Around INDIA
# India has overtaken the U. S. to become Facebook's largest
country audience with a total of 241 million active users, compared to 240
million in the U. S.; As of now, Facebook has over 2 billion monthly users
around the world
# Government told an all-party meeting of MPs that China was
trying to extend its control further down the Doklam trijunction in an effort
to gain a strategic advantage over "Chicken's Neck" in Silguri (West
Bengal) which connects India to the rest of the Northeast
# Raipur’s Swami Vivekananda Airport was once again ranked first
in Customer Satisfaction among 49 airports in the country.
# Union Environment Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan dedicate the
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) to the nation at
Chennai today
# Centre released Rs. 51.30 crore to Arunachal Pradesh for
rescue and relief operations on account of flash floods
# Ministry of Railways dedicated to the nation the first 1600 HP
DEMU train with Solar Powered Coaches with a unique facility of Battery Bank
(Northern Railway)
# Ministry of Shipping had constituted a committee (headed by
Dr. Ved Prakash Mishra) to study how the existing healthcare infrastructure at
major ports can be upgraded under PPP mode to provide world class health services,
along with affordable medical and paramedical education submitted its report
# Government assured the Supreme Court that it was taking steps
to extradite Vijay Mallya from the United Kingdom and that the extradition
hearing was scheduled for Dec 04, 2017
TAMIL NADU
# Former Chief Minister, Mr. Kamarajar's 115th birth anniversary
today (observed as "Educational Development Day")
# Madras High Court quashed a Government Order providing 85%
reservation in State Quota seats for students from the State Board schools in
MBBS/BDS admissions
# Just S. Rajeswaran Commission of Inquiry, constituted to probe
the law and order disturbances during jallikattu protests last January, has
sought six months time since it has to examine over 1600 complaints.
STATES SCAN
# Karnataka: Government formed an inquiry commission under Mr.
Vinay Kumar IAS to probe the irregularities made for V. K. Sasikala in
Bengaluru jail
# Kerala: High Court prohibited the proposed indefinite strike
from Jul 17 by nurses in private hospitals demanding higher wages
BILATERAL
ISSUES
# European Union (EU) and India announced the establishment of
an Investment Facilitation Mechanism (IFM) for EU Investments in India.
WORLD
# France: US President, Mr. Donald Trump was chief guest of
France's National Day celebrations (Basteille Day); French President Mr.
Emmanuel Macron said that nothing will ever separate US and France
ECONOMICS
# 3rd Meeting of the Governing Council of the “National
Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)” was held under the chairmanship of
Union Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley
# Income Tax Department has, in the second phase of
"Operation Clean Money" identified 6.56 lakh people, whose deposits
during the demonetisation window do not match their income profile
SPORTS
# Wimbledon 2017: Men's Singles finals between Switzerland's
Roger Federer and Croatia's Marin Cilic
MISC
# A group of Indian astronomers have discovered a massive
supercluster of galaxies, and have named it "Saraswati"
# Defence Ministry released a Coffee Table Book titled ‘Ganga
Avahan – The Epic Tale of a Historic Swim’
# Book "Hungary an Adventure" authored by M.A. Rahman
# IIFA (International Indian (Hindi) Film Academy) 2017 at New
York
# Subra Suresh, Padma Shree awardee and alumnus of the
IIT-Madras has been selected to head the Nanyang Technological University of
Singapore
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