1. Dadra and Nagar Haveli celebrated its 60th Liberation Day on 2 August 2013. The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli were liberated from the Portuguese rule.
2. Providing immunity to political parties from Right to Information Act (RTI), the Cabinet gave its nod to amend the transparency law to keep them out of its ambit by declaring that they are not public authorities.
3. In yet another step to rescue the battered rupee, the Reserve Bank of India, on Thursday, tightened hedging rules by making it mandatory for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to obtain consent of holders of participatory note (P-Note) and derivative instruments before hedging.
4. Cabinet Approves interest subvention scheme to provide short-term crop loans to farmers at interest rate of 7 per cent per annum.
6. The executive committee of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) on 2 August 2013 approved a proposal to increase Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from 26 percent to 49 percent in print media.
7. Former Maharashtra Minister and leading figure in co-operative movement in Vidarbha region, Chatrapal Anand alias Babasaheb Kedar, passed away in wee hours today at a private hospital after a prolonged illness.
8. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday dedicated two projects of PSU BHEL in Thirumayam at Puthukottai district. Dr. Singh dedicated BHEL's Rs 1,000 crore High Pressure Boiler Plant Unit-II, a greenfield initiative,and the Rs 300 crore power plant piping unit to the Nation.
9. Punjab govt appoints elder daughter of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, Swapandeep Kaur as Naib Tehsildar. CM Mr. Parkash Singh Badal personally handed over the appointment letter to her in Jalandhar.
10. N. Srinivasan has dropped his bid to reinstate himself as BCCI President after the under-fire Board called off its Working Committee meeting in New Delhi.
11. India won four medals, including a gold, at the Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship which concluded at Ulaanbaatar, (Mongolia) on Friday.
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