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1.Wrestler Aman Sehrawat added to India’s medal tally by winning the bronze medal in the 57kg freestyle category here Friday.
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2.The Supreme Court Friday stayed a Mumbai college’s decision banning ‘hijab, burqa, cap and naqab’ on the campus and said girl students must have the freedom to choose what they wear.
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3.Right to speedy trial and liberty are “sacrosanct”, and prolonged incarceration before being pronounced guilty of an offence should not be permitted to become “punishment without trial”, the Supreme Court said Friday.
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4.Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Satyabrata Sahu Friday alerted the Collectors of 10 districts after the level in Mahanadi increased due to the discharge of water from Hirakud dam.
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5.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved eight railway projects, including six in Odisha, with total estimated cost of `24,657 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Friday.
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6.Higher Education (HE) Minister Suryabanshi Suraj inaugurated 14 new government degree colleges in eight districts of the state, Friday.
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7.Leader of Opposition in Assembly Naveen Patnaik Friday demanded inclusion of 169 communities in the ST list of the state and several tribal languages in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
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8.India is set to become a $ 8 trillion economy by 2034 and will pivot much of the world in terms of its economics and geopolitics, according to BJP leader and founder of think-tank India Foundation Shaurya Doval.
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9.The joint committee of Parliament to examine the Waqf (Amendment) Bill will have 31 members -- 21 from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha -- and will submit its report by the next session.
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10.The Lok Sabha Friday passed a Bill to replace the 90-year-old Aircraft Act and further improve the ease of doing business in the aviation space.
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11.The Patna District Administration Friday ordered the closure of 124 coaching centres in the state capital after finding them ineligible for registration, an official said.
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12.The Supreme Court Friday refused to postpone NEET-PG examination scheduled for August 11, saying it can’t put the careers of two lakh candidates in jeopardy for five students who have filed the petition.
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13.Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will return to her country when its new caretaker government decides to hold elections, her son has said.
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14. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Thursday took tensions with social media platform X and its owner Elon Musk to new heights, banning the platform in the South American country for 10 days amid furore over a disputed presidential election.
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15.Shares of Bhavish Aggarwal-led electric two-wheeler company Ola Electric Mobility Ltd surged 20 per cent to hit the upper circuit limit against the issue price of `76 after listing on a flat note earlier in the day Friday.
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16.Down by 11 points in the fourth quarter, against what looked like overwhelming odds, the US Olympic men’s basketball team got a spark.
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17.The hearing into Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s appeal against her disqualification from the Olympic finals concluded at the ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) here with the IOA insisting that it is hopeful of a ‘positive resolution’. The ad-hoc division said that a decision can be expected before the end of the Games Sunday.
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18.An Egyptian Olympic wrestler has been arrested here on sexual assault charges, French prosecutors said Friday.
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19.The Adani group has fulfiled its promise of ₹ 5 crore donation to support the rehabilitation of Wayanad landslide victims.
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20.The Adani group has fulfiled its promise of ₹ 5 crore donation to support the rehabilitation of Wayanad landslide victims.