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With no prospects of profitability for Orb Electrical Steels in a competitive European steel industry, Tata Steel has proposed to close the site in Britain, necessitating a lay-off of nearly 380 employees. Wolverhampton Engineering Steels Service Centre also faces closure.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be honoured by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for his work with the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, one of the first projects that was launched in PM Modi's first term at the Centre in 2014.
 

Post abrogation of Article 370 and removal of special category status, 575 youths today joined Light Infantry Regimental Centre during passing out parade held in Srinagar.
 

The West Bengal passed a bill to keep a check on incidents of mob lynching and criminalising such actions. The Trinamool Congress chief stated that the Centre should take a hint. 
 

During the recent Lok Sabha and Assembly election campaign, Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy assured people that he would completely prohibit liquor sales in the state

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named a crater on Pluto after Indian scientist Bishun Khare. Here are interesting facts about the scientist who made the country proud

 

Manasi Joshi has become a household name after she won a gold at the Para-Badminton Championships. She was six when she started playing badminton with her father, a retired scientist from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.

 

In a massive push for women hygiene, the price of each sanitary pad available at Jan Aushadhi stores has been reduced to Re 1. In the market the rate of each pad ranges between Rs 6 and Rs 8

The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) has lashed out at Subramanian Swamy for commenting that work on Kartarpur corridor should stop. The SGPC spokesperson said that this has made the entire Sikh community in the world angry

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman reacted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's comment about Centre availing a payout of Rs 1.76 lakh crore from the RBI and said that it reminds her of his comments of chor (thief) against the BJP during Lok Sabha election that had backfired

The new statue of Ambedkar was erected within 12 hours at the centre of Vedaranyam town in Tamil Nadu, where the dominant caste community in retaliation vandalised the previous statue due to the torching of a vehicle by a group of Dalit men on Sunday evening (August 25)

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not enjoy Special Protection Group cover henceforth. The withdrawal comes into effect after the Central Armed Police Forces takes over the responsibility. The CAPF will continue to give him Z-plus security.

 The villagers from Thiruvetriyur, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, staged a protest against the Centre stating that they failed to provide electricity to the villagers under UDAY scheme

 

Rahul Gandhi along with opposition leaders had visited Srinagar on August 25 despite the fact that Kashmir has not returned to normalcy after abrogation of Article 370. Mayawati said that this visit has given the Governor and Centre a chance to do politics over the issue
 

A video of HD Revanna ringing bell at the Gokak flood-rehabilitation centre when a victim was narrating her grievance has gone viral.