The big news: Gymnast Dipa Karmakar makes it to vault final at Olympics, and nine other top stories
Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised violence against Dalits by cow vigilante groups for a second straight day, and Iran executed a nuclear scientist.
A look at the headlines right now:
- Dipa Karmakar becomes first Indian to qualify for a gymnastics final at the Olympics: The athlete from Tripura just made it to the last round by scoring 14.850 on the vault, which is her specialty.
- 'It is our duty to protect the Dalit people of our country': Narendra Modi slams gau rakshaks again: A day after he condemned cow vigilante groups, the prime minister said recent assaults by such people had caused 'unbearable pain’.
- Iran executes nuclear scientist for 'spying' and 'providing vital information' to the US: Shahram Amiri had allegedly defected to the US in 2009, and a spokesperson for the judiciary said he had shared 'crucial intelligence' with their 'sworn enemy'.
- Indian women’s archery team bows out in the quarter-finals at Rio Games: The medal hopefuls fell two points short of a spot in the semis, losing 23-25 to Russia.
- Toll reaches eight in building collapse at Mumbai's Bhiwandi suburb after 12-hour rescue operation: The local civic body had served the structure a number of evacuation notices and had cut off electricity and water supplies the day before a part of it fell.
- Vijay Rupani sworn in as chief minister of Gujarat: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nitin Patel is the new deputy chief minister of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state.
- Senior RSS leader shot at in Punjab, SIT set up to investigate attack: Brigadier Jagdish Gagneja (retired) was in critical condition after sustaining three bullet injuries.
- Allahabad school principal resigns after ban on national anthem ahead of Independence Day: Reports said that eight teachers at the institution also quit.
- Twenty-six blackbucks die in Telangana after reportedly eating pesticide-laced crop: Their bodies were sent for postmortems and tissue given for forensic examinations.
- Financial Technology founder Jignesh Shah granted bail in NSEL scam: A special court that deals with cases related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act set his bail bond at Rs 2 lakh.