Today's GK

Mahela Jayawardene, with Shikhar Dhawan's catch, is the first fielder to complete 200 catches in ODIs.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking a direction for fixing the age of consent of a wife at 18 years for having sexual relations with her husband. Agreeing to hear the PIL, a bench headed by Justice K S Radhakrishnan sought response from the Centre on the issue. The court passed the order on a petition filed by an NGO, iThought, seeking its direction for amendment of section 375 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code which makes an exception on age of consent of the wife for sexual relations with her husband. The exception in section 375, which was recently amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 2013, states that "sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under 15 years of age, is not rape.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Centre for not formulating a policy to regulate/ban retail sale of acid across the country, even as it expressed serious concern over acid attacks taking place everyday.

New advanced weather satellite Insat-3D. The 3000-kg satellite will be launched from French Guiana on a European Ariane-5 vehicle in the wee hours of July

Two years and one week after he was given charge of the Indian men’s hockey team, chief coach Michael Nobbs has been removed from post

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The Election Commission has welcomed the Supreme Court verdict declaring ultra vires Section 8 (4) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 that allowed convicted MPs, MLAs and MLCs to continue their membership if they had appealed against their conviction/sentence within three months of the date of judgment.

The strategic TAPI pipeline project, which will transport gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, has gathered momentum with the Petroleum and Energy Ministers of the four nations agreeing to form a company by end-September . Asian Development Bank has been appointed as legal-technical consultant, and it will soon identify a company which will drive the project.

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Zubin Mehta, western classical music conductor of Indian-Parsi origin, will be felicitated with the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony.

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on 10 July 2013 approved a reshuffled ruling coalition Government, ending a 10-day crisis over hated strict policies that nearly overthrown the government.

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimated on 11 July 2013 that World cereal production is set to increase by 7 per cent in year 2013, to a record 2.479 million tonnes, predicting it would help stabilise prices in 2013-14.