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Swimming pools at PAU to be opened for public from April 18

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

With summer here, people are ready to beat the heat by taking to the many swimming pools in the city. From April 18, swimming pools at PAU will be opened to public. For joining the MC-run swimming pool, people would have to wait till up to May, as it is under construction.

15-member team to fix BJP strategy

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Delhi BJP has appointed a 15-member team as in-charge for the bypolls, which were announced on Tuesday, in 13 municipal wards in the city. With just a month left for the elections, the party is going to focus on highlighting the failures of the AAP-led Delhi government and its MLAs.

Erykah Badu Thinks Girls Would be More Protected if They Just Wore Longer Skirts

Yahoo Style 

Erykah Badu being Erykah Badu. (Photo: Getty) Henderson High School in West Auckland, New Zealand is making headlines over (what else?) their dress code, which some people are saying unfairly targets girls. At a uniform inspection at a school assembly, a group of girls were told they needed to make sure the hemline of their skirts fell below the knees.



Cruz accuses Trump of 'threatening the delegates'

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

(AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz blasted rival Donald Trump in a radio interview Tuesday, using some of the harshest rhetoric of the campaign to date, accusing the Republican front-runner of being a bully, inciting violence and using dirty tricks to intimidate voters and delegates. Donald's whole pitch is he's a great businessman," Cruz said in the wide-ranging interview on the Glenn Beck radio show, adding that given how he runs his campaign, "it appears he can't run a lemonade stand. Cruz predicted... Читать дальше...

Peshmerga fighters aren't afraid of Islamic State

Stars and Stripes 

As one peshmerga fighter put it, "we're here because we're scared that the Iraqi Army will collapse, and we're here to stop that from happening... The Peshmerga isn't afraid of ISIS. It takes them (the Iraqi Army) six days to take two villages. We could take six villages in two hours."

Top hotel for millionaires

CNBC 

Where do millionaires go on vacation? CNBC's Robert Frank looks at where the rich travel.

CHATBOTS EXPLAINED: Why Facebook and other tech companies think they're the biggest thing since the iPhone

BusinessInsider.com 

Flickr/Peyri Herrera

Chatbots are the future, whether we're ready for them or not. 

On Tuesday, Facebook launched Bots for Messenger, a step that could define the next decade in the same way that the Apple App Store launch paved the path for companies like Uber to build a business off your phone. Its new messaging platform will help businesses build intelligent chatbots to let them communicate in Messenger.

"Today could be the beginning of a new era," said Facebook Messenger chief David Marcus. Читать дальше...

NCAA's claims 90% of new $8.8 billion college basketball TV deal 'continues to benefit athletes'

BusinessInsider.com 

Scott Halleran/Getty Images

The NCAA has announced that they struck a new 8-year, $8.8 billion deal with CBS and Turner to broadcast men's college basketball through 2032.

The deal is just the latest example of how broadcast television rights for college sports continue to skyrocket and how everybody in college sports is getting wealthier while the kids doing most of the work are still receiving the same income, a scholarship.

In the NCAA's own announcement, they tried to get... Читать дальше...

Activists fail to save heritage, Hall of Nations to be history

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Despite a robust international campaign to save Pragati Maidan's Hall of Nations as part of a movement to protect post-1947 heritage structures in Delhi, the iconic structure in the trade fair complex is unlikely to be spared demolition.

Returning Federer coasts into Monte Carlo third round

Zee News (zeenews.india.com) 

Former world number one Roger Federer returned from a 10-week layoff with a 6-3 6-4 second-round victory against Spain`s Guillermo Garcia Lopez at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday.

Fee issue: Parents, management meet deputy commissioner

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

The Parents' Association of Ludhiana and management of 20 schools met deputy commissioner Ravi Bhagat on Monday to discuss issues concerning the fee charged by the educational institutions.

Facebook's funky new VR camera design looks like a flying saucer (FB)

BusinessInsider.com 

Facebook

Facebook built a disc-shapped camera that shoots 360 degree videos, a move the company hopes will spur the creation of a new wave of virtual reality videos. 

Facebook unveiled the Surround 360 Camera at its F8 developer conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.

The camera, which looks like a UFO mounted on a stick, can capture video and images in a wide sphere, which is ideal for creating virtual reality experiences. 

Facebook won't actually be branding or selling the camera directly itself. Читать дальше...

Vivek High School to host global round square conference

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

With the participation of around 120 students, the international round square conference for 2016 will be hosted by Vivek High School, Chandigarh, from April 13 to 17 for students aged 12 to 15 years across south Asia and Gulf region.

Anchor David Ono makes some news of his own, buying a storied home in Toluca Lake

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

KABC-TV anchor David Ono knows how to follow a story.  

He just picked up a home in Toluca Lake for $2.125 million that has an intriguing background. The 1939 estate once belonged to jazz trumpeter Manny Klein, who played with such big band leaders as Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman. The versatile...





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