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1.The Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry's Publications Division on Friday launched the latest 'Chhota Bheem' comic series, reaffirming the Centre’s push for home-grown storytelling and culturally rooted content for young readers.
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2.Santanu Kumar Swain, a professor at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Sikkim University.
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3.The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Odisha’s main opposition party, has indicated that it will not support the NDA nominee in the upcoming Vice-Presidential election scheduled for September 9.
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4.The Deputy Chief Minister will review the implementation of various initiatives of the Women and Child Development, Tourism and Mission Shakti departments during her visit to the six districts.
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5.Odisha Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja today instructed all concerned departments to prioritise the filling of 22,896 vacant posts across 10 departments.
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6.Israel plans to take over Gaza City, escalating its 22-month war with Hamas, drawing international condemnation.
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7.Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin unveiled the state’s new education policy Friday in response to the Centre’s NEP that he considers to be against social justice and aimed at ‘imposing’ Hindi upon the state.
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8.The state government, in collaboration with IIT-Madras, is developing ‘Road Awareness and Traffic Harmony’, a pioneering real-time road safety dashboard, in a bid to build safer roads through data-driven strategies and community participation, official sources said Friday.
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9.Researchers at Berhampur University have claimed to have discovered a new species of free-living marine nematodes or round worms from Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon.
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10.Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and her predecessor Atishi sparred over The Delhi Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025 in the state Assembly, which was later passed in the House.
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11.The Election Commission Friday told RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav that it was a crime to forge and use a bogus government document and set a deadline for him to submit his "apparently fake" Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) by August 16.
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12.Citing Rahul Gandhi’s poll rigging claims, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Friday said these are “serious questions” which must be seriously addressed in the interest of all voters and urged the Election Commission to act urgently.
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13. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday withdrew the Income Tax Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha, and the government will come out with an updated version of the legislation after incorporating changes suggested by the Select Committee.
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14.The Jharkhand Police Friday said it has registered an FIR against BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, Manoj Tiwari and others for “forcibly” entering the sanctum sanctorum of the Baba Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar August 2 and hurting religious sentiments.
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15.China Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned visit to the Tianjin Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to be held later this month, expressing hope that the event would be a “gathering of solidarity, friendship and fruitful results”.