1. Raksha Bandhan, the festival of a special bond between brothers and sisters was celebrated across the country on 22 Aug.
2. Over 58.14 crore vaccine doses administered across the country so far. Health Ministry report.
4. President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and PM Modi have expressed grief over the demise of Sh. Kalyan Singh, former UP CM and Rajasthan governor.
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)
6. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to launch the National Monetisation Pipeline today on 24 Aug.
The National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) comprises a four-year pipeline of the Central Government’s brownfield infrastructure assets. Besides providing visibility to investors, NMP will also serve as a medium-term roadmap for the Asset Monetisation initiative of the Government.
7. Haryana’s Home and Health Minister Anil Vij was on 23 Aug (Sunday) admitted to the PGIMER in Chandigarh as his oxygen levels dipped.
8. 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.
9. Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai asks Ministers to visit schools, class nine and ten and pre-university colleges in Karnataka opening from Monday (23 Aug).
10. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid his last respects to former chief minister Kalyan Singh on 22 Aug (Sunday).
11. PM’s “Big Fan” Fahim Nazir Shah Walking From Srinagar To Delhi In Hopes Of Meeting PM, believes that at the end of this arduous journey his dream of meeting the prime minister will be fulfilled.
12. Former West Bengal Minister Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was arrested on 22 Aug (Sunday) for allegedly misappropriating govt funds during his tenure as chairman in Bishnupur Municipality.
13. 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.
14. 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 .
15. Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, senior PDP leader and close aide of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, has approached the Jammu and Kashmir High Court for quashing of an FIR against him by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, citing violation of fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution and “sameness” of the charges also being probed by the NIA.
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