Around INDIA
# India has ranked 81st out of 180 countries in the global
corruption index 2017
- In 2016, India was ranked at 79th position
- (1) New Zealand (2) Denmark (3) Finland (4) Norway (5)
Switzerland
- Compiled by Transparency International
TAMIL NADU
# An all-party meeting chaired by Chief Minister, Mr. Edappadi K
Palaniswamy unanimously decided to meet the Prime Minister to press for
expeditiously constituting the CMB (Cauvery Management Board) and the Cauvery
Water Regulatory Authority as per the Supreme Court judgment
# Mr. Satyabrata Sahoo is appointed as the new chief electoral officer of Tamil Nadu
STATES SCAN
# Haryana: Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal Khattar launched
"Parivartan", a scheme designed to address 10 issues in 46
developmental blocks of the State
# Uttar Pradesh: become the first State in India where business
and investment projects can now be cleared digitally, without any human
interface with the launch of "Nivesh Mitra", a digital platform which
will serve as a single-window clearance system
# Telangana: Government signed a MoU with Taoyuan City of Taiwan
for better technology partnership in the State
BILATERAL ISSUES
# India has contributed USD 1 million for the rehabilitation
works in Tonga for the devastation caused by tropic storm Gita
# In a first, the government is planning to send CRPF commandos
to provide security to the Indian embassy in Baghdad
# India - Canada bilateral summit to be held today in New Delhi
WORLD
# Saudi Arabia: Government to invest $64 billion in its
entertainment sector
ECONOMICS
# Global sales of smartphones fell for the first time since 2004
to 408 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017
SPORTS
# India' T20 women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur is set to
join Punjab police as a DSP
MISC
# A group of researchers have identified a new shark species
(Atlantic sixgill shark) in the Atlantic Ocean.
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