1. HRD Ministry renamed as Ministry of Education as President gives nod
President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday gave assent to the change in name of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) as Ministry of Education, an official notification said. The name change was among the key recommendations of the draft new National Education Policy (NEP), which was also cleared by the Union Cabinet last month.
2. Bengaluru: 50 patients shifted out of KIMS due to oxygen shortage
Nearly 50 patients, including those who are COVID-19 positive and on oxygen support at the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), were shifted to various hospitals in Bengaluru on Monday night because of a shortage of oxygen supply. Patients, who needed oxygen support, from KIMS were shifted to Bowring, Victoria and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases.
3. Villages heads being targeted as they do development activities: J&K DGP
Militants were targeting panches and sarpanches in Kashmir as they are the people's representatives who carry forward the developmental activities, and Pakistan does not like it, Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh said on Monday.
4. Part of vacant building collapses in Mumbai, two hurt: BMC
A portion of a vacant building collapsed on the compound wall of an adjacent building in suburban Bandra here on Monday night, leaving two persons injured, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
5. Another accused of Kanpur ambush surrenders before court
Another accused of the Kanpur ambush during which eight policemen were killed by henchmen of slain gangster Vikas Dubey surrendered before a court on Monday.
6. Plea seeks AG consent to initiate contempt action against Swara Bhaskar
A plea has been filed before the Attorney General of India K.K. Venugopal to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Bollywood actor Swara Bhaskar for her alleged derogatory remarks against the Supreme Court in connection with its verdict in the Ayodhya title dispute.
7. Facebook row: BJP MP urges all NDA MPs in Parliamentary panel to write to LS Speaker against Committee chairman
A BJP MP and member of Parliamentary Standing Committee for Information and Technology (I&T) urged all NDA MPs in the Committee to write a letter to Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla against its chairman Shashi Tharoor in connection with summoning Facebook without taking members in confidence, sources said.
8. Telangana: Monsoon session from September 7
The Telangana Government on Monday decided to convene the Assembly session from September 7. The decision was taken after Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao chaired a high-level meeting with state officials at Pragati Bhavan.
9. Madhya Pradesh: BJP leaders violated COVID-19 protocols, claims Congress
The Madhya Pradesh Congress accused BJP leaders for violating COVID-19 protocols while welcoming former Union minister and Rajya Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday.
10. Rakesh Asthana appointed BSF chief, VSK Kaumudi MHA Special Secy
Former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana was appointed as the Director-General of Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday.
