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# The first developmental flight (GSLV MkIII-D1) of India's
heavy lift (640 tonne) launch vehicle GSLV Mk-III was successfully conducted
from Satish Dawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh with the launch
of GSAT-19 satellite
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, informally met all
Secretaries – the topmost officers of Ministries of the Government of India.
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi reviewed the status of GST,
which is to be implemented from July 1.
A Twitter handle - @askGst_GOI has been started for real time answering
of queries. An All India toll-free phone 1800-1200-232 has also been activated
for this purpose.
# Ministry of Rural Development selected 17 districts across the
nation for the MGNREGA Annual Award for effective implementation of the Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act during 2015-16
# Union Government announced the launch of, “Hill Area
Development Programme” (HADP) for Northeast in Imphal (Manipur)
# Government to implement India’s first Rural LED Street
Lighting Project in Andhra Pradesh
# National Aviation University (NAU) signed an MoU with the Bird
Worldwide Flight Services (India) Private Limited, to develop professional
aviation and aerospace education programmes and research for the benefit of the
Indian civil aviation industry. Internships and campus placements for eligible
students have been incorporated in the provisions.
# Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) & National Skill
Development Corporation (NSDC) signed MoU
# Union Home Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh to inaugurate a two-day
national level conference on “Capacity Building of SDRF-2017” today
# A Handbook along with Module & Guidelines on protection of
Child Rights at Gram Panchayat level was released jointly by National
Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), Ministry of Panchayati Raj
and UNICEF at New Delhi
# Giving another major push to Namai Gange programme National
Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved projects worth Rs 1,900 crore for
the creation of sewage treatment infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and UT
of Delhi.
TAMIL NADU
# State Government informed the Madras High Court that, the
committee would be constituted to look into the milk adulteration issue
# Madras High Court sought status report on establishing
Lokayukta in the State
STATES SCAN
# Manipur: becomes 24th State to pass the State Goods and
Service Tax (S-GST) Bill
BILATERAL ISSUES
# India rejected US allegation that India had joined the Paris
Climate agreement for a large financial incentive
# 21 leading importers from China, Iran, Japan, Australia,
Mauritius, Republic of Korea and UAE, participated in the Mango Buyer Seller
meet (BSM) organized by APEDA in Mumbai
WORLD
# 6 countries of the Arab region (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain,
Yemen, Libya and Egypt) have cut off their diplomatic ties with Qatar
# China: World’s Energy Leaders to Gather in Beijing for second
Mission Innovation Ministerial and 8th Clean Energy Ministerial
# Denmark: repealed a 334-year-old blasphemy law that forbids
public insults of a religion, such as burning of holy books
# Montenegro: joins NATO
# Nepal: signed an agreement with China to build the largest
hydroelectric plant (1200 MW Budhi - Gandaki HEP)
# UNSC unanimously passed a resolution expanding targeted
sanctions against North Korea after it launched its ninth ballistic missile of
the year
ECONOMICS
# 24 States have passed the State Goods and Service Tax (S-GST)
Bill; 7 States (Meghalaya, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Jammu &
Kashmir and West Bengal) yet to pass the Bill
# GVK Power and Infrastructure said it has sold its residual 10%
stake in Bangalore International Airport to Fairfax India Holdings for Rs.1,290
crore. The company said that, the move will help it reduce “debt burden“ and
focus on its Mumbai and Navi Mumbai airports
# India signs loan agreement with the World Bank for USD 39.2
million for the project “Assam Citizen Centric Service Delivery”
# National Stock Exchange (NSE) unveiled its exchange at GIFT
City; the exchange to be called as "NSE IFSC"
SPORTS
# Ganeshan Neelakanta Iyer became the first Indian to be
nominated as a member of the Umpires and Refrees Committee (URC) in Table
Tennis game
MISC
# A special edition of Diamond Toons Comic titled ‘Chacha
Chaudhary & Swachh Bharat’. The comic book depicts cartoons with a message
pertaining to solid waste management.
# 313 species of animals and 186 of plants have been discovered
from various areas of the country last year
# RedInk award for lifetime
achievement in journalism for 2017 to veteran journalist Vinod Dua
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