FIFA WC 2018: Brazil trounce Costa Rica 2-0, Nigeria bt Iceland 2-0, Swiss hits Serbia 2-1
ICICI Bank get new whistleblower complaint on 31loan A/cs resulting in incorrect asset classification
Opec moves towards raising oil supply as Iran soften stance, increase 1MN bpd or 1% global oil supply
NSE: As of 5 pm Friday, RITES IPO subscribed 66.71times, 180-185/Shares, 80shares lot size
HLRN: Smart Cities Mission too project-based/lacks integrated vision &lack strong gender equality
Skoda India comeback project receives VW approval, 1st MQB-A0 platform Skoda model by 2020
Mongolia launches construction of 1st oil refinery with India aid, 1.5MN ton crude/Yr & 30Kbpd
Rlys largest divestment: Target raising 25,000Cr thro monetisation of its power transmission lines
Security forces prepared list of 21most-wanted terrorists in JK, who will be on top of the target list
IBA for setting independent committee, RBI official as part of panel to scrutinise charges against bankers
SC Judge Chelameswar: Judges can be politically influenced no direct pressure but subtle ways
India stars in football world cup with off-field presence, spent $11MN on match tickets, is up from $9MN
No room for human error, Rlys may soon use drones to make train journey safer, IIT Roorkee on Job
Thermal power plants with 9000MW capacity asking for extension of temp coal supply contract for 6yr
PowerGrid to commission 1st commercial e-vehicle fast charger next month, charge e-vehicle in 1hr
Helath Min: 1.50L wellness centres set up by 2022 across nation, each centre will have yoga facility
Govt concerned by near misses plans to split airspace for better air safety, upto 29K Ft, 2nd 29K-46K feet
Closing bell: Sensex surge 257pts led by banking/healthcare stocks/global mrkt, Nifty settle 10,821
DoT irked with mobile carriers for resisting 5G, COAI favors 5G auctions only 2nd half 2019
Nasa unveils 3 Strategies to defend Earth from asteroid attack based on Size/Composition of asteroid
3rdof world population in countries where democracy in retreat(India/Turkey/Brazil/Poland/Russia/US)
China rising major space power, 5thnation to send Satellite in1970 till date 400 Satellites 200 in service
Russia: Woman notice lump moving around her face, Drs shocked to see roundworm exploring her skin
Govt renewable energy usage targets ambitious; scaling helped, total electricity usage by discoms 21%
Dell sharpens focus on AI suite – machine learning, deep learning, IoT, robotics to stay relevant
Govt to sell IDBI Bank stake to LIC, others in July, Govt share to lower below 50% from 81%
India trying to make Chabahar port in Iran operational by2019, despite US sanction threat against Iran
UIDAI: Aadhaar data can’t be used for criminal probes, only for generating Aadhaar, identify holders
Seychelles not ratify pact allowing Indian naval base on Assumption island, on public protests/criticism
UN: Rule of law ‘virtually absent’ in Venezuela, unjustified killings w/o any apparent consequence
Trump rescinded Obama order – 1st national ocean policy that protected coastal waters, the Great Lakes
Lasers to target US aerial operation in Pacific, 20 incidents since Sep2017, Flash suspected to be Chinese
Trump to impose 20% tariff on all cars imported from EU unless EU ‘soon’ removes import duties
Today’s Word – *Quacksalver* – One who falsely pretends to knowledge of medicine.
