Today’s Important News : 07 September 2014

Today’s Important News (07-09-2014)

The Hindu

National

1. Met predicts respite for J&K from rain
2. ‘India for non-discriminatory nuclear regime’
3. RSS favours quota for SCs, STs
4. No legal bar on States designating official language
5. States free to add official language: SC
6. Anti-poor, anti-women laws: expert
7. 2-child norm for local bodies hurts sex ratio
8. Supreme Court reiterates Urdu as UP’s second official language
9. Modi offers assistance for PoK flood relief
10. Modi appreciates Jaipur Foot
11. Home Ministry asks States to fasttrack cases against MPs, MLAs
12. BRICS bank not aimed at challenging IMF, WB: Rajan
13. Why is leprosy still prevalent: SC asks govt
14. Government of India can print Re 1 note: Law Ministry
15. Govt to go ahead with key appointments without LoP
16. Modi greets Malayalis on Onam
17. ‘Zero tolerance on rhino poaching’
18. Search committee lists must indicate order of merit, DoPT tells Ministries
19. RAPS Unit-5 sets a record
20. Biggest ever anti-TB drug resistance survey launched
21. UGC team visits Visva-Bharati for probe
22. Coalgate: CBI may file another case of perjury
23. AAP to conduct sting operations in Delhi

Current Affairs MCQ

International

1. Queen concerned over Scotland’s independence
2. U.S. launches airstrikes near Iraq's Haditha Dam
3. 3 dead as bus plunges into gorge in Philippines
4. Al-Shabaab vows revenge after US airstrike kills leader

India and World

1. ‘Germany, India strategic partners with excellent economic relations’

Business News

1. Govt committed to 24x7 power supply to all citizens: Goyal
2. FIIs pump in Rs. 9,000 crore in first week of Sept.
3. ‘Five States contributed half of PSU investments between 2008 and 2013’

Science and Technology

1. Massive extinct volcano discovered beneath Pacific Ocean
2. India third most affected nation by online banking malware

Sports

1. BCCI meeting: measures to revamp pitches discussed
2. India end England tour with narrow T20 defeat
3. Makarova, Vesnina win US Open doubles title
4. Federer loses in US Open semi-finals
5. Nishikori stuns Djokovic in US Open semifinals

Others

1. No News

Editorials and Articles

1. A whistleblower’s dilemma
2. The case for a shorter work-week
3. Meditation as immunostimulant
4. On the toughest job of them all
5. A bed of flowers or a pile of cow-dung?

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