Today’s Important News (08-09-2014)

The Hindu

National

1. State legislatures free to add official language: SC
2. Nithari killer Koli may be hanged today
3. ‘Love jihad’: girl denies conversion
4. Railway Board lists fire safety measures on running trains
5. Heavy rains batter Telangana
6. Road map for achieving self-sufficiency in fertilizer production
7. ‘India for non-discriminatory nuclear regime’
8. RSS favours quota for SCs, STs
9. Sena sticks to claim on CM post
10. Srinivasan gets support at BCCI’s ‘informal meeting’
11. All set for tsunami mock drill
12. ‘BRICS Bank not aimed at challenging IMF, WB’
13. Why does leprosy continue to afflict lakhs of people, SC asks govt.
14. Chavan urges Centre to solve power crisis
15. Tight security for Ganesh idol immersion
16. U.K. keen on global fund to tackle climate change
17. No legal bar on States designating official language

Current Affairs MCQ

International

1. Abe backs Colombo’s internal probe
2. Imagining public spaces in Palestinian refugee camps
3. Abbas threatens to break off unity deal with Hamas
4. In Afghanistan, 7 sentenced to death for gang rape
5. Replica of Lafayette’s French frigate sets sail
6. Sharif defiant amid resignation demands
7. Shelling in Mariupol shatters truce
8. Nepal CA committee asks for deadline extension
9. Internet censorship not working: Rouhani
10. N. Korea to put American on trial
11. ‘Turkey to buy missile from France’
12. Qatar confirms detention of activists

India and World

1. No News

Business News

1. Pension reforms miss the wood for the trees
2. Tractor sales may skid on deficient monsoon
3. Sentiment is everything
4. Complex tax system is the barrier: Seiko Epson chief

Science and Technology

1. No News

Sports

1. Time for shooters to rewrite the script
2. Paes boost for India
3. Harika wins bronze
4. Morgan’s assault helps England pile up a challenging score
5. England edges India in a thriller
6. Mysore Warriors storms into semifinals
7. Will speak to Djokovic soon, says Obradovic
8. Alaindair wins feature event
9. Ian Chappell picks India among WC favourites
10. Egypt beats Britain to reign supreme
11. BCCI meeting: measures to revamp pitches discussed

Others

1. No News

Editorials and Articles

1. New highways to economic growth
2. Germany’s great green gamble
3. The logical response to an ideological campaign
4. An important milestone
5. Trying out all options
6. Access and accountability
7. Major shipping canal schemes could miss trade boat

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Courtesy : The Hindu