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Karnataka law on SC/ST promotion quota upheld
The Supreme Court has upheld the validity of a new Karnataka law, granting reservation in promotion to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) employees.
Supreme Court extends Ayodhya mediation till Aug. 15
A five-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi has given the Supreme Court-appointed mediation committee time till August 15 to continue with its efforts to resolve the prolonged and strife-ridden Ayodhya title dispute.
IAF jets intercept Georgian plane
A Georgian An-12 transport aircraft that took off from Karachi bound for New Delhi, was intercepted by Indian Air Force (IAF) fighters after it deviated from its flight path.
PepsiCo withdraws all cases against farmers
PepsiCo has withdrawn all its cases against nine Gujarat farmers who grew its protected potato variety used to make Lays chips, including cases seeking damages of ₹1.05 crore each from small farmers.
SC seeks Centre’s reply on content on streaming platforms
The Supreme Court has sought the government’s response on a plea to regulate the functioning of online media streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, which display “uncertified and sexually explicit” content.
Nobody’s happy about N. Korea missile launch, says Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said that “nobody’s happy” after North Korea raised the pressure over the future of their deadlocked nuclear negotiations by launching two short-range missiles.
Trump raises tariffs on Chinese goods
The trade war between the U.S. and China took a turn for the worse as the Trump administration increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. Tariffs on 5,700 categories of goods increased from 10% to 25%
IIP at a 21month low as manufacturing slows down
Growth in industrial activity dipped to a 21-month low in March, contracting 0.1% due in large part to a continuing slowdown in the manufacturing sector
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Fani’s fury creates four new mouths in Odisha’s Chilika Lake
The extremely severe cyclone, Fani, has created four new mouths in Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lake, connecting to Bay of Bengal
Chandrayaan-2 will carry 14 payloads from India
ISRO has said that Chandrayaan-2, the lunar lander mission planned to be launched during July 9-16, will have 14 Indian payloads or study devices
India facing critical shortage of healthcare providers: WHO
According to the WHO database, Despite the health sector employing five million workers in India it continues to have low density of health professionals with figures for the country being lower than those of Sri Lanka, China, Thailand, United Kingdom and Brazil
Amazon unveils its moon lander
Jeff Bezos, who heads both Amazon and space company Blue Origin, unveiled a lunar lander that he said would be used to transport equipment, and possibly human beings, to the south pole of the Moon by 2024.
