The UN Security Council will vote on a resolution carrying out the landmark nuclear deal with Iran today. A draft of the resolution places curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme but retains an arms embargo and ban on the supply of ballistic missile technology. Peace at the end of the tunnel?

Greek banks will re-open today with slightly relaxed withdrawal limits, but bans on foreign transfers and other capital controls remain in place. The move follows a statement by the European Central Bank that it would unblock emergency funding for Greece.

Watching movies and television will be dearer in Delhi from today. The AAP government has issued a notice about increasing entertainment tax which has now gone up from 20 per cent to 40 per cent. The government may also notify its decision to hike luxury tax from 10 per cent to 15 per cent next week.

The Vyapam scam just rages on. The Supreme Court will today hear the plea of the CBI that the special investigation team be allowed to file chargesheets in the Vyapam scam cases in which the investigation is over.

Job-seekers have reason to be happy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the National Career Counselling Portal as part of an endeavour to modernise all government-run employment exchanges. The portal is being set up under the National Career Service project, which aims at transforming all the government-run employment exchanges.

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