1. Atmanirbhar Bharat: India bans import of over 100 military items
Ministry of Defence has decided to introduce import embargo on 101 items, an attempt to promote indigenous weapons over foreign ones. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that this step will give a big boost to the defence sector and make India self-reliant.
2. Covid-19 hospital fire in Vijayawada leaves 10 dead, PM Modi condoles loss of lives
At least ten people died after a fire broke out a Covid makeshift hospital at around 5 am in the morning in Andhra's Vijayawada on Sunday morning. The fire engulfed the Swarna Palace Hotel, which was taken on lease by Ramesh Hospital, was converted to Covid care facility to treat the patients.
3. PM launches financing facility worth Rs 1 lakh crore under Agri-Infra Fund
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a financing facility of Rs one lakh crore under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund on Sunday. He also released the sixth instalment of funds of Rs 17,000 crore to 8.5 crore farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme.
4. Home Minister Amit Shah tests negative for COVID-19
Union Home Minister Amit Shah tested negative for COVID-19 on Sunday. He was admitted for treatment at Medanta hospital in Gurugram, after he was tested positive on August 2.
5. Bikru accused, Vikas Dubey's aid makes dramatic surrender, reveals gory details
Umakant Shukla who was carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000 on him for being an aide of notorious Kanpur criminal Vikas Dubey, on Saturday surrendered at the Chaubeypur police station.
6. Six Rajasthan BJP MLAs reach Gujarat, more likely to follow
Half a dozen BJP MLAs from Rajasthan arrived in Porbandar in Gujarat on Saturday ahead of the Assembly session in their home state on August 14.
7. Kerala plane crash: After getting landing clearance, aircraft went out of runway, says preliminary report
According to a preliminary report, Air India Express flight IX-1344 asked to climb to 10,000 ft. The aircraft was also cleared for Instrumental Landing System (ILS) approach runway 28 at time 13:53 Universal Time Coordinated (UTC).
8. Scribes get anti-India audio messages
A case has been registered on charges of sedition after about 50 scribes receive anti-India audio messages. Lucknow Police commissioner Sujeet Pandey said that the cyber cell has been entrusted the task of tracing their senders.
9. Floods ravage in South India LIVE: Krishna river in Karnataka swells to danger mark after heavy showers
Krishna river and its tributaries in Karnataka inched close to the danger mark after heavy rains and discharge from neighbouring Maharashtra into the state's northern region.
10. Rhea Chakraborty shares WhatsApp messages with Sushant Singh Rajput
Actor Rhea Chakraborty has shared WhatsApp conversations with late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, in which he accused his sister Priyanka of playing the victim card and manipulating Sidharth Pithani.
