Latest and Top Ten National and International News – 22 July 2018.

Trade war to accelerate decline of US Empire’s impact as China & India world dominance grows

London launches action plan to become world’s most walkable city, Walk 20Min Save £1.7BN in 25years

IIT-Delhi researchers develop promising TB diagnostics solution, Initial test data encouraging

GST Council: 100 items Cheaper Fridge, washing machine, TV, items will attract 18% GST as against 28%

Under-construction building collapse in Chennai’s Perungudi locality; 17 injured, several feared trapped

Currency war erupts, threatening to ripple across global markets, US $ Slid against UK £ & EU’s €

EPFO payroll data: 4.4 mn jobs created in 9 months from Sep 2017- May 2018

ISRO ‘moves’ top scientist to HQ, over reported differences with Chairman on increasing private role

Sulphur could take oil to $400 or more in 2020 that would almost certainly trigger global recession

25% ATMs of public sector banks may be vulnerable to fraud, 74% running on outdated software

Rajasthan: Man beaten to death on suspicion of cow smuggling in Alwar village; 2 held

Destiny’s Child: India’s first test-tube baby Harsha Shah is 32, a mom and a ray of hope

Security breach looms large on millions of smartphones, India 3rd highest rate of bad-App installation

Get ready for future of train travel! Indian Rlys’ engine-less 160kmph Train 18 better than Shatabdi

SC refuses to stay TDSAT order cancelling bank guarantees worth 450Crs of ailing Aircel

Bank of Baroda signs MoU with ten companies Uber, Oyo, Lava and Flipkart to loan Rs 500Cr

10-storey-high ‘skyscraper bridge’ to connect Worli to Sewri in Mumbai by 2022, Height of 32Mtrs

Fuel price hike: PIL on daily change in fuel rates; Delhi HC asks Centre to treat it as representation

Apple faces deactivation of iPhones in India over TRAI’s new rules – Govt backed DND app on its phones

Find: Radiation from prolonged use of smartphones can adversely affect memory of teenage children

Exposure to 2nd hand smoke during pregnancy can increase risk of still birth, congenital malformations

Vidarbha’s cotton farmers dread repeat of pink bollworm attack which destroyed 80% crop

Rural finance: Delays in cash transfers are pushing troubled beneficiaries into greater debt, poverty

Hamas accepts cease-fire after massive Israeli Gaza strikes, Both fought 3 such wars in past decade

State-actors were likely behind Singapore’s biggest ever cyber-attack to date, cites scale/sophistication

Xi Jinping ends state visit to UAE with raft of deals signed in economy, oil, gas and security

China’s air force recruitments hit by poor eyesight of air force pilots, high rate of myopia among children

Hacker claims to created botnet in 24 hrs that compromised 18K routers of Chinese telecom Huawei

In its latest gesture to counter Moscow’s influence in Ukraine, Pentagon to give $200MN military aid

UK: Charlie Rowley: Amesbury novichok victim’s brother ‘very surprised’ by his recovery

Unwed Canadian Mothers Forced To Give Up Babies for adoption, Told To "Get A Puppy" Instead

German GP: Vettel clinches pole in home race; Hamilton suffers hydraulics failure in Q1

Women’s Hockey WC 2018: Neha Goyal scores to help resolute India hold Eng to draw in opening clash

Today’s Word – *Tabinet* – Silk and wool watered fabric.