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  1. India today logged 36,401 fresh coronavirus cases, which is 3.4 per cent higher than yesterday's numbers, taking the total tally of cases to 3,23,22,258. The death count has climbed to 4,33,049 with 530 more fatalities.
  2. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a revival package of Rs 77.45 crore for revival of North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC). It is a central Public Section Enterprises under the administrative control of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Regional.
  3. Telangana High Court disposed off a PIL filed by an NGO ‘Watch Voice’, challenging the implementation of the ‘Dalit Bandhu’ scheme to selective people and selective areas.
  4. The Delhi court on 18 Aug (Wednesday) cleared Congress leader Shashi Tharoor of charges in connection with the case involving the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.
  5. Domestic cooking gas LPG price on Wednesday was increased by Rs 25 per cylinder - the second straight month of increase in rates. Subsidised LPG now costs Rs 859 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi.
  6. The Supreme Court on 18 Aug (Wednesday) passed an interim order allowing women to take the admission exam to National Defence Academy (NDA), which was previously only open to men. The top court directed that women can sit for exams for entry in NDA, The admission to the academy will be subject to the final orders of the Court.
  7. UPSC has announced NDA (I) & (II) 2022 exam dates. According to UPSC Calendar 2022, NDA (I) 2022 exam will be conducted on April 10, 2022. While NDA (II) 2022 exam will be conducted on September 4, 2022.
  8. Current National Cricket Academy (NCA) Head Rahul Dravid has re-applied for the position after the BCCI invited fresh applications for the position. The former India skipper had been appointed on July 8, 2019.
  9. A Delhi court on Wednesday discharged Congress leader Shashi Tharoor from all charges, including abetment to suicide, in connection with the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar in January 2014.
  10. Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced that the state government will sponsor the men and women national hockey teams for another 10 years.
  11. P Chidambaram said the Solicitor General telling the Supreme Court that the government has information which he cannot divulge in public by way of an affidavit is a "confession" that software-spyware was used, and sought to know if it was Pegasus.
  12. The Delhi government will identify single-use plastic littering hotspots and the entry points of such items into water bodies and drains by October 31, according to a draft action plan for the elimination of environmentally hazardous products.
  13. The new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 will turn India into a global knowledge hub where IITs will play a crucial role, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday.
  14. Somnath Promenade, Somnath Exhibition Centre, and the reconstructed temple precinct of Old (Juna) Somnath are among the projects to be inaugurated on August 20.
  15. The National Green Tribunal has asked the Odisha government to notify 14 elephant corridors in the state within the next two months.
  16. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will dedicate the permanent campus of Skill Development Institute (SDI), Bhubaneswar to the nation August 20 in the presence of Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan.
  17. Odisha Wednesday recorded a milestone by administering over 2 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses since the beginning of the inoculation drive January 16, 2021.
  18. The Karnataka government has announced that due to Covid, Dussehra celebrations will remain a low-key affair, and authorities have decided to allow only those jumbos that test negative for Covid infection in the festivities.
  19. The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre and West Bengal government to respond to a plea challenging the setting up of a Commission of Inquiry by the state to probe the Pegasus snooping allegations.
  20. Odisha witnessed  many as 1041 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours while a total of 66281 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 1.57%.Out of the 1041 cases, 128 are below 18 years of age. Khurda district registered highest 398 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (176) and Jajpur (56).

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