- India saw a single-day rise of 35,662 new COVID-19 infections, while the active cases increased to 3,40,639, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.
- Eminent Odia litterateur and journalist Manorama Mohapatra died here at the age of 87. She had won the Sahitya Academy Award in 1984, Soviet Nehru Award in 1988, Critic Circle of India Award in 1990, Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Samman in 1991 and Rupambara Award in 1994
- The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Saturday alleged that actor Sonu Sood and his associates evaded tax of Rs 20 crore and claimed that after the Income Tax (I-T) department raided him.
- Congress veteran Amarinder Singh Saturday resigned as Chief Minister of Punjab, ending one chapter of dissent but throwing open another of uncertainty for the ruling party in the state headed towards elections in about four months.
- Former Union minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo Saturday joined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's All India Trinamool Congress.
- The Higher Education (HE) department Saturday directed the universities and colleges for commencement of classroom teaching for 2020-21 first year undergraduate (UG) students from September 20 by following Covid-19 prevention guidelines.
- Former legislator of Patna Assembly constituency in Keonjhar district Ramray Munda passed away Saturday morning at his residence in Chakundapal village under this block. He was 83.
- Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana called for Indianisation of legal system in the country Saturday in a function held in Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore organised by the Karnataka State Bar Council to pay tributes to Late Justice Mohana M Shantanagaudar
- Ravindra Narayan Ravi was Saturday sworn-in as the Governor of Tamil Nadu, succeeding Banwarilal Purohit who has since been shifted to Punjab. Ravi, shifted from Nagaland.
- According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data of 2020, a total of 785 cases were registered under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. The number of cases registered was the highest in Karnataka at 184, followed by Assam at 138, West Bengal at 98, Tamil Nadu at 77 and Telangana at 62.
- Odisha state Public Health director Niranjan Mishra today said that the Covid in Odisha is at a stable condition. “ The daily Covid cases in the state has declined to 500 to 600 and Covid hospitalisation has also declined, so the Corona casualty,” Mishra said.
- Delhi Capitals (DC), Mumbai Indians (MI), Punjab Kings (PBKS), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) & Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) named more replacements for the remainder of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, which will be played in the United Arab Emirates from September 19.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with healthcare workers and beneficiaries of the COVID vaccination programme in Goa through a video conference on the completion of 100% first dose coverage for the adult population in Goa.
- Minister for Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal held a detailed interaction with coffee growers, roasters, exporters and other stakeholders at Coffee Board Head Office, Bengaluru.
- Vedanta Aluminium has launched a safety mobile application called ‘V-Safe’ at its largest aluminium smelter in Jharsuguda to bolster its safetyculture.
- Congress, senior party leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday emphasised that more energy needs to be instilled in the organizational structure of the party.
- Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily and poet Arundhathi Subramaniam were among the 20 authors who received the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2020 at a ceremony in Delhi on Saturday. The award, which includes a casket containing an engraved copper plaque, a shawl and an amount of ₹ 1,00,000, was presented at the award presentation function.
- The executive board also announced the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2020 in 24 Indian languages on Saturday. The translation prize carries an amount of Rs 50,000 and a copper plaque which will be presented to the translators of each of these books at a special function to be held sometime later this year, it said.
- More than 10,000 migrants, mainly fleeing Haiti, are currently being held under a bridge at Del Rio near the US-Mexico border as immigration facilities in the area have reached capacity.
- Water from 115 countries to be offered at Ayodhya it replicates message of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam said , Rajnath Singh .
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