- NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the 14th Vice President of India Saturday as he defeated joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva. Dhankhar, a former Governor of West Bengal, secured 528 votes while 80-year-old Alva got 182.
- Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao Saturday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he would be boycotting the 7th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog scheduled to be held on August 7, as a mark of strong protest against the present 'discriminating' trend of the Centre towards States.
- Putting aside the mental and physical struggles that pegged her back, an intimidating Vinesh Phogat pounced on her rivals to complete a hat-trick of CWG gold medals while Ravi Dahiya too went unchallenged in his gold-winning show, here Saturday. Similarly, wrestler Naveen won the gold medal in the men's 74kg freestyle wrestling with a thumping victory over Pakistan's Muhammad Sharif Tahir in the final at the Coventry Stadium and Arena, here Saturday.
- India reported 19,406 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, increasing the country's overall Covid tally to 4,41,26,994.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lauded wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Ravi Dahiya for winning gold medals at the Commonwealth Games.
- Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has suspended 11 officials for "serious lapses" in the implementation of Excise Policy 2021-22, even as AAP government accused his predecessor Anil Baijal of extending "special favours" to a few private players.
- Jailed Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut's wife Varsha Raut left the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) office on Saturday night after recording her statement in connection with the alleged Patra Chawl redevelopment scam for more than nine hours.
- Being accepting and tolerant of others' opinions does not mean one should also accept hate speech, Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud said here on Saturday.
- The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organisation of over 40 farm unions, will launch a nationwide campaign against the centre's Agnipath scheme for military recruitment on Sunday.
- To facilitate the sales and distribution of national flags under Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, all post offices across the country will function on holidays, falling before Independence Day 2022, informed the Ministry of Communications on Saturday.
- The National Medical Commission (NMC) has opened the doors for persecuted minorities from Pakistan, who fled the country and entered India on or before December 31, 2014, to practise medicine here.
- A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan allegedly shot dead a senior colleague and injured another officer in a fratricidal incident inside their barrack attached to the Indian Museum in Kolkata Saturday evening, officials said
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is on the cusp of making history as the space agency is all set to embark on its maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle mission, ferrying an earth observation satellite and a student satellite from the spaceport in Sriharikota, about 135 kms from here Sunday.
- Delhi Minister Satyendar Kumar Jain's wife Poonam Jain was Saturday granted interim bail by a court here in money laundering case in which he was arrested over two months ago
- The CBI has arrested Charchit Mishra, the younger son of noted industrialist and Orissa Stevedores Ltd MD Mahimananda Mishra, in connection with the alleged payment of Rs 25 lakh bribe to an official of the Paradip Port Trust, agency officials said Saturday.
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