Watch Top News of the Day (7th August) with Rupali Tiwari

• BJP veteran and former Foreign Minister, Sushma Swaraj, is cremated with full state honours. The Prime Minister, along with hundreds of leaders across party lines pay their last respects
• India’s former foreign minister Sushma Swaraj’s delivered a memorable speech against Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly on 23rd September 2017
• PDP MP Nazir Ahmad condemns centre’s move to abrogate Article 370 & bifurcation of J&K into two Union Territories and says his party while finding itself helpless at present will continue protesting against the decision
• Congress leader RPN Singh says Congress Working Committee unanimously condemns the centre’s move to scrap Article 370 & bifurcation of J&K into two UTs and calls the decision one-sided, irresponsible and undemocratic. Ajay Jha reports
• Lakhs of residents in J&K are part of the tourism industry but after the Centre’s move to scrap Article 370 and heavy deployment of forces in the region, the very backbone of this sector may be broken
• Reserve Bank of India lowers it’s GDP estimate from 7% to 6.9% for FY20 and slashes repo rate by 35 basis points to boost growth.
• A total of 36 bills including Article 370, RTI, UAPA, Triple Talaq, J&K Reorganisation Bill were passed during the budget session of the Parliament