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Published : Aug 11, 2021, 9:40 AM IST

Updated : Aug 11, 2021, 1:54 PM IST

13:53 August 11

1. Militant hideout busted in Kashmir’s Bandipora district

Security forces in a joint operation on Wednesday busted a militant hideout and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition near the Line of Control (LoC) in Tarbal village of Gurez in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

2. IAF brings back citizens from war-torn Afghanistan

A special flight of the Indian Air Force carrying Indian diplomats and staff from Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, landed at the Hindon Airbase this morning. With this, the evacuation of people from the Indian consulate in Mazar has been completed, sources said.

3. Delhi Court acquits CM Kejriwal and Deputy CM Sisodia in bureaucrat assault case

A Delhi court (दिल्ली कोर्ट) dropped all charges against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (अरविंद केजरीवाल), Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia (मनीष सिसोदिया) and nine other AAP MLAs (आप विधायक) on Wednesday in connection with the 2018 assault case of Delhi's then Chief Secretary (मुख्य सचिव) Anshu Prakash.

4. Ruckus breaks out in MP Assembly, Cong MLA tears his clothes

The monsoon session of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly has been adjourned sine die following ruckus by Congress MLAs in the house. A massive uproar broke out in the house after Congress legislators had demanded the implementation OBC quota.

5. Avail free meals in this Bhatkal restaurant, if your name is Neeraj

To honour Neeraj Chopra on winning a gold medal in Tokyo Olympics, the Taamra restaurant in Bhatkal district in Karnataka has announced a free meal to all those named Neeraj. The restaurant took social media to announce the offer which will last till August 15.

12:28 August 11

1. Venkaiah Naidu breaks down, says Opposition destroyed all sacredness of Parliament

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday broke down as he spoke about yesterday's ruckus by Opposition MPs in the House. "All sacredness of this House was destroyed yesterday when some members sat on the tables and some climbed on the tables," he said.

2. Parliament Monsoon session: Lok Sabha adjourns sine die

The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Wednesday, bringing an end to the monsoon session while the Rajya Sabha proceedings have been adjourned till 12 noon. It is known that the Opposition has been unrelenting over the Pegasus snooping row, farm laws and other issues, which led to the proceedings of the house being marred since July 19.

3. Tokyo's experiences will lead to secure medal in Paris, says Rani Rampal

India has scripted a history while assuring the maximum medal in the Tokyo Olympic 2020. While Indian women's hockey team has given new hope to the sports lovers as well as women of the nation by qualifying for the first time in the semifinal in the history of the Olympics.

4. Appeal to CJI to allow live streaming of Pegasus hearings

The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) and a group of activists representing the National Campaign for Peoples’ Right to Information have appealed to the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana to allow live streaming of the hearings on the Israeli spyware Pegasus case.

11:00 August 11

1. Govt allows study on mixing Covid, Covishield

Dr Vinod Kumar Paul, a NITI Aayog member in a presser on Tuesday said that permission has been granted to the Christian Medical College, Vellore for a research study on mixing of vaccines doses. Recently, ICMR revealed in a study that the combination of Covaxin and Covishield vaccines conducted on 18 people yielded good results.

2. BSP's Brahmin outreach: Satish Mishra as CM candidate for 2022 UP polls?

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati who is trying her best to court the Brahmin vote bank is seriously contemplating on a political masterstroke to regain power in the UP Assembly Elections 2022.

3. Rhea drops first glamorous pics after SSR episode, fans say 'shine like brightest star'

Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty is gradually returning to the glamorous life that she used to live before her world turned upside down following the mysterious death of her actor boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput. After more than a year of SSR's passing, Rhea's social media is buzzing with compliments for her ultra-glamorous pictures.

4. COVID-19: India reports 38,353 new cases, 497 deaths

A single day rise of 38,353 COVID-19 infections, 497 fatalities pushed India's tally of cases to 32,036,511 and death toll to 4,29,179, as per the data updated by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry at 8 am on Wednesday.

09:23 August 11

1. Opposition leaders to meet, formulate new strategy today

With Parliament entering the final week of the Monsoon Session, a meeting of floor leaders of Opposition parties in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha is scheduled to be held in the Chamber of Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha (Room no 43 Parliament House) at 10 am on Wednesday.

2. Telangana: BJP leader found dead in his burnt car's trunk

Former BJP district vice-president and businessman V. Srinivas Prasad was found dead in the trunk of his burnt car on Tuesday, police said. A few people set Srinivas, along with his car, on fire, in the early hours of Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.

3. Biden rules out changes in troop withdrawal plan from Afghan

US President Joe Biden Tuesday ruled out any change in the withdrawal of his troops from Afghanistan despite the Taliban increasingly gaining control over large parts of the country. President Biden has ordered the withdrawal of all the US troops from Afghanistan by September 11.

4. TN postmaster treks 25 km, delivers pension to centenarian

For the past six months, Christuraja, (55), a postmaster, travels 25 kms in the Western Ghats to deliver the old age pension (OAP) for a woman centenarian living in a remote hamlet of Injikkuzhi, located in the dense forest of Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, above Karaiyar dam. This time ETV Bharat trekked the entire distance along with Christuraja.

5. Ethiopia calls 'all capable' citizens to fight in Tigray war

Ethiopia's government on Tuesday summoned all capable citizens to war, urging them to join the country's military to stop resurgent forces from the embattled Tigray region once and for all." The call to arms is an ominous sign that all of Ethiopia's 110 million people are being drawn into a conflict that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, once declared would be over within weeks.

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