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2. PM Modi reaches South Africa to attend 10th BRICS Summit
3. Central Industrial Security Force Assistant Commandants (Executive) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2018
4. Coal production in private sector
5. Congress moves Privilege Motions in Lok Sabha against PM Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
6. Hardik Patel, aides gets two-year jail term in Visnagar rioting case
7. HC sets aside order discharging Maran brothers in telephone exchange case
8. US ready to make ‘real deal' on Iran nukes: US President Donald Trump
9. Pakistan: Polling underway to elect a new Parliament and Provincial Assemblies
10. IAF evacuates all Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims stranded in Uttarakhand's Gunji
11. Blatant reliance on social media needs to be checked by citizens themselves: CJI Dipak Misra
12. CSR violations: Government issues preliminary notices to 272 companies
13. PM Modi reaches South Africa to attend 10th BRICS Summit
14. Rajasthan govt orders judicial probe into Rakbar Khan's death
15. 19th Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations begin
16. Mob lynching incidents should not be politicized: HM Rajnath Singh
17. Col. Rathore, HMSIB felicitating Sh. Rishi Kapoor at 1st BRICS Film Festival. Gen VK Singh, MoS, MEA also seen
18. 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
19. HMIB inaugurating Instagram Workshop for Better Government Communication in New Delhi
20. Crimes against Women & Dalits
21. Monitoring of Social Media
22. Tackling Cyber Threats
23. Split of position of Chairperson and Managing Directors in listed companies
24. UPSO-II (IOCL) dedicates Rs. 1 crore for the benefit of Divyangjans by under CSR scheme
25. NFAI to host screening of Mark Osborne’s 'The Little Prince', a French 3D animated fantasy adventure family drama
26. 36th Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) Meeting of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana â€" Urban Sanctions a Total of 2,67,546 Houses from 10 States
27. WCD Ministry launches ‘#Childline1098’ Contest- ‘Spot the Logo and Suggest a Tagline’.
28. No action plan to impose ban on alcoholism and smoking
29. Rehabilitation of Drug Addicts
30. Revoking AFSPA
31. PM addresses Indian Community in Uganda
32. List of MoUs signed between India and Uganda during visit of Prime Minister to Uganda
33. Press statement by Prime Minister during his visit to Uganda
34. Text of PM’s address at India-Rwanda Business Forum in Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda on 24th July 2018
35. President of India Addresses 3rd Anniversary Event of Speaker’s Research Initiative
36. Special AYUSH Clinics for the Elderly
37. Documentary Film Club with ArunKhopkar on 29th July at NFAI
38. Payroll Reporting in India â€" A Formal Employment Perspective- May, 2018
39. India’s exports record highest growth in 2017-18: Suresh Prabhu
41. Loans and deposits of Indians in the Swiss Bank decreased by 34.5%
42. Nepal: Camp office of Indian Embassy in Biratnagar to be shut down from August 1
43. North Korea begins dismantling nuclear and ballistic missile facilities: Analysis
44. HM Rajnath Singh inaugurates 3-day National Traders' Conclave
45. Productive Monday in both the Houses of Parliament
46. PM Modi gifts cows to villagers at Rweru Model Village
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48. India-Uganda Joint Statement during State Visit of Prime Minister to Uganda
49. Niti Aayog: CPSEs should pool CSR funds for development of ... - Economic Times
50. Lupin Foundation, NITI Aayog join hands on aspirational districts ... - Business Standard
51. Niti Aayog nod to panel for denotified, semi-nomadic, nomadic tribes - The Indian Express
52. Punjab court sentences man to death for raping, killing 6-year-old
53. Maratha quota stir: Shiv Sena claims Fadnavis maybe removed, BJP denies (Lead)
54. Morni gang-rape: Victim's husband arrested for immoral trafficking
55. Indian student killed in Australia
56. Allowing women into Sabarimala temple will alter its basic character, SC told
57. Scientists discover first-ever liquid water lake on Mars
58. Canara Bank net up 12% in Q1
59. Delhi beggars home to house mentally challenged patients: Minister
60. HC admits PIL over ban on coal handling at Goa port
61. Need to ask if our freedom is in peril: Hamid Ansari
62. JSW Steel beats estimate; April-June consolidated net profit at Rs 23.39 bn
63. ED gets power to impound fleeing economic offenders' property
64. Non PCA State-run banks to retain loan market share at 51% medium term
65. Canara Bank Q1 net profit up 12% at Rs 2.81 bn; bad loan decline marginally
66. Top officials review security situation in south Kashmir
67. Top officials of the Army and the police reviewed the overall security situation in south Kashmir today and discussed ways to minimise the collateral damage during counter-militancy operations.
68. 80 CSA Univ students expelled from hostel for 'beating' freshers: VC
69. Around 80 senior students of Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology were expelled today from their hostels allegedly for beating freshers and damaging the university guest house, said Vice-Chancellor S Solomon.
70. Foetus found in lavatory of AirAsia plane, taekwondo player says she lost it
71. A foetus, believed to be around six months old, was recovered from a lavatory of an AirAsia plane after it landed here from Guwahati this afternoon, police said.
72. Junior doctors' strike enters 3rd day in MP; HC terms it illegal
73. Health services in Madhya Pradesh remained affected today as the strike of junior doctors attached to government hospitals continued on the third day, even as the High Court termed it "illegal".
74. After Mumbai, Kerala CA protests against BCCI domestic schedule for juniors
75. A day after Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) raised its objection regarding the scheduling of the domestic calender, Kerala Cricket Association today turned the heat on GM (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim, asking him to change the scheduling of National U-16 Championship for the Vijay Merchant Trophy.
76. Truckers' nationwide strike enters sixth day, gets mixed response
77. The nationwide transporters' strike received mixed response from various parts of the country on the sixth consecutive day today, amid continued deadlock between truckers' union AIMTC and the government.
78. Two Maha MLAs 'quit' in support of Maratha quota demand
79. Two MLAs belonging to the Shiv Sena and the NCP from Maharashtra's Aurangabad district offered to resign today in support of the Maratha quota demand.
80. Take steps to end lorry strike, says trade body
81. The Federation of Telangana andAndhra Pradesh Chamber of Commerce today urged the Centre and the State to take immediate steps to end the ongoing truckers strike.
82. Film artist commits suicide
83. Hitesh Parmar, a Gujarati film artist, allegedly committed suicide, the Vadodara district police today said.
84. President takes ride in tribal woman's e-rickshaw in C'garh
85. President Ram Nath Kovind today took a ride in an e-rickshaw driven by a tribal woman during his visit to Chhattisgarh's naxal-hit Dantewada district.
86. Rly spends more, earns little from e-catering services: Data presented in Parliament
87. The IRCTC has spent more money than it earned in its e-catering services in the past four years, with the highest expenditure of Rs 3.9 crore being made in 2017-18 against a revenue of Rs 1.82 crore, the government told the Lok Sabha today.
88. CM stresses on need to establish trade links with SE Asian
89. Chief Minister Conrad Sangma today stressed on the need to establish collaborative trade links with South East Asian countries in order to tap the huge potential that Meghalaya and the North Eastern (NE) region has.
90. No proposal to include Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) under GST: Govt
91. Notwithstanding the demand from the airlines, the government today said there was no proposal to bring Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) under GST.
92. 16 women trafficked from Nepal rescued in Delhi
93. Sixteen women allegedly trafficked from Nepal to be sent to the Gulf countries were rescued today by Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) members and police personnel from southwest Delhi's Munirka area, officials said.
94. India's carbon-dioxide emissions will rise to 3.8-3.9 gigatonnes by 2030: Study
95. India's carbon-dioxide emission will rise to 3.8-3.9 gigatonnes by 2030 not 3.8-4.9 gigatonnes as was projected earlier, which is consistent with the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) pledge made at the 2015 Paris summit, according to a study by an Indian think-tank.
96. Morni gangrape incident: Police arrest woman's husband
97. In a twist to the alleged gangrape of a 22-year-old woman at a guest house in Morni in Panchkula district, the Haryana Police today arrested her husband and booked him under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, officials said.
98. Illegal mining in Gonda has caused royalty loss of of Rs 93.04 cr: Panel tells NGT
99. Illegal mining in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh has caused a loss of royalty of Rs 93.04 crore to the state government, the National Green Tribunal has been told by a committee constituted by it.
100. Govt has failed to stop attack on Muslims who rear rearing cows: Azam Khan
101. Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan today charged the government of failing to curb attacks on Muslims who rear cows and earn their livelihood from the dairy trade.
102. International Children's Film Festival inaugurated
103. West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi today inaugurated the 18th International Children's Film Festival in which 36 films from 17 countries would be screened.
104. Stalin demands resignation of Sitharaman over chopper row
105. DMK working president M K Stalin today demanded the resignation of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam following a controversy over use of a military helicopter to airlift the latter's ailing brother.
106. 4 Nepalese held in Hyd for bid to visit Dubai on forged NoCs
107. Four Nepali nationals were arrested at the international airport here while attempting to board a flight to Dubai allegedly on forged no-objection certificates, police said today.
108. Goa's public debt stood at Rs 13,608 crore for FY18
109. Public debt of Goa stood at Rs 13,608 crore for the financial year ended March 31, 2018, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Legislative Assembly today.
110. 3 sisters 'die of starvation' in Delhi; magisterial probe ordered
111. Three sisters were found dead in east Delhi's Mandawali area and the initial post-mortem report indicated that they died of starvation, prompting the city government to order a magisterial probe into the matter.
112. BCCI to deposit Rs 9.72 cr ED penalty on behalf of former treasurer MP Pandove
113. The BCCI has decided to pay a penalty of Rs 9.72 crore imposed on its former treasurer MP Pandove by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for alleged violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) during 2009 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in South Africa.
114. Canara Bank net profit increases
115. Public sector Canara Bankhas reported a 11.87 per cent rise in net profit of Rs 281.49 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, owing to organisational restructuring and realignment of business portfolio.
116. 7 held for running fake job racket
117. The Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police today claimed to have busted a fake job racket with the arrest of seven men.
118. Par panel raps Govt for inadequate allocation of funds to def forces
119. A parliamentary panel today came down hard on the Modi government for inadequate allocation of funds for the armed forces in the defence budget, saying the country cannot afford complacency in dealing with security challenges, particularly when there was a possibility of a two-front war.
120. SC posers to AAP govt on procurement of 2,000 standard-floor buses
121. The Supreme Court today asked probing questions to the AAP government and the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) over their intention to purchase 2,000 standard-floor cluster buses, which are not friendly to differently-abled persons.
122. 5 killed, 2 injured in rain-triggered landslide incidents in Bangladesh
123. Five persons, including four children, were killed and two others injured in two rain-triggered landslide incidents in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district, about 292 km southeast of Dhaka, a fire brigade official said today.
124. EU top court rules new breeding techniques count as GMOs
125. The European Union's top court ruled today that food produced by a series of new biotechnology breeding techniques should be considered genetically modified organisms, thus falling under the EU's strict regulations of the products.
126. Sinclair, Tribune shares jump after Trump knocks FCC in tweet
127. Xi urges fellow BRICS countries to reject go-it-alone trade
128. Study warns of rising hacker threats to SAP, Oracle business software
129. Factbox: Tributes paid to former Fiat Chrysler CEO Marchionne
130. Fiat Chrysler cuts 2018 outlook, shares tumble
131. Arvind Subramanian
132. Nestle loses UK appeal to trademark Kit Kat's four-fingered shape
133. On Pakistan election day, explosion kills 34, injures 36 in Quetta
134. With non-metro markets in sight, Bombay Dyeing repacks its legacy
135. Top AI Experts Vow They Won't Help Create Lethal Autonomous Weapons
136. Hong Kong's Rising Startup Scene: 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurs Weigh In
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139. European xenophobia reflects racial diversity, not asylum applications
140. A murder that scandalised Harvard and the world
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146. CONVENTIONAL wisdom holds that the surge in migration to Europe since 2015 has set off a backlash in anti-immigrant sentiment. Opinion polls, however, do not support this link. In November 2014 Eurobarometer began asking citizens of EU countries about their feelings towards immigrants.
147. There is no correlation between recent flows of refugees and increasing resentment of foreigners
148. Dedicated Freight Corridors in Railways
149. Manufacturing of Trainsets in Railways
150. Public Private Partnership in Railways
151. Security and Safety of Railway Passengers
152. Parliament passes Economic Offenders Bill
153. IndiGo grounds a few A320 Neos for want of spare engines
154. IOC opts for Honeywell technology for fuels of BS-VI grade
155. Parliament on Wednesday passed the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018, that provides for measures to deter absconding economic outlaws from evading prosecution by staying outside the jurisdiction of Indian courts, with the Rajya Sabha's nod to the law.
156. State-run Canara Bank posted Rs 282 crore net profit for the first quarter of fiscal 2018-19, registering 12 per cent annual growth from Rs 252 crore in the same period year ago.
157. Parliament passes Economic Offenders Bill (Lead)
158. Equity indices end flat; Sensex sets new closing high with marginal gains (Roundup)
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160. Parliament on Wednesday passed the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018, that provides for measures to deter absconding economic outlaws from evading prosecution by staying outside the jurisdiction of Indian courts, with the Rajya Sabhas nod to the law.
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163. IndiGrid Delivers Another Strong Quarter
164. Counting of votes begins at Pakistan polling stations
165. A 25-year-old Indian student was killed in Australia after meeting a woman he befriended on an online dating website.
166. In a tantalising find, a team of Italian researchers on Wednesday announced they have discovered a large saltwater lake under ice near the south pole on Red Planet - raising a possibility that life may be there on Mars in some form.
167. Amarinder government to table report on sacrilege cases in Assembly
168. Bengal man dies, family blames girlfriend's blackmail for 'suicide' (Lead)
169. Yogi on lynchings: Opposition making mountain out of a mole hill
170. Agra should be declared a heritage city for tourists
171. A court in Punjab on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl two years back.
172. As the three-day violent agitation by quota-seeking Marathas ended on Wednesday, ruling ally Shiv Sena claimed that the BJP central leadership was contemplating replacing Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, but the BJP dismissed it as "rumour-mongering".
173. In a major twist in the investigation of a gang-rape of a 22-year-old married woman, who had alleged that around 40 men had raped her over four days in a guest house in Morni hills area of Haryana's Panchkula district, police on Wednesday arrested her husband on charges of immoral trafficking.
174. The Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that restriction on the entry of women in the reproductive age group of 10 to 50 years in Sabarimala temple is justified as Lord Ayyappa as "Naishtika Brahmachari" (perennial celibate) does not welcome their presence as it may disturb his penance.
175. Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Wednesday ordered the renovation of the Lampur beggars home in north Delhi to facilitate the board and lodging of beggars as well as mentally challenged patients.
176. Novel turmeric eye drops may help treat glaucoma: Study
177. Omega-3 can reduce abusive behaviour in children: Study
178. Turmeric -- commonly found condiment in Indian households with various health benefits -- can also help treat a group of eye conditions which damages optic nerves causing vision loss, claimed a new study.
179. Consuming omega-3 fatty acid supplements can potentially reduce disruptive and even abusive behaviour in kids, researchers have found.
180. T-Hub joins global tech giants to foster Indian start-ups
181. In a bid to enable startups scale faster and accelerate growth in India, global startup catalyst T-Hub on Wednesday announced it is working with leading technology companies like Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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228. Equally committed to protecting human life, cows: Yogi Adityanath
229. Celibate nature of Lord Ayyappa of Sabarimala temple protected by Constitution, SC told
230. 4 alleged cattle smugglers assaulted by mob in UP's Hathras district
231. PM Modi outlines 10 guiding principles for deepening India's engagement with Africa
232. The letter that debunks Cong's Rafale claims
233. Pak polls: Imran Khan at 64 ahead of Nawaz
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237. PM Modi arrives in South Africa for BRICS Summit
238. From silent to violent: The journey of Maratha quota protests Mumbai
239. The PPP was leading on 28 seats, indicating that the party could play a 'kingmaker' in case of hung parliament.
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242. Marathas should come forward for talks with government: Devendra Fadnavis
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250. The letter that debunks Cong's Rafale claimsGandhi claims the deal was inked at a much higher price than what was negotiated by the UPA regime.
251. But he has also made clear in his remarks over the last two days that the government was committed to ensuring protection to cattle from smuggling and slaughter.
252. Billionaire Anil Ambani has written to Congress President Rahul Gandhi refuting allegations of his Reliance Group lacking experience to get the Rafale fighter jet deal and said the government had no role in French Group Dassault picking up his company as a local partner. In a two-page letter written on December 12, 2017, Ambani explained to Gandhi, who has been attacking the government over the Rafale deal, why his Reliance Group bagged the multi-billion dollar project. Invoking his family's "respectful relationship" with the Gandhi family over generations, Ambani said he was "personally saddened" by the "unfortunate statements" against him and his group by several functionaries of the Congress party. "Not only do we have the necessary experience but we are also the leaders in several important areas of defense manufacture," he said in the letter written on the last day of campaigning for the Gujarat assembly polls that was marked by political mud-slinging over the Rafale fighter jet deal. He said Reliance Defence has the largest shipyard in the private sector at Pipavav in Gujarat and is currently building five Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels (NOPVs) for the Indian Navy and 14 Fast Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard. "The decision of the Government of India to purchase 36 Rafale fighter jets from France was made through an inter-governmental agreement signed between the two countries. "Also, all these 36 aircraft are being manufactured in France and will be delivered on a 'fly away' basis from Dassault manufacturing facilities in France to the Indian Air Force and no Indian company has any role to play," he said. Dassault choose Reliance Group as its joint venture partner to meet the 'offset' or export obligation component of the deal and this was "an independent agreement between two corporate private sector entities, and Governments had no role to play in this matter," he wrote. Gandhi has been attacking the government on the deal which he claims was inked at a much higher price than the one the previous UPA regime had negotiated. Last week during the debate on the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, he accused the government of changing the deal to benefit "one businessman". Ambani, in the letter, said his group's joint venture with Dassault was to make components and systems primarily for the aerospace and defence sectors. "This joint venture with Dassault Aviation will lead to creation of thousands of jobs in India, imparting of valuable training and skill-sets to Indian engineers in aerospace/ defence manufacturing sector, and will also provide large scale business opportunities to hundreds of MSMEs, SMEs and start-ups in the country, and will further enhance our experience and skills," he wrote. Also, Dassault would significantly contribute to high technology transfer and enhance overall defence manufacturing experience. Ambani said his father Dhirubhai built the world's largest integrated petrochemicals and refinery complex in India without even having a formal education, much less any experience or legacy. "In his words, 'you have to be given an opportunity to perform. It's not experience but the mindset, dedication, and the purpose, of a strong India that should engage us all'," he wrote, adding that the facts he has brought out would be "helpful" to Gandhi. Similar letters also went to other senior Congress leaders, including the party's communication department in-charge Randeep Surjewala. In his letter, Ambani asserted that not only did his firm have the experience but "we are also the leaders in several important areas of defence manufacture". He said statements by Congress leaders have saddened him. "I fully appreciate that in the midst of the heat and dust of political campaigning, as in the recent context of elections in Gujarat, a lot has often been said. "Nonetheless, considering that my entire family and I, starting with my respected father, have had the privilege of enjoying a very respectful relationship with the Gandhi family over generations as well as the Congress party for the past more than four decades, these statements have saddened and hurt our sentiments," he said in the letter.
253. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf () was leading on 64 parliamentary seats today while its main rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was ahead on 46 seats in the initial round of the counting in an election marred by a deadly suicide attack and allegations of manipulations by the powerful military. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of former president Asif Ali Zardari was leading on 28 seats, indicating that he could play a 'kingmaker' in case of a hung parliament, according to media reports. Independents were leading on 20 seats. The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) - an alliance of traditional religious parties such as Jamaat-e-Islami led by Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl headed by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan led by Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani and Tehreek-e-Jafaria led by Allama Sajid Naqvi - was leading on 11 seats. A party can only form the government if it manages to clinch 172 seats in total. Pakistan's National Assembly comprises a total of 342 members, of which 272 are directly elected whereas the rest - 60 seats reserved for women and 10 for religious minorities - are selected later through proportional representation among parties with more than five per cent of the vote. Earlier, the voting ended at its scheduled time despite calls by several major parties, including PML-N, PPP and , to extend the polling time by an hour. They had complained of "a slow voting process" and thus sought more time to facilitate voters - a request that was rejected by the Election Commission. Hours after polling began for the general elections, an Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself up outside a polling station in Bhosa Mandi area of Balochistan's provincial capital, Quetta, killing 31 people, including policemen. In separate incidents, four persons were killed in poll-related violence. Clashes erupted between rival parties outside several polling stations, reports said. Nearly 10.6 crore people are registered to vote for members of the lower house of parliament and four provincial assemblies. The election marks the second democratic transition of power in the nation's 70-year history. While polling stations officially opened for voting at 8 AM, enthusiastic citizens queued up outside their respective stations as early as 7 AM. Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa cast his vote in Rawalpindi. Shahbaz Sharif, the PML-N president who is hoping to become the next prime minister, was among the first to cast his vote in Lahore. Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former Sindh chief minister Murad Ali Shah, MQM-P's Farooq Sattar, Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Mustafa Kamal, chief Khan, PPP co-chairman Bilawal Bhutto and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman also cast their vote in their respective constituencies. The two Bhutto sisters - Asifa Bhutto Zardari and Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari - also cast their votes. Bakhtawar posted a picture after casting a vote with her sister. According to the Election Commission, 3,459 candidates are in the race for 272 general seats of the National Assembly, while 8,396 candidates are running for 577 general seats of the four provincial assemblies - Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. More than 30 political parties have fielded their candidates for the elections. For a smooth polling process, the ECP had deployed around 1.6 million staff at polling stations across the country. About 4,49,465 policemen and over 3,70,000 military personnel were deployed for security. A public holiday was declared across the country today in order to facilitate the voting process. The run up to the elections has seen a massive crackdown on the media and allegations that the military has secretly backed the campaign of Khan while targeting his political opponents. The military has ruled Pakistan through various coups for nearly half of the country's history since independence in 1947. Even during the civilian rule, the generals have wielded enormous power, setting the agenda for the country's foreign and security policies. The ECP was also criticised for deploying the Army both inside and outside of polling stations. Former prime minister Sharif, the supremo of the PML-N who was jailed this month after being convicted in a corruption case, also accused the military of pressuring the judiciary to convict him. Both institutions deny the charge. Controversy has also arisen over allowing militant groups to participate in the elections. Some of the infamous Pakistani extremist leaders, accused of spreading religious hatred and instigating sectarian violence, are among hundreds of candidates contesting the elections. The leading among them are Mumbai-terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led banned Jamat-ud Dawa's candidates who are fighting with an aim to make Pakistan a "citadel of Islam." His party is leading on one seat. In the run up to the elections, the country also witnessed a series of deadly attacks targeting candidates and campaign rallies, including one that killed 151 people in Balochistan.
254. Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows from tax havens such as Cayman Islands, the Bahamas and Liechtenstein have jumped leaps and bounds in the last one year, official data showed.While FDI from Cayman Islands sharply rose 1,640% on year in 2017-18, in absolute terms the FDI inflow was $1.2 billion from $71 million in 2016-17, as per a Lok Sabha question answered by the commerce and industry ministry on Monday.Bahamas showed a 475% rise in foreign inflows but the increase was from $0.24 million to $1.38 million in FY18. For Liechtenstein, the 392% increase was from $2.04 million in FY17 to $10.04 million last fiscal.Overall, there was a 3.17% rise in FDI inflows into India at $44.8 billion in FY18 from $43.4 billion in FY17.The FDI increase from Mauritius was 1.3% to $15.9 billion from $15.7 billion in FY17.“Though Luxembourg, Switzerland and Ireland are not strictly tax havens, their favourable tax environment has given them this reputation,” said an expert on investment issues.Luxembourg showed a 54.69% rise in FDI but that from Switzerland was flat at $514 million.
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