- The Competition Commission of India imposed `200 crore fine on Maruti Suzuki for indulging in unfair trade practices. The fine has been slapped for "indulging in anti-competitive conduct of resale price maintenance in the passenger vehicle segment by way of implementing discount control policy vis-à-vis dealers," the CCI said Monday.
- Raigad Magistrate Court has granted bail to Union Minister Narayan Rane in one of the FIRs filed against him for allegedly making derogatory statements against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
- According to the latest reports, a Ukrainian plane that landed in Kabul to evacuate Ukraine nationals has been hijacked by Taliban rule Afghanistan.
- US President Joe Biden on Tuesday told Group of Seven (G7) leaders that the United States aimed at completing Afghan evacuation by August 31
- Tamil Nadu BJP General Secretary KT Raghavan submitted his resignation from the party post after a sting operation from a party member showed him making an inappropriate video call to a female party member.
- The University Grants Commission (UGC) in its latest circular has directed universities and colleges across the country to prepare a calendar of events and arrange regular competitions, hackathons, workshops on cyber security/ cyber-crimes in campuses. The move is ostensibly aimed at honing skills among students to counter or learn methods to deal with the new age crimes.
- The Supreme Court has been informed that a total of 151 cases are pending against sitting and former MPs/MLAs in special CBI courts across the country, and as many as 58 cases are punishable with life imprisonment. However, in nearly one-third of the cases, the trial is moving at snail's pace - charges have not been framed, though offences were committed several years back.
- The three copies of Guru Granth Sahib will be taken to Guru Arjan Dev Ji Gurdwara in New Mahavir Nagar here, according to people coordinating the evacuation efforts with the Indian government.
- The Uttar Pradesh government has withdrawn 77 cases relating to the Muzaffarnagar riots without giving any reasons, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday.
- The Uttar Pradesh Police has given a clean chit to Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and two other party workers in a hate speech case registered in Muzaffarnagar last year, officials said on Tuesday.
- The Indian Space Research Organisation has come out with an 'Announcement of Opportunity' (AO), seeking proposals towards scientific analysis and utilisation of data from all experiments of the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter.
- A 24-year-old woman, who had set herself ablaze in front of the Supreme Court's gates in New Delhi on August 16, died on Tuesday. She had accused BSP MP Atul Rai of raping her in Varanasi and then alleged that the police were harassing her.
- SITTING AND former legislators are involved in 122 cases arising out of offences under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and are being probed by Enforcement Directorate (ED), according to data presented to Supreme Court on Tuesday.They include 51 sitting and former MPs and 71 sitting and former MLAs and MLCs.
- India’s first mRNA vaccine against coronavirus – developed by Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd (part of Emcure group of companies) – has been found to be safe and it has been given the go-ahead from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to move into Phase II and III of clinical trials.
- Singh, a 2004-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Bihar cadre, has been appointed as joint secretary in the ministry for a combined tenure of seven years against the newly created post.
- The Navy mentioned that India and the Philippines “share a very robust defence and security partnership built over several years and spanning across all domains”
- A 49-year-old legislator from Odisha has proved this proverb correct as he cleared the matriculation exam after repeated failed attempts.
- As many as 887 persons, including 131 who are below 18 years of age, tested positive for COVID-19 during the last 24 hours in Odisha while a total of 68717 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 1.29%.
- The results of Offline Matric Examination-2021 conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) were announced. The students’ pass percentage in the Class-10 Improvement Examination stood at 80.83.
- The National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT) has developed an ‘Alternative Academic Calendar’ for all the stages of school education for the year, 2020-21.As the schools are closed this year too due to lockdowns and other restrictions, the students are compelled to continue their studies from home.
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