1.Norway's data protection agency said Tuesday it would start fining Facebook and Instagram owner Meta nearly $100,000 per day for defying a ban on using users' personal information to target ads.The Norwegian watchdog, Datatilsynet, said Meta would be fined one million kroner ($97,000) per day, starting August 14.-hindustantimes.com
2.China is experiencing a rare period of falling prices as consumer and business demand weakens after an initial burst in the first quarter.China’s consumer and producer prices both declined in July from a year ago, a sign of deflation pressure as demand in the world’s second-largest economy weakens.-hindustantimes.com
3.Former Prime Minister Imran Khan was barred from politics for five years on Tuesday by Pakistan’s election no commission after his conviction on graft charges, local media reported.Several TV news channels said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued a notification in line with the guilty ruling.-indianexpress.com
4.The Odisha government on Monday clarified that Aadhaar is not a mandatory prerequisite for admission into different classes and directed students to get enrolled in schools with or without Aadhaar card.The decision came following reports of headmasters in some schools insisting parents to submit Aadhaar cards for admission of their children in different classes.-indianexpress.com
5.ISRO chairman S Somanath has said that the lander of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, Vikram, will be able to make a soft-landing on the Moon's surface on August 23 even if if all the sensors and two of its engines do not work.The statement came from the ISRO chief came during a talk on ‘Chandrayaan-3: Bharat’s Pride Space Mission’ which was hosted by the non-profit organisation Disha Bharat.-livemint.com
6.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a "guarantee" that during his third term, India will become the third largest economy, one place below China, a country with which India is having bilateral issues for quite a while now. The diplomatic crisis between India and China reached borders multiple times, the latest being in 2020 and both nations are trying the diffuse the situation at appropriate levels.-livemint.com
7.The central government will be soon investigating the possibility of ‘Havana Syndrome’ in India, the government told Karnataka high court last week. According to reports, the Centre made the submission to the court while hearing a petition filed by A Amarnath Chagu to prevent the deseses.-hindustantimes.com
8.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to deploy additional manpower at the ward-level to take action against violations of norms regarding the usage of plastic.The civic administration has sent a proposal to municipal commissioner and state appointed administrator, Iqbal Singh Chahal stating that a five-member team will be formed at the municipal ward level for the same.Earlier in 2018, the state government had banned the usage of single use plastic.-indianexpress.com
9.Lemon Tree Hotel, Hissar, Haryana. The property is expected to be operational by Q4 of FY 2024 and shall be managed by Carnation Hotels Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary and the management arm of Lemon Tree Hotels Limited.-hotelierindia.com
10.India is gearing up for its biggest economic event of the year – the culmination of the year-long presidency of the G20 Summit. 43 Heads of Delegations – the largest ever in the G20 – will participate in the New Delhi Summit in September, which will conclude a series of meetings, more than 200, that have been happening across 100 different locations of the country.- hotelierindia.com
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