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- The Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri, which was closed for public since April 24 due to the COVID-19 situation, reopened for all devotees today.The darshan timings will be from 07:00 AM to 07:00 PM. The temple will remain closed for public darshan on all Saturdays and Sundays as a measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 and in order to sanitize the temple premises.
- As per a report shared by the office of Special Relief Commissioner, Keonjhar, Boudh, Angul, Jajpur, and Bhadrak district have recorded a severe deficit rainfall (shortfall of 39 to 59 per cent) during June 1 and August 22.
- India on Sunday reported 30,948 new cases of COVID-19 and 403 deaths, according to the Union health ministry. The active caseload in the country now stands at 3,53,398, lowest in 152 days. India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has reached 58 crore with 52,23,612 vaccine doses administered over the last 24 hours.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid his last respects to former chief minister Kalyan Singh on Sunday and said people were paying tributes to him from the airport to the city.
- Information and Broadcasting Ministry will celebrate Iconic Week from 23rd to 29th of August as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
- 1183 mobilisation camps organised across the country under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) launched on the 25th September, 2014, is a nationwide placement-linked skill training program funded by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India (GoI)
- BJP Telangana state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s proposed ‘Praja Sangrama Yatra’ has been postponed again due to the demise of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh and also the Central party leadership announcing three-day mourning over Kalyan Singh’s death.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid his last respects to former chief minister Kalyan Singh on 22 Aug (Sunday).
- The Punjab & Haryana High court ordered release of former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini forthwith, who was arrested on charges of cheating and forgery, among others. Saini was arrested by the state's Vigilance Bureau last week.
- Manipur CM N. Biren Singh launches livelihood scheme for Covid-19-affected people with an aim to uplift the poor and weaker sections of the State .
- A special Indian Air Force repatriation flight ferrying 168 evacuees from Kabul landed at the Ghaziabad Hindon air base.India has been allowed to operate two flights per day from Kabul to evacuate its nationals stranded in Afghanistan,.
- Indian naval ship Shakti carrying 100 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen reached Sri Lanka on Sunday to help the island nation combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Taliban fired in the air and used batons to make people line up in orderly queues outside Kabul airport. A NATO official said that at least 20 people have died in the past seven days in and around the airport. Some were shot and others died in stampedes.
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will convene a meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven nations on Tuesday for urgent talks on the situation in Afghanistan. The UK holds this year's presidency of the G-7 nations, which is also made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
- 54 athletes to represent India in 9 sports disciplines at Tokyo Paralympics beginning from Aug 24. Let's Cheer up for Indian Paralympic team. Tokyo Paralympics scheduled to be held between 24 August and 5 September 2021.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will felicitate the Olympians from the Services at the Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune on 24 Aug (Tuesday). All the Armed Forces personnel, who represented India in the recently-concluded Tokyo Olympics, including Gold medalist Javelin Thrower Subedar Neeraj Chopra are likely to be present on the occasion.
- Rafael Nadal announced that he will not be competing for the rest of the 2021 tennis season, including the upcoming US Open. Nadal said he is giving himself some time off to recover from a foot injury that has been troubling him.
- Union minister Raosaheb Danve on Sunday said the Railways has suffered losses to the tune of ₹ 36,000 crore during the coronavirus pandemic, and termed goods trains as the real revenue generators for the national transporter.
- Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Sunday said the state government has renamed 10 schools after the Olympic medal-winning hockey team players from the state.
- Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the Khordha-Balangir rail line project will be completed soon.
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