2. The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday asked banks to link the disbursal of home loans to stages of construction to protect the interests of buyers and contain the fallout of "innovative" housing financing schemes.
3. Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry launched the third All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)-2012-13. The Survey was initiated in the year 2011 to prepare a robust data-base on higher education.
4. Diana Nyad, 64-year old American long-distance swimmer became the first person to cross Florida Straits from Cuba without any shark cage on 2 September 2013. This was her fifth attempt to cross the 110-mile (177-km) distance.
5. A delegate session held in the Teja Singh Samundari Hall, within the Golden Temple complex, Punjab’s ruling party, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday re-elected the 51-year-old Sukhbir Singh Badal as its president through a voice-vote.
6. Li Yajun of Guangdong Province lifts to break a world record of 105kg and winning gold in the Women's 53 kg weightlifting group during the 12th National China Games in Shenyang, Liaoning Province.
7.US President Barack Obama says he is confident he'll be able to work with Congress to pass a resolution authorizing military intervention in Syria.
8. The National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) has signed a pact with State Bank of India for providing affordable and easy credit to small-and- medium-sized units.
9. Israel said it has carried out a missile test in the Mediterranean Sea. The Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that a single missile was fired. It had no other details.
10. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head in a failed assassination attempt by the Taliban, on Tuesday inaugurated Europe’s biggest public library in Birmingham.
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