[CA] News - June 19, 2017

Around INDIA

# RBI has cautioned the State Governments on farm loan waivers

# Ministry of Culture & Tourism launched the implementation of the ‘‘National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India’ at Goverdhan Block, Mathura District, Uttar Pradesh

# Centre puts off talks on Gorkhaland issue on the request made b West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms. Mamata Banerjee

# Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Ms. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi taking part in Yoga session with the Life-size Mascot of the International Day of Yoga ‘Yogiraj’ and kick start International Day of Yoga celebration at all the Anganwadis, in New Delhi

TAMIL NADU

# Tamil Nadu has narrowed the gap between electricity requirement and availability to a negligible 23 million units (MU) in 2016-17 against a deficit of 690 MU in 2015-16; State is being expected to be a power surplus in 2017-18

# RTI reply revealed that Election Commission ordered FIR against Chief Minister, Mr. Edappadi K. Palaniswami and his Ministers for "cash for votes" charges in the deferred R.K.Nagar by - poll

# A 4 - foot -high bronze statue of poet - saint Thriuvalluvar was unveiled by Tamil Nadu (Acting) Governor, Ch. Vidyasagar Rao at the Raj Bhavan; A statue of Tamil poet Avvaiyar would soon be unveiled at the campus

STATES SCAN

# Karnataka: President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone of a Super Specialty Hospital of BRS Health & Research Institute at Udupi

# Kerala: Chettuva Mangrove Forests in Thrissur Dt is declared as a Bird Sanctuary

# Uttar Pradesh: Government wants to instil fear in those who kill the cow - Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Keshav Prasad Maurya

WORLD

# Portugal: 62 dead in central the wildfires

# UK: In a rare move, the government announced the cancellation of the Queen's speech for 2018 to give Parliament more time to push through controversial Brexit laws after Prime Minister, Ms. Theresa May's election debacle

# Yemen: at least 24 civilians were killed in an air raid

ECONOMICS

# Vedanta to set up steel plant in Jharkhand

SPORTS

# Hockey World League Semifinal: India sealed a place in the quarterfinals of the HWL Semifinal by defeating Pakistan

# India's K. Srikanth won the $1 million Indonesia Super Series Premier by defeating Japan's Kazumasa Saki; it is Srikanth's third Superseries title (the other two being 2014 China Open and 2015 Indian Super Series)

# Pakistan won their maiden ICC Champions Trophy by defeating India in the finals; next Champions Trophy to be held in 2021 in India

# 7th edition of ICC World T20 (planned to be held in 2018) to be scrapped and pushed to 2020