Around INDIA
# UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) re - elected India to
another three - year term on the ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council)
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi to inaugurate country's 8th
Metro Rail service in Kochi
# In order to commemorate the centenary celebration of Sabarmati
Ashram associated with the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, Ministry of
Railways has decided to run Gandhi Darshan Special Tourist Train covering all
the important tourist places under Gandhian Circuit.
# ISRO is launching a back-up satellite for IRNSS-1A, which has
been hobbled by failure of atomic clocks on board; now PSLV-C39 to carry
IRNSS-1H into orbit by July or August
# Shipping Corporation of India launched "Sabka Saath Sabka
Vikas"" sammelan in Mumbai; the sameelan to showcase the achievements
and spread awareness on good governance
# Government amended the Prevention of Money-laundering
(Maintenance of Records) Rules 2005; with this now it becomes mandatory to
provide Aadhaar for opening a bank account and to conduct a transaction of Rs.
50, 000 or more
# After a gap of 24 years, TADA Court convicted Abu Salem and
others for 1993 Mumbai blasts which killed 257 people
# Lok Sabha MP J. C. Diwakar Reddy (belongs to TDP) created
ruckus in the Visakhapatnam Airport
# Delhi High Court orally observed that the CBSE should not have
scrapped re-evaluation
TAMIL NADU
# "Amma" scheme continues: State Government is
planning to set up "Amma Petrol bunks" in 10 places across the state:
State, Food & Civil Supplies Minister, Mr. R. Kamaraj in the Assembly
# AIADMK party pays Rs. 6 crore to Apollo Hospitals for former
Chief Minister, Ms. J. Jayalalithaa's treatment
# Mr. Shiv Das Meena IAS, one of principal secretaries at the
Chief Minister's Office has been posted as Joint Secretary in the Union
Ministry of urban Development
# Ration card holders not to get urad dal
STATES SCAN
# Bihar: Chief Minister, Mr. Nitish Kumar sought suggestions
from farmers for the upcoming third agricultural roadmap of the state for
2017-2022
# Puducherry: Legislative Assembly passed a resolution urging
the Union Government to make necessary amendments in the UT Act to bestow more
powers on the elected government and curtail the role of the Lt. Governor
# Telangana: India's first medical devices manufacturing park to
be inaugurated in Sultanpur
# West Bengal: Calcutta High Court directed the State government
to restore peace and normalcy in the Darjeeling Hills
BILATERAL ISSUES
# US issued Zika Virus advisory to its citizens in India; WHO
placed India as a "Category-2" country for Zika virus risk (Until
April, India was a "Category-4" risk)
# Switzerland ratified automatic exchange of financial account
information (AEOI) with India and 40 other jurisdictions to facilitate
immediate sharing of details on suspected black money even as it sought strict
adherence to confidentiality and data security
WORLD
# Germany: father of German reunification Mr. Helmut Kohl passed
away
# Russia said that its forces may have killed ISIS leader Ab
Bakr al - Baghdadi in an air strike near the Syrian city of Raqqa
ECONOMICS
# Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has notified
norms for fast tracking insolvency resolution process for specified category of
corporate debtors
SPORTS
# India may bid of Olympics 2032: President of Indian Olympic
Association, Mr. N. Ramachandran
# McDonald's has ended its long-time Olympic sponsorship dating
back to 1976
# Asian Junior Wrestling Championships 2017 held at Taiwan:
India bagged five medals including a gold
MISC
# Book "In the Name
of God" by Ravi Subramanian (based on the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in
Kerala)
# Eminent litterateur Yeshe Dorje Thongchi was chosen for the
Bhupen Hazarika Award 2017
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