16/07/2014
Top Ten News of the Day
1. India and Brazil sign 3 Agreements in Brasilia; Agree to cooperate in field of environment, climate change, bio- diversity with attention to Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and their utilization.
2. PM Narendra Modi and Brazil President Dilma Rousseff discuss potential areas of greater cooperation.
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi favours broadening of strategic partnership with Russia in nuclear, defence and energy sectors.
4. India to head 100 billion dollar BRICS Development Bank to be set up at Shanghai in China.
5. RSS defends Ved Pratap Vaidik saying his meeting with Mumbai terror attack mastermind was in national interest; Shiv Sena accuses Ved Pratap Vaidik of sedition for meeting 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed; Asks government to act against him.
6. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister threatens action against clubs which bar entry to dhoti clad men.
7. India's exports grow by 10.22 per cent to 26.4 billion dollars in June.
8. Maharashtra Chief Information Commissioner recommends judicial inquiry against Mumbai Police Chief for giving misleading information to wife of slain IPS Officer Ashok Kamte.
9. Sensex up by 321 points, its biggest single gain in a fortnight.
10. 2nd Cricket Test match between India and England gets underway at Lord's, London tomorrow.