Today’s Important News Articles 3rd May 2017 by IASToppers

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Institute to tap gut microbes for drugs

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Chandigarh IMTECH leans on growing interest in microbiome

‘Walls of heroes’ planned on campuses across country

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They will have portraits of all Param Vir Chakra awardees

Modi expresses concern at Australia visa policy

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Australia’s newly introduced visa restrictions are likely to impact India.

No invasion of body for UID: Centre

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Taking fingerprints and iris impressions for Aadhaar is not an invasion of a citizen’s body as the right of a person to his own body is not absolute, the government told the Supreme Court.

New IT rules to beef up Aadhaar

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To address privacy and security concerns over Aadhaar, the Union government is in the process of educating government agencies that sensitive data must not be made public.

Start-up firms may get idle land from PSUs

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It will ‘create a landscape for ready-to-move-in businesses’

India to unveil new IIP series

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India will unveil a new series of Index of Industrial Production with a base year 2011-12 on May 9 with an aim to map economic activities more accurately.

A festival of drums with a message

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600 exponents of instrumental music to highlight the Bharathapuzha’s distress

Over 12,000 farmer suicides per year, Centre tells Supreme Court

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The Centre informed the Supreme Court that despite a multi-pronged approach to improve income and social security of farmers, over 12,000 suicides were reported in the agricultural sector every year since 2013.