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Indian women’s team advances to the finals of ICC World Cup Qualifiers in Colombo after beating Pakistan by 7 wickets.

• Polling for third phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 69 seats passes off peacefully ; Over 61 per cent voter turnout recorded.
• Campaigning for 4th phase of UP assembly elections gains momentum; Star campaigners of major political parties address rallies in favour of their candidates; Polling on Thursday.
• BJP Vision Document released in Imphal stresses on raising a Highway Protection Force for ensuring a blockade free  Manipur.
• Nagaland Chief Minister T. R. Zeliang announces his decision to quit amid political crisis.
• India sanctions soft loan of 34 crore US dollars to Nepal for infrastructure development programmes.
• A US Navy aircraft carrier strike group begins patrols in South China Sea, despite China’s warning not to interfere in the area.
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•  Indian Women’s team win silver at Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy tournament in Laos.

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswamy wins trust vote with 122 MLAs voting in favour; DMK MLAs demanding secret ballot evicted out of Assembly amid pandemonium; DMK Working President M K Stalin detained while sitting on dharna in protest of Assembly proceedings released later.
• Stage set for third phase of polling for 69 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh tomorrow; Elaborate security arrangements in place for free and fair polls
• Goods and Services Tax Governing Council clears law for compensating states for loss of revenue due to implementation of new tax regime.
• In Pakistan, a landmark bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus in the country passed unanimously by the Senate.
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 Cricket, Indian Women’s team grab a spot for the 2017 World Cup.

• Election Commission issues notice to VK Sasikala over her appointment as interim General Secretary of AIADMK; Panneerselvam camp dismisses Sasikala and her two close relatives from the party; Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy to seek a vote of confidence in the state assembly tomorrow.
• Campaigning for the third phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections ends this evening; 69 constituencies in 12 districts to go to polls on Sunday.
• In Nagaland, 39 MLAs and a Rajya Sabha member resolve to support ruling Naga People’s Front President Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu as the next Chief Minister.
• A special Mumbai court allows ED to invoke the India-UK Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty to bring back Vijay Mallya to probe into a money laundering case.
• India strongly deplores the terrorist attack at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sindh province of Pakistan claiming 80 lives.
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• Senior AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami takes oath as new chief minister of Tamil Nadu;  to prove his majority in the Assembly on Saturday.
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• Filing of nominations for second and final phase of Manipur and seventh and final phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election ends.
• Electioneering gains momentum for 3rd and 4th phase in Uttar Pradesh.
• Election Commission finds Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s bribary remark as a violation of Model Code of Conduct.

• Supreme Court asks google, yahoo and Microsoft to set up body to remove information on sex determination.
• In Pakistan, at least thirty people killed in a massive blast at a Sufi Shrine in Sindh province.
• UN Chief cautions US President Donald Trump against abandoning idea of a two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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CRICKET; Indian women team beat South Africa by 49 runs in one-day International at Colombo.

 

• India sets history by successfully launching a record 104 satellites in a single mission; The President and the Prime Minister congratulate ISRO scientists for the launch; World media also lauds the feat.  

• 68 per cent voter turnout recorded in Uttarakhand Assembly elections; Over 65 per cent voting in second phase of polls in Uttar Pradesh.

• AIADMK leader Sasikala surrenders before a court in Bengaluru following her conviction in disproportionate assets case; sent to jail.

• Union Cabinet approves merger of State Bank of India with its five associate banks.

• Foreign tourists with e-visas to get free SIM cards on arrival in India.

• Russia says it will not hand back Crimea to Ukraine or discuss the matter with foreign partners.

 

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• Indian captain Virat Kohli maintains his top position in latest ICC T20 rankings.

• India beat Pakistan to top Pool A in Asian Junior Team Squash Championship in Hong Kong.

 

• Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and other accused in Aircel-Maxis deal cases discharged by a special court.

• Campaigning for Assembly elections in Punjab and Goa ends; Voting on Saturday.

• Income Tax Department asks tax payers to e-verify their deposits post demonetisation.

• Rajya Sabha discusses Motion of Thanks on the President’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament.

• Enforcement Directorate attaches assets worth 100 crore  rupees of former Union Minister Matang Sinh in connection with its money laundering probe in Saradha chit fund scam.

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• India set a target of 203 runs against England in the 3rd  and final one day international in Bengaluru. 

• Union Budget 2017-18 proposes massive hike in allocation for rural, social and infrastructure development.
• Taxation liability of people with income upto 5 lakh rupees reduced to half; all other categories of tax payers to get uniform benefit of 12,500 rupees; 10 percent surcharge on income over 50 lakhs to one crore.
• Higher allocation of nearly 4 lakh crore rupees for railways, metro rail, road development and other infrastructure projects; Service charge on e-tickets booked thorough IRCTC withdrawn.
• Aadhar Enabled Payment System, Aadhar Pay to be launched.
• Scheme announced to cleanse political funding; Maximum cash donation restricted to 2,000 rupees per source.
• Cash transactions limit fixed at three lakh rupees to curtail black-money; Major steps to promote digital economy.
• Incentives to promote affordable housing and real estate; One crore houses for houseless in rural areas by 2019.
• Higher allocation to MGNREGA and other welfare Programmes; Fiscal deficit pegged at 3.2 percent of GDP.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi says Budget will spur growth in every sector and ensure well being of all sections of society.
• Opposition describes the Budget as anti-poor ; Industry terms the Budget as growth oriented.
• Sensex surges 486 points, to cross  the 28 thousand mark.
• Election Commission issues notice to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar for his alleged bribery remarks.
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