[CA] News: July 10, 2017

India tops the medal table in the Asian Athletics Championships - 2017 with 29 medals (12 Gold + 5 Silver + 12 Bronze)

Around INDIA

# Ahmedabad gets world heritage tag from UNESCO; becomes India's first "world heritage city"

# President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee launched SWAYAM, 32 SWAYAM Prabha DTH Channels and National Academic Depository at the National Convention on Digital Initiatives organized by Ministry of Human Resource Development

# President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee to inaugurate the 'Ashiana Annexe’ in Dehradun, Uttarakhand today; The Annexe of the Presidential Retreat ‘Ashiana’ at Dehradun comprises of twelve low cost dwelling units which have been constructed to accommodate officers and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan during Presidential visits to 'Ashiana'.

# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi to interact with Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs in the National Conference of Chief Secretaries being organized by the NITI Aayog to further the spirit of cooperative and competitive federalism

# National convention on Digital Initiatives was held in New Delhi; meeting ended with adoption of “ Programme 17 for 17”

# Union Government has proposed to introduce a scheme to open residential schools for Scheduled Caste girls in educationally backward districts

# Air India stopped serving non - vegetarian meals to economy - class passengers on all domestic flights from mid - June

# G20 acknowledged the steps being taken by India for sustainable and inclusive growth as well as support to the global economy; G20 has praised the initiatives in the country for promoting ease of doing business, start up funding and labour reforms

TAMIL NADU

# Water expert and former Cauvery Technical Cell Chairman, Mr. A. Mohanakrishnan passed away

STATES SCAN

# Manipur: the State has been partially cut off from the rest of the country as landslips triggered by rains damaged NH 37 at Tamenglong Dt; the highway is one of the two lifelines of Manipur

# Nagaland: plunged into a political crisis with former Chief Minister, Mr. T. R. Zeliang staking claim to form a new government by ousting the incumbent Mr. Shrhozelie Liezietsu

# Sikkim: Union Home Minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh assured the Sikkim government that the Centre would ensure the security of NH-10, the lifeline of the landlocked State, where essential commodities are running short because of Gorkhaland protests in neighboring West Bengal

BILATERAL ISSUES

# State Bank of India launches a digital village initiative in Nepal

WORLD

# Cambodia: Sambor Prei Kuk archaeological site inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

# China: finally allowed jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo to get cancer therapy abroad

# Japan: death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Japan's Southwest has risen to 20

# Iraq: Prime Minister, Mr. Haider al-Abadi declared victory in the "liberated" city of Mosul, in the biggest defeat yet for the ISIS

# Qatar: Government said it is forming a committee to pursue compensation for damages stemming from its isolation by for Arab countries

# South Sudan: world's youngest nation marked its 6th independence day

# A U. S - Russia brokered ceasefire for southwest Syria ; USA, Russia and Jordan reached a ceasefire and "De-escalation agreement" with the aim of paving the way for a broader, more robust truce

# USA: President, Mr. Donald Trump said it was time to work "constructively" with Russia but rule out easing sanctions while the countries remained at odds over the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine

ECONOMICS

# Indian IT industry hasn't innovated in the last 15 years: economist Soumitra Dutta, who co-authors WEF's annual Global Information Technology report

SPORTS

# Asian Athletics Championships 2017 (final position): India: 12 Gold + 5 Silver + 12 Bronze = 29; China: 8 Gold + 7 Silver + 5 Bronze = 20

# Performance of Indian athletes in Asian Athletics Championships 2017 (Day 04):

Men's 800m: Jinson Johnson won Bronze

Men's 10, 000m: G. Lakshmanan won Gold; Gopi Thonakal won Silver

Men's 4 * 400m relay: Team of Kunj Muhammed, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Anas and Arokia Rajiv won Gold

Men's Javelin throw: Neeraj chopra won Gold; Davinder Sing Kang won Bronze

Women's 4 * 400m rela: Team of Debashree Mazumdar, M. R. Poovama, Jisna Mathew and Nirmala Sheoran won Gold

Women's Heptathlon: Swapna Barman won Gold; Purnima Hembram won Bronze

# India' G. Lakshmanan now has two tickets for next month's London World Athletics Championships; becomes the first Indian to complete a 5000m and 10000m at the Asians

# Next edition of Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Qatar in 2019

MISC

# The famous blue-bordered sari of Mother Teresa, who has been canonised as Saint Teresa of Calcutta by the Vatican, has been recognised as an Intellectual Property of the Missionaries of Charity; It is the first time ever that a uniform has been protected under the Intellectual Property Rights

# Dr. Spencer Johnson, whose book "Who Moved My Cheese?" sold 25 million copies and became a business and self help phenomenon passed away