News Update : 16th May 2016

News Update : 16th day of May 2016

News update covers the essential news articles from various newspapers segregated according to various subjects falling under the realm of civil services preparations.

The aspirants are advised to make their own notes for future reference (Point wise)

Below are the topic wise important News for Today

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1. Investors making money must pay taxes, says Jaitley
2. Decline in exports ‘at the end of the worst’
3. On-tap bank licences: 5 questions that linger
4. How to kill a bank in India

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1. Foreign firms can now fund parties
2. A blow against free speech
3. The power to certify
4. Targeting RTI in the House
5. Buffer solution

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1. U.S. sanctions still block Iran payments
2. There’s no rule book for eradicating corruption

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1. India successfully test-fires advanced interceptor missile
2. Hologram for better fraud protection
3. Early viral infection may have facilitated human evolution

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[accordion_content accordion_label=”Environment & Ecology”]

1. Asian waterbird census data causes mixed feelings

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[accordion_content accordion_label=”General Reading”]

1. Remnants of El Nino holding up monsoon

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