15-8-2019

y Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that he wanted to assure the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh that these areas will develop as per their wishes. “For years intimidation ruled the roost. Let us now give development a chance,” he says.

y Cathay Pacific says it has sacked two pilots, as the Hong Kong carrier comes under huge pressure from Beijing to clamp down on staff supportive of anti-government rallies.

17-8-2019

y The CBI books a Central Drug Standard Control Organisation inspector and others for allegedly demanding bribe to ignore the deficiency in samples of Dobutamine injection produced by an Amritsar-based pharma company. The drug is used to treat acute heart failure.

y Russian President Vladimir Putin awards the nation’s highest medal, the Hero of Russia, to Damir Yusupov, 41, who landed his plane in a corn field after bird strike knocked the engines out. The plane’s second....