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2. Will take oath as Pak PM on Aug 11: Imran Khan
3. Badminton World Championships: HS Prannoy, Sameer Verma and Sai Praneeth enter 2nd round
4. NRC of Assam is a draft & not the final NRC: HM Rajnath Singh
5. Badminton World Championships: HS Prannoy, Sameer Verma enter 2nd round
6. US says India is key partner in America's efforts to ensure peace, stability in Indo Pacific region
7. Delhi court summons Lalu Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi & son Tejashwi in IRCTC scam case
8. India seal place in knock-out stage of Women's Hockey World Cup in London
9. Complete draft of NRC published in Assam
10. Yamuna continues to flow above danger mark in Delhi
11. Annual Unified Commanders' Conference to be held today to review country's security preparedness
12. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu pitches for diversifying agriculture to improve nutrition level of food crops
13. CBI takes over probe into sexual abuse at Bihar's Muzaffarpur shelter home
14. PM Modi addresses nation on 46th edition of 'Mann Ki Baat'
15. Col. Rathore, HMSIB felicitating Sh. Rishi Kapoor at 1st BRICS Film Festival. Gen VK Singh, MoS, MEA also seen
16. Governor of Goa, Smt. Mridula Sinha and the Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar lighting the lamp at inauguration of 47th IFFI. HMIB Shri Venkaiah Naidu also seen
17. HMIB inaugurating Instagram Workshop for Better Government Communication in New Delhi
18. About Rs.12.68 Cr funds allocated for conservation, preservation and environmental development works at the Taj Mahal in the last 3 years: Dr. Mahesh Sharma
19. Indian students excel at the International Physics Olympiad
20. 26 religious cities/sites in 19 States have been identified for development under PRASHAD Scheme: Shri K. J. Alphons
21. 1, 62, 660 cruise passengers visited the country in 2017-18: Shri. K J Alphons
22. Rs. 426.02 Crores sanctioned for Tribal and Rural Circuit under Swadesh Darshan Scheme: Shri K. J. Alphons
23. PMEGP helps more than 30, 000 women entrepreneurs
24. Production OF Defence Equipments
25. Corruption Cases Involving Officers of Mes and Bro
26. Digital Data for Defence Estate
27. Modernisation of Defence Sector
29. Women’s Hockey World Cup: India face US in crunch clash
30. India: Hope new Pakistan govt will work towards terror-free South Asia
31. Pak Polls: ECP releases final results, PTI tops with 116 seats
32. People getting covered under Prime Minister Social Security schemes
33. Defence Minister hands over multi-fuel war tank engines to Army
34. PM Modi lays foundation stones for several projects in Lucknow
35. Three-day VCs’ conference on research and innovation in higher education ends
36. Lucknow: PM Modi attends 'Transforming Urban Landscape' event
37. PM addresses event to mark third anniversary of urban development initiatives
38. PM attends groundbreaking ceremony of various projects in Uttar Pradesh
39. Indonesia earthquake: Trapped hikers descend volcano, toll 16 (Second Lead)
40. HDFC Q1 profit rises 54% to Rs 2,190 cr
41. Erwee, Hamza helps S. Africa post 389/2 on day 1 vs IBPXI
42. India can become global healthcare destination: Apollo's Prathap Reddy
43. Kerala diaspora availing amnesty scheme to be brought for free
44. Government not sincere about Opposition issues: Congress
45. Three women arrested in Alwar with large quantity of beef
46. Ahead of Vodafone merger, Idea Cellular posts Q1 profit on tower sale gain
47. With eye on India, Harley-Davidson plans to develop smaller bikes in 2 yrs
48. HDFC Q1 net up 54% to Rs 2,190cr on dividend from HDFC Bank
49. Mortgage lender HDFC today reported a 54 per cent increase in standalone net profit at Rs 2,190 crore in the June quarter, helped by the Rs 511 crore dividend it received from HDFC Bank and better asset quality.
50. Protest against alleged sexual abuse of minor girls in Muzaffarpur
51. Civil society organisations today held a protest demanding the resignation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the alleged sexual abuse of minor girls in a shelter home at Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
52. Over 3500 complaints of women deserted by NRI husbands in last nine years: NCW
53. Over 3,500 complaints of women who were deserted by their NRI husbands have been received by the National Commission for Women in the last nine years, Chairperson Rekha Sharma said today.
54. India Inc's external borrowing jumps 66% to $2.71 bn in Jun
55. India Inc raised USD 2.71 billion through external commercial borrowing (ECB) and rupee-denominated bonds (RDBs) in June 2018, up by 66.3 per cent over the same month last year, the RBI data released today showed.
56. High profile cops appear in SC
57. High profile IPS officers -- CBI director Alok Kumar Verma and Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik -- today marked their presence before the Supreme Court which had summoned them for their alleged lapses and laxity.
58. Cong slams Telangana CM for 'silence' on injustice being done
59. The Congress in Telangana today slammed Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for his alleged silence on the "injustice being done to Telangana" by the NDA government.
60. Instruct Maharashtra govt to decide on quota: Congress to guv
61. The BJP-led government in Maharashtra is "dilly-dallying" on the issue of reservation for the Maratha community in jobs and education, the Congress said today and sought the governor's intervention in the matter.
62. Two persons drown in Nagaland
63. Two persons drowned and three were feared dead in Tuesnang district today while several roads in Nagaland were cut off due to landslides triggered by incessant rains, officials said.
64. No objection on putting stickers to identify nature of vehicles: MoRTH to SC
65. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) today informed the Supreme Court that there was "no objection" to putting stickers on vehicles which would indicate its nature as to whether it was electric, hybrid, diesel or BS-VI compliant.
66. Youth shot at in Punjab
67. A youth was shot at by some motorcycle-borne assailants here today, police said.
68. 11 members of notorious Devinder Bambiha gang arrested in Punjab
69. The Punjab Police today arrested 11 members of the Devinder Bambiha gang and seized 17 weapons from their possession, an official said.
70. Coast Guard seized contraband worth Rs 4,101 crore since 2015: Govt
71. The Indian Coast Guard seized contraband, including items like heroin, ganja and cigarettes worth over Rs 4,000 crore since 2015, the government informed the Rajya Sabha today.
72. Authorities should show greater concern on Taj than UNESCO:SC
73. The Supreme Court today said authorities in India should show a "far greater concern" over the situation of Taj Mahal than shown by the UNESCO on the historic monument.
74. C'garh's smartphone distribution project to empower women: CM
75. The Chhattisgarh government's Sanchar Kranti Yojana, which entails giving free smartphones to 45 lakh women and 5 lakh students, is a crucial step to empower them, Chief Minister Raman Singh said today.
76. SC allows demolition of illegal constructions at sacked Gujarat cop's residence
77. The Supreme Court today allowed the demolition of illegal structures at the residential property jointly owned by controversial sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt and his wife in Ahmedabad.
78. IDFC net down 20% at Rs 2.97cr in Q1
79. IDFC Ltd today reported a 20 per cent fall in standalone net profit at Rs 2.97 crore for the quarter ended June compared to Rs 3.71 crore in the April-June period of 2017-18.
80. Six-fold rise in ceasefire violations from 2015 to 2018: Govt
81. The ceasefire violations (CFVs) along the Line of Control has increased six-fold from 2015 to 2018, the government informed the Rajya Sabha today.
82. Tuticorin plant row: NGT declines interim relief to Vedanta
83. The National Green Tribunal today refused to grant any interim relief to mining major Vedanta, which has challenged the Tamil Nadu government's order to permanently shut down its Sterlite copper plant in Tuticorin, even as the firm termed the government action as "political".
84. Gang attacks man for talking to woman from another community
85. In an apparent case of moral policing, a group of people attacked a man who was found talking to a woman from another community near here, police said today.
86. Rs 15cr collected from Tihar prisoners for victim welfare unutilised: HC told
87. The Delhi High Court was today told that over Rs 15 crore collected since 2006 from wages of convicts lodged in Tihar Jail for welfare of their victims has been lying unutilised.
88. BJP appoints Pillai as Kerala president; Deodhar elevated, made Andhra co-incharge after Tripura win
89. BJP president Amit Shah today appointed P S Sreedharan Pillai as the party's Kerala chief and elevated Sunil Deodhar, credited for playing an important role in its massive win in Tripura polls, as national secretary.
90. R-Infra to close Rs 19K cr Mumbai power biz sale with Adani next week
91. Reliance Infrastructure said today that it will close by next week the sale of its integrated Mumbai distribution business to Adani Transmission for about Rs 19,000 crore.
92. Puducherry employees to get salaries tomorrow as usual
93. Puducherry government today directed its treasuries to admit pay bills, paving the way for disbursal of salaries of its employees tomorrow amid a standoff over passage of the Appropriation Bill, which allows withdrawal of funds for expenditure, by the assembly.
94. NLC India to increase power generation capacity: CMD
95. : Chairman and managing director of State-owned NLC India Ltd Sarat Kumar Acharya today said it would increase power generation capacity to 3,000 MW.
96. Niti Aayog suggests single ministry for energy sector: Official
97. Niti Aayog has mooted a proposal to set up an all-powerful umbrella ministry for the energy sector to deal with sectors like petroleum, power, renewable and coal, a top government official said.
98. Karman cracks top-200, sets new target of 150 by year-end
99. Karman Kaur Thandi today became only the sixth Indian woman tennis player to crack the top-200 rankings in singles, jumping 32 places in the WTA chart.
100. U.S. eases export controls for high-tech sales to India - Ross
101. Oil prices rise, boosted by supply outlook
102. India looking to compel e-commerce, social media firms to store data locally
103. Wall Street drops as tech stocks slide
104. India to award first rail supply contract to local firms - sources
105. Vodafone Idea
106. Harley-Davidson, Harley-Davidson bikes
107. How Trump's trade war with China is hurting BMW, Daimler and Tesla
108. HNIs' bets on HDFC MF IPO will pay off if shares list at over 35% premium
109. Swatch Group Brands Quit Baselworld: What It Means for the Watch Industry
110. This $1 Billion Beverly Hills Estate Is Los Angeles' Most Expensive Ever
111. IPO Of Chinese E-Commerce Firm Pinduoduo Mints New Young Billionaire
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118. Channel - Block D - Billionaires - blog - Position 5 - On A Bad Day For Facebook Stock, Mark Zuckerberg's Net Worth Plunges $15.4 Billion
119. Lessons from Spain’s recovery after the euro crisis
120. On tyranny, populismâ€"and how best to respond today
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138. Taking the pain out of Spain
139. JUST six years ago Spain seemed to be the European Union’s biggest economic calamity, menacing the survival of the euro itself. As it goes on holiday this week, it is in much brighter shape. Thanks to structural reforms and some good fortune, it is enjoying a sustained recovery.
140. MADELEINE ALBRIGHT was America’s first female Secretary of State, from 1997 to 2001. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, the young “Marie Jana” was bundled off to Britain during the second world war to escape the Nazis. Soon after her return following the war, her family fled to America to escape the Communists.
141. MANY OF THE photos seem older than they are. In black and white, they show Spaniards wrapped in overcoats, the men with sideburns, the women with perms, voting in a referendum on a new constitution on December 6th 1978.
142. Its admirable economic progress could be hobbled by politics
143. A book excerpt and interview with Madeleine Albright, former American Secretary of State and author of “Fascism: A Warning”
144. In the 40 years since its democratic constitution was adopted, Spain has achieved much, but it needs an overhaul, says Michael Reid
145. Karnataka order on Rs 49,000 cr farm loan waiver soon
146. RS MP questions removal of reply to his query on demonetized deposits
147. Mortgage lender HDFC on Monday reported an exponential rise of 54 per cent in its net profit during the first quarter of 2018-19.
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149. Over 40 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants have been excluded from Assams draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) released on Monday, sparking concerns about their future and triggering a nationwide political row.
150. Idea Cellulars Q1 net profit at Rs 257 cr
151. The hundreds of people who were trapped on an active volcano in Indonesia after a deadly earthquake killed 16 people were on Monday began descending to safety.
152. Form teams to monitor child care centres: Maneka
153. Joining the dots of Kashmir's missing link from 'Mission: Impossible Fallout
154. Bodies of teenage girl, friend recovered in Udhampur
155. Leveraging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and telemedicine, best healthcare for people can be delivered even in remote areas of the country and make India the global healthcare destination, said Prathap C. Reddy, Chairman of Apollo Hospitals on Monday.
156. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said the Kerala diaspora opting for the amnesty scheme announced by the UAE government will be brought to India for free.
157. The Congress on Monday alleged that government was not sincere about issues that the Opposition wants to raise, and that Parliament cannot be run only for government business.
158. Three women were arrested in Rajasthan's Alwar with 40 kg beef on Monday, police said.
159. Rail traffic restored on old Yamuna bridge (Lead)
160. Train traffic was on Monday restored on the old Yamuna bridge after being suspended since Sunday night due to the rising level of the river, officials said.
161. Atletico's new winger Lemar has Champions League title in his sights
162. Sarel Erwee (117) and Zubayr Hamza's (104 not out) clinical innings helped South Africa A post 389/2 in their first innings against Indian Board Presidents XI (IBPXI)on the opening day of the three-day practice match at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Monday.
163. Pixel 3 XL may come in ‘Clearly White’ colour variant
164. 2 Indian techies in US create India’s first SmartGaon: Modi
165. Joining the dots of Kashmir’s missing link from ‘Mission: Impossible Fallout’
166. Body of a teenage girl, friend recovered in Udhampur
167. Sridevi dead, nation mourns
168. Trump replaces steak with fish to lose weight
169. Opt for right food during monsoon
170. MENSTRUATION AND ATTITUDE OF SOCIETY TOWARDS IT
171. Big Data-based health calculator can predict heart disease risk  
172. Private sector must chip in to achieve health outcomes: Vice President
173. If you can’t earmark three hours, don’t give National Awards: Resul Pookutty
174. Citizens taking the vertual turn to file RTI request
175. Boxtrade Lands $50 Million In Another New Funding Round
176. Outside interference in Maldives will complicate situation: China warns India
177. NITI Aayog opens door for French investments in India
178. Everything You Should Know About Nipah Virus
179. US plans $113 million 'down payment on a new era' in Indo-Pacific: Mike Pompeo
180. Tuticorin plant: NGT declines relief to Vedanta
181. India to get tough with companies over data storage
182. Sterling Holidays
183. Regrow
184. Ad: ABC Clinic
185. 20-year-old walks 32 km to join first day of office on time, CEO rewards him his car
186. Government did tardy job in Assam NRC, should move swiftly to resolve crisis: Rahul
187. Final list of NRC to be published by December-end: Centre
188. Lok Sabha passes Bill to provide death to child rape convicts
189. All India United Democratic Front sees conspiracy in NRC draft to lessen Muslim population
190. Rupee falls 2 paise to snap 3-day rally, ends at 68.67
191. The Congress chief also asked Congress members to help maintain peace and help those, irrespective of their caste, religion or group, against whom "injustice" was done in the draft NRC.
192. The declaration came on a day the draft NRC, a list of Assam's citizens, was published with exclusion of 40.7 lakh out of a total 3.29 crore applicants.
193. The top court had on April 13 taken strong note of some lawyers obstructing the judicial process in the Kathua gangrape and murder case.
194. The Bill stipulates stringent punishment for perpetrators of rape, particularly of girls aged below 12.
195. While All Assam Students Union (Aasu) which led the six year long anti-foreigners stir which culminated in signing of Assam Accord in 1985 expressed satisfaction over the draft NRC publication, BJP has claimed credit for expediting the NRC process as soon as it come to power in Centre and Assam.
196. India to get tough with companies over data storageThe move will affect global giants that operate in India like Amazon, FB and its messaging service WhatsApp.
197. Traders turned cautious in the run up to the outcome of RBI monetary policy committee meeting that began today.
198. Maratha reservation stir: Violence erupts in Chakan, protestors block Pune-Nashik highway
199. Kerala: Idukki dam nears full level, shutters likely to open after 26 years; authorities on high alert
200. Kerala: PS Sreedharan Pillai, advocate and moderate face, appointed BJP state chief
201. VIDEO: Horrifying moment when crocodile bites zoo-keeper's hand
202. State Bank of India hikes FD interest rates, applicable from today
203. High Fever winners Tara and Nisha: We really worked hard as we knew only that will take us ahead
204. VIDEO: Horrifying moment when crocodile bites zoo-keeper’s hand
205. Expect Stuart Broad and James Anderson to challenge Virat Kohli’s front foot, says Michael Vaughan
206. Kerala: Idukki dam nears full level, shutters likely to open after 26 years; authorities on high alert
207. Kerala: PS Sreedharan Pillai, advocate and moderate face, appointed BJP state chief
208. Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 design details leaked through MIUI 10
209. From the Vault: Kapil Dev hits 4 sixes in 4 balls to save India from follow-on
210. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led government has put the army, navy, airforce and coast guard on alert to meet any eventuality in case water is released.
211. PM Modi using ‘theatrics’ to evade questions on Rafale deal: Congress
212. The incident took place at famous Phokkathara Crocodile Farm and zoo in Chiang Rai, which is known for its crocodile shows where trainers often put their head and head in the mouth of the reptile to entertain visitors. The man is seen pushing his hands more than once before the animal strikes.
213. RRB Group C, D Admit Card 2018 to be released soon; check at indianrailways.gov.in
214. RRB ALP Group C, D Exam Admit Card 2018 Date: Following the previous trend, the board may release the admit card four days prior to the examinations. The first stage of Computer-Based Test (CBT) will be conducted from August 9
215. After Delhi govt, now private schools want to introduce 'happiness curriculum'
216. गोमांस निर्यातदारांच्या निधीतून नरेंद्र मोदींनी केला २०१४ चा निवडणूक प्रचार-दिग्विजय सिंह
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218. OnePlus 6 users facing display flickering issue in bright light with adaptive brightness enabled
219. Assam NRC Final Draft: Opposition trains guns on BJP as 40 lakh people excluded, MHA allays fears
220. Assam NRC Final Draft: Opposition trains guns on BJP as 40 lakh people excluded, MHA allays fears
221. India U-19 team humbles Sri Lanka by six wickets in first Youth ODI
222. BBC News
223. Maneka apologises for referring transgenders as Other Ones in LS
224. Zimbabwe election in some cases "totally disorganised" - EU
225. Das commission hold first sitting on probe into missing keys of Jagannath temple treasury
226. Oppn to stall RS till PM speaks on NRC issue
227. La Romance triumphs in feature event
228. India’s striping 4m of citizenship her internal matter, says Dhaka
229. Rahul approves appointments in All India Adivasi Cong
230. Mahathir names himself Khazanah chairman
231. Over 15 vehicles torched, 100 damaged as Maratha Kranti Morcha turns
232. Man injured in leopard attack in Mumbai
233. LS nod for bill that provides stringent punishment for rape