Here are some important reports from the biggest newspapers of India.
1.) Constipated kids: 40% make 'dry' runs to loo
With unhealthy eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle taking a toll on children's digestion, doctors say constipation is no longer an old age problem but afflicts up to 40% of school going children, says a report in The Times of India.
"In any school, nearly 40% of children suffer from constipation, and the primary reason is lifestyle," said Dr Nishant Wadhwa, paediatric gastroenterologist at Ganga Ram Hospital. He said children eat too much processed and carbohydrate-rich food and don't drink enough water.
An ongoing study at the hospital showed that 30-40% of child patients in the outpatient department have recur ring bouts of abdominal pain due to constipation, up from 10-20% a decade ago.
2.) Kerala girl barred from college for ‘marrying outside her religion’
A college student in north Kerala’s Kozhikode is planning to move the state women commission to complain against her college authorities, who allegedly didn't allow her to attend classes for marrying a man from another religious community. A first-year degree student at the Muslim Education Society women’s college, Neeraja was in love with 23-year-old Mohamed Rameeze and they had a court marriage under the special marriages act on February 1.
But when she went back to college after a week, she said, she was allegedly told she couldn't continue her studies, Times of India reports.
"The college authorities told me that I can’t attend classes since I married a person without the consent of my parents. They told me if I continued my education, it would set a bad precedent for other girls,” she said. When she insisted on attending her classes, college authorities said they could consider her case if she converted to Islam. But the couple took a vow to not change their religious identities after marriage.
3.) Apple to set up tech-centre in Hyderabad
Apple will build its first technology development centre outside the US in Hyderabad with an investment of $25 million (Rs 170 crore), likely employing about 4,500 people, a senior Telangana state government official said. Apple's centre will occupy 250,000 square feet in Tishman Speyer's WaveRock facility in the city's IT corridor and is set to start in the latter half of this year.
Apple follows Google and Microsoft, which have said they will invest in the state. Google plans to open South Asia's biggest campus and its only facility outside the US in Hyderabad in the next few years chief executive officer Sundar Pichai announced in December. Microsoft also plans to expand operations in the state.
4.) IT employees highest paid in India: Report
IT employees continue to be the highest paid in India, according to a report from online career and recruitment company Monster India. IT employees got median gross hourly salary of Rs 346, which is 24% higher than the national median. BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) came in next at Rs 300 per hour and the manufacturing sector came in last with Rs 254, as per the Monster Salary Index MSI) sectoral reports for manufacturing, IT and BFSI sectors.
Some 57% of the IT employees and 52% BFSI employees were satisfied with their pay, compared to 60% in manufacturing. IT employees below 30 years earn Rs 236 per hour on average compared to Rs 450 for employees between 30 and 40, who are essentially mid-le vel managers. For those above 40, normally senior level managers, the average per hour earnings shoots up to Rs 695. Overall, 95% of the respondents in the sector hold at least a three-year bachelor's degree.
5.) Lighter & safer gas cylinders to adorn Indian kitchens soon
In a few months, colourful, lighter and easier to-handle cooking gas cylinders will make their way into Indian kitchens, long used to heavy and potentially hazardous steel containers. Most importantly, the new composite cylinders, made of fibre, will be safer because they do not explode even when engulfed in fire, potentially saving thousands of lives, who fall victim to kitchen accidents every year.
To begin with, state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp has placed orders for about 5,000 cylinders with capacities of 2 kg, 5 kg and 10 kg of cooking gas, an oil ministry official said. Current cylinders typically carry a net 14.2 kg of gas.
6.) PDP junks possibility of fresh polls
In a strong indication that the People's Democratic Party may be ready for government formation after weeks of dithering, top party official Naeem Akhtar on Monday said the PDP is not considering fresh elections in Jammu & Kashmir. "We've not thought about fresh elections in the state.Government formation is under discussion,“ Akhtar told reporters at a function at the grave of late chief minister Mufti Moahmmed Sayeed at Bijbehara in Anantnag.
“The government will be formed at an appropriate time in the state if the alliance is written in our fate,“ Times of India reported Akhtar as saying. "So me BJP members are going to meet Mehbooba-ji today."
7.) Gangster encounter: Bombay HC orders FIR against Gurgaon cops
The Bombay High Court on Monday ordered registration of an FIR against members of the Gurgaon police team who shot dead Haryana gangster Sandeep Gadoli in an alleged shootout at a Mumbai hotel on February 7. The court was hearing a petition filed by Gadoli’s brother Kuldeep Singh, seeking direction to the Mumbai Police to file an FIR against the Gurgaon police. Singh claimed Gadoli was “murdered” by the Gurgaon police at the behest of his business rival and Gurgaon politician Binder Gujjar.
Mumbai Police would file the FIR after studying the court order, said a senior police officer, The Indian Express said. “Based on the statements of the family and the order, we will decide what sections should be invoked. Kuldeep will be recording his statement at MIDC police station tomorrow,” added the officer.
8.) This app can help smartphones detect quakes
A new app developed by US scientists can turn your smartphone into an earthquake sensor and potentially save lives. Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and Deutsche Telekom AG have built an app that uses a smartphone's motion sensor to feel earthquakes. The app, called MyShake, records the time and amplitude of a tremor and sends its data and he phone's location to Berkeey's seismological lab for analysis.
The more people use the app, the better the system will work. The goal is to create a global seismic network -a collective seismograph -that will eventually warn users ahead of time of incoming jolts from faraway quakes. While a phone's motion sensor, or accelerometer, is less sensitive than an in-ground sensometer, it can record earthquakes above a magnitude of 5 within 10 kilometres. And the sheer number of potential users makes up for a phone's insensitivity, with an estimated 16 million smartphones in California and about 1 billion worldwide.
9.) Sudden surge in Indians seeking asylum in US
In a surprising and unexplained trend, there has been a sudden rise in the number of Indian citizens seeking asylum in the US in 2015 compared to the two previous years. The figures were obtained from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services under Freedom of Information Act by North American Punjabi Association executive director Satnam Singh Chahal, says a Times of India report.
The data reveals some crucial details. While the number of Indians seeking asylum has increased four times in three years, the number of those granted asylum by the US government has also doubled.
Also, there is a marginal increase in the number of women applicants. It is generally men who make the treacherous journey with the help of human traffickers from Moscow into South America and from there into the US through the Mexican border.
10.) SC defers any ruling on Euthanasia
The Union government told the Supreme Court on Monday that the controversial issue of passive euthanasia and the right to exercise the option of making a living will, mandating his family and medical practitioner to refrain from artificially prolonging his life, should be left to elected representatives and the people to debate first.
The Health Ministry has start debating and it will be referred to the Law Ministry soon to draft a law, he said. He dubbed 'living will' as a facet of passive euthanasia and argued that the issue had complex ethical and moral dimensions which have to be examined threadbare. He urged the court to wait till a final decision was taken by Parliament after discussion with all stake holders .
An NGO Common Cause had filed a plea seeking court intervention to pave way for passive euthanasia. Appearing for the NGO, activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan claimed that the government had failed to act on this front for 11 long years and objected to any further delay. He argued that once the medical doctor on attendance gives an opinion that the person had reached a point of no return, his wishes as expressed in the living will should be given effect to.
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