[CA] News - July 17, 2017

Around INDIA

# 14th Presidential Election between Ms. Meira Kumar and Mr. Ram Nath Kovind to be held today

# Monsoon Session of the Parliament begins today

# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi said that, State governments should take strict action against cow vigilantes including violence

# Government formed the National Steering Committee under the head of Dr. Harsh Vardhan (Union Sci & Tech. Minister) to carry out scientifically validated research on cow derivatives including its urine, and their benefits

- Scientifically validate the benefits of panchgavya (concoction of cow dung, cow urine, milk, curd and ghee) in various spheres

TAMIL NADU

# Tamil Nadu accounted for a mere 2.9%of the total FDI out of the $44 billion in India during 2016 calendar year, the lowest in three years: report by Kotak Institutional Equities

# A group of farmers from the state were arrested in Delhi as they to tried to take out a procession to the Prime Minister's residence to press Rs. 40, 000 crore relief package

# National Banana Festival 2017 will be held in Madurai (from Jul 21-23)

STATES SCAN

# Jammu & Kashmir: 17 Amarnath pilgrims including two women were killed after a bus rolled down a gorge on the Jammu - Srinagar National Highway

BILATERAL ISSUES

# Iraq has informed that 39 Indians abducted three years ago by the ISIS are probably imprisoned by the outfit in the city of Badush, near Mosul

WORLD

# France: French President, Mr. Emmanuel Macon called for a resumption of long - stalled West Asia Peace talks based on a two-state solution

# Pakistan: JIT report on Prime Minister, Mr. Nawaz Sharif to be tabled before Supreme Court

ECONOMICS

# Empowered Committee on "Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES)" headed by Mr. Rtia Teaotia clears three export infra plans

(i) To establish an Integrated Cargo Terminal (ICT) at the Imphal International Airport

(ii) Modernisation of infrastructure facility in Karnataka for marine exports

(ii) Construction of a new "Standard Design Factory" building at Cochin Special Economic Zone

SPORTS

# Wimbledon 2017: Roger Federer won the Men's Singles title by defeating Marin Cilic

- It is Federer's 8th Wimbledon title and 19th Grandslam win

# Lewis Hamilton (UK; Mercedes team) won the 2017 British Grand Prix for the fourth year in a row

MISC

# Former Chief Minister of Sikkim, Mr. Nar Bahadr Bhandari passed away

# UNICEF appointed Indian - origin Canadian YouTube star Lilly Singh as its newest Goodwill Ambasador for Children's rights

# 18th edition of IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) at New York

- Best Film: Neerja; Best Director: Anirudha Roy Chowdhury for Pink

- Best Actor: Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab; Best Actress: Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab

# Music Academy Awards 2017

- N.Ravikaran (Chitraveena maestro) won the Sangita Kalanidhi Award

- Sangita Kala Acharya Awards will be given to mridangist V. Kamalakar Rao and vocalist Radha Namboodhiri

- TTK awards to Ghatam expnent Sukanya Rajagopal and Othuvar Muthu Kandasamy

- Musicologist award to T. S. Sathyavathi

- Papa Venkatranah award to Thiruvallur Parthasarathy

- Nirtya Kalanidhi award to Lakshmi Viswanathan

# Book "Future of Indian Universities: Comparative and International Perspectives" by Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar