- The Kerala Assembly passed an unanimous resolution urging the Centre to withdraw its Electricity Amendment Bill, 2021, saying it would facilitate free entry of private players into the sector.
- Parliament on Thursday passed a bill which allows the central government to prohibit strikes, lockouts, and layoffs in units engaged in essential defence services.
- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that ₹ 100 crore has been sanctioned to restore the roads affected by unprecedented rains in Konkan and Western Maharashtra.
- Mr Dahiya will get ₹ 4 crore, a government job and a plot at concessional rate, the Haryana government said in a statement. An indoor wrestling stadium equipped with modern facilities will be built in Mr Dahiya's village, Nahari, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said.
- The Odisha government on Thursday allowed opening of physical classes for Class-IX student across the state from August 16. This was informed by School and Mass Education Department. The teaching hour for Class-IX students will be from 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. excluding Sundays and Public Holidays.
- The Chief Minister said that the state government has always been with the poor and is working to protect their interests. “Over Rs 2,000 crore has been deposited in the accounts of small shopkeepers, small farmers, Mission Shakti members.”
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today released Rs 11 crore special Covid assistance to one lakh dairy farmers in the state.
- Women and Child Development minister Tukuni Sahu today inaugurated a help desk for children termed as “SAMPARK” by the Odisha State Child Protection Society in collaboration with UNICEF, India.
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik spoke to two family members of two hockey players. “I am very happy that two Odia players played well in the Tokyo Olympics. I congratulate you as the hockey team won medal,” said Naveen.
- Tokyo: Indian grappler Ravi Kumar Dahiya brings Silver Medal for India after losing to ROC’s Zavur Uguev a two-time World Championships gold medallist in the final of the 57kg category of men’s freestyle wrestling. Ravi becomes the second Indian wrestler, after Sushil Kumar, to win the silver medal at the Olympic Games.
- Evaluation of answer sheets of the offline Matric examination, which concluded today, will begin from August 12, informed Board of Secondary Education (BSE) President Ramashish Hazra said.
- The CBSE on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it will conduct examinations for improvement of marks of classes 10 and 12 candidates from August 25 to September 15, and fixed September 30 as the date for declaration of results. The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) board said it will commence improvement exams on August 16 and declare results around September 20.
- The government has no plan to block any social media platform in the country, the Parliament was informed on Thursday.
- Noted writer Paramita Satpathy will be awarded the prestigious Sarala Puraskar instituted by IMFA's charitable wing IMPaCT for her novel ‘Abhipreta Kala’ which has been published by Paschima Publications, Bhubaneswar in the year 2016. Satpathy will be receiving the 42nd edition of the foremost literary award of Odisha..
- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the continuation of ‘Samagra Shiksha Scheme’ for school education for further five years. scheme would continue from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2026. This scheme emphasises on improving the quality of school education by focussing on two T’s – Teacher and Technology.
- The Indian govt has given the green signal to a landmark rule. In a bid to attract more people to consider and buy electric vehicles, the central government has scrapped the registration fees of electric cars completely.
- Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Govt to consider issuing a vaccination card to allow fully inoculated people to travel in local trains. Stating that it is a matter of livelihood of poor people who cannot afford to spend too much on travel.
- The Supreme Court on 05 Aug (Thursday) agreed to hear a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into Pegasus snooping controversy on August 10 as it asked the petitioners to serve copies of their respective petition on the Centre.
- Central Water Commission of India & World Bank signed a $250 million project on 4 Aug 2021 for long-term dam safety program. This project will help in strengthening dam safety by building dam safety guidelines, bringing in global experience, and by introducing innovative technologies.
- India reported 42,982 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday, which was a slight increase in the number of cases from Wednesday. The country also reported 533 deaths on Thursday.
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