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi, fled the country, and the bombing began.A representative of South Yemen throw a shoe at members of a rebel delegation during clashes at a press conference on Yemen peace talks in Geneva. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesYemen peace talks descend into fistfight in Geneva Smoke rises above buildings after car bombs  in Sana’a, Yemen yesterday. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPAFour car bombs rock Yemeni capital, Islamic State claim responsibility Since then, over 2,000 Yemenis have died and more than 500,000 have been displaced.

#* Dhoni, Mustafizur fined for breaching ICC rule. 

Mirpur, Jun 19 (PTI) India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman were today fined 75 and 50 per cent of their match fees respectively after being found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the first One-Day International here.The two players were found to have breached Article 2.2.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "Inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between Players in the course of play during an International Match" yesterday.Both the players pleaded not guilty to the charge and as such, a hearing was held today by match referee Andy Pycroft in which television footage was used. Apart from the match officials, both the players and their managers attended the hearing.The incident happened in the 25th over of India innings when Dhoni made a physical contact with debutant Mustafizur Rahman while running a single. Following the contact, the left-arm fast bowler left the field and Nasir Hossain bowled the remaining four deliveries to complete the over.Pycroft said: "In the hearing, Dhoni defended the charge on the basis that the bowler was on the wrong line and realising that he couldn't avoid the collision, he used his hand and arm to push him away as he went through to 'minimise the impact'.

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