Modicare covers 10Cr. Families

Ten crore poor and vulnerable families are going to be benefited by The National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) also termed as 'Modicare'. FM Arun Jaitley had termed the plan as "the world's largest government-funded healthcare programme that will cover fifty crore beneficiaries". The initiative will provide ₹5 lakh annual cover to each family that will in sum total requires ₹11,000 crore in state and central funding. And this scheme is going to be launched on 2Oct.readmore@ANI

Indian Defence gets 7.81% more fund in FY2018-2019

Indian gov. allocated an increased defence budget of  ₹2.95 lakh crore for FY 2018-2019, which is 7.81% more than the last year's ₹2.74 lakh crore. ₹1.85 lakh crore is going to be allocated to revenue expenditures which comprise salaries, training, and general services. The amount of around ₹93 thousand crores, allocated for capital expenditure, includes modernization related expenses. And ₹16 thousand crores are estimated for miscellaneous expenses. In terms of GDP, this amount is 1.57%, the lowest since Indo-China war of 1962.readmore@Economic Times

Flipkart Delivered Detergent Bar at ₹55K; FIR Launched

Tabrej Mehaboob Nagrali, a 26-year-old software engineer,  filed an FIR against e-commerce major Flipkart in Byculla police station in central Mumbai for allegedly delivering a detergent bar instead of an iPhone 8. He already made the full payment of ₹55,000. When PTI approached Flipkart, his spokesperson told that the company is already initiated an inquiry into the incident.
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Congress Blew Away BJP in Rajasthan Bypolls

Congress sweeps Ajmer & Alwar parliamentary seats and Mandalgarh assembly seats in the Rajasthan by-elections.From Ajmer, Raghu Sharma won by the margin of 84,414 votes whereas, from Alwar, Karan Singh Yadav won by 1.96 lakh votes. Vivek Dhakar won the Mandalgarh Assembly seat. The result of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) electoral setback is so important because assembly elections in the state are going to be held in December. readmore@The Hindu

Carry your PAN while transacting over ₹2.5 lakh

In the proposed Finance Bill 2018, Gov. of India made 10-digit Permanent Account Number (PAN) mandatory for entities entering into a financial transaction of ₹2.5 lakh or more, effective from April 1, 2018. "It is proposed that every person, not being an individual, which enters into a financial transaction of an amount aggregating to ₹2.50 lakh or more in a financial year shall be required to apply to the Assessing Officer for allotment of PAN," it said. readmore@MoneyControl

India's Record 4th Under-19 World Cup Title

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India thrashed Australia to win record 4th Under-19 WC title, 1st to claim 4 WC title by any nation. The other 3 WC title India has won were in 2000, 2008 and 2012. India won all matches throughout the tournament and become the highest wicket-taker team in the tournament.Ishan Porel (2//30), Anukul Roy (2/32) Shiva Singh (2/36) and Kamlesh Nagarkoti (2/41) dismissed Australia for 216, on the other hand, Kalra's unbeaten 101 runs made it easy to create history for the 4th time.readmore@ICC Cricket

PV Sindhu Jumped to Semi; Siana Crashes Out

PV Sindhu, world number 4 Rio Olympic silver-medallist, defeated Spain's Beatriz Corrales to reach India Open semi-finals in New Delhi on Friday. She won the match in 54mins with a 21-12, 19-21, 21-11 verdict. Last week silver medalist in Indonesia Masters, Saina Nehwal, lost her quarterfinal in a straight games defeat to USA's Beiwan Zhang 10-21, 13-21.readmore@NDTV

New Cancer Vaccine Developed, Going to Start Human Trial

Stanford University is now going to start human trial which includes 15 lymphomas patients with a new cancer therapy that can prime the immune system to eradicate tumors around the body. This treatment cured mice of lymphoma in 87 out of 90 cases and other three mice saw a return, which was successfully treated with a second dose. Similar results were seen in mice with breast, colon and melanoma cancers.The experiment used two immune-stimulating agents to boost cancer-fighting T-cells.readmore@MedStanford

World's 1st own cells grown ear developed in Chinese Lab

Chinese Scientists have grown a perfectly compatible new 3D-printed biodegradable mold ears in a lab and grafted it onto five patient, and they said was a world's 1st in regenerative medicine. Also, the implant was not rejected by the body and its shape & size matched perfectly as a normal ear. The age of all five children was between 6 and 9 years and all were born with a defect in one ear known as microtia, a condition in which the external ear is small and not formed properly.readmore@HT

IND vs SA 1st ODI: IND wins after 7 years

India triumphs the 1st ODI in South Africa of the 6 match ODI series by 6 wickets for the 1st time in 7 years on Thursday. This was also the end of 17-ODI winning streak of South Africa at home. Batting 1st SA made 269 for 8 wickets whereas India chased the target of 270 runs in 46 overs. Virat Kohli scored his 33rd ODI century and 20th ODI century while chasing. This was also his 53rd hundred.readmore@ESPN CricInfo

India, the 6th wealthiest and best performer in 2017: NWW

India has been ranked 6th in the list of wealthiest countries with the total wealth of USD 8,230 billion and rated as best performing market globally with 25% wealth growth, whereas the US wealthiest in the list with USD 64,584 billion, according to a report by New World Wealth. China is at the second place with USD 24,803 billion and Japan with USD 19,522 billion at third. Others in the top 10 list are United Kingdom (4th, USD 9,919 billion), Germany (5th, USD 9,660 billion), France (7th, USD 6,649 billion), Canada (8th, USD 6,393 billion), Australia (9th, USD 6,142 billion) and Italy (10th, USD 4,276 billion).readmore@Business Today