[CA] Daily News [June 15, 2018]

 Around INDIA

# NITI Aayog’s composite water management index (CWMI): Gujarat best, followed by Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Jharkhand worst state

# 106th Science Congress to be hosted by Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Jalandhar from January 3 to 7, 2019

# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi inaugurated upgraded Bhilai steel plant, SAIL capacity rises to 21 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) from 13 MTPA

# Jagdalpur joins aviation map with launch of Jagdalpur-Raipur-Visakhapatnam flight by Air Odisha under Centre’s UDAN scheme

# 20 States sign MoU for implementing Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)

TAMIL NADU

# The case disqualified 18 MLAS (earlier belonging to AIADMK) now moved to another judge as the two Judge Bench of Madras High Court gave split verdict; Chief Justice Indira Banerjee said the decision by the Speaker cannot be said as illegal while another Judge Sundar said the decision by the Speaker is illegal

# Centre said in Madras High Court that it needed three more months to take a final decision on the location of AIIMS in the State

STATES SCAN

# Jammu & Kashmir:  Shujaat Bukhari, editor of Rising Kashmir newspaper, shot dead in Srinagar

ECONOMICS

# Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation rises to a 14-month high of 4.43% in May on increasing prices of fuels

# Centre hikes import duty by 5-10% on non-palm edible oils, both crude and refined ones

WORLD

# UN Human Rights Office calls for probe into alleged human rights violations in Kashmir by both India and Pakistan

# North Korea and South Korea agreed to completely restore their military communication lines

SPORTS

# FIFA World Cup 2018: Russia thrashes Saudi Arabia 5-0 in opening match

# First India-Afghanistan test begins at Chinnaswamy stadium, Bengaluru; Shikhar Dhawan becomes 1st Indian to score a century in Test cricket before lunch

# Women’s cricket: Smriti Mandhana to become 1st Indian player to appear in England’s Kia Super T20 League

MISC

# World Blood Donor Day observed on June 14 with Greece as host country for 2018, theme: ‘Be there for someone else. Give blood. Share life.’