1. India celebrates 76th Independence Day; PM Modi hoists National Flag and addresses nation from ramparts of Red Fort.
2. PM Modi said that the time has come to cleanse the country of corruption and nepotism and asked people to have ‘nafrat’ (hatred) for these twin evils that go beyond politics, as he set a ‘Panch Pran’ (five resolves) target to make India a developed nation in 25 years.
PM Modi says Jai Anusandhan is to be read with slogan Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan and Jai Vigyan
3. Indian Railways flies Tricolour atop the world’s tallest railway pier bridge. Indian Railways is constructing a bridge near Noney which will become the tallest girder rail bridge in the world @ 141 metres.
4. More than five crore Tiranga selfies have been uploaded on the Har Ghar Tiranga website.
5. Anganwadi workers, street vendors, mortuary workers and mudra scheme borrowers were among the special guests for the 76th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort.
6. Unique Identification Authority of India has enrolled more than 79 lakh children under Bal Aadhaar initiative in the last four months. Children in the age group of 0 to 5 years are issued Bal Aadhaar.
7. Union MoS for Panchayati Raj Kapil Moreshwar Patil to inaugurate National Workshop on Preparedness of Roadmap for Revamped National Panchayat Awards in New Delhi
8. Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Lt. Governor Admiral D K Joshi hoisted the National Flag at Netaji Stadium in Port Blair on the occasion of 76th Independence Day.
9. BIHAR : Nitish Kumar led grand alliance govt will be expanded today. Governor Phagu Chauhan will administer oath of new ministers at Rajbhawan in Patna.
10. KARNATAKA : For the first time, the Indian flag was hoisted at the controversial Idgah Maidan at Chamarajpet in Bengaluru by revenue department officials Monday morning amid tight security as part of the celebration of 75 years of Independence.
11. ODISHA: Residents of the tribal-dominated Swabhiman Anchal in Odisha’s Malkangiri celebrated Independence Day by hoisting the tricolour at the memorials of Maoist leaders for the first time ever. Earlier, Maoists would hoist black flags in the area as security personnel could not venture into the region. On Monday, security forces also took out a bike rally to celebrate the day.
12. WEST BENGAL CM Mamata Banerjee at a rally on Sunday asked TMC supporters if they would hit the streets if the CBI reaches her doorstep. “What will you do if they reach my house tomorrow? Will you not hit the streets?” asked Mamata to the crowd. Bengal BJP asked if her statement was an “admission of involvement in corruption”.
13. NEW APPOINTMENT : The government has appointed 37 new High Court Judges. This is in continuation of the appointment of 26 High Court Judges in various High Courts on last Friday. With the notification of the appointments of another 11 High Court Judges in the Punjab & Haryana High Court by the government this year so far 138 appointments in various High Courts of the country has been made.
CRIME REPORT
1. RAJASTHAN: Five pilgrims killed and four injured in as a truck ran over them during their “Ramdev padayatra’ in Pali district.
2. MADHYA PRADESH : 12-year-old boy died while 15 people were injured after a man threw a bomb at a rival group during a clash between two families in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, police said on Monday. Police later raided several houses in the area to find out if there were more bombs. Of the injured persons, the condition of four is critical.
3. Mumbai police on Monday arrested a man for allegedly making threat calls to chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Ltd Mukesh Ambani and his family.
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1. 76th Independence Day: SBI launches Utsav fixed deposit scheme. SBI is offering an interest rate of 6.10% per annum on fixed deposits with a tenure of 1000 days.
2. Commerce and Industry Ministry has made an outreach strategy for the promotion of agro export to accomplish the export target of over twenty three billion US dollar for the current financial year.
3. Mahindra & Mahindra has signed a term sheet with Volkswagen Group under which it will receive components for its electric vehicles. The cooperation aims at parts for over 1 million vehicles till 2030 and includes equipment of 5 electric SUVs.
ENTERTAINMENT
1. 1300 shows of Aamir Khan’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ and 1000 shows of Akshay Kumar’s ‘Raksha Bandhan’ reduced after low footfall.
2. Karthikeya 2 performed well on its first 3 days at the box office and earned ₹ 16.90 Cr India net on its third day for all languages.
Nikhil Siddharth starrer Karthikeya 2 which is now stealing the complete limelight by putting on a surprising performance.
3. Actor Sonu Sood said that Independence Day reminds people of their duties as Indians. He added that a true Indian is someone who helps others
4. Tamil actor and stunt choreographer Kanal Kannan was arrested on Monday for making provocative remarks about Dravidian ideologue EVR Periyar at a gathering in Chennai.
DEFENCE
1. President Droupadi Murmu has approved 107 Gallantry awards to Armed Forces and Central Armed Police Forces personnel on the occasion of Independence Day 2022.
2. A total of one thousand 82 Police personnel have been awarded Police Medals on the occasion of Independence Day, 2022.
3. President Droupadi Murmu pays tributes to Martyrs at National War Memorial on the occasion of 76th Independence Day.
4. The Made-in-India howitzer ATAGS was used in the customary 21-gun salute during the Independence Day ceremony for the first time ever at the Red Fort on 15 Aug 2022.
The long-range artillery gun with a 48-km maximum range was developed by DRDO. It has advanced features ensuring quick deployability, high mobility, an automatic command and control system and an advanced communication system.
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