[CA] News - June 23, 2017

Around INDIA

# ISRO to launch PSLV-C38 today carrying the CARTOSAT-2 series satellite along with 30 co - passenger satellites

# Race for Rashtrapathi Bhavan: Mr. Ram Nath Kovind Vs. Ms. Meira Kumar

# Under the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G), rural Uttarakhand and rural Haryana have declared themselves as the 4th and 5th Open Defecation Free (ODF) States of India.

# A Commemorative postage stamp was released on 250th anniversary of Survey of India

# Government of India is drafting a dedicated "Antarctica Policy" and a law that is likely to be tabled in the winter session of Parliament

# Union Cabinet has approved Amendment of the bilateral Social Security Agreement (SSA) between India and the Netherlands by incorporating the “Country of Residence” Principle into the said SSA.

# Union Cabinet has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for bilateral cooperation in the field of water resources management.

# Union Cabinet has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India, and Ministry of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernization, Government of Portuguese Republic, for ‘Cooperation in the field of Public Administration and Governance Reforms’.

# Union Cabinet has approved constitution of an organized Group ‘A’ Engineering Service, namely Indian Naval Material Management Service (INMMS) and consequent changes in cadre structure of existing Group ‘A’ cadre of Naval Store Officers of the Indian Navy.

# Union Cabinet has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the textiles, clothing and fashion sectors between the Ministry of Textiles and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia.

# Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy between Ministry of AYUSH of the Government of Republic of India and the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine of the Government of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

# Union Cabinet has passed a resolution expressing gratitude to Chief Ministers of States and others for their cooperation in introduction of GST.

# Union Cabinet was apprised about an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space between India and Armenia.

TAMIL NADU

# Anna University has decided to put on hold engineering admission till the counselling process for MBBS/BDS is completed

STATES SCAN

# Andhra Pradesh: Chief Minister, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the Celkon Mobiles plant at the Electronics Manufacturing Cluster near Renigunta ("Made in Triupati")

# Chhattisgarh: Government launched ‘Khanij (minerals) Online Portal’ for integrated management of mines and minerals in the state

# Karnataka: Kannada Development Authority sought an explanation on the use of Hindi in signage and announcements in Namma Metro to the Metro Rail Corporation

# Kerala: gets its first total yoga village (Kunnamthanam)

# Kerala: Governor, Mr. P. Sathasivam has signed the Kerala Goods and Services Tax Ordinance

# Madhya Pradesh: 4 farmers commit suicide in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of farmers’ suicide in the state to 21 within 15 days

# Telangana: Government to set up ‘Bharosa’ support centres for women and children in all districts

BILATERAL ISSUES

# Pakistani military announced that former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav filed a mercy petition with Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa

WORLD

# Afghanistan: 34 dead in suicide attack outside bank in Helmand province

# China: has unveiled the world's first "railless train" that runs on a virtual track making use of a sensor technology instead of metal railway tracks

# Iran: Sends another 1100 tonnes of food daily to Qatar

# Iraq: the grand Al-Nuri mosque in Mosul was demolished by ISIS; Prime Minister, Mr. Haider al-Abadi said that, the destruction is the “official declaration of defeat” by ISIS

# USA: Kenneth I Juster to be the next US Ambassador to India

# USA: Tropical Storm Cindy in the Gulf of Mexico headed towards the coasts of Louisiana and Texas

ECONOMICS

# Country’s Software export growth is set to slow to 7-8% from 8.6%: NASSCOM

# A Loan Agreement for part funding of USD 240 million from the World Bank (IBRD) and USD 160 Million from AIIB (60:40 ratio) for “24X7 Power for All in Andhra Pradesh Project” was signed

SPORTS

# India crashed out of the Hockey World League Semifinal after suffering a 3-2 defeat with Malaysia

# Intel to partner with International Olympics Committee; first Olympic Games activation will take place at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

# ICC awarded Test cricket status to Ireland and Afghanistan; with this the number of Test playing nations increased to 12

MISC

# India’s population to surpass China in 7 years (by 2024)