1. India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage crosses 66 crore mark.
2. Commemorative coin of 125 rupees on the occasion of the 125th Birth Anniversary of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on 01 Sep through video conferencing.
3. Schools, colleges and coaching centres in Delhi have been reopened. Delhi Disaster Management Authority has directed that the classes to function at 50% capacity to maintain social distancing as per Covid protocol.
4. As a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations to commemorate 75th Year of Independence, Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal, along with Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju, Jitendra Singh, Meenakshi Lekhi and Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai launched the Yoga Break (Y-Break) mobile application in New Delhi.
5. The Haryana govt on 01 Sep (Wednesday) transferred Karnal SDM Ayush Sinha, whose video instructing policemen to “smash heads of farmers” during a recent farmers’ protest had gone viral. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had earlier admitted that the choice of words by Ayush Sinha, a 2018-batch IAS officer, was wrong but had defended the police action.
6. AICC general secretary Harish Rawat on 01 Sep (Wednesday) asked Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to provide relief to people by reducing power tariffs, one of the major demands of state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu.
7. Pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani (92 yrs) died on 01 Sep (Wednesday) after a prolonged illness, He was a member of banned Jamaat-e-Islami and chairman of hardline Hurriyat Conference.
8. The Allahabad high court on 01 Sep (Wednesday) said Parliament should make a law declaring cow a national animal and to punish those who harm it. The government should bring a Bill in Parliament and declare cow as the national animal and make strict laws, the court said.
9. The West Bengal govt on 01 Sep (Wednesday) moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta high court order directing the court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation probe into all heinous cases like rape and murder during the post poll violence in the state after accepting the recommendations of a National Human Rights Commission panel.
10. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has removed the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and issued directives to district authorities concerned to ensure best medical attention and cleanliness in Firozabad.
A special team of 11 doctors has been rushed to take control of the situation arisen due to suspected dengue and viral fever which has claimed over 50 lives so far within a span of 10 days.
12. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on 01 Sep (Wednesday) advised officials to provide certifications to organic producers to help them get good prices and announced that the YSR Agri Testing Labs would be launched in December. He says to Encourage millet farming, certification to organic produces.
13. The prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cooking gas cylinders across all categories including subsidised gas on 01 Sep (Wednesday) were hiked by Rs 25 per cylinder — the third straight increase in rates in less than two months.
Subsidised as well as non-subsidised LPG now costs Rs 884.50 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi, according to a price notification of oil companies.
14. Karnataka mandates RT PCR test for international arrivals; Kerala students to be quarantined: Karnataka govt has asked students and employees entering the state from Kerala will have to bring a negative Covid-19 test (RT-PCR) report not older than 72 hours and irrespective of their vaccination status.
15. Schools across Telangana have been reopened on 01 Sep after being shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
16. In a weeklong visit to the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met with the representatives of District Development Councils (DDCs), Block Development Councils (BDCs) and Panchayats at Gulmarg.
17. Maharashtra’s public health department has informed that over 23 lakh beneficiaries have registered under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Scheme.
Under this scheme, cash benefit of five thousand rupees is provided to pregnant women and lactating mothers in three installments to meet the woman’s enhanced nutritional needs and to partially compensate for her wage loss during pregnancy.
18. Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah’s Message For “Those Celebrating Taliban” In India:. He said those who are rejoicing the revival of Taliban should question themselves if “they want to reform their religion or live with the old barbarism”.
19. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on 01 Sep inaugurated the first direct flight between Gwalior and Indore.
20. A high alert has been issued in the coastal areas of Karnataka following an intelligence input received about terrorist activities in coastal Kerala.
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