Around INDIA
# Diaspora can convert Person of Indian Origin (PIO) cards to
Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards by Dec 31
# Supreme Court refused to pass an interim order against the
Centre's notification making Aadhaar mandatory for availing benefits of social
welfare schemes, with the government assuring it that no one would be deprived
of welfare for want of this identification
# Government's mandate and responsibility to control the states'
fiscal deficit means that it has the power to control their finances even at a
time of large-scale loan waivers by a number of states: 14th Finance Commission
Secretary A. N. Jha
TAMIL NADU
# State Dairy Development Minister, Mr. K. T. Rajendra Balaji
said the milk powder from Nestle and Reliance contained chemicals like caustic
soda and bleaching powder that were "Silent killers"
# Just N. Kirubakaran of the Madras High Court has asked the
State government to answer why teachers of government / government-aided
schools should not be prohibited from starting associations or unions, like
police personnel; Judge also asked the State to answer why it should not be
made mandatory for the government teachers to admit their children only in
government schools?
STATES SCAN
# Bihar: Government has planned to set up a nuclear plant of
around 3000 MW capacity at Rajauli in Nawada Dt
# Gujarat: more than one lakh textile traders in the state have
started a three - day strike against imposition of 5% tax under the soon-to-be
introduced GST
# Haryana: Government launched “ebhoomiharyana.org,in"
portal for purchase of land for development projects
# Odisha: steady increase in sightings of salt water crocodile
nests in the swamp creeks of Bhitarkanika National Park for three consecutive
seasons
# Uttar Pradesh: Government to observe 2017 as year of
"Garib Kalyan Varsh"
BILATERAL ISSUES
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi and US President Mr. Donald
Trump jointly declared that bilateral ties between India and the U. S. would continue
to grow
- Mr. Trump said the relationship "has never been stronger,
has never been better"
# India and the Netherlands signed agreements on water
management, cultural cooperation and Social security for Indians working in
Dutch companies
# China confirmed that it had suspended the entry of Indian
pilgrims undertaking the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and lodged a formal protest
with India, following an alleged cross-border incursion by Indian troops
# 6th India – Myanmar Joint Trade Committee (JTC) Meeting held
in New Delhi
WORLD
# Australia: Indians made up the second highest number of
migrants living in Australia at 1, 63, 000 since 2011, only preceded by people
of Chinese origin
# EU: slapped a record of 2.4 billion (in Euro) anti-trust fine
on Google, dealing a fresh blow to the U.S tech giant and risking the anger of
U. S. President, Mr. Donald Trump
# Romania: Mr. Mihai Tudose is the new Prime Minister
# USA: Government named Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salahuddin
as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" (SDGT)
# USA: Scientists have found that Uranus' magnetic field gets
flipped on and off like a light switch ever day as the planet rotates (NASA's
Voyager 2 spacecraft)
# WHO: release a new device (Called as "GeneXpert") to
countries, recommending the use of multi-disease testing devices for TB, HIV
and Hepatitis
ECONOMICS
# An agreement for IBRD Credit of USD 35 Million from World Bank
for “Assam State Public Financial Institutional Reforms Project” was signed
# Break up Coal India Limited into seven smaller companies: NITI
Aayog
# World's first ATM turned 50; first ATM was launched by
Barclays Bank in London on June 27, 1967
# Former CEA, Mr. Kaushik Basu is the new International Economic
Association President
# Facebook, Twitter and YouTube joined hands with Microsoft to
launch "Global Internet Forum" to counter terrorism
SPORTS
# Rajeev Shukla to head a newly-formed seven member committee to
suggest a way forward for implementing the administrative overhaul prescribed
in the Supreme Court order on July 18, 2016
# Emirates New Zealand won the America's Cup 2017 (Yatching) b
defeating Oracle Team of USA
MISC
# Human RIghts Activist Shabnam Hashmi retrned the National
Minortiy Rights Award received in 2008
# Playyback singer SOnu Nigam sings patriotic song for ITBP
# Google shuts its G-Chat messaging service after 12 years of
operations, replaces it with Hangouts
# Hackers have cased widespread disruption across Europe,
hitting Ukraine especially hard
- Virus is identified as "Petrwrap", a modified
version of the Petya ransomware that hit last year and demanded money from
victims in exchange for the return of their data
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