- The Comptroller Authority General (CAG), Odisha, Monday revealed that the state government incurred a loss of `13.17 crore through Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department due to improper planning and coordination in increasing green cover of the state..
- Odisha has recorded 8,506 drowning deaths in the last six years, with an average of almost 1,417 deaths per annum, Minister of State for Home Tusharkanti Behera told the Assembly Monday.
- The Monsoon Session of the state Assembly was Monday adjourned sine die three days ahead of its schedule, amid ruckus by opposition members in the House over discussion on chit fund and farmers’ issues.
- Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli clinches India’s third gold at the Commonwealth Games claiming the yellow metal in men’s 73kg category
- Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court extends until August 4 the overseas travel ban on Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother Basil Rajapaksa
- The Congress has planned a mass protest against price rise, unemployment and the GST hike on essential items on August 5, wherein it will take out a march to the Rashtrapati Bhawan and gherao the prime minister's residence.
- A total of 300 aircraft including 62 operational aircraft of the SpiceJet fleet were inspected by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in two special drives of spot checks in the last few months.
- Parliament passes Weapon of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill 2022 and Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022.
- National Testing Agency released the admit cards for the Common University Entrance Test undergraduate (CUET UG 2022) for phase II candidates. The Phase I exams were conducted in July and the second phase exams are scheduled to take place on the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, and 20th of August.
- The Centre has formed a task force in the wake of Monkeypox cases in India to monitor and provide guidance to the government on the expansion of diagnostic facilities and to explore vaccination for the infection in the country.
- Govt has said that the private sector can use drones for delivery purposes in accordance with Drone Rules, 2021. These sectors include - agriculture, vaccine delivery, surveillance, search and rescue, transportation, mapping, defence and law enforcement. Minister of State for Civil Aviation V. K. Singh informed this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
- Seven people drowned after they went to take a bath in a Gobind Sagar lake at Androli in Una district this afternoon.
- Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 6 National Highway projects of 119 KMs worth 2300 Crore rupees in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
- Shiv Sena’s spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut remanded to ED custody till August 4 in Patra Chawl Land scam.
- Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has issued a statement apologizing for his recent inadvertent remarks on certain communities. It may be recalled that Mr. Koshyari had said that Mumbai will not remain India’s financial capital if the Gujarati and Rajasthani people are removed from the city. The statement had caused a big hue and cry in the state.
- CM Mamata Banerjee will reshuffle her Cabinet on Wednesday bringing in four to five new faces - to replace senior-most minister Partha Chatterjee last week following his arrest in a cash-for-jobs scam.
- Satyendra Prakash assumed charge as Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau. He is an Indian Information Service officer of the 1988 batch.
- Over 36 lakh crore rupees worth of loan amounts have been disbursed to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) during the last three fiscal years.
- Over 5 crore 83 lakh Income Tax Returns, ITRs have been filed till 31st of July the last day. The Revenue Department says that a record of over 72 lakh 42 thousand ITRs were filed on a single day
- Al-Qaeda Chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, was killed in a drone strike carried out by the US in the Afghan capital Kabul.
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