India
1.  Hours before GST rollout, Congress tweets old video clips of PM Modi saying, 'GST can never be successful' :  Hours before the Centre's grand midnight rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Congress on Friday tweeted undated clips of Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying "GST can never be successful" and implementing it is "impossible" without the requisite infrastructure.
2.  What is GST? :   GST or Goods and Services Tax , set to launch on July 1, is a multi-stage, destination-based tax that will be levied on every value addition.
3.  Border face-off: China and India each deploy 3,000 troops :  The ongoing troop face-off between India and China on the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction has emerged as the biggest such confrontation in the region in decades, with both sides continuing to pump in reinforcements to the remote border region, the two rival armies had strengthened their positions at the tri-junction by deploying around 3,000 troops each in a virtually eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.
4.  1.3 Lakh in 2015: Indians top list of foreign citizenship :  India tops the list of origin countries of naturalised citizens across the world, indicating that the diaspora is not apprehensive of acquiring foreign citizenship.
5.  GST Launch: Nitish Kumar to send minister for tax regime launch :  State commercial taxes and energy minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav will represent Bihar at the Goods and Services Tax (GST) launch function in Delhi on Friday midnight.
6.  Road building a direct violation of pacts: Bhutan :   China's aggressive expansionism is now targeting tiny Bhutan. With no boundary agreement, China took unilateral action by building a road in Chumbi Valley area that would threaten Bhutan.
7.  Cow terrorism killed 23 since 2014 :   Reports shows 32 cases of attacks by mobs or vigilante groups on Muslims since May 2014. In most cases, the issue of cows has been the proximate cause - allegations of cow slaughter, smuggling, eating or even possessing beef.
8.  Killing in name of gau bhakti not acceptable, says Modi :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose the ashram of the apostle of nonviolence, Mahatma Gandhi, to issue a stern warning on Thursday against killing in the name of cow protection and the growing culture of violence in society at large. "Nobody can kill in the name of cow. Whether anybody is guilty or not, law will take its own course. No person is allowed to take the law in his hands," Modi said.
9.  Chinese troops entered Doklam area in attempt to construct road: MEA :  India on Friday told China that its attempt to construct a road in the Doklam area in Bhutan will cause a "significant change of status quo", is a "violation of a 2012 understanding", and will lead to "serious security implications."
10.  Kailash Mansarovar yatra through Nathu La cancelled :  The Kailash Mansarovar yatra through Nathu La in Sikkim has been cancelled, an official said on Friday.


World
1.  Europe to meet US plea for more troops to Afghanistan :  European allies pledged more troops to support Afghanistan's hard-pressed military on Thursday but left details on numbers vague until the United States clarifies its new strategy to break a stalemate with the Taliban.
2.  US 'incorrigible' on Taiwan: Chinese envoy after Washington plans arms sale to Taiwan :  The United States plans to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion in arms, the first such sale under the administration of Donald Trump and a move sure to anger China, whose help the president has been seeking to rein in North Korea.
3.  German parliament legalises same-sex marriage :  Germany's parliament voted by a wide margin on Friday to legalise same-sex marriageafter Chancellor Angela Merkel did an about-face that freed members of her ruling conservative bloc to follow their personal conscience rather than the party line.
4.  Five militants blow themselves up during raids in Lebanon: Army :  Five militants blew themselves up during raids on two refugee camps in eastern Lebanonnear the border with Syria in which seven soldiers were wounded, the army said.
5.  China not doing enough on North Korea: US :  China is not doing enough on North Korea which continues to violate international norms by conducting nuclear and missile tests, the White House has said.
6.  Merkel issues warning to Trump ahead of G20 summit :  German Chancellor Angela Merkelpromised to fight for free trade and press on with multilateral efforts to combat climate change at the G20 summit next week, challenging the "America First" policies of US PresidentDonald Trump.
7.  Donald Trump to press South Korea leader on trade as North Korea looms :  US President Donald Trump will press South Korean President Moon Jae-in to solve trade differences over cars and steel in meetings in Washington focusing on the nuclear threat from North Korea.
8.  Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif chairs high-level meeting amid Indo-Pak tension :  Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday chaired a high-level meeting of top foreign policy officials to discuss ties with India amid tension over ceasefire violations in Kashmir.
9.  Trump effect? Pakistan bans Hafiz Saeed-backed terror outfit :  Pakistan has banned terrorist Hafiz Saeed-backed outfit Tehreek-eAzadi-Jammu & Kashmir, a group that is essentially a rebranded Jamaat-ud-Dawa(JuD), which in turn was the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
10.  Death toll in Pakistan oil tanker inferno rises to 174 :  The death toll from an oil tanker explosion in central Pakistan has risen to 174, officials said on Thursday, including the driver who warned people scooping up spilled fuel to stay away but was ignored.


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Prasad Geeta

30/06/2017 11:47 AM