- The Supertech twin towers in Noida are set to be demolished at 2.30 pm today by a massive explosion.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday approved a proposal to establish 36 new police stations across the state including one in the Capital city.
- A woman police sub-inspector posted at G Udayagiri police station was found hanging from the ceiling fan at her quarters in Kandhamal district, Saturday.
- Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, the senior-most judge in the Supreme Court, was Saturday sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI).
- Cybercrimes have emerged as a major challenge for the country, with technological advancements, lack of adequate training and infrastructure in many states have led to a two-fold rise in such cases, a report by Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs observed.
- The state government has ordered the district collectors to strictly implement the ban on single-use plastic. At a virtual meeting Friday, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra said action should be taken against the manufacturing units and sellers of single-use plastics.
- Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) and SUM Hospital, the faculty of medical sciences of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), has been ranked 12th in the country in the ranking conducted by Career 360 for 2022-23.
- More than 130 former civil servants on Saturday wrote an open letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) against the premature release of 11 men who were jailed in the gangrape case of Bilkis Bano and requested him to rectify this "horrendously wrong decision".
- The Delhi Lieutenant Governor's office has returned 47 files signed by CMO staff instead of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a move that is likely to intensify the tussle between the two constitutional authorities in the capital, sources said Saturday.
- The muchawaited report of a panel that probed the circumstances surrounding late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's death, was Saturday submitted to the Tamil Nadu government and it will be placed before the state cabinet in its August 29 meet.
- Heavy downpour continued to pummel parts of Pakistan already battered by calamitous floods of epic proportions, unleashing a fresh wave of death and destruction in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan and Sindh provinces.
- Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries is the mystery buyer of a beach-side villa in Dubai worth $80 million, a report said.
- Tata Motors, released its 8th Annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report highlighting its comprehensive efforts to address societal and environmental challenges in FY22 while fostering inclusive growth to drive impact, and promote sustainable development and nation-building.
- India recorded 9,520 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the overall Coronavirus tally to 4,43,98,696.
- A seven-month-old child, sleeping on a platform at the Mathura railway station, was abducted by a man, police said. The theft was caught on a CCTV camera.
- A passenger was held at the Kolkata airport with gold bars worth ₹ 77 lakh, officials said on Saturday.
- Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Saturday sent out a message of unity among the ruling UPA MLAs amid a threat of his disqualification in an office-of-profit case looming large. Nearly 44 MLAs went in three luxury buses on a “picnic” to the scenic Latratu Dam in Khunti district, over 75km from Ranchi, on Saturday morning and returned to the state capital at around 6pm.
- Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government wants to shut down Delhi government schools.
- The Catholic Church in Colombia has released the names of 26 priests who were investigated for alleged sexual abuse of minors there, local media reported Saturday.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a decree introducing financial benefits for people who left Ukrainian territory to come to Russia, including pensioners, pregnant women, and disabled people.
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