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Jul 12, 2017

[CA] News: July 12, 2017

Around INDIA
# Supreme Court stayed the Centre's May 26 notification, banning cattle sale in livestock markets for slaughter and religious sacrifices
# Final hearing of Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal Decision in Supreme Court; tight security in Mandya Dt of Karnataka
# 18 Opposition parties pre-empted the Union Government and announced that the 72-year-old former West Bengal Governor, Mr. Gopal Krishna Gandhi would be their joint candidate for the coming Vice - Presidential poll
# "Mission Parivar Vikas" is a new initiative conceived by the Ministry of Health with a strategic focus on improving access through provision of services, promotional schemes, commodity security, capacity building, enabling environment and intensive monitoring
- "Mission Parivar Vikas" will focus on 146 high fertility districts in 7 states (Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam) with high TFR

# Ministry of Health introduced the new injectable in the public health system under the “Antara” program
# Imposing Hindi may not boost unity; there are many in India who may not understand it: Amartya Sen
# The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) jointly with the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) organised a two-day national-level conference on ‘Crowd Management’ at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
TAMIL NADU
# Solicitor-General Ranjit Kumar told the Supreme Court that the judiciary could not inquire into the Tamil Nadu Assembly proceedings and the Speaker was not answerable to the Court on allegations of "irregularity" in the conduct of the House; Solicitor General said that, as per Article 212 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court can't inquire into the proceedings of the Assembly
# Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, popularly known as "Aavin" will introduce 225 ml milk packets proced at Rs. 10 each: Dairy Development Minister, Mr. K. T. Rajenthra Balaji
# Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has passed a Bill for the constitution of a "delimitation commission" for the delimitation of wards of local bodies, both rural and urban, based on the 2011 census
STATES SCAN
# Jammu & Kashmir: Police zeroed in on LeT's Abu Ismail, who took over from Abu Dujana as the Valley's operation commander, as the mastermind of attack on Amarnath pilgrims which left seven dead and 19 injured
# Nagaland: amid the leadership crisis in the ruling Nagaland People's Front (NPF) Governor Mr. P. B. Acharya directed Chief Minister, Mr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu to seek a vote of confidence in the Assembly on or before July 15
# Rajasthan: become the first state to lay down the minimum educational qualifications for contesting elections to village cooperative societies and various other cooperative bodies
# Telangana: Chief Minister, Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao will formally launch the third phase of the Telanganaku Haritha Haram programme (massive plantation drive)
WORLD
# Germany: Chancellor, Ms. Angela Merkel said she is open to restarting talks with the US on a trade deal with EU
# Israel: for the first time, Israel has given the ownership of electricity infrastructure to the Palestinian Authority
- Prime Minister of Palestine, Mr. Rami Hamdallah and Israeli Energy Minister launched the first power plant in the West Bank that transforms high to medium voltage in Jenin, north of the West Bank
# Pakistan: Prime Minister, Mr. Nawaz Sharif has decided to file a legal challenge in the Supreme Court against a damning report by the Joint Investigation Team, which accused him and his family of concealing assets from tax authorities
# USA: likely to tighten rules for foreign students
ECONOMICS
# Centre is concerned about the minuscule number of start-ups becoming eligible for tax benefits under the StartUp India programme, with just 39 StartUps qualifying for such concessions even 18 months after the flagship initiative was introduced by the Prime Minister
# Banks should divert loans to self-help groups in order to help generate employment in the unorganized sector in the country: Union Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley
SPORTS
# Phase-III Opening Ceremony of ‘Oorja’ – Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) Under-19 Football Talent Hunt Tournament for Boys and Girls in New Delhi
# Rafael Nadal crashed out of Wimbledon 2017; he was defeated by Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) defeated Nadal in a match that lasted for 4 hours and 47 minutes; it is Nadal's fifth exit before the quarterfinals
MISC
# Book "Chasing Light" by Michelle Obama
# The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared; more than 30% of animals with a backbone - fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals - are declining in both range and population

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