Around INDIA
# Song `Vande Mataram' was in Sanskrit, the script was written
in Bengali: Tamil Nadu Government said in Madras High Court
# An area of 100metres from the edge of the Ganga between
Haridwar and Unnao has been declared a "No Development Zone", with
the NGT prohibiting dumping of waste within 500 metre of the river
# Ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament, Home Minister, Mr.
Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister, Ms. Sushma Swaraj to brief the
opposition parties on the border stand-off with China
# Indian Railways has framed a "Rail Display Network"
(RDN) policy, which envisages setting up of display screens at railway stations
on a public-private partnership model to mop up non-fare revenue
TAMIL NADU
# Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has asked the State
government to disclose the AIIMS location by Aug 01
# Policy decision on beach sand mining would be taken after the
Madras High Court delivered its verdict on the issue: Chief Minister, Mr.
Edappadi K. Palaniswamy
# State Government is taking steps to allocate 40 acres for
Foxconn: Industries Minister, Mr. M. C. Sampath in Assembly
# Tamil Nadu Government’s film awards for 2009-2014 announced
STATES SCAN
# Meghalaya: Chief Minister, Dr. Mukul Sangma launched a
programme "LIFE" (Livelihood Intervention and Facilitation of
Entrepreneurship) at Songsak in East Garo Hills
# Telangana: State government to bring out an ordinance to curb
evils of online rummy games
# West Bengal: indefinite shutdown on Gorkhaland state formation
entered 29th day in Darjeeling
BILATERAL
ISSUES
# India granted USD 500000 to the Philippines for the
rehabilitation and relief efforts in war-torn Marawi city
# JIPMER-BIMSTEC Telemedicne network (JBTN) was launched in Puducherry;
to improve regional cooperation in the field of health care by strengthening
telemedicine-based patient care services and share medical knowledge among
BIMSTEC countries
WORLD
# China: Ships carrying personnel for China's first overseas
military base in Djibouti have set sail to begin setting up the facility
- Djibouti's position on the northwestern edge of the Indian
Ocean instilled worry in India as China builds on its military alliances with
countries that encircle India, notably Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
- Djibouti in the Horn of Africa will be China's first overseas
naval base, though China officially describes it as a logistic facility
# USA: President Mr. Donald Trump met his French counterpart,
Mr. Emmanuel Macron in Paris
ECONOMICS
# Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) signed an
Institutional agreement with the Punjab State Council of Science and Technology
to establish India’s first Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) at
Patent Information Centre, Punjab, under the World Intellectual Property
Organization’s (WIPO) TISC program
SPORTS
# Wimbledon 2017: Women's singles finals between Garbine Mugurza
(Spain) and Venus Williams (USA)
# Wimbledon 2017: Semifinals (Men's Singles): Marin Cilic Vs Sam
Querry; Roger Federer Vs Tomas Berdych
MISC
# Liu Xiaobo, Chine dissident who won Nobel Prize (for Peace in
2010) passed away
# Book "President’s
Lady" by Sangeeta Ghosh
# Book "Historical
Background to the Imposition of Salt Tax under the British Rule in India (1757-1947)
and Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt Satyagraha (1930-31) against the British Rule"
by Dr. Y P Anand
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