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• US President Donald Trump says he is open to meeting Iran's President Hassan Rouhani under the right circumstances.


• It comes after Iran's foreign minister made a brief and unannounced visit to the G7 summit in France.


• Relations between Iran and the US have deteriorated since Washington withdrew last year from a 2015 deal to limit Iran's nuclear activities.

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• During Indonesia's summer months, in villages like Klepu in East Java province, the only source of clean water is in a 10m (33ft) deep cave.


• To tackle rising demand, the government has made plans to give 10 million more homes running water by 2024.

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• A no-deal Brexit would leave the UK at the mercy of US President Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn has claimed.


• Writing in the Independent, the Labour party leader accused the PM of "cosying up to Trump" because "no-deal Brexit is really a Trump-deal Brexit".


• PM Boris Johnson said he was "marginally more optimistic" about striking a new Brexit deal with the EU.

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• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hit back at critics following a series of recent air strikes across the Middle East.


• Mr. Netanyahu also accused Iran of producing "terror attacks" and said Israel would defend itself "by any means necessary".


• It comes after reports of strikes against Iranian targets and Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.

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• A Dutch doctor has appeared in court after performing euthanasia on a patient suffering with severe dementia.


• Prosecutors say the doctor did not do enough to verify consent. It is the first such case since the Netherlands legalized euthanasia in 2002.


• The 74-year-old patient was suffering from Alzheimer's disease when she died in 2016.


• The doctor allegedly sedated the woman and asked her family to hold her down as she administered a lethal drug.

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• An “underwater wing” of Pakistan- based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) is training people to carry out attacks but the Indian Navy is fully prepared to thwart any such attempt, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh said.


• He said all stakeholders in coastal security are ensuring that there is no intrusion from the sea.

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• The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a 13-page affidavit in the Supreme Court saying the arrest and interrogation of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram is necessary to “unearth a larger and wider case of money laundering”.


• It said the ED was tracking the money trail to clamp down on black money and there is a strong prima facie case against Mr. Chidambaram based on cogent evidence as contemplated under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

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• Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the security situation in all the 10 Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected States.


• Mr. Shah said LWE has no place in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of New India. He said LWE organizations were against “democratic institutions,” used violence and prevented development in the least developed regions of the country.

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• The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh continued to have Z plus security, a day after The Hindu reported that the Special Protection Group (SPG) would be withdrawn from his security detail shortly.


• An MHA spokesperson said, “The current security cover review is a periodical and professional exercise based on threat perception that is purely based on the professional assessment by security agencies. Dr. Manmohan Singh continues to have a Z+ security cover.”

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• The Centre plans to intensify Aadhaar enrolments in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), particularly the Kashmir Valley where the penetration of the unique ID that is the key to government benefits is very low, so as to ensure that benefits of welfare schemes reach to all residents, three government officials said requesting anonymity.


• The process will accelerate once the bifurcation of the region into two Union Territories is complete on October 31, the officials added.

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• Four of the six Western Ghats states have agreed to declare only 31,387 sq km — about half of what K Kasturirangan Committee had recommended as — as ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) where mining, quarrying, and polluting industries will be banned.


• Minutes of a meeting of these states with the environment ministry, held on February 15, 2019, show that Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Goa, and Kerala have proposed to notify only about half of the recommended 60,000 sq km as ESA.

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• At G7 Summit, Prime Minister Narendra highlighted India's large scale efforts towards eliminating single-use plastic, conserving water, harnessing solar energy and protecting flora and fauna for a sustainable future.


• Prime Minister made these remarks during an address to a session on the environment at G7 Summit in the French town of Biarritz.


• Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted that reiterating India's commitment to tackle global challenges Prime Minister underlined India's contribution to addressing reducing biodiversity, climate change, water stress & ocean pollution.


• AIR correspondent reports, clouds covered the sky of Biarritz yesterday, but there is new dawn waiting for India today which was invited as a partner country in G7 summit.


• Apart from getting a diplomatic win on the Kashmir issue, India also gave an idea to the world on the forum of G7 that how to fight against the natural calamities.


• In his one to one talk with UN general secretary, Antonio Guterres Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested about how the world could come together to create a pool of trained volunteers which will help the countries in case of disaster.


• He also asserted that India is moving towards the renewable and clear forms of energy and there is a strong case for India's membership of Nuclear suppliers group.


• Mr. Guterres also said that he is willing to help India on this issue.


• PM also had a bilateral meeting with President of Senegal and discussed an International solar alliance.

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• Delhi University students’ union (DUSU) Ankiv Baisoya’s fake degree controversy, the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has decided to be extra careful while selecting its candidates this year.


• The students’ group has decided to give tickets to only DU graduates for this year’s DUSU elections scheduled for September 12.

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• Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has uploaded the marks obtained by candidates who had taken the Combined Graduate Level (CGL) tier 1 examination.


• Candidates who had appeared for the SSC CGL Tier 1 exam can check their marks on ssc.nic.in till September 25, 2019.


• SSC has already declared the result of its CGL Tier- 1 exam on August 20, 2019. A total of 15162 candidates have qualified for Tier-II [Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-IV General Studies, Finance, and Accounts.

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• The RBI earning a robust net income and write back of excess provisions in the contingency fund have led to the massive pay out.


• The Bimal Jalan Committee-recommended surplus transfer by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has offered a much-needed respite to the Centre.

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• Deutsche Bank AG’s only retail banking franchise outside Europe is getting more investment, amid sweeping cost cuts and restructuring taking place elsewhere at the German lender.


• After receiving a 470 million euro ($520 million) capital injection earlier this year, Deutsche Bank’s Indian operation is set to hire about 140 people and boost its retail banking and wealth management operations.

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• Tennis player Sumit Nagal, who became the youngest Indian in 25 years to qualify for the main draw of the US Open, showcased a spirited performance before he went down fighting against 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in the opening round of the final major of the tournament.


• The Indian star made an impressive Grand Slam debut by grabbing the first set against Swiss great Federer before the latter bounced back strongly to clinch a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory in a thrilling first round of the men's singles event at Flushing Meadows that lasted two hours and 29 minutes.

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• Hello and welcome to Sportstar's LIVE coverage of the first round match between Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Daniil Medvedev.


• The game, set, match. Prajnesh loses to Medvedev 4-6, 1-6, 2-6.


• Medvedev breaks Prajnesh one last time, to love, and that means it is a fourth first successive Grand Slam exit for the Indian.


• Easy hold for Medvedev. He takes the game and that means Prajnesh will be serving to stay in the match.

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• Shri Prabhakar Singh, Director General(DG), Central Public Works Department(CPWD) was chosen for the ‘Eminent Engineer Award’ for the Year 2019.


• The award is conferred by the Institution of Engineers (India) for his distinguished and exemplary service in the field of Engineering and Technology.

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• Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa appointed three deputy chief ministers on Monday as he allocated portfolios to the new lawmakers in his cabinet.


• Govind Makthappa Karajol, Ashwath Narayan and Laxman Sangappa Savadi will serve as the deputy chief ministers, according to a notice.


• While Karajol has been allotted Public Works Department, Narayan and Savadi have been given higher education and transport, respectively.


• Narayan had carved a name for himself as a trouble-shooter and strategist during 'Operation Kamala'.

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• Glavkosmos, which is a subsidiary of Russian space agency Roscosmos and manages the international space project had signed a contract with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the training the Indian astronauts.


• Russia is helping India in its first manned mission to space, Gaganyaan, by training the astronauts. A total of four Indian astronauts will go to Russia by November 2019 for a training period of 15 months at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre.

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• Chandrayaan-2, which is currently orbiting the Moon, has captured some more images of the lunar surface showing several craters, the Indian Space Research Organisation said.


• Sharing the pictures, the ISRO said in a statement that the photos captured by the lunar spacecraft are those of craters Somerfeld, Kirkwood, Jackson, Mach, Korolev, Mitra, Plaskett, Rozhdestvenskiy and Hermite.

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• The first woman Director General of Police (DGP), Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, passed away following an illness in Mumbai.


• Bhattachary, a 1973 batch IPS officer, made history when she was appointed the DGP of Uttarakhand in the year 2004. She retired as the DGP on October 31, 2007.


• After retirement, she took a plunge into politics by contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha election on an Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) ticket from Haridwar constituency. However, she could not make it to the lower house of Parliament.