Today's Important News (25-07-2014)

The Hindu

National :

1. Govt. raises FDI cap in insurance to 49%
2. ‘India far behind other BRICS nations on human development’
3. India to ask U.N. Military Observer Group to wind up
4. Include third gender children in schools: HRD Ministry
5. Truth can be treated as defence in contempt proceedings: Supreme Court

Current Affairs MCQ

International :

1. Iraq: a new Kurdish President elected
2. 15 killed as shells hit U.N. shelter
3. Ukraine PM resigns in shock move
4. Arizona execution using untested drugs takes two hours

India & The World :

1. Concerns heighten for Indians caught in conflict zones abroad
2. Alstom charged in U.K. for corruption in India
3. India-Pakistan gas pipeline may be completed in a year
4. Chinese rail lines up to India border

Business News:

1. Wipro profit up, meets expectation
2. Central Bank of Sri Lanka in investment pact with RBI
3. FDI hike in insurance to usher in global practices
4. Ipca Lab stops API exports from Ratlam unit to U.S.
5. Spend time on compliance, SEBI chief tells India Inc.

Science & Technologies:

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Sports:

1. World Kabaddi League launched
2. Early success for new crop outside the sub-continent
3. Sanjita, Mirabai lift gold and silver
4. Indian women begin with a win
5. An innovative ceremony delights one and all

Others:

1. 7 hurt as UPSC aspirants clash with police

Editorials & Articles :

1. Squaring the poverty circle
2. How many Nakbas?
3. Indo-Nepal relations: rising above the script

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