Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw here along with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Monday flagged off the Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express with Tejas coaches and announced that Odisha will soon get the second Vande Bharat express train

Nation will celebrate the 77th Independence Day today on Tuesday (15 August 2023). P M Modi will hoist the National Flag and address the people from the ramparts of Red Fort in New Delhi.

President Smt Droupadi Murmu addresses the nation on eve of 77th Independence Day. 

50 Nurses along with their family members from across the country have been invited as Special Guests to witness the Independence Day celebration from the Red Fort.

The Ministry of Ayush and the World Health Organization, WHO, will organize a first-of-its-kind global summit on Traditional Medicine from the 17th of this month in Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat.

The Indian Space Research Organisation - ISRO successfully conducted a fresh orbit reduction maneuver of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, bringing it closer to the Moon’s surface. ISRO informed over social media that the next maneuver is planned for Wednesday, the 16th of August.

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Monday released Rs 5,809.78 crore at one go to waive off crop loans of farmers up to Rs 1 lakh. It would benefit 16.67 lakh farmers across the state.

Amrit Udyan to reopen for public from August 16: Rashtrapati Bhavan. Amrit Udyan (Mughal Gardens) will open for public from August 16, 2023 to September 17, 2023 (except on Mondays) under the Udyan Utsav-II. On September 5, it will be exclusively open for teachers to mark Teachers' Day. 

The Supreme Court has issued a statement alerting about a social media post that is being circulated falsely quoting the Chief Justice of India. The fake post uses the image of CJI DY Chandrachud with a false quote invoking the public to protest against the authorities.

The Public Relations Office of the Supreme Court, in its statement, said, the social media post is fake, ill-intended and mischievous. 

Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail pleas of three convicts serving life term in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, which plunged Gujarat into one of the worst communal riots, terming it a "very serious incident".

The government on Monday hiked special additional excise duty on crude petroleum to Rs 7,100 per tonne with effect from August 15.

Shares of Adani Group companies fell between 3% and 6% on Monday after Deloitte resigned as auditor of Adani Ports (APSE.NS), the first such move at the Gautam Adani-led conglomerate since U.S. short-seller Hindenburg's report on the company in January.

Byju's appoints Infosys veteran Richard Lobo to head HR function. 

President Smt Droupadi Murmu has approved 76 Gallantry awards to Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces personnel on eve of Independence Day. These include four Kirti Chakra, all posthumous, 11 Shaurya Chakras, including five posthumous, two Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 52 Sena Medals (Gallantry), three Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry) and four Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry).

 Taiwan will not be afraid nor back down in the face of authoritarian threats, vice president William Lai told supporters on a US visit. William Lai, also frontrunner to be Taiwan's next president at January elections. 

India Monday pressed for early disengagement of troops in remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh during a fresh round of high-level military talks with China, people familiar with the matter said.

 Retail inflation spiked to a 15-month high of 7.44 per cent in July as tomatoes, vegetables and other food items turned costlier, overshooting Reserve Bank’s comfort level for the first time in the current fiscal.

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) arrested a person Monday for misappropriating `4.13 crore by sanctioning loans against fake LIC policies during 2019-21.

As many as 17 officers of Odisha Police have been selected by the Union Government for the prestigious Police Medal under different categories on the occasion of the 77th Independence Day, 2023.