- Lt Gen (Retd) Gurmit Singh was sworn in on Wednesday as the new governor of Uttarakhand.The oath of office was administered to Singh by the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court Justice RS Chauhan at a simple function held at the Raj Bhawan
- Last date for submission of the Online Application Form for admission into various Under Graduate, Post-Graduate, Integrated Post-Graduate and Research programmes offered by the Central University of Odisha has been extended up to 30 September 2021.
- Income Tax Department officials descended on the premises linked to actor Sonu Sood in Mumbai and some other places on Wednesday in connection with an alleged tax evasion probe, official sources.
- The Union Cabinet approved Wednesday a `26,058 crore production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for auto, auto-components and drone industries to enhance India's manufacturing capabilities, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said Wednesday. The PLI scheme will incentivize the emergence of advanced automotive technologies’ global supply chain in India. It is estimated that over a period of five years, the PLI scheme will lead to fresh investments of over `42,500 crore, will create additional employment opportunities of over 7.5 lakh jobs, Thakur said.
- The Supreme Court issued notice Wednesday to the Union government and the state of Odisha on a petition challenging the abolition of Orissa Administrative Tribunal (OAT). A three-judge bench of the apex court comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai sought responses from the Odisha government, Orissa High Court and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension within eight weeks
- The unified emergency call number ‘112’, which has been operationalised in the state as part of the 5T principles of governance, has received a total of 8,708 calls in the month of August this year
- After the Higher Education (HE) department decided to disburse Rs 30,000 each to the accounts of meritorious Plus II pass out students through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), the department Wednesday directed the principals of nodal colleges of the state to shift the undistributed laptops of 2019-20 to the department.
- TMC MP Arpita Ghosh has resigned from the Rajya Sabha and her resignation has been accepted by Chairman of the House and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, a notification from the Rajya Sabha Secretariat said Wednesday.
- The Supreme Court on Wednesday accused the Centralgovernment of “cherrypicking” names for appointments to tribunals groaning under backlogs and left almost defunct by longpending vacancies.
- The Delhi government onWednesday banned storage,sale and use of all types of firecrackers with immediate effect in the Capital.
- Students who secured a score of above 87.89 in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEEMain) will be eligible to apply for the entrance test for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology, the National Testing Agency announced on Wednesday.
- Sansad TV, a news channel combining the Lok Sabha TV and the Rajya Sabha TV, was launched on Wednesday at a function presided over by Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Speaker Om Birla.
- The Delhi Government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against the Centre’s amendments to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Act claming the Centre is violating the “principles of federalism”.
- TIME on Wednesday unveiled its ‘The 100 Most Influential People of 2021’, a global list that includes US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Duke and Duchess of Sussex Prince Harry and Meghan, former US President Donald Trump and cofounder of the Taliban Mullah Baradar.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla have been named among the world’s 100 most influential people of 2021 by TIME magazine.
- India reported an average 80 murders daily in 2020, totalling 29,193 fatalities over the year, with Uttar Pradesh topping the chart among States, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data issued on Wednesday
- Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said the Delhi Government has earned 23 per cent less revenue in the current financial year but it will gain 10,000 crore from bidding of liquor shops under the new excise policy.
- The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi, Dr Ranbir Singh, has directed all the District Election Officers (DMs) to bolster the process of enrolling young electors between the age brackets of 18- 19 years and 20-29 years to address the issue of their under-representation in the electoral roll.
- Daily new cases of coronavirus in India continued to remained below 30,000 with the country recording 27,176 fresh COVID-19 cases, while 284 new fatalities were recorded, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition by some licensed fair price shop (FPS) owners challenging the West Bengal government's newly introduced 'Duare Ration (ration at doorstep)' programme
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