No-confidence motion: Modi govt wins trust test
The voting in the Lok Sabha over no confidence motion passed by the opposition alliance INDIA showed that it was defeated through a voice vote on Thursday.
Following the win of the trust test by the Modi government, Union Minister Prahalad Joshi proposed a motion seeking action against Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Lok Sabha suspended Congress MP Adhir Ranjan for ‘unruly’ conduct, and dir ..
1. India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts heavy rainfall over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh during next 4 to 5 days.
2. Rajya Sabha passes Pharmacy (Amendment) Bill, 2023 with special provision relating to youth of J&K.
3. The Post Office Bill, 2023 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha yesterday amid din. The Bill seeks to repeal the Indian Post Office Act, 1898 and to amend the law relating to the Post Office in India.
4. The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha amid din.
5. Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation released the report on Assessment of Employment Potential of Jal Jeevan Mission in New Delhi.
6. Union Ministers and MPs will participate in the Tiranga Yatra in the national capital today ahead of the Independence Day celebrations.
7. A total of six infrastructure projects worth more than 28 thousand crore rupees have been recommended under PM GatiShakti. Three projects each are related to Railways and Road Transport and Highways. The decision was taken at the 53rd National Planning Group meeting, held in New Delhi.
8. Road and Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Lok Sabha that the average waiting time at fee toll plazas has been reduced from 734 seconds to 47 seconds.
9. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was suspended from Lok Sabha over deliberate and repeated misconduct and the matter has been referred to Privileges Committee.
10. Opposition MPs staged a walkout from the Lok Sabha on Thursday as PM Modi was replying to a debate on the no-confidence motion, complaining that there was no reference to Manipur in the first 90 minutes of his speech.
PM assures peace in Manipur soon, says ‘Northeast our jigar ka tukda’.
11. Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the second phase of the annual Nationwide Mass Drug Administration initiative for Lymphatic Filariasis in New Delhi. India is committed to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis by 2027.
12. The Government has limited role in fixing of particular percentage for women judges in judiciary: Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said in Rajya Sabha. He also added that 03 women Judges are working in the Supreme Court, 106 women Judges are working in the High Courts and 7199 women Judges are working in the District and Subordinate Courts.
13. Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur informed the Rajya Sabha that a total of three thousand 92 women are being trained under sports promotional schemes of Sports Authority of India.
14. First Female Train Driver in India: Surekha Yadav is the first woman from India to become a train driver and also a train driver of indigenously designed train “Vande Bharat Express”.
15. MADHYA PRADESH: PM Modi to lay the foundation stone of rail and road sector projects on 12th August.
PM will perform Bhoomi Poojan at Sant Shiromani Gurudev Shri Ravidas ji Memorial Sthal. The memorial will be constructed in an area of more than 11.25 acres and at a cost of more than one hundred crore rupees.
16. GUJARAT, World lion day is being celebrated with great enthusiasm in over 8500 educational institutions across the ten districts of Saurashtra yesterday. On the occasion of, World Lion Day, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel virtually launched Lion Anthem’ and unveiled the Sinh Suchna’ Web App.
17. In HARYANA: Schools and other educational institutions are set to open in Haryana’s Nuh on Friday after remaining closed since July 31 when communal violence erupted in the district.
18. RAJASTHAN: CM Ashok Gehlot has launched the “Indira Gandhi Free Smartphone Yojana 2023.” This program provides free mobile phones, internet, and voice call services to women in the state.
19. In KARNATAKA: The Gruha Lakshmi scheme of the Karnataka government, which promises Rs 2,000 to the women heads of the households, will now be launched across the state on August 27 instead of August 20, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said.
20. The Meitei and Kuki MLAs of Manipur have written separate letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and made conflicting demands over the presence of Assam Rifles in the ethnic strife-affected state.
21. The peace talks between the Centre, Assam government and the ULFA pro-talk faction will be held at the national capital after Independence Day, the outfit’s leader Anup Chetia has said.
22. World Biofuel Day is being observed to create awareness about importance of non-fossil fuels. August 10 was chosen to mark World Biofuel Day as it was on this date in 1893 that German inventor Sir Rudolf Diesel successfully used peanut oil to operate a diesel engine.
CRIME REPORT
#Chief Justice of India:
Shri Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
#Minister Of Law & Justice : Arjun Ram Meghwal
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1. KERALA CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter T Veena got suspicious payments of Rs 1.72 cr for services not rendered: A controversy has erupted over these suspicious payments and the Congress party in Kerala has demanded a judicial probe into the allegations.
2. In Goa: People Demand Immediate Arrest Of Catholic Priest Bolmax Pereira Over Shivaji “Not God” Remarks.
3. Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, an accused in the Pul Bangash killings during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, on Thursday moved a Delhi court seeking permission to appear before it through video conferencing (VC).
4. The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday moved the Delhi high court seeking to vacate its order that granted interim protection from coercive action to online news portal NewsClick and its editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha, uptill the next date of hearing.
NewsClick is again in the spotlight after a recent New York Times report claimed that the news portal was part of a global network that received funding from American billionaire Neville Roy Singham, who allegedly works closely with the Chinese government media machine.
FINANCE
#Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman.
#Commerce & Industry : Piyush Goyal
#RBI Gvrnr: Shaktikanta Das
#President of the World Bank :
Ajay Banga
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💷 GBP ₹ 105.15
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Inflation rate : 4.7%
Population : 141.81 cr (17.7% of the total world population).
Unemployment : 7.8%
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1. Paradip Port Authority has become the fastest major port to handle 50 million metric ton Cargo in the current fiscal year. It has exhibited 6.5% growth over the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.
2. Reserve Bank of India has kept the key interest rate unchanged for third time in a row. Announcing the bi-monthly monetary policy, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) unanimously decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%.
3. India’s first payment bank, Airtel Payment Bank also became the first Indian Bank to launch an eco-friendly debit card for its new and existing customers.
4. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) approved the appointment of Amit Jhingran as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for SBI.
5. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Thursday allowed the merger of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd and Culver Max Entertainment (earlier known as Sony Pictures Networks India).
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
#Information and Broadcasting Minister: Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
#Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC): Prasoon Joshi
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1. ‘JAILER’ movie starring Rajinikanth along with Mohan Lal, Jackie Shroff, Shiva Rajkumar, Sunil, Ramya Krishnan, Vinayakan, Mirna Menon and Tamannah released on August 10.
Superstar Rajinikanth has returned to the silver screen after almost two years with Nelson Dilipkumar directorial ‘Jailer’.
2. Bollywood movies to be get released today (11 AUGUST 2023)
OMG 2
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Yami Gautam
GADAR 2
Cast: Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel
TAKHT
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor
3. The National rounds of the second edition of the Fit India Quiz will be aired on popular OTT platform Disney Hotstar from Saturday (12 Aug).
DEFENCE
#Minister: Rajnath Singh
#Union Home : Amit Shah
#National Security Advisor : Ajit Doval
#Chief of Defence Staff:
Gen Anil Chauhan, PVSM UYSM AVSM SM VSM
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1. Ministry of Defence issued two Requests for Information (RFI) to procure High Mobility Vehicles (HMV). The plan is to buy 2,150 such vehicles initially.
2. India, Japan, the United States and Australia will hold the Malabar navy exercise off the coast of Sydney on Friday, the first time the war games previously held in the Indian Ocean have taken place in Australia.
3. Indian navy warships INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata will participate in Exercise MALABAR 2023, hosted by the Royal Australian Navy from August 11 to 21.
4. The Delhi Police is acquiring Russian Dragunov sniper rifles to provide added security measures ahead of the G20 Summit.
5. Border Security Force will run Operation Alert from August 11 to August 17 along the India-Pakistan International Border to thwart infiltration and smuggling attempts in view of the Independence Day.
6. Recently the Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre on a petition alleging gender discrimination and reservation for male candidates in selection for the posts of Judge Advocate General (JAG) in the Army.
Asking the Centre to respond to the petition filed by two women JAG aspirants in four weeks, a Bench said, “Considering the nature of the interim relief, we deem it appropriate to order to keep aside two of the notified vacancies, until the returnable date.”
7. The Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) has approved the transfer of defence lands for elevated corridors/skyways under the Strategic Road Development Programme (SRDP).
This decision, following the directions of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), mandated a deposit of Rs 383.44 crore into the Secunderabad Cantonment fund account as compensation for an equal value of land, covering an extent of 33.72 acre, as calculated by the Defence Estates Officer (DEO).
8. Poland’s defense minister said on Thursday that the country intends to put 10,000 soldiers along its border with Belarus. The statement comes as Warsaw worries about the presence of Russian-linked mercenaries in Belarus and migrants trying to cross the border.
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