A look at the headlines right now:
- Hillary Clinton makes history, officially named Democratic nominee for US president: The announcement was made amid chaos after a trove of hacked emails revealed that the party tried to undermine her opponent Bernie Sanders' campaign.
- Irom Sharmila to break fast on August 9, will contest Manipur elections: She has been on a hunger strike since 2000 in protest against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
- UK does not believe there is any legal ground for it to return Kohinoor, says British minister: During his maiden trip to India, Alok Sharma cited the United Nations convention on restitution of cultural property to support his statement.
- Pings detected but no sign of missing IAF aircraft yet, says Manohar Parrikar: The defence minister said all leads in the search for the AN-32 flight had turned out to be bad, as a massive hunt entered its fifth day on Tuesday.
- Goods and Services Tax Bill: States fail to reach consensus on revenue neutral rate and capping: The state finance ministers, however, agreed on dual control and a dispute-resolution mechanism in the Bill.
- Indian Olympic Association seeks to replace Narsingh Yadav with Parveen Rana at Rio: In a release, United World Wrestling announced that they had received a request from the IOA to enter a different contender.
- Two men shot dead after taking hostages in French church, Islamic State group claims responsibility: The terror outfit said two of their 'soldiers' had carried out the attack, in which an 84-year-old priest was killed and several others injured.
- Underperforming employees will not get annual hike, says 7th Pay Commission notification: The Finance Ministry accepted the panel's suggestion that increments be withheld from 'inefficient' staff who don't meet the 'laid down performance criterion’.
- Lok Sabha passes Child Labour Bill that will allow children below 14 to take up ‘home-based work’: Before the Upper House cleared the Bill, a few Opposition members had pointed out some such jobs that put children at risk but are not considered ‘hazardous’.
- India fined $1 billion by arbitration court in Antrix-Devas case: The verdict to be a severe setback to India's image as a reliable destination for foreign investments.
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