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National The central govt. is considering to Rajasthan becomes India’s first state add a new ministry of peace to to issue newspaper advertisements to initiate peace talk in all crises ridden select vice-chancellors for state situations, boost communal harmony universities to at ensure better- and find amicable selection in qualified candidates apply for the job tension ridden selection. and greater transparency in the Defence Minister has declared that process. the govt. will take care in forging A six-day long global conference strategic partnership in defence sector envisioned on economic and targets exports to $ 2 billion in empowerment of women to foster two years from $ 330 million now. leadership and entrepreneurship was Former TERI Chief R.K. Pachauri held in New Delhi. was summoned as accused by Delhi Urban Development Court which took cognizance of Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu launched charge sheet filed on sexual a 15-day special ‘Swachh Office harassment case. Drive’ for ensuring cleanliness at all DRDO has successfully tested an Government offices across the advance version of its low altitude country as an intensive thematic supersonic ballistic interceptor campaign under Swachh Bharat missile from the ITR Chandipur Mission. The Minister also planted named Aswini the (AAD) missile. a Neem sapling at Nirman Four month window for declaration Bhawan and inspected the building of domestic black money or The for about an hour for an on the spot Income Declaration Scheme 2016 assessment of sanitation. The shall come into effect from 1st June Ministry’s suggestion include 2016.The scheme aims to provide an ensuring water supply at 45 litres per opportunity to all persons who have head per day, one toilet for every 25 not declared income correctly in persons. earlier years to come forward and New Delhi based Engineering declare their undisclosed incomes. Company BHEL has bagged order Under this scheme the declared worth of Rs 1,600-crore from a joint income would be taxed at the rate of venture company of NTPC and SAIL 30 per cent plus ‘Krishi Kalyan’ cess to set up a coal-based thermal power of 25 per cent on taxes payable and a project in Odisha. penalty at the rate of 25 per cent of the taxes payable. Thus the total tax Bilateral to be paid will be 45% of the income India and United States (US) held declared under the scheme. their first Maritime Security Dialogue in New Delhi. Both sides discussed various issues including naval
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cooperation, Asia-Pacific maritime persons are turned into books in a so- challenges and multilateral called Living Library. engagement. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the European Union International (EU) announced the launch of A 10 days session of the UN climate #Emergency Lessons campaign on body UNFCCC started in Bonn in education in crisis zones. The Germany to further discuss on the campaign is a social media-driven Paris climate agreements. public awareness campaign. It is APPLE CEO Tim Cook will visit aimed at reaching 20 million India this week. Europeans and highlighting the India oil due to Iran worth $ 6.5 importance of education for children billion has been facing obstacle due affected by emergencies. to US sanctions and EU reluctance to British Royals Prince William, provide the clearing house function. Princess Kate and Prince Harry on 16 China has developed the new Guam May 2016 launched the Heads killer missile that can hit target some Together campaign at Queen 5500 km away. Elizabeth Park in East London to China has successfully launched tackle stigma of mental health. The Yaogan-30 remote-sensing satellite campaign aims to change the national into sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) conversation on mental health and using the Long March-2D rocket. It well-being. was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in Gobi desert Economy & Banking in northwest China’s Gansu Province. In pursuance to the direction of the To assist its various teams in legal Supreme Court the Finance Ministry research and Development US-based will soon set up a panel to look into law firm Baker Hostetler installed the the issue of mounting NPA. world’s first artificial intelligence SEBI has prepared a new decided lawyer named as ROSS. The Robot distribution policy to share extra was named as ‘ROSS’ which is profits by companies with investors. originally built by Watson, IBM’s Wholesale Inflation WPI based on cognitive computer. whole sale price rose to 0.34% in Australian researchers have built April after a gap of remaining the world’s first Scanning Helium negative for 17 months. Microscope to examine materials With revised Mauritius pact in place without disturbing them. to cheek round tripping, finance Living Library: A UNDP project to minister Arun Jaitley has said that turn testimonies of displaced persons investors must pay taxes on money in Ukraine into “books”. Under the earned in India. project, the testimonies of displaced A joint committee meeting on high speed rail project on Mumbai,
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Ahmadabad bullet train with to Malaysia by 0-2 margin in the Japanese help will be held in Tokyo summit clash in Taipei. led by NITI Ayog Vice-Chairman Former Olympic gold medallist Arvind Panagaria. Shooter Abhinav Bindra clinched the Bangalore based IT major Mphasis silver by 0.1 point in the men’s air and Tone Tag a sound-based rifle in the International Shooting proximity communication company Competition of Hannover in entered into a strategic partnership to Germany. provide a range of digital banking solutions for the banking and retail Award industries. Udupi Ramachandra Rao became the first Indian to be given ‘Hall of Person in news Fame’ Award by the International Justice Deepak Gupta has sworn-in as Astronautical Federation (IAF).He the new Chief Justice (CJ) of the was the former ISRO Chairman and Chhattisgarh High Court. space scientist. Reportedly the world’s oldest living Nandini Bhandaru, a doctoral person Susannah Mushatt Jones has researcher at IIT-Kharagpur, bagged died in New York City. She is the European Materials Research aged 116 and had been ill for the past Society’s (EMRS’s) Young Scientist 10 days. Award at the EMRS 2016 Spring Gujarat-born Former Test Meeting Lille France. cricketer Deepak Shodhan has passed Four Indian peacekeepers and a away at the age of 87. He civilian have been chosen was India’s oldest living Test posthumously for United Nation’s cricketer in Ahmedabad. Dag Hammarskjold Medal for their courage and sacrifice. Sports FOUR INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS Red Bull F1 driver Max Verstappen 1.Head Constable Shubhkaran Yadav (18) from Netherlands created history 2.Rifleman Manish Malik by becoming Formula One’s 3.Havildar Amal Deka youngest race winner. He achieved 4.Rakesh Kumar this feat after winning the 2016 CIVILIAN – Gagan Punjabi Spanish Grand Prix, which was his About Dag Hammarskjold Medal debut race for Red Bull at the age of Established in December 2000. 18. Named after second UN Secretary Andy Murray clinges Rome title with General and Swedish diplomat Dag victory over Novak Djokovic. Hammarskjold (In office: from 1953 Indian women’s squash team ended to 1961). with a silver medal its Asian Team Han becomes the first South Korean Championship campaign as they lost to win 2016 Man Booker International Prize.She has won the Prize for her novel ‘The Vegetarian’.
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About Man Booker International Vocab Prize ENVISIONED-seen in the mind as a a) Man Booker International Prize is mental image an international literary award. Syno-anticipated, conceive, contemplate, b) The award given to a living envisage, forsee, predict, visualize author of any nationality for a Anto-disregard, ignore, look away, body of work published in neglect English or generally available in AMICABLE- friendly English translation. Syno-civil, cordial, courteous, c) The Man Booker International neighbourly, polite, harmonious Prize is sponsored by Man Group Anto-impolite, rude, hostile, plc, which also sponsors the Man disagreeable Booker Prize for Fiction. TESTIMONIES- a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in Miscellaneous a court of law Capgemini jointly with Nasscom Syno-affidavit,demonstration, has launched their digital literacy documentation, evidence,information centre at the Helen Keller Institute of Anto-denial,opposition,veto Deaf and Deaf & blind dedicated to WELL-BEING - the state of being training individuals in Digital comfortable, healthy, or happy Literacy in Panvel and surrounding Syno-comfort,happiness, health, areas of Navi Mumbai. The centre prosperity, advantage will be training over 1200 persons Anto- disadvantage, handicap, with disabilities. This is the ninth hindrance, loss, restriction, ill-being such centre launched as part of THEMATIC- having or relating to the National Digital Literacy subjects or a particular subject Mission move that will enable Syno- confined,insular, limited, training infrastructure and trainers at parochialr, sectional the centre with the help of the institute and the project implementation partner. Tagore’s Vision of the Contemporary World” and ‘Tagore and Russia” were published by Delhi based Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). The 2016 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) was observed on 17 May 2016.This year, WTISD focused on the theme ICT entrepreneurship for social impact.
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