Latest and Top Ten National and International News – June 15 2018

Trade friction: India to take US with$240MN retaliatory tariffs, encounter steel/aluminum tariff

Bengaluru Techie Roopesh Rides Horse To Work On Last Day To Protest Traffic, Social Media hails

Burgeoning: Indian cities get water supply from 1-6 hs/only 21% waste water treated

VitaminD high levels can cut risk of colon cancer, eggs fish, mushrooms in diet for Vit D

Hong Kong scientist: New research point to functional cure for HIV, control virus that cause/eliminate

Univ of Colorado study on 32K people reveal Early to bed & early to rise keep safe from depression

Leading from front: Manipur IAS officer Deleep supervises flood relief operation in waist-deep water

Yavatmal collector orders boycott of SBI, close A/Cs on allegedly slow in disbursing crop loans to farmers

Bad loan write-offs by PSBs surge 140% over losses in FY18, 1st time in decade huge write-offs/loss

Army pays floral tribute to rifleman Aurangzeb who was abducted & killed by militants in J&K’s Pulwama

Panchayats in 8350 village/7state to manage water usage, monitor levels, devise plans for recharge

Periodicity & duration of dry spell that is leading to dust storms rising as total rainfall events reduce

Chandigarh: Dusty haze grounds 33 flights, expected to clear after rain today, Flights in Shimla grounded

Can person with low vision become doctor? SC to examine NEET qualifier’ plea whose has low visibility

TCS 1st Indian Co to close above 7 lakh cr m-cap, board approves share buyback of 16K Cr

Sensex, Nifty log modest gains, TCS gains on share buyback announcement, Re at 3Week low, down 16P

Boeing expand aerospace engineering footprint in Bengaluru; to hire 2500 in IT, R&D

Fund mobilisation by Indian Cos by shares issuance dropped by 64% to 1900Cr in April 2018

Chinese carmakers Beiqui, Changan’ India plans hit speedbreaker on regulatory uncertainty, 5year delay

NTPC pacts with Noida Authority use treated sewage water at Dadri plant for thermal plant within 50KM

India, EU telecom regulators sign MoU, back net neutrality even net neutrality officials expires in US

Rly Min: Performance of railway zones regarding sanitation catering punctuality to be reviewed

Relief for Indian Drs, nurses as UK lifts visa cap given major shortage in National Health Service

99MN Yr-Old Frog Found Encased in Amber, oldest known specimen excavated from north Myanmar

Distinctive "double-bubble" contouring BMW 8-Series Coupe Finally Debuts, manufactured at Dingolfing

UK’s Sikh NGO Khalsa offers iftar food packets to 5000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon & Iraq on Ramzan

Trump: Lift sanction on N Korea only after US making sure Pyongyang no longer has nuclear weapon

US reconfirm plan to revoke rule offering permits for spouses of H-1B visa holders, do away H-4 EAD visa

Advantages for Indians as UAE changes to policies instead of bank guarantees on visas, workers

Message of Peace: Stephen Hawking voice to be beamed towards nearest black hole in final send-off

London Breed 1st African American woman mayor in San Francisco, only female in 15largest US cities

Google barely makes progress on gender diversity in workforce up only 10thof % point to 30.9%

FIFA WC2018: Ronaldo hat-trick earns Portugal 3-3 draw vs Spain, 4th to score four in World Cups

Today’s Word – *Jackstay* – Iron or wooden bar running along yard of ship to which sails fastened