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RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on 26 August, said that India is still a long time away from replacing China as new growth engine, even if the country's growth rate increases at a higher rate. Speaking to reporters on the China-led global market slowdown, Rajan said that given India's economic size, which is currently one-fifth of China, it would be impossible for the former to overtake the latter for a long time. He also played down fears of a global economic crisis, saying, "Based on what I have seen so far there is no strong reason to believe that we are on the verge of another crisis. But we have to be vigilant about kinds of those fragilities that have built up in the last few years," he said.

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The Karnataka High Court issued notices to the government and Sania Mirza on 26 August, following a petition filed by Para-athlete H N Girisha, challenging the Khel Ratna recommendation to Sania. Justice A S Bopanna, who heard the case on a petition filed by Girisha, directed both parties to respond to the notices within 15 days. The Sports Ministry had earlier approved the recommendation for the Khel Ratna award, which will be conferred at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29 August. Girisha, a Paralymic Games medallist, had challenged the recommendation, arguing that he had been far ahead of the tennis star in the performance-based points system introduced for the award.

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The man who shot dead two journalists on live TV in Virginia reportedly sent a fax to ABC News after the attack, saying that he was a "human powder keg". According to the BBC, Vester Flanagan, who had been dismissed by the same station, WDBJ7, killed himself after a police chase. A man said to be Flanagan said in the fax that he suffered discrimination and bullying for being gay and black. The White House said that the attack showed the need for better gun control. The two people killed were WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward. Station manager Jeff Marks said that Flanagan was an "unhappy man" who had to be escorted from the WDBJ7 building after being dismissed in 2013.

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Tensions mounted on 26 August in Gujarat after nine people were killed after the brief detention of 22-year-old Hardik Patel. Fresh violence erupted during a day-long shutdown triggered by a movement calling for reservations for the Patel community, lead by Hardik Patel. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for calm in the state. The army has been called in to restore law and order and a curfew has been imposed in parts of Ahmedabad and other major cities. Mobs attacked police with stones and vehicles were burned. Hardik Patel has vowed to intensify the movement. Meanwhile, multiple trains have been cancelled and diverted to different routes due to agitation by the Patel community.

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The Mumbai Police has reportedly revealed that Indrani Mukerjea and her former husband Sanjeev Khanna had also plotted for murdering Sheena's brother Mikhail Bora. Mikhail today said that he doesn't want to risk the lives of people around him because of this case. He said "Whatever Mumbai Police wants to ask me, they should ask me at my residence only." Adding on he said "I can't leave my grandparents alone here, I cannot risk their lives. If I go there, the police and the government have to provide full time nurse for them here." Mikhail further stated that if he goes out, his friends, who are high-profile people, will go along with him and he doesn't want to risk that either. Earlier on 26 August, Mikhail had stated that he knows why Indrani murdered Sheena and would spill the beans once the Mumbai Police completes its interrogation.