- At a special event held at Kalinga Stadium, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik rewarded Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas with Rs 2.5 crore cash and offer letter for appointment as DSP in Odisha police. He appreciated the performance of the players in winning Bronze medal for the country.
- As many as 1107 more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours while a total of 64802 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 1.70%. Khurda district registered highest 397 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (130) and Balasore (66).
- The Rajya Sabha has lost a total of 76 hours and 26 minutes due to disruptions during the monsoon session. After the session ended the Rajya Sabha Secretariat said, the productivity has been decided as 28 per cent. The average productivity of the previous five sessions was 95 per cent. The Rajya Sabha passed 19 bills this time.
- A Delhi court on Wednesday discharged Kejriwal, his deputy Sisodia and nine other AAP MLAs in the case related to the alleged assault on the then chief secretary Anshu Prakash in 2018.
- ISRO to launch GISAT-1 -The satellite is slated to be launched at 5.43 am today (12 Aug) on a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh as a part of the GSLV-F10 EOS-03 mission.
- The constitutional amendment bill to restore the powers of the states to make their own OBC lists was passed by Parliament on 12 Aug, with the Opposition and treasury benches joining hands in the Rajya Sabha to approve the legislation.
- The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021 was passed by Rajya Sabha on August 11 without discussion amid protests by the Opposition MPs. The bill aims to provide greater private participation in the public sector insurance companies.
- The 5th edition of the National Public Procurement Conclave (NPPC) was organized by Govt e-Marketplace (GeM) in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry [CII] on August 9th&10th, 2021 on the theme “Technology enabled Government Procurement – Towards Efficiency, Transparency, and Inclusiveness”.
- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the datasheet for class 10 and 12 offline exams. The datasheet has been released for class 10, 12 students who will appear in improvement, compartment or private category examinations. The class 10 exams will begin on 25 Aug & conclude on 08 Sep whereas the class 12 exam will begin on 25 Aug and will conclude on 16 Sep.
- The Income tax department said. Excess interest amount or late fees paid by any taxpayer while filing income tax returns (ITR) for the financial year 2020-21 will be refunded. The deadline to file income tax for FY21 was extended from July 31 to 30 Sep.
- 10 dead, over 25 feared buried as massive landslide hits bus, other vehicles in Himachal’s Kinnaur. 13 persons pulled out of the rubble in injured condition. Rescue operation by Army, ITBP, NDRF, BRO and state Govt is still in progress.
- Maharashtra govt on 11 Aug decided to allow malls & restaurants to remain open till 10 pm with a 50% capacity from 15 Aug, Shops are also allowed to operate till 10 pm.
- The 15th India-Singapore Foreign Office Consultations were held virtually on 11 Aug. The Indian delegation was led by Secretary (East) in Ministry of External Affairs Riva Ganguly Das and the Singapore delegation was led by Permanent Secretary in Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chee Wee Kiong. Both sides reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations and expressed their satisfaction that despite the pandemic, bilateral relationship, especially in trade and defence cooperation.
- No talks have been held between India and the Taliban, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen told India Today from Doha in Qatar. Mohammad Suhail Shaheen is a member of the negotiations team and the Taliban's spokesperson for international media.
- The Indian mission in Kabul has also asked all its nationals to make immediate travel arrangements to return to India before commercial air services are discontinued New Delhi: Amid the turmoil in Afghanistan, India has brought back 50 of its nationals from Mazar e Sharif.
- India-Russia Military Ties: "The 12th edition of Indo-Russia joint military exercise Indra-21 will be held at Volgograd, Russia from August 1 to 13.
- Canada has again extended its ban on arriving passenger flights directly from India till September 21 due to the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic,
- Taliban fighters could isolate Afghanistan’s capital in 30 days and possibly take it over in 90, a US defence official told Reuters on Wednesday citing US intelligence, as militants took control of an eighth provincial Afghan capital.
- IIT Kharagpur has worked out plans to call research scholars back to campus in batches, within the permissible limit of around 900 that has been fixed because of the pandemic
- Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has got an invitation to attend an international event titled “World Meeting for Peace Peoples as Brothers, Future Earth” to be held in Rome on October 6 and 7.The invitation has been extended by the Community of Sant’Egidio, which works for the poor, homeless, sick and the needy.
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