The Assam Assembly has passed the Assam Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to give a fillip to the local film industry by reducing the service charge of cinema tickets.

The 21-year-old Sindhu joined shooters Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Vijay Kumar and wrestler Sushil Kumar to win the Olympic silver for India.

• CSMCRI researchers develop photocatalyst to completely degrade industrial dyes
• Wrestler Sakshi Malik wins India’s first medal at Rio Olympics
• MEA launches mobile App integrating various social media handles

Researchers from the Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavanagar, Gujarat have developed photocatalyst that can completely degrade three industrial dyes in the presence of sunlight.

The Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has launched a mobile app that integrates various social media handles of over 170 Indian missions on a common platform.

Noted Odia actor and director Gobind Tej passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He was 88.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur has adopted five villages in Uttar Pradesh under the Namami Gange programme.

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.