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2. 12 dead,dozens injured after magnitude 6.4 quake hits Indonesia island
3. PM Modi launches projects worth ₹ 60,000 cr in Lucknow
4. Good governance is the birth right of every Indian says PM Modi in Mann Ki Baat
5. India to play US in crucial final group match of Women's Hockey World Cup
6. Text of PM’s address at an event "Transforming Urban Landscape" in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
7. PM addresses event to mark third anniversary of urban development initiatives
8. Truckers call off their nationwide strike; Govt to constitute committee to facilitate expeditious resolution of transporters' demands
9. Good governance is the birth right of every Indian says PM Modi in Mann Ki Baat
10. PM Modi launches projects worth ₹ 60,000 cr in Lucknow
11. Jammu & Kashmir: Bank loot attempt foiled in Kulgam
12. 15th Finance Commission Chairman holds productive meeting with NITI Aayog Chairman & CEO
13. Guru Purnima being celebrated across country
14. J&K: One killed, six injured in old shell blast accident in Arnia sector
15. Union HRD Minister releases the AISHE Report 2017-18
16. Strict action on human trafficking in garb of NRI Marriages
17. Arun Jaitley:GST on cement, ACs and TVs likely to be cut
18. PM Modi participates in the BRICS-Africa outreach
19. India hands over cheque of 2.1 billion Nepalese rupee to Nepal
20. Nepal: 7 killed, 17 injured in truck-bus collision
21. Udhampur to get Super-specialty Army Hospital: Dr Jitendra Singh
22. Tiger numbers increasing, need to build a social Movement for Tiger Conservation: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
23. PM Modi addresses nation on 46th edition of 'Mann Ki Baat'
24. Women’s Hockey World Cup: India face US in crunch clash
25. India: Hope new Pakistan govt will work towards terror-free South Asia
26. Pak Polls: ECP releases final results, PTI tops with 116 seats
27. People getting covered under Prime Minister Social Security schemes
28. Defence Minister hands over multi-fuel war tank engines to Army
29. PM Modi lays foundation stones for several projects in Lucknow
30. Three-day VCs’ conference on research and innovation in higher education ends
31. Lucknow: PM Modi attends 'Transforming Urban Landscape' event
32. Niti CEO says 10 pc growth not possible without improving HDI - The Asian Age
33. Need for an Aluminum Policy in India
34. Breathe: An Action Plan for Combating Air Pollution - Consultation Paper
35. Composite Water Management Index - June 2018
36. Concept Note on Rationalisation of Trade Margins of Medical Devices - Date Extended
37. Discussion Paper on National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
38. Selected Best Practices In Water Management
39. A Note on Free Trade Agreements and Their Costs
40. Task Force on "Biomass Management
41. Aspirational Districts Baseline Ranking, March 2018
42. CBI begins probe into rapes at Bihar chidren home
43. An Asian elephant, Babu, struggles to eat in China
44. Child marriages in Afghanistan down by 10%: UNICEF
45. Chinese Premier completes secretive Tibet visit
46. Nearly 50% of smartphones to have AI assistant in 2018: Report
47. How tribal women of Kanha are driving their own destiny (IANS Special Series)
48. 1,000 'war rockets' of Tipu found in Karnataka fort
49. Raza's love for nature and how art found utterance in a small town (Art Feature)
50. Here's how Xi Jinping is keeping China ahead of India in Africa
51. Mann ki Baat: PM says good governance our birthright, lauds young achievers
52. PM Modi launches 81 investment projects worth over Rs 600 billion for UP
53. Paytm Payments Bank CEO Renu Satti resigns, to head new retail unit
54. Bank of Baroda net profit more than doubles at Rs 5.28 billion in Q1
55. Dissolve JK assembly; prepare ground for fresh elections: Abdullah
56. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has favoured dissolution of the state assembly so that horse trading is put to rest and all the political parties prepare the ground for fresh elections.
57. More than four vehicles stolen every hour in Delhi: Police
58. More than four vehicles are stolen every hour in the national capital with motorcycles being the prime target, according to statistics shared by the Delhi Police.
59. Homebuyers' interest up with govt focus on affordable housing: HDFC
60. The real estate sector has begun to attract the renewed interest of homebuyers with the government's focus on affordable housing, financial sector behemoth HDFC Ltd said today.
61. Cash-rich Reliance eyes $2.7 b in fresh Fx loans to refinance
62. The cash-rich Reliance Industries, which also is one of the biggest forex loan borrowers in the country, is set to tap the foreign debt market to raise USD 2.7 billion to refinance its existing high cost debt.
63. Iraqi PM suspends electricity minister over poor service
64. Iraq's prime minister has ordered the suspension of the country's electricity minister over a power crisis and poor service.
65. Gut bacteria can protect against Salmonella infections
66. Stanford scientists have identified a molecule produced by gut bacteria that can inhibit the growth of Salmonella in the intestines, paving the way for new treatments to fight the infections caused by contaminated food.
67. Iraq PM sacks electricity minister after weeks of protest: statement
68. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday sacked his minister of electricity, his office said, following weeks of protests against corruption and chronic power outages.
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70. At least 10 dead, 40 injured as 6.4 magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia
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73. UK democracy 'facing a crisis' from US social media companies
74. WhatsApp builds payments service for other markets as it awaits India's nod
75. How sellers outsmart Amazon's product-ranking system to boost sales
76. Valuation in fast-moving FMCG stocks highest in nearly three decades
77. Reality show fame is more lucrative than an Oxford or Cambridge education
78. Lessons learned - and forgotten - from the last Trade War in 1930
79. Tech behemoths face terror law as EU cracks down on internet hate
80. UK ministers fear bloody chapter in Theresa May's Brexit thriller
81. After elections, Russian hackers appear to shift focus to US power grid
82. $71.3 billion Disney-Fox deal might face regulatory hurdles in China
83. Sex scandal toppled a Silicon Valley chief. Investors say, so what?
84. CBS Chief Leslie Moonves faces inquiry over misconduct allegations
85. Refinery outages: Big oil leaves analysts fuming
86. Dior brings back equestrian-inspired saddle bag with Instagram blitz
87. A trillion dollars is buying a lot of headaches for the technology sector
88. Facebook sued after stock plunge; investors want Zuckerberg's grip loosened
89. Disney boosts minimum pay by 20% to $15 for California park staff
90. Extremists, banned groups flop in Pak polls; JuD-backed group draws blank
91. Final results out, Imran Khan's PTI needs 22 more to lead Pakistan
92. Won't allow firm to break up under my watch: Thyssenkrupp foundation head
93. India must pay heed to Imran's overtures on Kashmir, other issues: Dawn
94. Trump admin seeks to revive 'Arab NATO' in part to counter Iran's expansion
95. Imran Khan scouting for allies to form govt, MQMP not opposing poll results
96. Euro sheds 0.55%, bonds rise on Draghi's vow on low interest rates
97. Can Imran Khan pull his country out of the woods and create a New Pakistan?
98. Explosions rock eastern Aghan city as militants attack midwife centre
99. Singapore data breach that targeted PM Lee has some bad news for banks
100. Consumer ire over Big Data can hit businesses, Facebook's crash an example
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102. RBI rate decision, Q1 earnings, macro data key for markets this week
103. Now, cigarettes that do away with cancer-causing paper, help sprout a plant
104. Reliance to shut MA oil and gas field in Krishna Godavari basin in Sept
105. Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon plans to re-enter overseas markets: CEO
106. Online grocery firm Grofers aims Rs 50 bn revenue by FY20 on private labels
107. Honoured to be a 'bhagidar' in pain of the poor: PM Modi on Rahul's remark
108. PM Modi 'unconcerned' over starvation deaths of children in Delhi: Congress
109. Stress testing China's system reform
110. Letter to BS: Merger is not panacea to remove all economic ills of the PSBs
111. Letter to BS: An appropriate tribute to the outgoing CEA Arvind Subramanian
112. Letter to BS: LIC propensity to 'bail out' debt-laden PSUs makes no sense
113. All in a name: BJP opposes renaming of West Bengal as 'Bangla
114. With eye on federal front, Mamata may meet oppn leaders during Delhi visit
115. Letter to BS: Forcing RBI to transfer pre-determined amount is unwarranted
116. Modi govt should grant special category status to Andhra: T K Rangarajan
117. Letter to BS: Modi govt must share data on Goods and Services Tax
118. Letter to BS: Mamata to launch 'remove BJP, save country' campaign
119. Letter to BS: GST Council decisions are sound, but don't follow norms
120. When Presidents bully Fed, watch out
121. Bahujan Samaj Party has no official Facebook or Twitter accounts: Mayawati
122. Letter to BS: Trump to Modi, mature leaders just hug and bear it
123. Letter to BS: Railways aiming to install bio-toilets in all trains by 2019
124. Letter to BS: Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code needs firm backing
125. Mamata Banerjee plans to launch a campaign 'remove BJP, save country
126. Letter to BS: Disclosing Rafale deal details against 'national interest
127. Letter to BS: Modi govt defeats no confidence motion in Lok Sabha
128. Letter to BS: Vedanta delisting from LSE heralds a new era of concern
129. Letter to BS: LIC is acting as a proxy for the govt by investing in PSBs
130. Letter to BS: Exposure to public sector undertakings hurts LIC's returns
131. Letter to BS: Kerala's 'pay and stay in prison' plan is an interesting idea
132. Restaurants must embrace online delivery, and fast
133. European Union's Dublin conundrum
134. Letter to BS: Will MPs be serious and ensure successful Monsoon session?
135. Letter to BS: Nationalised banks mobilised savings of the poor for 50 years
136. Letter to BS: Review of penal provisions in Companies Act a welcome step
137. Colour of discord: Will saffron walls bring down crime graph in Yogi's UP?
138. Letter to BS: LIC board gives nod to 51% stake in debt-ridden IDBI Bank
139. Letter to BS: Consumers, not companies, own their data, says Trai
140. Show of solidarity: Mayawati fires Jay Prakash who criticised Rahul Gandhi
141. Fifa World Cup 2018 final: Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi's French connection
142. Letter to BS: Infrastructure financing is not the core competence of PSBs
143. Letter to BS: There's an urgent need for reforms in our education system
144. Olivia Kirtley replaces John Schnatter as board chair of Papa John's
145. ITC's cash cows: Gains from investments in EIH, Leela touch Rs 11 billion
146. Force India to operate as normal for now, future options being weighed
147. PNB Housing Finance shareholders okays foreign investment limit to 74%
148. WeWork now ready to manage workspace for large companies in India
149. Piramal aims to work with property developers, revive distressed projects
150. KAPL readies to meet demand for oxytocin as September 1 deadline nears
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161. How tribal women of Kanha are driving their own destiny
162. About half of smartphones sold globally this year will have an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered assistant, a report by an industry consulting firm showed Sunday.
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164. 1,000 war rockets of Tipu found in Karnataka fort
165. Even some men may feel bad after sex: Study
166. NASA's newest planet hunter starts science operations
167. Motel fire kills mother, 5 of her children in US
168. LGBQ more prone to diabetes than heterosexual teens: Study
169. Undeterred by the scorching heat, an eager crowd outside the guardrail encircling the leafy elephant enclosure cranes their necks, hoping to snap photos at the Zhengzhou Zoo in China's Henan province. The lone occupant is a 40-year-old male Asian elephant, Babu.
170. The rate of child marriages in Afghanistan has declined by 10 per cent in the last decade but continues to be a challenge which needs multilateral policy intervention, according to a report published by UNICEF on Sunday.
171. The Chinese Premier visited the autonomous region of Tibet in a three-day tour, although the news was not officially revealed until on Sunday, two days after the trip ended.
172. Sandesh Prasannakumar creates new landmark for Indian racers
173. Flood-like situation in Haryana villages; CM to review situation
174. Expect humid Sunday as clouds cover Delhi skies
175. Having broken new ground by becoming the first Indian to participate in the Thailand Superbike Championship, Sandesh Prasannakumar is now focussed on finishing on the podium in the remaining two phases of the competition. The Bengaluru racer made it a memorable debut by finishing second in the first phase of the competition.
176. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe into the alleged rape of minors at a government-run shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, an official said on Sunday.
177. Mukki zone in the famous Kanha National Park had been known throughout its recorded history to have been ruled by tigresses, rather than tigers. True to this legacy, tribal women of the Mukki zone are breaking conventional chains by taking over men-dominated jobs in the region. These women now drive, guide tourists, guard the forest that traditionally gave them sustenance and are coming forward to shoulder bigger responsibilities.
178. Sachin, Laxman take up Telangana's green challenge
179. 2 killed, thousands flee as deadly wildfire devastates California
180. Football may improve bone health in elderly with prediabetes: Study
181. Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman on Saturday accepted the green challenge to plant saplings under Haritha Haram, the massive plantation programme of Telangana government.
182. A raging wildfire in California has killed two firefighters and prompted 38,000 evacuations, destroying scores of homes and threatening other dwellings and businesses.
183. An hour of football training session twice a week, combined with dietary guidance can improve bone health in older adults with prediabetes, claim researchers.
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187. A little sugar in elderly can improve memory
188. Eat dinner before 9 pm to lower risk of breast and prostate cancer
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190. Smelling coffee may boost your analytical skills  
191. Zika virus may cause miscarriages, stillbirths without any symptoms
192. Novel drug therapy may potentially help treat ALS
193. Prabhu urges pharma firms to do more R&D, develop new markets
194. US upgrades Pakistan on ‘human trafficking index’
195. Gambhir named Delhi Daredevils captain
196. CBI wants custodial interrogation of P Chidambaram
197. Xiaomi Redmi Y2: Big Selfie Phone in a Small Budget
198. I don’t have a film insider to hold me when I fall: Aditi Rao Hydari
199. I don’t have a film insider to hold me when I...
200. Bengal Assembly pass resolution to rename state as ‘Bangla’
201. Infosys to expand operations in Noida
202. I don't fear standing with corporates as I have right intentions: Narendra Modi
203. We used to cut ourselves with glass to avoid the ganda kaam
204. File all NCLT petitions on shell firms by August: CBDT to IT department
205. File all NCLT petitions on shell firms by Aug: CBDT
206. Homebuyers' interest up with affordable housing: HDFC
207. Reliance eyes $2.7 b in fresh Fx loans to refinance
208. FPIs net inflow at Rs 1,800 crore in equities in July
209. Imran Khan to be sworn in as Pak PM before Aug 14
210. No data can be fetched using Aadhaar number
211. Bihar shelter home: CBI registers case for alleged sexual abuse of girls
212. The company said the UP government had allocated 27.5 acres in Sector-85, Noida ...
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216. HDFC was also adjudged as the second best in the Middle Income Group category under the government's flagship scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Awas Yo...
217. Reliance to shut MA oil field in KG-D6 block in September
218. Lucknow: PM Narendra Modi to launch projects worth Rs 60,000 crores in Uttar Pradesh
219. Chipmakers say helping Indian handset brands to make a comeback
220. HDFC was also adjudged as the second best in the Middle Income Group category under the government's flagship scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana'.
221. New York, July 29 (IANS) Robots, when left unsecured on the Internet, can expose users across the web, thereby allowing hackers to control them remotely in ways that could be dangerous to both the robot and the human operators, warns a study.
222. The government, last year, had struck off over 2.26 lakh firms for engaging in illegal activities and as part of Modi government's drive against black money.
223. The company said the UP government had allocated 27.5 acres in Sector-85, Noida to build the centre.
224. On Saturday, the Prime Minister, who is on a two-day visit to the state capital, attended the concluding session of 'Transforming Urban Landscape' convention.
225. The company said the UP government had allocated 27.5 acres in Sector-85, Noida to build the centre.
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229. Imran Khan to be sworn in as Pakistan PM before August 14, says PTI
230. Vishwaroopam 2 trailer: Who is Wisam Ahmed Kashmiri?
231. Bus falls into gorge in Raigad: All 30 bodies recovered, search over
232. OnePlus 5, OnePlus 5T get OxygenOS 5.1.4 update: Here’s what is new
233. Import tariffs will have far-reaching implications on global growth: Report
234. Birthday boy Kunal Jaisingh is Mr Perfect
235. Actor Priya Bhavani Shankar slams moral policing: Find another hopeful dream girl
236. IPL friendships will be forgotten: Buttler
237. How Dhoni's advice helped Iyer to focus on cricket
238. Qatar tried to 'sabotage' 2022 WC rival bids: Report
239. Murray takes cheeky dig at Trump in Washington
240. Little cheer for Mourinho with Liverpool defeat
241. ICC confirms release of funds to Zimbabwe Cricket
242. Sourabh Verma wins Russian Open
243. Have ‘achche din’ come? Most will say ‘no’: Tharoor
244. Claming that the government has "failed" on the foreign policy front, Tharoor in an interview to PTI said the Congress would highlight these "failures" as…
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250. Amazon’s third-gen Echo Dot shows up in leaked images
251. Avengers Infinity War directors Russo Brothers to create an international event series for Amazon
252. CBI takes over probe into Muzaffarpur shelter home case
253. Qatar ran secret campaigns to ‘sabotage’ 2022 World Cup rival bids: Report