India
1.  Storming encounter site is like ending life, warns J&K DG :  Youths who storm the encounter sites in the Valley to hurl stones at security personnel are committing suicide, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said and appealed to them to refrain from such activity. "In the encounter, even security forces and police take cover of a bulletproof vehicle or a house.
2.  UP's IS module blew up IED near PM rally venue :  The Kanpur module owing allegiance to the so-called Islamic State, involved in the March 7 Ujjain train blast, had exploded a bomb outside the venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Dussehra rally in Lucknow last year though the event was not reported in the media, disappointing the module.
3.  Supreme Court sets May 11-19 to finish hearings on triple talaq :  The Supreme Court has set May 11-19 as the timeline to conclude hearings on the legality of triple talaq, signalling its resolve to shortly decide an issue with potentially severe socio-political implications.
4.  Modi govt's third anniversary: Ministers asked to prepare report card :  Weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes three years in office, information and broadcasting minister Venkaiah Naiduhas written to various Union ministers and other senior BJP leaders to compile the government's achievements and communicate them effectively to the people.
5.  Government makes grounded Air India captain company’s director :  The government has cleared Captain Arvind Kathpalia as Air India's director operations. Captain Kathpalia, who was AI's ED (operations), had been grounded for allegedly skipping pre-flight breath analyser test. 
6.  Jyotiraditya Scindia, Piyush Goyal clash over ‘surplus’ power claim :  Sparks flew in Lok Sabha on Thursday when power minister Piyush Goyal locked horns with his predecessor Jyotiraditya Scindia of Congress on whether the Centre''s claim of being power surplus was resulting in consumers actually getting electricity.
7.  Odisha railway station attacked with explosives by alleged Naxals, 13 train services canceled :  A group of 20 alleged Naxalites attacked an Odisha railway station with explosives early this morning to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit there.
8. 'Aap suicide mat kijiye', Sushma Swaraj tells distraught citizen :  Minister Sushma Swaraj is becoming everybody's favourite, go-to 'Agony Aunt', it appears.
People on Twitter have sought her help with faulty refrigerators, wayward spouses, general despair and of course renewal of passports and visas. And yesterday, the honourable minister had to talk a distraught woman out of "committing suicide."
9.  Two Indians kidnapped in South Sudan released :  Two Indian engineers abducted in South Sudan by rebels earlier this month have been released, following intervention by the Indian government.
10.  'Respond in 4 weeks on contempt charges', SC tells Justice Karnan, he says he will not unless his work is restored to him :  The Supreme Court today directed Kolkata High Court's Justice CS Karnan to respond to defamation charges in four weeks, and when he said he wouldn't unless his judicial work is restored to him, the court asked him if he was mentally fit.
11.  Indian Army sets strict rules to reduce obesity; bans promotions, foreign postings for obese officials :  The Army will start implementing a stringent set of new rules from June to cut down on obesity in the ranks, with a ban on promotions, foreign postings and distinguished awards for soldiers not found to be in shape.


World
1.  Nobel laureate's relative shot in Pakistan's sectarian violence :  A leader of Pakistan's Ahmadi community and a relative of Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam was shot on Thursday in Punjab's Nankana Sahib.
2.  Upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping to be difficult: Trump :  US President Donald Trump will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time on April 6-7 at Trump's Florida resort, China's foreign ministry announced on Thursday, amid a range of pressing issues including trade, North Korea and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
3.  Several hurt in clashes at Turkey's Brussels consulate :  Several people were injured and taken to hospital after supporters and opponents of the Turkish government clashed outside the country's consulate in central Brusselson Thursday, Belgian police said.
4.  North Carolina rolls back 'bathroom bill' despite criticism :  North Carolina rolled back its "bathroom bill" on Thursday in a bid to end the year-long backlash over transgender rightsthat has cost the state dearly in business projects, conventions and basketball tournaments.
5.  South Korea's ousted leader Park Geun-Hye arrested :  South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hyearrived at a detention centre near Seoul early Friday after being arrested over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down.
6.  Trump's trade tweet sets tone for tense first meeting with China leader :  US President Donald Trump set the tone for a tense first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week by tweeting on Thursday that the United States could no longer tolerate massive trade deficits and job losses.
7.  Why China is pressuring India to join OBOR meeting :  China is putting pressure on India to participate in an international conference on its One Belt, One Road or Silk Road programme next May after realizing that showcasing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would not be enough to sell the OBOR idea.
8.  Paris exhibition explores racism amid tensions in France :  A UNESCO-backed Paris exhibition exploring the psychology behind racism aims to shed light on why racist acts in Franceare on the rise, and to educate against prejudice.
9.  Malaysia mistook slain Kim Jong Nam for South Korean :  Malaysian authorities wrongly identified the slain half-brother of North Korea's leader as a South Korean national and first alerted Seoul's embassy in Kuala Lumpur soon after his death, sources familiar with the incident told Reuters.
10.  Britain targets legal certainty with plan to convert EU law after Brexit :  The British government set out on Thursday how it will handle the mammoth task of converting European Union laws into domestic legislation in preparation for its exit from the bloc, seeking to ease business uncertainty about life after Brexit.
11.  Don't use steel from India, Italy in Keystone pipeline: Senators :   An influential group of nine Democratic Senators has urged President Donald Trump to not let a Canadian company use foreign-made steel, in particular from India and Italy, in the trans-national multibillion controversial Keystone oil pipeline.


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Prasad Geeta

31/03/2017 11:29 AM