India
1.  Who is BJP to provide 'sanctity to Muslims?': Congress, AIMIM's Owaisi :  "Who is the BJP to provide 'sanctity' to any religious community", asked the Congress party and the AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi today, a day after BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said his party "doesn't get Muslim votes but still provides sanctity to Muslims".
2.  India-US ties are stronger, more mature: Arun Jaitley :  The US-India ties have significantly improved over the last few decades, becoming more "stronger" and "matured" that defied changes in the governments in both the countries, finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday.
3.  'For once', Digvijaya Singh agrees with Subramanian Swamy :  BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has in the past commented scurrilously about Congress leader Digvijaya Singh's personal life, but that didn't stop the latter from saying yesterday that on one issue he agrees with the MP and that is "the failure of the BJP-PDP alliance" in Jammu and Kashmir.
4.  Alliance in J&K in trouble as PDP, BJP drift apart :  From their political philosophy to socio-cultural idiom, every innate fault line within the PDP-BJP alliance is proving to be antithetical to governance and security in Jammu and Kashmir.
5.  India becoming hub of international arbitration, Chief Justice J S Khehar says :  Chief Justice of India J S Khehar on Saturday said India is becoming a hub of international arbitration and the government's initiative to work towards zero interference in the process will promote confidence among foreign traders.
6.  2,000 madrassas, mosques in UP under security scanner :  A day after five youths were held for allegedly being involved in a terror plot that would have targeted Delhi and UP - while one, the imam of a local mosque called Mohd Faizan, has been arrested, the rest were let off after questioning on Friday - senior police officers told.
7.  Banned phones in meetings, because officials keep checking social media sites: PM Modi :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked government officers to use social media for welfare of the people and not for self-praise.
8.  Govt’s Aadhaar-PAN linkage comes under Supreme Court's scanner :  The Supreme Court said on Friday it would examine the validity of the Centre's decision to make Aadhaar mandatory for PAN cards and for filing income tax returns and sought an explanation from the government.
9.  Unwitting, careless ‘insults’ to religion must not be prosecuted: SC :  In a pronouncement that reiterates the constitutional protection to freedom of speech and expression, the Supreme Courthas said that unwitting or careless "insults" to religion should not be prosecuted as this would amount to misuse of law.
10.  Mallya laundered money to British cos and bank accounts, India tells UK :  Indian investigators feel there is a strong chance of bringing Vijay Mallya back to India as documents shared by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) with the UK government claim the controversial tycoon laundered money from banks in India to "British companies" and "bank accounts" in the UK.


World
1.  In or out? EU is hot-button issue in French vote :  Such is Marine Le Pen's aversion to the European Union that the French far-right leader demanded the removal of its star-spangled flag from a TV studio before agreeing to a recent interview.
2.  Over 400 militants surrender in Balochistan :  As many as 434 militants belonging to different banned outfits have surrendered in Pakistan's restive Balochistanprovince.
3.  Power outage cripples San Francisco for seven hours :  : A massive power outage threw San Francisco into chaos for most of the work day on Friday, knocking out traffic signals, paralyzing businesses and halting the city's famed cable cars.
4.  Champs-Elysees gunman had long criminal record, praised Islamic State :  The gunman who shot and killed a police officer on the famed Champs-Elysees just days before the French presidential vote spent 14 years in prison, including for attacking other officers, Frances's anti-terrorism prosecutor said Friday — a lengthy criminal history that gave a jolt to an already nail-biting election and fueled growing security concerns.
5.  Mob attacks man accused of blasphemy in northern Pakistan :  A mob attacked a man accused of blasphemy during Friday prayers in a northern Pakistani town and injured six police officers after they intervened to rescue him, police said.
6.  Consular access to Jadhav to be decided on basis of merit: Pakistan :  Pakistan has asserted that a decision on India's request for consular access to its national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a military court, would be taken on "the basis of merit".
7.  Britain's Queen Elizabeth celebrates 91st birthday :  The sound of a gun salute tore through central London on Friday to celebrate the 91st birthday of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, with the world's longest-reigning monarch taking a step back from royal duties to allow the younger generation to step forward.
8.  Waiting for green cards, Indian visa-holders see hope in Trump review :  When Gokul Gunasekaran was offered a full scholarship for a graduate programme in electrical engineering at Stanford University, he saw it as the chance of a lifetime.
9.  Taliban kill '140' troops in Afghan base attack :  As many 140 Afghan soldiers were killed on Friday by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms in what would be the deadliest attack ever on an Afghan military base, officials said.


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Prasad Geeta

22/04/2017 12:55 PM