1. Rajya Sabha witnessed a protest by the opposition members yesterday over various issues including alleged misuse of the Enforcement Directorate and price rise.
2. Parliament passes Weapon of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill 2022 and Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022.
3. National Testing Agency released the admit cards for the Common University Entrance Test undergraduate (CUET UG 2022) for phase II candidates.
The Phase I exams were conducted in July and the second phase exams are scheduled to take place on the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, and 20th of August.
4. The Centre has formed a task force in the wake of Monkeypox cases in India to monitor and provide guidance to the government on the expansion of diagnostic facilities and to explore vaccination for the infection in the country.
5. Minister of State for Culture, Meenakashi Lekhi flagged off 40 LED vans in New Delhi to give impetus to the Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign.
6. Govt has said that the private sector can use drones for delivery purposes in accordance with Drone Rules, 2021. These sectors include – agriculture, vaccine delivery, surveillance, search and rescue, transportation, mapping, defence and law enforcement. Minister of State for Civil Aviation V. K. Singh informed this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
7. *Ministry of Culture is organizing Tiranga Utsav* -an evening filled with cultural and musical performances to celebrate contributions of Pingali Venkayya to nation on the occasion of his 146th Birth Anniversary in New Delhi today
Pingali Venkayya (2 Aug 1876 to 4 July 1963) was an Indian freedom fighter. He was a staunch follower of Mahatma Gandhi and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was based. He was born in Telugu brahmin family at Bhatla penumarru, near Machilipatnam, in Andhra Pradesh.
8. *ANDHRA PRADESH* : CM Jagan sanctions pension to 3.10 lakh more beneficiaries
9. *ARUNACHAL PRADESH* govt on Monday issued an order suspending all residential proof certificates (RPC) issued in the Changlang district of the state. RPCs have been issued to members of the Chakma and Hajong communities who are yet to get Indian citizenship.
10. *DELHI* : A Nigerian man has tested positive for monkeypox in Delhi, hospital officials said. This is the second case of the virus in the national capital and the sixth in India. The man had no recent foreign travel history.
11. The Delhi judge Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal and her husband Alok Lakhanpal have been charged with amassing disproportionate assets by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
12. *HIMACHAL PRADESH* : Seven people drowned after they went to take a bath in a Gobind Sagar lake at Androli in Una district this afternoon.
13. *KERALA* : Educational institutions to remain shut in Kerala today in seven districts due to heavy rains. A red alert has been sounded in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Alappuzha and Idukki districts.
14. *MADHYA PRADESH* : Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 6 National Highway projects of 119 KMs worth 2300 Crore rupees in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
15. Madhya Pradesh, at least eight persons were killed in a massive fire at a private hospital in Jabalpur city. The fire occurred at New Life Multi-specialty Hospital near Damoh Naka area of Jabalpur ob 01 Aug afternoon.
16. *MAHARASHTRA* : Shiv Sena’s spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut remanded to ED custody till August 4 in Patra Chawl Land scam.
17. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has issued a statement apologizing for his recent inadvertent remarks on certain communities. It may be recalled that Mr. Koshyari had said that Mumbai will not remain India’s financial capital if the Gujarati and Rajasthani people are removed from the city. The statement had caused a big hue and cry in the state.
18. *WEST BENGAL*: CM Mamata Banerjee will reshuffle her Cabinet on Wednesday bringing in four to five new faces – to replace senior-most minister Partha Chatterjee last week following his arrest in a cash-for-jobs scam.
19. West Bengal to get seven new districts; total now 30
20. *NEW APPOINTMENT* :
Satyendra Prakash assumed charge as Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau. He is an Indian Information Service officer of the 1988 batch.
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*WEST BENGAL* : Former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, who has been arrested in the multi-crore school jobs scam, said on Sunday that the money seized by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is not his and time will tell who is “conspiring” against him.
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1. Lok Sabha takes up price rise issue; Finance Minister says, India remains fastest growing economy in assessment of global agencies.
2. Over 36 lakh crore rupees worth of loan amounts have been disbursed to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) during the last three fiscal years.
3. *JHARKHAND* , Finance Minister of Dr Rameshwar Oraon presented the first supplementary budget of three thousand four hundred thirty six crores and fifty six lakh rupees for the current fiscal in the ongoing Monsoon Session of State Legislative Assembly.
4. Over 5 crore 83 lakh Income Tax Returns, ITRs have been filed till 31st of July the last day. The Revenue Department says that a record of over 72 lakh 42 thousand ITRs were filed on a single day
ENTERTAINMENT
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan BREAKS silence on
*Boycott Laal Singh Chaddha campaign* on Social media.
He then added, “Please don’t boycott my film. Please watch my film.”
He was accused of hurting religious sentiments of Hindus in PK movie.
In a TV show in 2015, his ex wife Kiran Rao felt like leaving India due to certain disturbing incidents in the country.
Aamir Khan has earned the ire of many on Twitter after photos from his visit to Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan in Istanbul made it to social media. In September 2019, Turkey had criticized India on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and the revocation of article 370.
DEFENCE
1. Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal, SSB Dr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen took over the additional charge of Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police in New Delhi. With effect from 01 Aug 2022.
2. Army looking to acquire 11 more Apache attack helicopters
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) has received the Letter of Intent from the Services for the manufacture of 12 Light Utility Helicopters (LUH), which have been designed and developed indigenously.
Nine Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) have been manufactured against the sanction of 15 limited series production (LSP) variants and are in the process of being handed over to the Services.
The Army is in negotiations for acquiring 11 more Apache AH-64E attack helicopters from the U.S.
3. Two BSF personnel killed in Congo cremated with state honours in Rajasthan: On 26th of July, both the soldiers made the supreme sacrifice while taking on the rebels in the African country of Congo. They were posted in the UN Peacekeeping Force.
The mortal remains of Head Constable Shishupal Singh, a resident of Sikar district, village Bagrio ka Bas.
Head Constable Savla Ram Vishnoi of Barmer village Band.
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