1. India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 56 crore mark.
2. PM Modi chairs meeting of Cabinet Committee on security following events in Afghanistan : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Principal Secretary to PM Dr P K Mishra, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla attended the meeting.
3. PM Modi on 17 Aug (Tuesday) directed officials to ensure safe evacuation of all Indian citizens from Afghanistan and to provide refuge to Sikhs and Hindus wanting to come to India from there, as he chaired a crucial high-level meeting in the backdrop of the Taliban takeover of the war-torn country
4. Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal conferred the National Intellectual Property Awards at an virtual event in New Delhi on 17 Aug.
5. Six lakh villages to get internet connectivity by 2024: Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajeev Chandrashekhar said.
6. Vriksharopan Abhiyan – 2021 of Coal Ministry is all set to be Launched on August 19, 2021. It will be launched as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
7. Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur announced 6% additional dearness allowance (DA) for govt employees & pensioners retrospectively from July 1. This announcement to provide financial benefit of Rs 450 crore to the employees.
8. No Helmet, No Petrol Two-Wheeler Safety Campaign Launched In Maharastra.
9. In West Bengal, Sushmita Dev, who has changed camp from the Congress to Trinamool Congress, refused to elaborate on her reasons for the change, but said she has “No issues with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi”.
10. Maharashtra reported 10 new cases of the Delta Plus variant. total cases of Delta Plus variant has increased to 76.
11. Shopping malls in Maharashtra on Tuesday decided to close down operations, after the government modified guidelines mandating them to operate with fully-vaccinated staff.
12. Fresh firing escalates tension again on disputed Assam-Mizoram border.
13. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged-in a climb-a-thon organised by Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav in New Delhi on 17 Aug.
14. The climb-a-thon was organised at four smaller peaks of Sikkim Himalayas from April 20th to 25th 2021. The climb-a-thon under the leadership of Group Captain Jai Kishan was conducted at Mt Rhenock, Mt Frey, Mt BC Roy and Mt Palung, by a team of 125 mountaineers.
15. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), has successfully carried ground tests for making a civilian aircraft named ‘Hindustan-228’ : The public sector undertaking of the Defence Ministry.
16. Indian Coast Guard inducts 3 indigenously-built advanced light helicopters MK-III.
17. An Indian Army team of three officers and 25 sappers has reached Russia to take part in the Safe Route Competition of International Army Games, scheduled from August 24 to September 4, a defence spokesperson said .
18. ITBP to guard Indian diplomatic staff in Afghanistan till required An armed contingent of paramilitary force Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is “actively” securing the diplomatic staff of the Indian embassy in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul and will be there “till required”, officials said on Monday as the Taliban took over the country.
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