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1.Swapnil Kusale clinched India's third bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 by securing the third position in the men's 50m rifle three position final on Thursday. Swapnil, alongside Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh, contributed to India's impressive haul of shooting medals at the Games. India's shooting team made history by earning three medals at a single edition of the Olympic Games for the first time.-Hindustan Times

2."India Cherishes Strong Friendship With Vietnam": PM Modi .-Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that he had productive talks with his Vietnam counterpart Pham Minh Chinh and the two countries have deepened cooperation in a range of areas including technology, security and connectivity.PM Modi said in a post on X that he and the Vietnam leader discussed sectors like defence, maritime trade and green economy and that India cherishes its friendship with Vietnam.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-cherishes-strong-friendship-with-vietnam-pm-modi-6243330

3.Indian embassy issues advisory for citizens in Lebanon as tensions grow.- The Indian Embassy in Beirut on Thursday strongly advised Indian nationals against travelling to Lebanon till further notice and leave the country amidst the growing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah.Since October 8 last year, violence has flared across the border between Israeli troops and Hezbollah.

https://www.business-standard.com/external-affairs-defence-security/news/indian-embassy-issues-advisory-for-citizens-in-lebanon-as-tensions-grow-124080101222_1.html

4.Historic First – Bangladesh Air Force To Operate From India For 1st Time During IAF’s ‘Tarang Shakti’ Exercise .- More than four decades after its creation, Bangladesh military aircraft will roar over the skies of India for the first time. In the exercise Tarang Shakti (Power of Waves), the Bangladesh Air Force will participate with its fighter jets, along with other Western air forces.So far, Bangladesh Air Force aircraft have never operated from Indian soil.

htps://www.eurasiantimes.com/historic-first-bangladesh-air-force/

5.Parliament Budget Session LIVE updates: Discussion on NEET, unemployment, airfares likely today.Congress MP Manish Tewari on Friday, August 2, 2024 gave an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha to discuss the “border situation and the huge trade deficit with China.”.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/parliament-session-live-updates-august-2/article68475990.ece

6.Supreme Court verdict on NEET-UG 2024: ‘No systemic breach of sanctity’ but NTA must avoid 'flip-flops'-The Supreme Court on Friday, August 2, said the NTA must avoid the "flip-flops" it made in relation to the NEET-UG 2024 exam. Such "flip-flops" in a national exam do not serve the interests of the students, it said.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/neetug-2024-exam-supreme-court-says-nta-must-avoid-flipflops-101722576554146.html

7.Yellow alert sounded in Mumbai, Thane; heavy rain likely for 3 days: IMD -After a brief lull, Mumbai is set to witness a surge in rainfall activity in the upcoming days with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a yellow alert for the city until Saturday.Stating the likelihood of heavy rain in isolated pockets, the weather scientists have indicated that good rain activity is slated to sweep the city over the next two to three days, owing to strong westerly influx.

8.ITC to invest Rs 20,000 crore in the next five years .-Diversified conglomerate ITC plans to make an investment of around Rs 20,000 crore in the next five years, as it looks to ramp up capacity across verticals as well as seeks to fund new areas of growth. A large component will be directed to the non-cigarette FMCG business, as announced at the company’s 113th annual general meeting on July 26, 2024.

http://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/itc-to-invest-rs-20000-crore-in-the-next-five-years-79210

9.India Ranks 39th in Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024 .- India is ranked 39th among 119 countries, according to the Travel and Tourism Development Index 2024 report published by the World Economic Forum.In a written reply in Rajya Sabha today, Minister of Tourism, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, said that as per the UNWTO barometer for May 2024, there were 975 million international tourist arrivals around the world in 2022, wherein India recorded 14.3 million international tourist arrivals that represented 1.47 per cent of the international inbound tourism market share.

https://theindianawaaz.com/2024/08/01/india-ranks-39th-in-travel-tourism-development-index-2024/


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