{"id":46888,"date":"2019-05-11T11:06:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T05:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=46888"},"modified":"2019-05-15T11:18:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T05:48:03","slug":"must-read-news-articles-may-11th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-may-11th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013 May 11th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Karnataka law on SC\/ST promotion quota upheld<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Supreme Court has upheld the validity of a new Karnataka law, granting reservation in promotion to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC\/ST) employees.<\/span><\/p>\n

Supreme Court extends Ayodhya mediation till Aug. 15<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A five-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi has given the Supreme Court-appointed mediation committee time till August 15 to continue with its efforts to resolve the prolonged and strife-ridden Ayodhya title dispute.<\/span><\/p>\n

IAF jets intercept Georgian plane<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A Georgian An-12 transport aircraft that took off from Karachi bound for New Delhi, was intercepted by Indian Air Force (IAF) fighters after it deviated from its flight path.<\/span><\/p>\n

PepsiCo withdraws all cases against farmers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

PepsiCo has withdrawn all its cases against nine Gujarat farmers who grew its protected potato variety used to make Lays chips, including cases seeking damages of \u20b91.05 crore each from small farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n

SC seeks Centre\u2019s reply on content on streaming platforms<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Supreme Court has sought the government\u2019s response on a plea to regulate the functioning of online media streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, which display \u201cuncertified and sexually explicit\u201d content.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nobody\u2019s happy about N. Korea missile launch, says Trump<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump said that \u201cnobody\u2019s happy\u201d after North Korea raised the pressure over the future of their deadlocked nuclear negotiations by launching two short-range missiles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump raises tariffs on Chinese goods<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The trade war between the U.S. and China took a turn for the worse as the Trump administration increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. Tariffs on 5,700 categories of goods increased from 10% to 25%<\/span><\/p>\n

IIP at a 21\u00admonth low as manufacturing slows down<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Growth in industrial activity dipped to a 21-month low in March, contracting 0.1% due in large part to a continuing slowdown in the manufacturing sector<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fani\u2019s fury creates four new mouths in Odisha\u2019s Chilika Lake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The extremely severe cyclone, Fani, has created four new mouths in Chilika Lake, Asia\u2019s largest brackish water lake, connecting to Bay of Bengal<\/span><\/p>\n

Chandrayaan-2 will carry 14 payloads from India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

ISRO has said that Chandrayaan-2, the lunar lander mission planned to be launched during July 9-16, will have 14 Indian payloads or study devices<\/span><\/p>\n

India facing critical shortage of healthcare providers: WHO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

According to the WHO database, Despite the health sector employing five million workers in India it continues to have low density of health professionals with figures for the country being lower than those of Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, United Kingdom and Brazil<\/span><\/p>\n

Amazon unveils its moon lander<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jeff Bezos, who heads both Amazon and space company Blue Origin, unveiled a lunar lander that he said would be used to transport equipment, and possibly human beings, to the south pole of the Moon by 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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