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1. The Central Board of Secondary Education records the highest ever pass percentage of 99.37 in this year's class 12 results, declared on Friday, with girls outshining boys by a slender margin of 0.54 per cent. 2. The Supreme Court on Friday takes suo motu recognisance of the murder of a Jharkhand judge, noting it had 'wider ramifications' and directing the state's Chief Secretary and Director-General of Police to file reports within a week, when it will hear the matter. 3. The request for a special investigation into the Pegasus scandal involving allegations that opposition politicians, journalists and others were targets of Israeli spyware, will be taken up next week, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana says on Friday. 4. Lok Sabha proceedings gets adjourned till Monday on Friday amid continued opposition protest over Pegasus and other issues. When the House reassembled at noon, amid the din two bills, The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Bill, 2021 and the General Insurance Business Nationalisation Amendment Bill was introduced. 5. After securing the second medal for India at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, boxer Lovlina Borgohain sets her sights on gold. The 23-year-old Indian boxer, in a virtual press conference, said that she 'is not going to stop here' and will be gunning for the top prize in women's welterweight category. When asked about what medal she wants to return home with from the Japanese capital, Lovlina said, 'there is only one medal and that is gold, that is what we compete for.' 6. Reigning world Champion P V Sindhu keeps India's hopes of winning a first-ever Olympic gold in badminton alive as she reaches the semifinals of women's singles with a fighting straight-game win over world no 5 Japanese Akane Yamaguchi here on Friday. The 26-year-old Indian, who won a silver in the 2016 Rio Olympics, defended brilliantly and rode on her attacking all-round game to outclass the fourth seeded Yamaguchi 21-13 22-20 in a 56-minute quarterfinal clash at the Musashino Forest Plaza here. She will next face the winner of the other quarterfinal between Thailand's Ratchanok Inthanon and Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying. 7. Road caves in massive landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district
