Around INDIA
# The government has proposed to the Supreme Court a NEET-like
examination to recruit judges to the lower judiciary
# In an effort to make legal aid easily accessible to the
marginalized communities and citizens living in rural areas, the Government of
India has launched the ‘Tele-Law’.
# Haryana boy (Sarvesh Mehtani) tops JRR - Advanced 2017 exam;
all students of "Super 30" institutions clear the exam
# UPSC has said it will debar the candidates from future exams
who bring gadgets like mobile phones or bluetooth devices inside the centre
# Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, whose three year tenure will
end on June 19, has asked the government not to consider him for reappointment
to the post
TAMIL NADU
# After nearly seven years, the Central Institute of Classical
Tamil has invited nominations from eminent scholars for the annual Kalaignar M.
Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award for the years 2011-2016
STATES SCAN
# Andhra Pradesh: AP-Genco finally stopped supplying about 400
MW of power to Telangana
# Chhattisgarh: Police arrested 34 Maoists
# Kerala: Giving a big push to the infrastructure development
for food processing in the state of Kerala, foundation stone of 2 Mega Food
Parks one being developed by Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development
Corporation (KINFRA) at Palakkad and other by Kerala State Industrial
Development Corporation (KSIDC) at Alappuzha has been laid
# Madhya Pradesh: Mandsauur in the State which has been the
epicentre of a violent agitation by farmers, remained peaceful that prompted
Chief Minister, Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan to end his indefinite fast; farmers
said the fasting is a gimmick and warned to block NHs on June 16
# Maharashtra: government was forced to accept - with some
caveats - the demand for a complete farmloan waiver, the principal issue for
the State's protesting farmers
# Rajasthan: farmers restricted milk, grain and vegetable
supplies in several districts of the State as part of the bandh called b the
"Kisan Mahapanchayat" in support of their counterparts in
neighbouring Madhya Pradesh
BILATERAL ISSUES
# India and Israel celebrate 25 years of their diplomatic
relations
WORLD
# Iran: has sent five planes of food to Qatar
# UK: trouble in government formation for Ms. Theresa May
ECONOMICS
# GST Council decided to reduce tax rates on 66 items
# Veteran banker Vikram Limaye to take over as the Managing
Director and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE)
# Union Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley said that he had been
discussing the two concepts introduced in this year's Economic Survey -
Universal Basic Income (UBI) and the creation of a Bad Bank
SPORTS
# India's sprint hurdler Siddhanth Thingalaya broke his own
national record at the Altis Invitational Meet in Phoenix (USA) and qualified
for the World Athletics Championships to be held in London in August
# 68th National junior basketball championships (held in Noida):
Punjab won the boys title by defeating Kerala; Rajasthan in third place by
defeating Tamil Nadu; Tamil Nadu won the girls title by defeating Uttar Pradesh
and Kerala won third place by defeating Karnataka
# French Open 2017: Rafael Nadal won the Men's Singles title b
defeating Wawarinka; it is his 10th French Open title
# Ramkumar Ramanthan won his second successive singles title in
the final of the $15, 000 ITF men's Futures tennis tournament
# Veteran banker Vikram Limaye will quit the Committee of
Administrators (CoA) for the BCCI
# Medal - winning Indian Para athlete (Suvarna Raj) alleged that
she was allotted an upper berth on the Nagpur - Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express
despite having mentioned her disability when booking her tickets. As she sold not
access the berth and her request for a lower berth was ignored by the TTE and
fellow passengers, she was forced to sleep on the floor of the train
MISC
# A young woman (Lisba Yesudas) from Kerala highlighted the role
of traditional fishing communities in sustaining marine resources in the Ocean
Conference at the UN General Assembly in New York
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