2016 - July

Centre clears Model Shops and Establishment Bill Former Goa CM interrogated on Louis Berger case Deustche Bank poses serious risk to financial stability: IMF Cutting down the race to be the next RBI Governor Nobel Laureates want Greenpeace to stop campaigning against G.M.O Foods Australian Election thriller: Current coalition, Labor Party neck-to-neck 'Sarabhai v/s Sarabhai' to return as web series Congress attacks Justice Dhingra, accuses him of taking favors Study shows evidence of Antarctic's ozone holes starting to heal Uber and Ola duel over nationalist views Oracle to pay $3 billion to HP RBS shares sinks to 7-year low post 'Brexit' German Rocket Internet hitting the ground hard Irrfan Khan's remarks on fasting angers clerics Bolt hopeful for Rio despite hamstring scare Chennai software engineer's murder suspect arrested in Tirunelveli, attempts suicide Rajasthan lawmaker's son kills 3 in auto accident BMW, Intel and Mobileye announce deal Treat Pakistan as second North Korea : Zalmay Khalilzad Draft of Trafficking bill full of "loopholes" Manmohan Singh's take on India's present economic state ICC approves change in LBW rule China's yuan slides to a 5-1/2 year low French investment offers to revive India's indigenous jet engine project Research shows marijuana helps slow down plaque build-up Pacific Ocean radiation nearing normal 5 years after Fukushima Brexit could change the landscape of British sports Indian service sector records second slowest growth rate in June Jaypee group shares go up 38% China completes telescope ahead of schedule Madras HC resurrects writer Perumal Murugan Heavy security for this year's Rath Yatra Former Facebook CTO Bret Taylor joins Twitter board Argentina's 'Arturo' dies at 30 El Al flight gets fighter jet escort after bomb alert India-Hungary trade relations improve in the wake of Brexit BSNL operating profit to be over 2,000 crore in 2016 ICDS implementation postponed by Income Tax Department Alibaba dabbles with driverless car technology, launches smart cars Boston's HourlyNerd gets added for another funding round Obama accuses Kim Jong Un for violating Human Rights IMD records 1% increase in rainfall so far 3 killed in Bangladesh Eid blasts Smriti Irani lashes out against critics on Twitter Facebook unveils its new open wireless access platform 'OpenCellular' Remembering Kargil hero Captain Vikram Batra ILO chief approves Narendra Modi's labour reforms India's first Centre of Excellence Swamy has an unlikely ally in Joseph Stiglitz SC admonishes excessive force used by Army under AFSPA The first public beta version of iOS 10 AIIMS launches policy to provide financial aid to needy patients DoJ approaches court for Facebook's global assets transfer details China braces for impact as Nepartak lumbers towards it UK military to lift ban on women in combat roles US looks at bill to prevent Indian companies hiring H1B Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi dies aged 88. Vedanta announces business expansion in Africa Facebook Messenger will now offer end-to-end encryption Manchester City signs first e-sports player As many as 85 million Android devices infected Murray wins his second Wimbledon title What happened last week? Andy Murray crushes Raonic's grand slam dream World Bank chief tells India to focus on stunted children Air India drops airfares on four trunk routes Lamborghini eyes new customers in India Chat app Line targets $1.14B raise in IPO Why do we celebrate World Population Day? WhatsApp co-founder invests in 'Trak N Tell' Nirma bags LafargeHolcim cement assets for $1.4 billion Indian firms lead the way in Transparency International's survey Modi-led government focused on repairing and reforming the economy Arvind Panagariya touted to be the next RBI governor India's HDFC set to raise Rs.3,000 crore through masala bonds Sardar Singh will not captain India in Rio Olympics Coal India to buy back its shares Leadsom drops out, May to become the next UK PM Google CEO Sundar Pichai turns 44 Swaraj: Evacuation plans from South Sudan underway Cairn Energy seeks $5.6 billion compensation from Indian government Government clears three schemes worth Rs.1500 crore for religious tourism FBI's stock of 434,000 iris scans is growing fast Power Grid looks to expand network, sketches Rs.1 trillion expenditure Renuka Yadav now part of hockey squad for Rio Olympics Ashok Patnaik announced NATGRID chief Amnesty International reports on human rights violation in open-cast mines Startup Village's digital student incubator unveiled in Kerala Government allocates Rs.12,000 crore for Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna ISIS confirms death of key leader Omar al-Shishani India's Yatra valued at $218 million in reverse-merger with Terrapin Oil companies authorised to raise kerosene price Team for Olympics announced; Ritu Rani dropped Hamid Ansari to lead India to ASEM Summit in Mongolia Boris Johnson appointed Foreign Secretary of U.K. Airtel spying on internet traffic Wing Commander Pooja Thakur sues IAF for denying Permanent Commission Cap on EB-1 visas for highly-skilled Indians and Chinese Spartan dupes MS Dhoni of Rs.20 crore Highest number of out-of-school adolescents in India: UNESCO ShopClues acquires mobile payments company Momoe Subbarao unveils memoirs: Who moved my interest rate? Mullaperiyar row: Tamil Nadu DMK objects Vijayan's stand on issue Sarwan awarded $161,000 in damages Premier Futsal tournament kicks off Forest officials split over Ravindra Jadeja's selfie case Google's first-ever Indie-Game Festival to be held in San Francisco What made the news in the business world? German police raid homes to curb hate speech

Vijender Singh beats Kerry Hope to lift the title Plunge in Open Defecation practice in Bangladesh Oxbotica develops autonomous car software On Mandela day, Bill Gates pledges $5 billion ICICI Prudential Life Insurance all set for IPO Mohammad Amir impresses at Lord's Japan's SoftBank acquires ARM Holdings for $32 billion Morocco wants to join the African Union: King Mohammed VI Telecom companies scramble for users ahead of Reliance Jio4G launch Techie arrested for hacking Air India website Designs for new uniform finalised Online jeweller Bluestone raises Rs.200 crore in Series-D funding No Saudi involvement in the 9/11 attacks Tendulkar sought Defence Minister's help to rescue alleged illegal property I will be the God of Manchester : Zlatan 10 jawans killed in Aurangabad in Naxal bomb blast Wrestlers sue WWE for "exploitative business model" Shot put queen Manpreet's coach won't accompany her to Rio 2 SpiceJet employees arrested for smuggling gold M&A, PE values rise in the first half of 2016 Jaitley says over Rs.76,685 crore remain as defaults to banks Balasaheb wanted Jaidev not Uddhav as political heir Babri Masjid case's Hashim Ansari passes away Siddhivinayak Temple trust opens Demat account; shares, securities now acceptable Steve Elworthy, Managing Director of 2019 World Cup Unilever acquires Dollar Shave Club for $1 billion Hyderabad boy wins the coveted Mr. World title BJP plans Tiranga Yatra in anticipation of 70th Independence Day BiteClub - food tech start-up halts operations 342.65 million Indians use Mobile Internet Services Netflix to stream new Star Trek TV series USFDA gives 3 firms green signal for Crestor Centre creates new IT and Electronics Ministry Lewis Hamilton targets Championship lead at Hungary Will focus on players' consistency : Anil Kumble HSBC Global Forex Head arrested in New York A look back at the lunar landings of 1969 Haryana double rape shocker: Three accused men arrested by police Trinity Pictures unveils first India-China co-productions 10 'amateur' terrorists arrested ahead of Rio Olympics Google uses DeepMind-Powered AI to manage power usage WikiLeaks threatens Twitter over 'cyber feudalism' Seven Indian firms feature in 2016 Fortune 500 list Transitioning towards public transport, cargo shipping and ride-sharing business Supreme Court stays demolition order of Adarsh Judith D'Souza rescued; soon to return home The biggest electronic dance music festival Forest Department launches search operation for missing Nagpur Sanctuary tiger Tim Kaine to be Hillary Clinton's running mate VCR: Funai Electric, last manufacturer, halts production ITC's longest-serving Chairman addresses his last Annual Meet Microsoft gets a French reprimand against excessive data tracking Neeraj Chopra wins IAAF U-20 Gold India becomes world's youngest Startup nation EFF sues US government over copyright law Edward Snowden designs phone cover that prevents data monitoring A coup, a missing plane, an interesting week in news Deadly floods kill more than 150 in China Syrian suicide bomber kills himself, injures 12 in Germany Draft National Health Policy may get Cabinet's nod soon India seals the first Test victory over WI India expels Chinese journalists Shooting at nightclub in Fort Myers Prisma is now on Android too! Nokia's two Android 7.0 smartphones to hit the markets soon Knife attack near Tokyo leaves 19 dead, 25 injured India's Environment Ministry records 73 tiger deaths Researchers look to enable information storage in DNA Priest killed in hostage situation in France PM Modi salutes soldiers' sacrifices on 17th Kargil Vijay Diwas TechCrunch website hacked by OurMine Pakistan downgraded as a "non-school-going station" Parliament's Lok Sabha passes Child Labour Bill CAG points out shortcomings in the coal block e-auctions F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law kidnapped Nita Ambani gets Y security cover AAP MLA's residence raided Cockroach milk to be a super health food? BCCI's deal with Set Max in trouble Zoomcar raises $25 million Rs.59,547 crore written off by banks in 2015-16 Nepal PM's resignation, a one up for India 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees Delhi CM Kejriwal: I might even be killed Benami Transactions Amendment Bill passed in Lok Sabha Muttaiah Muralitharan in ICC Cricket Hall of Fame Indian police fall short by at least 500,000 personnel Maruti Suzuki to launch LCV next month Chinese pharma giant's billion dollar acquisition in India Baidu creates composer AI Prakash Javadekar meets RSS for new education policy Eminent writer-activist Mahasweta Devi passes away in Kolkata Over 10 lakh employees participate in nation-wide strike Mr. Gandhi attacks BJP on soaring inflation India's Cabinet reshuffled to accommodate 15 new appointments Russian team leaves for Rio Prepare a 15-year development road map: PM Modi asks NITI Oracle acquires cloud software provider NetSuite for $3.5 billion Indonesia executes 4 of the 14 drug convicts Indian to handle Donald Trump's campaign in Arizona 2016 Democratic National Convention: Inspiring, tough and cohesive French PM contemplating a ban on foreign funds for mosques INSPIRE Awards renamed as MANAK The UK's pilot visa scheme for international students Karnataka goes on bandh over Mahadayi water dispute Delhi motorcyclist dies after being trapped in pothole RSS accused for trafficking girls from Assam SwiftKey app faces bug leaking users' search feeds Google doodle commemorates Munshi Premchand's 136th birthday