The Indian Air Force has inducted its latest Heron Mark 2 drones, which have strike capability and can carry out surveillance along the borders with both China and Pakistan in a single sortie itself. The four new Heron Mark-2 drones, which can be equipped with long-range missiles and other weapons systems, have been deployed at a forward air base in the northern sector
1. President Smt Droupadi Murmu will address the nation on Monday on the eve of the 77th Independence Day.
2. Har Ghar Tiranga campaign to bolster the sense of patriotism within citizens kicked off on Sunday. PM Modi has urged everyone to take part in the Har Ghar Tiranga movement between 13th to 15th August.
3. PM Modi will lead the nation in celebrating the 77th Day from the iconic Red Fort in Delhi on 15th August. He will hoist the National Flag and address the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort.
4. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that heavy to very heavy rainfall will continue over Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Sub Himalayan West Bengal, and Sikkim.
5. The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises has invited 50 Khadi artisans and 62 artisans from 18 diverse trades to participate in the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort in New Delhi this year.
6. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah along with Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel flagged off the Tiranga Yatra from Ghatlodia in Ahmedabad city. The Yatra was organised as a part of the Meri Mitti Mera Desh campaign.
7. Home Minister Amit Shah has termed the New Education Policy as a document to link the Indian Education System with its Indian roots. He said it will pave the way for the growth of modern knowledge in India.
8. In Karnataka, The KSRTC has planned to recruit 500 drivers immediately through a private agency due to shortage of drivers.
9. MANIPUR observed the Patriots’ Day on Sunday remembering those martyrs who laid down their lives during the Anglo-Manipuri War, in 1891.
10. In Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said his party will not go with the BJP though some “well-wishers” are trying to persuade him.
11. Tirupati: Following incidents of attacks by wild animals on pilgrims, especially children, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has imposed curbs on the movement of pilgrims with children below the age 15 on the two trekking paths in Tirumala.
12. The biography, scheduled to be released on Aurobindo’s 151st birth anniversary on August 15, aims to offer an understanding of his “core principles, underlying his universal ideas, and making them better known and accessible”. It is published by Pan Macmillan India.
13.TAMILNADU: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam President and Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin has questioned Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement in Parliament over the alleged attack on the late CM J Jayalalithaa in 1989 in the state assembly, drawing strong rebuke from AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami.
14. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has announced that that preparations are underway to ensure the opening of one lane on the Mumbai-Goa highway ahead of the Ganesh festival next month.
15. In J&K, a refurbished Bakshi Stadium will host the main Independence Day function of Jammu and Kashmir after a gap of five years as the civil administration on Sunday appealed to people take part in the celebrations on Tuesday.
CRIME REPORT
#Chief Justice of India:
Shri Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
#Minister Of Law & Justice : Arjun Ram Meghwal
#International Court Of Justice Prz. : Joan Donoghue
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1. Ahead of Independence Day, the Punjab Police busted a terror module with the arrest of three people from Tarn Taran and also seized three pistols from them.
2. NIA conducted a series of raids and searches across five States on Sunday as part of its continued efforts to foil the Popular Front of India, PFI conspiracy to disturb peace by driving a communal wedge among the people.
FINANCE
#Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman.
#Commerce & Industry : Piyush Goyal
#RBI Gvrnr: Shaktikanta Das
#President of the World Bank :
Ajay Banga
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1. The Bank of Maharashtra has reduced the home and car loan rates, effective from Monday (August 14). With the latest cuts, customers will pay an interest of 8.5% for home loans in place of 8.6%. Similarly, car loan rates have been reduced to 8.7% from 8.9%.
2. The Reserve Bank has selected global consultancy firms McKinsey and Company India LLP and Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd India to develop systems using artificial intelligence and machine learning for its supervisory functions.
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. Mumbai police have registered an offence against unidentified persons for allegedly stealing and leaking clips of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming film Jawan on Twitter.
2. Actor and former MP Jayaprada, a partner of Jayaprada Cinema, was sentenced to six-months imprisonment by a Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Egmore for failing to comply with the statutory obligations of payment of contributions due to the Employees State Insurance (ESI) Corporation.
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. The Indian Air Force has inducted its latest Heron Mark-2 drones, which have strike capability and can carry out surveillance along the borders with both China and Pakistan in a single sortie itself.
2. NEW SUBMARINES FOR INDIA: India ‘s state-owned shipyard Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) had tied up with Germany’s TKMS for the Indian Navy’s Project 75I program to build six submarines. MDL has submitted the price bid for the project prior to the closure of the Indian Navy’s request for information on August 1. The project cost is “significantly” more than the $5.4 billion projected initially.
3. DRDO-Industry- Academia Centre of Excellence at IIT Jodhpur, will work on omni mobile system, an autonomous vehicle which can be used under water, float on water, driven on land and in air. It is one of the research projects that the Centre of Excellence for Defence being set up at IIT-Jodhpur (IIT-J) will take up.
4. Two Indian Naval ships, INS Visakhapatnam and INS Trikand, on Saturday, participated in a bilateral Naval Maritime Partnership Exercise with the UAE Navy. The maritime exercise aimed to enhance the interoperability and synergy between the two navies by cross-training on tactics, techniques and procedures.
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HIMACHAL PRADESH
Capital:. SHIMLA
Dharamshala (Winter)
As UT :. 01 Nov 1956
(as a state)
Districts : 12
Gvrnr : Shiv Pratap Shukla
CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (INC)
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Flower : Pink rhododendron
Mammal :Snow leopard
Tree : Deodar cedar
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पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Sravana 28, (Purnimanta)
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Tithi : Trayodashi (up to 10:25 am) Chaturdashi
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