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Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

*GDP growth rate at constant prices during the second quarter of this fiscal is

estimated at 6.3 percent which is up from 5.7 percent over the first quarter.

*It was 7.5 per cent in the corresponding period of last year.

*GDP rate at 6.3 percent marks the reversal of declining trend in the last five

quarters.

*Releasing GDP data in New Delh today, Chief Statistician of India T C A Anant said the

GDP growth has seen a reversal trend from declining trend in the last five quarters.

*Drivers of Growth: good growth in manufacturing sector, electricity, gas, water

supply and other utilities.

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*He said, agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors are estimated to have grown by 1.7

per cent.

*Mr Anant said, the manufacturing sector in the second quarter of 2017-18 grew by 7

per cent.

*Mr. Jaitley said, the most significant aspect of this quarter's positive result is that it

has been significantly bolstered by the growth in manufacturing.

The perhaps the inpact of two very structural reforms

demonitization and GST is now behind us and hopefully in

the coming quarters we can look forward for an upward

trajectory. I think the most significant aspect is the fact

that this quarters positive result has been impacted

significantly by the growth in manufacturing.

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PMO

*Hindustan Times Leadership Summit

*Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said a corruption free and citizen-centric system is the priority of the government.

*Centre is committed to crack down corruption.

*Mr Modi said he is ready to pay political price for the path he has taken.

*He said, the government is cracking down shell companies after

demonetisation and is taking action against corrupt individuals.

*The Prime Minister said, GST has brought in transparency into the system and Aadhaar has brought in an irreversible change.

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Cabinet

*The Union Cabinet has approved

signing of a Memorandum of

Understanding, MoU between India and

Italy for cooperation in agricultural

production and Phytosanitary issues.

*Other sectors covered in the MoU

include

a) Animal Husbandry

b) Agricultural Research

c) Food Processing

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*The Cabinet, chaired by

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

also gave its approval for

signing and ratification of

the Investment Cooperation

and Facilitation Treaty (ICFT)

between India and Brazil.

*The Treaty will result in

increase of investment flows

between the two countries.

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Ministry of Earth Science

*Heavy rain continues in southern and central parts of Kerala as Cyclonic Storm ‘OCKHI’ has intensified.

*‘OCKHI’ that formed off the coast of Kanyakumari this morning is likely to further intensify into a severe cyclonic storm.

*Under the influence of Cyclone Ockhi, the Lakshadweep Islands are expected to witness storm surgesfrom tonight.

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*The North Korean test fired intercontinental missile (ICBM) which flew higher than any yet by Pyongyang.

*The missile reached some 4,500km high and landed around 1,000 km from the west coast of Japan.

*US Union of Concerned Scientists has calculated it would have had a range of13,000 km which is enough to strike Europe, Australia, or any part of the continental US, including Washington DC.

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*The missile test comes a week after Trump declared North Korea a state sponsor of

terrorism.

*Today Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting starts in Sochi.

*Key players with a stake in the Korea standoff

*Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev

*Chinese Premier Li Keqiang

*Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj

*This latest missile test will be a significant

*How far the United States and China have come in trying to forge a consensus.

*Since Trump’s trip to Beijing this month, over bringing President Xi Jinping on

board the US approach toward tightening screws on Pyongyang.

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Key reasons why China differs with the US

1. It does not want to push the regime so hard that it becomes significantly

destabilised.

2. Risk: North Korea may behave even more unpredictably

3. Instability on the North Korea-China border

4. Potential emergence of a pro-US successor state

*Beijing fears: Trump is now thinking much more seriously about a pre-emptive

military strike on North Korea’s nuclear capabilities.

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*Aside from military force, a naval blockade to enforce sanctions – including

interdicting ships suspected of selling North Korea weapons abroad, one of the

regime’s key sources of income.

*Trump has also threatened to stop all trade with countries, including China, “doing

business with North Korea”.

* In 2016, alone, the United States imported some $463 billion worth of goods from China.

*Protectionist spiral

*US and South Korea have been conducting semi-regular tests of the Terminal High

Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system

*China favours, therefore, doubling down on diplomacy.

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Answers

1. The Panchayati Raj is based on the principle of

A. De centralization

B. Devolution

C. Democratic de-concentration

D. Democratic Decentralisation

2. Which of the following port is oldest in India?

A. Chennai

B. Mumbai

C. Kolkata

D. Vishakhapatnam

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Questions

1. The theory of Shyadvad (may be) is a doctraine of

a) Lokayatism

b) Saivism

c) Jainism

d) Vaishnavism

2. Who built the famous Gol Gumboz at Bijapur?

a) Yusuf Adil Shah

b) Mahmmand Adil Shah

c) Ibrahim Adil Shah

d) Ahmed Adil Shah

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