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'45% of college-educated jihadis are engineers, and it’s because of 3 traits'

Anecdotally, it is often said that engineers tend to lean rightwards in their politics. In their new book, Engineers of Jihad, sociologist Diego Gambetta and political scientist Steffen Hertog back up that gut sense with data. They find that Islamist radicalism and other far-right movements are dominated by engineers, doctors and those with tech backgrounds, while left-wing movements draw people from the humanities and social sciences. They tell TOI why this may be the case




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Dalits’ ‘torture’ in custody: Two cops suspended in Punjab

Following allegations of alleged torture and illegal confinement of two dalit youths at Sandaur police station in Sangrur district, Punjab Police on Friday suspended two cops, including an assistant sub-inspector and a home guard, and transferred three other policemen.




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Youth Akali Dal leaders give ration kits to priests in Ludhiana

Viewing the helplessness of priests in gurdwaras amid lockdown, the Youth Akali Dal (YAD) (Rural) has started distributing ration kits among them. The drive commenced on May 3 and regularly 25-30 kits are being distributed among the priests in different villages on daily basis.




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Dalits’ ‘torture’ in custody: Two cops suspended

Following allegations of alleged torture and illegal confinement of two dalit youths at Sandaur police station in Sangrur district, Punjab Police on Friday suspended two cops, including an assistant sub-inspector and a home guard, and transferred three other policemen.




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BRTS awaits MHA guideline to resume service




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'Give PPE Kits Instead': Twitter Responds to IAF Showering Flowers on Covid-19 Hospitals

While some appreciated this gesture and said that it would help boost morale, others felt that this is waste of resources which could have been utilised for something much more important.




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'Can't Let Poor Suffer': Kejriwal Govt is Sending Out Free 'Ration Kits' to Ease Pain of Lockdown

The ration kits contain essential items like oil, sugar, soap etc and are being delivered to poor households along with monthly rations which have also been doubled.




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UP Cop's Stolen Parrot Flies to Freedom after Being Asked to 'Choose' its Owner

The parrot belonged to an inspector in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and went missing on Tuesday.




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Indian Gaur Showing off its Jumping Skills in Lockdown Has Stunned the Internet

While some users were awestruck by the Gaur’s jump, some believe that this is no mean feat for the animal.




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Moneycontrol Pro Completes a Year, Aims to Offer More Value to Its Subscribers

The product has emerged as the fastest growing financial subscription service, reaching a subscriber base of 1,60,000 in less than a year.




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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Posts Nearly $50 Billion Loss as Coronavirus Hits Hard

A year earlier, the conglomerate reported profits of $15.5 billion.




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Bank Credit Up 6.74% to Rs 102.69 Lakh Crore, Deposits Rise 9.82%: RBI Data

In the year-ago fortnight, bank loans had stood at Rs 96.20 lakh crore and deposits at Rs 124.83 lakh crore.




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World Archery Puts All Its 13 Staff on 'Temporary Partial Unemployment'

World Archery executive board had suspended all its events till August 31, resulting in a huge losses to the federation.




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SAI Makes Services, Excluding Food, Inside its Stadiums Free for IOA and NSFs

SAI has made electricity, water, housekeeping, hostel free for IOA and NSFs and the organisers will now have to make only food and beverages arrangement for an event.




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Shortage of workers hit food processing units in south Gujarat




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Gujarat: Bharuch cleans its Covid-19 slate, last three patients discharged

The last three Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospital in Bharuch on Thursday. These patients were got discharged from the Jayaben Modi Covid-19 hospital in Ankleshwar, after their two test reports came negative.




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Most Watched Indian TV Shows: Uttar Ramayan Maintains Its Position In TRP List

As per the details divulged by BARC, it can be concluded that this week it was multiple mythological shows which kept the audiences glued to the TV sets.




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‘Thirthahalli to get its own Agra Petha

Ash gourd farmers of Thirthahalli, who are in distress with no takers for their produce, have a reason to smile now — a sweet smile at that.




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Second gaur moving towards its natural habitat: Forest department officials

The second gaur, that had taken refuge in a puddle on the banks of Phalguni river near Kulur bridge last evening, moved from there in the early hours on Thursday.




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Apple Services Business Hits All-Time Record to Soften The COVID Impact on The iPhone Sales

Services such as Apple Music, App Store, iCloud, Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ are raking in record revenues for the company. At the same time, products such as the AirPods, HomePod and accessories for the Apple Watch and the iPad Pro, to name a few, are also doing well.




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Google Once Considered Acquiring Zoom Owing to Its Popularity

Discussions, however, never got more serious, and instead, Google banned Zoom for its employees across offices to promote its own app - Meet.




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Samsung to Equip Its Upcoming Galaxy Buds X With Noise Cancellation Feature

These wireless earbuds are expected to arrive with a bean-like design and provide more surface area to include better touch-sensitive controls.




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Google Podcast is Getting Better With Its New 'Podcasts Manager': Here Are All The Details

The Podcasts Manager will also provide data on the number of listens per show and episode, number of listens per episode segment.




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Samsung Announces Price Cut for Its Galaxy M21, A50 Models in India: See New Prices

The Samsung Galaxy M21 and Samsung Galaxy A50 have received a price cut India. Read on to know more about them.




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US Smartphone Sales Witness 21% Decline as Covid-19 Crisis Hits Both Demand and Supply

Among the major players, Google's smartphone sales experienced the highest 64 per cent year-over-year decline in the US market in Q1 2020.




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Amazon India is Offering Special Gaming Benefits for Prime Members

Amazon has also tied up with mobile game developers to host Prime-only tournaments for its members in India.




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Facebook's Independent Board Gets its First 20 Members: Here's How They Would Work

The oversight board will focus on a small slice of challenging content issues including hate speech and harassment and people’s safety.




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Zoom Acquires Keybase to Address Privacy and Security Loopholes on its Platform

Zoom has been one of the big beneficiaries of coronavirus lockdowns, with millions of workers and students using its video platform as they work and study from home.




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Samsung Resumes Operations in Noida Factory With 30% Of Its Employees

In an official statement, Samsung said that it has received requisite permissions to restart production at our Noida factory.




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Samsung Said to be Working on its Own Smart Debit Card to Compete Against the Apple Card

Samsung's physical and virtual smart debit card could become a part of the company's existing Samsung Pay platform.




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Playing Without Spectators Will be Deja Vu, Admits India's Ajinkya Rahane

Playing behind closed doors has been suggested as one way to resume professional cricket, which has been suspended over the




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The Zoya Factor Movie Review: Sonam Kapoor-Dulquer Salmaan's Film Seldom Rises Above its Clichés

Sonam Kapoor and Dulquer Salmaan's The Zoya Factor is not an unwatchable film by any measure. But it squanders the opportunity to say something about the world we live in, and our reliance on luck as both a crutch and an excuse.




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Love Aaj Kal Movie Review: The Only Nice Bits Feature Kartik Aaryan and Newcomer Arushi Sharma

Love Aaj Kal 2.0, if you like, is largely contrived and superficial. It’s a love story in search of a conflict. Read our full review of the latest Bollywood film below.




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JK Tyre resumes ops at its plants across India




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Tea seller slits his throat in Raopura police station




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Indian Hockey Team is on its Toes to Qualify for Olympics, says skipper Manpreet Singh

Manpreet Singh said that the Indian Hockey Team have mapped out their course to qualify for the 2020 Olympics




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Indian Men's Hockey Team Achieves Its All-time Highest FIH Ranking

Indian men's hockey team jumped a place up to fourth in FIH rankings after a solid show in FIH Pro League.




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Shiv Sena's Anti-Bihari Rhetoric Has an Underlying Irony That Traces its Origin to Bal Thackeray’s Father

While his son Bal Thackeray and grandsons Uddhav and Raj were to take a political position against north Indians, Prabodhankar traced the roots of Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu caste -- the same caste to which the Thackeray family belongs -- to Bihar.




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Horror Writer Stephen King Quits Facebook Over Misinformation

Stephen King has quit Facebook, saying there is too much fake news and misinformation on the platform.




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Dutch Coach Gertjan Verbeek Quits A-League's Adelaide United Over Uncertainty Around Covid-19 Impact

Gertjan Verbeek said his future as the head coach at Adelaide United was 'insecure' given the situation around the coronavirus pandemic.




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Mohun Bagan, East Bengal's Foreign Recruits to Return Home Via Bus Ride to Delhi

All the foreigners of the two renowned clubs were left stranded after the government enforced a nationwide lockdown to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.




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British Grand Prix: Pierre Gasly Fastest in Practice, Romain Grosjean Crashes in Pits

Pierre Gasly posted the fastest time in the first session of practice at British Grand Prix, as Romain Grosjean of Haas, Albon and Williams' British rookie George Russell had spins and off-track excursions on the newly-resurfaced circuit.




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Monaco Grand Prix Cancelled as Coronavirus Hits More Formula One Races

Arguably Formula One’s most famous and glamorous race, the Monaco GP, was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.




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F1 Looking to Host Races at New Circuits to Save Season after Covid-19 Setback

In the wake coronavirus pandemic, the first 10 races of the 2020 calender have either been called off or postponed.




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Nepal gets 3,000 coronavirus testing kits from Germany

Germany has provided 3,000 coronavirus testing kits to Nepal to fight the pandemic. This is part of the bilateral cooperation between Germany and Nepal to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, said Embassy of Germany in Kathmandu. The 3,000 PCR-test kits arrived in Nepal on Saturday through a French repatriation flight, part of a total of 20K kits from Germany.




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Japan Asks India to Restart Economic Activities, Allow its Companies to Resume Work

According to sources, India responded to the request saying that it values the contribution of Japanese companies in the country and assured that their issues will be addressed.




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Man Commits Suicide After Killing Wife, 11-year-old Son in Rajasthan's Bikaner

His wife was working as an auxiliary nurse midwife at a local sub health centre. She was living in a government quarter, the police said.