TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Monsoon Session of Parliament concludes; Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Kiren Rijiju terms the Session extremely fruitful for the country and government.
2. Parliament passes Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill to safeguard youth and other vulnerable population from adverse impact.
3. The Election Commission held a meeting with a Janata Dal delegation in New Delhi yesterday. The Chief Election Commissioner, held this meeting as a part of Election Commission’s ongoing interactions with national and state political parties, aimed at strengthening the electoral process through constructive discussions.
4. Railways has decided to operate more than 12 thousand special trains for the convenience of passengers during Diwali and Chhath festivals.
5. Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached Lakhisarai under the Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar. He held a roadshow along with I.N.D.I.A. block leaders and interacted with the people in Lakhisarai.
6. Former Supreme Court Judge B Sudershan Reddy has been nominated as the I.N.D.I.A bloc’s candidate for the Vice-Presidential election.
7. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has onboarded Starlink Satellite Communication Pvt Ltd to use Aadhaar authentication for customer verification.
8. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recently announced the Shramashree scheme. It aims to support migrant workers returning to the State after facing harassment elsewhere. The scheme offers a monthly stipend of ₹5,000 for up to one year. It also provides access to other State welfare benefits such as ration cards and free healthcare under the Swastha Sathi scheme
9. India Post launches IT 2.0, a next-gen postal tech system with QR payments, OTP delivery, and DIGIPIN, advancing Digital India’s last-mile connectivity.
10. PM Narendra Modi will visit Bihar and West Bengal today. In Bihar, PM will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth around 13 thousand crore rupees at Gaya at around 11 AM. The Prime Minister will also flag off two trains and address the gathering. Thereafter, he will inaugurate the Aunta-Simaria bridge project on River Ganga. It will provide direct connectivity between Mokama in Patna and Begusarai.
11. The long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle in Goa finally took place as Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant inducted two new ministers: Former Chief Minister and Margao MLA Digambar Kamat, along with Ramesh Tawadkar, the Canacona MLA, who recently resigned as Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly. The Oath-taking ceremony was held at the Raj Bhavan in Panaji, where Goa governor Ashok Gajapati Raju administered the Oath to newly appointed ministers.
12. The India Met Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall to continue in north Gujarat till the 23rd August. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is also predicted at isolated places in entire north east, West Bengal, East Rajasthan and Madhya Maharashtra. Heavy rainfall may occur in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, East Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Rajasthan, Konkan, Goa and Odisha.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday (August 21, 2025) appointed Satish Golcha as the Delhi Police Commissioner. The move comes a day after Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked at her camp office by a man from Rajkot in Gujarat.
2. West Bengal government suspends four officials for irregularities in voter list after Election Commission’s order.
3. Veteran farmers’ leader Kishor Tiwari, the founder of Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti, is batting for Nitin Gadkari as the Prime Minister after Narendra Modi attains the age of 75.
4. The Akhil Bharatiya Agarwal Mahasabha has approached Telangana Governor Jishnudev Verma, expressing serious concerns about the ongoing ‘Marwadi go back’ campaign.
The organisation warned that such rhetoric could severely damage investor confidence and undermine Telangana’s reputation as a business-friendly destination, potentially resulting in capital flight and job losses.
5. The Tribal Youth Council Manipur (TYCM), General Headquarters, has given the State Government one month’s time to issue a public notification for the nomination or appointment of the Chairperson of the Manipur State Commission for Scheduled Tribes (MSCST).
6. Assam has taken a bold step in tightening its identity verification process. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that the state will not issue new Aadhaar cards to adults above 18 years of age for the next one year.
7. Rahul Mamkootathil, Congress MLA from Palakkad, Kerala announced his resignation as the state Youth Congress president following allegations of “misbehaviour” made by actress Rini Ann George.
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FINANCE
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The Indian economy appears to have recorded a much stronger-than-expected performance in the first quarter of FY26, with GDP growth estimated between 6.8 per cent and 7 per cent, according to a report released by the State Bank of India (SBI).
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. A Pune court has issued summons to the producer of Jolly LLB 3 along with its actors Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi in response to a petition which claims that the film portrays lawyers and judges in a poor light.
2. Swarovski has announced actor Rashmika Mandanna as its new brand ambassador for India.
3. Vivek Agnihotri’s upcoming film The Bengal Files has stirred controversy ever since its trailer was released on August 16. In one scene, a child is named Taimur, which sparked speculation that Agnihotri was targeting Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor for naming their firstborn Taimur back in 2016.
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DEFENCE News
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1. The Ministry of Defence will host its own global event, “Ran Samwaad – Conversation on War, Warfare and Warfighting”, at the Army War College in Mhow on August 26–27.
The two-day seminar will bring together defence attachés from 17 countries, senior officers of the Army, Navy and Air Force, along with scholars and academicians.
2. Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi along with his wife Mrs Sunita Dwivedi, President AWWA, on August 20, 2025, pledged to donate their organs at Army Hospital (Research & Referral), giving a significant boost to the Armed Forces Organ Retrieval & Transplantation Authority (AORTA). The initiative aims to encourage awareness and inspire the Armed Forces community to lead the nation in organ donation.
3. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) officially confirmed that the Government of India, through the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), has approved the procurement of 97 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) TEJAS MK-1A fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF).This ₹62,000-crore deal, one of the largest indigenous defence contracts in the country’s history.
4. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is set to conduct the final weapons firing trials of the indigenous TEJAS MK-1A fighter jet in September 2025.
5. India’s successful test-firing of the Agni-5 long-range ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha, marks a pivotal milestone in the nation’s strategic defence progression. The test, conducted on 21st August 2025.
22 Aug (Friday)
Vedic Ritu/ Varsha
Drik Ritu : Varsha (Monsoon)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Bhadrapada 13
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1947
Month : Shravan 29
Tithi : Chaturdashi (up to 11:56 am)
Amavasya
Nakshatra: Ashlesha / Magha
Rahu : 10:54 AM – 12:29 PM
Yamaganda : 03:39 PM – 05:14 PM
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