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2. Iran rejects Trump offer of talks as 'humiliation', without value
3. 21 fishermen stranded in Iran released, will be repatriated: Sushma Swaraj
4. BSF, Assam rifles deployed to stop further infiltration of illegal Rohingyas to country: HM Rajnath Singh
5. Niti Aayog CEO says unequal growth holding india back. Here's what he means - Sify News
6. 15th Finance Commission Chairman holds productive meeting with NITI Aayog Chairman & CEO - Doordarshan
7. India secures release of 21 Indian fishermen from Iran
8. Flight diverted to Hyderabad to save child but in vain
9. SBI General Insurance Q1 net profit rises 126% to Rs 1.13 billion
10. Premium smartphone shipment in India up 19% in June quarter: Counterpoint
11. Bank of India Q1 net profit rises 8% to Rs 951 million, stock falls 8.75%
12. Ascendas to acquire 1.85 million square feet property from Phoenix
13. NBCC emerges as highest bidder for HSCC, engineering projects: Sources
14. Yamuna water level breaches danger mark, forces 40,000 people to evacuate
15. Gujarat may be losing its vibrancy in energy, infrastructure sectors
16. Young couple's body found on railway track
17. Bodies of a young couple, who had married a few months ago, was found on railway track near Fazalganj stadium here today, GRP sources said.
18. Health Ministry signs MoU with Electronics Ministry to facilitate access of Ayushman Bharat
19. The National Health Agency (NHA) under the Health Ministry, which is the apex body for the implementation of Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission, inked an MoU with the Electronics and IT Ministry to provide information and eligibility validation services to the beneficiaries, especially in remote areas.
20. Mamata asks Rajnath to amend NRC bill
21. LPG cylinder price increases in Delhi
22. Nawaz Sharif moved back to Adiala jail after treatment
23. Nepal should adopt 'Look South' policy for economic benefit: Ram Madhav
24. Indian envoy Vijay Thakur Singh named Secy (East) in MEA
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27. Defence ministry clears decks for buying 111 choppers for navy at Rs 217 bn
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29. Ahead of US mid-term poll, Facebook identifies political influence campaign
30. PSU stocks underperform under NDA rule, index down 15% from 2014 peak
31. Shah says those not in NRC Assam final draft are intruders, slams Mamata
32. Consider 1st batch of resolution plans in Bhushan Power case: NCLAT to CoC
33. Services segment's contribution powers L&T to change business mix
34. Cure.fit plans expansion in India to go global in 2019, says Mukesh Bansal
35. Shoppers Stop to focus on beauty products, non-apparel to boost revenue
36. Kumar Mangalam Birla pegs valuation of Hindalco's Novelis at $12 billion
37. Final draft of NRC released: 4 million from Assam find no mention in list
38. This AI-Operated Robotic Hand Moves With Unprecedented Dexterity
39. Amazon Rekognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress to Mugshots
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50. DR Congo Multi-Millionaire Moise Katumbi Seeks To Return Home To Contest Elections
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65. Turing Reinvents the Smartphone with HubblePhone
66. UIDAI advises people not to share Aadhaar numbers in public
67. Giriraj Singh lauds Modi's call to promote khadi
68. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) late on Tuesday advised Aadhaar card holders to refrain from publicly sharing their Aadhaar numbers on social media and throwing challenges to others.
69. India has secured release of 31 fishermen from Tamil Nadu who were stranded in Iran after their employers in the West Asian nation withheld their passports, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday.
70. A four-month-old child took ill and died aboard Bengaluru-Patna IndiGo flight even as the flight was diverted to Hyderabad on Tuesday, sources at the airport said.
71. Atlético Madrid's new winger Martins says Simeone influenced move
72. Depression during pregnancy may affect your child’s sleep
73. Postmenopausal women with high testosterone at heart disease risk
74. Fighting with spouse may up chronic pain
75. Aggressive tone can reflect your size, strength to others
76. Himachal to introduce free heli-ambulance services
77. Daily exercise may boost better lung function among smokers
78. New Samsung smartphone with ‘Infinity Display’ in India next week
79. Have to change notion of masculinity: Ranbir Kapoor
80. Priyanka, Nick Jonas ‘very affectionate’ during date
81. Wenger blasts referee after loss to Leicester
82. ‘No blood on the hand of Congress’
83. UK Couple were Poisoned with Novichok a Nerve Agent
84. Employees’ social security contribution may be pared
85. HECI Bill not to be moved in ongoing session
86. Election Commission advances poll planning date to prepare for all scenarios
87. Make in India not just a slogan, Lockheed learns the hard way
88. Your take home salary may go up by 2%
89. UIDAI has a message for you on Aadhaar
90. Election Commission advances poll planning date
91. View: Alarmism over GM foods is unscientific
92. Monsoon rainfall remains 6% below normal
93. Jeff Bezos' parents may be worth billions
94. If not resolved, the US manufacturer could face penalties in addition of $ 2 million in the near future.
95. Trai Chairman R S Sharma had earlier dared hackers to harm him by posting his Aadhaar number on Twitter.
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103. Employees’ social security contribution may be pared
104. View: Alarmism over genetically modified foods is unscientific and false
105. E-tailers' group firms may not influence price of goods, services in any ways: Draft ecomm policy
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107. Your take home salary may go up by as much as 2 per cent
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109. Airtel aims to deliver every product riding on the digital platform for every segment and market to aggressively add new enterprise customers in India and in global markets as well.
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111. Bank lending to infrastructure sector had almost dried up forcing highways minister Nitin Gadkari to reach out to banks last month to get them to resume funding the sector.
112. WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Top federal immigration officials went before Congress Tuesday to defend their handling of President Donald Trump's now-abandoned policy of separating migrant children from their families, saying they keep records of children in their custody.
113. UIDAI has a message for you on AadhaarTrai Chairman R S Sharma had earlier dared hackers to harm him by posting his Aadhaar number on Twitter.
114. Election Commission advances poll planning dateThe EC has started its 2019 election planning over 395 days in advance instead of the usual 365 and has also added additional steps to the elaborate drill.
115. View: Alarmism over GM foods is unscientificGM technology could produce enough food and raise farmer incomes from fewer acres, sparing the environment.
116. Days after TRAI Chairman R.S. Sharma put out his Aadhaar number on Twitter and dared anyone to cause any harm to him, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday advised people to refrain from publicly putting their Aadhaar numbers on internet and social media and posing challenges to others, terming such acts as "not in accordance with the law.""This advisory has come from UIDAI with reference to some news items appearing on social media reporting few persons publicly posting their Aadhaar numbers on internet and social media and posing challenges to others. Such activities are uncalled for and should be refrained as these are not in accordance with the law," the UIDAI said in a statement, not referring to Sharma by name. On Sunday, a day after Sharma made the dare on Twitter, UIDAI had issued a statement defending Sharma and saying no hacker could obtain any personal details of Sharma from UIDAI or any other website using his Aadhaar number. UIDAI's statement on Wednesday however asked people to desist from making their Aadhaar public, while not speaking on Sharma's act."Aadhaar is a unique identity which can be authenticated to prove one’s identity for various services, benefits and subsidies. UIDAI in its regular media campaigns have been consistently making people aware not to display or publish or share their Aadhaar number in public domain.UIDAI emphasises that people should not display or publish their Aadhaar number in public. Aadhaar number is personally sensitive information like bank account number, passport number, PAN number, etc., which should be strictly shared only on a need basis for a legitimate use for establishing identity and for legitimate transactions. Also, as per the Aadhaar Act, 2016 and IT (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 and Justice Srikrishna’s proposed Data Protection Bill, personally sensitive information should not be published or shared publicly. Indiscriminate and unwanted publication of any personally sensitive information whether Aadhaar or any other, may render the concerned person vulnerable and, therefore, should be avoided," UIDAI said in a detailed statement on Wednesday. UIDAI also said that doing Aadhaar authentication through somebody else’s Aadhaar number or using someone else’s Aadhaar number for any purpose may amount to impersonation and thereby a criminal offence under the Aadhaar Act and Indian Penal Code. "Any person indulging in such acts or abetting or inciting others to do so makes themselves liable for prosecution and penal action under the law. Therefore people should refrain from such acts," UIDAI said in its statement.
117. Countrywide rainfall in this monsoon season remains 6% below normal levels at the end of July, as insufficient rainfall in east and northeast regions continues to weigh down on the overall performance, the weather office has said.Rainfall in July remained 6% below normal on the back of 5% deficit in June, the first month of the monsoon season that lasts till the end of September, according to data from India Meteorological Department (IMD).This is despite 83% area of the country receiving normal rainfall since June 1. East and northeast India has recorded 27% deficit since the start of the monsoon season.The situation is expected to improve because east and northeast India are getting good rains at present. “With the ongoing spell of heavy rainfall in the region likely to continue, it will help bring down the countrywide deficit,” said D S Pai, director for long-range forecasts at IMD.Experts said that while 6% deficit is a normal deviation from the normal range, distribution of rainfall is more important. “The distribution of the rainfall is a bigger worry than the quantum,” said DK Joshi, chief economist at leading rating firm Crisil. “Deficient rainfall in east and northeast India is a worry for crops like rice,” he said.However, rainfall in key crop growing regions of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh has improved this month. Rainfall this week is likely to remain concentrated over east and north-eastern states, Uttar Pradesh and few states in south peninsular region. In the remaining parts of the country, however, rainfall is likely to remain patchy, weather forecasters said.“This is a normal course of monsoon, with circulation shifting from one region to another. After a week or so, rainfall over Central India is likely to increase,” said Pai of IMD.This season’s rainfall figures dwindled after the southwest monsoon saw around 12 days’ hiatus in its course of progression in the third week of June.The fear of a similar hiatus in August looms large, independent forecasters Skymet and Accuweather have warned. “A break in monsoon happens usually during the month of August and sometimes it ends up being a prolonged one,” Skymet said on Tuesday.
118. NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel’s enterprise, or `B2B arm’, will act as a major growth engine for which the company is digitising this business to spur growth and acquire new customers, a top executive said.“There’s a huge focus on the B2B part of the business. Data centres, managed services, cloud, security and IoT are a big growth engines for Airtel,” Ajay Chitkara, CEO of Airtel Business, told ET.Bharti Airtel’s enterprise business for India â€" Airtel Business â€" reported Rs 2,992.5 crore revenue for the first quarter ended June 2018, up 7% on a yearly basis.Its enterprise customer base has also increased by 1.4% yearon-year. “The process of making Bharti Airtel fully digital is not limited to the wireless part of the business alone, and we’ve extended it to our B2B side as well,” Chitkara said.Airtel aims to deliver every product riding on the digital platform for every segment and market to aggressively add new enterprise customers in India and in global markets as well.Having launched wholesale “voice on demand” to customers globally, the telco is now launching “bandwidth on demand” platform, aimed at international telcos, content companies, and startups. “The digital approach has helped Airtel get more than 300 new customers in the last three months for the wholesale voice service in 30 countries. The acquisition machinery is very fast,” Chitkara said.
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126. Rajnath assures Mamata on fair updation of NRC
127. NIA conducts search at MLA’s residence in Arms missing case in Manipur
128. Young lover kills his office colleague in Nashik
129. Rajinikanth visit Karuna at hospital, enquires about health condition
130. 28-yr-old youth commits suicide in Sangli
131. Miscreants set ablaze car in Nashik