India
1.    Air Force declines to share details on Rafale deal :  
    Details of the agreement signed between Indian and French authorities regarding supply of 36 Rafale aircraftcannot be disclosed as they are confidential in nature, the Air Force has said.
2.  Punjab polls: Pakistani bride votes for the first time in Qadian :   A Pakistan-born, 35-year-old woman who married a man living in Gurdaspur's Qadian town in 2003, was able to vote for the time ever in her life when Punjab went to polls to elect its next legislative assembly on Saturday.
3.  India's clout in cricket set to shrink :  The global cricket order is about to change. The ICC on Saturday in principle agreed to radically alter the game's financial model and governance structure which will see the clout and revenue share of the Big Three - India, England and Australia - substantially reduced. The BCCI vehemently opposed the restructured revenue sharing model, but it is all set to be ratified at the ICC board's meeting in April this year.
4.  Man feared to have left for IS, ATS finds him with lover in Hyderabad :  When a 28-year-old Yavatmal pharmacist, Maroof Khan (name changed), left home carrying his passport and promising never to return, he had no inkling his action would put him on the list of suspects leaving to join the banned Islamic State. The state anti-terrorism squad (ATS) swung into action and traced him to Hyderabad, where they stumbled upon a love story instead.
5.  Jallikattu stir transforms into green movement in Vellore :  The pro-jallikattu movement in Vellore is metamorphosing into a green initiative. A group of youngsters, which had taken part in thepro-jallikattu agitation recently, kick-started 'Clean and Green Vellore' campaign on Saturday and took up the task of clearing thorny bushes and restoring the century-old Otteri lake as their first task.
6.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address rally in Aligarh :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an election rally on Sunday in Uttar Pradesh Aligarh district ahead of the Assembly polls in the state which starts on February 11.
7.  IGI airport first in India to cross 5 crore flyer mark :  In a first for any Indian airport, IGI Airportcrossed the 5-crore passenger mark last year. The airport with three runways and as many terminals handled 5.5 crore passengers: 4 crore domestic and 1.5 crore international flyers. Mumbai was a distant second at 4.4 crore.
8.  US decommissions USS Enterprise — nuclear ship that once threatened India :   It played a major role in the Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam War, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Somewhere in between, it also attempted to browbeat India — without success.
9.  How Hyderabad techie was puppeteered by Islamic State :  When the terror group Islamic State (IS) identified a promising young recruit willing to carry out an attack in one of India's major tech hubs — Hyderabad, the group made sure to arrange everything down to the bullets he needed to kill victims.
10.  Railways aims for new heights with train to Tawang at 10,000 feet :  Aiming to take railway services in the region to new heights, the Northeast Frontier Railway(NFR) has planned to bring trains to Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang. Tawang is located at a height of 10,000 feet on the border with China. Survey work for the project will start next year. 
11.  Bank accounts see flood of deposits post demonetisation :  Though the scale of deposits has surprised even the tax department, it is making allowances for deposits from cooperative banks, finance companies, businesses, government departments etc. 
12.  Udta India: Air travel gains popularity :  This new data comes around a time when air travel in India - both domestic and international - has reached new highs, buoyed by low international oil prices that allowed for cheaper fares.
13.   Less than 1/3rd of ministers' assurances in Parliament implemented :   In  the last two years of the Narendra Modi government, only one-third of assurances given by ministers in Parliament has been implemented, while almost one-fifth of these been dropped.
14.  It'll be awkward if Sasikala becomes the chief minister: Subramanian Swamy :  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Sunday, in a veiled attack on All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary V.K. Sasikalasaid that it would be awkward if she goes on to become the chief minister of Tamil Nadu


World
1. .Donald Trump to attend his first G7 meet in Italy in May :  Donald Trump has agreed to attend the G-7 Summit in Italy in May during his telephonic conversation with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, in what could be his first visit to Europe as US president.
2.  Donald Trump says US will work with Kiev and Moscow to end Ukraine conflict :  US President Donald Trump said he was willing to work with both Kiev and Moscow to resolve a separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, following a telephone call with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday.
3.  Avalanche kills 13 people in Pakistan's north :  A Pakistani security official says at least 13 people have been killed in an avalanche that buried five homes following heavy snowfall in the country's north.
4.  New Pentagon chief an instant hit in Japan, South Korea :  In his debut abroad as the first retired general to lead the Pentagon in more than half a century, Jim Mattisfound that in Japan and South Korea his experience in uniform is seen as an asset.
5.  PoK locals take to streets against Pakistan's atrocities :  Anti Pakistan protests have been taking place across Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) for weeks now, even as Islamabad on Sunday observes the annual Kashmir Solidarity Day in support of the Kashmiri people.
6.  Envoy Abdul Basit tipped to be Pakistan's foreign secretary :  Pakistan's government has in principle decided to appoint high commissioner to India Abdul Basit as the country's new foreign secretary, The News reported on Saturday.
7.  Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud Dawa at it again, changes name to beat ban :  In a familiar trick, the banned Jamaat-ud Dawa looks set to evade the "crackdown" on it and its chief Hafiz Saeed by resurfacing as Tehreek Azadi Jammu and Kashmir, a platform purportedly wedded to the Kashmiri cause. 
8.  'It's a miracle for me': 5-year-old Pakistani boy reunites with mother at Wagah border :  A five-year-old Pakistani boy, who was taken to India on the sly by his father a year ago, was on Saturday reunited with his mother in Pakistan at the Wagah borderafter the Indian authorities handed him over.
9.  Combined value of Chinese banks overtake US banks:    The combined value of Chinese banks has surpassed that of US banks for the first time as they emerged as global leaders by asset base as well as brand value, a report by a business valuation consultancy has said.
10.  China warns Donald Trump not to push it for talks with Dalai Lama :  Warning Trump administrationof "endless trouble and burden" if it uses the Dalai Lamaagainst it, China on Saturday sharply criticised the new US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for his "amateurish" suggestion that he would encourage talks between Beijing and Dharmsala-based Tibetan government in exile.
11.  Sri Lanka eyes China free trade deal this year, PM to visit in May :  Sri Lanka aims to finalise a free trade agreement with China this year and the country's prime minister will visit Beijing in May, the Sri Lankan ambassador said on Saturday, amid rising concern in the South Asian nation about Chinese investment.
12.  Louvre reopens 24 hours after machete attack :  Art lovers returned to the Louvre in Paris on Saturday, 24 hours after soldiers outside the museum shot and seriously wounded a machete-wielding attacker, whose condition stabilized overnight.


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Prasad Geeta

05/02/2017 10:51 AM