1. Victoria, a state of Australia, is considering a legislation that will legalize assisted suicide for
terminally ill patients. Patients suffering from ailments like Motor Neuron
Disease, Parkinson’s disease or Multiple Sclerosis could be eligible for the
assisted death.
2. India Army have received the first two M-777 A-2 Ultra light
howitzers (ULH) from BAE
systems after Bofors Scandals nearly 30 years over.
3. Cabinet of Japan has approved
a bill that will allow its
emperor ( Akihito) retire his thrown to allow Prince crown(Naruhito) to take
charge of the same.
4. After a meeting between Chinese
and ASEAN Officials in the
southern city of Guiyang, they agreed a framework
for South China sea code of Conduct (COC)
5. IIT Delhi scientists have developed cheapest respiratory filter and this product will be available in
the market worldwide under the brand name Nasofilter
by Nanoclean Global Pvt Ltd, a company formed by the innovators.
6. Karthick Chandran , a professor in the department of
Microbiology at the Albert Einstein College of medicine in Bronx, New
York helped in identifying the antibodies
to fight against Ebola virus
7. Grand Master RR Laxman won the All
India Open Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Tournament at the Kshudiram Anushilan Kendra,
Kolkatta, west Bengal.
8. The GST council has fixed the rate of 1211 items. Household items
like Sugar, Tea, Coffee and edible oil will attract 5% levy. Cereals and
milk will be exempted from the tax. Manufactured goods will attract 18% levy.
Luxury cars will attract 28% GST in addition to a cess of 15%. Small petrol
cars will attract 28% GST plus a 1% cess, and diesel cars will be taxed at
28% plus 3% cess. Capital goods, a key asset for the manufacturing
sector, will be taxed at 28%. Aerated drinks will fall under the 28% tax
bracket.
9. The first copy of the book “
Meta Physics, Moral and Politics” authored
by Professor Amal Kumar
Mukhopadhyay was received by
the President of India Shri. Pranab Mukherjee in Kolkatta, West Bengal.
10. The annual joint Humanitarian Assistance and
Disaster Relief (HADR)exercise named “Karavali Karunya”
began on 18th May 2017
conducted by Indain Navy’s Western Naval Command at Naval Station Karwar. Karavali Karunya means
assistance to the coast of Karnataka.
11. India imposed anti
dumping duty on a Chinese chemical used
in the Pharma industry and aluminium foil to protect domestic industry from
cheap imports.
12. Paranay Varada,(14), Indian American student won the Prestigious National Geographic Bee
Championship 2017.In 2016 Rishi Nair , a 6th grader from Florida won the contest
and Varada was runner- up in that contest.
13. Anant G. Geete , Minister of Union Heavy Industries and
Public & Public enterprises inaugurated the test tracking facility at Oragadam,
Chennai . This test tracking
facility is developed by Global Automative Research Centre (GARC). The facility
has been notified to issue
certificates under CMVR 1989.
14. NGT ( National Green Tribunal ) has banned open defecation and waste dumping on the flood plains of the Yamuna. It
has also imposed an environment compensation of Rs. 5000 for people
violated the order.
15.Indian cricket team has retained its top position in the latest ICC Test
rankings followed by
South Africa(2nd). Australia (3rd) England (4th), New Zealand ( 5th) ,Pakistan
( 6th ), Sri Lanka (7th) , West Indies (8th )
Bangladesh(9th) and Zimbabwe at( 10th)
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