The U.S. designated militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen as a foreign terrorist organisation, nearly two months after declaring the group’s Chief Syed Salahuddin as a global terrorist. The designation, which slaps a series of U.S. sanctions on the outfit, came against the backdrop of an upsurge in terror activities by the militant group in Kashmir in recent months.
All of Hizbul Mujahideen’s property and interests subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, and people in the U.S. are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with the group.
The decision marks a severe blow to Pakistan which has been projecting the militant group as a voice of the Kashmiri people.
Pakistan's New High Commissioner to India
Sohail Mahmood assumed his charge as the Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, after his predecessor Abdul Basit announced retirement before his tenure was scheduled to end.
Mahmood joined Pakistan's Foreign Service in 1985.
Abdul Basit was appointed as High Commissioner to New Delhi in 2014.
Melbourne Most Liveable City
According to a survey, Melbourne is the most liveable city in the world, followed by Austrian capital, Vienna and Canada's Vancouver in the second place and third place respectively.
No Indian city was ranked in the top ten or bottom ten in the most liveable city ranking.
Others in the 10 most liveable cities in the world include Toronto at the fourth place, followed by Calgary (5th), Adelaide (6th), Perth (7th), Auckland (8th), Helsinki (9th) and Hamburg (10th).
Almost five years after the Supreme Court ordered the SEBI to refund more than Rs. 40,000 crore to individuals that had invested money in two Sahara Group entities, the capital markets regulator has been able to refund only Rs. 85.02 crore.
The regulator initiated the process of refunding investors in May 2013.
Cigna to Hike its Stake
US health insurer Cigna has agreed to hike its stake in its Indian joint venture (JV) Cigna TTK to 49% from 26% with an additional investment of Rs. 113 crore. The stake increase will be through fresh issue of shares which will be subscribed by the US insurer.
Anti-dumping Duty
The government may impose anti-dumping duty of up to $120.14 per tonne on a chemical used in sectors such as dyes and pharmaceuticals from Canada, China and the European Union (EU).
The duty aims at guarding domestic players from cheap imports.
Domestic industry is impacted due to the dumped imports of sodium chlorate from Canada, China and the EU.
Countries impose anti-dumping duties to guard domestic industry from surge in below-cost imports.
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), carrying the first super-computer to space.
It is the 12th mission for SpaceX under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA.
Researchers want to see if the computer can survive the harsh conditions of space, and whether it could one day help astronauts navigate long missions in deep space, whether around the Moon or to Mars.
Javelin thrower Davinder Singh Kang has claimed that Athletics Federation of India had asked him to drop out of the recently-concluded World Championships as he was facing doping charges but the AFI dismissed it as a non-issue, saying it had done so to save the country from shame.
Khan had returned positive for marijuana in an in-competition test conducted by NADA during the Indian Grand Prix in May 15.
He was not handed a provisional suspension as it was not mandatory under WADA rules.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the six women officers of the Indian Navy who are due to circumnavigate the globe on the sailing vessel INSV Tarini.
This is the first-ever Indian circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women crew.
The six officers will begin their voyage later this month from Goa and expect to return to Goa in March 2018.
The expedition has been titled Navika Sagar Parikrama and will be covered in five legs with stop-overs at four ports -- Fremantle (Australia), Lyttleton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (Falklands), and Cape Town (South Africa).
Decision to Close 199 Cases
The Supreme Court appointed a supervisory body of two former-apex court judges to scrutinise the SIT decision to close 199 cases in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots matter.
A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra also asked the body to examine the SIT's decision to close additional 42 riots- related cases.
The supervisory body has been asked to examine the issue and submit a report within three months.
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