Pokemon Go will soon allow locations to opt-out of the game

Since the release of the game, Pokémon Go players have been finding the digital creatures all over the world, but sometimes not in the most appropriate of places.

The creators of the hit game have acknowledged this and say they’re working to remove real-world locations that don’t wish to be included.

Augmented reality enables Pokémon to spawn anywhere around a player’s current location, as well as certain landmarks designated as PokéStops.

Some of these locations, however, could potentially be dangerous.

In B.C., a Pokémon gym is located near a Hells Angels clubhouse. Authorities are urging the public to use caution when approaching the clubhouse in Coquitlam.

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The Pokémon Company’s consumer marketing director J.C. Smith said in an interview this week that they’re updating the augmented-reality game so it remains fun for players but respects the real world.

Several locations, such as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan and the Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., have asked to be removed from Pokémon Go.

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3,500 employed in a single day at Hyderabad job mela

Among all cities in the country, Hyderabad stands third on the scale of employability, said Bandaru Dattatreya, Union Minister for Labour and Employment. The Minister was quoting a recently conducted survey at the mega job fair organised by the National Institute for Career Services (NICS) here on Saturday.

A total of 10,000 Intermediate and undergraduate students got themselves registered at the fair. The job expo, where over 75 companies from IT, ITeS and manufacturing sectors participated, employed 3,500 of those who registered for the grand meet on a single day.

The NICS job mela, which was earlier held in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, had registered around 8,000 jobseekers, the Minister said. Supported by the Union and State governments, the fair is organised to help employable jobseekers and prospective employers.
Mr. Dattatreya said India should focus on developing skilled workforce. “Only 2.4 per cent of the employable workforce has skill,” he pointed out, adding that Union projects, including Make in India and Skill India, can help better this ground reality. “But, India’s poor performance in the skill sector is in stark contrast with high percentage of skilled workforce in Germany (75 per cent), Japan (80 per cent), and China (90 per cent),” he said.

New ITIs

The Union government will set up 8,000 new Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) to support development of skilled workforce in the country, the Minister said. “Two lakh students graduate from engineering colleges in Hyderabad and surrounding areas alone. We need to create jobs for them. At the same time, we cannot ignore ITIs. The Centre will grant Rs. 100 crore for setting up and maintenance of ITIs in Telangana,” he said.

Job seekers from the country who emigrate to Germany, Japan, and Australia can in the future attend skill development and training sessions of their choice in ITIs, the Minister added.

Hundreds relieved

Students and young graduates, who flocked to the job fair on Saturday, could not have wished for anything better, as they got a gamut of companies knocking at their doorstep.

Speaking to The Hindu , Sanjana Krishnan, a B.Tech graduate, said she bagged three job offers on a single day. “More such job melas could be of use to us. If such job melas are held in each of the districts, the youth will benefit much,” Ms. Krishnan said.

For V. Santhosh who chanced upon the job mela notification just last week, getting a call centre job was the ultimate aim. “I got two such offers and one marketing offer,” he said, thrilled at the prospects.

Telangana Minister for Labour Nayini Narasimha Reddy said the new State has created opportunities in the private sector for youngsters.

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Parle Shuts Down Iconic Biscuit Factory In Mumbai's Vile Parle After 87 Years

You must be missing the whiff of baked biscuits that used to waft through the air as your train crossed Vile Parle station. The ubiquitous Parle-G biscuits, the largest selling biscuit brand in the world, aren't being rolled out from the Vile Parle plant following the decision by the owners - the Vijay Chauhan family - to shut the unit after nearly 90 years.

"Production at the time of closure was negligible. It didn't make commercial sense to keep it running," said Arup Chauhan, Parle Products executive director.

The Rs 10,000-crore Parle Products, which has manufacturing units across India that make Parle-G and other biscuit and candy brands, halted production at the local factory two months ago following a reduction in production capacity over the last few years. At the time of the shutdown of the Parle plant, which at its peak produced the largest volume of biscuits, there were around 300 workers, who have all taken VRS. Chauhan described the VRS process as "smooth".

Spread across about 10 acres, the factory houses Parle Products' HQ. Although Chauhan did not divulge details, the closely held Parle Products, named after the western suburb, is likely to retain the land, which sits on a prime location amid a host of residential complexes, for development. According to realty experts, the going rate for residences in Vile Parle is between Rs 25,000 and Rs 28,000 a square foot.

Set up in 1929, the Vile Parle factory used to first manufacture just candies. Sugarboiled candies initially came in glass jars and later wrapped in translucent plastic wrappers and were sold across `kirana' stores under the Parle brand.

The factory began biscuit production in 1939. Parle Products is the largest biscuit maker and among the leading food players in the country. It competes with rivals like Britannia Industries and ITC. According to the company's website, Parle Products has a 40% share of the total biscuit market and a 15% share of the total confectionery market in India.

Other popular brands of biscuits under Parle include Monaco, Hide & Seek, KrackJack and Milano. Among sweets, Mango Bite and Melody are the popular candies. Given the changing consumption patterns, Parle has forayed into wafers and `namkeen' manufacturing.

The Vile Parle unit has often thrown open its doors to neighbouring schoolchildren to help them learn about biscuit and candy-making processes. This was long before KidZania, an edutainment theme park for children, came calling in Ghatkopar.

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Arnab Goswami: Journalist Faces Rs 500 Crore Defamation Lawsuit Filed by Islamic Televangelist

Televangelist Zakir Naik has slapped Rs 500-crore defamation case on Times Now anchor editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami for running a “hate campaign” and “media trial” against him, reports Newslaundry. Naik had earlier spoken against a media trial running against him.

The notice, which was issued by his lawyer, Mubin Solkar, says the news anchor has “hurt the religious sentiments of the Muslim community which reveres Dr. Naik and holds him in high esteem.”

He has also served notice to Mumbai bureau chief Megha Prasad and chief executive officer Avinash Kaul, Times Global Broadcasting, and its CEO, Sunil Lulla.

He had said that he have served defamation on ten media houses. He had also said that he won't be returning to India this year.

Bangladesh had banned his channel Peace TV and cancelled the permit to downlink the channel.

Days after the Home Ministry set up teams to scan the activities of Muslim preacher Zakir Naik and sought legal opinion to prosecute him for his controversial comments on terrorism.

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HYDERABAD NEWS : Third Accused Arrest In Medical Paper Leak Case in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD NEWS:  Telangana CID, probing the leak of medical EAMCET-II question paper, today arrested a 52-year-old "broker" for allegedly collecting Rs. 1.73 crore from parents of 14 students, taking total number of persons in custody to three.

Shaik Ramesh alias Raheem, hailing from Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, was arrested at Boduppal on the city outskirts this afternoon.

"This broker procured 14 students from various places in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and took them to Pune camp, where they were given practice with leaked question paper", the agency said.

Of the Rs. 1.73 crore, he paid Rs. 1.2 crore to another broker who took the students to the Pune camp. CID said Rs. 15 lakh was deposited in bank account of his friend.

An amount of Rs. 37.5 lakh was seized from Mr Ramesh's possession, CID said, adding efforts are on to apprehend other brokers and kingpins behind the leak.

CID yesterday arrested two persons and found that two sets of the paper were leaked prior to the examination conducted earlier this month.

The agency has also identified some suspected middlemen during the investigation.

"In the investigation conducted so far, some brokers and sub-brokers belonging to Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Bengaluru and other places have been identified," CID had said yesterday.

The duo, identified as Vishnudhar alias Vishnuvardhan and Thirumal alias Thirumal Rao, were arrested from Hyderabad.

"Vishnuvardhan and Rao allegedly contacted students, parents and took about 25 of them to Bengaluru where one Rajagopal Reddy arranged practice of questions and answers to them (before appearing for the exams)," CID had said.

The Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET-II) was conducted on July 9 and the results were declared on July 14. The examination was conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad.

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Clinton campaign 'hacked' along with other Democratic groups

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has been hacked as part of a larger cyber attack against Democratic Party institutions, US media report.

The latest hack follows two data breaches involving the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

US officials widely believe that the cyber attacks were committed by agents working for the Russian government.

Some fear that Russia may be trying to influence the presidential election.

The Russian government has denied involvement and denounced the "poisonous anti-Russian" rhetoric coming out of Washington.

The Clinton campaign said on Friday that an analytics data program, which it shared with other entities, had been accessed by hackers.

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But, said her press secretary Nick Merrill, there was "no evidence that our internal systems have been compromised".

The FBI said it was investigating the allegations and the extent of any hacking.

Hacked emails from Democratic National Committee were leaked last week on the eve of the party's convention.

The emails showed Democratic Party officials were biased against Bernie Sanders in his primary race against Mrs Clinton.

The hack led to the resignation of the party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and sparked protests at the convention in Philadelphia .

In addition to the attack on the Clinton campaign, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), was also found to have been compromised.

The DCCC works to raise money for Democratic congressional candidates. They said in a statement early on Friday that they have hired cyber security firm CrowdStrike to help with the investigation.

Hackers may have been able to access the Democrats' political strategy documents as well as opposition research conducted against Republican candidates.

"We have taken and are continuing to take steps to enhance the security of our network," the DCCC said.

 "We are cooperating with federal law enforcement with respect to their ongoing investigation."
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Day-long bank strike hits operations in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD NEWS: Responding to an all India strike call given by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), most of the banks in the city remained shut on Friday. A drive down the bank street near Koti, which is usually buzzing with activity, especially on Fridays, wore a deserted look, not to mention the inconvenience caused to general public.

With shutters down, it was the huge banners of the unions that caught the attention of passersby. Nazia, a college student, was among the many who reached banks and had to return disappointed. Standing outside the gate of Andhra Bank, she rued, “The watchman just told me the bank will not open today. I didn’t know. I need to send money. With the weekend here, I think I have to wait till Monday.” The scene was same across the city with customers returning from banks disappointed.

Meanwhile, over a 100 bank employees gathered outside the State Bank of Hyderabad premises in Gunfoundry on Friday  in support of the strike call given by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU).

MVV Murali, national convenor, UFBU, said, ‘’National banks have paid a crucial role in the economic development of the country, especially in rural areas and in alleviating poverty. Weakening nationalised banks is going to affect not just the banking sector, but also the country,” he said.

The bank employees were also demanding that the government takes proper, stringent steps for the recovery of Non Performing Assets (NPAs).

“When parties fail to repay money, it turns into NPAs. The government is projecting it to be the fault of industries. But most of them are willful ones, like Vijay Mallya. The government is putting a lot of pressure on the nationalised banks to reduce the NPAs. Since banks don’t have enough capital, they are forced to write them off. This is being used as a reason to privatise all the public sector banks,” Murali said. The strike was also against amendments of labour laws. “The government has started giving lot more freedom to corporates and capitalists. As a result, a lot of industries were forced to shut down, without paying due compensation to the employees. They are also discouraging employees from forming trade unions. This will again affect not just the banks, but  the entire trade union sector in the country,” Murali pointed out.
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