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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

02 Aug 2016

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

China Vows to Protect its Maritime Rights

  • China vowed to protect its maritime rights and said is fully confident and capable of addressing security threats and provocations, amid escalating tensions over the disputed South China Sea region after a UN-backed tribunal struck down Beijing’s claims over the strategic waters.
  • The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will “unswervingly safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests including territorial integrity and maritime rights and interests.
  • China, which boycotted the tribunal, has rejected the verdict on the strategic waters over which the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and Taiwan have counter claims.

Yemeni Government Delegation Quits Talks

  • Yemen’s government delegation to the peace talks has decided to leave Kuwait after the rebel side rejected a draft peace plan proposed by the United Nations.
  • The delegation is returning to Riyadh after informing UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed that it was ready to sign the proposed peace plan which the rebels rejected.
  • The Iran-backed Houthi rebels and their allies, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s loyalists, rejected the peace plan, saying it was incomplete. According to the government, the draft plan calls for the rebels to withdraw from the capital Sana’a and two major cities, hand over heavy arms and return state institutions they seized in September 2014.
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ENVIRONMENT

Antarctic Sea Ice May be a Source of Mercury

  • New research has found methylmercury, a potent neurotoxin, in sea ice in the Southern Ocean.
  • The results are the first to show that sea ice bacteria can change mercury into methylmercury, a more toxic form that can contaminate the marine environment, including fish and birds.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

India's Manufacturing Growth Hits 4-month High

  • As per the monthly PMI survey, the manufacturing sector grew at its fastest pace in four months in July on surge in new orders.
  • The Nikkei Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 51.8 in July from 51.7 in June.
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SPORTS

NADA Clears Narsingh of Doping Charges

  • Narsingh Yadav was cleared to compete in the Rio Olympics after being exonerated of doping charges by the National Anti-Doping Agency, which ruled that the wrestler was a victim of sabotage and deserved the benefit of doubt.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Gujarat CM Offers to Resign

  • Ahead of the upcoming Assembly Elections in the state, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel offered to resign.
  • She offered her resignation keeping with the party's laudable tradition of leaders who turn 75 vacating their posts.
  • Patel, who took charge as Gujarat`s first woman Chief Minister in 2014, after Narendra Modi took charge as the Prime Minister.
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