1. Raksha Bandhan, the festival of a special bond between brothers and sisters, is being celebrated across the country.
2. Jagdeep Dhankar was sworn in as the 14th Vice President of India yesterday on 11 Aug. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Mr Dhankar at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
3. India Post sells more than one crore national flags in just ten days.
4. Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign: Post Offices across the country selling National Flags @ ₹25.
5. Union Cabinet has approved continuation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) – Housing for All Mission up to 31st December 2024.
6. The Centre approves Corbevax as booster dose for adults vaccinated with Covaxin or Covishield
Centre approves Corbevax as ‘booster dose’ for adults vaccinated with Covaxin or Covishield.
7. Minister of Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur will address the Yuva Samvad “India@2047” today in New Delhi.
8. On the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Maharshi Aurobindo and 75th Year of Independence, Ministry Of Culture is commemorating the life and philosophy of Shri Aurobindo by undertaking Spiritual Programmes in 75 prisons across the nation till 15th of August.
9. *ANDHRA PRADESH* : Strengthening the bond on Raksha Bandhan, CM Jagan Reddy on Thursday deposited the fee reimbursement funds of Rs 694 crore (Jagananna Vidya Deevena scheme ) for the April-June quarter this year in the accounts of mothers of 11.02 lakh students.
10. *DELHI* govt mandates wearing face masks in public places after surge in COVID cases.
11. *J&K*: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha condemned the attack on a security forces camp in Darhal tehsil of Rajouri district and vowed to deal with terrorists and their supporters in a befitting manner.
12. The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is closed for vehicular traffic due to multiple landslides and shooting stones in Ramban district.
13. *PUNJAB* CM Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday accepted the resignation of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Vice-Chancellor Dr Raj Bahadur. He resigned on July 30, a day after Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jauramajra forced him to lie down on a dirty bed at the university during an inspection.
14. *TAMIL NADU* : Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in former PM Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination case, moved the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking premature release. She cited the court’s judgement in the case where co-convict AG Perarivalan was released from prison. “Tamil Nadu [Council] had recommended [the] Governor to release the…convicts in 2018.
15. *UTTAR PRADESH* : 4 killed, several missing as boat capsizes in UP’s Banda due to strong winds. Boat carrying around 35 people capsized in the Yamuna river
16. *NEW APPOINTMENT* : Sashastra Seema Bal’s director general in New Delhi, Dr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen assumed the additional responsibility of Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
CRIME REPORT
1. *WEST BENGAL* : Senior Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal produced before the special CBI court in Asansol. He was arrested in the cattle smuggling case this morning from his house in Bolpur.
2 *KARNATAKA* : Three more persons accused in the murder of Karnataka BJP youth leader Praveen Nettaru were arrested early on Thursday. the conspiracy,” Mangaluru ADGP Alok Kumar said. Praveen Nettaru was hacked to death by bike-borne miscreants on July 26 in Dakshina Kannada district’s Bellare.
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1. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the one day National Conference of Rural Cooperative Banks organized by the Ministry of Cooperation and the National Federation of State Cooperative Banks NAFSCOB today in New Delhi.
2. The Reserve Bank of India has canceled the license of Rupee Co-operative Bank Ltd, Pune due to lack of adequate capital and earning prospects, along with some other reasons. This order will become effective after six weeks from 10th August.
Consequently, the bank will cease to carry on banking business, with effect from September 22, 2022.
3. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday took a jibe at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, saying he had given a “perverse twist” to the debate on freebies as health and education were never considered giveaways. Sitharaman said that by classifying education and health as freebies, Kejriwal was trying to instil fear in the minds of the poor.
ENTERTAINMENT
1. Comedian Raju Srivastava continues to remain in the Intensive Care Unit of AIIMS after suffering from a heart attack.
2. Actor Salman Khan on Thursday spent his day with sailors of the Indian Navy onboard INS Visakhapatnam. The pictures of the actor have gone viral on social media platforms. In the photos, he is seen interacting, working out and dancing with the sailors. Salman is currently shooting in Hyderabad for his upcoming film ‘Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali’.
3. Laal Singh Chaddha Box Office Estimate Day 1: Takes a VERY POOR start; LOWEST opening for Aamir Khan in the past 13 years shocks the industry.
4. Raksha Bandhan Box Office Estimate Day 1: Akshay Kumar starrer opens lower than Samrat Prithviraj; collects Rs. 8 crores
The audiences have given their message loud and clear – make good, interesting films – if not, they are skipping the theatres.
DEFENCE
1. 4th India-Bangladesh Annual Defence Dialogue, co-chaired by Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division of Bangladesh Lt Gen Waker-Uz-Zaman held in Delhi.
2. A French Air and Space Force contingent, including three Rafale jets, was hosted in India during Indo-Pacific deployment on Wednesday, a statement issued by the French Embassy in New Delhi said.
The contingent which was en route to New Caledonia was hosted for a technical stopover at Air Force Station in Sulur town of Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district on August 10-11 during a long-distance deployment from metropolitan France to the Pacific Ocean.
3. India and Bangladesh on 10 Aug, held the second Tri-services Staff Talks (TSST) in New Delhi and elevated the bilateral defence cooperation.
4. Suspected suicide group attacked an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district in the early hours of Thursday, 2 terrorists dead, 3 soldiers martyred.
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CM : Bhagwant Mann (AAP)
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12 Aug (Friday)
Vedic Ritu*: Varsha
Drik Ritu:* Varsha
पक्ष* :: Shuklapaksh
Month*: Sravan 30, (Purnimata)/ Sravana 15(Amanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2079
Shaka Samvat- 1944 Nakshatra: Dhanishta,
Shatabhisha
Titi: Purnima ( 7:05 am) Pratipada, Dwitiya
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