Aug 10, 2021
NATIONAL HEADLINES
1. Earth Observation Satellite launch on Aug 12: ISRO satellite will be launched onboard the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F10 (GSLV) at 5.43 am on August 12.
2. Pegasus snooping, farm laws and other issues continued to hamper the proceedings in both the houses of Parliament on 09 Aug.
Bills introduced/Passed in Lok sabh/Rajya sabh on 09 Aug.
Bills Passed in Lok Sabha
A. The National Commission for Homoeopathy (Amendment) Bill, 2021
B. The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (Amendment) Bill, 2021
C. The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2021
D. The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Bills Passed in Rajya Sabha
A. The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021
B. The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2021
C. The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
D. The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021
3. The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme: PM Modi virtually transferred about Rs 19,500 crore to over 9.75 crore beneficiaries farmers under the government’s PM-KISAN scheme on 09 Aug. The govt has so far transferred nine installments amounting around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in this scheme.
4. Andhra Pradesh Govt to give Rs.166 crore to 70,000 weavers under YSR Nethanna Nestham scheme in 13 districts on 10 Aug.
5. Karnataka CM Bommai has decided to visit all the border districts of the state that have more COVID-19 cases & review the situation there in the days to come.
6. Justice P Keshava Rao, sitting judge of Telangana High Court, has passed away in the early hours on 09 Aug. He was suffering from serious ailments since one year and was under medical treatment. He was 61 years.
7. Malayalam Actress Saranya Sasi Dies Aged 35 After Battling Cancer for Years. She was diagnosed with brain tumour years ago and underwent surgical procedure several times as part of the treatment.
8. The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) declared the SSLC or class 10 results.
9. Karnataka to take up door-to-door health check-up to contain COVID-19 spread in Bengaluru. The doctors will check the health status of the family members along with vaccination details.
10. ITBP inducts women officers in combat for first time : Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) inducted women officers in combat, Two women, Prakriti & Diksha, joined the ITBP as combatised officers after completing their training at the academy in Mussoorie.
11. Border Security Force busts terrorist hideout in Poonch district ahead of Independence Day. They recovered a huge cache of arms & ammunition.
12. A tiffin carrying an IED explosive was found at Daleke village of Amritsar on 08 Aug (Sunday) evening
13. Commodore Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao, a 1971 war hero and recipient of the Mahavir Chakra, Vishist Seva Medal breathed his last on 08 Aug (Sunday). He was 94. The naval veteran died of age-related illness and is survived by two daughters and a son.
14. Indian Railway Recruitment 2021: RRC invites applications from Sports quota. The last date to submit RRC Western Railway Recruitment 2021 application is 3 September 2021. For more info visit RRC official website – rrc -wr . com
NTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. PM Modi presided over a UN Security Council (UNSC) Open Debate via video conferencing on 09 Aug. The agenda of the discussion was: Enhancing Maritime Security – A Case for International Cooperation.
2. PM Modi said that, the sea is our shared heritage. Our sea routes are the lifeline of international trade, but Sea routes are being misused for piracy & terrorism.
Calling for a framework to increase maritime cooperation, PM laid down a five-point agenda during his address:-
(a) Removal of barriers to legitimate maritime trade, He termed this principle as ‘SAGAR’ Security and Growth for All in the Region.
(b) Resolution of maritime disputes peacefully in accordance with international law: Citing the example of the resolution of India’s maritime dispute with Bangladesh.
(c) Fight threats from natural disasters, non-state actors: our White Shipping Information Fusion Centre. We have provided support for hydrographic surveying and training of maritime security personnel to several countries.
(d) Conservation of marine resources: it is very important that we keep our maritime environment free of pollutants like plastic waste and oil spills.
(e) Promoting responsible maritime connectivity
3. He also said that we can develop a global roadmap for maritime security cooperation based on these five principles.
4. A High Court judge in London on 09 Aug (Monday) granted fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi permission to appeal against a magistrates’ court order in favour of extradition to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering before the Indian courts on mental health & human rights grounds.
5. Nirav Modi is the subject of two sets of criminal proceedings, with the CBI case relating to a large-scale fraud upon PNB through loan agreements, and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case relating to the laundering of the proceeds of that fraud.
6. Indian defense forces are expected to receive the first delivery of the Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missiles (SAM) later this year. , the Biden Administration will soon need to decide whether to sanction India under the U.S. Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA),
7. The ‘no-patrol’ zones in eastern Ladakh mean
As Indian & Chinese troops disengage from Patrolling Point (PP) 17A near Gogra Post, the two sides have followed the template for disengagements from previous points since last year. However, the details of a temporary no-patrol zone differs from location to location.
8. The Indian Navy took part in a bilateral exercise with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy off the coast of Abu Dhabi on 07 Aug Saturday. The bilateral naval exercise– ‘Zayed Talwar 2021’– was designed to enhance interoperability and synergy between the two navies.
9. Health Ministry allows foreign nationals residing in India to get registered on CoWIN portal to take COVID-19 vaccine.
MORE NEWS
1. Nagasaki on 09 Aug marked the 76th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the Japanese city with its mayor urging Japan, the United States and Russia to do more to eliminate nuclear weapons.
2. An Afghan Air Force pilot was killed by a bomb in Kabul on Saturday, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Taliban. The pilot, Hamidullah Azimi, died when a sticky bomb attached to his vehicle detonated.
3. According to reports Over 38 lakh people receive COVID vaccine in special drive in Bangladesh on the first day of the vaccination on Saturday, 7 August.
4. United Nation’s Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, has released its sixth assessment report. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres
SPORTS
1. *Medal Winners of Olympics were Felicitated:* Neeraj Chopra, India’s first athletics gold medallist at the Olympics, silver medallist Ravi Kumar Dahiya & bronze medallists Bajrang Punia, Lovlina Borgohain & the Indian men’s hockey team were all felicitated by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and Law Minister and former Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju at the Ashoka Hotel in Delhi. The ministers lauded the Indian women’s hockey team’s historic finish and all others who gave their all in Tokyo. PV Sindhu & Chanu did not attend the ceremony as they had arrived earlier and are currently at their home bases.
2. President Ram Nath Kovind praised golfer Aditi Ashok who finished 4th in the Tokyo Olympics for an impressive display of grit and skills. In a tweet, the President said, she has taken Indian golfing to new heights.
3. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced a cash award of 25 lakh rupees for Vandana Katariya, who represented India at Tokyo Olympics in Women’s Hockey.