1. Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman launched the National Monetisation Pipeline.
2. National Motenisation Pipeline talks about brownfield assets where investment is already being made and where there are assets either languishing or not fully monetized or under-utilized.
3. The Finance Minister said, by bringing in private participation, Govt is going to monetize assets better and with whatever resource obtained by monetization, Government will be able to put in for further investment into infrastructure building.
4. The National Investigation Agency has alleged that the accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case recruited students from well-known institutes like Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences for commission of terrorist activity.
5. The Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is coming up with several competitions to engage young minds in the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav activities. Under the spirit of Jan Bhagidari (public participation), these online events aim to connect the participants with the freedom struggle and making of New India.
The winning entries will be awarded suitably by the Publications Division. To participate in the competition, log on to: https://www. mygov.in/task/
6. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday set September 15 as the deadline for the Infosys CEO Salil Parekh to set right the glitches faced by taxpayers in accessing the new income tax portal
7. An expert panel, set up by an institute under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has predicted a third wave of Covid-19 hitting the country anytime between September and October and suggested significantly ramping up vaccination pace
8. Apurva Chandra takes charge as Secretary in Ministry of Information & Broadcasting .
9. TRS president & Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is all set to restructure the party at all levels with an eye on the December 2023 Assembly polls. CM has convened an emergency meeting of the party’s state committee at Telangana Bhavan at 2 pm on 24 Aug (Tuesday).
10. All educational institutions will be reopened in Telangana from 01 September.
11. AP CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy directed housing officials to start construction of houses under ‘Pedalandiriki Illu’ scheme for the poor from October 25.
12. Former UP CM Kalyan Singh was cremated with full state honours on 23 Aug (Monday) at Bansi Ghat in Bulandshahr’s Narora town.
13. Delegation of 11 parties, led by Bihar CM meets PM Modi over issue of caste-based census.
14. Railways cancels 68 trains in view of farmers’ agitation in Punjab
Agitating sugarcane farmers in Punjab have blocked highway, and railway tracks in Jalandhar since August 19, demanding clearance of their dues.
15. The Army on 23 Aug appealed to the local youth who have joined militant ranks to surrender, saying the force believes in giving a second chance and the ultras will be welcomed back with open arms if they accept their mistake.
16. The Army has created a makeshift floating platform in the Ranjit Sagar Reservoir for conducting diving operations to search for the body of one of the pilots who was onboard the Rudra helicopter that had crashed into the reservoir on August 3. Various agencies like National Disaster Relief Force, civilians experts and dam authorities have also been incorporated in the search operations.
17. A selection board of the Indian Army has cleared the way for promotion of five women officers to the rank of Colonel (Time Scale) after completion of 26 years of service.
18. This is the first time that women officers serving with the Corps of Signals, Corps of Electronic and Mechanical Engineers (EME) and the Corps of Engineers have been approved to the rank of Colonel.
Previously, promotion to the rank of Colonel was only applicable to women officers in the Army Medical Corps (AMC), Judge Advocate General (JAG) and the Army Education Corps (AEC). The first woman officer to get promoted to the rank of Colonel belongs to JAG.
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