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• Turkey's ruling party has lost control of Istanbul after a re-run of the city's mayoral election, latest results show.


• The candidate for the main opposition party, Ekrem Imamoglu, won 54% of the vote with nearly all ballots counted.


• He won a surprise victory in March which was annulled after the ruling AK party complained of irregularities.

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• Mauritania's ruling party candidate has won the first democratic transition of power since independence in 1960.


• Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani, a close ally of outgoing President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, won with 52% of votes.


• Four of the opposition candidates have rejected the results, which are expected to be submitted to the constitutional council for validation.

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• Khashoggi, who had been living in the U.S., criticised the Saudi royal family in his writings.


• President Donald Trump brushed aside the grisly killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying his death has already been investigated and a Saudi pledge to spend billions of dollars on U.S. military equipment “means something to me.”

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• Gulf region may spread uncontrollably and threaten the lives of U.S. troops, a senior Iranian military commander said after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose further sanctions on the Islamic Republic.


• While flagging more sanctions, Mr. Trump had also said on Saturday he wanted to make a deal to bolster Iran’s economy in an apparent move to defuse tensions following the shooting down of an unmanned U.S. drone this week by the Islamic Republic.

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• Commemorating 20 years of the Kargil War, the IAF on Monday turned the Gwalior air base virtually into a conflict theatre, with dramatic reenactment of some of the milestones of the operation in 1999.


• In a symbolic ‘recreation’ of the Tiger Hill attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Drass-Kargil area, the air force used the Mirage 2000 aircraft and explosives were blown up on a ‘model hill’ to recreate the crucial events of the war.

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• Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden budget will set the stage for reforms over the next five years that could see structural policy changes in areas such as land, labour, capital and entrepreneurship to attract investment, offer incentives to boost consumption, and spend public money on social infrastructure for equitable growth, officials aware of the matter said.


• As the interim budget presented on February [latex]1^{st}[/latex] announced several popular decisions, this is being seen as a time for consolidation and to present a five-year policy road map that would boost sagging economic growth and address unemployment, two main concerns for the government, said the officials cited above who asked not to be named.

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• The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 are likely to be introduced in the Lok Sabha today. Follow live updates.


• Both the Houses of Parliament will take up the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address on Monday.


• President Ram Nath Kovind had addressed the joint sitting of both Houses on June [latex]20^{th}[/latex].

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• One of the first things G. Kishan Reddy arranged when he checked into his office at the iconic North Block building on Raisina Hills was a miniature statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of Independent India.


• Mr. Reddy said he owed to Patel the liberation of the then princely state of Hyderabad on September [latex]17^{th}[/latex], 1948 from the Nizam’s rule. The statue would be an ode to the illustrious leader, he said.

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• The Hindujas will pump another Rs 2,700 crore into IndusInd Bank through a warrant issue to ramp up the promoter holding after the merger of Bharat Financial, a senior official from the private sector lender has said.


• The merger between the bank and the micro-lender, which will be effective July 4, is accretive from a profit, margin and return on equity perspective.

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• GDP and the limited fiscal space are some of the challenges that India is facing, and there is a need to take bold steps to reform the financial sector, the real and social infrastructure, remove bottlenecks in different segments and unleash the economy, according to Uday Kotak.


• The veteran banker, however, does not believe that the current crisis in some non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) is posing a systemic risk.

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• South Africa are now officially out of the 2019 World Cup semi-finals race after suffering a 49-run defeat against Pakistan on Sunday.


• This is the first time since the 2003 edition that South Africa have failed to make it to the knockout stage of the World Cup. With the victory, Pakistan moved to the seventh position in 2019 World Cup.

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• India clinched the women's FIH Series Finals hockey tournament by beating hosts Japan 3-1 in the summit clash in Hiroshima on Sunday.


• The Indian team's captain Rani Rampal gave India the lead in the third minute before drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur struck twice (45th and 60th minutes) to set up the Indian team's win.

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• World number three Roger Federer defeated David Goffin 7-6(7-2), 6-1 in the final on Sunday to win the Halle Open for the 10th time.


• It is the first time that the 37-year-old has won the same title 10 times in his career. It was Federer's 102nd tour-level title and his 19th tour-level title on grass.

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• A well-known educationist, pediatrician and author, Dr Gaurav Nigam was conferred with the ‘Innovative Research Excellence Award 2019’ by Lyonpo Ugyen Dorji, Minister for Labour and Human Resources of Bhutan at the Asian Leadership Summit held at Thimphu, Bhutan. The event was organized by Global Leaders Foundation.


• He was conferred this award for his excellence in school education on the basis of his excellent performance, splendid achievement and outstanding contribution towards the innovative development and research activities in the field of school education in South Asian Region.

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• South Africa's 40-year-old leg-spinner Imran Tahir has become the highest wicket-taker among South Africans in World Cup history.


• Tahir achieved the feat by taking two wickets against Pakistan on Sunday, taking his tally to 39 wickets in World Cups.


• He overtook former South Africa fast bowler Allan Donald, who had taken 38 wickets across World Cup editions.

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• Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Viral Acharya has resigned from his position six months before the end of his term, according to sources in the central bank.


• Mr. Acharya, who was in charge of the monetary policy department of the RBI, reportedly resigned due to “personal reasons”.


• His departure is significant as it comes just a little more than six months after the resignation of Urjit Patel from the post of RBI Governor.


• It is also perhaps significant that Mr. Patel resigned shortly before the Bimal Jalan committee is to submit its report on whether RBI reserves could be transferred to the Centre or not.

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• Tata Steel said it will seek shareholders' nod for reappointment of TV Narendran as its CEO and MD effective September 2018, not liable to retire by rotation.


• The 54-year-old was appointed as the company's MD for five years effective September 2013. Tata Steel will also seek approval for reappointment of Mallika Srinivasan and OP Bhatt as independent directors.

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• Judge of Telangana High Court, Justice V Ramasubramanian sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. He succeeded Chief Justice Surya Kant.


• His Oath taking ceremony was administered by Governor Acharya Devvrat.


• Apart from Telangana High Court earlier, he served as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court from July [latex]31^{st}[/latex], 2006 and as permanent Judge from November [latex]9^{th}[/latex], 2009.<

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• NASA's Curiosity rover detected high levels of methane in the Martian air, which could be a sign of microbes living on the planet, the NYT reported.


• It's reportedly also possible that the methane is ancient and trapped inside Mars but escaping intermittently through cracks. At 21 parts per billion, the quantities are reportedly thrice the amount Curiosity spotted in 2013.

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• Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will pen an Autobiography titled ‘My Life, My Mission’. He will unveil the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of his life and provide insights into his childhood in his autobiography. It is being published by Penguin Random House and expected to release in August 2019.


• It will describe the journey of the Yoga guru from a small Haryana village to international stage, about his passion for yoga and good health, friends and foes, the Swadeshi Campaign and the journey of Ramdev’s venture, Patanjali Group of Institutions, with a turnover of about Rs 12,000 crores.

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