TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. The Parliament passes Indian Ports Bill to consolidate law relating to ports and facilitate ease of doing business.
2. Lok Sabha holds special discussion on Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s space sojourn; Group Captain Shukla meets Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi.
3. National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Vice Presidential candidate CP Radhakrishnan will file his nomination on Wednesday. The Vice Presidential Election will be held on the 9th of next month.
4. The portal under the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana has gone live. The scheme will provide incentive of up to 15 thousand rupees in two instalments to newly employed youth and upto three thousand rupees per month per new employee to employers for creation of new job opportunities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced this scheme during his Independence Day address. Employers can visit www.pmvbry.epfindia.gov.in or www.pmvbry.labour.gov.in and complete one-time registration process.
5. Monsoon Session of Himachal Pradesh Assembly began yesterday in Shimla. There will be a total of 12 sittings. Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Pathania informed that more sittings have been scheduled this time in the monsoon session to hold extensive discussions on the damage caused by natural calamities.
6. In Chennai: Regional Passport Kendra launches mobile seva camp at Anna University campus for students. Every day, 45 applications will be verified.
7. PM Modi on yesterday chaired a high-level meeting, which included top Union Ministers, Secretaries and economists, to deliberate on the roadmap for the next generation reforms.
8. The water level of the Yamuna River in Delhi has risen above the warning mark of 204.5 meters, reaching 205.24 meters as of 1 PM yesterday.
9. Opposition parties are likely to declare their joint vice-presidential candidate today.
10. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu inaugurates Plumeria Garden, Banyan Grove, and Babbling Brook, enhancing the Amrit Udyan experience at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
11. Heavy rain disrupts normal life in Maharashtra with flooding in several areas of Mumbai.
12. In Jammu and Kashmir, the Meteorological Department has issued a weather advisory warning of heavy rainfall and possible flash floods in several districts over the coming days.
13. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall over Coastal Karnataka, Konkan, Goa, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra pradesh and Vidarbha regions.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. The issue of Special Intensive Revision drive of electoral roll in Bihar disrupted the proceedings of both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
2. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has criticized the opposition for disrupting the proceedings of the Parliament. Talking to media outside parliament.
3. The Election Commission (EC) on Monday came out with the names of 65 lakh people who were removed from the draft electoral rolls in Bihar following the special intensive revision (SIR).
The Supreme Court, in an order on August 14, had directed the EC to publish an enumerated, booth-wise list of the voters not included in the draft electoral roll published on August 1.
4. National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Director General of Police (DGP) of Punjab for a reported assault on a journalist by two police officers, which reportedly took place on the 1st Aug in the Gurdaspur district.
5. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday came down heavily on the sale of fake fertilisers, seeds and pesticides, describing them as a “curse for farmers”. He has also ordered a nationwide crackdown on erring individuals and firms to protect cultivators.
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1. In Chhattisgarh, one security personnel was killed and three jawans injured in an IED blast triggered by Maoists in Bijapur district of Bastar division yesterday. The blast occurred in the National Park area when a team of the District Reserve Guard was on an anti-Naxal operation.
2. In Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed profound grief over the tragic loss of lives and extensive damage caused by cloudburst and landslides in several parts of Kathua district.The Chief Minister announced ex-gratia assistance from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. The financial assistance includes ₹ 2 lakh for each deceased, ₹ 1 lakh for those severely injured, and ₹ 50 thousand for those with minor injuries.
3. In Andhrapradesh, Nellore: Two persons were killed and six others injured when a mini truck rammed into a stationary tipper lorry on the National Highway near Nayudupalem in Kodavalur mandal in the early hours of Monday.
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FINANCE
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1. India’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.2 per cent in July this year down from 5.6 per cent in June, for individuals aged 15 years and above.
2. India’s electronics exports rose 47% YoY in Q1 2025-26 to $12.4B. Piyush Goyal highlights Make in India’s success, with mobile manufacturing at 99% domestic.
India’s electronics exports surged by 47% year-on-year in Q1 of FY 2025-26, reaching $12.4 billion, according to Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.
3. India’s Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation remained in the negative zone for the second month in a row, standing at –0.58% in July 2025 on a year-on-year basis.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. A six-day film festival opened yesterday at the Trincomalee campus of Eastern University in Sri Lanka. The festival will showcase six Indian films in different languages. Governor of the Eastern Province, Prof. Jayantha Lal Ratnasekera, inaugurated the event.
2. Veteran actor Chiranjeevi on Monday met around 70 members of the Telugu Film Industry Employees Federation at his residence to discuss the ongoing wage hike issue even as the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce met producers to deliberate on the issue.
3. Oscar-winning singer Rahul Sipligunj, best known for lending his voice to the global chartbuster Naatu Naatu from RRR movie, has stepped into a new phase of his personal life. The popular playback singer got engaged to Harini Reddy on Sunday, August 17, in the presence of close friends and family members.
4. Terence Stamp, the English actor who often played the role of a complex villain, including that of General Zod in the early Superman films, has died. He was 87.
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DEFENCE News
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1. Assam Rifles, in collaboration with IIIT Manipur, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Mantripukhri to promote drone technology for defence and security. The event was attended by Maj Gen Ravroop Singh, IG Assam Rifles (South), and the Director of IIIT Manipur.
2. Lt General Dhiraj Seth, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command of Indian Army held discussions with Lt. Governor K. Kailashnathan on Saturday, August 16, and with the Auroville Foundation on Sunday on deepening Civil-Defence cooperation.
3. Major General Vivek Tyagi assumed charge as Additional Director General of NCC Directorate Maharashtra on Monday.
4. Army soldier’s assault: Meerut toll collection agency gets ₹20 lakh fine from NHAI. The incident took place at the Bhuni toll plaza in Sarurpur area on Sunday, when Kapil, a soldier hailing from Gotka village, was on his way to Delhi Airport.
19 Aug (Tuesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Varsha
Drik Ritu : Varsha (Monsoon)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Bhadrapada 10
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1947
Month : Shravan 26
Tithi : Ekadashi (up to 3:33 pm)Dwadashi
Nakshatra:Ardra/
Punarvasu
Rahu : 03:41 PM – 05:16 PM
Yamaganda : 09:19 AM – 10:54 AM
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