1. Ghulam Nabi Azad, the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha said in his Triple Talaq bill speech, “Destruction of Muslim families, true motive of Triple Talaq bill.”
2. VG Siddhartha, founder of Cafe Coffee Day (CCD), has gone missing since Monday evening from the Netravali dam site in Karnataka. VG Siddhartha is also the son-in-law of former Karnataka CM and Union minister SM Krishna.
3. Jagdeep Dhankar has been sworn in as the Governor of West Bengal. The Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court T.B Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office and Secrecy to him at a simple function in Raj Bhavan in Kolkata.
4. IN LCU L-56, the sixth indigenously built Landing Craft Utility (LCU) MK IV class ship was commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 29, 2019. The amphibious ship will play a primary role for the transportation and deployment of armoured vehicles, main battle tanks, troops and equipment from ship to shore.
5. The UN revealed in a recent report that a record number of more than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year, with Afghanistan, Palestine, Syria and Yemen topping the casualty list.
6. Jordan has unveiled its first underwater military museum off the coast of Aqaba. In this ceremony, the kingdom sank several military vehicles, including tanks, troop carriers and a helicopter. Government agencies removed all hazardous materials before the vehicles were submerged.
7. India now has as many as 2,967 tigers in the wild, with more than half of them in Madhya Pradesh (526) and Karnataka (524). PM Modi released tiger estimation report 2018 recently. Growth has not been found uniform in all 18 states where tigers are found.
8. Google celebrates 133rd birthday of India’s first woman legislator Muthulakshmi Reddi with a doodle today. Muthulakshmi Reddi was an Indian educator, lawmaker, surgeon, and a social reformer. She was also the first female student at Madras Medical College.
9. Sanjay Singh has resigned from the Congress party. Sanjay Singh said that he has tendered his resignation from the Rajya Sabha. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu accepted his resignation. He is likely to join the BJP tomorrow.
10. According to US, National Hurricane Center has said that tropical storm Erick has grown in strength to a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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