Around INDIA
# President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee to attend the special session
of All India Management Association (AIMA) being organized to mark its Diamond
Jubilee at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre today
# Habibganj Railway Station, located in the suburbs of Bhopal,
will become India's first railway station to be redeveloped in a Public -
Private Partnership (PPP) mode
# The second stage forecast
of Southwest monsoon seasonal rainfall was issued by Indian
Meteorological Department(IMD); IMD has
forecast that quantitatively, the monsoon seasonal rainfall for the country as
a whole is likely to be 98% of the Long Period Average (LPA) with an error of ±
4%.
# Union Home Minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh inaugurated the 2-day
National Level Conference on “Capacity Building of SDRFs-2017”; the conference
is being organised by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
# Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mr. J. P. Nadda
launched the ‘Skill for Life, Save a Life’ initiative
# National Trust under Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment in collaboration with key partners organised the conference
“Inclusive India Initiative: Towards an Inclusive India” for intellectual and
developmental disabilities (IDDs)
TAMIL NADU
# The Directorate of Government Examinations has released the
Public Examination schedule for Classes X, XI and XII for 2018
# The "Greenputhandu" initiative launched jointly by The Hindu and Hamam with an objective to
plant neem saplings in 14 districts has come to an end
# Tussle between AIADMK MLAs in switching the camps; Opposition
leader Mr. M. K. Stalin questioned the credibility of the government
# Veteran Parliamentarian Era. Sezhiyan, a constitutionalist who
recommended the abolition of the Members of Parliament Local Area Development
Scheme (MPLADS) passed away
# Situation not conducive for R. K. Nagar bypoll: Election
Commission
STATES SCAN
# Andhra Pradesh: another gas leakage form ONGC well in East
Godavari Dt; this is the seventh leakage in the last four months
# Kerala: government implemented "green protocol" for
weddings; use of plastic and other non - degradable articles including
disposable glasses, plates and thermocol decorations would be prohibited at
marriage functions
# Kerala: government approved the final alignment of the
proposed 656.6 km coastal highway that will traverse through 9 districts
# Madhya Pradesh: 5 killed a police fire on farmers protest;
curfew imposed in sensitive areas after ryots go on the rampage
# Uttar Pradesh: DGP Mr. Sulkhan Singh has asked the officials
to book those accuse of cow slaughter or trafficking in cattle for slaughter
under the National Security Act (NSA) and the Gangsters Act
BILATERAL ISSUES
# 20th anniversary of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for
Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation).
# Indian Naval Sailing Vessel Tarini entered Port Louis harbour,
Mauritius on her maiden visit to the island nation since induction in the
Indian Navy in Feb 17.
WORLD
# Nepal: Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba is elected as the new Prime
Minister; elected as the Prime Minister for the fourth time
# USA: President Mr. Donald Trump said that his trip to West
Asia was “already paying off” with leaders there taking a hard new line in
accusing Qatar of funding of militant groups
ECONOMICS
# GST interface is not ready; demands to delay the
implementation of the GST regime are getting louder with industry, state
governments, banks and even GST Suvidha Providers voicing concerns about lack
of preparedness
# Cabinet Secretary, Mr. P.K. Sinha has asked the Secretaries of
the different Ministries/Departments to set-up a Goods and Service Tax (GST)
Facilitation Cell in their respective Department/Ministry
# Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Meetings in Paris, France; Union Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley to
participate
# Vijaya Bank is going to develop 100 digital villages spread
across various states of the country
MISC
# Booklet (‘Home Herbal
Garden’) to Promote Medicinal Plantation in Villages along Ganga Released
# Arundhati Roy’s second novel “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” went on sale
# A team of astronomers led by B Scott Gaudi, an astronomer at
the Ohio State University, recently discovered hottest giant planet named
KELT-9b, an exoplanet that is hotter than the most stars
# Popular writer Anand Neelakantan, Odia Poet Haraprasad Das and
author Paramita Satpathy were announced as the winners of the Kalinga Literary
Awards
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