{"id":47370,"date":"2019-05-16T11:21:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T05:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=47370"},"modified":"2019-05-16T11:21:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T05:51:30","slug":"must-read-news-articles-may-16th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-may-16th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013 May 16th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Global Drug Survey: Indians lead world in seeking help to reduce drugs intake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A global survey of recreational drug-use, which for the first time polled respondents from India, has found that Indians \u2014 more than from other nationalities \u2014 are seeking help to reduce their alcohol intake.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pest-struck Mizoram farmers hit by lack of crop insurance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Crops of Mizoram farmers which have been struck by an attack of fall armyworm (FAW), are not insured.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharashtra demands 3 tmcft water in return for supply to Karnataka<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Facing an unprecedented <\/span>drought<\/b> situation, the Maharashtra government has demanded 3 tmcft of water from Karnataka. <\/span><\/p>\n

Illegal photocopying of documents is theft: Supreme Court<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dishonest and temporary \u201cremoval\u201d of original documents to take photocopies and to further use information amounts to theft, the Supreme Court has held<\/span><\/p>\n

NIN stands by its report on no onion, garlic in its meals<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) has said that it stands by its findings certifying mid-day meals without onion and garlic provided by the Akshaya Patra Foundation (APF) in <\/span>Karnataka<\/b> schools as compliant with nutritional norms laid down by the State government.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. orders sta\ufb00\u0081 to leave Iraq Embassy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The United States has ordered all non-emergency staff to leave its embassy in Baghdad and consulate in Arbil, as tensions mount between the United States and Iraq\u2019s neighbour Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n

RBI envisions fourfold growth in digital transactions by 2021<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has envisaged four times growth in digital transaction in two years, in the payment system vision document for 2019-2021 recently released<\/span><\/p>\n

TRA unveils AI tool to improve tea quality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Tea Research Association (TRA) has introduced artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology aimed at improving quality.<\/span><\/p>\n

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IMD says southwest monsoon will reach Kerala on June 6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said the southwest monsoon would be \u201cslightly delayed\u201d over Kerala and arrive on June 6. The normal onset date is June 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

ICGS Vigraha sails into sunset<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Vigraha, a frontline offshore patrol vessel has been decommissioned.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source of Malappuram fever still elusive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Kerala Health Department is striving to identify the genesis of a fever outbreak in different parts of Malappuram district that claimed five lives between March and May second week.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Archives GS-2 Global Drug Survey: Indians lead world in seeking help to reduce drugs intake A global survey of recreational drug-use, which for the first time polled respondents from India, has found that Indians \u2014 more than from other nationalities \u2014 are seeking help to reduce their alcohol intake. Pest-struck Mizoram farmers hit by lack… Continue reading Must Read News Articles \u2013 May 16th, 2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":3533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-must-read-news-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/newspaper.jpg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704140684},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}