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• The head of the Nato military alliance has said he is extremely concerned that tensions will escalate after an attack on Saudi oil facilities.


• Jens Stoltenberg also said Iran was "destabilizing the whole region".


• The US released satellite images showing damage from the weekend's "unprecedented" strikes, which it has pinned on Iran.


• Iran denies involvement, with President Hassan Rouhani calling the attack a reciprocal act by the "Yemeni people".

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• Hong Kong’s anti-government protesters have sustained their momentum for more than three months, facing off against police through summer heat and clouds of tear gas.


• Officers have met demonstrators head on with a variety of tactics, which they tally following most major events.


• Days of unrestsince June 9 - 100


• Protest-related arrests - 1,453


• Tear gas canisters used - 2,367


• Rubber bullets fired - 498

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• British Prime Minister Boris Johnson boasted ahead of Monday Brexit talks that he was like the Incredible Hulk, who gets stronger when he gets angrier.


• But it was European fury that was on display.


• Hundreds of demonstrators booed Johnson through Luxembourg City's medieval streets, denouncing his plans to steer the country out of the European Union on Oct. 31, with or without a transition deal to ease the way.

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• Amid a flurry of Twitter posts, U.S. President Donald Trump turned to the weekend attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities and assured his audience the United States had become such a big producer it no longer needed oil from the Middle East.


• U.S. government data tells a different story - The technology-driven U.S. drilling boom that started more than a decade ago has made the United States a massive producer, but imports of crude oil and petroleum products from the Gulf region last year still flowed in abundantly.

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• Apple embarks on an epic court battle with the EU, fighting the commission's landmark order that the iPhone-maker reimburse Ireland 13 billion euros ($14 billion) in back taxes.


• Lawyers for the world's biggest company will face EU officials in a Luxembourg court, challenging a decision that CEO Tim Cook slammed at the time as "total political crap".


• The European Commission's conclusion was delivered in August 2016 by Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, a shock decision that put Europe at the forefront of an emerging effort to rein in the power of US big tech.

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• The unmanned aerial vehicle developed technical snags soon after take off.


• A unmanned aerial vehicle which had lost its control from DRDO at Kudapura in Chitradurga district crashed in an arecanut farm in Jodichikkenahalli of Challekere taluk of Chitradurga district

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• President Donald Trump's decision to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an Indian diaspora event next week in Houston, Texas, has raised hopes that trade differences between the two nations will be eased.


• The White House confirmed Trump's presence at a gathering of Indian Americans an influential voter base in the U.S. on Sept. 22, where PM Modi is expected to address a 50,000-strong crowd.

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• For NGOs to receive foreign funds, all their employees and officials have to declare to the government that they were not prosecuted or convicted for religious conversions, according to new rules put out by the home ministry.


• A government notification on Monday also announced changes to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules 2011, which include that individuals need not declare personal gifts worth up to Rs. 1 lakh anymore. Earlier, gifts valued at more than Rs. 25,000 had to be declared.

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• As the 150th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, famously known as Mahatma Gandhi and the Father of the Nation, approaches, Hindustan Times retraces his steps on the historic Dandi March.


• Gandhi undertook the arduous journey to mobilise support against a draconian salt tax imposed by the British.

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• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has invited online applications for the post of assistant. There are over 8000 vacancies across India in various states and regions of the country.


• Bachelor’s degree holder in any subject from a recognized university can apply for the posts.


• The online application process begins from September 17, 2019, and the last date to do so is October 1, 2019.

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• A massive fully-funded PhD fellowship programme at IITs for students from ASEAN countries was launched by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who hoped the platform will help in generating "new business ideas" and "exciting technological breakthroughs".


• The program billed as "the largest of its kind" will select 1,000 students in three phases.


• S Jaishankar inaugurated the program at the Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan here and also launched a portal for receiving applications from students.

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• Odisha's Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT) has clinched the regional round of NTPC's 'Electron Quiz 2019' held here, the state-run company said.


• Teams from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur and Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Sindri came second and third, respectively, it said in a release.

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• JEE Advanced 2020 will be held on May 17, 2020. Taking the mantle from IIT Roorkee, IIT Delhi will be organizing the entrance exam next year. JEE Advanced exam is conducted for admission to 23 IITs.


• The IIT Joint Admission Board (JAB) meeting was held on September 15 and several key decisions were taken.


• One of which is to hold JEE Advanced exam, for the first time, in the United States also. For this purpose, an examination center will be set up in the San Francisco area.

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• IGNOU has extended the admission dates for the July 2019 cycle. Except for BCA, MCA and MTTM (Master of Tourism & Travel Management), registration is open for all other courses till September 30.


• The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) offers various Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma, Masters and Postgraduate Diploma courses through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode.


• Click here for a list of courses offered by IGNOU.

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• Banks are set to miss out on as much as $280 billion in revenue from their payments operations by 2025, as new start-ups muscle in and more of the business of sending money to individuals and companies becomes instant and free, according to a new report.


• The global payments business, which covers anything from card payments to wiring money overseas, is dominated by banks and this year was worth around $1.5 trillion

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• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has expanded the scope and coverage of Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) to include all categories of billers who raise recurring bills (except prepaid recharges) as eligible participants on voluntary basis.


• Currently, BBPS covers bills of five segments – direct to home (DTH), electricity, gas, telecom, and water.

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• Jurgen Klopp has warned Liverpool that retaining the Champions League will be even harder than its incredible march to victory in Madrid last season.


• Klopp’s side starts its bid to win a seventh European Cup with a trip to Napoli for their Group E opener

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• Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Chhaya Sharma who led the investigation of the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape was selected for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers Award along with six others by Asia Society, which is a leading educational organization. She has been awarded for redefining the role of female police officers.


• Asia society promotes mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among people, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States(US).

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• Bollywood actor Neena Gupta registered a double victory at Indian International Film Festival of Boston.


• The Badhaai Ho actor won Best Actress award while her film The Last Color emerged victorious in Best Feature Film category.

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• NASA's efforts to engage a broader audience in exploration through the use of social media and online features was recognized with two Emmy Awards for interactive programming this weekend.


• During ceremonies held Sept. 14-15 at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognized NASA for its coverage of a Mars mission and the agency's first test of a spacecraft that will help bring crewed launches to the International Space Station back to U.S. soil.

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• The Indian Air Force appointed Wing Commander Anjali Singh as India's first woman defence attaché at an Indian mission abroad.


• Wing Commander Singh has been posted at the Indian embassy in Moscow and took charge on September 10.


• Attachés reportedly play a crucial role in the country’s military diplomacy and assist in defence cooperation, training, procurement and security among others.

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• Asian Development Bank (ADB) said its president Takehiko Nakao has announced his resignation which will be effective from January 16 next year. He became the president of ADB on April 28, 2013.


• The new president will be elected in accordance with an open, transparent and merit-based procedure, ADB said in a statement. “I am announcing my resignation with a deep sense of satisfaction and gratitude.

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• Veteran Malayalam actor Sathaar passed away aged 67. He was reportedly undergoing treatment for liver-related ailments at a private hospital in Kerala's Aluva.


• The funeral will reportedly be held at 4pm at Kodungallur's Padinjare Juma Masjid. Sathaar made his acting debut with Malayalam film 'Anavaranam' in 1976.