National News:
- President to inaugurate India Skills Competition
- DRDO test-fires India-made artillery gun system
- Puducherry to get Rs.2k cr for infra development
- Government to give interest-free loans to IIT students
- Government extends black money tax payment date
- Mizoram launches new state economic policy
- Delhi gets first 3D Zebra crossing
- India, ADB sign 100 Million US dollar loan agreement for Cauvery Delta project in Tamil Nadu
- WHO declares India as Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus free
- Justice Shah headed SIT on black money recommends ban on cash transactions above 3 lakh rupees
International News:
- 11th ASEM summit begins in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- China’s GDP grows by 6.7% in April-June quarter
- Emergency in France extended by 3 more months
- Mud City in Mali added to UNESCO endangered list
- US to offer Russia military coordination on Syria
New Appointments:
- Rakesh Kumar Chaturvedi new CBSE chairman
- Russian named traitor for Olympics participation
- India-born Kinshuk appointed as Dean of University of North Texas College of Information
- Sheila Dikshit is Congress’ CM candidate for Uttar Pradesh polls
Banking:
- RBI sets up Sudarshan Sen-headed Inter-regulatory Working Group on Fin Tech and Digital Banking
- Banks can exchange 20 soiled notes for free: RBI
- Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged
Books & Authors:
- Who Moved My Interest Rate? authored by Duvvuri Subbarao
Awards & Honours :
- The oldest to climb Everest is an 80-yr-old man
- Dwayne world’s highest paid actor: Forbes
- Misbah-ul-Haq becomes oldest captain to score Test hundred
Business & Economy :
- 3.1 tonnes gold mobilised under monetisation scheme
- Mastercard changes logo for 1st time in 20 years
- Tata, US-based Bell ink pact to make helicopters
- ShopClues acquires mobile payments startup Momoe
- TRAI releases paper on public WiFi networks
Science & Technology :
- Researchers build robot with human-like muscles
- Microsoft wins overseas data protection case
Sports :
- GM Harika Dronavalli wins Fide Women’s Grand Prix trophy in China
- India jumps 11 places to 152nd in football rankings
Obituaries :
- India’s Olympic Silver Medalist Joe Antic passed away
- Amar, Bose of sound, is dead at 83
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