1. Basavaraj Bommai to be New Karnataka Chief Minister: Bommai is expected to take charge at 3 pm on 28 Jul (Wednesday). He will be the 20th CM of the state.
2. Basavaraj Bommai is an MLA from Haveri district in central Karnataka. The state Home Minister will now succeed the BS Yediyurappa who tearfully announced his resignation.
3. Reasons why Yediyurappa resigned..?
Several factors including growing dissent within the BJP, allegations of corruption, mishandling of Covid-19 crisis and growing age (78) added up to BS Yediyurappa’s resignation as Karnataka CM.
(Source of info: https://www. google. com/amp/s/www. timesnownews. com)
4. Why Basavaraj Bommai is choosen?
Basavaraj Bommai, joined BJP in 2008, who served two terms as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council early in his career. Bommai, a senior leader from the Lingayat community, is the son of former chief minister S R Bommai from Janata Dal.
Bommai is a Lingayat, the party’s traditional support base. Veerashaiva-Lingayat community, which constitutes 16% of the state’s 68 million population. He is known to maintain a cordial relationship with leaders from all parties.
5. Rakesh Asthana, the Director General of Border Security Force (BSF), has been appointed as the new Delhi Police Commissioner.
6. In Assam, complete curfew to be continued in Golaghat and Lakhimpur district due to high COVID-19 positivity rate with effect from tomorrow morning till further order.
7. Meghalaya, BJP MLA from South Shillong, Sanbor Shullai was sworn-in as a new Cabinet Minister in place of Health Minister, A L Hek at Raj Bhavan.
8. 150-year-old border dispute between Assam and Mizoram has led to violence involving the officials & citizens of the two states. CRPF has been deployed in the disputed area.
9. Assam declares 3-day state mourning to condole death of 5 cops, 1 civilian in border clash with Mizoram. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma visits the Silchar Medical College and Hospital and meets the police personnel injured in the attack.
10. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 results will be declared on the official websites before 31 Jul– cbseresults. nic. in, cbse .gov .in – and other digital platforms like the DigiLocker website – digilocker. gov. in
11. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on 27 Jul (Tuesday) predicted “fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls” over Konkan and Goa, Ghat areas of Madhya, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh during the next three days.
12. Eighty tourists stranded in Kinnaur district heave sigh of relief as road opened after 50 hours Sangla-Chitkul road was closed after a major landslide on July 25.
13. Himachal govt warns against 23-second viral ‘fake’ video of tourists returning home after Kinnaur landslide. A 23-second viral video of a traffic snarl, reported to be of tourists returning from Himachal Pradesh after a massive landslide in Kinnaur that killed 9 people, is reportedly fake.
The Himachal government has denied that the video, which has gone viral, was from the state.
14. Parliament has passed the Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021 with the Rajya Sabha approving it. The Bill seeks to provide a framework for the development, maintenance, and management of aids to navigation in India.
15. Minister of State (MoS) for Defence Ajay Bhatt informed the Parliament on 26 Jul (Monday) that 29 women Army officers, who did not opt for permanent commission in the Indian Army, have been relieved from service in the Army Special Selection Board No 5.
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