News Headlines 7th July 2018

1. Niti Aayog proposes digital backbone for Modi's Ayushman Bharat
2. UP public debt set to rise with higher borrowings to fund mega projects
3. Tamil Nadu to come up with new pharma policy; industry welcomes move
4. It'll happen in phases: Hasmukh Adhia on bringing petro products under GST
5. Rising fuel prices may lead to commercial vehicle loan defaults: Fitch
6. Farm loan waivers in India to touch $40 bn by 2019 elections: Report
7. Sebi revamps panel on alternative investment and startup ecosystem
8. SC clarifies roles of Delhi govt and L-G, but will this end the tussle?
9. Trai issues changes to interconnect regulations, tweaks norms
10. Crude shock: Petrol, diesel prices hiked again today after a month's relief
11. K'taka CM Kumaraswamy keeps promise, announces Rs 340 bn farm loan waiver
12. Govt in process of creating comprehensive plan for aviation sector: Prabhu
13. With the new MSP, Chhattisgarh to pay its rice-growers highest in country
14. MSP hike boosts Yogi govt's agenda of promoting less water intensive crops
15. In order to fund loan waiver, Karnataka hikes tax on liquor, petrol, diesel
16. Air India stake sale: Govt to infuse fresh capital soon, says official
17. UP's cow protection agenda: Yogi govt allocates Rs 816 mn for gaushalas
18. Consumer body wants online real estate portals to be brought under MahaRera
19. PM rushes to insure half bn people before 2019 polls; tie up with hospitals
20. Tough KYC norms for NRI investors a classic case of double standards
21. Modi govt hikes MSP, but lack of funds, storage space may limit benefits
22. CBI arrests two retired Bank of India officials in Rs 26.5-bn fraud
23. PNB invites bids to sell 3 NPA accounts to recover over Rs 1.36 bn
24. Banks finalise inter-creditor agreement to fast-track NPA resolution
25. HDFC Bank most valuable bank in the emerging market outside China
26. Banks to cease cryptocurrency transactions from July 10 after RBI directive
27. TDP claims information by Centre is flawed
28. 7 naxals surrender in Chhattisgarh's Sukma
29. Ahmedabad: CBI arrests 2 retd. bank officials in a loan fraud case
30. Nal Jal scheme to provide drinking water in every house: Chouhan
31. Direct train from Agartala to ease journey of devotees to Deogarh
32. Sunanda Pushkar case: Sashi Tharoor likely to appear before Delhi court today
33. Chhattisgarh Assembly monsoon session adjourned sine die
34. KCR to implement self-employment schemes for backward classes
35. PDP leader calls for alternative to two-family system in J-K
36. Refer to history: Christian leader tells Gopal Shetty
37. Delhi teen becomes world's heaviest to undergo weight-loss surgery
38. Amul Thapar not in Trump's shortlist for US Supreme Court
39. Indian-American judge Amul Thapar has not made it to the shortlist of three candidates from among which President Donald Trump is likely to nominate his pick for the US Supreme Court justice, a media report said today.
40. Colombians demand an end to wave of activist killings
41. Thousands of Colombians are gathering in plazas across the country to demand an end to a wave of killings of activists that threatens to undermine a fragile peace process.
42. Pompeo in Pyongyang to seek concrete nuclear commitments
43. Washington's top diplomat faced an intense day of negotiations with his North Korean counterpart today as the old foes strive to flesh out a tentative nuclear disarmament plan.
44. US condemns Moscow's efforts to 'stifle' press freedom
45. The US State Department today condemned Moscow for trying to "stifle press freedom," less than two weeks ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
46. US boycotts informal UN meeting on ICC's 20th anniversary
47. An informal UN Security Council meeting to mark the 20th anniversary of the statute that created the International Criminal Court was boycotted by the United States, which is not a party to the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal.
48. Canada heat wave death toll hits 54: officials
49. whatsapp number for local prostitutes tracked by police.