TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. PM Modi urges India’s private sector and startups to step forward with a vision of launching 50 rockets per year; On the occasion of National Space Day affirms the implementation of next-generation reforms to achieve this target.
2. The Ministry of Road Transport has advised all driving licence holders to connect their mobile numbers with their licences using Aadhaar verification.
3. Karnataka government has decided to convert 7.5 lakh B Khata properties into A Khata in Greater Bengaluru. This decision, announced by Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, is expected to bring relief to thousands of families.
4. The Telangana government has proposed two reservoirs in the Krishna river basin to utilise Godavari waters.
5. Telangana Tourism and Culture Minister J. Krishna Rao has announced that Heli-Tourism will soon be introduced to attract more domestic and international visitors to the state. He informed that the government is preparing proposals to operate helicopter tourism services between Hyderabad, Somasila and Srisailam to offer tourists a unique aerial experience.
6. Kerala becomes India’s first fully digitally literate state, completing Phase I of the Digi Kerala project with 99.98% training success across households.
7. National Space Day being celebrated yesterday, marking successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on Moon’s south pole.
8. Kerala will have its first aerospace policy in two months with the aim of developing the state as a major hub for the strategic domains of space and related areas in aviation and defence. Kerala Space Park (KSpace) CEO G Levin said that the final draft of the Aerospace Policy is ready, and it will be submitted to the government’s review in two weeks.
9. The Regional Met Department has predicted rainfall in most parts of Tamil Nadu for the next two days.
10. Relief and rescue operations underway on a war footing in disaster-hit Chamoli district of Uttarakhand; IMD forecasts extremely heavy rainfall in East Rajasthan.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. Tamil Nadu Government has introduced 16 services including cleaning hospital wards and handling outpatient care as a measure of punishment for those who commit offences. The punishment measures has been brought in consultation with the courts.
2. Punjab Vigilance Bureau has filed a 40,000-page charge-sheet against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former minister, Bikram Singh Majithia, in the disproportionate assets case, in a Mohali court.
3. The Supreme Court directed the Election Commission to accept claim forms of voters online, whose names are missing, without insisting on the physical submission of documents. The bench also clarified that the claim form could be submitted with any of the 11 documents originally listed by the ECI, or with an Aadhaar card.
4. The Haryana government issued a formal definition of forest in August 2025. This move follows directives from the Supreme Court of India, which required all states to clarify forest boundaries and conduct surveys.
5. Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) will move ahead with the demolition of the Fatima Owaisi Educational Campus built on the Salkam Cheruvu tank bed in Chandrayangutta once the final notification and full tank level (FTL) verification are complete.
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1. In Bihar, at least eight people were killed and five others injured in a road accident under Daniyawan police station area in Patna district.
2. Cloudburst causes widespread damage in Tharali of Chamoli district of Uttarakhand; IMD issues red alert for East Rajasthan.
3. In Punjab, two persons were killed and 23 others sustained serious burn injuries when a loaded LPG tanker caught fire after a blast in Hoshiarpur.
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FINANCE
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INDIAN RUPEE VALUE
USD ₹ 88(Approx)
💷 GBP ₹118(Approx)
€ Euro : ₹ 102 Approx)
🇨🇳 China Yuan ¥ : ₹ 12
🇦🇪 UAE Dirham : ₹ 24
🇵🇰 Pak Rupee : ₹ 0.30
🇧🇹 Bhutan ngultrum : ₹ 1.00
🇧🇩 B’desh Taka* : ₹ 0.70
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Rupee : ₹ 0.29
🇳🇵 Nepal Rupee : ₹ 0.63
🇲🇻 Maldives Rufiya : ₹ 5.55
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BSE SENSEX
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1. The 56th Meeting of the GST Council will be held on 3rd and 4th of next month in New Delhi. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the meeting.
2. India’s government recently announced the creation of 17 crore jobs over the past decade. However, the nation’s ambition to reach a $36 trillion economy by 2047 depends heavily on closing the vast productivity gap between formal and informal workers. This divide limits income growth and economic inclusion, necessitating a major structural transformation of the labour market.
3. Senior cooperator and Sahakar Bharati founder member Satish Marathe has been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
The appointment has been made by the Ministry of Finance’s Department of Financial Services, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, for a period of three years.
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 1,01,500/ 10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 1,15000/KG
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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Param Sundari, featuring Janhvi Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra in the lead roles, will hit the big screen on 29 August. A new song from the film, titled Danger , was released on August 21. Social media users have pointed out the similarities between the Bollywood song and a Pakistani track Laal Suit. The song featured in the 2023 Pakistani drama, Mannat Murad. Not the entire song, but netizens have alleged that the chorus of Danger sounds similar to the Pakistani song. The makers have not reacted to the claims yet.
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DEFENCE News
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1. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla inaugurated the Aryabhatta Gallery at the Nehru Planetarium New Delhi. Astronauts preparing for India’s Gaganyaan mission Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan and Group Captain Angad Pratap were also present.
2. The government has approved a new order with HAL to manufacture 97 Tejas fighter planes with the cost of 66 thousand crore rupees.
3. India and France’s Safran will co-develop powerful fighter jet engines for AMCA, marking a major leap in indigenous defence and aerospace capabilities.
4. The Indian government has given a major boost to its submarine acquisition and indigenous defence manufacturing initiatives by clearing the Defence Ministry and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) to formally begin contract negotiations with Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) for the construction of six advanced submarines under the ambitious Project-75 India (P-75I) program.
5. Indian Naval Ship INS Kadmatt, an indigenous ASW corvette, successfully completed a three-day port call at Surabaya, Indonesia, strengthening the bond of friendship, trust, and interoperability between the Indian Navy and the Indonesian Navy.
6. Rear Admiral Vikram Menon took over as the Flag Officer Commanding of Karnataka Naval Area (FOK) on Thursday, bringing with him over three decades of distinguished service in the Indian Navy.
7. Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi will embark on an official visit to Algeria next week, marking his first overseas tour after the successful Operation Sindoor.
8. The National Industrial Security Academy (NISA), CISF, Hakimpet, hosted the Passing Out Parade of the second batch of Assistant Sub-Inspectors, marking the completion of training for 700 subordinate officers, including 74 women. The officers are now set to take up operational responsibilities in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
24 Aug (Sunday)
Vedic Ritu/ Varsha
Drik Ritu : Sharad
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Bhadrapada 15
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1947
Month :Bhadrapada 1
Tithi : Pratipada /Dwitiya
Nakshatra:
Purva Phalguni/ Uttara Phalguni
Rahu : 05:13 PM – 06:48 PM
Yamaganda : 12:29 PM – 02:03 pm
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