Latest and Top Ten National and International News – 24 July 2018

15Yrs after closest brush with Earth, Mars once again be within close range to us on July 27

Indian brain behind Amazon Alexa? This Jharkhand techie Rohit Prasad is making Indian proud

Maharashtra’s Palghar: Constable Kills Gangster Who Resisted Arrest, attacked cop with Knife

Govt: 60Cr people face high to extreme water crisis in India, demand to be double of supply by 2030

Error in Judgement: Delay in shutting down NTPC Unchahar power plant led to deadly blast in India

Guj Panel look justifiable options for TATA, Adani, Essar stressed power projects, SBI Caps/NTPC assists

Get ready to Get Caught: IIT-Hyderabad develops Artificial Intelligence to catch bikers without helmets

From a blockbuster growth phase about 5yrs ago, Pharma hiring may stay muted this year with 6-10%

Data breach incidents in India higher than global average, 52% reported in 2017, Global 36% only

5 more airports done away with practise of stamping/tagging passengers hand baggage, 42 till now

Bengaluru: Goldsmith, Incense-Stick Maker Arrested In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case, 9 arrested till now

Alwar lynching: Rajasthan Police suspends assistant SI, transfers 3; political slugfest in, out of Parliament

Mob lynchings: Centre forms high-level committee to suggest ways to curb violence; report in 4 weeks

LS passes Bill for quick prosecution in cheque bounce cases, up to 20% compensation to complainant

Moving ahead: Insolvency amendment Bill introduced in LS, recognize home buyers as Financial Creditor

India extends $200MN credit lines to Rwanda; PM holds talks with Kagame, 1st Indian PM to visit

BARC India: Television remain choice of masses even in digital times, 197MN TV homes 66% penetration

Govt: Vehicles that are 20yrs & older will stop plying from 2020 help curb emissions, 70L to go off road

Telcos ask DoT to speed up approvals for new towers to 30 days from 90 to help faster deployment

IndiGo revises data; No of snags in 2017 soars to 14,628 from 340, 36% rise from 2016

Iran becomes India’s No. 2 oil supplier supplied 5.67MN Ton bpd, ahead of Saudi Arabia

Maharashtra Nanar refinery: Outsiders got windfall by buying land just before project’s announcement

Fast-track NPA resolution: 22 PSBs, 19 private, 32 foreign banks sign pact to resolve stressed assets

Long term cannabis use or medication from it may impair memory, will stop from Communicating

Scientists shed new light on underpinnings of human speech, identifying neural circuits in monkey brains

Lab Min: An employee not in employment for a month, allowed to avail 75% PF of total fund to his credit

Prez Duterte Promises To Continue With ‘Relentless’ Drug War across the Philippines

Russia Shows Off Nuclear ‘Doomsday'(inhumane, fearful weapon till date) Torpedo The U.S. Can’t Stop

Ecuador Could Evict WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange From London Embassy Within Weeks

Trump doubled down on claims that Russian election meddling claims are hoax, blames Obama

Temperatures Reach Record Highs amid Heat Wave In Japan & South Korea 39.9 C to 41.0 C

Pak polls: HC judge’s revolt is sad but unremarkable; judiciary has never been free of army’s interference

Greek Wildfire Kills At Least 20 Near Athens, Residents Flee Homes, 6 month old baby also victim

Today’s Word – *Vacuefy* – To produce a vacuum