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2. PM attends groundbreaking ceremony of various projects in Uttar Pradesh
3. Text of PM’s address at an event "Transforming Urban Landscape" in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
4. PM addresses event to mark third anniversary of urban development initiatives
5. English rendering of PM’s address in 46th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 29.07.2018
6. CBI takes over probe into sexual abuse at Bihar's Muzaffarpur shelter home
7. Assam CM Sarbanand Sonowal holds all party meeting in Guwahati
8. Yamuna's water level crosses danger mark in Delhi; Army, NDRF prepared
9. Maha govt to convene special session of State legislature to pass resolution for reservation to Maratha community
10. Central govt to lay LPG pipeline in 13 districts of Punjab
11. International Tiger Day being celebrated today
12. Good governance is the birth right of every Indian says PM Modi in Mann Ki Baat
13. PM Modi addresses nation on 46th edition of 'Mann Ki Baat'
14. Women’s Hockey World Cup: India face US in crunch clash
15. India: Hope new Pakistan govt will work towards terror-free South Asia
16. Pak Polls: ECP releases final results, PTI tops with 116 seats
17. People getting covered under Prime Minister Social Security schemes
18. Defence Minister hands over multi-fuel war tank engines to Army
19. PM Modi lays foundation stones for several projects in Lucknow
20. DEPwD takes initiative of verification audit of accessibility features in 70 Railway Stations
21. A three day National Conference of Vice Chancellors of Universities and Directors of Higher Education Institutions being held in New Delhi
22. Udhampur to get Super-specialty Army Hospital: Dr Jitendra Singh
23. Tiger numbers increasing, need to build a social Movement for Tiger Conservation: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
24. Badminton: Sourabh, Kuhoo-Rohan enter Russia Open final
25. Militants launch attack in eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad
26. Pak polls: Multi-party meet rejects results, demands 'transparent' re-election
27. Digital India: Polytechnic College in Madhya Pradesh develops its own e-portal
28. DMK President Karunanidhi admitted to hospital after drop in blood pressure
29. Nepal appreciates India for providing support in post earthquake reconstruction programme
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89. Kin of Bihar man, gone missing in Bengaluru in Dec 2017, demands CBI probe
90. For the family members of 30-year-old Kumar Ajitabh, who has gone missing since December last year, it has been an agonising wait.
91. Mnuchin insists agriculture was part of US-EU trade talks
92. The US treasury secretary today insisted that agricultural issues were discussed in President Donald Trump's talks last week with Jean-Claude Juncker, contradicting the EU Commission president's account of the negotiations.
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125. Uttar Pradesh annuls 1000 MW solar auction without citing any reasons
126. Transient setback in Karuna's health, vital signs stabilising
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131. The UP New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (Upneda) held the reverse auction on July 11, at which winning tariffs varied between Rs ...
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143. China's plans in USA's backyard revealed
144. Why China pouring money in Latin AmericaChina has been discreetly carrying out a far-reaching plan of its own across Latin America.
145. By Ernesto LondoñoQUINTUCO(ARGENTINA): The giant antenna rises from the desert floor like an apparition, a gleaming metal tower jutting 16 stories above an endless wind-whipped stretch of Patagonia.The 450-ton device, with its hulking dish embracing the open skies, is the centerpiece of a $50 million satellite and space mission control station built by the Chinese military.The isolated base is one of the most striking symbols of Beijing’s long push to transform Latin America and shape its future for generations to come â€" often in ways that directly undermine the United States’ political, economic and strategic power in the region.The station began operating in March, playing a pivotal role in China’s audacious expedition to the far side of the moon â€" an endeavor that Argentine officials say they are elated to support.But the way the base was negotiated â€" in secret, at a time when Argentina desperately needed investment â€" and concerns that it could enhance China’s intelligence gathering capabilities in the hemisphere have set off a debate in Argentina about the risks and benefits of being pulled into China’s orbit.“Beijing has transformed the dynamics of the region, from the agendas of its leaders and businessmen to the structure of its economies, the content of its politics and even its security dynamics,” said R. Evan Ellis, a professor of Latin American studies at the U.S. Army War College.For much of the past decade, the United States has paid little attention to its backyard in the Americas. Instead, it declared a pivot toward Asia, hoping to strengthen economic, military and diplomatic ties as part of the Obama administration’s strategy to constrain China.Since taking office, the Trump administration has retreated from that approach in some fundamental ways, walking away from a free-trade pact with Pacific nations, launching a global trade war and complaining about the burden of Washington’s security commitments to its closest allies in Asia and other parts of the world.All the while, China has been discreetly carrying out a far-reaching plan of its own across Latin America. It has vastly expanded trade, bailed out governments, built enormous infrastructure projects, strengthened military ties and locked up tremendous amounts of resources, hitching the fate of several countries in the region to its own.Even with parts of Latin America shifting to the right politically in recent years, its leaders have tailored their policies to fulfill China’s demand. Now Beijing’s dominance in much of the region â€" and what it means for America’s waning stature â€" is starting to come into sharp focus.“It’s a fait accompli,” said Diego Guelar, Argentina’s ambassador to China.Trade between China and countries in Latin America and the Caribbean reached $244 billion last year, more than twice what it was a decade earlier, according to Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center. Since 2015, China has been South America’s top trading partner, eclipsing the United States.Perhaps more significantly, China has issued tens of billions of dollars in commodities-backed loans across the Americas, giving it claim over a large share of the region’s oil â€" including nearly 90 percent of Ecuador’s reserves â€" for years.China has also made itself indispensable by rescuing embattled governments and vital state-controlled companies in countries like Venezuela and Brazil, willing to make big bets to secure its place in the region.Here in Argentina, a nation that had been shut out of international credit markets for defaulting on about $100 billion in bonds, China became a godsend for then-President Cristina Fernández.And while it was extending a helping hand, China began the secret negotiations that led to the satellite and space control station here in Patagonia.Argentine officials say the Chinese have agreed not to use the base for military purposes. But experts contend that the technology on it has many strategic uses.Frank A. Rose, an assistant secretary of state for arms control during the Obama administration, said he spent much of his time worrying about China’s budding space program. U.S. intelligence and defense officials watched with alarm as China developed sophisticated technology to jam, disrupt and destroy satellites in recent years, he said.“They are deploying these capabilities to blunt American military advantages, which are in many ways derived from space,” Rose said.Antennas and other equipment that support space missions, like the kind China now has here in Patagonia, can increase China’s intelligence-gathering capabilities, experts say.Lt. Col. Christopher Logan, a Pentagon spokesman, said U.S. military officials were assessing the implications of the Chinese monitoring station. Chinese officials declined requests for interviews about the base and their space program.Beyond any strategic contest with the United States, some leaders in Latin America are now having doubts and regrets about their ties to China, worried that past governments have saddled their nations with enormous debt and effectively sold out their futures.But Guelar argued that hitting the brakes on engagement with China would be shortsighted, particularly at a time when Washington has given up its long-standing role as the region’s political and economic anchor.“There has been an abdication” of leadership by the United States, he said. “It surrendered that role not because it lost it, but because it doesn’t wish to take it on.”The Argentine government was in crisis mode in 2009. Inflation was high. Billions of dollars in debt payments were coming due. Anger was swelling over the government, including its decision to nationalize $30 billion in private pension funds. And the worst drought in five decades was making the economic situation even more bleak.Enter China. First, it struck a $10.2 billion currency swap deal that helped stabilize the Argentine peso, and then promised to invest $10 billion to fix the nation’s dilapidated rail system.In the middle of all this, China also dispatched a team to Argentina to discuss Beijing’s ambitions in space.The Chinese wanted a satellite-tracking hub on the other side of the globe before the launch of an expedition to the far side of the moon.If successful, the mission, scheduled to launch this year, will be a milestone in space exploration, potentially paving the way for the extraction of helium 3, which some scientists believe could provide a revolutionary clean source of energy.China Satellite Launch and Tracking Control General, a division of the country’s armed forces, settled on this windswept 494-acre patch in Argentina’s Neuquén province.Flanked by mountains and far from population centers, the site offered an ideal vantage point for Beijing to monitor satellites and space missions around the clock.Félix Clementino Menicocci, secretary-general of Argentina’s National Space Activities Commission, a government agency, said the Chinese had pitched officials with promises of economic development and the prospect of enabling a history-making endeavor.“They’ve become major players in space in the span of a few years,” Menicocci said of China’s space program.After months of secret negotiations, Neuquén province and the Chinese government signed a deal in November 2012, giving China the right to the land â€" rent free â€" for 50 years.When provincial lawmakers caught wind of the project after construction was underway, some were aghast. Betty Kreitman, a lawmaker in Neuquén at the time, said she was outraged that the Chinese military was being allowed to set up a base on Argentine soil.“Surrendering sovereignty in your own country is shameful,” Kreitman said.When she visited the construction site, she said, she pressed Chinese officials for answers but walked away feeling even more concerned.“This is a window to the world,” she recalled the Chinese supervisor at the site saying. “It gave me chills. What do you do with a window to the world? Spy on reality.”Ellis said the Chinese had also probably pursued relationships with Latin American nations with an eye toward any possible confrontation with the United States.“China is positioning itself in a world that is safe for the rise of China,” he said. “If you’re talking about the 2049 world, from the perspective of Latin America, China will have unquestionably surpassed the United States on absolute power and size. Frankly, if it was a matter of sustained conflict, you reach a point where you can’t deny the possibility of Chinese forces operating from bases in the region.”
146. BENGALURU: Uttar Pradesh cancelled a 1000 MW solar auction it held earlier this month without citing any reasons but industry sources said it could be because the state government felt the tariff quoted was too high.The Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (Upneda) held the reverse auction on July 11, at which winning tariffs varied between Rs 3.48 and Rs 3.55 per unit. This was more than a rupee higher than the lowest-ever tariff of Rs 2.44 per unit, and even markedly higher than the winning tariff of Rs 3.32 per unit at the previous auction in UP conducted by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) in June.Industry sources attributed the increased tariff to higher risk factor in dealing with UP-based agency (Upneda), the poor financial health of UP discoms (from which payments have been a problem in the past) as well the difficulties of land acquisition in the state. But the UP government clearly felt otherwise and has annulled the auction results.The biggest winners had been Acme Solar (300 MW), the Adani Group (250 MW) and Azure Power (160 MW).Upneda officials could not be reached for a comment. “All the bidders who participated in the bid may collect the earnest money deposit submitted from the UPNEDA office,” said the notice to the winners.An industry source felt Upneda officials perhaps thought it cheaper to buy solar energy from solar parks in other states as all states are required to source a portion of their energy needs from solar sources. This was thought to be better than set up solar projects at the tariffs developers had sought.“They are comparing the solar tariff reached at the auction with the lower solar park tariff,” said another industry source. “Their discoms may want to do so, but where are the transmission lines connecting them to the solar parks? Solar energy should also be installed locally to balance the grid.”In March this year Gujarat too had cancelled a 500 MW auction for much the same reason, industry insiders believe.
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148. HIGHLIGHTS | ICAI CA IPCC Intermediate result 2018 declared
149. Women’s Hockey World Cup: India hold USA to 1-1 draw, progress to knock-outs
150. Tara Prasad and Nisha Rasaily win High Fever
151. Highlights | ICAI CA IPCC Intermediate result 2018 declared
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156. On the Loose: Worldly Wise
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161. Jailed former Pakistani PM Sharif transferred to hospital
162. Transient setback in Karuna's condition, vital signs normalising, Stalin appeals for calm
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