New Headlines, General Studies Topics and Current Affairs Topics 3rd June 2018

1. IPL 2018 betting: Salman's brother Arbaaz Khan confesses, lost Rs 275 mn
2. Thunderstorm kills 25 in Uttarakhand, UP, West Bengal; fresh alert in Delhi
3. Youth run over by CRPF vehicle dies; internet suspended in Srinagar, Badgam
4. After 5-days of meetings, speeches, PM Modi concludes South-East Asia visit
5. Latecomers beware: Delhi chief secy calls for surprise checks on govt staff
6. Once a hotspot, Tamil Nadu near bottom among southern states on investments
7. Wrong RTI replies can attract Rs 25,000 fine, disciplinary action: Ex CIC
8. Trains may just start running on time as it's appraisal time in Railways
9. 2.5% of GDP: India's annual economic loss due to degraded land in 2014-15
10. Modi, US defence secretary talk security amid tension over South China Sea
11. MEP Infra to tie up with funds from Singapore or UK for TOT projects
12. More needs to be done on ease of doing business: UKIBC COO Kevin McCole
13. BPCL seeks a million extra barrels of Iran oil amid threat of sanctions
14. Day-2 of farmer's stir: Milk & veggies dumped, mandis run dry, prices soar
15. PM Narendra Modi treads a thin line between rising China, uncertain US
16. Farm crisis: Blame it on global economy, surplus production, says Gadkari
17. Odisha to file amended forest diversion plan covering 1,253 ha for JSW site
18. Suresh Prabhu urges Airbus to manufacture planes under PM's Make in India
19. Grappling with GST returns? These 4 tools will ease compliance process
20. Country's first AUSC power plant to come up in NTPC's Chhattisgarh station
21. Karnataka Bank to keep its gross NPA level below 5% after provisoning
22. TSTS develops 'unique' system to monitor attendance in schools
23. The Telangana State Technology  Services (TSTS), a state government-owned company, has  developed a unique system through which attendance in schools  and others can be monitored on a real-time basis.
24. THDCIL to float Rs 8k cr tender for Khurja thermal plant
25. Foraying into thermal power segment, state-run THDC India will float Rs 8,000 crore tender this month for providing main package for its 1320 MW coal-based Khurja project, which entails an investment of Rs 12,676 crore.
26. CPI(M) flays Tripura deputy CM on TTAADC bypoll issue
27. CPI(M) today criticised the Deputy  Chief Minister Jishnu Devvarma for announcing that by-polls  would be held in some TTAADC areas in July this year and said  such stand was "authoritarian.
28. TSFDC to take up two eco-tourism projects in Telangana
29. : Telangana State Forest  Development Corporation(TSFDC) has proposed two eco-tourism  projects in Mancherial and Nalgonda districts, itsChairman  Banda Narender Reddy said.
30. Delhi Metro installs 16 new AFC gates at interchange stations on Magenta Line
31. Seeking to ensure smooth flow of commuters at new interchange stations of a recently-inaugurated corridor of the Magenta Line, the Delhi Metro has installed a total of 16 new automatic fare collection gates at the two facilities, officials said today.
32. Kohli backs Chhetri, urges sports fans to watch football team play in stadium
33. Throwing his weight behind the national football skipper Sunil Chhetri, who issued an emotional plea for support, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli today urged the fans to throng stadiums and watch the team play.
34. Deceased jawan's samples test negative for Nipah virus
35. The fluid samples of a jawan, who  died here days after returning from his hometown in Kerala,  has tested "negative" for Nipah virus infection, a defence  official said today.
36. Nationwide farmers' agitation enters third day
37. School children should become environment protectors: Vardhan
38. Union Environment minister Harsh Vardhan today urged school children to become environment protectors and help the government and society overcome the menace of plastic pollution.
39. Adityanath announces relief for thunderstorm victims
40. Five get rigorous imprisonment for life in gangrape case
41. In record 30 days, a fast-track court here sentenced five persons to rigorous imprisonment for life and slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on each of them for the gangrape of a minor girl in Odisha's Sambalpur district on May 2.
42. As an engineer, it would have been a claustrophobic life: Vicky
43. Vicky Kaushal has come a long way from holding an engineering degree to a career in acting and the actor says he remembers feeling alive when he entered Bollywood.
44. Mahagenco not keen to take over RattanIndia's Nashik project
45. The unilateral ceasefire during the holy month of Ramzan may have brought a halt to anti-militancy operations in Kashmir but security agencies have warned of a rise in recruitment of local youths into militant groups, that has crossed 80, and a rise in infiltration from various sides of the Line of Control (LoC).
46. Sustainable fashion: Young designers show the way this Environment Day
47. Weaving environmental concerns and fashion into fabrics of sustainability, young designers are looking beyond profit margins to tailor a new sensibility with collections that reduce the carbon footprint of textiles and reduce waste.
48. Benami attachments worth crores may fall flat as no authority for 1.5 years
49. Over 780 benami asset attachments worth crores of rupees run the risk of being invalidated in the near future as the government has failed to create a designated adjudicating authority for over a year-and-a-half since the stringent law was enforced to deal with blackmoney and corruption.
50. Won't be another like me & Ambrose but new gen will create own stuff: Walsh
51. West Indian pace legend Courtney Walsh doesn't foresee another one like him or Curtly Ambrose coming along in international cricket but neither does he believe that fast bowling is on the decline.
52. Govt issues fresh guidelines on tour, hospitality allowances of Governors
53. The Centre has issued fresh guidelines on allowances to be paid to the Governors which include expenses on tours, hospitality, entertainment and furnishings, four months after enhancing the salaries of the constitutional post.
54. To play or not to play: The contest industry in the time of data theft worries
55. On a lazy afternoon not so long ago, Anustup Roy Barman decided to try his luck at playing a contest while watching a matinee show on HBO, and ended up winning an Apple iPhone 8.
56. Assam girl ambassador of 'promote science' initiative in France
57. Assam's Priyanka Das, working on satellite navigation for French major Safran, has been appointed ambassador for an initiative in France to encourage girls to follow scientific careers and take it to higher education levels.
58. OUP to host 2nd South Asia Conclave on July 4