India
1.  PM Modi: Use social media for public welfare, not for self-praise :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that mobile phones were banned from his meetings because he often found officers checking social media sites in the midst of official discussions.
2.  Kashmiri students are our children: Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje :  Days after Kashmiri students in Rajasthan's Mewar University were beaten up, state chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Friday said her government has taken action against the accused.
3.  Have lawful right to standardise names in Arunachal: China :  China said on Friday that it was its "lawful right" to standardise official names for six places in Arunachal Pradesh, while its state-run media warned that India will pay "dearly" if it continues to play the Dalai Lama card.
4.  China wants India to be part of Belt and Road Initiative :  China on Friday said it would like India to be part of the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) that seeks to link Asia with Europe, adding if concerns of sovereignty over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was a hurdle, they would be "resolved."
5.  Lucknow-Agra Expressway project under Yogi Adityanath govt's scanner :  Barely four months after it was thrown open to public, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's ambitious Lucknow-Agra Expresswayproject has come under the scanner of the Yogi Adityanath government.
6.  Sebi court quashes non-bailable warrant on Subrata Roy on condition he appears in court :  A special SEBI court today quashed a non-bailable warrant issued against disgraced Sahara chief Subrata Roy who appeared before the court.
7.  Nepal scaled down drills with China due to India: Chinese media :   Nepal has scaled down the size of its first-ever military exercise with China after facing strong opposition from India, state-run Chinese media claimed today.
8.  2 men sentenced to 7 years in jail for recruiting, raising funds for ISIS :  Special court today awarded seven-year jail term to two men after they pleaded guilty of criminally conspiring to raise funds and recruiting people for the terror outfit ISIS.
9.  Government must be enabler, not regulator: Modi :  Stressing the importance of competition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that with changing dynamics, the government needs to change its role from being a regulator to an enabler.
10.  India will pay dearly if it uses Dalai Lama card: Chinese media :  In a sure sign that it is still rattled by theDalai Lama's recent visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Beijing today used its state media to warn India that it will end up "paying dearly" if it continues playing "the Dalai Lama card".
World
1.  Paris attack to have 'big effect' on presidential poll: Donald Trump :  US President Donald Trump on Friday said a deadly attack in Paris claimed by the Islamic State group "will have a big effect" on France's upcoming presidential vote.
2.  Paris attack overshadows last campaign day in France :  The killing overnight of a policeman in an Islamist militant attack overshadowed the last day of France's unpredictable presidential election campaign on Friday as centrist Emmanuel Macron held onto his status as frontrunner in the polls.
3.  UN, Russia set for Syria meet without US :  The UN's Syria envoy said today that he will hold talks with Russian officials next week but without the US present after previous plans for a trilateral meeting were "postponed".
4.  South Korea on heightened alert as North readies for army celebration :  South Korea said on Friday it was on heightened alert ahead of another important anniversary in North Korea, with a large concentration of military hardware amassed on both sides of the border amid concerns about a new nuclear test by Pyongyang.
5.  Unchecked' Iran could become another NKorea: US :  US secretary of state Rex Tillerson has termed the Iran nuclear deal a failure and said an "unchecked" Tehran could become another North Korea, but stopped short of threatening to derail the landmark agreement.
6.  Police officer killed, two wounded in Paris shooting :  A French policeman was shot dead and two others were wounded in central Paris on Thursday night in an attack carried out days before presidential elections and quickly claimed by the Islamic Stategroup.
7.  Drift analysis says MH370 likely crashed north of area searched :  Analysis of a genuine Boeing 777 wing flap has reaffirmed experts' opinion that the missing Malaysian airliner most likely crashed north of an abandoned search area in the Indian Ocean, officials said Friday.
8.  Indian-Americans launch White House petition to save Kulbhushan Jadhav :  The Indian-American community in the US has launched a White House petition, seeking the Trump administration's intervention to save Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani court for alleged espionage and subversive activities.
9.  After visa curbs, Australia toughens citizenship laws :  Australia on Thursday announced tougher citizenship laws for new applicants, including higher English language skills and longer residency requirement, days after the government scrapped a popular visa programme used mostly by Indians.
10.  Pakistani sisters kill man for having 'blasphemed' 13 years ago :  Three sisters in Pakistan on Wednesday shot dead a man accused of 'blasphemy' 13 years ago, saying they couldn't kill him earlier as they were "too young then".


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Prasad Geeta

21/04/2017 02:01 PM