INDIA
– 4 Cong MPs suspended from Lok Sabha for rest of session for disrupting proceedings
– Droupadi Murmu takes oath as India’s 15th President
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Fresh milk and pasteurised milk fully exempted from Goods and Service Tax, clarifies Government
– Multi-Agency Group set up by govt for expeditious and coordinated investigation of various categories of foreign asset cases: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
– Maersk creates fast, reliable India-Bangladesh cross-border logistics solution using inland waterways
WORLD
– India contributes $2.5 million to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UN RWA)
– Boat carrying Haitian migrants sinks off Bahamas, killing 17; 25 rescued
– Myanmar: Military rulers execute four democracy activists, the first execution conducted in the country in decades
– World Drowning Prevention Day observed on July 25
SPORTS
– World Athletics Championships in US: Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan breaks world record in women’s 100m hurdles in 12.12 seconds
