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Page l: Punjab amends law for liquor sale near highways . The Punjab Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to nullify S.C-Judgement. "Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court, tribunal or authority, every club, hotel, restaurant or any notified place having a licence shall be entitled to serve liquor within the premises located near national or state highways. After Kerala, Punjab has the highest liquor consumption in the country, selling around 30 crore bottles per year. In the last decade, the number of liquor shops in the state has more than doubled from 5,632 in 2005-06 to 12,000 in 2016-17.The revenue too went up nearly four times from Rs 1,506 crore in 2005-06 to Rs 5,440 crore in 2016-2017 Snippet State List Article 246, 7th Schedule of Indian Constitution Entry 8: Intoxicating liquors, that is to say, the production, manufacture, transport purchase and sale of intoxicating liquors For Daily News & Editorial Analysis,you can follow me on Unacademy https/lunacademycom/useristudiousiptin For Daily News & Editorial Analysis, you can follow me on Unacademy https://unacademy.com/user/studiousjatin
City Liveability Index Launched e The Union Urban Development Ministry launched the City Liveability Index, an initiative to rank 116 cities across the country in terms of the quality of life they offer residents. The cities to be ranked would include the ones selected for the Smart Cities Mission, State capitals, and those with a population of over 10 lakh. . Indian cities had started improving infrastructure in the past two years under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), the Smart Cities Mission, and the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). 79 Parameters: Quality of roads, emergency response, mobility, water quality etc. For Daily News & Editorial Analysis.you can follow me on Unacademy https://unacademy.com/user/studiousjatin
Page 5:30 more cities win contest, make the smart cut Smart Cities Mission: Launch Date: Cities to be covered: 100 cities Period: Components covered: 25 June 201.5 5 years (2015-2020) Area-based development and pan-city smart solutions Core Infrastructure and Technology based solutions Under the Smart Cities Mission, each selected city would get central assistance of Rs. 100 crore per year for five years Smart City aspirants will be selected through a City Challenge Competition, intended to link financing with the ability of the cities to perform to achieve the mission objectives Question. Critically analyse the progress of Smart Cities mission on the completion of 2 years. For Daily News & Editorial Analysis,you can follow me on Unacademy https://unacademy.com/user/studiousjatin For Daily News & Editorial Analysis, you can follow me on Unacademy https:llunacademy.com/user/studiousjatin
Page 5: ISRO puts 31 satellites in space Initially PSLV was designed to put satellites in sun synchronous orbit but with this launch, we could establish it could cater to any type of orbit []Geo Synchronous, [i]Sun Synchronous orbit or [iij]low inclination orbit, (carrying multiple satellites) . The Cartosat satellite launch will provide remote sensing services for about five years. . The Cartosat-2 is a remote sensing satellite, and is the sixth in the series. The Cartosat-2 is a remote sensing satellite, and is the sixth in the series It was placed in a 505 km polar Sun Synchronous orbit. It will be used for- cartographic applications, coastal land use and regulation, road network monitoring, water distribution, creation of land use maps, Land Information Systems (LIS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) applications.
Page 10: U.S. visit aimed at deepening ties: PM Both sides have been careful not to raise expectations ahead of the first meeting between the two leaders. Mr.Trump's meeting with world leaders have taken unscripted courses, a factor that makes Indian planners of the visit nervous. "Both leaders like to surprise people, but do not like being surprised. 'Brexit is an opportunity for Netherlands-India ties, Netherlands is aspiring to emerge as India's biggest partner in Europe following the Brexit- related changes taking place in Europe. Ambassador of the Netherlands said that during the working visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 27, both countries will conclude two deals on water and cultural relations and firm up coopera- tion for multilateral diplomacy. 20% of India's $45 billion trade with the EU passes through the Netherlands.
Page 10: Govt. claim on Aadhaar card coverage pufery':petitioners The government statistics in the Supreme Court that 95 1% of the population is covered by Aadhaar is sheer "puffery" and includes the dead too. This is how petitioners Shanta Sinha, former NCPCR chairperson and Ramon Magsaysay award winner, and activist Kalyani Sen Menon responded [il Aadhaar enrolment has been open to residents (a wider or at the very least a distinct class) rather than citizens for enrolment; denied or have feared disruption in entitlements until they apply or obtain respondent itself has stated that the enrolment has been over l 10% of the recorded (i] enrolment has been done on the back of coercive measures where people have been [ii] enrolment has been done on the back of coercive measures where people have been [iij Aadhaar enrolment has been without adequate verification and, in many instances, the population in many States, giving concerns as to fraud within the system,.
. An audit of the savings claim for the PAHAL scheme by CAG for April- December 2015 points out that most of the savings (92%) is due to the fall in LPG price in the international market, and only 8% ( 1764 crore) can be attributed to various initiatives (UID being one among them) that reduced the demand for subsidised cylinders Page 1 1 : Bima! Gurung resigns from GTA
Page 12 World News: Saudi sends Qatar steep demands. . Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have sent a 13-point list of demands apparently aimed at dismantling their tiny but wealthy neighbour's two reign policy which has ind Qatar did not immediately comment, but Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani had said that Qatar would not negotiate with the four states until economic, diplomatic and travel ties cut this month were restored
. The dispute is a big test for the U.S., which houses the headquarters of its West Asia air power and 1 1,000 troops at a large base in Qatar. Mixed signal from U President Donald Trump has backed the sanctions, even as his Defense and State Departments have tried to remain neutral, resulting in in mixed signals. Mr.Trump called Qatar a "funder of terrorism at a very high level", only for his e Mixed signal from U.S. Pentagon to approve selling it $12 billion of warplanes five days later. The most powerful country in the region to back the Qatari side in the dispute has been Turkey, whose President Tayyip Erdogan has his roots in an Islamist political party similar to movements that Qatar has backed in the region. Days after the sanctions were imposed,Turkey rushed through legislation to send more troops to its base