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dna morning Must Reads: From details of Pathankot attack to Mark Zuckerberg's New Year resolution

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1. Pathankot attack: Militants took food in air force mess, slept in barracks 

On January 4, security forces killed two more terrorists holed up inside the Pathankot air base. In all, six militants have been eliminated so far.

Though the government has not confirmed whether the operation was over or not or there were more terrorists inside, dna spoke to highly placed sources to find out the sequence of events so far. Read more here

2. Pathankot attack: India will give befitting reply to Pakistan's proxy war, says Nitin Gadkari

Pakistan would be given a befitting reply if it does not stop sending terrorists across, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday adding that India's initiative for friendship should not be construed as its weakness.

Addressing a public function here, Gadkari said in an apparent reference to the Pathankot terror strike that Pakistan was waging a "proxy" war against India. Read more here

3. After world record of 652, this 15-year-old says he wants to score 1,000 runs

When 15-year-old Pranav Dhanawade left home on Monday morning for his inter-school cricket match on an empty stomach, he didn't imagine that he will return with his appetite — albeit the one for runs— satiated many times over.

On Monday, the KC Gandhi English High School, Kalyan, 10th grade student broke all batting world records in minor cricket. He slammed an unbelievable 652 not out (in just 199 balls, 30x6, 78x4) against Arya Gurukul School, Kalyan on the opening day of the two-day third round match of the U-16 HT Bhandari Trophy Inter-School Cricket Tournament, organised under the aegis of Mumbai Cricket Association, on Monday. Read more here

4. Lodha committee recommendations will leave many in BCCI jobless

Forget how our esteemed politicians tore off the new sports Bill during a Union cabinet meeting in 2011.

Forget also how our esteemed cricket administrators across the country, for many decades, have been 'protecting' the gentleman's game by protecting their own interests, refusing to retire. Read more here

5. Mark Zuckerberg to build Artificially Intelligent butler for help at home, work

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants to build an artificially intelligent butler like Jarvis in hit Hollywood sci-fi movie Iron Man to help run his home and assist him at work as part of the tech billionaire's "personal challenge" for 2016.

Zuckerberg, 31, who commits to a new personal challenge every year, said in a Facebook post yesterday that the "simple AI" would look like Jarvis from Hollywood blockbuster film Iron Man, referring to the AI (artificial intelligence) butler. Read more here

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