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Table of Contents:
Articles:
- India at Olympics
- Cauvery Water Dispute
- Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill and Surrogacy Bill
- Disha for Timely Implementation of Schemes
- Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016
- Selected Articles from Various Newspapers & Journals
Current Affairs:
National Issues
- SC quashed the acquisition of land in Singur
- Election Commission issued directions for use of an integrated violet sketch pen
- Hundreds of tonnes of gold could be recovered from old electronic devices now
- Enemy property ordinance approved by the cabinet
- Unions across India go on strike
- Reliance Jio comes up with free voice calls and free roaming
- India’s space capacity of 34 working satellites is not sufficient
- Odisha became the 16th State to ratify the constitutional amendment for GST
- Climate change could be easy to implement than earlier deals
- Muslim Personal Law Board says SC has no authority to decide on triple talaq
- Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of G20 countries are continuing to increase
- Canonisation of Mother Teresa do be done in the Vatican
- Pope Francis proclaimed Mother Teresa of Kolkata a saint
- India and China must be “sensitive to each other’s concerns says PM
- Justice Chalameswar questions transparency in collegium
- The Centre may toughen its stand against separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir
- ISRO’s GSLV-F05 rocket carrying the INSAT-3DR to be launched
- Terrorists and insurgents are getting public support in some parts of the country
- Railway introduced flexifare scheme on selected trains
- Supreme court says first information report needs to be published within 24 hrs
- Andhar Pradesh to get special package
- PM stepped up attack on Pakistan
- The vector-borne Zika virus poses a public health threat to Kerala
- ISRO is preparing for a mission to Venus or asteroid
- M.H. govt facing criticism from the Centre for failing to use funds for smart cities
- SC to look into Gujrat govt. upper caste reservation
- Union govt sought the views of citizens on holding simultaneous elections
- Ministry of External Affairs assigning Ministry's specific countries to engage with
- India wins Gold and Bronze at Paralympics
- President says India requires people who can work for the country
- SC to hear Karnataka Govt’s plea for Cauvery water sharing
- NITI Aayog submitted report to PMO for road map for elimination of poverty
- IAS officers Urge Govt to review Prevention of Corruption Act and CrPC
- Union Cabinet approved the setting up of the GST Council and its Secretariat
- Bengaluru and parts of Karnataka were gripped by large scale violence
- The Centre approved the enhancing of buffer stock of pulses
- Law commission chairman differs from SC Judge
- M.H. govt decided to make loans on projects run by WSHGs interest-free
- Countries first hotline to curb pornography
- India again rebuffed UN OHCHR’s reference to Jammu and Kashmir
- Prime Minister NarendraModi will celebrate his 66th birthday with tribals in Limkheda
- Centre counters SC’s reason for vacancies in the courts
- India is likely to offer Nepal help in building an east-west railway line
- PM Modi celebrated his 66th birthday with tribals in central Gujarat
- Niti Aayog will start ranking States
- UN says August equalled July as the hottest month in modern times
- PM and Home Minister terms terrorist attack in Uri as cowardly
- Experts say India has wide range of options against Pakistan
- Niti aayog oppose to the idea of special category status
- SC body slashed the quantum of Cauvery water that Karnataka is required to release
- Government stepped up diplomatic offensive against Pakistan
- Lancet report points to high no. of maternal deaths in India
- Govt releases list of 27 new smart cities
- Supreme Court directed Karnataka to release 6000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day
- India’s first inter-State river interlinking project got a go-ahead from NBWL
- Single Budget from next year
- Govt made significant changes to the National Mission for Clean Ganga
- India said Pakistan’s campaign had failed
- Grain production likely to touch record figure in this Kharif season
- Govt agreed to give permit to 10 hydro electric projects
- Lakhs of private hospital nurses to get benefits
- Apex court to listen the Maggi case
- PM talked directly to the people of Pakistan
- PMO intervenes on rail tariff regulator issue
- India concluded deal of Rafale fighter aircraft
- Government is weighing extreme diplomatic actions against Pakistan
- PM again said that terrorists will be punished
- Ratification of climate deal on 2nd October
- Govt mulls over Indus water treaty
- Ankit Kawatra gets UN acclaim
- Army is recalibrating its techniques around LOC
- India to boycott Islamabad SAARC meet
- India has still not taken any decision on Indus water treaty
- Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh best performers in Swachh Bharat Mission
- After India’s snub to SAARC summit, it is likely to be cancelled
- Govt is thinking about plan of SAARC minus Pakistan
- Union cabinet gave go ahead for Paris climate deal
- Indian commandos conducted surgical strikes on PoK terror launch pads
- The first surveillance aircraft carrying the first Indian AEW&CS is to be inducted
International Issues
- Dilma Rousseff was stripped of the Brazil’s presidency
- China will provide at least 8 submarines to Pakistan
- The Australian court asks newspaper to provide leaked data to shipbuilder DCNS
- Belt and Road initiative to be followed by a World Land Bridge
- PM Modi balances between US and China
- The World Health Organisation declared Sri Lanka to be malaria-free
- Israel and Palestine agreed for talks
- Agreement reached for truce in Syria
- Russia to join forces with China in South China Sea
- The United States marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
- China wants the BRICS grouping to acquire a larger security dimension
- Yazidi woman, survivor of the Islamic State (IS), appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador
- Islamic State (IS) loses territory in Iraq and Syria
- The United Nations suspended all aid convoys in Syria
- The landmark Paris agreement on climate change moved closer to reality
- G4 united for reforms in United Nations
- China hosts world's largest radio telescope
- Japan warned China against expanding its military activity
- India and Sri Lanka keen to sign Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement
- Jeffrey DeLaurentis to become first US Ambassador to Cuba in 50 years
India & The World
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Southeast Asia and China
- India summons Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit
- India-Japan pledged for ties in areas of counter-terrorism, civil nuclear cooperation
- PM says ASEAN is important to India
- Nepal will seek to start a new chapter with India prioritising infrastructure development
- Exchange of tariff concessions under the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement
- India said Terrorism is the grossest violation of Human Rights
- Baswan committee report on changes in the Civil services exam referred to Govt
- Fantasy epic Game of Thrones made history at Emmy
- Non Allignment movement summit ends in Venezuela
- India reminds Pakistan about its 2004 promise
- No. of Baloch activists staying in Europe could approach India to seek asylum
- Sushma Swaraj addresses United Nations General assembly
- China says its trying to decrease the tension between India and Pak
Economy
- First quarter saw decline in GDP growth
- Union Cabinet approval for permanent residency status to all foreign investors
- Scheme to promote electric and hybrid vehicles will help save fuel
- Chief Economic Advisor says India will grow between 8-10%
- Indian manufacturing activity rose to a 13-month-high
- India will tread a cautious middle path on excess capacity in steel
- Maharashtra ranked highest in broad measure of Ease of Doing Business
- Govt to come up with scheme to provide mobile phone access to over 55,000 villages
- Urjit Patel to take charge of RBI Governor
- China may soon grant market access to India's non-basmati rice exports
- G20 leaders resolved to combat a “populist backlash” against global trade
- India's production of summer-sown pulses is likely to surge to a record high
- Canada hopeful of reaching agreement to supply more Uranium to India
- India has signed a MoU with Greece to allow unlimited number of flights
- Municipal bonds to be made more popular
- Members of the National Pension System will have different options
- Rueters poll says Inflation likely to fall down
- Railways financial performance to improve after surge pricing
- Government cracking down on vendors indulging in cartelisation
- Other countries in the BRICS are opposed to Chinese free trade proposal
- Singapore exchange to exit from Bombay Stock exchange
- Union Cabinet is likely to take up in its next meeting the constitution of the GST Council
- New set of criteria’s for recapitalisation of State-owned banks
- India’s industrial output and Inflation slowed
- Centre’s indirect tax collections increased more than 27 per cent
- Big foreign retail chains and food brandsare eyeing an entry in the Indian market
- Jio may not be as successful as expected
- Govt. to discuss the proposed labour code on wages and the Small Factories Bill
- Manufacturing sector leads WPI to a two-year high of 3.74 per cent
- Govt is working to meet the April 2017 deadline for GST
- Finance Ministry moves to fill SAARC Development Fund posts
- Finance minister says Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act is important
- India's current account moved in to surplus in the April-June quarter
- The factory inspection system needs a complete overhaul says CII
- India’s external debt stand at $485.6 billion
- The Centre has notified the Bharat Stage (BS)-VI emission standards
- India's banking system is moving past the worst says Moody’s
- Asian Development Bank approved $631 million for India’s first coastal industrial corridor
- Govt looking to give boost to tourism sector
- The Centre has notified the scrapping of toll tax collections on small road
- India’s CAD narrowed in the first quarter
- Govt named external nominees to MPC
- To boost exports Govt. revamps Merchandise Exports from India Scheme
- Revocation of Most favoured nation tag from Pak will be symbolic
- Government has ruled out any extension to deadline for disclosure on black money
- Incredible India Investors’ Summit gets big investment
- Government to block content of child sexual abuse
- New date for budget presentation to be 1st feb
- India has risen rapidly among all countries in the global competitive stakes
- India’s unemployment rate at five-year high
- CBEC gets nod for Project SAKSHAM
- Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will invite bids from foreign funds
Science & Technology
- New method to fight desertification
- Global warming is spreading disease among animals and humans
- Success of GSLV mission makes ISRO ready for the Chandrayan-2 mission
- Astronomers have found a magnetar that spins much slower than the slowest known
- GSAT-11, India’s advanced and heaviest communication spacecraft to date to be launched
- PSLV satellite launcher will place its passengers in two different orbits
- Pluto may contain an ocean spanning over 100 km
- ISRO puts satellites in two diff orbits
- Green house gases have to come down for planet to cool down
- 3D-printed material helps bones regrow
- Rosetta spacecraft to switch off after 12 years
Sports
- Javelin thrower DevendraJhajharia scripted history
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