Freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik (23) won India̢۪s first medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games by clinching the bronze in the 58kg category.

The Union Power Ministry has launched ‘e-Trans’ & ‘DEEP’ e-bidding web portals for electronic bidding and e-reverse auction of tariff-based electricity transmission projects.

• Parliament passes Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws Amendment Bill, 2016
• Maharashtra Government launches Quit India Movement 2 against social evils
• India seeks help of US and European countries to crack terror fund trail from Pakistan

Parliament has passed Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws Amendment Bill, 2016.

The Lok Sabha has unanimously passed the Employee̢۪s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to reduce litigation in cases of disputes arising over compensation to workers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Yaad Karo Kurbani (remember the sacrifices) celebrations at birthplace of freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad at Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh.

The awareness movement is an apparent attempt to link contemporary politics to pre-Independence history to rid itself of various social evils and convert swaraj into su-raj.

India has approached United States (US) and select European countries part of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to crack terror fund trail details of the Al Rehmat Trust from Pakistan.

The Union Government has announced that the Non-Performing Assets (NPA) of commercial banks have increased by around 4% in the last one year (March 2015 to March 2016).

The Parliament passed The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014 after it was unanimously passed by the Lok Sabha by approving all the amendments made by Rajya Sabha earlier.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its third bi-monthly monetary policy review for year 2016-17 has maintained status quo in key policy interest rate.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) told the Supreme Court that banned Ponzi schemes do not fall under its regulatory purview.