[h=3]Kesha appeals court decision, likening recording contract to slavery[/h] Pop star Kesha has appealed a court decision that ties her to a recording contract with companies owned by music producer Dr. Luke, who she has accused of rape, saying the ruling was akin to slavery. The "Tik Tok" singer, 28, has been seeking to nullify her six-album recording contract with her producer Dr. Luke, his associated record labels, and Sony Music.
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[h=3]Kerala: Alumni help 6 tribal students make it to Sainik School[/h] Six tribal students from Kerala’s Attappady region, the tribal zone in the state known for malnutrition and poverty, have weathered all odds and made it to the Sainik School at Thiruvananthapuram. Thanks to a unique handholding exercise launched by the 1991 alumni batch of the school, this is for the first time that children from the most backward tribal communities of Attappady have secured admission in Class VI at the school under the Defence Ministry. A total of 24 tribal children were selected from various schools at Attappady region to undergo a six-month special training to take part in the All-India Sainik School examination held earlier this year.
[h=3]Efforts on to preserve Thane creek frequented by flamingos[/h] A CONCERTED effort would be undertaken by various stakeholders including fishing communities to preserve Thane creek, one of the last remaining wetlands of the region still frequented by flamingos. A 1,690-hectare area of the 26-km long Thane creek, one of the biggest natural creeks in the country, was declared a flamingo sanctuary last year. “We will be recommending to authorities to come up with a separate committee to monitor all the issues of Thane creek.
[h=3]Mumbai: New software to reduce response time to disasters[/h] To reduce response time in emergency situations, the civic body’s disaster management department will introduce a new software that will hook various agencies into a single system. Currently, the team of officials in the disaster management control room receives an emergency call and then calls the departments concerned to relay the message. In the new system, however, the message will be automatically sent to the relevant agencies which can then take action accordingly.
[h=3]To draw attention to Punjab drug addiction, parents rally with son’s body[/h] The parents of a 27-year-old “drug addict” who died Saturday took his body out in a procession at Patti village in Tarn Taran district to draw attention to the problem of drug addiction in the state, they said. The police later accepted the cloth and said they would first verify the cause of the man’s death before deciding what to do with the memorandum. When Mukhtiar Singh’s 12-year-long battle to save his son, Manjit Singh Manna, from his addiction ended with his death, he, his family and friends decided to mark the day with a strong message against drugs.
[h=3]Modi in Assam: mask, tribal jacket, wooden rhinoceros among many gifts PM received[/h] Prime minister Narendra Modi was given numerous gifts during the five rallies that he attended during the first day of his whirlwind two-day election campaign tour of Assam. “Though the security people had fixed the number of persons who would felicitate him on the stage in Majuli, so many people finally felicitated him that we ultimately could not keep a count. During the the course of his whirlwind tour, PM Modi was given a huge bell-metal ‘sorai’ along with other gifts in the Tinsukia rally, then he was given a bell-metal ‘bota’ in Bihpuria.
