🔹Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik hoists Tricolour at the state-level celebrations at Exhibition Ground in Unit-3 as India celebrates 76th Independence Day.
🔹Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahi heckled by ‘BJD workers’, shown black flag on his way to hoist flag at Independence Day event.
🔹Flood-like situation in Odisha as state receives 54.5 mm rainfall in 24 hours.
🔹India reports 14,917 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours; active COVID-19 cases increase from 1,16,861 to 1,17,508.
🔹PM Modi unfurls tricolour at Red Fort on 76th Independence Day; gives a call for “Jai Anusandhan” to promote innovation in India.
🔹Border Security Force and Pakistan Rangers exchange sweets at the Attari-Wagah border on Independence Day.
🔹Tricolour was hoisted for the first time at Idgah Maidan in Bengaluru amid tight security.
🔹INS Sumedha hoists the national flag in Perth, Australia.
🔹India to hand over Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft to Sri Lanka Navy.
🔹Taliban welcome India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s statement on enhancing India’s diplomatic presence; asked India to complete its development projects in Afghanistan.
