NEWS HEADLINES OF THE DAY – 13 November 2017– MONDAY 61 dead, 300 injured after 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Iran-Iraq border Delhi air pollution spikes again hazardous unfit to inhale, Delhi Govt to push for odd-even scheme NIA first undercover operation led to haul of 36Cr in banned notes, arrested 9people in connection World's highest rail bridge over Chenab river in Jammu&Kashmir's Reasi can stand quakes, blasts On sidelines of ASEAN, PM Modi shake hand with Trump, series of bilateral with Trump, Japan & Aus PM Govt pulled up by Parliament audit watchdog over low use of telecom project fund disbursed only 40% Ticket to Mars: 1.3L Indian submit name to get ‘boarding passes’, etched on silicon wafer microchip CBSE allows correction of student details within 5yrs of board results, applicable after class X/XII 2015 MIT Study:Cricket can bridge caste gap as people from diff caste collaborate towards common goal Impaired sense of smell recognised early sign of cognitive decline, before clinical onset of Alzheimer’s Children can learn to perform resuscitation effectively/save lives, study conducted on 160 Class 6student Gender gap: Diabetic women end facing social stigma, difficult to diagnose, get less aggressive treatment RBI remains net buyer of US currency in Sep, snap up $1.3BN sold $2.52BN in spot market Twitter now lets you have 50character display names, rolling to all languages where cramming was issue Oil at $80before Christmas? Some traders think so as OPEC supply cuts help to rebalance oil oversupply 6 of top 10 most valued firms lose 60K Cr in m-cap – RIL, HDFC, ITC, Suzuki, ONGC but HUL, SBI, Infy up 2020 deadline to redevelop 10 railway stations with airport-like amenities, 400 stations develop by PPP Govt plan 3.6K Crs subsidy to Telcos by viability gap funding for BharatNet, Wi-Fi in rural areas Adani close to finalising Rel Infra power acquisition deal at 14KCR, will bring debts by 60 – 70% Russia eyes over 50%localisation for new 3&4 Kudankulam reactors - generation 3-plus" nuclear reactors FM want small state-run lenders to 'find niche', not ape large banks - push credit growth in these sectors Union Govt plan to target barefoot entrepreneurs in informal economy to train to boost job creation Fear of revenue loss abates as GST collections gain momentum aided by relaxations in deadline, waivers Category 3 alternative investment funds at 8521Cr, over Bull Run in Indian stock markets in past 3 years Spanish PM Mariano urge Catalan to vote separatist out of office, open up new period of normalcy 40 Conservative MPs ready to oust British PM, Just 8short to pull her from PM/Party leader Resigned Lebanon PM Saad Hariri Says He Is 'Free', Will Return To Beirut, initiate constitution procedure China, Vietnam reach consensus uphold peace in South China Sea manage maritime issues, cooperation US:1000s to join Hollywood #MeToo march against sexual abuse following relentless series of accusation UK school to remove mother, father' from admission form discriminated against separated, step parents Boeing beat Airbus in Dubai Show, grabs Emirate 40nos for 787-10aircraft at $15BN, engine looked upon EU Brexit Chief Barnier preparing for possible failure, EU/Britain would revert to World Trade Org tariffs Pankaj Advani triumph at World Billiards Champs, lift 17th global title, thrash UK’s Mike Russell Today’s Word – *Dacryops* - Wateriness of the eyes
