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Issue : December 2016

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Table of Contents:

Articles:

• China Pakistan Economic Corridor
• Chnages in Budget Making
• Selected Articles from Various Newspapers & Journals

Current Affairs:

National Issues

• Supreme Court cancels Shahabuddin’s bail
• Bihar’s liquor law amendment’s are ultra virus says HC
• High alert sounded at many places across the country
• PM Modi said re-use and recycling of waste should be technology driven
• Defence Minister says Pakistan still unaware that surgery has been done
• CBDT received disclosures of more than 65000 crores under IDS
• Karnataka sought an urgent review of Apex court orders
• Another terrorist attack in Baramulla
• Home ministry to tighten the rules on foreign funding
• SC put on hold order to constitute the Cauvery Management Board
• GSAT-18 to be launched from the European spacepad of Kourou
• India gets EU support for surgical strikes
• The government has made Aadhaar mandatory for availing LPG subsidies
• Cabinet approved the long-awaited amendments to the HIV Bill
• The International Court of Justice ruled against the Marshall Islands
• India dismissed Nawaz Sharif’s speech in the Pakistan Assembly
• Home Minister says Pakistan border will be sealed within two years
• Eighty percent of the Jan Dhan Yojana now have balance
• Apex Court stayed the commercial release of Genetically Modified mustard crop
• NGT wants UP, Haryana and other states to bring CNG
• North East Monsoon to come on time
• India to deploy an indigenously developed rover on the lunar surface
• Defence Ministry has started the process to replace MiG-21s
• Terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba suffered the worst damage in the recent surgical strikes
• SC has ordered deletion of words “adult male” the Domestic Violence
• Janani Suraksha Yojana has helped in reducing socioeconomic disparities
• PM equates fight against terrorism with epic Ramayana
• India’s ties with Russia affected with Moscow’s military relations with Islamabad
• Thousands of Amur falcons arrive at Nagaland
• US says India needs to respond to Cross-border terrorism
• Cyber security is a big challenge to the World
• Final draft of the National Water Framework Bill, 2016 brought by centre
• All India Muslim Personal Law Board rejected move on civil code
• Singer and songwriter Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
• Govt asked AIMPLB to reconsider their decision to boycott consultation on UCC
• Pakistan Army confirmed sepoy Chandu Chavan is in its custody
• PM said country should not be found “sleeping” when it should be awake
• Russia came in support of India for fight against terror
• BRICS, BIMSTEC come together in Goa

International Issues

• US Presidential candidate Clinton concerned over Nuclear weapon in Pak
• European Union ratifies Climate deal
• US warns Pakistan about Nuclear posturing
• YoshinoriOhsumi won the Medicine Prize Nobel
• EU struck deal with Afghanistan to take back migrants
• After EU vote Paris climate deal set to come into force

India & The World

• SAARC summit in Pakistan postponed after withdrawal from various countries
• India would stresson trying to operationalise the Green Climate Fund
• India gets support of its old ally Russia
• Sri Lanka joined the demand for regional organisation to counter cross-border terrorism
• India is Russia’s especially privileged strategic partner says Russian President
• Maldives quits the commonwealth
• UN General Assembly appointed Antonio Guterres as Secretary General
• India likely to ink a deal on the S-400 Triumf long range air defence system

Economy

• The centre is reconsidering a plan to widen the social security net
• Govt received Bids of 53000 crore
• To Boost BRICS trade, India will organise trade fair for BRICS
• PMI in sept saw a slight dip
• Country’s services sector business activity softer in September
• World Economic Forum says India and Pak problem will not impact regional growth
• India is examining mechanisms to offset higher emissions
• India’s foreign exchange reserves scaled to a new high
• Telecom secretary says despite low response in spectrum govt will meet targets
• Government to give push to stalled hydro projects
• A federal appeals court reinstated a $120 million jury award for Apple
• A new global pollution deal for aviation
• Govt will augment the process of development for 36 waterways
• Centre to consider approach to revitalise India’s retail and wholesale trade
• Centre formed a high-level committee to consolidate the regulation of pension products
• Govt warns employees against criticism of GSTN
• Rapid-growth companies number increased very fast
• Government pursuing lower GST rate
• Air India posts operational profit for first time in 8 years
• Wholesale price inflation eased marginally in September
• Credit guarantee fund for start ups to be set up by the Centre soon
• Centre to push for infrastructure development in next few months
• The Centre plans to widen consultations over a proposed social security code for workers
• BRICS agree to setup independent rating agency
• NITI Aayog called for an overhaul of India's steel policy

Science & Technology

• Trio of scientists won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for developing molecular machines
• Scientists recorded sounds by Jupiter’s aurora
• ISRO has firmed up a strategy to a make increasingly smaller satellites
• Estimates of TB burden has been inaccurate in India
• There are a dizzying two trillion galaxies in the universe
• Genetic secrets of purple rice
• Process for Chandrayan-2 started

Sports

• Jitu Rai wins Champion of Champions pistol award
• India to face Thailand in kabaddi WC semifinal

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