India
1.  5 killed as shots fired at MP farmers’ protest, CM accuses Cong of instigating violence :   At least five persons were killed and over a dozen injured when shots were fired during a protest by farmers in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. Curfew has been clamped in Mandsaur and Pipliamandi and internet connectivity has been severed. The death toll, it is feared, may rise.
2.  Rahul Gandhi likely to take over as Congress chief in October :   Rahul Gandhi is likely to take over the reins of Congress in October, the much-speculated change of guard coming ahead of key assembly elections and just one and half years before the Lok Sabha polls.
3.  Modi govt gears up for 2019 polls with ‘a project a day :   'A project a day' is set to mark the Modi government's run-up for the 2019 parliamentary polls with the highways and shipping ministry have already prepared a list of nearly 500 projects, which will be either inaugurated or for which foundation stones will be laid as the mega battle draws closer.
4.  Activists slam al-Qaida operative for inciting Muslims to join jihad :  Eminent Islamic scholars, senior clerics, head of a leading Muslim organisation, and anti-jihadist activists have strongly condemned the utterances of al-Qaida operative Zakir Musa.
5.  Delhi's ace cop turns leader of ATM-robbing gang :  An ace investigator from Delhi Police's crime branch had mysteriously gone missing for six months. But when the department finally got some news of him, it became a cause of deep embarrassment rather than relief.
6.  Economy in bad shape, note ban to be blamed for slowdown: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh :  Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accused BJP of patronising a growing culture of lynch mobs while former PM Manmohan Singh expressed concern over a "sharp slowdown" in the economy at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting.
7.  DGCA goes to police against 34 ‘abusive’ pilots :  In an unprecedented move, the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) filed a police complaint against 34 pilots of four airlines — Jet, IndiGo, Spice-Jet and GoAir — who are participants in a WhatsApp group for "making obscene remarks" against a senior regulatory official.
8.  Army chief damaging force’s image: CPM :  CPM has slammed Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat for defending the use of human shield in Kashmir, saying his remark "exemplifies all that is wrong with the way the Modi government is dealing with the situation there".
9.  Indian IT companies sharply cut H-1B dependence :  There was a sharp decline in the use of H-1B visas by Indian IT companies in Barack Obama's last year as US president, indicating that Donald Trump may only be accelerating an ongoing trend.
10.  NDTV probe as per due process of law, says CBI :  The CBI has rebutted the allegation that it acted under pressure to carry out searches on the premises of the promoters of news channel NDTV, protesting against what it called an attempt to malign its image and asserting that it was carrying out an investigation as per the due process of law and under the jurisdiction of the court of law.
11.  Iran hits back at India, inks gas field deal with Russian firm :  Iran has signed a basic agreement with Russian energy giant Gazprom for development of Farzad B gas field, discovered by a consortium of Indian state-run companies, in an apparent retaliation against India's bid to pressure Tehran for a formal deal by cutting purchase of Iranian oil.


World
1.  US says China likely to build military base in Pakistan :  A Pentagon report released on Tuesday singled out Pakistan as a possible location for a future Chinese military base, as it forecast that Beijing would likely build more bases overseas after establishing a facility in the African nation of Djibouti.
2.  Qatar: Trump urges Gulf unity in call with Saudi king :  President Donald Trumpstressed the need for Gulf unity in talks with Saudi Arabia's King SalmanTuesday, amid a crisis that has divided several key US allies in the region.
3.  At 56, Indian-origin candidates in UK polls hit new high :  If a record number of 10 Indian-origin candidates were elected to the British Parliament in 2015, the 2017 snap polls have an impressive number of 56 Indian-origin candidates contesting.
4.  US military praises Qatar, despite Trump tweet :  The Pentagon on Tuesday renewed praise of Qatar for hosting a vital US air base and for its "enduring commitment to regional security," sticking to a message of reassurance even as President Donald Trump, via Twitter, applauded a decision by Arab powers to cut ties to the Gulf ally.
5.   Carrying laptops in plane's belly unsafe, warns IATA :  
     "Carrying 200 laptops in the belly hold of the aircraft is not safe. We have written to the US government saying that it violates all the safety rules that apply to the carriage of goods in the aircraft belly," said Alexandre de Juniac, director-general of IATA.
6.  Nepali Congress leader Deuba elected PM for fourth time :  Sher Bahadur Deuba, the head of the centrist Nepali Congress party, won election as the Himalayan nation's new prime minister on Tuesday, days after his Maoist predecessor quit under a power sharing deal.
7.  UK's May says ready to curb human rights laws to fight extremism :  British Prime MinisterTheresa May said on Tuesday she would be willing to weaken human rights protections to make it easier to deport or curb the movements of suspected militants who there is not enough evidence to prosecute.
8.  Peacock takes out $500 in wine after crashing liquor store :  A female peacockhas ruffled more than just feathers at a Los Angeles-area liquor store. The peahen was in the store for 90 minutes and broke $500 worth of the family store's best bottles, including champagne.
9.  UK Police name third London attacker as Italian national Youssef Zaghba :  British police on Tuesday named the third man who carried out a terror attack in London as 22-year-old Youssef Zaghba, an Italian national of Moroccan origin.
10.  Shooting incident inside Iran parliament: Report :  Two semi-official Iranian news agencies, Fars and Mehr, reported on Wednesday a shooting at the Iranian parliament.


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Prasad Geeta

07/06/2017 11:06 AM