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• A ceasefire by Syrian government forces will come into force on Saturday morning in the rebel-held province of Idlib, Russia has announced.


• The unilateral agreement will begin at 06:00 (03:00 GMT), Russia's defence ministry said.


• Syrian forces intensified their efforts to recapture Idlib in April.

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• The US is due to impose fresh tariffs on a range of Chinese goods, in a sharp escalation of a bruising trade war.


• The US is expected to hit billions of dollars worth of Chinese products with 15% duties, in the first of two rounds of new tariffs.


• Beijing said it has "ample" means to retaliate, while also calling for both sides to continue trade negotiations.

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• Brazil’s Foreign Ministe said that his country is successfully extinguishing the fires in the Amazon region that have generated international concern after discussing the situation with President Donald Trump at the White House.


• Mr. Araujo told reporters after meeting with Mr. Trump that the fires “are not an excuse to promote ideas of international management of the Amazon,” though he said the South American country is open to cooperation with other countries.

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• Hurricane Dorian powered toward Florida with increasing fury, becoming an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm but leaving forecasters uncertain whether it would make a direct hit on the state’s east coast or inflict a glancing blow.


• The storm’s winds rose to a howling 130 mph (215 kph) as Dorian gained new strength while crossing warm Atlantic waters.


• The hurricane could wallop the state with even higher winds and torrential rains late, with millions of people in the crosshairs, along with Walt Disney World and President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

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• The Supreme Court Collegium led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has made a slew of recommendations to fill four vacancies in the Supreme Court and for appointments of Chief Justices in eight High Courts across the country.


• The Supreme Court published its resolutions recommending Chief Justices of Punjab and Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala High Courts – Justices Krishna Murari, S. Ravindra Bhat, V. Ramasubramanian and Hrishikesh Roy — for appointment to the Supreme Court.

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• Mr. Dhavan annexed a letter written by Professor N. Shanmugham making foreboding remarks and screenshots of WhatsApp messages sent by a Sanjay Kalal Bajrangi in his petition.


• Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan sought contempt proceedings against a Chennai-based man for allegedly intimidating him for representing the Sunni Wakf Board.


• He annexed a letter written by Professor N. Shanmugham making foreboding remarks and screenshots of WhatsApp messages sent by a Sanjay Kalal Bajrangi in his petition.

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• The National Register of Citizens or NRC list in Assam was published at 10 am today. It intends to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants from the state.


• The final publication of the NRC has stoked fear of loss of citizenship and long periods of detention. Ahead of the publication of the NRC, the state government has sought to calm fraying nerves after a spate of complaints that many people have been left off the rolls despite having valid documentation.

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• India is willing to discuss outstanding issues with Pakistan bilaterally in an atmosphere free of terror and violence, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.


• The remark was made during the minister’s meeting with European Union Commissioner Christos Stylianides after the latter reiterated the EU’s stance that New Delhi and Islamabad need to re-open dialogue through diplomatic channels for the de-escalation of tensions in the Kashmir region.

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• The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has declared the result of the officer scale 1 and office assistants (Multipurpose) examination. IBPS released the CRP RRB VII office assistant and officer scale 1 provisional allotment reserve list.


• Candidates can check the IBPS RRB VII office assistant and Officer scale 1 provisional allotment reserve list by visiting the official website of IBPS at ibps.in.


• A reserve list to the extent of vacancies as per extant provision is drawn by the IBPS in each category subject to exigencies and availability of candidates.

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• Even as the Centre’s big bank mergers detracted the attention briefly from the much-awaited GDP growth numbers for the April-June quarter, the sharp slowdown drew the market’s attention back to the immediate issue at hand.


• The Central Statics Office (CSO) revealing that the real GDP growth in Q1 of the current fiscal plunged to a six-year low of 5 per cent, is a big cause for worry.

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• Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India have been merged into Punjab National Bank; Allahabad Bank merged into Indian Bank, Syndicate Bank into Canara Bank, among other mergers.


• The after the Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank are merged into the Punjab National Bank, it will become India's second largest bank. (SBI remains India's largest bank). Once these three banks are merged it will create a bank with a business of Rs 17.95 lakh crore and have 11,437 branches.


• Once the Syndicate bank is merged into the Canara Bank, the resultant bank will become India's fourth-largest public sector bank with Rs 15.20 lakh crore business.


• Union Bank, Andhra Bank, Corporation Bank to merge to become India's fifth largest public sector bank with Rs 14.59 lakh crore business.


• The 12 public sector banks that India will have after today's decision are: State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank, Indian Bank, UCO Bank and Bank of Maharashtra.

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• Defending champion Novak Djokovic silenced concerns about his left shoulder as the Serbian breezed past American Denis Kudla 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 on Friday to reach the last 16 at the U.S. Open.


• Djokovic's title defence looked to be in jeopardy in his previous match when he received treatment on his shoulder several times, an issue which he said had impacted his serve and backhand.

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• Captain Virat Kohli’s fighting 76 and opener Mayank Agarwal’s half century helped India reach 264 for 5 on Day 1 to take a slight edge over the West Indies in their World Test Championships second match here.


• Put in to bat on a tricky Sabina Park pitch, India were reduced to 46 for 2 in the opening session but Kohli and Agarwal (55) worked hard to rebuild the innings with a 69-run stand for the third wicket.

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• At Delhi’s constitutional club,The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs’ flagship mission, the DeendayalAntyodayaYojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) bagged 2019 SKOCH Governance Gold Award for its Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access (PAiSA) portal.


• It is a centralized Information Technology (IT) platform launched in november 2018 for quick processing of loans under Direct Benefit Transfer(DBT) mode. Mobile message will also be sent instantly after crediting the amount.

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• The Appointment Committee of Cabinet(ACC) headed by the Prime Minister(PM), has given its approval to extension/reappointment of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairman Pramod Chandra Modyfor an additional period of 1 year.


• The ACC has also appointed 1983-batch IRS (Indian Revenue Service) officer Prabhash Shankar as a new member in the CBDT. while the other members of the board are P K Dash, AkhileshRanjan and Neena Kumar, the CBDT still has two vacant vacancies.

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• Former South American football chief Nicolas Leoz, aged 90, passed away in Asuncion, Paraguay after heart failure.


• He was a key suspect in the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) corruption scandal investigated by the United States (US) Justice Department.


• He had served as the President of the Confederation of South American Football (CONMEBOL) from 1986 to 2013.