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  The Cabinet cleared crucial changes to the Right to Information Act to block politicalparties from being covered under RTI which will exempt parties from being obligedto share details of their funding or how they choose their candidates. 

  Bhim Sain Bassi appointed as the Delhi Police Commissioner. 

  Sujatha Singh takes charge as India’s new foreign secretary. 

  Union Government eased investment rules for the retail sector allowing foreignsupermarket operators to procure from small businesses which have invested nomore than the equivalent of $2 million in plant and machinery. 

  Aditya Mehta wins snooker gold in World Games at Cali, Columbia. 

  Hassan Rouhani took office as Iran's president. 

  Arundhati Bhattacharya appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of India(SBI). 

  Japan launches first talking Robot Astronaut Kirobo into Space from theTanegashima Space Center. 

  India women team wins bronze at junior women hockey World Cup after defeatingEngland 3-2 in penalties. 

  Raghuram Rajan appointed as next RBI governor. 

  Amazon boss Jeff Bezos agreed to purchase the Washington Post newspaper for$250m. 

  Telecom and IT minister Kapil Sibal launch the website www.data.gov.in whichgives access to 3,500 govt data banks. 

  Government approved setting up of all-women bank (Bhartiya Mahila Bank Ltd)with an initial capital of Rs 1,000 crore. 

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  Indian shuttler P. V. Sindhu enters the semifinals of World BadmintonChampionships after defeating Shixian Wang of China. She becomes the first Indianwoman singles player to ensure a medal at the World Badminton Championships. 

  India launches first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant from Kochi. 

  India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-IImissile, which has a strike range of 350 km. 

  The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) reports that the IndianGovernment had failed to follow defense procurement policy rules in awarding a560 million euros luxury helicopter deal to AgustaWestland. 

  Ibrahim Boubacar Keita elected as the new President of Mali. 

  For the first time, Election Commission will use the paper trail system along with

the Electronic Voting Machines in the Nagaland by-election scheduled to be held onSeptember 4.In this process, when the voter presses a button on the EVM to select the party he wants to vote for, a small slip bearing the name and symbol of the partywill appear on the attached VVPAT system. 

  Robert Mugabe sworn in for 7th term as Zimbabwe President. 

  Malala Yousafzai awarded 2013 International Children's Peace Prize. 

  India's first dedicated defense satellite GSAT-7 launched successfully by anEuropean rocket. 

  India's Chandrayan mission data helped NASA to detected magmatic water lockedunder the surface of the Moon. 

  India's economy grew at 4.4 per cent in the April-June 2013 quarter, the slowest quarterly rate in last 4 years. 

  Hyderabad Hotshots wins the first Indian Badminton League (IBL).