• Four Indian teachers in Libya were kidnap by militant group. Two of them were released later.
• According to the India-Bangladesh land boundary agreement, India and Bangladesh officially swap land tonight.
• World Health Organization (WHO) inform that the hailing the results from the first efficacy test of the VSV-ZEBOV vaccine provides 100-per cent protection from Ebola virus.
30th July:
• Former President APJ Abdul Kalam laid to rest in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
• 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon hanged in the Nagpur Central Jail.
• Warning of heavy rains given in West Bengal and Odisha as Cyclone Komen moves towards the Bay of Bengal.
• India launches e-Visa for Chinese nationals at nine Indian airports after applying for tourist visas online.
29th July:
• Indian forest officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi and founder of NGO Goonj, Anshu Gupta has been selected for the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award. Three others including Kommaly Chanthavong from Laos, Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa from Philippines and Kyaw Thu from Myanmar are also awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
• 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon's mercy plea rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee.
27th July:
• Former President and missile man of India APJ Abdul Kalam died at the age of 84 at a hospital in Meghalaya. He was in Meghalaya to deliver a lecture at the IIM in Shillong.
• At least five people were killed and 10 injured in a terrorist attack in Gurdaspur district, Punjab. Security personnel have captured one terrorist while three others have been killed in the gunbattle.
26th July:
• Vijay Diwas is celebrated across the nation in the memory of Kargil war.
• World's largest flower Titan Arum, a 6.5 feet long flower bloomed in Tokyo's Jindai Botanical Garden for the first time in five years.
25th July:
• A sessions court in Delhi has dropped all charges against IPL cricketers S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan from spot fixing.
• The Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi launched Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in Patna.
24th July:
• NASA spacecraft Kepler has found a planet at a distance of 1,400 light-years from Earth which has some similarities like Earth. It is named as Kepler-452b.
23rd July:
• Climate scientist RK Pachauri removed from the post of Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) chief. He has been replaced by Ajay Mathur.
22nd July:
• Union Government launched National Career Counseling Portal ( www.ncs.gov.in ) where candidates can counseling free of cost from government certified counselors and psychologists.
• As announced by BCCI, the 2016 World Twenty20 cricket tournament final will be held at Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata.
21st July:
• The Supreme Court rejected the death mercy plea of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon.
• The Monsoon Session of Parliament starts from today
20th July:
• India's first indigenously designed and developed cryogenic rocket engine has been successfully endurance hot-tested for 800 seconds.
• Swati Maliwal appointed as the chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).
• Indian hockey chief coach Paul van Ass has been sacked from his post.
19th July:
• At least five people were killed and seven injured after a four-storey building collapsed in the Vishnu Garden area of West Delhi.
• India and Zimbabwe draw the two match T20 series by 1-1.
18th July:
• The Puri Rath Yatra begins from today.
• Eid is celebrated across the nation.
17th July:
• IIS officer Prashant Pathrabe appointed as the Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).
15th July:
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Skill India mission.
• Indian artist Sayed Haider Raza conferred with Legion of Honour, the highest French civilian honour.
14th July:
• The Supreme Court appointed Justice Lodha Committee ban two IPL teams, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for two years. The Committee also bans Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra from all cricketing activ
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