Current Affairs News of 31st July,2014

High expectations on Kerry�s visit to India The US Secretary of State John Kerry is in India and he will be meeting External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj for a strategic dialogue and to lay groundwork for US visit with PM. The top agendas that are likely to be discussed are nuclear and trade issues, defence purchases including helicopters ,missiles and ultra light howitzers. Mammoth raise of Flipkart India�s largest e-commerce firm Flipkart raised $ 1 billion in fresh funding from a group of Investors,the largest so far in the fiercely competitive online shopping segment in the country. Stars at Glasgow Vikas Thakur lifted an overall 333kg (150=183) to bag silver in the 85kg category in Glasgow. Shooters continue to dominate as 33yr old Harpreet Singh from Haryana claim silver in the men�s 25m rapid fire pistol event and Manavjit bagged a bronze in the men�s trap event.