[CA] News: July 03, 2017

Around INDIA

# President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of a photo book “President Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman” from Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi

# Scientists claims that aerosols from vehicular exhaust, half-burnt crop residue, dust and chemical effluents are weakening the Indian monsoon system even more than GHGs

# Ministry of Environment has issued forest clearance to DRDO, approving diversion of 154.42 hectares of forest land for the proposed Missile Test Launch Facility at Gullalamoda Village in Krishna Dt of Andhra Pradesh

# Textbooks in India are creating "activists" and not educating the students: newly appointed ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research) Chief, Mr. Braj Bihari Kumar

TAMIL NADU

# ONGC row in Kadiramangalam village of Thanjavur Dt intensifies

STATES SCAN

# Karnataka: Hindi words in "Namma Metro" (Bengaluru Metro Train) signage masked

WORLD

# Germany: has passed a controversial law under which social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube could face a heft fine of 50 million if they fail to remove hate speech within 24 hours

# Hong Kong: Ms. Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was sworn in as the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)

# Japan: Prime Minister Mr. Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party suffered an historic defeat in an election in Tokyo

# UK: world's oldest emergency helpline "999" completed 80 years of its existence in the UK

ECONOMICS

# Revenue Secretary, Dr. Hasmukh Adhia has appealed to people not to circulate any unverified messages about GST through social media.

# India has slipped to the 88th place in terms of money parked b its citizens with Swiss Banks while the UK remains on the top

SPORTS

# Ministry of Sports, Mr. Vijay Goel flagged off the 5th Mega Slum Yuva Daud.

# Germany beats Chile to win 2017 FIFA Confederation Cup (held in Russia)

MISC

# NASA's Earth-bound Gemini North Telescope has beamed back a stunning image of Jupiter showing haze particles over a range of altitudes, as seen in reflected sunlights

# A molecular test (Called as "MammaPrint") can pinpoint which patients are at low risk of death from brast cancer even 20 years after diagnosis and tumour removal