1. Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the world’s second-largest refurbished state-of-the-art National Gene Bank at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa, New Delhi.
2. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited Karnataka, Addressed scientists & students at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) at Bengaluru. . “Purpose of science is to make people’s lives happy, healthy and comfortable”, he reiterated.
3. Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat & Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur yesterday (16 Aug) jointly launched the 2nd Season of the popular series ‘Rag Rag Mein Ganga’. The first episode will be broadcast from 21st of August on Doordarshan.
4. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to visit Assam on 17 Aug, north-eastern states, review COVID cases. In Kerala, the Minister announced a package of ₹267.35 crores.
5. The Supreme Court on Monday sought to know if the Union Government wanted to file an additional affidavit clarifying if Pegasus spyware was used to snoop on politicians, journalists and activists even as it said it can’t compel the Centre to file such an affidavit.
6. Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has appointed Jalandhar Cantt MLA and his close confidant Pargat Singh as PPCC general secretary (Organisation)
7. Two more bodies were recovered on 16 Aug (Monday) from the site of the landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district, taking the death toll to 25.
8. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on 15 Aug (Sunday) congratulated all teachers, administration staff, & students of Calcutta University after it secured 2nd rankings in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).
9. Former President of All India Mahila Congress Sushmita Dev has joined Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.
10. Several educational institutions in UP starts physical classes amid weakening COVID-19 infection.
11. Meghalaya Govt extends ongoing curfew in Shillong Agglomeration of East Khasi Hills district for another 24 hrs. The curfew will conclude at 5.00 a.m. on 18th of August and the internet suspension will continue for the next few days.
12. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has launched a scathing attack on the Govt of India over the hesitancy to hold deliberations with the Taliban.
13. Uttarakhand’s Pawandeep Rajan wins ‘Indian Idol’ 12: Rajan, who hails from Champawat, was announced the winner of the show on Sunday night following a 12-hour musical extravaganza billed as ‘The Greatest Finale Ever’ on Sony TV. He Wants to Open a Music School with Rs 25 Lakh Prize Money.
14. DHRUV MK-III indigenous Coast Guard program, 3 Advanced Light helicopters (ALHs) manufactured by HAL were inducted into the stables of the Indian Coast Guard by Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar on 16 Aug (Monday).
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