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• Five crew members and 12 civilians are dead, local media side citing an army statement. Twelve people are injured.


• The aircraft was on a routine training flight when it crashed and set off a fire which engulfed several houses.


• It was not immediately clear what caused the crash or what kind of aircraft it was.


• Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, is the site of the army's headquarters.

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• The personal details of about 106 million individuals across the US and Canada were stolen in a hack targeting financial services firm Capital One, the company has revealed.


• The announcement came after the alleged hacker was arrested on Monday.


• According to Capital One, the data included names, addresses and phone numbers of people who applied for its credit card products.

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• It comes after Donald Trump used his presidential veto to override resolutions passed by both chambers of Congress preventing the sale.


• Critics fear the weapons may be used on civilians in the Yemen conflict.


• But Mr. Trump had argued that blocking the sale of weapons would "weaken America's global competitiveness".


• The president also argued last week that it could damage relations with US allies as he rejected the bipartisan resolutions.

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• Vietnam has apprised India of its standoff with China in the South China Sea (SCS) where the two have overlapping claims, Vietnamese diplomatic sources said on Monday.


• The situation is of particular concern to India given the commercial interests of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in the region.

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• The BJP’s core group on Jammu and Kashmir will meet in New Delhi on Tuesday, ostensibly to discuss prospects of polls in the State and the current political situation, amid speculation that the Centre could be preparing to take some strong steps after it moved 10,000 paramilitary men to the State.


• According to senior BJP sources, however, the meeting, called at the last minute, is unlikely to discuss any of the Centre’s steps in the State and instead is likely to be on the party’s own state of preparedness for political activity after the imposition of President’s rule in the State.

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• Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha on Monday expressed deep reservations about the Centre’s decision to introduce the Dam Safety Bill, 2019, asserting that the legislation, which is ostensibly aimed at providing uniform safety measures across the country, would undermine the powers of State governments since water is a State subject.


• Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who introduced the bill, argued that the Centre was empowered to enact a law on the subject, especially as 92% of the dams involved two or more States, and Article 246 and 56 empowered the Centre to intervene.

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• An empowered Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted last year to suggest measures to combat lynchings will continue functioning. It will be headed by Home Minister Amit Shah, said a senior government official.


• The GoM had met on two occasions. Since the GoM was position-specific, there was no need to reconstitute it, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The new GoM is yet to meet.

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• The Opposition is staring at the possibility of the NDA managing to clear the Triple Talaq bill in the Rajya Sabha , after it failed to send the amendments to the RTA to a Select Committee last week.


• The bill will be taken up for consideration and passage on Tuesday, but so far, key Opposition parties have not met to figure out how to thwart the NDA.

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• The bill also has a provision for making national standards in medical education uniform by proposing that the final year MBBS exam be treated as an entrance test for PG and a screening test for students who graduate in medicine from foreign countries.


• This exam, called the National Exit Test (NEXT), would ensure that the proposed National Medical Commission (NMC) moves away from a system of repeated inspections of infrastructure and focuses on outcomes rather than processes, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.

• Mitessh Thakkar of mitesshthakkar.com recommends buying ICICI Bank with a stop loss of Rs 424 and target of Rs 440 and Pidilite Industries with a stop loss of Rs 1224 and target of Rs 1270.


• The trend reversal in the index is not going to be easy this time as disappointment from the earnings has spread over the index majors as well


• HDFC Securities is bullish on Bajaj Auto has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 3000 in its research report dated July 29, 2019.


• HDFC Securities is bullish on ICICI Bank has recommended Buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 492 in its research report dated July 29, 2019.


• The board of directors approved an interim dividend of Rs 12 per equity share of Rs 10 each to the shareholders of the company.


• BofAML expects the company's market share to remain stable at 30-31% from FY20-24.


• CLSA maintained its buy rating on Dr. Reddy’s and also stressed on the fact that the company is on track to deliver on its realigned strategy.


• The share touched its 52-week high Rs 177.60 and 52-week low Rs 79.85 on 10 September 2018 and 29 July 2019, respectively.


• On a sequential basis, EBITDA margin expanded by 400 bps and gross margin increased by 300bps. CLSA had estimated EBITDA at Rs 189 crore.
  
• The top gainers from NSE include Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Indiabulls Housing Finance and Sun Pharma while the top losers are Bharti Infratel, Hero MotoCorp, Grasim Industries, YES Bank and Vedanta.
  
• The company said it has been declared L-1 bidder by the Water Resources Department for the project in Jharkhand.


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• According to Angel Commodities, on Monday, WTI Crude prices rose by 1.2 percent to close at $56.9 per barrel over rising chances of a possible rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve.


• Kotak expects sequential EBIT margin decline of 250 bps contributed by -- (1) 100 bps impact from wage revision, (2) higher visa applications, (3) Rupee appreciation and (4) seasonal impact of lower Comviva revenues.


• ICICI Direct recommended hold rating on Oberoi Realty with a target price of Rs 590 in its research report dated July 26, 2019.


• ICICI Direct recommended hold rating on Tata Motors with a target price of Rs 160 in its research report dated July 26, 2019.


• ICICI Direct recommended hold rating on Bharti Infratel with a target price of Rs 275 in its research report dated July 26, 2019.


• ICICI Direct recommended hold rating on Bajaj Finserv with a target price of Rs 7280 in its research report dated July 26, 2019.


• ICICI Direct recommended hold rating on Persistent Systems with a target price of Rs 575 in its research report dated July 29, 2019.


• ICICI Direct is bullish on Bank of Baroda has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 140 in its research report dated July 26, 2019.


• Technical setup of Nifty Private sector Bank Index looks bullish on the charts. Largecap Private banks can outperform in the current scenario.


• 412 stocks advanced and 1334 declined while 358 remained unchanged on the NSE. On the BSE, 606 stocks advanced, 1797 declined and 106 remained unchanged.


• Prudent trading and investing calls for restraint and investors must wait for signs of revival before jumping into a quality mid and smallcap stocks, said Umesh Mehta, Head of Research, SAMCO Securities.


• Motilal Oswal is bullish on Music Broadcast has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 65 in its research report dated July 30, 2019.


• ICICI Direct is bullish on TajGVK Hotels and Resorts has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 220 in its research report dated July 29, 2019.


• The stock fell 76 percent in last one year and corrected 77 percent from its 52-week high of Rs 68 touched in August 2018.

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• According to its internal memo, the bank is revising the lending terms due to growing stress in this sector since April 2019.


• State Bank of India (SBI) has tightened lending terms dramatically for auto dealerships, according to a source and an internal memo seen by Reuters, seeking to reduce its exposure to risk from a sector in the midst of a sharp downturn.

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• Proxy firms, which advise shareholders mainly on corporate governance-related issues and assist them in voting on resolutions, will be fully regulated by SEBI now.


• They will have to disclose any conflict of interest they have in giving recommendations in favour or against a company, and will have to make adequate disclosures regarding their business model and companies aggrieved by their view may be able to approach SEBI for redressal.

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• For the first time in the Olympic Games’ history, Table Tennis Mixed Doubles event added in a new Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games. Manika Batra to pair with Sharath Kamal for mixed doubles spot in Tokyo Olympics.


• Table tennis had appeared at the Summer Olympics in eight previous occasions beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

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• Defending champion Bhakti Kulkarni(Goa) retained her title in the 46th National Women Chess Championship 2019 held in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu.


• Kulkarni played against Pratyusha Bodda of Andhra Pradesh. She retained the title with 10 points in the finals resulted in a draw.

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• Defender Jaideep grabbed the initiative for Patna Pirates with stunning tackles against Tamil Thalaivas’ match-winning raiders in the seventh ProKabaddi League on Monday.


• Seven tackle points from him, including two Super Tackles, saw Pirates win the neck-and-neck thriller 24-23. Hadi Ostorak was the next best contributor with two tackle points in a match that showcased top-quality defending.

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• The new terminal of the Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) International Airport has been shortlisted for the Leading European Architecture Forum (LEAF) awards 2019 in the category of a best future building under construction project.


• The Pascall+Watson (formerly Pascall+Watson Architects), an international architectural firm founded in 1956 by Clive Pascall and Peter Watson designed the terminal by combining reference from local heritage and culture with a contemporary architectural language.

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• A sand artist from Puri, Odisha, Sudarshan Pattnaik was awarded People’s Choice Prize at the Boston International Sand Art Championship 2019.


• He sculpted the sand art based on the global issue of plastic pollution with a message inscribed “Stop plastic pollution, Save our Ocean”.


• He received the People’s Choice medal from Revere Beach Partnership Board Member Adrienne Sacco-Maguir.

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• Fagu Chauhan, a six-time member of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, was sworn in as the 29th Governor of Bihar replacing Lal Ji Tandon who has taken charge as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh.


• Oath taking ceremony was administered by Chief Justice of the Patna High Court Amreshwar Pratap Shahi at the Raj Bhavan in Patna in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and other leaders.

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• Former minister in united Andhra Pradesh and senior Congress leader Mukesh Goud passed away today while undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals in Jubilee Hills.


• Mukesh Goud was admitted to hospital on Sunday night around 9 pm after his health condition deteriorated. The Congress leader is said to have been battling cancer for the last five years.