NEWS HEADLINES OF THE DAY – 06 November 2017– MONDAY India beat China to win 2017 Women’s Asia Cup hockey, qualified for 2018 Women Hockey WC UN: India can’t sit on sidelines/bear increased natural disaster Solar-Projects mastery huge potential UP: 30 children died in Gorakhpur’s BRD hospital in 48hrs, 15 kids younger than 30days -J encephalitis New law scholarship for Indians Ratanshaw Zaiwalla1st English Solicitor, by his son at Oxford Univ NTPC was under pressure to keep the snag-hit unit No 6 working for 42nd anniversary celebration Nirbhay, India’s indigenous subsonic cruise missile, ready for 5th trial, 2016 aborted as it changed course SC, HC judges get DA hike bills to raise their salary await cabinet nod, Judges DA revised to 139% Find: Babies smarter than you think, they can calculate probability/analyze risk at even 6months Do you pop pill for heartburn? Beware can put kidneys at risk 33% by proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) 17K Cr suspicious transaction detected after demonetization, Co with negative balance withdrew 2484Cr After Panama, Paradise Papers Reveal Tax Haven Secret of World Ultra-Rich People, contains 13MN docs Saudi Arabia arrests of 11Princes, 4Ministers show crown prince is risk-taker with a zeal for reform Thanks to Trump: No of Indian students in Canada crosses 1 Lac, 2017 admissions to be record high Nepal opens bridge built near Kaligandaki river China border with India’s help & $4L Financial assistance Saudi-led Coalition Intensifies Airstrikes on Houthis after Intercepting Ballistic Missile, targets NSA Office Biggest GST tweak on cards less taxing times likely for India soon, make compliance less onerous kink out Flush with cash Flipkart, Paytm, Amazon set sights on next big frontier, talks with Zomato/Swiggy Air India floats tender to raise $535MN to buy 3 Boeing planes, to sell 2 properties to SBI fetch 50Cr To ease business of flying, Govt to build 100airports in 15yrs at 4L Crs – 70 new locations/30 expansions UK Queen's private estate invested in offshore funds, $13MN placed in funds held in Cayman/Bermuda’s Trump begin 12day Asia trip Japan 1st port of call For India US Govt increase use of Indo-Pacific matters UK's biggest rail franchise Govia Thameslink Railway to be broken by 2021, Metro to Transport of London China may grasp climate leadership at UN talks with Trump out accord seek end to fossil fuel this century Pentagon: Ground invasion of N Korea only way to destroy nuclear weapon based on casualty study Mobile advertising company InMobi plans to target Telcos, e-com Cos – Video ads platform Ethical/Financial: Dec likely bids by failed promoters to wrest control of troubled Cos worry banks Atlantic Gulf&Pacific Company to set up LNG terminal at Karaikal, $200MN in 1st phase, 2019 First supply Govt to give 60% stake to private Cos in functional oil/gas fields ONGC & Oil India to raise output Reliance Ind award KG-D6 gas field contract to McDermott, connection with 6subsea well depth 6890 ft Bank unions seek wage hike settlement by Dec 31, banks agreed hike settlement effective by Nov1 Planet Hollywood Little Caesars among 60 global food brands planning to enter India, 5K outlets at $1BN Bain Carlyle in race to buy Sutures India for $425MN, Sutures exports products to 91 countries in Europe Shalane Flanagan 1st US woman to win NYC Marathon Since 1977, Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor wins Men Today’s Word – *Wafture* - Act of waving or wafting