NEWS HEADLINES OF THE DAY – 08 July 2017– SATURDAY NASA researching ways to bounce asteroids away from Earth, Double Asteroid Redirection Test Diabetes alert: Stem Cell Educator therapy effective for treatment, return educated immune cells only Game playing improve preschoolers’ maths abilities, grasp number concepts & geometrics Mood swings now have rational explanation. Scientists blame on gene Slc6a15, plays in depression Don’t just eat! Apply chocolate on skin - slow down ageing, give you good skin help treat water retention Layoffs in IT sector lead to dip in popularity of techies in marriage market as Indian women will relocate After Modi-Xi informal meeting, Chinese media hit out at India over Sikkim standoff Next cyber-attack could cost insurers $2.5 BN – need WannaCry’s wide reach & Petya’s destructive force Tesla value drop $12BN ahead of Model 3 rollout – investors concerned on execution & competition Axis Bank emerges frontrunner acquire FreeCharge, $20-40MN to cash-starved Snapdeal Gujarat HC frowns over RBI directive asking banks to initiate bankruptcy proceedings, RBI on back foot Bengaluru court order attachment of Fmr AirAsia India CEO Chandilya asset on fund diversion complaint Hotel projects over 50Crs to get infrastructure status, lower threshold limit to qualify for priority lending Handset-telco bundling: Next big thing India telecom market – Free Voice/Data on smartphone purchase TRAI invites firms to set pilot open Wi-Fi hotspot before national rollout, allow to use price Rs 2-20 At G-20, world align against Trump policies ranging from free trade to climate change, isolation apparent Govt to manufacturers: After GST, sell goods at revised MRP or go to jail under Legal Metrology Act 2009 UK: Grand Trunk Road project mark 70th anniversary of India’s partition participation by all communities G-20 Summit: Germany host difficult talks on trade, climate, rejects calls to push Strong G-19 without US Indians travelling overseas may need pay more for foreign currency notes, currency imports at 12% GST 122 countries adopt global treaty banning nuclear weapon - Netherlands vote against, Singapore abstain Trump meets Putin at G20 summit, predicts ‘positive things’ for US, Russia Pak orders Shell subsidiary to pay $2.4MN for tanker blast in damage/compensation that killed 200 Discoms to pay compensation for delay restoration of power, tied to performance standard of restoring Apex Court stay IIT admissions, counselling amid challenge to JEE bonus marks on question paper errors 7th Pay Commission: Fin Min notifies revised allowances, to be paid in July salary, benefit 48L employees IFC invests $103MN in L&T arm green bonds – proceed be used in renewable energy/Clean transport As Tata group look to exit Telecom, Airtel interested in asset– Spectrum/Sea Cable/45MN users G20 summit sees 3-way steel battle between EU, US & China – push trade disputes to top of Agenda Traders urge GST Council to remove anomalies in tax slab (28% ), simplification for voluntary compliance India’s largest selling rice brand is now zero-tax product, India Gate rice is exempt from paying 5% GST US plan to test THAAD Missile Defences that help guard against missile attack as N Korea tension mount Qatar Rejects 4 Arab States accusation of terrorism links, list of 13 demands now void, now further steps Today’s Word –*Aboulia* -loss of ability to make decisions Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk
