Today News Headline, Current Affairs - 02/08/2023
- Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to meet via videoconferencing to take a final call on the levy of 28 per cent GST on online gaming, casinos and horse racing
- Union Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal likely to meet top executives from companies such as Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho, Shiprocket, and Swiggy, among others in New Delhi
- Three-day, Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment under the G20 Indian Presidency, chaired by Union Minister of Women & Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani to begin in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- I.N.D.I.A. parties' Floor Leaders to meet at 10 AM in Rajya Sabha LoP's office at Parliament in New Delhi to chalk out strategy for Floor of House
- Food Corporation of India, Regional Office to sell 500 MT of wheat and 2500 MT rice from the buffer stock to bulk buyers in its sixth round under the Open Market Sale Scheme
- Karnataka Ministers to meet Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi to take stock of the letter row & statement made by Hariprasad during the meetings.
- Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court to summon Chanda Kochhar, other accused "engineered a plan and design in December 2008"
- High Density Farming
- CSIR-NIScPR organised NIScPR-SVASTIK Lecture on "Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”
- In a major crackdown on the narcotics trade, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted 2 international drug cartels operating through the darknet and arrested 22 individuals with a huge cache of 29,103 blots of deadly LSD in the last 3 months
- More than one-fourth of total electricity production during year 2022-23 from non-fossil fuels: Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy
- TERRORIST VIOLENCE AND INFILTRATION
- Nearly 50 MMT per annum of CO2 emissions can be averted through production and use of Green Hydrogen as targeted under National Green Hydrogen Mission: New & Renewable Energy Minister
- Creation of Infrastructure in Farm Sector
- Fresh guidelines for tyre manufacturers by Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Mega food parks and FPUs
- Growth of deposits and advances of PSBs improves from 8.2% and 9.8% in FY2021-22 to 9.3% and 15.8% in FY2022-23, respectively
- DPIIT notifies Quality Control Orders for ‘Smart Meters’ and ‘Welding Rods and Electrodes’
- Entrepreneurial Culture in Rural Areas
- PROBATIONERS OF INDIAN FOREIGN SERVICE CALL ON THE PRESIDENT
- ‘National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem’
- Production of Garlic
- National Programme for Dairy Development
- National Mission for Clean Ganga Approves 7 Projects Worth Rs. 692 Crore
- Indian Railways crosses the mark of 500 MT freight loading on cumulative basis in first four months of this Financial Year
- Construction of Pucca Houses
- 'Meri Mati Mera Desh' campaign will be launched to honour our martyred braveheart men and women: PM
- Text of PM's address at Lokmanya Tilak Award Ceremony 2023 in Pune, Maharashtra
- Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing the scheme of “Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana(RVY)”
- Diversion of Wages Under Aadhaar Based Payment System
- Vice-President extends condolences for tragic accident in Shahapur, Maharashtra
- Update on Digital Healthcare Platforms
- Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2029 provides for inclusive education & opportunities without discrimination
- Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launches India’s first Indigenously developed, Affordable, lightweight, Ultrafast, High Field (1.5 Tesla), Next Generation Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scanner in New Delhi
- Publications Division comes out with ‘Yojana Classics’, a Special Curation of Development Monthly Yojana’s Published Works since 1957
- EVs purchased under FAME INDIA scheme
- Upgradation of ports in the country
- Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC), a component of the scheme of Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana(AVYAY)
- Two Coal Mines put up for Auction on First day of 7th Round Commercial Auction
- Promotion of Cooperatives
- The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports provides financial assistance for training of athletes to Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), All India Sports Council for Deaf (AISCD) and Special Olympic Bharat (SOB)
- DEPLOYMENT OF e-BUSES
- World’s Largest Food/ Grain Storage Plan
- LOANS FROM NBCFDC
- India Post to sell National Flag through its 1.6 lakh post offices to celebrate Har Ghar Tiranga
- Last date for online submission of applications for recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff for EMRSs extended till 18th August 2023
- ₹1,65,105 crore gross GST revenue collected for July 2023; records 11% Year-on-Year growth
- E-GOVERNANCE SYSTEM
- Subsidy of Rs. 22.93 Cr has been released for procurement of 286 units of sanitation related equipments/ projects by 641 Safai Karamcharis under SRMS
- FACILITIES TO TRANSGENDERS
- G20 EMPOWER summit inaugurated at Gandhinagar, Gujarat today
- Historic Partnership: ISLRTC and NIOS Join Forces to Revolutionize Deaf Education with Indian Sign Language on 3rd Year of NEP 2020 Celebrations
- NADA has launched Anti-Doping helpline, 1800-119-919, for athletes and athlete support personnel for information about Anti-Doping rules and guidelines
- PM conferred Lokmanya Tilak National Award in Pune, Maharashtra
- An illegal tiger trade syndicate busted, the former field officer of WPSI arrested: WCCB
- Preservation of food products
- 4,000 MW Renewable Energy Power Project being set up in Tamil Nadu
- ALLOCATION TO SDRF AND NDRF
- Farmer Welfare Scheme
- Free legal aid and advice through Nyaya Bandhu program
- Prime Minister condoles loss of lives due to tragic mishap in Shahapur, Maharashtra
- Update on treatment of Diabetes
- Sagarmala Project
- Maj Gen Amita Rani assumes the charge of Addl DG, MNS
- VICE ADM RAJESH PENDHARKAR TAKES OVER AS THE FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF, ENC
- Implementation of Rural Self Employment Training Institute
- G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment to be held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat from 2nd to 4th August, 2023
- NHPC and ALIMCO sign MoU for providing aids and assistive devices to Divyangjans
- PM lays foundation stone and inaugurates various development projects in Pune, Maharashtra
- SMUGGLING OF ARMS AND NARCOTICS
- Installed Wind Energy Capacity in the country is 43.7 GW, likely to increase to 99.9 GW by 2029-30: New & Renewable Energy Minister
- Availability of Millets in Tribal Villages
- Update on Medical Colleges
- Update on government and private medical institute regulation in the country
- July Coal Production Goes up by 14.11% to 68.75 Million Tonne
- IMPLEMENTATION OF PM-YASASVI SCHEME
- Text of PM’s address during the foundation and inauguration of various Projects at Pune, Maharashtra
- Satellite Coverage of Agriculture Activities
- PROPERTY CARDS ISSUED UNDER SVAMITVA
- Update on National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment (NPCBVI)
- Penalties for wrongly claimed subsidies under FAME INDIA Scheme
- CAMPAIGN FOR DE-ADDICTION
- Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR)
- Roadmap to making India a $5 trillion economy
- National Programme for Dairy Development
- Prime Minister pays homage to Lokmanya Tilak on his Punya Tithi
- AIIMS Partners with IREDA for Solarization of AIIMS New Delhi Campus
- Increase in Traffic on National Waterways
- Progress made by India in the field of New and Renewable Energy
- Women Owners Under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin
- Growth of Agri Sector
- New record of over 6.77 crore Income Tax Returns (ITRs) filed till 31st July, 2023; record growth of 16.1% Year-on-Year
- COMBINED SECTION OFFICERS’/ STENOGRAPHERS’ (GRADE-‘B’ / GRADE-‘I’) LIMITED DEPARTMENTAL COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, 2018
- PM performs Darshan and Pooja at Dagdusheth Mandir in Pune, Maharashtra
- MODERNIZATION OF FIRE SERVICES
- Nearly 2.46 lakh farmers have benefitted from PM-KUSUM Scheme: Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy
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August 2023