A look at the headlines right now:
- Wrestler Narsingh Yadav receives four-year doping ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sport: The court upheld the appeal filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency against the clean chit awarded to the Indian, which means he will miss the Olympics.
- PV Sindhu guaranteed an Olympic medal after crushing world No. 6 Nozomi Okuhara in semis: The 21-year-old Indian won the match 21-19 21-10 and will play world No. 1 Carolina Marin in the final.
- We used 13 lakh pellets in 32 days in Kashmir, CRPF informs high court: Between July 8 and August 11, the paramilitary force also used 8,650 tear-smoke shells and 14 types of 'less lethal and non-lethal' munitions.
- Ambulance driver in Kashmir pumped with pellets while transporting protest victim: The CRPF officials concerned have been suspended, and the man is in hospital.
- Uber launches Dial an Uber service for India in strategic move after China exit: The ride-hailing company also introduced a feature allowing users of the app to book a taxi for people in other locations.
- Narendra Modi ‘crossed red line’ by bringing up Balochistan on Independence Day, says Pakistan: Islamabad claimed that the Indian prime minister had violated a UN Charter by talking about the Pakistani province.
- At least 7 killed in suspected Kurdish attacks in southeast Turkey: Policemen and other security personnel accounted for most of the casualties in the bomb blasts.
- ACB 'free to interrogate, question and arrest', says Delhi women's panel chief after raids in office: Swati Maliwal took to Twitter to deny allegations of 'nepotism and favouritism' levelled against her by a former head of the Delhi Commission for Women.
- Gujarat to verify ‘gau rakshaks’, give them identification cards: The state said it will prepare a dossier on them, soon after Haryana had said it will issue them ID cards.
- US medical team to examine ex-LTTE fighters after claims they were injected with poison in rehab: The Tamil National Alliance alleged that 104 such fighters died because of the shots, but the Sri Lankan government said they were 'false allegations'.
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