Updated GK (28/7/2018)
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Top Headlines
🔸PM Modi reaches South Africa to attend 10th BRICS Summit
🔸Parliament passes Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill
🔸Committed to deploying VVPAT machines in future elections: EC
🔸MHA asks Assam govt, neighbouring states to ensure law and order ahead of Draft NRC publication
🔸Pakistan polls; 35 killed in suicide blast, poll-related violence
NATIONAL NEWS
🔸President Kovind interacts with farmers and members of Self Help Groups at Maoist-affected tribal Dantewada district
🔸Madras HC allows petitioner to file IT Returns without quoting Aadhaar
🔸Madhya Pradesh: Acid attack victims included under disability, eligible to get all benefits as per Disabilities Act 2016
🔸IAF to participate in multinational exercise in Australia
🔸CAIT organise 3-day National Conclave in New Delhi
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
🔸Mars making closest approach to Earth in 15 years
🔸IMF warns excess trade surpluses aggravate tensions
🔸Trump urges EU to lower auto tariffs
🔸Trump claims Russia planning to meddle midterm polls to help Democrats
🔸Extreme heat damages runway forces German airport to close
SPORTS NEWS
🔸Pawan Shah smashes second highest individual score in Under-19 internationals
🔸Govt selects 734 athletes for Khelo-India scholarships
🔸Russian Open Badminton tournament: Five Indian shuttlers progress to the second round of men's singles
🔸Tennis: Johnson beats first-time ATP finalist Ramkumar to win Newport title
🔸Indian under-17 women's team lost 0-5 against Brazil
STATE NEWS
🔸Haryana moves SC seeking early hearing of SYL row
🔸Maharashtra: Bandh over Maratha quota begins this morning
🔸Thane: Building collapses in Bhiwandi
J&K: Two LeT terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district
🔸Terrorist surrenders before security forces in J&K
★PM Modi to embark on 3-nation visit to Rwanda, Uganda, South Africa yesterday
★Govt slashes minimum annual deposit requirement under SSY
★Maharashtra govt to implement 7th Pay Commission from Nov.
★Centre considering amendment in IPC to deal with mob lynching
★Disqualification Case: 20 AAP MLAs move Delhi HC challenging EC's decision
NATIONAL NEWS
★BJP president Amit Shah holds assessment meeting with party leaders in Mumbai
★88% works completed under Swachh Bharat Mission in Assam
★VP urged IAS officers to take benefits of govt schemes to poor people
★Impact of PM Ujjwala Yojana is expanding: Prakash Javadekar
★BJP takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi over his hug to PM Modi
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
★Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Rwanda, 2nd stop in his latest tour of Africa
★Iran jolted by moderate, light earthquakes; 150 injured
★Typhoon Ampil hits Chinese financial hub Shanghai
★Asia-Pacific may meet only one out of 17 SDGs: UN
★Afghan VP Abdul Rashid Dostum escapes suicide bomb attack
SPORTS NEWS
★Govt selects 734 athletes for Khelo-India scholarships
★Hockey: India beat New Zealand 4-0 in final Test
★India bags 8 medals including two gold at Jr Asian Wrestling Ch'ship
★Tennis: Johnson beats first-time ATP finalist Ramkumar to win Newport title
★Indian under-17 women's team lost 0-5 against Brazil
STATE NEWS
★UP: Two dead in Dasna building collapse
★Gadkari to launch development projects worth Rs. 5,400 crore in Madhya Pradesh
★15th Finance Commission met Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani yesterday
★BSF foils infiltration bid in Kathua district of J&K
★Are kids in tribal belt getting nutritious food, HC asks Maha govt
🔹Promise to electrify every village within 1000 days fulfilled: PM Modi
🔹Home Minister expresses concern over lynching incidents
🔹MEA Sushma Swaraj describes ASEAN as focal point of India’s foreign policy
🔹Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill passed in Rajya Sabha
🔹Lok Sabha passes Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill to attach, confiscate assets of defaulters
NATIONAL NEWS
🔹Completed prelim enquiry into Rs 1000-crore BSNL case: CBI to HC
🔹Govt issues fresh notice to WhatsApp to curb menace of fake news
🔹ED carries out searches at 16 premises of alleged hawala operators
🔹SIT on black money suggests Rs 1 crore cap on cash holdings
🔹Rajya Sabha Chamber becomes Wi-Fi-enabled
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
🔹Rohingya report more violence, persecution in Myanmar: UN investigators
🔹17 Taliban militants killed in Afghan forces attack
🔹Putin terms his meeting with US
🔹Trump as successful
Thousands evacuated from two pro-govt villages in Syria
🔹Mexico electoral authorities impose USD 10-mn fine on President-elect's party
SPORTS NEWS
🔹Kohli touches career-high 911 points in ICC ODI rankings; Kuldeep breaks into top-10
🔹Indian Junior women's hockey team play out a draw against Canada
🔹BCCI names Rishabh Pant in 18-member Indian squad for first 3-Tests against England
🔹Singapore Open: Subhankar Dey, Ruthvika Shivani Gadde & Rituparna Das advance to second round
🔹Indian shuttlers shine bright at Badminton Asia Junior Championships
STATE NEWS
🔹Heavy rain continues to wreck havoc in Kerala
🔹Chhattisgarh: 8 Maoists gunned down in Dantewada district
🔹Uttar Pradesh: Death toll rises to 9 in Greater Noida buildings collapse
🔹Goa Congress women's wing chief among five booked for revealing identity of molestation victim
🔹Dairy farmers' stir in Maharashtra continues on 4th day
🔸Govt hikes sugarcane price by Rs. 20 per quintal to Rs. 275 rupees
🔸Cabinet approves continuation of Scholarship Schemes for minority students
🔸Rajya Sabha passes the State Banks Repeal & Amendment Bill, 2017
🔸Lok Sabha Speaker admits No Confidence Motion moved by opposition parties
🔸Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar says, NDA will unitedly vote against the No Confidence Motion
NATIONAL NEWS
🔸Agusta Westland Scam: ED files supplementary charge sheet against former
🔸Air Force Chief
Cabinet approves Policy framework for streamlining working of PSCs for increased production of hydrocarbon resources
🔸Cabinet approves Special Remission to Prisoners on occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
🔸Cabinet approves signing of MoU amongst BRICS
🔸Nations on Regional Aviation Partnership Cooperation
Women have constitutional right to enter Sabarimala temple: SC
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
🔸India-Nepal review progress of all bilateral projects
🔸New Delhi: India, US hold senior officers meeting on homeland security dialogue
🔸At least 19 drown in refugee boat sinking off north Cyprus
🔸Saudi Arabia intercepts missile fired from Yemen
Nepal: 7 dead, 4 injured in road accident
SPORTS NEWS
🔸Kohli touches career-high 911 points in ICC ODI rankings; Kuldeep breaks into top-10
🔸Lankan govt expresses dismay at ICC decision to suspend team captain Dinesh along with team coach and manager
🔸BCCI names Rishabh Pant in 18-member Indian squad for first 3-Tests against England
🔸Singapore Open: Subhankar Dey, Ruthvika Shivani Gadde & Rituparna Das advance to second round
Indian shuttlers shine bright at Badminton
🔸Asia Junior Championships
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STATE NEWS
🔸J&K: Governor orders verification of all traders engaged in cross-LoC trade within a month
🔸Assam police arrests 19 State civil service officers allegedly involved in cash for job scam
Five bodies recovered from debris of under construction building collapsed at Greater NOIDA
🔸Western Railways to send milk to the city of Mumbai amidst agitation
🔸J&K govt abolishes interviews for all Class-IV jobs
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