Around INDIA
# Counting of votes in three Northeastern States (Meghalaya,
Nagaland and Tripura) today
# 10 members, including six women of the outlawed Communist
Party of India (Maoist) and a Greyhounds commando were killed in an exchange of
fire with the police on the Chhattisgarh – Telangana border
# A PIL was filed in Supreme Court to increase the minimum age
for marriage from 18 years to 21 years for women and from 21 years to 25 years
for men
# Centre approved projects worth Rs. 2919.55 crore under the
“Nirbhaya Fund” for eight major cities of India (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Lucknow) in order to make them
safer for women
# Union Textiles Minister, Ms. Smriti Irani attended the 27th
Technological Conference of Indian Jute industries’ research Association
(IJIRA) on Shaping the Future of Jute in Kolkata, West Bengal
# INSV Tarini entered Cape Town (South Africa) during it’s
maiden voyage to circumnavigate the globe; this is the first – ever Indian
circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women crew; the expedition is titled as
“Navika Sagar Parikrama”; stope-overs at Fremantle in Australia, Lyttleton in
New Zealand, Port Stanley in Falklands and Cape town
TAMIL NADU
# Government announced the launch of a 24 – hour helpline
(14417), claiming to be the first in India, to offer information and guidance
on education to students
STATES SCAN
# Maharashtra: Government has partnered with Wikipedia, to
spread the Marathi language and enhance its online usage
BILATERAL ISSUES
# India, Bangladesh and Russia have signed a tripartite MoU for
cooperation in the construction of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in
Bangladesh
WORLD
# USA: USA accused Russia of breaching the cold-war treaties
ECONOMICS
# Xiaomi, a China – based electronics and software company,
opened its first Mi Home Experience centre in India (Chennai)
SPORTS
# Navjot Kaur became the first Indian woman to claim a gold
medal in the Women’s 65 kg freestyle event in the Asian Wrestling Championships
(held at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
- Vinesh Phogat won silver medal in the Women’s 50 kg freestyle
event; India’s Sangeeta won a bronze medal in the Women’s 59 kg freestyle event
and
# 27th Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament starts today in Ipoh, Malaysia
# World Indoor Championships 2018 being held in Birmingham,
England
MISC
# India has the third largest number of billionaires in the
world after China and USA
# Scientists unveiled a revised classification for diabetes;
there are five distinct types of diabetes that can occur in adulthood, rather
than the two currently recognized
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