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The Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has ordered the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) to ban internet games like PubG and Freefire. The action follows an instruction by the High Court of Bangladesh to shut down the dangerous and harmful apps and softwares on the internet for three months.

Pakistan on 24 Aug received 2.75 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under a Special Drawing Rights (SDR) programme to support low-income countries hit by the coronavirus.

The CISF has clarified that the young officer, Somnath Mohanty, who asked actor Khan to follow security protocol at the Mumbai airport, has not been reprimanded. CISF DG has presented Mohanty cash award of Rs 5,000 and a citation for his ‘exemplary professionalism’.

Over 600 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan till now. India evacuated the people on several flights from Kabul, Dushanbe and Doha. The mission to evacuate people from Kabul has been named as " Operation Devi Shakti ".

India and the Philippines conducted a naval exercise in the South China Sea on August 23, 2021. This exercise was conducted five days after conducting a similar drill with Vietnam in the region. Indian and Vietnamese navies had conducted the naval exercise on 18 August.

The Cabinet has approved the highest ever Fair and Remunerative Price of 290 rupees per quintal for Sugarcane. The Minister said this will be immensely beneficial to five lakh workers employed in sugar mills and related ancillary activities.

PM Modi on 25 Aug chaired the meeting of the 37th edition of PRAGATI, the ICT-based multi-modal platform for pro-active governance and timely implementation, involving Centre and State governments. In the meeting, nine agenda items were taken for review including eight projects and one scheme.

Jal Shakti Ministry begins SUJALAM, a 100 days campaign as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. The Campaign will help in management of the wastewater. It will boost the momentum of Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin phase -2 activities through community participation and it will increase awareness about ODF-plus activities. The focus area of this campaign is to ensure that all newly emerging Households in the village have access to toilets.

On August 27, the President will unveil a statue of Dr. Sampurnanand, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and inaugurate an Auditorium at the Capt Manoj Pandey Sainik School in Lucknow & will also grace the 26th convocation of the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow. 

The Adani Group has announced prices for procuring apple for its CA stores. Compared to last year, the prices announced for premium apple are around 20 per cent less this time – the opening price for the premium apple last year was Rs 88 per kg. This time, it is Rs 72. The apple growers are not happy and some are even threatening to boycott the corporate giant.

Andhra Pradesh has sought Krishna river water sharing between it and Telangana at 70:30 ratio for the present water year 2021-22

Senior IPS officer Pankaj Singh was on 25 Aug, appointed director general of the Border Security Force.

The Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in India, for the first time, will be equipped with Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) marked level-5 bullet resistance jackets by September end, a move by the Central government in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat'.

The Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has ordered the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) to ban internet games like PubG and Freefire. The action follows an instruction by the High Court of Bangladesh to shut down the dangerous and harmful apps and softwares on the internet for three months.

Pakistan on 24 Aug received 2.75 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under a Special Drawing Rights (SDR) programme to support low-income countries hit by the coronavirus.

With only around 14 per cent of the adult population stands fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 to date in the country, the Centre has asked all the states to accelerate the administration of the second dose.

Only 16 per cent of the targeted adult population in the Odisha has been immunised completely, as they have taken the full dosage. In Odisha, of the targeted 3.1 crore adult population, a total of over 49.71 lakh have been administered with two doses, whereas a total of 1.59 cr have been partially inoculated (taken only 1 dose). The data shows when over 51 per cent of the targeted adult population in the State have been partially immunised, only over 16 per cent stands fully vaccinated.

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch said that self-proclaimed Godman Bijayananda Choudhury alias Swami Bijayanandaji Maharaj had earlier defrauded a Ganjam-based contractor of Rs 25 lakh.

Students from the University Law College, Capital Law College, MS Law and The Law College had alleged that they were being forced to appear the pending four semesters- 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th- in the ensuing six months in offline mode.

The State Transport Commissioner has written to all Regional Transport Officers (RTOs) for stringent enforcement of traffic rules and to achieve 100 per cent DL suspension of the drivers who defy the rules.

1. The Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri, which was closed for public since April 24 due to the COVID-19 situation, reopened for all devotees today.The darshan timings will be from 07:00 AM to 07:00 PM. The temple will remain closed for public darshan on all Saturdays and Sundays as a measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 and in order to sanitize the temple premises.
2. As per a report shared by the office of Special Relief Commissioner, Keonjhar, Boudh, Angul, Jajpur, and Bhadrak district have recorded a severe deficit rainfall (shortfall of 39 to 59 per cent) during June 1 and August 22.
3. India on Sunday reported 30,948 new cases of COVID-19 and 403 deaths, according to the Union health ministry. The active caseload in the country now stands at 3,53,398, lowest in 152 days. India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has reached 58 crore with 52,23,612 vaccine doses administered over the last 24 hours.
4. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid his last respects to former chief minister Kalyan Singh on Sunday and said people were paying tributes to him from the airport to the city.
5. Information and Broadcasting Ministry will celebrate Iconic Week from 23rd to 29th of August as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
6. 1183 mobilisation camps organised across the country under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) launched on the 25th September, 2014, is a nationwide placement-linked skill training program funded by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India (GoI)
7. BJP Telangana state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s proposed ‘Praja Sangrama Yatra’ has been postponed again due to the demise of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh and also the Central party leadership announcing three-day mourning over Kalyan Singh’s death.
8.  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid his last respects to former chief minister Kalyan Singh on 22 Aug (Sunday).
9. The Punjab & Haryana High court ordered release of former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini forthwith, who was arrested on charges of cheating and forgery, among others. Saini was arrested by the state's Vigilance Bureau last week.
10.  Manipur CM N. Biren Singh launches livelihood scheme for Covid-19-affected people with an aim to uplift the poor and weaker sections of the State .
11. A special Indian Air Force repatriation flight ferrying 168 evacuees from Kabul landed at the Ghaziabad Hindon air base.India has been allowed to operate two flights per day from Kabul to evacuate its nationals stranded in Afghanistan,.
12.  Indian naval ship Shakti carrying 100 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen reached Sri Lanka on Sunday to help the island nation combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
13. The Taliban fired in the air and used batons to make people line up in orderly queues outside Kabul airport. A NATO official said that at least 20 people have died in the past seven days in and around the airport. Some were shot and others died in stampedes.
14.  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will convene a meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven nations on Tuesday for urgent talks on the situation in Afghanistan. The UK holds this year's presidency of the G-7 nations, which is also made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
15. 54 athletes to represent India in 9 sports disciplines at Tokyo Paralympics beginning from Aug 24. Let's Cheer up for Indian Paralympic team. Tokyo Paralympics scheduled to be held between 24 August and 5 September 2021. 
16. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will felicitate the Olympians from the Services at the Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune on 24 Aug (Tuesday). All the Armed Forces personnel, who represented India in the recently-concluded Tokyo Olympics, including Gold medalist Javelin Thrower Subedar Neeraj Chopra are likely to be present on the occasion.
17. Rafael Nadal announced that he will not be competing for the rest of the 2021 tennis season, including the upcoming US Open. Nadal said he is giving himself some time off to recover from a foot injury that has been troubling him.
18. Union minister Raosaheb Danve on Sunday said the Railways has suffered losses to the tune of ₹ 36,000 crore during the coronavirus pandemic, and termed goods trains as the real revenue generators for the national transporter.
19. Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Sunday said the state government has renamed 10 schools after the Olympic medal-winning hockey team players from the state.
20. Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the Khordha-Balangir rail line project will be completed soon.