- The world narrowly escaped a radiation disaster when electricity to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was cut off for hours.
- A court in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore sentenced two directors of Paazee Marketing Company to 27 years of imprisonment and slapped a fine amounting to ₹ 171.74 crore on them in a case related to cheating public depositors to the tune of ₹ 870.1 crore.
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched "Startup Odisha Yatra 2.0" a flagship initiative of Startup Odisha.
- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Friday said it had conducted a "massive demolition drive" against unauthorised constructions in its south zone this year.
- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that the central government believes that this is not the right time to make digital payments chargeable.
- Bank credit grew by 15.32 per cent to Rs 124.305 lakh crore and deposits by 8.84 per cent to Rs 169.49 lakh crore in the fortnight ended August 12, the RBI data showed
- In the previous fortnight ended July 29, bank credit grew by 14.52 per cent and deposits by 9.14 per cent. In FY 2021-22, credit rose by 8.59 per cent and deposit by 8.94 per cent, the RBI data showed
- India’s Linthoi Chanambam claimed a historic gold at the World Cadet Judo Championship in Sarajevo, becoming the first from the country to win a medal in the tournament across any age-group.
- The University Grants Commission (UGC) Friday declared 21 universities, including two in Odisha, as fake and not empowered to confer any degree. The UGC has declared Nababharat Shiksha Parishad in Rourkela and North Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology in Mayurbhanj as fake.
- Nagaland on Friday got its second railway station after a gap of more than 100 years with the commissioning of a new facility at Shokhuvi.
- Eight people were suspended on Friday in connection with a breach reported in the under-construction Karam dam in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh earlier this month.
- The Supreme Court on Friday emphasised that the child adoption process in India needs to be streamlined as there are three-to-four years waiting period under the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) to adopt a single child.
- The national parties have collected more than `15,077.97 crore from unknown sources between 2004-05 and 2020-21, an analysis by the poll rights body -- Association for Democratic Reforms, showed.
- The total income of national and regional parties from unknown sources for 2020-21 stands at `690.67 crore. ADR considered eight national parties and 27 regional parties for this analysis.
- World football governing body FIFA Friday lifted the ban imposed on the AIFF after the Supreme Court terminated the mandate of the Committee of Administrators (CoA), clearing the decks for India to host the Women’s U-17 World Cup in October.
- The Odisha state government Friday decided to develop 13 more eco-tourism retreats in different parts of the state, an official said. The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra.
- Achieving net zero emissions by 2070 could boost India's economy by as much as 4.7 per cent above the projected baseline growth in GDP terms by 2036 — worth a total of USD 371 billion, illustrates modelling and research commissioned by the High-level Policy Commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero.
- Terming pendency of cases a "huge challenge", outgoing Chief Justice of India N V Ramana Friday expressed regret for not being able to pay much attention to issues of listing and posting of matters for hearing in the Supreme Court.
- Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Friday announced an alliance with Sambhaji Brigade, a prominent Maratha organisation. The alliance was ideological and forged to uphold the Constitution and regional pride, he said.
- India on Friday reported at least 10,256 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall Covid tally to 4,43,89,176.
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