CURRENT AFFAIRS
9th MAY 2017
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INTERNATIONAL
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India hold festival in Egypt to
mark Rabindranath Tagore's
birth anniversary
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India is organising a cultural
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festival in Egypt to mark the
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156th birth anniversary of the
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famous
Indian
poet,
Rabindranath Tagore.
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Tagore Festival which is
being
organised
by
the
Maulana Azad Centre for
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Indian Culture (MACIC),
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the cultural wing of the
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Indian Embassy in Cairo,
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from May 8-12 will feature a
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dance show, film screening,
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competition.
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directed
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screened at
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Cinema,
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painting
On May 8, the movie
'Kabuliwala'
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will
by
be
the Hanager
Opera
House
Complex.
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The movie is based on a
novel
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and
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play
written by Tagore
about an immigrant from
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Kabul who forms a bond
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with a young girl in India
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who reminds him of his
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daughter in Afghanistan.
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The
Tagore
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in
Festival
is
cooperation
with the Egyptian Ministry
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of Culture, Cairo
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House, Cultural Production
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Sector, Dancers’ Guild and
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the
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Association in Egypt.
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Indian
Opera
Community
Points to Remember

Rabindranath
Tagore
received the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1913.
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He
was
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the first
to
non-
win
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prestigious
award,
in
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recognition
for
his
collection
of
poems,
launch
‘Eager
'Gitanjali'.
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Jordan, US
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Lion’ military exercise
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Jordan and the United States
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kicked off Eager Lion, an annual
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military exercise with about
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7,400 troops from more than 20
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nations taking part.
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US and Jordanian officials said
the manoeuvres would include
border security, cyber defence,
and "command and control"
exercises, to bolster coordination
in response to threats including
terrorism.
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A statement by the Jordanian
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army
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Europe, Asia, Africa and the
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Arab Gulf region are taking
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part in the exercises which
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run to May 18, including
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from Britain, Japan, Kenya
said
troops
from
and Saudi Arabia.
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India unanimously elected to
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head UN-Habitat
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India has been unanimously
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elected as the President of the
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UN-Habitat, an organ of the
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United
Nations’
Organisation
(UNO) that promotes socially
and environmentally sustainable
human settlements across the
world, after 10 years.
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United
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Assembly.
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meeting of the 58 member
Governing Council of UN-
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Habitat in Nairobi, Kenya.

Naidu will preside over the
deliberations
of
the
rd
Governing Council of UN-
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Habitat for the next two
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years.
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M.Venkaiah
Naidu will chair the four day
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General
Further to election, Minister
Alleviation
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Nations
of Housing & Urban Poverty
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UN-Habitat reports to the
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Since the UN-Habitat came
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into being in 1978, It is only
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the third time that India has
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been
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important organization after
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2007 and 1988.
1978
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elected to lead this
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7.7% jgsxh % vkbZ,e,Q
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7.2% vkSj 2018-19 esa 7.7% jgus
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TRADE BANKING
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India to grow at 7.7% in 201819: IMF
India’s growth is expected to
rebound to 7.2% in the 2017-18
fiscal and 7.7% in 2018-19 after
disruptions
by
demonetisation, the IMF said.
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caused
According to the report,
growth in Asia is forecast to
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accelerate to 5.5% in 2017
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from 5.3% in 2016.
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Growth in China and Japan
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is revised upward for 2017
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compared to the October
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2016
Outlook.
World
Economic
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government
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partners with Oracle to boost
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IT infrastructure
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In a bid to ramp up its IT
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infrastructure,
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government
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Memorandum of Understanding
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with US-based technology major
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the
has
Jharkhand
signed
a
Oracle to enhance delivery of
services to citizens as well as
make the State more attractive for
startups.
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The Jharkhand CM also
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asked Oracle to explore the
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option of opening a state-of-
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the-art
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development centre in the
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State.
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software
Oracle’s cloud services will
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be used to support the State
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by
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governance.
providing
transparent
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India to grow 7.5% next year
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on higher infra spending, says
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The Indian economy will grow
7.5 per cent next year by virtue
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of
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higher infrastructure spending,
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says
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
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consumption
a
report
Economic
revival
by the
and
and
UN
Social
Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (ESCAP).
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For 2017, India's economic
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growth is projected stable at
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7.1
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catapulting to 7.5 per cent
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going into the next year, the
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regional development arm of
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the the United Nations said.
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2017-18
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While,
per
cent
the
headquartered
before
ManilaAsian
Development Bank sees the
growth jumping to 7.4 per
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cent in 2017-18 and 7.6 per
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cent in the next.
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APPOINTMENTS
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CBDT chief Sushil Chandra
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gets one-year extension
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Senior
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extension till
Sushil
May 2018 as
chairman of the Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT).
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bureaucrat
 This is the first time that a
CBDT chief has been given
an extension beyond the set
tenure.
 He had taken over as chief
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of CBDT, the apex policy
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making body of the Income
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department,
November 1 last year.
on
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Points to Remember
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 The Central Board of Direct
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Taxes is a statutory authority
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functioning
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Central Board of Revenue
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under
the
Act, 1963.
 The CBDT is headed by a
chairman and can have a
maximum of six members.
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AWARDS
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 Emma Watson bags first ever
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‘genderless’ award
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Hollywood actor Emma Watson
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picked
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Genderless Acting Award for
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the
first-ever
the Best Actor category at the
MTV Movie and TV Awards.
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up
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 Watson’s
performance
in
Disney’s live-action remake
of Beauty and the Beast won
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her the gong for best actor in
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a movie, a category that
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featured
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female nominees.
both
male
and
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Olive Ridley to be mascot of
Asian Athletics
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Odisha capital Bhubaneswar is
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gearing up for hosting the 22nd
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Asian Athletics Championship at
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the Kalinga Stadium scheduled in
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July, the endangered Olive Ridley
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turtle will enhance the attraction
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
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of the mega event.

The decision to make Olive
Ridley as mascot of the event
was
taken
governing
at
the
body
first
meeting
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chaired
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Minister Sudam Marndi for
by Odisha
Sports
holding the Asian Athletics
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Championship.
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
Around 600 athletes including
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20 world champions of 45
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countries will participate at
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the international event.
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
The Government has formed
14 different committees for
smooth
conduct
competitions.
of
the