Daily Newsletter | Sunday, July 30, 2017
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| Scale back engagement with North Korea, US tells India |
| A US delegation from the State Department visited New Delhi this week to discuss how India could plug all exposure to North Korea. Among the “suggestions” to India are to limit and scale back its diplomatic engagement with Pyongyang. |
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| India to see launch of 2 moon missions in 2018 |
| Isro will launch its Chandrayaan-2 mission, an advanced version of its previous 2018 mission with the objective of deeper lunar surface probe, and another mission by Team Indus, a group of space enthusiasts who want to unfurl the tricolour on the moon’s surface as part of a global lunar competition. |
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| Gujarat Cong MLAs in B’luru add to Patel’s woes |
| Sources said Gova Rabari, Dharshibhai Khanpura and Mahesh Patel, all from Banaskantha district, had reportedly entered into an altercation with their group leader and AICC secretary, Naresh Raval, over their wish to return to Gujarat to respond to calls for assistance in their flood-affected constituencies. |
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| RSS activist killed in Thiruvananthapuram |
| An Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist was hacked to death at Sreekaryam area of Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday night, escalating the tension that had engulfed the city following recent clashes between activists of the CPM and RSS. |
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| 1st Test: India crush Sri Lanka for biggest overseas win |
| The end was swift for Sri Lanka as India razed their lower order in the final session to register a massive 304-run win on Day 4 of the Galle Test and take 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Needing 550 runs to win, Sri Lanka were all out for 245 with two batsmen absent-hurt. |
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| Ultimate Table Tennis: Anthony Amalraj continues to fight on |
| Marred by inconsistency, Anthony Amalraj has had to watch younger players go ahead of him over the years. However, with a string of favourable results in recent times and the advent of Ultimate Table Tennis, Amalraj seems to be enjoying this phase of his table tennis career. |
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| Over 12 lakh businesses apply for new GST registration |
| Over 12 lakh businesses have applied for fresh registration under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has said. Of these, while 10 lakh applications for registration have been approved, 2 lakh are still pending approval. |
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| Big B spends an evening with “old buddies” |
| Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is quite active on Twitter, recently took to the social media platform and shared a picture with his old friends, lyricist Javed Akhtar and Indian classical musician Amjad Ali Khan |
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