1. Allah Pe Bharosa Hai: Wife Tells Yakub
Family of Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon met him at Nagpur Central Jail on Thursday. The meeting ended on an emotional note, following which the family rushed out at 11.15 am and got into a waiting private car.
Jail sources said that Yakub tried to remain stoic before his wife and daughter but had tears welling up when he was ushered back into the ‘fasi’ yard.
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2. AAP Threatens Chief Secretary
Aam Aadmi Party government has threatened to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Delhi’s top bureaucrat for allegedly toeing the Centre’s line and violating orders, the latest episode in a bitter power tussle between the chief minister and lieutenant governor.
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3. 15-Year-Old Prodigy To Pursue PhD
Sushma Verma was the country’s youngest post-graduate student in the country. Now, at age 15, she is all set to pursue research in environmental microbiology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU), Lucknow.
She has secured the seventh rank in the University Research Entrance Test in environmental microbiology. Naveen Kumar, head, department of environmental microbiology, BBAU, said four PhD seats were vacant.
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4. ‘It Was My Moral and Legal Duty To Challenge Wrong Done To My Kids’
I was torn and anxious. I felt I was being ungrateful after all the support I received from my ministry during the crisis in New York in the wake of my illegal arrest and criminal case in the US. Most colleagues could not understand me, and the administration was at loggerheads with me.
– Devyani Khobragade, IFS officer
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5. Looking for Lalit Modi in Vasundhara Raje Backyard, Finding Angry Girls
The Congress has completely failed to strike sparks off the Lalit Modi issue in Jhalawar. In fact, it has barely roused itself enough to try. And here, the Raje government is being asked very different questions.
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6. New Drug Capsule Shells Offer New Choice: Veg or Non-Veg
A scientific committee may advise the Drug Controller General of India to let drug manufacturers choose between capsule shells made of cellulose, derived from plants instead of gelatin, an animal product.
However, it will be optional. Drug manufacturers will have to decide what to use for the shell. It is not within our mandate to make it mandatory though there is a thinking that it is time for the gradual phasing out of gelatin.
– Sources were quoted as telling Indian Express
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7. Military Bands to Play in Shopping Mall
On July 25 and 26, bands of Indian Air Force and Indian Army would perform at the Select City Walk shopping mall in Delhi, in honour of the 1999 Kargil war heroes.
On display would be discarded army vehicles painted in graffiti art, war equipment, Kargil pictures, signature wall for people to write their tributes to the soldiers and stalls for Army war widows (veer naaris).
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8. Will Not Allow Chinese Military Bases, Maldives Assures India
The Maldives government’s move to allow foreign ownership of its islands will not impact India’s strategic interests, said Maldives President Abdullah Yameen.
Our sovereignty is not on offer. We don’t want to give any of our neighbours, including India...any cause for concern.
– Ahmed Adeeb, Maldivian Vice President
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9. The Iran Deal, a Triumph For Diplomacy
A confluence of factors led to the nuclear deal between Iran and the US. While in Iran it was the factor of popular protests against the regime, in the US, it was the ascendance of Barack Obama to presidency.
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