National News:
- Bihar State Legislature ratified the Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST) in a special one-day session
- Digital Maharashtra drive: Will connect 28,000 gram panchayats by 2017-18, says CM Fadnavis
- On the occasion of the 70th Independence Day, Maharashtra launched the country’s first comprehensive ‘Crime Criminal Tracking Network System’ (CCTNS) through 42 cyber labs inaugurated simultaneously
- Govt to build museum to glorify tribal freedom fighters
- Goa hosting BRICS in October this year
- Baloch leaders seek support from US, European countries against oppressive Pak regime
International News:
- India has provided One million US Dollars grant to Zimbabwe in the wake of El Nino induced drought disaster
Banking:
- RBI questions banks for lending Rs 5,262 crore to REI Agro
- Offline banking apps push inclusion
Business & Economy:
- BHEL bags Rs 169 cr order for solar photovoltaic power plant
- Maharashtra govt picks L&T to convert Nagpur into smart city
- Minda forms JV with Chinese firm for auto components
- Tata AutoComp to acquire engine cooling company TitanX
Awards & Honours:
- Central Leather Research Institute’s Principal Scientist P Shanmugam has bagged the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Award for meritorious services in the Higher Education Department of Tamil Nadu
Science & Technology:
- ALMA Images the Planetesimal Belt around HR8799
- Hubble Discovers Two Dwarf Galaxies Moving into the Milky Way
Sports:
- ICC Test Ranking: Ajinkya Rahane enters top-10 in batsman’s list
- Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk underlined her absolute dominance of the women’s hammer by throwing a world record 82.29 metres to win the Rio Olympic gold by an incredible 554 centimetres
- Eleftherios Petrounias flexes his muscles to win rings gold
- Rio 2016: Shuttlers PV Sindhu & Kidambi Srikanth storm into Singles quarterfinals
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