*TODAYS TOP NEWS*
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1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducts aerial survey of landslide hit regions of Wayanad in Kerala.
2. PM Modi reviews relief and rehabilitation efforts in landslide hit regions of Wayanad in Kerala; Assures state government of all possible support.
3. Haryana’s Minister of State for Sainik and Ardhsainik Welfare, Dr. Abhay Singh Yadav has said that under the Hard ghar Tiranga Abhiyan, a Tiranga Yatra will be taken out in every village in Mahendragarh district from 11 Aug to August 14.
4. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of T.V. Somanathan as Cabinet Secretary.
Mr. Somanathan has been appointed for a tenure of two years, starting from the 30th of this month. He is an officer from the 1987 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of Tamil Nadu cadre.
5. The Union Cabinet on Friday (August 9, 2024) approved eight new railway projects at an estimated cost of ₹24,657 crore to provide connectivity, facilitate ease of travelling, minimise logistics cost, reduce oil imports and lower carbon dioxide emissions.
6. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday alleged Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray were trying to use the Maratha quota stir to trigger riots ahead of the state assembly elections, especially in Marathwada region.
7. In Karnataka, the chain on the 19th gate of Tungabhadra dam cut and snapped on Saturday midnight, causing sudden outflow of 35,000 cusec water into the river. This is the first major incident after 70 years. Officials at the site said that the restoration work can be taken up only after releasing around 60 tmc feet water from the dam.
8. Heavy rains lashed parts of Himachal Pradesh as 128 roads remained closed in the state due to landslides and flash floods.
*LEGAL REPORT*
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1. Jammu and Kashmir, two civilians have been reportedly injured due to indiscriminate firing by terrorists in Gagarmandu area of Anantnag district yesterday afternoon.
2. Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia on Saturday called upon party workers and people to fight against the “dictatorship” in the country, a day after he was released from jail in the Delhi excise policy case.
3. The Centre has threatened to cancel more national highway projects in Punjab in case the situation, which it termed as “worsening”, does not improve.
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has written a demi-official letter to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, raising serious safety concerns for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officers, contractors and their staff besides pending land acquisition matters.
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Four persons were trampled to death by an elephant in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh, Jashpur divisional forest officer Jitendra Upadhyay informed that the tragic incident took place at Gamhriya ward-9 under Bagicha Nagar panchayat on Friday.
*FINANCE*
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1. The Union Cabinet has approved the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0 scheme. The Cabinet also gave its nod to the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin during Financial Year 2024-25 to 2028-29.
2. Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman asks Banks to focus on Core Banking, mobilise deposits and lending funds.
3. Hindenburg Research has once again stirred controversy by making fresh against the Adani Group. This time, the focus is on SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband, Dhaval Buch. According to Hindenburg, the couple had hidden stakes in offshore funds linked to the Adani conglomerate.
*ENTERTAINMENT NEWS*
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1. Actor Arjun Rampal on Saturday requested his followers not to respond to any messages from his X account as it has been hacked.
2. Shaktiman and Mahabharat actor Mukesh Khanna has sternly reacted to Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgn doing pan-masala ads. Khanna, in a recent interview, urged the stars to not promote pan masala and gambling and betting apps under the disguise of surrogate advertisements.
3. Veteran Hollywood actress Mitzi McCall passes away on Thursday in Burbank. She was 93.
*DEFENCE News*
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1. India’s defence export soared by 78% in the first quarter of 2024-25 as compared to the same period of the last fiscal year. According to the Defence Ministry, defence export increased to 6,915 crore rupees in the first quarter of 2024-25, compared to 3,865 crore rupees in the same quarter of the previous year.
2. The Agniveer scheme is a golden opportunity for the youths to serve the nation, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi has said. He was was present at INS Chilika in Odisha’s Khurda district for the night passing out parade of Agniveers. A total of 1,389 Agniveers, including 214 women, joined the service on Friday following 16 weeks of training.
3. Two soldiers were killed while six others, including two civilians, were injured in a fierce gunfight between terrorists and security forces in the higher reaches of Anantnag district in south Kashmir.
The encounter took place during a cordon and search operation initiated by the security forces based on intelligence reports indicating the presence of terrorists in the remote Ahlan Gagarmandu forest of Kokernag.
*11 Aug (Sunday)*
*Vedic Ritu/* Varsha Ritu
*Drik Ritu* : Varsha Ritu
पक्ष :: *Shuklapaksh*
*Vikram Samvat – 2081*
*Shaka Samvat – 1946*
*Month* : Shravan 21, (Purnimanta)
Srawan 07 (Amanta)
*Nakshatra* : Swati
*Tithi :* Saptami
*Rahu* : 05:21 PM – 06:58 PM
*Yamaganda*: 12:31 PM – 02:08 PM
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