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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test and
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called for a united international response to the “further troubling violation” of UN resolutions. His
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statement came ahead of an urgent UN Security Council meeting called to discuss Sunday’s missile
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test — nuclear-armed North Korea’s first since U.S. President Donald Trump assumed office.
The North’s leader Kim Jong-Un “expressed great satisfaction over the possession of another
powerful nuclear a ack means which adds to the tremendous might of the country.
Permanent UN Security Council members China and Russia joined a chorus of international
criticism of the launch near the western city of Kusong. The council was to meet around 2200 GMT
on Monday following a request by the United States, Japan and South Korea.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said it opposes North Korean missile launches
that violate UN resolutions. Russia’s Foreign Ministry called the launch “a demonstration of
contempt for UN Security Council resolutions”.
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The Flynn Case:
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Sensitive ma er:
Stephen Miller, White House senior policy adviser said that possibly misleading the Vice-President
on communications with Russia was “a sensitive ma er”.
Past Issues:
President Barack Obama replaced his NSA Gen. James Jones, a four-star former supreme allied
commander in Europe, after concluding that the general was a bad fit for the administration.
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leaving a larger-than-usual hole in the
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Almost 2,00,000 people were ordered on Sunday to evacuate from the area below the Lake Oroville
Dam, the tallest dam in the United States, after authorities said its emergency spillway could give
way.
Helicopters from around the state were sent to drop chest-high bags of rocks to close the hole in the
spillway, dump trucks dropping off piles of rock, which were then loaded into the bags with
backhoes. The operation to close the gap would begin as soon as it was feasible.
The water department said that the spillway next to the dam was “predicted to fail within the next
hour” but it remained standing, authorities were releasing water to lower the lake’s level after weeks
of heavy rains in drought-plagued California.
State and local officials said the immediate danger had passed with water no longer flowing over
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We are fully
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Kuan Bi-Ling, member of
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said that Taiwan had
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country despite the difficulties posed by Beijing’s One-China
policy. He said that the country’s freedom is a de facto reality
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Taiwan has become one of the major investors in India from the Asia-Pacific region and it wishes to
uplift relations with India to the same level as its ties with Japan and the United States. Taiwanese
investment in India is aimed at the manufacturing sector which helps in generating employment.
We are determined to build substantive economic ties with India and bridge the gap between our
goals and realities in Taiwan-India ties,” Ms. Kuan said emphasising that Taipei wishes to invest in
the flagship Indian programmes such as the “Make in India” and “Smart City” projects.
Taiwan’s new government under President Tsai ing-Wen has launched the “New Southbound
policy” which aims to energise Taiwan’s ties with the ASEAN region, Australia, New Zealand and
India.
Apart from increased bilateral trade, the “New Southbound Policy” is also aimed at energising
people-to-people contact in the fields of tourism and culture. More Taiwanese tourists should be
Karnataka amends
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such events, including evidence of different forms of cruelty inflicted on the animals. Many of the
buffaloes frothed at the mouth, salivated heavily, and displayed increased respiration rates,
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demonstrating that they struggle, and are anatomically unfit to be forced to take part.
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Change in Definition:
The definition of factory is proposed to be modified as in the original Bill by giving powers to the
State governments to increase the
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with 20 or more workers, without electricity connection.
According to the previous proposal, Factories with less than 40 workers were to be covered under a
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new law for small factories. However, the fate of the proposed Small Factories Bill, 2015 is unclear
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as the Labour Ministry note has no mention about the proposed law.
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Now all factories below the threshold limit could be brought under the purview of the Act through
notifications issued by state governments. “Flexibility has been given to the States to decide on the
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threshold limit.
The unions are likely to oppose the move to give flexibility to state governments on deciding the
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threshold limit for the Factories Act and instead ask the Centre to cover all manufacturing
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Retail inflation eased in January to 3.17% on the back of a sharp slowdown in food price inflation.
Growth in the consumer price index (CPI) slowed from the 3.4% seen in December 2016, extending
the streak of easing retail inflation to six months.
The food and beverages category registered an inflation rate of 1.3% in January, down from the 2%
witnessed in December 2016. Food price gains have also been easing for six consecutive months.
Inflation in the fuel and light segment slowed to 3.4% in January from 3.7%, while the housing
segment saw inflation quicken marginally to 5.02% from 4.98% over the same period.
The curious part of this inflation rate is that the non-food components have shown higher price
increases such as pan, intoxicants (6.4%), clothing and footwear (4.7%), housing (5.0%), fuel and
light (3.4%), and miscellaneous items (5.1%)
The non-food components have registered an increase and going ahead would tend to be upward
moving. Higher global commodity prices will get ingrained in these components while food items
will be unaffected.” “Also, as the economy is remonetised, some pent-up demand will have
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returned.
The stickiness in core inflation despite continued
decline in other parts of the index is a worry since
wage-price negotiations based on a sticky core can
potentially lift overall inflation. CPI inflation is
expected to accelerate 3.5-3.6% in the next couple of
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planned, would be enough to meet India’s energy
demand for the next 7-8 years, which means no new
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investment in coal is needed at least till then, as per a
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The Transitions in Indian Electricity Sector report
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Youth Service and Sports, Molvi Imran Raza Ansari Monday The government has already
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inaugurated e-Prison Project at NIC Centre Civil Secretariat digitised records of 500
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A comprehensive look at diseases and trends across the country has shown that young Delhiites are
the worst hit, reporting maximum doctor visits for air pollution-related diseases.
As per the results released by Practo of the second edition of its ‘Annual Healthcare Map of India,
which highlights some of the key consumer health concerns. The report is based on healthcare
appointments booked across 35 cities, with focus on top seven cities, including Delhi-NCR,
Bengaluru, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Chennai and Hyderabad across nearly 200 medical
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Bengaluru, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Chennai and Hyderabad across nearly 200 medical
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The major spike in appointments was seen across the age group of 25-35 years and the top three
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pulmonary disease (COPD) and interstitial lung diseases (ILD), etc., emerging as major health
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Respiratory diseases are no longer restricted to the elderly. Besides respiratory ailments, spinal cord,
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cardiac and diabetes-related problems are also making the Capital sick. The city reported a 24 per
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cent rise in cardiologist appointments, 23 per cent rise in diabetologist appointments and 27 per cent
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Additional issues:
Additionally, poor dietary habits, physical inactivity, smoking and stress are some of the major
contributors to the development and progression of preventable chronic diseases. Worryingly, the
survey noted, that young India is not young at heart.
There has been a 40 per cent growth in cardiologist appointments, with hypertension as the most
common symptom. Most appointments booked by people in the age group of 25-35 years. Also
registering an “on the rise” is abdominal discomfort or pain, indigestion, loss of appetite, nausea,
and vomiting, especially in the age group of 25-34 years. This ailment showed maximum rise in
Mumbai (26%), Delhi (27%) and Hyderabad (24).
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