Daily News (In Short)-9-June-2015

#* Delhi govt crisis: L-G Najeeb Jung takes on CM Kejriwal, appoints ACB chief
New Delhi: Seeking to stamp his authority, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday appointed a joint commissioner of Delhi Police as the head of the Anti-Corruption Branch superseding Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's hand-picked chief, triggering a strong reaction from the AAP government.Delhi L-G Najeeb Jung and CM Arvind Kejriwal. Delhi L-G Najeeb Jung and CM Arvind Kejriwal.The Lt Governor also transfered seven inspectors of Delhi Police to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), days after AAP government inducted five police officers from Bihar in the elite probe agency.Jung appointed Joint Commissioner MK Meena as the chief of the ACB which was till now headed by SS Yadav. Meena is currently serving as Joint Commissioner of New Delhi range and the LG's order said he has been given additional charge of ACB.Jung and the AAP government have been on a collision course on a number of issues including authority over ACB.Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia slammed Jung for creating a new post of joint commissioner and questioned all the appointments.
 

#* Apple iOS 9: Seven key highlights of the new mobile OS announced at WWDC 2015
Among the host of announcements to come from WWDC 2015, the iOS 9 seemed the most relevant to consumers. Apple’s new mobile operating system is all set to get an update this fall with iOS 9 set to run on upcoming, as well as some existing Apple devices. Here are the key highlights of iOS 9 that makes it a much-needed update to the iOS 8.

Less space

The space required for iOS 9 has been significantly reduced. Unlike previous iOS update capacities, the space required by iOS 9 has been dropped by less than half. iOS 9 will only come as a 1.8GB installation size instead of a whopping 4.6GB of iOS 8. This would come as a big relief to combat storage issues.

Compatibility

Apple is known to drop support for older devices. However, this time, all previous devices supported by iOS 8 will run iOS 9. The free upgrade will be offered this fall. This means iOS 9 will be seen on all phones from iPhone 4S to iPhone 6 Plus; and tablets such as iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad 2, iPad 3rd gen, iPad 4th gen, iPad mini, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3 as well as the 5th gen iPod Touch. The low space and support for larger number of devices will ensure longevity of the usage of its devices.

#* RBI debt recast norms: Banks will be left holding the bag if they fail to find buyers for cos
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted banks to take control of 51 percent of stake in a company that has failed to recover financial health even after a period of financial restructuring, typically due to management inefficiency or other factors.
This provision, part of the strategic debt restructuring exercise (SDR), is aimed at ensuring promoters of defaulted companies have more ‘skin in the game’. The RBI’s move is part of a coordinated action plan with markets regulator, Securities and exchange board of India (Sebi), which in March had allowed banks to convert part or full debt of listed defaulter companies into equity.Both the RBI and Sebi have made the process easier for banks and become aggressive in taking control of defaulter companies. The RBI has said banks do not need to make provisions (money that is required to be set aside on high-risk perceived capital) since the exercise will not be treated as financial restructuring. Sebi too has relaxed the regular rules that will apply when acquiring significant stake in firms such as an open offer to minority shareholders.

#* As Mumbai saturates and stagnates, Pune takes over
Mumbai had for long held the title of being the most desirable city in India to live in. This had nothing to do with ease of living and everything to do with its economy. Despite the fact that life in Mumbai is hard for everyone but the richest of the rich, it trumped all other cities in the quality and availability of jobs.   However, this perception has now changed forever. Just 200 kilometers away, Pune has emerged as the more preferred destination on every count – lifestyle, job opportunities and real estate investment. It all began with the Mumbai-Pune expressway, which reduced the distance between the two cities. Today, people can actually work in Mumbai and live in Pune.    Pune is still seeing a very healthy demand for property. While neighbouring Mumbai is now being seen a largely unaffordable, real estate investors are now flocking to Pune in order to participate in the real estate boom in this city. According to Magicbricks' Housing Sentiment Index, Pune saw only a marginal correction in sentiment while Mumbai, which was already looking at subdued sentiments for over a year now, is still in the grips of a prolonged slowdown in its real estate markets.  - See more at: http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/news-top-story/as-mumbai-saturates-and-stagnates-pune-takes-over-115060900252_1.html#sthash.UgXZMiQr.dpuf

#* Jharkhand: Forces gun down 12 suspected Maoists after fierce encounter
Security forces gunned down 12 suspected CPI (Maoist) rebels in a major strike in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Monday night.Security forces have managed to retrieve the bodies as well as arms and ammunition after the gunfight that is being considered as a major breakthrough in the ongoing anti-Maoist operation in the tribal-dominated state. After such encounters in hinterlands, Maoists have in the past run away with the bodies of their comrades on many occasions.Monday's encounter that lasted two hours took place near Bakoria village, about 140km from state capital Ranchi, after the security forces -- armed with a tip-off on Maoist movements -- challenged a rebel squad around midnight.The rebels retaliated and opened fire on the forces comprising assault groups from commandos of the Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) and the state police.Soon after the encounter began, Palamu zone inspector general A Natrajan and Palamu police superintendent Mayur Patel rushed to the spot with reinforcement."When the encounter ended at 2am (on Tuesday), we found 12 bodies of the ultras during a search operation," Natrajan told HT. 

#* Eyes in the sky: Drones to watch for cheating as Chinese students take crucial exam
Beijing: In a creative measure to prevent cheating in exam, China will deploy a six-winged unmanned drone that will hover over the examination hall to check for any wrongful act.It is June and like every year, millions of high school graduates in China have been bracing up to appear for the annual college entrance examination called “Gaoko”.This year, a total of 9.42 million Chinese high school students are taking “Gaokao” exam which started Sunday. The exam, crucial for the students to get admission in a decent university, goes on for two or three days.However, over last few years, there have been reports of several cases of cheating in exams with students using earphones or surrogate test-takers.

#* More than 95pc of world's population faces health problems
So it turns out, over 95 percent of people in the world are facing some or the other heath issue.According to a major new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2013, only one in 20 people worldwide had no health problems in 2013, with a third of the world's population (2.3 billion individuals) experiencing more than five ailments.Moreover, worldwide, the proportion of lost years of healthy life (disability-adjusted life years; DALYS ) due to illness (rather than death) rose from around a fifth (21 percent) in 1990 to almost a third (31 percent) in 2013. As the world's population grows, and the proportion of elderly people increases, the number of people living in suboptimum health is set to rise rapidly over coming decades, warn the authors.Lead author and University of Washington Professor Theo Vos said that the fact that mortality has been declining faster than non-fatal disease and injury prevalence is further evidence of the importance of paying attention to the rising health loss from these leading causes of disability, and not simply focusing on reducing mortality.

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