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  1. As many as 1041 more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours while a total of 56859 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 1.83%. Khurda district registered highest 383 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (132) and Jagatsinghpur (81). The Health Department also reported 64 more deaths due to COVID-19 as the toll mounted to 6565. Khurda district reported highest 20 fatalities.
  2. The State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik decided to grant lease of 18.23 acres of land for establishment of permanent campus of IIM, Sambalpur free of premium and incidental charges. 
  3. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) today decided to reopen religious places and the places of worship for them from August 23.
  4. Odisha Government gave permission to educational institutions in the state the celebration of Ganesh Puja, festival on September 10.
  5. Earth Observation Satellite launch on Aug 12: ISRO satellite will be launched onboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10 (GSLV) at 5.43 am on August 12.
  6. The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme: PM Modi virtually transferred about Rs 19,500 crore to over 9.75 crore beneficiaries farmers under the government's PM-KISAN scheme on 09 Aug. The govt has so far transferred nine installments amounting around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in this scheme.
  7. Andhra Pradesh Govt to give Rs.166 crore to 70,000 weavers under YSR Nethanna Nestham scheme in 13 districts on 10 Aug.
  8. Justice P Keshava Rao, sitting judge of Telangana High Court, has passed away in the early hours on 09 Aug. He was suffering from serious ailments since one year and was under medical treatment. He was 61 years.
  9. Karnataka to take up door-to-door health check-up to contain COVID-19 spread in Bengaluru. The doctors will check the health status of the family members along with vaccination details.
  10. ITBP inducts women officers in combat for first time : Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) inducted women officers in combat, Two women, Prakriti & Diksha, joined the ITBP as combatised officers after completing their training at the academy in Mussoorie.
  11. Commodore Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao, a 1971 war hero and recipient of the Mahavir Chakra, Vishist Seva Medal breathed his last on 08 Aug (Sunday). He was 94. The naval veteran died of age-related illness and is survived by two daughters and a son.
  12. PM Modi presided over a UN Security Council (UNSC) Open Debate via video conferencing on 09 Aug. The agenda of the discussion was: Enhancing Maritime Security - A Case for International Cooperation.
  13. PM Modi said that, the sea is our shared heritage. Our sea routes are the lifeline of international trade, but Sea routes are being misused for piracy & terrorism.
  14. Indian defense forces are expected to receive the first delivery of the Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missiles (SAM) later this year. , the Biden Administration will soon need to decide whether to sanction India under the U.S. Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), 
  15. As Indian & Chinese troops disengage from Patrolling Point (PP) 17A near Gogra Post, the two sides have followed the template for disengagements from previous points since last year. However, the details of a temporary no-patrol zone differs from location to location
  16. Health Ministry allows foreign nationals residing in India to get registered on CoWIN portal to take COVID-19 vaccine.
  17. An Afghan Air Force pilot was killed by a bomb in Kabul on Saturday, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Taliban. The pilot, Hamidullah Azimi, died when a sticky bomb attached to his vehicle detonated.
  18. According to reports Over 38 lakh people receive COVID vaccine in special drive in Bangladesh on the first day of the vaccination on Saturday, 7 August.
  19. United Nation's Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, has released its sixth assessment report. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres 
  20. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced a cash award of 25 lakh rupees for Vandana Katariya, who represented India at Tokyo Olympics in Women’s Hockey.

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