2. In Andhra Pradesh, bandh continued in Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra regions on the second day today protesting against the decision to form Telangana state even as Congress leaders from both the regions held a crucial meeting in Hyderabad.
3.Cabinet has approved amendment in the RTI Act to exempt political parties from its ambit. It has also cleared FDI in Multi Brand retail through automatic route.
4. Edward Snowden, the fugitive former U.S. security contractor, left the transit zone at Moscow's international airport Thursday after Russian authorities granted him temporary asylum.
5. US lawmakers have approved a sweeping bill aimed at slashing Iran's oil exports even further over its disputed nuclear programme.
6. "Since 2009, the United States has provided more than USD 3.3 billion in civilian assistance to Pakistan, including about USD 1 billion in humanitarian response to conflict and floods," said the USAID report on Pakistan.
7. The Power Ministry plans to make it compulsory for distribution companies to purchase certain percentage of their energy requirements from hydel sources.
8. South China's mega-city Guangzhou on has started offering international transit passengers 72-hour visa-free stay. Guangzhou is the third Chinese city to introduce the visa-free policy, following capital Beijing and commercial hub Shanghai.
9. India’s advanced weather satellite INSAT-3D, launched in the early hours of July 26, 2013 from Kourou, French Guyana, has successfully been placed in Geosynchronous orbit after three orbit raising manoeuvres commanded from ISRO's Master Control Facility at Hassan, according to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
10. A special CBI court has told Bharti Cellular CMD Sunil Mittal and Essar group's Ravi Ruia that there was "no stay" on the proceedings before it in the additional spectrum allocation scam case and warned them it will go ahead with the criminal process if they failed to seek clarification from the Supreme Court on the issue.
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