- Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar chief minister with BJP’s support: The JD(U) leader had quit on Wednesday after citing major dissatisfaction with his former ally the RJD.
- Stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir have reduced drastically this year, says CRPF: Director General RR Bhatnagar credited the security forces and investigation agencies for it.
- US Senate rejects proposal to repeal Obamacare without replacement: Republican Senators Shelley Moore Capito, Susan Collins, Dean Heller, Lisa Murkowski, John McCain, Rob Portman and Lamar Alexander voted against it.
- Transgender people cannot serve in the US military, says Donald Trump: He said that the decision was made after consulting with generals and defence experts.
- Amit Shah to contest Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat, Smriti Irani looks to get a second term: The elections to the Upper House will be held on August 8.
- Privacy is a fundamental right, but not an absolute one, Centre tells Supreme Court: Attorney General KK Venugopal said those who framed the Constitution had deliberately not mentioned privacy as an absolute right.
- Global head of Infosys’ $500-million Innovation Fund resigns: His resignation comes days after his colleague Ritika Suri was reported to have left the company.
- Arundhati Roy’s second novel makes it to this year’s Man Booker Prize longlist: A panel of five judges selected 13 books from 144 submissions.
- Armed Forces Tribunal suspends life terms, grants bail to five military men in 2010 Macchil fake encounter case: Their lawyer said the case had been built on circumstantial evidence.
- A family of 17 has been found among those killed in the Gujarat flood: Officials pegged the flood-related toll in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state at 110.
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