1. The Parliament has passed the Coconut Development Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
2. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has asked Kerala govt to take more proactive measures & precautions to control the Covid 19 situation in the state.
3. Over 48.52 crore doses of COVID vaccine administered so far; National recovery rate stands at 97.37%
4. Income Tax Return Filing ITR Last Date: Income Tax Return of Individuals, Professionals, Small Businesses etc. (Non-Audit Cases) last date has been extended for 30 Sep 2021.
5. Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai inducted 29 ministers into his cabinet on 04 Aug (Wednesday). Yediyurappa’s younger son and state BJP vice president B Y Vijayendra was not included in the cabinet.
6. In the new cabinet, 8 ministers are Lingayats, 7 Vokkaligas, 7 OBCs, 3 SCs, 2 Brahmins, 1 ST and 1 Reddy. Former minister Shashikala Jolle is the lone woman representative in the new cabinet.
7. Ram temple in Ayodhya to open for ‘darshan’ to devotees by 2023 end.
The entire temple complex will, however, be ready by 2025.
8. Six TMC MPs suspended for the day as disruptions continue in Rajya Sabha over Pegasus snooping controversy : Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.
9. The first direct flight operations between Imphal & Shillong was flagged off on 03 Aug under the Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik, RCS-UDAN.
10. Heavy rainfall warning issued due to cyclonic circulation over North Bay of Bengal.
11. The Telangana High Court on 04 Aug (Wednesday) directed the state government not to release funds under the controversial government order (GO) Rt 208 issued by chief secretary Somesh Kumar, until further orders. The issue pertains to G O Rt 208 issued by the Chief Secretary on June 7 sanctioning about Rs 60 crore ‘towards pending contempt cases pending in the High Court.
12. The Bombay High Court reserved its order on petitions filed by Raj Kundra and his associates Ryan Thorpe. The two had challenged their arrest in a pornography-related case.
13. PEGASUS is a spyware developed by the Israeli cyberarms firm NSO Group that can be covertly installed on mobile phones (and other devices) running most versions of iOS and Android.
The spyware is named after the mythical winged horse Pegasus—it is a Trojan horse that can be sent “flying through the air” to infect phones. The company states that it provides “authorized governments with technology that helps them combat terror and crime.
Pegasus was discovered in August 2016 after a failed installation attempt on the iPhone of a human rights activist led to an investigation revealing details about the spyware.
14. On August 23, 2020, according to intelligence obtained by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, NSO Group sold Pegasus spyware software for hundreds of millions of US dollars to the United Arab Emirates and the other Gulf States, for surveillance of anti-regime activists, journalists, and political leaders from rival nations, with encouragement and mediation by the Israeli govt.
15. In July 2021, widespread media coverage part of the Project Pegasus revelations along with an in-depth analysis by human rights group Amnesty International uncovered that Pegasus was still being widely used against high-profile targets.
It showed that Pegasus was able to infect all modern iOS versions up to iOS 14.6, through a zero-click iMessage exploit.
16. Phone numbers of Indian ministers, opposition leaders, ex-election commissioners and journalists were allegedly found on a database of NSO hacking targets by Project Pegasus in 202.
17. PM Modi congratulated the Indian Navy and the Cochin Shipyard Limited, the manufacturer of the aircraft carrier, on the maiden sea sortie by the warship and described it as a “historic milestone”.
18. The Swarnim Vijay Victory Flame, commemorating 50 Years of Indian Armed Forces’ victory over Pakistan in the 1971 Indo-Pak War, reached the frozen frontiers of Siachen Glacier on Tuesday (August 3).
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