[CA] News: June 22, 2017

Around INDIA

# Apart from Jammu & Kashmir, all the States and UTs of Delhi and Puducherry have passed the S-GST Bill

# Tuberculosis patients, hospitals and healthcare workers availing cash assistance from the government will need to register with the Aadhaar database by Aug 31: Union Health Ministry

# Mr. Rajiv Gauba is appointed as the new Union Home Secretary (from August 2017) and Mr. Subash Garg is appointed as the new Secretary in the Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance

# Home Ministry has decided not to provide any details about Netaji Subash Chandra Bose under the RTI; it will ask the applicants to visit the website (netajipapers.gov.in) which declassified documents on Netaji's life and death

TAMIL NADU

# Tamil Nadu which experienced the effects of drought and demonetisation during 2016-17, clocked a growth rate of 7.94%

# Union Minister of Urban Development sanctioned Rs. 734 crore towards implementation of water supply projects in the State

STATES SCAN

# Karnataka: Government waived crop loans of Rs. 50, 000 from Cooperative Banks

# Kerala: Government to constitute an expert committee to find out whether the Indian Oil Corporation has violated the norms stipulated in the environment clearance accorded for constructing an LPG Unit at Puthuvype in Kochi

# Kerala: Government issued an ordinance to ratify the S-GST Act in order to enable the rollout of the tax regime in the State from July 01

BILATERAL ISSUES

# MOU on the India-Russia unified technology assessment and accelerated commercialization programme, was concluded in Moscow

WORLD

# Philippines: ISIS take hostages at school

# Saudi Arabia: King Salman ousted his nephew as Crown Prince and installed his son Mohammad bin Salman, as the new heir

ECONOMICS

# Uber CEO Mr. Travis Kalanick has resigned from the ridesharing company in the face of intense pressure from some of its investors

SPORTS

# All set for 22nd Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar from July 06-09, 2017

MISC

# The theme for 2017 IYD (International Yoga Day) celebration that was organised by the Permanent Mission of India to the UN is "Yoga for Health"; UN released a stamp (priced at 1.15 US$) to commemorate the Yoga

# Actor Daniel Day - Lewis announced retirement

# Corals in Red Sea do not witness any bleach and withstand the heat and the global warming

# Qatar Airways was announced as the World's Best Airline at the SKYTRAX 2017 World Airline Awards