➡️Due to a cyclonic circulation, thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur in 13 districts of Odisha during the next 24 hours.
➡️School headmaster collapsed and died after hoisting Tricolor at a Primary School under Krushnaprasad block in Puri district.
➡️India’s first long-range revolver Prabal to be launched on August 18.
➡️Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar attended the ‘At Home’ reception hosted by President Droupadi Murmu on the occasion of Independence Day at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
➡️Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Vishwakarma Yojana with an allocation of Rs 13,000-15,000 crore for people belonging to OBC engaged in traditional skills.
➡️PM Modi announced that 15,000 Women’s Self-Help Groups would be given loan and training for operating and repairing drones. “Drone ki Udaan” will be carried out by these Women SHGs.
➡️Beating retreat ceremony held at Attari-Wagah Border in Punjab’s Amritsar on the occasion of 77th Independence Day.
➡️Indian Army dedicates 115-feet long bridge to locals of Danna, the last village on the LoC in Machhal Sector in Jammu and Kashmir.
➡️Himachal Pradesh Rains: Several houses collapsed in Krishna Nagar area in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla after a landslide took place. SDRF team recovered more bodies from debris of Shiv temple in Shimla. Death toll climbs up to 53. Rescue operation underway.
➡️Heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi triggers flood-like situation in the district.
➡️SDRF team rescues tourists stranded in Ganga River near Muni Ki Reti in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.
➡️BRO begins construction of World’s Highest Motorable Road at over 19,000 feet, in Ladakh
➡️Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak dies after suffering cardiac arrest.
➡️Akshay Kumar gets Indian citizenship, shares proof on Twitter.
➡️Asian Games 2023: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat pulls out of Asian Games due to knee injury; to undergo surgery.
➡️Russia’s Luna-25 sends back first images from space.
➡️35 killed in an explosion at a Petrol Station in Dagestan in Southern Russia.