Latest and Top Ten National and International News – June 21 2018

FIFA WC 2018: Portugal bt Morocco 1-0 Uruguay bt Saudi 1-0 Russia in last 16, Spain bt Iran 1-0

Safe: Ntl Ins of Nutrition found PET bottles not ‘leaching toxins’ into medicines as anticipated

Govt to meet power Cos today Shall go into huddle against backdrop of large stressed asset, HC directive

Govt issue draft cross-border insolvency norms fine tuned to suit Indian Economy, ask public comment

Buoyant stock market, real estate made Indian HNI wealth grow fastest in2017, 22% HNI Wealth growth

Arvind Subramanian quit as chief economic adviser, leave post before his term May 2019

With fall of last dove, MPC minutes portend more than one RBI rate hike, difficult to ignore oil prices rise

Poor Corp Governance: ICICI Bank CEO Chanda fully paid indefinite leave raise questions

Failed Air India sale to swing focus on asset disposal cost cuts, Not right time for AI Sale on high oil prices

Surat bags ‘great momentum’ in implementation of Smart City project, 9cities bag Project Awards

Govt clears 38,062Cr pending GST refund claims of exporters till June16, based on shipping bill

16 flights diverted due to low-hanging clouds over Goa airport, 100s stranded, No flights b/w 2-6PM

UN Report: In 2016, 4.2MN people died as result of high levels of ambient air pollution

Telcos can provide internet telephony to subscribers using internet services from other service providers

FB on Govt Notice: Not aware of misuse of user info by device makers, only limited to FB like experience

China trying to colonise Pak, CPEC unfair deal, take advantage of International isolation on terror fin

Connaught premium hotel in Lutyen’s Delhi acquired by Taj group, 5.8Cr/year lease for 33yrs

Jet Airways induct maiden 737 Max aircraft out of 150 on order from Boeing, 1st domestic to have

AIIB ready to pump in $1.9 bn more into India = Amaravati, NIIF, Mumbai Metro, Irrigation proj in Bengal

Shadow of bot followers/fake likes mars social media influencers, made advertisers life very difficult

Risky loans 1.2Lac Cr to MSMEs could potentially create 16,000Cr worth NPAs by Mar 2019

In order to beef clean energy portfolio, Govt wants to build 30 GW offshore wind capacity by 2030

ITC’s personal care Raisa/Anupama Sharma bags Silver at Cannes Young Lions competition for marketers

RITES IPO off to strong start, analysts say valuation attractive, band set Rs 180-185 per share

Jio Airtel Vodafone key for NB-IoT deployment in India as IoT opportunity to create new revenue stream

Bosch to invest 1,700Cr in India over next 3 yrs, 600Cr to revamp Bengaluru facility to focus IoT

UAE’s Adnoc plan India investment acquire Aramco stake that partnered with India Cos in $44BN project

Crime linked to Blockchain soars 629% in Q1, comes when adopted in all sectors- finance/retail/Auto

US quits UN HRC -it accused of hypocrisy & bias against Israel, mockery of human rights

UN: 7000people from India applied for US asylum in2017 largest recipient of new asylum request

Americans own 40% world’s firearms, Of 857MN guns owned by civilians, 393MN in US

Fox-Disney deal: Murdoch agree to $71BN bid, blow to Comcast, $38/share in cash/stock

UK PM Theresa face down rebel MPs won vote for ‘smooth Brexit bill now goes for Royal Assent

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