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• London named the world’s best city for students. According to the rankings, India’s best student city is Bengaluru at 81st. It is followed by Mumbai (85th) and Delhi at 113 and Chennai at 115.
• Rafael Nadal wins the Rogers Cup in Montreal marking a significant step for the Spaniard but it wasn’t enough to topple Novak Djokovic at the top of the ATP rankings.
• MacKenzie Bezosis officially world’s third richest woman She is also Amazon’s second largest shareholder after her ex-husband Jeff Bezos.
• Indiatopped the latest ICC Test team rankings while New Zealand is placed 2nd and South Africa is in 3rd position. 
• For the second consecutive year, Hollywood star Scarlett Johanssonhas topped the Forbes’ list of highest paid female actors in the world.
• According to the survey, “The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2017-18” which is conducted by National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) The overall unemployment rate is around 6.1. Nagaland has the highest unemployment rate among the states with the percentage of 21.4%.
• Maharashtra got first rank in NITI Aayog launched plan “Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index (AMFFRI)”. The index ranks states based on the degree of reforms they have undertaken in agricultural marketing. 
• According to the London-based consultancy Brand Finance annual report, “Brand Finance India 100 2019”, “Tata” become India’s most valuable brand for the second straight year in 2019 the brand value of $19.6 billion followed by LIC (Life Insurance Corporation) (2nd) with $7.3 billion and Infosys (3rd) $6.5 billion.
• Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrahtoday retained their number one position in the ICC batsmen and bowlers’ rankings for the One-Day Internationals, following the conclusion of the World Cup.
• China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that its official economic growth came in at 6 percent in 2018 — the slowest pace since 1990.The world’s 2nd biggest economy was grappling with the effects of the current trade war with the US and declining exports.
• Asia’s richest man and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambanitopped Forbes’ the World’s Richest Sports Team Owners 2019 list. With a total net worth of about $50 billion, Mukesh Ambani topped the list. Ambani is followed by former CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer who is worth $41.2 billion and owns the NBA team Los Angeles Clippers.
• According to a recent Asian Development Bank’s (ADB)report titled ‘Asian Development Outlook 2019: Strengthening Disaster Resilience’, around 26 trillion dollars from 2016 to 2030, or 7 trillion dollars investment needed per year to build disaster-resilient infrastructure in Asia.
• Indiais likely to install 7 GW of wind capacity by 2022 against the 60-GW target set by the government, Fitch Solutions Macro Research has said in a report.
• National Ranking of Higher Instituteswas released by the Ministry of Human Resources Development in New Delhi. Indian Institute of Technology Madras topped the rankings while the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore bagged the second rank followed by IIT Delhi.
• India’s Asset Management Companies (AMCs) own assets under management (AUM) worth 24.46 trillion, according to data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), a mutual fund industry lobby, for the January-March period.
• India’s steel demand is likely to grow by over 7 percent in 2019 and 2020, driven by sectors like construction, capital goods and railways, as per the Indian Steel Association.
• India’s population grew at an average annual rate of 2 per cent between 2010 and 2019 to 1.36 billion, more than double the annual growth rate of China, according to a report by the United Nations Population Fund.
• The air quality in Varanasi,is ranked third on the WHO’s list of 15 most polluted cities and the situation is “deteriorating” as its MP has focused on beautification and infrastructure, a Delhi-based environment body claimed. Faridabad in Haryana is in 2nd position after Kanpur as per the Air Quality in India 2014-2019′ report.
• As per the first edition of Forbes World’s Best Bank survey,HDFC Bank has been recognized as number 1 bank by customers in India. Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to measure the best banks in 23 countries. ICICI Bank took the second spot and DBS bank grabbed the third position, followed by Kotak Mahindra Bank and IDFC Bank which are at the fourth and fifth spot.
• The Hong Kong city’s equity market has overtaken Japan to be the world’s third largest in value, behind only the U.S. and mainland China, Hong Kong courtesy of a rebound in stocks after their worst year since 2011, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
• World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarm over a 300 percent increase in the case of measles globally in the first quarter of 2019 compared with last year.
• The United Nations owes India USD 38 million, the highest it has to pay to any country, for the peacekeeping operations as of March 2019, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said as he voiced concern over the world body’s deteriorating financial health.
• The TIME magazine in its list of 100 most influential people of 2019 has included two Indian women lawyers – Menaka Guruswamy (9^th) and Arundhati Katju (9^th), who spearheaded the legal challenge to strike down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
• According to Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) report, business sentiments on the country’s financial and macroeconomic conditions continue to decline in the second quarter of 2019 as compared to the second quarter in 2018. D&B Composite Business Optimism Index conclude 4 scores during Q2 2019 as compared to 85.0 during Q2 2018, a decline of 7.7%.
• The India’s pharmaceutical exports rose by 11 per cent to USD 19.2 billion in 2018-19, mainly driven by higher demand in regions such as North America and Europe, as per a commerce ministry data.
• Global warminghas caused the Indian economy to be 31 percent smaller than it would otherwise have been, according to a Stanford study which shows how earth’s temperature changes have increased inequalities.
• A panel named by India’s central bankto study its capital structure is likely to identify excess reserves of up to Rs. 3 lakh crore ($43 billion), or 1.5 percent of gross domestic product, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
• The Reserve Bank of India is the first central bank in the Asia-Pacific region to begin an explicit interest rate easing cycle buoyed by benign food inflation and easier global financial condition, Fitch Ratings said. Fitch has also estimated India to grow at 6.8% in current fiscal and1% in the next year.
• According to the Times of India Report, Reliance Jio has become the second-largest telecom company in the country. Jio overtaken Bharti Airtel in terms of customer base and now trails only Vodafone Idea.
• London emerged as the top choice for Indian investors ahead of other cities such as Dubai and Singapore, with investments by Indian companies in the British capital reaching an all-time high last year, according to a new analysis. The UK emerged as the topmost country to attract Indian FDI with 52 projects, ahead of the US (51) and the UAE (32), in 2018.
• Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh, BJP MP Poonam Mahajanand Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain are among the 6 Indians featuring in the list of Young Global Leaders, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).
• The “100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy” list is comprised of seven Indian names including Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Dr Harsh Vardhan, who took important measures to combat climate change. The list is prepared by Apolitical, a peer to peer learning platform for governments.
• The government’s FAME-II plan for electric mobility stands to reduce 64% of the anticipated road-based energy demand by 2030 and 37% of carbon emissions by then, according to The tentative aim is to have 30% electric vehicles by 2030.
• The Geological Survey of India (GSI) in its report notified that the highest graphite reserves of India, that is, around 35% of India’s total Graphite reserves are found in Arunachal Pradesh.
• According to the 8th edition of Global Drug Survey (GDS) 2019, Indians are seeking help more than any other countries to reduce their alcohol intake.

A new report by industry body FICCI says that strong economic growth coupled with rapid emergence of India on the global horizon is poised to drive the growth of MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) tourism at a much faster rate. In 2018, MICE tourism in India was pegged at Rs. 25, 000 crore with 8 per cent growth year-on-year, said the report titled ‘India Inbound Tourism: Unlocking the Opportunity’.