World Bank has projected a strong growth rate of 7.

2 per cent for India this year against

6.8 per cent last year.

World Environment Day is being observed on 5th june. This year, the theme is :
"Connecting People to Nature." According to the United Nations, the theme implores people to
get outdoors and into nature, to appreciate its beauty and importance, and to take forward the
call to protect the Earth.

Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu today launched Source Segregation

Campaign for waste management in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Naidu urged
people to dump wet waste in green bins and dry in blue bins.Urban local bodies of Delhi,
Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad will be covered under the campaign.

India successfully launched its communication satellite GSAT-19 with its brand new and
heaviest Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III D-1. In a copy book style
developmental flight, the most powerful ever rocket of the national space agency ISRO slung the
satellite in a geosynchronous transfer orbit.

Seven Countries Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain and Maldives cut all
diplomatic ties with the gulf state of Qatar accusing it of creating instability in the region. The
move comes amid deepening rift between the Gulf countries.

Wedding ceremonies in Kerala are all set to become ''green'', with the state government
coming out with a green-protocol to make the auspicious occasions more nature-friendly.

Veteran parliamentarian Era Sezhiyan died here today following old age, sources close to
the leader said.

China has successfully tested a solid-fuel variable flow ramjet engine which could
enhance the real combat ability of the country''s stealth aircraft and boost firing range of
missiles.

24 States pass the State GST (SGST) Act While 7 States viz. Meghalaya,Punjab,Tamil
Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir and West Bengal have yet to pass the SGST Act.

The Rajasthan government has signed a memorandum of understanding

with three funding agencies to improve the nutritional status of children in 50
blocks of 20 districts.The new MoU was signed by the National Health Missions
(NHM) State unit and the State Women and Child Development Department with
the Tata Trust, Action Contre La Faim (Action Against Hunger) of France and the
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).
 Montenegro joined the NATO in a historic turn that has made the Kremlin
Furious.

ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company that they intend to partially

divest equity shares of the company, held by each of them, through an IPO
according to a statement from the insurance firm. It received the boards approval
for the IPO.

India Inc. has told the U.S. government that contribution of India to the
overall U.S. trade deficit is too low to create any significant adverse impact on the
American economy. Modi-Trump meet

This development assumes significance as the $24.3 billion goods trade deficit
that the U.S. had with India in 2016 may prominently figure in the meeting
between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump expected
later this month in Washington DC.

Telecom regulator TRAI introduced a new app- MyCall- that enables

subscribers to rate the quality of a phone call.

Alex Honnold 31-year-old became the first to climb the 3,000-foot granite
wall alone without a safety harnessor ropes.

India has passed China to secure the top position among 30 developing
countries on ease of doing business, according to a study that cited indias rapidly
expanding economy.

Alphabets stock is surpassing the $1,000 mark for the first time, less thsn a
week sfter Amazon reached the same milestone.

Tata Motors has appointed Satish Borwankar to the newly created position
of the chief operating officer (COO).

The Statue of Unity is taking shape in Kevada,Gujarat,nearly four years

since then chief minister Narendra Modi has laid its foundation stone on october
31,2013.

The University of Mumbai is all set to have its first offshore campus in
Dubai soon.