1. 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. 2. Read more
✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. PM Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on recent developments in Afghanistan. Both the leaders had a detailed and useful exchange of views on Afghanistan’s situation. They also agreed to continue consultations on important issues. 2. Read more
1. India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 59 crore 47 lakh mark. 2. India’s first mRNA-based (messenger ribonucleic acid is a single-stranded molecule of RNA) COVID-19 vaccine has received a nod from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to Read more
✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. India on 22 Aug (Sunday) brought back home at least 392 people, including two Afghan legislators and several Afghan Hindus and Sikhs, on three different flights as part of its mission to evacuate Indians and its Afghan Read more
1. Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman launched the National Monetisation Pipeline. 2. National Motenisation Pipeline talks about brownfield assets where investment is already being made and where there are assets either languishing or not fully monetized Read more
The DUTA has called for a one day Strike on the day of the Academic Council, 24 August 2021 and a demonstration outside the venue of the Academic Council from 10.30 am onwards. Through this action programme, the DUTA also Read more
✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. 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 Read more
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 Read more
✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS 1. India has been allowed to operate two flights per day from Kabul to evacuate its nationals stranded in Afghanistan. 2. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on 20 Aug (Friday) provided details about India’s mission to evacuate all Read more
1. Raksha Bandhan is celebrated in Shravana month during full moon day or Purnima day. This everlasting relationship between siblings is a ‘symbol of bond’. HAPPY RAKSHA BANDHAN. Raksha Bandhan Thread Ceremony Time – 06:15 AM to 05:31 PM, August Read more