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2. PM dedicates, lays foundation stone for key projects in AIIMS
3. PM’s address to the Parliament of Uganda during his State Visit to Uganda
4. PM addresses Indian Community in Uganda
5. List of MoUs signed between India and Uganda during visit of Prime Minister to Uganda
6. PM congratulates the President of India on completing one year in office
7. PM’s speech at Indian Community Event in Uganda
8. Press statement by PM during his visit to Uganda
9. PM’s address at India-Rwanda Business Forum in Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda
10. PM gifts cows to villagers at Rweru Model Village, as part of the Rwandan Government’s Girinka Programme
11. PM’s Press statement during his state visit to Rwanda
12. Karunanidhi in hospital, blood pressure stabilised (Second Lead)
13. Over 600 pilgrims leave for Amarnath
14. Era of honesty ushered in, participatory development on a roll: Modi
15. Aadhaar details leaked after TRAI chief throws breach challenge
16. Top US cardinal resigns after sex abuse claims
17. How sellers outsmart Amazon's product-ranking system to boost sales
18. TMC MP urges migrant labourers to return to West Bengal
19. Trinamool Congress MP from Jhargram constituency, Dr Uma Soren today appealed to all labourers, who have left West Bengal in search of work, to come back to the state as it has made "arrangements" for their return.
20. PM Modi "unconcerned" on starvation deaths of children: Cong
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22. Act as change agents: Singh tells scientists
23. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh today appealed scientists here to act as change agents and help in bringing about economic development of the farmers of the region.
24. Married woman found hanging at home
25. The body of a 21-year-old married woman was today found hanging from a ceiling fan at her residence in outer Delhi's Nihal Vihar, police said.
26. 4 held for sex trafficking 16-yr-old girl
27. Four persons, including a woman, were arrested for their alleged involvement in trafficking of a 16-year-old girl, the police said today.
28. Typhoon slams into Japan, approaches disaster-hit regions
29. A powerful typhoon slammed into central Japan today, prompting local authorities to issue evacuation orders, with western areas recently devastated by floods and landslides in the storm's crosshairs.
30. Reliance Industries signs deal to sell CB10 block stake to Sun Petro
31. With 20-hr avg delay, this express is the queen among late-running trains
32. Consumer durable makers press for import duty hike after GST rate cut
33. Forbes Under 30 Summit Asia 2018: Startups Pitch Onboard Hong Kong's Iconic Tram
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62. The area around Sussex Industrial Estate in Mumbai’s Byculla is a maze. While it is close to four suburban railway stations and Gloria Church is a local landmark, finding an address in the lanes of this area can be a nightmare for both pedestrians and GPS-armed taxis.However, stockbroker and investor Chirag Parekh prefers to base his office in this area instead of the upscale financial hubs of Mumbai. There is little traffic and ample parking space, says the director of Prarambh Securities, who had waded into securities trading because he thought brokers could work shorter hours. The brokerage that rubs shoulders with small industrial units has a proprietary book (using the organisation’s own capital) that boast of a daily turnover of Rs 400 crore.It is clear he is comfortable navigating through a maze â€" be it the lanes of Byculla or the equity market. It is perhaps this trait that makes him see an opportunity to invest more in a market that is in an unusual phase â€" midcap and smallcap indices are plunging, while the benchmark indices have closed at their all-time highs. Though Parekh is not worried sick, thanks to the comfort of his proprietary book, he now asks clients to invest in mutual funds, which have access to better research, seen as the key to crack this puzzle. But not all investors have a capital cushion.
63. By Raza RumiPakistanis on July 25 elected Imran Khan as their new prime minister. Even though the complete results have not been declared, he made a victory speech rejoicing in the culmination of his 22-year struggle. His party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won 115 seats out of 272 directly contested seats in the lower house. With independents and smaller parties, Khan can easily form the government.The runner-up in the national elections has been former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz or PML (N) that secured 64 seats in the National Assembly. Once a national force, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has been reduced to a regional party concentrated in the southern province of Sindh. PPP is the third largest party with 43 seats in the lower house.A number of controversies and allegations by political parties and sections of local and international media have dogged the elections. Recounts are being done. The future opposition is protesting and social media is abuzz with charges of “rigging”. While Khan has earned a major victory, this is not an auspicious start to his term in office. The legitimacy of elections will be questioned and a strong opposition in the parliament will not let this go easily. In fact, this would be not too different from what Khan himself was doing for the past five years â€"protesting against the results of 2013 elections which he claimed were “rigged” and “stolen” from the PTI.In 2013-18, Khan was an agitator and held at least three major sitins against Nawaz Sharif ’s government. Reportedly, he had some measure of support from the deep state which remained at loggerheads with the former PM Sharif. In fact, Sharif spelled trouble the day he decided to try Pakistan’s former dictator General Pervez Musharraf on “treason”. The two sides remained uneasy partners in government. Sharif survived all the street protests but the Panama leaks of 2016 (which indicated his family’s offshore wealth) and the subsequent petitions filed by Khan led to his ouster by the Supreme Court. Subsequently, Sharif was disqualified to hold a public office for life and sentenced. His daughter Maryam who emerged as a fiery heir apparent has also been convicted and jailed.In this polarised context, Election 2018 urges all the players â€" Imran Khan, Sharif and the military â€" to move on. The country has to address key challenges. First is the economic meltdown that has resulted in the free fall of the Pakistan rupee. Pakistan currency lost nearly 25% of its value in the last few weeks. There is a balance of payments situation, and the circular debt (that mounts due to the advance payments needed by private power plants) has gone out of hand. Second, in June, Pakistan was placed on the grey watch list by the Financial Action Task Force. While this was a result of the pressure put by the US, the country has to take a number of steps to reverse this decision as it has a bearing on Pakistan’s international transactions. Linked to this is the fate of active and inert militias within the country.Third, as the recent elections showed, the terrorism threat may have diminished but it is far from over. Internal security challenges are immense and the new government will have to immediately deal with them. Related to this is the fourth challenge concerning Afghanistan where Pakistan’s security interests are at variance with its long standing ally, i.e. the US. The list goes on.Imran Khan, as many commentators have already said, will wear a crown of barbed wire, for these challenges are both pressing and structural in nature. Khan has never held a public office and, therefore, his experience of governance is limited. His party ruled the northwestern province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the past five years and initiated some reform. Many efforts yielded result and that’s why PTI was re-elected from the province. But Pakistan with nearly 201 million people is a different story. It’s simply not an easy place to govern.Much has been said in the Indian and Western media about Khan as the puppet of the military establishment. This is a reductionist view as millions of Pakistanis voted for him under no one’s pressure. Like India and Bangladesh â€" the long-lost family of Pakistan â€" large sections of population find corruption unacceptable and destructive for their everyday lives. Additionally, Khan has no financial scandal attached to him. His clean image and crusade against corruption sell well and find resonance in the middle classes that control bureaucracy, much of media, the judges and even the officer class in the army. The irony is that all of these segments are beneficiaries of state largesse, privilege and pelf. Will Khan succeed in tackling them?Pakistan has spent more than half of its life under direct military rule and for the remaining time, the country has been governed by weak civilian governments. It’s only in the last decade that democracy has started to take root. As a young democracy, Pakistan will face the usual teething problems. This is not unique to Pakistan.What really matters is that a third consecutive elected government will be sworn into office. This is a departure from the historical trend and should be acknowledged as such.(The writer is Editor, Daily Times, and Visiting Faculty, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs)
64. "Yet another girly app,” Panduranga MB, 26, told himself as he tried Meitu’s photo-editing app, BeautyPlus. He had just taken a selfie on his mobile phone and the facial recognition tech in the app allowed him to change the sharpness of his nose, the shade of his skin, size of his eyes and remove scars â€" basically anything to beautify his picture. A few minutes later, he was hooked on to an app he hadn’t even heard of 24 hours ago. The graphic designer from Bengaluru had downloaded the app after Meitu Inc offered him a job. All he knew about the company was that it was a Chinese developer with a stable of artificial intelligence-led beauty apps. The app’s features reminded him of Photoshop, a graphics editor from Adobe widely used by professionals like him. This was Photoshop for dummies. He knew a thing or two about people’s obsession with sharing their photos on social networks â€" 95 million photos are posted on Instagram every day, and 100,000 are uploaded on Facebook every minute. Several surveys have suggested over 50% of users edit their photos before posting these online. “Users need these apps.” He did the math and joined the company.
65. "Yet another girly app,” Panduranga MB, 26, told himself as he tried Meitu’s photo-editing app, BeautyPlus. He had just taken a selfie on his mobile phone and the facial recognition tech in the app allowed him to change the sharpness of his nose, the shade of his skin, size of his eyes and remove scars â€" basically anything to beautify his picture. A few minutes later, he was hooked on to an app he hadn’t even heard of 24 hours ago. The graphic designer from Bengaluru had downloaded the app after Meitu Inc offered him a job. All he knew about the company was that it was a Chinese developer with a stable of artificial intelligence-led beauty apps. The app’s features reminded him of Photoshop, a graphics editor from Adobe widely used by professionals like him. This was Photoshop for dummies. He knew a thing or two about people’s obsession with sharing their photos on social networks â€" 95 million photos are posted on Instagram every day, and 100,000 are uploaded on Facebook every minute. Several surveys have suggested over 50% of users edit their photos before posting these online. “Users need these apps.” He did the math and joined the company.
66. Shooting at La Plaza Mall in McAllen: The police report an active shooting situation at a mall in Texas.
67. தொடர்ந்து கடத்தப்பட்டு கொலை செய்யப்படும் காஷ்மீர் காவலர்கள்!
68. RRB Group C, D exams 2018: Mock test link activates, admit card next month
69. Fifth Column: Taliban Khan or Imran Khan?