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2. PM greets people on Guru Purnima
3. ECI Announces Bye-Election Schedule for Ranikor Assembly Constituency in Meghalaya
4. Sindhudurg Airport nearing completion
5. PM's address at BRICS Outreach dialogue in Johannesburg, South Africa
6. IAS Officers of 2016 batch call on the President
7. DEPwD takes initiative of verification audit of accessibility features in 70 Railway Stations
8. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, will visit Lucknow on 28th and 29th July.
9. A three day National Conference of Vice Chancellors of Universities and Directors of Higher Education Institutions being held in New Delhi
10. Udhampur to get Super-specialty Army Hospital: Dr Jitendra Singh
11. Tiger numbers increasing, need to build a social Movement for Tiger Conservation: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
12. "India Ranked Very Poorly On Human Development Index": NITI Aayog Chief - NDTV
13. Need for an Aluminum Policy in India
14. Breathe: An Action Plan for Combating Air Pollution - Consultation Paper
15. Composite Water Management Index - June 2018
16. Concept Note on Rationalisation of Trade Margins of Medical Devices - Date Extended
17. Discussion Paper on National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
18. Selected Best Practices In Water Management
19. A Note on Free Trade Agreements and Their Costs
20. Task Force on "Biomass Management
21. Aspirational Districts Baseline Ranking, March 2018
22. Sampark: Reaching out through school student helpline in Odisha
23. Saakshar Bharat: Sustaining and enhancing efforts in adult education in Andhra Pradesh*
24. Pota Cabins: Residential schools for children in LWE-affected areas of Chhattisgarh
25. Migration Card and Migration Monitoring Software: Tracking and educating migrant children in Gujarat
26. Pratibha Parv: Strengthening quality of education in government schools of Madhya Pradesh
27. Avadi Sewage Treatment Plant: Sustainable off-grid sewage treatment in Chennai
28. SAFAR: System of Air quality Forecasting And Research in metropolitan cities like Delhi
29. Sustainable Plastic Waste Management Plan: Defending the fragile ecosystem of Himachal Pradesh
30. Lake Restoration: Two successful models of lake restoration in Rajasthan (Mansagar) and Karnataka (Kaikondrahalli)
31. Mazhapolima: Ensuring water security through participatory well recharge in Kerala
32. Forest Produce Tracking System: Facilitating resource management from source to sink in Karnataka
33. Environment Management Initiative: A unique low-cost model in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
34. Dhara Vikas: Creating water security through spring-shed development in Sikkim
35. Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion Programme: Fostering a spirit of entrepreneurship in Meghalaya
36. Panchayat Banks: Providing banking facilities at the village level in Jharkhand
37. Arun ePDS: ICTs and process re-engineering for an efficient Public Distribution System in Arunachal Pradesh
38. Dilli Annashree Yojna: Food security for the vulnerable in Delhi
39. e-Uparjan: Re-inventing the procurement system through digitisation in Madhya Pradesh
40. NRHM Initiatives: Improving access to healthcare through strategic incentives in Assam
41. Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana: Applying preventive healthcare measures to promote children’s health in Haryana
42. KIDROP: Preventing vision loss in premature infants of underserved areas in Karnataka
43. Arogyakeralam Palliative Care Project: Ensuring care and support for the chronically ill & infirm in Kerala
44. Decentralisation of ICDS Supplementary Nutrition Programme: Ensuring timely and quality nutrition to all beneficiaries in Odisha
45. Mo Masari Using a simple solution to protect pregnant women and children from malaria in Odisha
46. CATCH: Ensuring quality healthcare for all in Sikkim
47. Intelligent Transport System: Improving urban public transport in Mysore
48. Entitlement-Based District Planning: Innovating planning process for accuracy and efficiency in Bihar
49. 24 x 7 Metered Water: Improving water supply in rural areas of Punjab
50. Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna: Life insurance for rural landless labourers in Andhra Pradesh*
51. Himayat: Placement linked skill development in Jammu and Kashmir
52. Samarpan: Early identification and intervention to check disability in Madhya Pradesh
53. Forest Rights Act, 2006: Distributing land deeds to tribal people in Tripura
54. Daliya Jalao: Liberating and rehabilitating manual scavengers in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh
55. Community Managed Water Supply Programme: Bringing drinking water to the doorsteps of people in rural Gujarat
56. Open Defecation Free Villages: Creating and sustaining Nirmal Grams through community participation in Jharkhand
57. Ghar Doghaanche Abhiyan: Joint ownership of housing by husband and wife in Maharashtra
58. Organic Rice Production by SRI: Empowering women in Maharashtra
59. Case Studies from Andhra Pradesh
60. Cash prize awards aren’t enough to incentivize young students to Innovate
61. Promoting Diversity of Food Basket: Welcome to the World of Nutri-Cereals
62. Unleashing Innovation: A Young Professional’s Experience
63. Will India ever get an International Gas Pipeline?
64. Island Development: A hidden potential for the Indian Economy
65. Improving Justice Delivery through E-Courts: Jammu & Kashmir leads the way
66. India needs to Develop Skill Development Indicators
67. National Employment Policy for India : A Perspective
68. RCT: Rigour, Creativity, Talking â€" unravelling the mysteries for taking the pathway out of poverty
69. Sustainable Urban Transport is the Way Forward
70. Jio Institute not given Institution of Eminence status: Javadekar
71. IndiGo Q1 net profit plunges 96% to Rs 278 million, more trouble ahead
72. IndiGo Airlines
73. HDFC Q1 net up 54% to Rs 21.90 bn, gets nod for $1.5 bn external borrowings
74. Axis Bank
75. Wary of China, US announces initiatives worth $113 mn in emerging Asia
76. IndiGo operator InterGlobe's Q1 profit falls 97% to Rs 277.9 million
77. On A Bad Day For Facebook Stock, Mark Zuckerberg's Net Worth Plunges $15.4 Billion
78. Channel - Block D - Billionaires - blog - Position 4 - John Schnatter Sues Papa John's, Backtracks Admission To Use Of Racial Slur
79. Channel - Block D - Billionaires - blog - Position 5 - On A Bad Day For Facebook Stock, Mark Zuckerberg's Net Worth Plunges $15.4 Billion
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95. Steps taken by the government to promote learning of science and mathematics in schools
96. Government launches Swachh Bharat Internship to promote involvement of students in rural cleanliness
97. Status of Major NHs projects
98. Promotion of Inland Water Transport
99. Clarification of WCD Ministry on the arguments of UN experts regarding Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018
100. Setting up of Refinery
101. Setting up of LPG Distributors
102. Encouraging sports including Kabaddi and Badminton
103. 3rd BRICS Film Festival concluded with India Day
104. 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
105. Indian students excel at the International Physics Olympiad
106. 26 religious cities/sites in 19 States have been identified for development under PRASHAD Scheme: Shri K. J. Alphons
107. 1, 62, 660 cruise passengers visited the country in 2017-18: Shri. K J Alphons
108. Rs. 426.02 Crores sanctioned for Tribal and Rural Circuit under Swadesh Darshan Scheme: Shri K. J. Alphons
109. LS passes Homoeopathy Central Council Amendment Bill, 2018
110. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said Jio Institute has not been granted the status of Institution of Eminence yet, and has only been issued a Letter of Intent, under which it should complete the process of setting up in three years.
111. Become a doctor in one second, know what your doctor will not tell you
112. Become a doctor in one second, know what your doctor will...
113. The planet’s pernicious plastic plague peril
114. An Orange a Day May Prevent Age-Related Vision Loss
115. Why flight attendants are at high risk of cancer
116. Bipasha Basu to provide ‘informed platform’ about health
117. Extracurricular activities may do more harm than good
118. Huma Qureshi to make TV debut with ‘India’s Best Dramebaaz’
119. New book “Factfulness” reasons why things are better than they seem
120. Chill your summer drinks with ‘cool’ cumbers
121. High number of VVPATs malfunction in UP, Maharashtra; polling slowed
122. Naseeruddin Shah a perfectionist: Sudip Bandyopadhyay
123. Amazon Publishing acquires Chetan Bhagat’s next six books
124. Government looks to pool land holding of loss-making PSUs to monetise asset
125. NCLT allows merger of LLP, private companies
126. Standard Chartered’s global head of financial crime compliance John Cusac quits
127. Not just technology, human-machine interface will shape our future: William ‘Bill’ Boulding
128. Technology, human-machine interface to shape future
129. Karunanidhi continues to be under constant medical attention
130. PM Modi speaks to Imran Khan, congratulates him for victory in Pakistan polls
131. Regrow
132. Ad: ABC Clinic
133. India Inc must raise spend on creation of quality manpower: Dharmendra Pradhan
134. Government unveils draft GST returns forms, seeks public comments
135. Government imposes safeguard duty on solar cells import for 2 years
136. My wife is Japanese... no Chinese: Britain's foreign minister's gaffe in China
137. Kathua trial on, but perceptions have hardly changed in Jammu
138. Arunachal Pradesh tightens security after publication of NRC final draft in Assam
139. Will Rashid Matter?
140. Standard Chartered’s global head of financial crime compliance John Cusac quits
141. Umesh Yadav, India's most important fast bowler on tour of England
142. Here, Jammu represents Hindus who the locals believe have fallen victim to a conspiracy conceived in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
143. A senior government official said a cabinet note is being prepared by department of public enterprises (DPE) on status of loss-making firms, their assets and closure approvals.
144. The move, experts say, sets a distinct precedent as the Companies Act, 2013 and the LLP Act, 2008 do not contain any express provisions providing for such cross-entity amalgamation.
145. You can see things from his point of view. No one really knows what happened in February when he had made the call to stop.
146. John Cusack said he is stepping down from the position at the end of 2018, according to a LinkedIn message in response to a query from Bloomberg News on Monday.
147. Umesh, despite being a story of unfulfilled promise and injuries, retains his pace and still clocks 145kmph fairly consistently nine years into his international career.
148. Half of bank deposits contributed by individuals: RBITotal deposits in banks increased from Rs 1,09.43 lakh crore at end-March 2017 to Rs 117 lakh crore in March 2018.
149. A senior government official said a cabinet note is being prepared by department of public enterprises (DPE) on status of loss-making firms, their assets and closure approvals.
150. The move, experts say, sets a distinct precedent as the Companies Act, 2013 and the LLP Act, 2008 do not contain any express provisions providing for such cross-entity amalgamation.
151. John Cusack said he is stepping down from the position at the end of 2018, according to a LinkedIn message in response to a query from Bloomberg News on Monday.
152. The tax department today put up in public domain draft GST returns forms -- Sahaj and Sugam -- for seeking comments from stakeholders. Besides, taxpayers who have no purchases, no output tax liability and no input tax credit to avail in any quarter of the financial year shall file one 'Nil' return for the entire quarter. "In month one and two of the quarter, such taxpayer shall report NIL transaction by sending an SMS. Facility for filing quarterly return shall also be available by an SMS," the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said while unveiling the draft returns forms. Small taxpayers would be those who have a turnover up to Rs 5 crore in the last financial year and can file quarterly return with monthly payment of taxes on self-declaration basis. The return form 'Sahaj' is for businesses which make supplies to only consumers (B2C). It includes details of outward supplies and inward supplies attracting reverse charge as well as summary of inward supplies for claiming input tax credit (ITC). Also such B2C businesses will have to show HSN wise summary of supplies and interest and late fee liability details along with payment of tax and verification. Besides, businesses making supplies to both businesses (B2B) and consumers (B2C) have to file returns form 'Sugam'. It includes summary of supplies made and tax liability, summary of inward supplies for claiming ITC, along with details of interest due and tax payment. Such businesses will have to file annexure to the return form giving details of outward supplies made to registered persons, consumers and un-registered persons (B2C and B2B) and inwards supplies attracting reverse charge. Also HSN wise summary of supplies too have to be filled. The forms, which will replace the current GSTR-3B and GSTR-1, are expected to be launched by January 1, 2019. AMRG & Associates Partner Rajat Mohan said the "new procedures are expected to disrupt the compliance scenario in GST once again for sure, but this inclusive governance model of inviting public comments would act as a swift shock absorber". EY Tax partner Abhishek Jain said with the edifice of the proposed new return formats being released for public comments, the industry could put forth their concerns, so that these could be well addressed before implementation. "The current Government's leitmotif of being open to public views/ comments has always been welcomed by businesses and has in the recent times also addressed various apprehensions of the industry," Jain added. The returns form was cleared by the Goods and Services Tax Council in its last meeting on July 21.
153. Ahmedabad: Jailed godman Asaram trust’s 16 properties face demolition risk as municipal body revokes nod
154. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation officials said it would soon take a decision on the fate of 12 residential and four commercial establishments constructed by Asaram's…
155. Fulham sign Aleksandar Mitrovic on permanent deal from Newcastle United
156. Drake
157. As the #inmyfeelings challenge takes the internet by storm, we look at five other viral video...
158. Kiki and other viral dance moves
159. 3 CRPF jawans injured in grenade attack by militants in south Kashmir
160. Stalin says Karunanidhi is under proper treatment, observation of doctors
161. Bodies of 2 missing youths recovered from field well in Nashik
162. Dual education the way forward to quality manpower : Pradhan