[CA] News: July 16, 2017

Around INDIA

# Transgender Joytia Mandal becomes India's first transgender judge; became the judge of National Lok Adalat Judge of Uttar Dinjapur Dt (West Bengal)

# So far, Central Government has distributed 2.5 crore LPG connections under PMUY (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana) among the poor and marginalized households across the country since its launch

# Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) celebrated the second anniversary of Skill India Mission on the World Youth Skills day (July 15).

# 2nd Anniversary Celebrations of the Skill Indian Mission, on the occasion of the World Youth Skill Day (July 15), held in New Delhi

TAMIL NADU

# Tamil Nadu government has appointed IAS officer A. Arun Thamburaj the project director, sand mining, public works department (PWD), in the state.

# Election Commission has appointed Anshu Prakash as observer for the Presidential Election to be held tomorrow in Chennai

# Madras High Court has directed the Centre and the State to ensure implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013

# Neduvasal protesters get support from nearby villages

# State's first "Disabled Friendly Park" was opened in Madurai as part of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)

STATES SCAN

# Andhra Pradesh: Union Minister, Mr. Venkaiah Naidu and Chief Minister, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the SRM University, in Amaravati

# Maharashtra: Government has decide to issue an ordinance to amend the Maharashtra Gram Panchayat Act, 1958

# Odisha: "Operation Muskan", a month-long drive to rescue Odisha's missing children was launched by the State Police

BILATERAL ISSUES

# U. S. National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2018 passed by the House of Representatives has mandated the Secretaries of Defence and State to come up with a strategy for advancing defence cooperation between India and the U. S.

WORLD

# USA: House of Representatives has voted for three legislative amendments to impose tougher conditions for reimbursement of defence funding to Pakistan

ECONOMICS

# India's top IT services company Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) is moving to capitalise on growth opportunities in areas such as life sciences and manufacturing

SPORTS

# India's Sundar Singh Gurjar (Javelin Thrower) won Gold medal at the 2017 IPC Para athletics Championships (in London)

# Indian hammer thrower Damneet Singh won the silver medal at the IAAF u-18 athletics championships (in Nairobi)

# Wimbledon 2017: Garbine Mugurza (Spain) won the Women's singles title by defeating Venus Williams (USA)

# Women's World Cup Cricket: Indian team enters semifinals

# Justice Mukul Mudgal believes that the Lodha Committee reforms ought to be implemented across sports

# Chennai Open might be shifted to Pune from 2018

MISC

# Book "Indira: India's Most Powerful Prime Minister" by Sagarika Ghose

# Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian-born mathematician who was the first woman to win the coveted Fields Medal, pased away