- 1.Celebrated biochemist Govindarajan Padmanabhan has been selected for first Vigyan Ratna Puraskar, the top most science award instituted by the government this year. The government Wednesday announced 33 Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskars, which include 18 Vigyan Yuva Puraskars for young scientists and 13 Vigyan Shri Puraskars and a Vigyan Team award
- 2.Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Wednesday said the Preamble to the Constitution is very well there in NCERT textbooks of Class VI as he refuted charges made in this regard by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
- 3.A judicial tribunal has confirmed the fiveyear extension of the ban imposed on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), saying the outfit has not abandoned its objective of ‘Jehaad’ for the cause of Islam and that it continues to work for establishment of Islamic rule in India.
- 4.The Delhi High Court Wednesday questioned the ED as to what remained in its challenge seeking cancellation of bail granted to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal when he had already been granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in the excise policy-linked money laundering case
- 5.The Centre Wednesday appealed to the state governments to implement the provision of the Right to Education, which mandates 25 per cent of seats for the children from economically weaker sections in private unaided schools.
- 6.Odia IPS officer Rashmi Ranjan Swain has been appointed as the Director General of police in Jammu & Kashmir, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a notification issued Wednesday.
- 7. Air India and IndiGo operated Wednesday special flights to Dhaka, bringing more than 400 people amid a volatile situation in the Bangladesh capital.
- 8.The Rajya Sabha (RS) byelection for the vacant seat from Odisha will be held September 3, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said.
- 9.About 4,264 applications received on the PM Cares for Children portal have been rejected, the government said Wednesday, listing non-eligibility as the reason for rejection under the scheme for children orphaned during Covid-19 pandemic.
- 10.In a major reshuffle among senior bureaucrats, the state government Wednesday appointed Board of Revenue Secretary Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya as the Director of Odia Language, Literature and Culture (OLL&C) department.
- 11.The Lok Sabha Wednesday passed the Finance Bill 2024 after the government relaxed the just-introduced new capital gains tax on real estate, allowing taxpayers an option to switch to a new lower tax rate or stay with the old regime that had higher rate with indexation benefit.
- 12.The Supreme Court Wednesday expunged some “scandalous” and “unwarranted” observations made against the apex court by a single judge bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a contempt case, saying it was “pained” by these remarks.
- 13.Nobel laureate Prof Mohammad Yunus, the designated head of Bangladesh’s interim government, Wednesday fervently appealed everybody “to stay calm” and “refrain from all kinds of violence” .
- 14.India’s biggest wrestling medal hope at the Paris Games, Antim Panghal ended her Olympic campaign with a humiliating 0-10 defeat to Turkey’s Yetgil Zeynep in the women’s 53 kg category.
- 15.All Indian visa application centres in Bangladesh will remain closed until further notice after unrest in the neighbouring country forced Sheikh Hasina to resign as Prime Minister and flee the country.
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