[CA] News - June 09, 2017

Around INDIA

# Farmers protest in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajasthan; the main demand being the farm loan waiver

# Supreme Court likely to pronounce its verdict on Aadhaar - PAN link today

# Retail prices of petrol and diesel would be revised on a daily basis starting from June 16

# The Union Ministry of Law and Justice has cleared the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Bill 2017, legalising kambala — the traditional slush track buffalo race — and will send it to the President for his assent.

# Centre is not against beef consumption: Union Home Minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh

# Second National Health Editors’ Conference on Yoga will be inaugurated by Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge), Mr. Shripad Yesso Naik at National Media Centre in New Delhi today

# Ministry of Civil Aviation is adding a Digital experience for Air Travellers through DigiYatra Platform.

# Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mr. J. P. Nadda was conferred the WHO Director-General’s Special Recognition Award for global tobacco control,

# Minister of Railways Mr. Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated Indian Railways' 1st HR Round Table Conference in New Delhi

# India's textile and fashion heritage became the part of Google project "We Wear Culture"

TAMIL NADU

# Government announced that the guideline value for registration of sale deed of properties across the state would be reduced by 33%

# AAI and Ministry of civil aviation signed a MoU with the Tamil Nadu government for boosting air travel for tier II and tier III cities (Hosur, Neyveli and Salem)

# Phase II modernisation of Chennai airport estimated at Rs. 2500 cr is expected to begin by the end of the year: AAI

STATES SCAN

# Kerala: Special Assembly session passed motion to repeal cattle rules

# Madhya Pradesh: government blames police for firing

BILATERAL ISSUES

# SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) at Astana, Kazakhstan: India and Pakistan to be inducted as full-time members

# China to set up $1 million BRICS media fund to support journalists of the member countries

- The BRICS Media Forum is the result of a joint initiative by Xinhua News Agency, Brail's CMA Group, Russia's Sputnik News Agency and Radio, The Hindu from India and South Africa's Independent Media

WORLD

# Nepal: first woman Chief Justice Sushila Karki retired after attaining the age of 65 years

# North Korea: despite warning, North Korea test fired missile

# Somalia: 70 people dead

# UK: Election results today

# USA: offered to mediate between Qatar and Gulf countries

# USA: President, Mr. Donald Trump nominated Mr. Christopher Wray as the new FBI Director

# USA: Government tried to defame FBI; Mr. Trump had asked to drop an FBI investigation of former NSA Michael Flynn as part of the probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US Presidential election - Mr. James Comey

ECONOMICS

# Cereals, pulses, atta, fresh milk, vegetables, fruits, puffed rice, common salt, animal feed, organic manure, fire wood, raw silk, wool and jute will attract no tax in GST

SPORTS

# French Open 2017: India’s Rohan Bopanna won the Mixed Doubles with partner Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada)

- Rohan Bopanna won his first Grand Slam title

# Muttiah Muralitharan becomes 1st Sri Lankan inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

MISC

# Scientists discovered a new genus and six new species of freshwater crabs ("Karkata") in the Western ghats (in Kerala)

# Mumbai Press club's RedInk Awards for Excellence in Indian Journalism 2017: Veteran journalist Vinod Dua was awarded Lifetime achievement award and Raj Kamal Jha was presented the Journalist of the Year award

# Book "The Crisis Within" by Ganesh Devy