A look at the headlines right now:
- PV Sindhu loses to world No. 1 Carolina Marin to win badminton silver medal at Rio Olympics: The 21-year-old Indian lost the match 19-21 21-12 15-21.
- 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.
- Two reports of transgression by Chinese army in Arunachal Pradesh in one month, says Kiren Rijiju: The minister of state for home clarified that it was not an incursion as the Chinese army just crossed the “perceived area along the Line of Actual Control’.
- Muslim woman removed from Donald Trump's North Carolina rally for ‘causing a disturbance’: Rose Hamid, who was evicted from the Republican candidate's campaign event in January as well, was handing out pens inscribed with ‘peace’.
- Pokémon GO developer Niantic Labs begins issuing permanent bans to cheaters: The company said its aim for the app was to ‘provide a fair, fun and legitimate game experience for all players’.
- CBI takes over investigation into Bulandshahr gangrapes on Allahabad High Court's orders: The agency filed a case of gangrape, kidnapping and dacoity under the Indian Penal Code as well as the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
- Twitter suspended 2.35 lakh accounts in the past six months for promoting terrorism: The micro-blogging site took down the profiles for ‘violating policies’, emphasising that there was no ‘magic algorithm’ to identify such content.
- Android devices lead Q2 smartphone sales with 86.2% market share, says Gartner report: However, Apple's iPhone sales in the second quarter saw a downward trend, with a 7.7% drop.
- DMK challenges suspension of its MLAs from Tamil Nadu Assembly in high court: Advocates have also asked the court to quash Section 121 of the legislative assembly rules that allows legislators to be suspended for an entire session.
- Shiv Sena tells BJP to consider allies for governors’ posts: In an editorial written by its mouthpiece Saamna, it said the Bharatiya Janata Party was only appointing governors from within its ranks.
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