India's annual wholesale inflation for July fell for the ninth straight month to a historic low of (-)4.05 percent from (-)2.4 percent for the month before, led largely by a 12.8-percent decline in the index for fuels, as per official data released on Friday....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of a four-lane road connecting Patna and Buxar when he visits Bihar on August 18 to address a BJP rally, an official said on Friday....

The Congress on Friday said the monsoon session of parliament, which ended on Thursday, showed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not believe in democracy, and blamed the ruling party for the logjam that stalled business in the almost four-week session. ...
There was no exchange of sweets between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers at the international border here on the occasion of Pakistan's Independence Day on Friday. ...
The Chinese yuan halted a three-day slide after the central bank soothed market sentiments, reversing short but sharp declines triggered by a foreign exchange (forex) policy change. ...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that it will transfer its surplus profit of Rs.65,896 crore to the central government. ...
Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday expressed his country's desire to have tension-free relations with India. ...
Police on Friday evicted ex-servicemen who were protesting in the heart of the capital seeking one rank one pension (OROP) but later allowed them to continue with the protest....
Cuban leader Fidel Castro has reminded the US that it owes damages to Cuba totalling "millions of dollars", and pledged that his country will never stop fighting for peace and the well-being of all humanity....
Both houses of parliament were adjourned sine die on Thursday after 23 days of acrimony, but the war of words continued, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching a scathing attack on the Congress and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi daring Modi to extradite former IPL chief Lalit Modi. ...