Quick notes: Asylum seekers, Punjab's reality...

• Germany's 'asylum seekers': German women report string of sexual assaults by Mohammedan gangs.



• Tragic reality of today's Punjab:

My sources saying SP had gone there to finalise a drug deal. Smugglers turned out to be terrorists n hitched a hike https://t.co/jvV5vnvAGJ

— Sanjay Dixit, IAS (@Sanjay_Dixit) January 5, 2016




• Marxist yoga: While CPI (M) leaders challenged allegations that the academy and the yoga programme were politically-motivated, the line-up of party leaders watching the demonstration gave the lie.



• Defrocked! Catholic Church to Crack Whip on 'Pervert' Priests



• Southeast Asia's longest tunnel to come up in J&K: 14 KM Zojila tunnel to cost Rs10,050 crore. The 6.5 km long Z-Morh tunnel to cost Rs2,716.90 crore. ..Compare this against the cost of Bullet train.



• Electric buses: Plan to convert 1.5 lakh state transport corporation buses into electric ones in a phased manner.



• Battery tech: Automotive Research Association of India and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre to jointly design and develop car batteries and offer the technology for mass production



• 'Do Your Cars Emit Oxygen?' Supreme Court Ticks Off Mercedes, Toyota 



• $18 billion in potential fines: US sues VW over emissions-cheating software in diesel cars



• Delhi fights pollution:

Driving around India Gate virtually every car has an even number. The Cassandras must be dying of heartburn. Saddi Dilli fighting pollution

— Rahul Kanwal (@rahulkanwal) January 4, 2016