NEWS HEADLINES OF THE DAY – 07 July 2017– FRIDAY Girl power: Career-minded women good wives/mothers, find no support women career decision Moms-to-be, watch sugar it may up risk asthma in your child, Study with 90s children reveal details Do you like smell of your food It makes you fat Weight Gain related how calories perceived Are you struggling to sleep? Poor/Disrupted sleep might indicate risk of developing Alzheimer China accuse India militarizing its side, urges India to withdraw its troops amid standoff in Sikkim PwC: Power demand healthy, excess supply worry, Low power plant utilization/lack of PPA due to plenty France to end sale of fossil fuel-powered cars by 2040, Climate Plan to offer incentives for Elec Vehicles IndiGo plans low-cost, long-haul international flights, invoke United-Pan Am deal to justify Air India bid Oil Cos study impact of daily change of fuel rates, decide on compensation for dealers claiming loss $11.3BN deals struck in 1st 6 months of 2017, Flipkart, SoftBank, Bharti Infratel to KKR – Top deals Wi-Fi spoil mobile internet’s party, cause shift in data – Mobile speed not up to scratch despite low price SBI Life IPO plan gets IRDA approval - managed by BNP Paribas, Citi, Kotak Mahindra & Axis Bank ICRA: IPO financing to continue grow in 2017-18, supported by favorable for market/upcoming 2017 IPO RBI: Bank customer not to bear loss from fraud transactions, banks directed to pay within 10 days Airbus to supply 100 A320 jets/40 twin-aisle A350 to China worth $22BN, deal for A380 superjumbo jets China MG Motors to take over Halol plant as GM exit, launch iconic Morris Garages vehicles in 2019 Large Hadron Collider scientist discover new subatomic particle, explain force that bind matter together Ransomware strikes Gurgaon-based Blackberrys, hackers demand 25L in bitcoins, case filed under IT Act India declares itself free from H5N1/H5N8 bird flu after surveillance showed no evidence of presence Anti-G20 march in Hamburg called off after clash between police, masked anti-capitalist demonstrators Chances of life on Mars dim as study find salt minerals kill bacteria, more uninhabitable than we thought Trump: Russia ‘could have’ interfered with US vote but nobody ‘knows for sure’, watch on meeting Putin Iraqi forces battled last IS group holdouts in Mosul after PM feted “major victory” over militants 7-yr-old Chinese boy Chen Yi’s 8-pack abs captivates internet, has won 7 medals in City Sport Games UK extends deadline on public consultation for law against caste bias, aspect of race in Equality Act 2010 Tatas, Bharti to explore joint front in telecom/DTH – narrow field to 3 Voda/Idea, Jio & Tata-Airtel Smaller cities offer cheaper fares to overseas hotspots, Fares high 40-50% from Metros than non-Metros IDFC, Shriram in talks to combine mega union, straddle traditional banking, consumer lending/truck Fin Jubilant Life get USFDA nod for anti-depressive drug Bupropion Hydrochloride extended- release tablets After slow sales, UK’s Reckitt Benckiser sees revival in Q3, 1st firm to say GST has impacted/curbed sales KPMG to ready Vision 2030 for Coal India, which is uncertain about future of coal/wants to diversify Spain Hit By Deadly Bacteria Threatening Olive Trees, all trees & plants within 100Mtr radius destroyed India, US, Japan to Kick off Naval Exercise in Bay of Bengal amid report Chinese warships in Indian Ocean Today’s Word – *Abortuary* - anti-abortion term for an abortion clinic
