1. Janmashtami, which marks the birth of Lord Krishna, is being celebrated across the country. Devotees throng to the temples to offer prayers to Lord Krishna. Mathura and Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh are fully geared to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna.
2. Janmashtami Celebrated in Srinagar (J&K) First Time in 32 Years, Jhanki Yatra Taken Out in Lal Chowk. Kashmiri Pandits organised a Janmashtami procession to celebrate the birthday of Lord Krishna.
3. India has crossed yet another milestone in the COVID vaccination drive with the total vaccination crossing the 64 crore mark
4. Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has urged every citizen in every state to get vaccinated and continue to follow COVID-19 protocols.
5. Tamil Nadu Govt has extended the prevailing COVID-19 restrictions until 15th Sept. As per the latest guidelines, all beaches will be closed for the public on Sundays alone (starting 5th Sept), no public worship, festivals to be permitted in places of worship on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
6. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday accused the Congress government in Punjab of fuelling farmers’ unrest in his state, provoking a sharp response from his Punjab counterpart.
7. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 30 Aug (Monday) imposed a complete ban on the sale of liquor and meat in Mathura.
8. Noted Bengali author Buddhadeb Guha passed away at 85 in Kolkata.
He died of post-Covid complications at a private hospital in Kolkata at 11.25 pm on 29 Aug (Sunday) after a massive cardiac arrest.
9. The Karnataka govt on 30 Aug (Monday) mandated week-long institutional quarantine for people coming from Kerala. Testing on the 7th day has been made compulsory even if persons are vaccinated and hold a negative RT-PCR test. The decision was taken in a coronavirus review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
10. The Agra administration lodged an FIR against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh and hundreds of AAP workers over the party’s Tiranga Yatra on Sunday. The FIR says Section 144 of the CrPC was imposed in Agra and the Tiranga Yatra was taken out without permission. Covid guidelines were also violated.
11. The Telangana government has partnered with Marut Drones, a Hyderabad-based startup, to launch a drone-based afforestation project, named ‘Hara Bahara’, under which five million trees will be planted in 12,000 hectares across all 33 districts of the state.
12. Assam: 3, 63,000 people reeling under fury of floods in 21 districts. Several rivers are flowing contantly flowing near the danger level. Seventy per cent areas of the Kaziranga National Park are also inundated.
13. The Enforcement Directorate questioned Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez in connection with a money laundering case lodged against conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar. Sukesh
has been accused of extorting crores of rupees from a businessman over a period of one year.
14. The J&K Police is cracking down on cyber terrorists, also known as “white-collar jihadis”, as it feels that they are the “worst kind of terrorists” who remain anonymous but cause an “immeasurable” amount of damage and brainwashing of youngsters.
15. Two terrorists were neutralised by the Indian Army after the troops foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch on 30 Aug (Monday).
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