1. President Droupadi Murmu to address the nation on eve of Independence Day.
2. India’s COVID19 vaccination coverage crosses 207.96 crore mark
3. Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh unveiled India’s first Saline Water Lantern which uses the sea water to power the specially designed LED lamps.
4. Ahead of “mega” protest rally against price rise and unemployment, Congress has called a meeting of all its general secretaries and state incharges on August 16 to finalise the strategy for ‘Mehngai Chaupals’. The party has planned to stage a series of protests in retail markets and other locations in all Assembly constituencies from August 17 to August 23.
5. Har Ghar Tiranga campaign kicks off across the nation with crores of countrymen hoisting the National Flag at their homes and workplace to celebrate
6. The website of VLC Media Player, one of the most popular media players across multiple platforms, has been blocked by the government in India. Users are unable to download the program’s exe file for installation from the website videolan.org.
7. *BIHAR* : AICC
Bihar in-charge of All India Congress Committee (AICC) Bhakta Charan Das on Saturday said that the number of ministerial berths Congress would get in Bihar’s Mahagathbandhan government has been finalised.
8 *DELHI* : Delhi Police makes elaborate security arrangements in view of 76th Independence Day. Spl arrangements made in & around Red Fort from where PM Modi will address the nation.
9. 22-year-old woman in Delhi tests positive for monkeypox, 5th case in national capital.
10. *GUJARAT* : PM Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi distributed national flags to children in Gujarat as the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign began on Saturday. Heeraben Modi, aged 100, also hoisted the Tricolour ahead of Independence Day.
11. *MADHYA PRADESH* : Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel reached Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district on Saturday after an under-construction dam on the Karam river was breached. The government said water from the reservoir was being safely drained out to reduce pressure on its wall. People from 18 downstream villages have been preemptively shifted to safer areas.
12. *PUNJAB* Animal Husbandry Department has said that more than 2,100 cattle have died while over 60,000 were affected by lumpy skin disease in the state. The disease infects cows and buffaloes leading to the formation of lumps on the animal’s skin.
13. *TELANGANA* : Around 200 children participated in the National Flag rally led by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in Hyderabad’s Hamidullah Nagar.
CRIME REPORT
1. *UP* : The main accused in the last month’s meat dumping incident at a temple in Kannauj’s Talgram town in Uttar Pradesh has been arrested, police said
2. *J&K* : administration on Saturday sacked four government employees for alleged links with terror groups. Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front’s (JKLF) terror-accused chief Bitta Karate’s wife Assabha Arzoomand Khan and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin’s son Syed Abdul Mueed are reportedly among them. Khan was a Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service officer. Mueed worked as an IT manager.
3. *MAHARASHTRA* caste scrutiny committee gave a clean chit to former NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede in caste certificate case stating he wasn’t a Muslim by birth. “It’s not proven Wankhede and his father converted to Islam…they belonged to Mahar-37 Scheduled Caste,” the order reads.
4. *TELANGANA* : Two fake companies allegedly cheated Hyderabad’s Balanagar branch of Canara Bank of ₹2.71 crore by taking loans and not repaying them. A company AFS Constructions reportedly took a loan of ₹1.3 crore from the bank and officials later found that this was a fictional company. Similarly, ₹1.41 crore was given to Tirumala Enterprises Civil Engineering company based on fake documents.
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The CCI has approved the proposal of merger of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) and HDFC Bank. The board of HDFC had approved the merger of the firm with HDFC Bank in April this year. Following the merger, HDFC Bank will be 100% owned by public shareholders and existing shareholders of HDFC Limited will own 41% of HDFC Bank.
ENTERTAINMENT
1. Raju Srivastava s family has released a statement informing fans about the comedian is in stable condition now They have requested fans to ignore fake news
2. Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has postponed his trip to Assam in view of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s request to delay so that the focus does not get diverted from Independence Day celebrations.
3. Actor Salman Khan fans demand removal of Shah Rukh Khan from ‘Tiger 3’ after ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ performance at box office; say ‘bring Hrithik Roshan as Kabir’.
The poor performance of Aamir Khan’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ at the box office has not only become a cause of concern for film industry insiders, but it is also making Salman Khan’s fans jittery.
DEFENCE
1. India will be awarding newly minted “special” medals to its bravest citizens on the 75th year of the country’s independence. There is a tradition of giving out such medals to the armed forces and central armed police forces every 25 years. These were last awarded on August 15, 1997, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of freedom from British rule.
According to details of an exclusive preview, the new medal will have the Ashoka Lion on the front and Ashoka Chakra on the back. It will be released on August 15, a perfect finishing touch to celebrations centred around the Centre’s flagship, ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ programme.
2. Sri Lanka on Saturday granted permission to Chinese vessel Yuan Wang-5, widely believed to be a spy ship, to dock at its Hambantota port.
3. The Philippine government has cancelled a deal to purchase 16 Russian military helicopters. Philippine officials said they ended the deal because they feared U.S. sanctions.
4. Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) Taimur has arrived at the port of Colombo and will conduct a joint exercise with the Sri Lankan Navy in the western seas, according to Sri Lankan media.The 134m-long Chinese-built frigate warship PNS Taimur was commanded by Captain M Yasir Tahir .
5. The first of two maritime patrol aircrafts that Sri Lanka is acquiring from India after a protracted negotiation process will arrive at Katunayake Air Force base next Monday (15th Aug 2022) according to officials familiar with the development.
6. Royal Saudi Land Forces commander Lt. Gen. Fahd bin Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mutair arrived in New Delhi on Monday.
Both Saudi Arabia and India share common security concerns and strive to be strategic defence partners by being major regional players.
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