Latest and Top Ten National and International News – 06 September 2018

Today’s Fuel rate: Del: P 79.31 D 71.34 Kol: P 82.22 D 74.19 Mum: P 86.72 D 75.74 Chn: P 82.41, D 75.39

For 8 days IAS officer toiled at Kerala relief camp (offloading materials) without revealing who he was

Re hits new closing low of 71.75 on macro worries, weak trend in emerging market currency weighed

India above global Avg in hiring female airline pilots, NO Gender gap in pay IndiGo 13% SpiceJet 12%

2+2 talks: As India, US head for dialogue, China wooing Delhi to exploit an opening in power game

19 On New York (Emirates) Flight "Confirmed Ill" After 100 Report Sick – Cabin Crew at best help

Find: Scientists identified powerful antioxidant that may lower risk of 2nd heart attack or stroke

Scientist-developed AI, that better predict risk of death in patients with heart disease than Drs

An industry built on claim 10,000 steps/day necessary to be healthy. But where did figure come from?

On Teachers’ Day, 60,000 Schools Observe Black Day protesting alleged discriminatory policies

HRD Min: Got over 1 lakh suggestions on reducing NCERT syllabus, 10-15% syllabus to be reduced

Qatar Airways shown interest (without baggage) in Air India after Govt decided to hold divestment plans

Govt now target bank a/cs for all individuals, Accident insurance cover on Rupay debit cards at 2Lac

In 6 days of continuous fall, BSE Sensex shed 878 pts, 3.31L Cr investor wealth gone in 6 sessions

IAF carries out 1st ever mid-air refuelling of Tejas light combat jet with Russian-built IL-78 MKI tanker

Mountain of false claims tests bankruptcy process, ABG Shipyard stood at 90% of total claims

India will pay 7,000Cr for 18 bullet trains from Japan, pledge to transfer tech for local production

RBI seeks fortnightly updates from payment firms on data storage related to India Payments

Delhi Metro 2nd most unaffordable in world, Avg spend 14% of income, 2nd to Hanoi that spend 25%

J&J directed to trace, compensate all faulty hip implant patients, 47K done but only 1080 traceable

7 new IIMs established in 2015 to 2017 to get permanent campus by June 2021, at 3,775Cr cost

Govt may bring back no-fail policy for skills sector as it caters 2MN students who are trained workforce

Irdai ask insurers to provide 60-days grace period for health insurance premium in Kerala/Karnataka

Indian malls resurge, e-com pose threat in Tier-II, III cities that constitutes 300-400MN middle class

Finding: 68% milk & milk products out of 14.68Cr Liters per day in India not as per FSSAI standard

Power Min: REC & Lenders to go for sustainable resolution while addressing bad loan stressed assets

Like WhatsApp, Apple shelved plans to launch Payment app in India after landing in regulatory grey area

UK faces tough diplomacy to challenge Russia after Skripal charges, to persuade EU to slap sanctions

US: NASA is anxious to hear from its dust-silenced Mars rove, Flight controllers on alert for message

US: Sr Trump Official Pens New York Times Op-Ed on Secret Resistance In White House over amorality

Typhoon Leaves Major Japanese Airport Closed Indefinitely After Ship Hits Bridge, topples many cranes

Earthquake in north Japan triggered large landslide, destroy unknown number of homes, trap many

Almost all Latin American Nations Relax Rules to Admit Venezuelan Refugees with Expired Passports

Today’s Word – *Naissance* -New development; birth.