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At the 19th Boundary talks held between NSA Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi, it was agreed to adhere to “peaceful negotiations” to settle the vexed border issue and reach a “fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution”. The issue of China blocking India’s bid at the UN to ban Jaish Chief Masood Azhar was also discussed.



Governing council of TERI has decided to bid goodbye to its disgraced former director RK Pachauri for good. Pachauri is facing sexual harassment charges. TERI has decided not to renew his term on the council. His employment contract which expires in 2017 has been cancelled. TERI had created the post of Executive Vice Chairman for Pachauri in February this year but since the post is co-terminus with his membership of the council, his role as EVC has also come to an end.



Centre is planning to link Jan Dhan accounts with its insurance scheme which was announced in the budget this year. Its implementation will start next month. Any BPL person going to a hospital will be able to identify himself by his Aadhar number and get medical treatment of upto Rs 1 lakh through his Jan Dhan account.



A Hyderabad court on Wednesday convicted Vijay Mallya in connection with the alleged dishonour of cheques amounting to Rs 50 lakh to GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL). This is the second non-bailable warrant issued against him in last three days. A Mumbai court on Monday had also issued a non-bailable warrant against him in a money laundering case.



Navy has also decided to grant permanent commission to its woman officers inducted as Short Service Commission (SSC) officers in the education and naval cadre in 2008-2009. It will allow woman officers to join as pilots of maritime patrol aircraft from next year, however, no decision has been taken regarding allowing them on board sea-faring warships.



MHRD is mooting a proposal to back India’s upcoming Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) platform, Swayam, with Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to ensure exclusivity and to make the platform a global brand. To ensure top notch material and faculties on the platform, the centre has decided to incentivise contributing faculties heavily, a remuneration of Rs 1 lakh per course has been recommended. About 330 courses have already been prepared with a 100 coming from the central universities through the University Grants Commission and near 120 from the IITs.



Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump registered resounding wins in their home state of New York and inched significantly closer to their party’s nomination. Trump with 60% of the votes clinched state’s 89 of the 95 delegates while Clinton with 58% of the votes got 139 of the 247 delegates. (Both parties have different no of delegates for every state). Trump’s delegate count now stands at 847 (with 1237 needed to win the party’s nomination) and Clinton’s at 1443 (with 2383 needed to win).



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