General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-13 01

1. Donald Trump's statements on bringing back waterboarding and trying US citizens in Guantanamo Bay have raised questions about when the military can refuse the president's orders. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.
2. Donald Trump was responding to questions on his controversial statement that President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton are the founders of ISIS.
3. Famous Cuban cigar roller, Jose Castelar, has finished off his quest to break his own Guinness Record and rolled a 90 metre cigar dedicated to former President Fidel Castro on the eve of his 90th birthday.
4. Hillary Clinton vows to oppose TPP if elected President
5. In a less volatile election cycle, the notion that Democrats would be on offense in red states like Utah, Arizona and Georgia would suggest the presidential race was effectively over.
6. In an interview with Jake Tapper Bill Kristol, the editor of the Weekly Standard said the conservative media should be ashamed of themselves and Donald Trump is completely unfit to be President.
7. Incoming Presidential Adviser to the Peace Process Jesus Dureza escorts Maritess Flor in Davao City after her safe release from the Abu Sayyaf was facilitated by the team of incoming President Rodrigo Duterte.
8. Indonesian president Joko Widodo approves plans to form state holding companies
9. In ominous sign Afghan government partner berates President Ghani
10. In ominous sign, Afghan government partner berates President Ghani
11. Investigation Opening Into Theft Case Involving Argentina’s Vice President
12. It is customary for US presidential candidates to make their tax returns public, although they are not required by law to do so
13. Meet the Man Who Encouraged Donald Trump to Run for President in 1987
14. Merger of HLP with BJP final, says HLP President Maheshwar Singh
15. More than 70 influential Republicans have signed a letter urging the party to stop spending money on Donald Trump's presidential campaign and direct it instead to November's congressional races, a news report said.
16. Nagalingaiah Hiremath, president of the Hyderabad Karnataka Abhivrudhi Vedike, has said that H.M. Maheshwaraiah, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Karnataka, has promised to set up an expert comm...
17. Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has announced the government will spend some $312 million in the coming days on infrastructure development.
18. Noor endorses Abdullah for denouncing President Ghani as unfit for office
19. Of Psychopaths and Presidential Candidates
20. On Monday last week, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) made a speech in which she apologized to Aborigines, saying that: “The Dutch and the Koxinga Kingdom massacred and exploited the Pingpu… For this, I apologize to indigenous peoples on behalf of the government.”
21. Panchayat president of No 3 Kumarapalayam in Vennandur union was dismissed for financial irregularities in allocation of funds for various works.Balan (52), an AIADMK functionary, is the president of ...
22. President Barack Obama will spend a chunk of his summer vacation reading five books, according to the reading list released by the White House.
23. Presidents of Venezuela and Colombia announce to open the border between two countries today
24. P. Sampath Kumar, artist and illustrator , has been chosen for the P.R. Thippeswamy Kala Prashasti–2016 instituted by the P.R. Thippeswamy Pratisthan in Mysuru.Pratisthan president Rajashekar Kadamba ...
25. Rajasthani Sanskritic Mandal (RSM) president Chandmal Agarwal has been appointed trustee of Sri Durgalamma Ammavari temple, located near Poorna Market. The appointment was made by the Endowments Depar...
26. Rajnath Singh was among the first to visit Brijpal Teotia. Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma soon followed, and then it was the turn of General V K Singh and BJP state president Keshav Prasad Maurya Friday.
27. Royal Academy can be 'rather intimidating' for new visitors, says president
28. Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed his top aide, a surprise move for a leader who rarely parts with longtime allies.
29. Sharp board to nominate Hon Hai’s Tai as president
30. Sharp Corp yesterday said it has received a capital injection from Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) and will hold a board meeting today to officially nominate Hon Hai vice chairman Tai Jeng-wu (戴正吳) as its new president.
31. Some of Donald Trump's ideas, including trying U.S. citizens in Gitmo, are raising questions whether U.S. troops should obey the president's orders despite breaking federal law. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.
32. State BJP president Satish Upadhyay on Friday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of prioritising the generation of excise revenue from alcohol over expanding the education sector.Terming it ...
33. The last time Connecticut voted for a Republican presidential candidate, Americans were listening to music on cassette tapes and most cell phones were the size of shoe boxes.
34. The president hopes the future industrial development will be done by state-owned companies," State-Owned Enterprise minister Rini Soemarno said.
35. The Republicans said Trump's chances of being elected president are evaporating by the day
36. These past three weeks have been tough for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. That's reflected in the new Time magazine cover featuring an orange Trump melting down.
37. The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold next round of straw poll to select the next UN secretary-general on August 29, the council President announced here Friday.
38. Trial run of long-term care program to start in October: president
39. Trump: Presidential bid has been good for my business
40. Trump says presidential campaign has boosted his business
41. UNESCO Director-General meets with President Buhari of Nigeria
42. US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Friday released her 2015 tax returns and stepped up pressure on her Republican opponent Donald Trump to make his tax returns public.
43. US President Barack Obama throws out requests by the FBI to investigate corruption allegations in the Clinton Foundation; and we look at the response to the IPC ruling banning Russian paralympians.
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45. While the meeting between Turkish President Recep Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug 9 produced concrete results in restoring economic ties, the two countries remained divided on the question of Syria. However, they agreed to regularly meet and discuss their respective positions…
46. Years before he ran for the White House, Donald Trump built his political brand by accusing President Obama of concealing his past. But the GOP nominee has made sure that Americans know relatively little about him, refusing to release documents about taxes, finances, education or health.
47. Zambia's main challenger to President Edgar Lungu today alleged electoral fraud, accusing the election commission of colluding with the ruling party to delay announcing the election results, a day after voting.
48. Zambia's President Edgar Lungu is said to have taken a narrow lead in Thursday's polls according to results emerging from three constituencies
49. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin got assassinated.
50. Bihar, which notified the Prime Minister’s crop insurance scheme just two days back on Wednesday, will now get sixteen days beyond the stipulated cut-off date of August 15 to enrol farmers.The decisi...
51. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrived in New Delhi on Friday, will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.The two leaders are expected to discuss issues of mutual interests.Wang had arrived in Goa on Friday for a three day visit to ...
52. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
53. Dmitry Medvedev congratulates Aleksandar Vucic on the approval of his appointment as Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia
54. Dmitry Medvedev’s meeting with Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov
55. Dmitry Medvedev’s meeting with Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Zheenbekov
56. Former Delhi High Court Judge, Justice (Retired) Fakhruddin has supported the Supreme Court's assertion which rapped the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Government over the delay in appointment of judges stating that the Centre's indecisiveness ...
57. Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP today called for "moral, political and financial" support to the "freedom movement" in PoK.
58. In the eyes of Italian musician Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, the rise of Donald Trump in America is reminiscent of the reign of Silvio Berlusconi -- the Italian billionaire tycoon, who served as Italy's prime minister for a total of nine years, with his latest term ending in 2011.
59. It only requires a little push for art to become more visible - Prime Minister Modi taking selfies with works by masters could be a great beginning
60. Prime Minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, said the meeting noted that Pakistan consistently supported the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
61. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to attend an all party meeting on Kashmir at Parliament in New Delhi on Friday.PTI Photo
62. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir(PoK) is ours as much as Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh.
63. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at an all-party meeting convened by the Centre here Friday to discuss the issue of Kashmir unrest.
64. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that his government was ready to address the “genuine grievances” of all categories of people within the ambit of the Constitution even as he hit out at Pa...
65. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi-led NDA Government is committed to the inclusive growth of minorities following the principle of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”, and has continuously increased the Plan Budget of the Ministry of Minority Affairs
66. pThe opposition parties that were crying hoarse on the prime minister’s silence on the current Kashmir unrest have dismissed his outreach to the Kashmiris with cynical remarks like “too late...
67. Serbian Parliament elects Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's government
68. Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday called for patience and unity to help rid of bad people behind the bomb attacks that killed four and injured 15.
69. The opposition parties that were crying hoarse on the prime minister’s silence on the current Kashmir unrest have dismissed his outreach to the Kashmiris with cynical remarks like “too late...
70. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi chairing the All Party meeting on Kashmir, in New Delhi on August 12, 2016.
71. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi chairing the All Party meeting on the Kashmir, in New Delhi on August 12, 2016.
72. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in a group photographs with the Corporators from Varanasi Parliamentary Constituency, in New Delhi on August 12, 2016.
73. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the children, during the meeting with the Corporators from Varanasi Parliamentary Constituency, in New Delhi on August 12, 2016.
74. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the Corporators from Varanasi Parliamentary Constituency, in New Delhi on August 12, 2016.
75. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, welcomed Corporators from Varanasi at his residence in New Delhi, today.
76. AAP assigns Ministers to poll-bound States
77. A delegation from the Congress demanded action against ministers facing corruption charges
78. After the stampede on the opening day of Godavari Pushkaram at Rajamahendravaram last year, the Chief Minister stayed away from any fanfare this time and the Durga ghat was closed for common people for the inaugural event.
79. Amid Vijay Goel row, Haryana sports minister Anil Vij leads team to Rio today
80. As part of an ambitious plan to make the Ganga navigable, Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday laid the foundation stone of a ₹211-crore multi-modal terminal here. “The multi-modal hub here will...
81. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today appealed people to mobilise public activism towards making the society tobacco-free.
82. As the central government plans to celebrate in a big way the 'Festival of Independence', Union ministers will visit birthplaces of freedom fighters and border outposts across....
83. As Uttar Pradesh gears up for Assembly polls next year, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday announced that road projects worth Rs. 2 lakh crore will be undertaken in the State in next two years.“We...
84. Attempts were made to hack the online system of a PSU bank recently but they were foiled by timely action, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday.
85. Canada needs a substantial increase in immigration to fill future needs, minister says
86. Central African Republic's health minister says at least 16 people have died from cholera and there have been 66 recorded cases since the beginning of August.
87. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said that the government was keen on linking all rivers in the state and complete pending irrigation projects soon with due focus on alleviating the suffering of p...
88. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will formally inaugurate the Kollam Government Medical College at Paripally on August 14.The medical college has been constructed by the Employees’ State Insurance Corp...
89. Chinese Foreign Minister to meet PM Modi, Sushma Swaraj
90. Claiming that the government is planning to form 42 new taluks in the State, Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa has said that the decision is being delayed owing to financial constraints.He told pressp...
91. Close on the heels of the statement by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha that the Centre was at a “fairly advanced stage” of discussions with the Andhra Pradesh government on th...
92. COAI delegation meets telecom minister
93. Cong., AAP go to investigating agencies against ministers
94. Congress today accused the Anti- Corruption Bureau of showing lackadaisical attitude towards the complaints filed by the party against "tainted" ministers in the BJP-led Maharashtra government.
95. Co-operative societies should reach out to common man, Minister for Co-operation A.C. Moideen has said.He was speaking after inaugurating the Jawaharlal Knowledge Centre of District Co-operative Bank ...
96. ‘CPSs function like junior ministers; enjoy perks, facilities’.
97. Finance minister Sarma said the state would get back 42 per cent of the central portion of the GST, which would be a huge benefit for Assam.
98. Foreign Minister Steinmeier on the attacks in Thailand
99. Foreign Minister Steinmeier on the situation in Aleppo
100. Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Jagadish Shettar has said that Governor Vajubhai Vala has erred in appointing Sham Bhat as KPSC Chairman.
101. Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Friday criticised the BJP government’s decision to close down the Haridev Joshi Journalism University, established during his...
102. Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij said he will be heading a nine-member contingent to Rio.
103. HRD Minister holds review meeting with officials
104. In a bid to decongest traffic in and around the city, the State government would be improving several roads to the extent of 141 km at a total cost of Rs. 744 crore, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said ...
105. Interview with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Shingh Chouhan
106. In three different incidents, Congress and Aam Adami Party (AAP) leaders met with three investigation agencies on Friday to record statements, give evidence and demand action against ministers and lea...
107. It is a matter of shame that the continental manager of the Rio Olympics 2016 Organising Committee has had to complain about the behaviour of the Union Sports Minister’s entourage (‘Sport’ – “Rude be...
108. It was time to introspect why qualified youths have to "approach" influential people for employment: Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha.
109. Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das announced a relief of Rs 4 lakhs each to the next of kin of the victims.
110. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to deliver valedictory address
111. Labour Minister and Ballari district in-charge Santosh Lad has said that he will meet the Chief Minister to discuss about holding Hampi Utsav, a three-day mega cultural festival of dance, drama and mu...
112. Labour Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday met representatives of various labour and workers’ unions and assured them that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government was in favour of increasing the minimum wage ...
113. Lavalin plea adjournedThe High Court has adjourned by a month the hearing on a revision plea by the CBI challenging the verdict discharging Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC-Lavalin case.
114. Maha CM pressurising ACB to go soft against ministers: Cong
115. Minister floored by base hospital, announces permanent centre
116. Minister for Health Kamineni Srinivas was so impressed with the 10-bed base hospital established at the Pundit Nehru Bus Station jointly by the Saptha Thalassaemia Foundation and the Goldmedal Switch...
117. Minister for Revenue and Housing E. Chandrasekharan has asked officers to take stringent action against those who were found to be engaged in encroaching revenue land.Addressing Revenue officials at a...
118. Minister had complained against civic official
119. Minister Lad to broach ‘Hampi Utsav in November’ with Chief Minister
120. Minister of Justice Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) has suggested that the Special Investigation Division (SID) be abolished, 10 years after its establishment, which would return the investigation of high-level cases to prosecutors. Just as the division was born of political considerations, it is now being put
121. Minister Pramod Madhwaraj inaugurates OPD annexe of dental college
122. Ministers urged to give councils the power to charge utility companies £2,000 a day for road works 
123. Modi and ministers at Babul Supriyo's Delhi wedding!
124. Modi ministers in a rush to get into Independence Day mood
125. Need to create atmosphere for Dalits to approach cops without hesitation, said Home Minister Rajnath Singh
126. No right-thinking person will agree with the statement of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh about the safety of Dalits (“Drop in attacks on Dalits: Rajnath”, Aug.12). Right-wing groups have been grea...
127. Oil jumps 5% after Saudi minister comment, IEA forecast
128. Oil prices climbed further on Friday as investors were digesting the latest remarks from Saudi Energy Minister.
129. Oil prices surge on Saudi minister"s talk of "possible action"
130. Owing to deficient rainfall in the Cauvery basin during the Southwest monsoon, Karnataka has decided to convey its inability to ensure normal discharge of water to Tamil Nadu.Minister for Water Resou...
131. Pointing out the absence of state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during the passage of Assam Budget, former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta today said all ministers should be present when important documents like finance bills are ...
132. Q&A with Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh
133. Rajya Sabha member and senior Bihar BJP leader Gopal Narain Singh today said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's regime is a "Super Jungle Raj".
134. Rajya Sabha today named 10 of its members to the Joint Committee of Parliament that will go into the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. A resolution moved by Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, on behalf of Home Minister Rajnath Singh, for appointment of ten of its members to the Joint Committee of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha was carried by a
135. Requesting Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, to solve the decades-old Cauvery water crisis through dialogue, while safeguarding the interests of farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the loca...
136. Scarcity of water for drinking and also for irrigation dominated the public contact programme convened by Santosh Lad, Minister for Labour and district in-charge, in Sirguppa town recently.“There is n...
137. State's finance minister announces the government's move to ratify the Bill on micro-blogging site Twitter
138. Swaraj meets Congolese Foreign Minister
139. Telco wars: govt to work without bias, says minister
140. The consumer should not be affected because of a tussle over any regulation or accusations of favouring any company, Minister of Telecom, Manoj Sinha, said on Friday.
141. The CPI(M) on Friday alleged that the State government is misrepresenting facts and withholding information on closure of schools run by it.Referring to School Education Minister Benjamin’s recent con...
142. The DMK on Friday boycotted the replies of ministers to the debate for the demand for grants after Speaker P. Dhanapal refused to expunge a remark made by AIADMK MLA C.V. Rajendran. When Deputy Speak...
143. The Krishna pushkaram - a river fete observed once in 12 years for a period of 12 days - began in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Friday, with both the Chief Ministers inaugurating it in Krishna and M...
144. The law minister was also critical of the current system of appointing judges themselves saying that the collegium system isn't mentioned in the constitution.-
145. The Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari flagged off two vessels viz. MV Joy Basudev (capacity 1400 tons) and MV V.V Giri (capacity 300 tons), containing newly assembled cars of Maruti Suzuki and construction material today i.e. 12th August, 2016 at 11. A.M
146. The pet dog of former union minister and Agra MP Ram Shankar Katheria, his family claims, has been “abducted”.
147. The Tamil Nadu Government today announced a series of road projects, covering different parts of the state, running into several crores of rupees.Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa proposed Rs 744-crore wo...
148. TPP was formally signed by ministers from 12 countries in February after more than five years of negotiation
149. TRAI-operator tussle should not affect consumers, says Minister
150. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to visit birth place of Birsa Munda today
151. Union ministers will visit birthplaces of freedom fighters and border outposts across the country
152. Urging the State government to initiate stringent action against adulterators of food items, members of Tamil Nadu Toddy Movement staged an agitation by posting letters to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa ...
153. Villagers bankingon Forest Minister’s promise for an endto trouble
154. Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Aug 11 that China will strengthen its cooperation with Uganda in industry sector.
155. With terrorists coming up with new methods for attacks, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday...
156. With terrorists widely using social media for their propaganda and new threats emerging, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the NDA government is working on strengthening the anti-terror laws and providing legal protection for under cover operations.
157. With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) focussing on poll-bound states Punjab, Goa and Gujarat, the party has given charge to oversee the elections preparations to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Ma...
158. Africa's first gold in Rio - Ayana breaks 10,000m world record
159. After Friday’s race, where she finished seventh in her heat to be eliminated, she hung around for the world’s media.
160. Almaz Ayana Destroys World Record, Raises Questions
161. Amazing Libraries In The World
162. Amid the difficult humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are stepping up efforts to respond to a recent cholera outbreak in villages along the Oubangui River and have stressed the urgent need for more resources and support for the country.
163. A mother and baby François Langur, one of the world's rarest monkeys, have been captured sharing a heartwarming kiss at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
164. As director of the Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Tom Frieden has tweeted and talked about everything from AIDS to obesity to mosquitoes in Hawaii, the overuse of antibiotics, polio in Pakistan, Ebola, sanitation services in East Africa, ambulances in Sierra Leone, premature babies, sexually transmitted diseases, flu shots and World Toilet Day.
165. A window to the world
166. Ayana raced to gold while breaking the world record in the distance – her time of 29 minutes 17.45 seconds dethroned the previous mark (29:31.78) ...
167. Ayana shatters 10,000 World record by 14s
168. Ban announces new initiatives to enhance UN"s work with and for world"s youth
169. BANGKOK, Thailand - A series of bomb blasts in Thailand have come as a shocker not only for the entire southeast Asian region, but also for the rest of the world.
170. China's plan to tighten its grip on the Internet is upsetting companies around the world.
171. Cursed Child is Rowling’s gift to all HP fans craving more of the wizarding world. But it’s a curse to those of us who wished to preserve Harry’s memory simply as the Boy Who Lived.
172. Elephants decorated at Alipore Zoological Garden by the zoo authorities in Kolkata on World...
173. Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana smashed the world record to win the Olympic 10,000 metres title on Friday, blowing away the competition in one of the greatest ever long-distance races at the Games.Ayana ran b...
174. Ethiopia's Ayana shatters world record to win 10,000m
175. Every day, humanitarian aid workers stand on the front lines of war and disaster, braving tremendous dangers and difficulties to deliver assistance to those who need it most. World Humanitarian Day (WHD), which takes place every year on 19 August, recognizes the aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and mobilizes people to advocate for humanitarian action. 
176. Every four years, we witness the world's athletes do what they do better than anyone else -- balance on beams with the utmost precision, cross finish lines in the blink of an eye and glide through waters with sheer power.
177. Following upset loss, U.S. women’s goalie shows world what her teammates and coaches long have known.
178. Germany’s SAP AG, maker of software used to grade the performance of millions of employees worldwide, is ditching its own annual performance reviews as too expensive, time-consuming and often demotivating.
179. Global change will strike the oldest and most complex ecosystems of the world hardest, regardless of their past stability, warn experts in a new report.
180. How McLaren F1 Tech Is Supercharging the World's Industries
181. In Brazil, UN chief encourages Olympic Refugee Team to 'show strength,' inspire the world
182. Intel Reinvents Itself to Stay King in a Changing World
183. Iran’s Weightlifter Rostami Takes Gold, Sets New World Record
184. It’s been called the best stealth fighter in the world, but the US Air Force’s F-22 Raptor proved no match for a colony of honey bees in search of a new home for their queen. After flight operations in Virginia, the maintenance crew discovered ‘what looked like a cloud of thousands of bees hanging from the jet’s exhaust nozzle. Despite their initial shock, the team did not call an exterminator – instead the colony was safely relocated to provide honey for a local beer producer.
185. It's high time world knows about atrocities happening in PoK, Balochistan: Rahul Jalali
186. Katie Ledecky set yet another world record to defend her 800m title on a huge night for U.S. swimmers that also saw Maya DiRado of the U.S. snatching gold and Michael Phelps securing a three-way tie for silver
187. Kianoush Rostami of Iran won the gold medal in the men's 85kg weightlifting by breaking his own world record at the ongoing Rio Olympic Games here.
188. Ledecky repeated as Olympic champion in the distance swimming event while setting her 13th world record since 2012. This is a developing story. It will be updated.
189. Lukas Krpalek nabbed the Czech Republic's first-ever Olympic judo medal, throwing Azerbaijan's Elmar Gasimov to win gold in the under-100 kilogram division. Krpalek, the 2014 world champion, ...
190. Many of these technologies — as wonderfully brought out in Mauldin Economics’ ‘A World Gone Backwards’ — are Globalisation in reverse!
191. Marconi forged today's interconnected world of communication
192. - Moller Maersk, the company which owns the world's largest container shipping group, reported a fall in quarterly net profits by 89 percent, giving momentum ...
193. Nandankanan observes World Elephant Day