1. The Constitution 127th Amendment Bill, 2021 seeks to restore the power of State governments to identify Other Backward Classes that are socially and economically backward after a Supreme Court order in May 2021. The bill should be considered as the 105th Constitution Amendment bill after being renumbered.
2. More than 51 crore 45 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses administered so far; Recovery Rate stands at 97.4%.
3. The Lok Sabha on 10 Aug (Tuesday) passed the Constitution 127th Amendment Bill, 2021 with unanimous support from the House and not a single vote against.
4. The 127th Amendment Bill proposes to insert three new articles in the Constitution:-
*Article 342A* – deals with the Central List of the socially and educationally backward classes. The Bill proposes to authorise the States to have their own list of socially and educationally backward class (SEBC) [342A(3).
Article 366(26C)– defines the socially & educationally backward classes as such backward. classes as are so deemed under article 342A for the purposes of the Central Government or the State or Union territory.
Article 338B– has constituted the National Commission for Backward Classes. The Bill adds a provison to the article, proposing that this clause shall not be applicable to Article 342A(3) i.e., States/ Union Territories power to make their own list.
5. The Bill seeks to empower the State Government and Union territories to prepare and maintain their own State List/ Union territory List of socially and educationally backward class (SEBC)s and with a view to maintain the federal structure of this country.
6. Ujjwala 2.0 Gas connection scheme launched by PM Modi, he said scheme is to provide maximum benefit to lakhs of migrant labour families.
7. Govt to organise Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 throughout country as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
8. The state governments cannot withdraw pending criminal cases against MPs and MLAs without the approval of the high courts, the Supreme Court said.
9. The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ordered the disclosure of the total number of EVMs and VVPATs that showed defects and errors during testing and evaluation of their firmware by the Standardization, Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate.
10. The RBI will start imposing penalty on banks in case the ATMs remain out-of-cash for a total period of 10 hours in a month from October 1, 2021, onwards.
11. 99.9% students passed Class 10 SSLC exams in Karnataka, says state Education Minister BC Nagesh.
12. Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has called for a full-fledged survey of Wakf lands across the state and to protect them besides establishing a Wakf tribunal in Kurnool. He also said that there was an urgent need to construct new cemeteries for minority sections in the current fiscal. He urged officials to ensure payment of honorarium to imams, mouzans and pastors promptly.
13. Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, speaking at a book launch event, said Triple Talaq Cases Dropped By 80% After Enactment Of Law.
14. Punjab Police on 10 Aug (Tuesday) seized 13.72 kg heroin from a village near the India-Pakistan border.
15. Haryana Extends Lockdown Till August 23; Lifts Curbs On Malls, Shops.
16. Mumbai Local Trains Open From August 15 To Fully Vaccinated People. People can take passes either from app or from offices.
17. The Education Department of Delhi has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the reopening of schools in the state for the students of 10 to 12 classes.
18. Supply of essential commodities is gradually returning to normalcy in Mizoram as trucks carrying goods are entering the state from neighbouring Assam through National Highway-306.
19. Army given allocation of Rs 2.84 trn between 2017-18 and 2021-22:
The Indian Army has been given a budgetary allocation of Rs 2.84 lakh crore between 2017-18 and 2021-22 as against Rs 2.22 lakh crore in the previous five-year period, the govt said in the Rajya Sabha.
20. India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant on Sunday successfully completed a five-day maiden sea voyage as the performance of the key systems of the 40,000-tonne warship was found to be satisfactory, The aircraft carrier, built at a cost of around Rs 23,000 crore, set sail on Wednesday for the crucial sea trials ahead of its planned induction into the Indian Navy by August next year.
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