NEWS HEADLINES OF THE DAY – 19 May 2017– FRIDAY Taking break from exercise for just two weeks may up diabetes, heart disease risk due to reduce muscle Turns out beauty sleep is a real thing, and skipping proper sleep for 2-3 days may make you lose friends LinkedIn survey: Flipkart named most sought-after employer in India followed by Amazon, KPMG & Ola Hackers have stolen 17MN user records of email ids & hased password from food tech start-up Zomato NASSCOM: Re-skill or perish to IT employees as World moves to new tech – automation, robotics & AI Foodgrains to be cheaper as GST rates fixed milk & cereal are exempted, eco growth medium term 1-2% GST: Small-car buyers will have to shell out more, SUV's to cost less, Uniform tax rate of 28% & 1% cess With ‘rapid’ changes in banking sector, RBI says banks should have CFOs, CTOs to head critical functions Centre to review security cover of ex-PMs to reduce burden on SPG, may be given to Paramilitary forces Ikea stick to plan for 25 stores the size of 4 football field in India, 3rd largest consumption after US,China Govt propose new law to confiscate assets of defaulter, move aimed at punishing high-profile defaulters Govt decision to indigenously build 10 atomic reactor, create 70KCr order, Generate 33K Jobs, transform India may take fight to UN Security Council if Pakistan defies ICJ verdict on Jadhav, May ask for sanctions Indian IT job creation engine has slowed, hasn’t stalled, Let go of employees to cut cost, protect margins China's OBOR fails to get global traction, faces opposition from big countries, raise transparency/Environ HUL carves out 15 teams with target in sales/innovation to buck slowdown trend, beat rival like Patanjali Auto: Sector to contribute 12% to India GDP next decade, As GM exit India Volvo to set unit in Karnataka Banking: RBI curbs on UBI branch expansion, MFs suffer not ban blues stressed loan balloon at huge 14% Trans: Highway projects worth 5L Crs planned in 2 years & Rlys for safety cess on ticket, improve security Sanjiv Goenka Group to split flagship firm CESC into four unit, on this share of power utility plunged 15% One Fifth Of IDBI Bank's Loans Turn Bad In Q4, Shares Plunge, Gross non-performing assets surged 27% Tata Steel see aggressive growth in India as UK fog clear, to be part of Govt move to 300MN MT by 2030 Google’s vision for Android O: faster, more refined experience, No complete Overhaul, subtle upgrade Trump claims witch hunt, he's most hounded leader ever, dogged by questions makes his 1st abroad trip Former FBI director Mueller to probe TrumpRussia links, Spl Counsellor appointment rare, prove danger India record of Indian-origin MP in UK, but low participation by most of them on India related issue in UK Indian-Origin Councillor & founder of UK-Kerala Forum Philip Abraham Elected As Loughton Mayor In UK NASA To Create The Coldest Place In The Whole Universe, roughly billion times colder than Space temp Facebook Fined by EU Commission 110 Million Euros over misleading information in WhatsApp Takeover Paytm raise $1.4BN in fresh funds from SoftBank, take SoftBank’s stake to 20%,buy investor shares Support for French Prez Macron party grows before French parliamentary election, chance for good win NASA detect Man-Made Radiation Bubble Around Earth, VLF/Radio Communication with space particles Many nations pin climate hope on India, China lead effort to slow climate change, hopes for Trump fade Heart-Shaped Diamond sell for record $15MN, 92-carat diamond form centre-piece of cultured necklace Today’s Word - *Abasement* - action of humbling/degrading
