National News

SabhaSaar

• The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) launched SabhaSaar, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered meeting summarization tool designed to automatically generate structured Minutes of Meeting (MoM) from Gram Sabha or other Panchayat meetings’ audio and video recordings.

Maor Schemes of Ministry of Panchayati Raj

MY Bharat signed MoU with SOUL

• MY Bharat, Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the School of Ultimate Leadership Foundation (SOUL) to collaborate on knowledge sharing, capacity building, and youth leadership development.

STATE SPECIAL NEWS

UP assembly’s 24-hour ‘Vision 2047’ debate

• A historic 24-hour debate on Vision 2047 held in Uttar Pradesh Assembly’s Monsoon Session to make Uttar Pradesh the nation’s most developed state by 2047, with targets including zero poverty, world-class infrastructure, and advanced technology adoption.

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand reservation for former Agniveers

• The Uttarakhand Cabinet has approved 10 per cent horizontal reservation for direct recruitment in government services to former Agniveers after their return from the army.

Uttarakhand

Political Prisoners Pension Doubled

• · The Bihar government has doubled the pension given under the JP Senani Scheme to political prisoners who were jailed during the Emergency.
• · State Government also increased the annual honorarium for more than 90,000 BLOs (Booth Level Officers) in the state from 10,000 rupees to 14,000 rupees.

Bihar

New veterinary college in Gujarat

• The Union government has approved the establishment of Kamdhenu Veterinary College at Himatnagar in Gujarat under Kamdhenu University.

Gujrat

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

‘Criminal emergency’ in Washington

• After declaring a criminal emergency in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump sent the National Guard to the city and took control of its police department.

United States of America (USA)

E3 Warn Iran of UN Sanctions Reimposition

• France, Germany, and the UK, collectively known as the E3, have once again threatened Iran with the reimposition of the snapback UN sanctions, unless the country resumes negotiations over nuclear programme.

Iran

India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable

• The 3rd round of India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable was held in New Delhi.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman led the Roundtable from Indian side and Singapore was led by Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, Gan Kim Young.

Nepal Hosts Climate and Gender Policy Dialogue

• Nepal hosted Climate and Gender Policy Dialogue to empower Youth and Women in Kathmanduunder the banner of ‘Green Tech for women’.

ECONOMY & BANKING

RBI prescribes seven sutras for AI adoption

• · A committee set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to develop a Framework for Responsible and Ethical Enablement of Artificial Intelligence (FREE-AI) in the financial sector has recommended seven sutras along with the establishment of shared infrastructure by regulated entities (REs) to democratise access to data and compute, and for the creation of an Al Innovation Sandbox.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Solar Photovoltaic modules manufacturing capacity

• · India has achieved a landmark milestone of 100 Gigawatt of solar PV module manufacturing capacity listed under the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM), a remarkable leap from just 2.3 GW in 2014.

Bharat Steel Logo, Website, and Brochure

• Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries, H.D. Kumaraswamy, unveiled the official logo, website and brochure of Bharat Steel in New Delhi.
• Bharat Steel is the Ministry’s flagship international conference-cum-exhibition on the steel ecosystem, which is going to be held next year in National Capital.

IMPORTANT DAYS

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

• 14 August was remembered as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day to commemorate the victims and sufferings of people during the Partition of India in 1947.
• In 2021, the Government had decided to observe 14th August every year as the day to commemorate their sacrifice.

PERSON IN NEWS

Lt Gen Simon Stuart

• Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, Chief of Army, Australian Army, visited Headquarters Southern Command in Pune as part of his official tour of India from 11th to 14th August.

ART & CULTURE

Annuals of Amrit Udyan

• · President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the Summer Annuals of Amrit Udyan at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

IGNCA and BSIP Signed MoU

• The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts- IGNCA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), Lucknow to integrate science and culture on a unified platform in New Delhi.

ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

India’s first private constellation of EO satellites

• The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) announced the selection of the PixxelSpace India-led consortium to design, build, and operate India’s first fully indigenous commercial earth observation (EO) satellite constellation under the public-private partnership (PPP) model.

Typhoon Podul

• Typhoon Podul, the 11th typhoon of the year, made landfall in eastern Taiwan’s Taitung County.

DEFENCE NEWS

First-Ever Cadre Review for BSF

• Government has approved the very first cadre review of Border Security Force (BSF) Group B and C employees, spanning from Constable to Inspector and its implementation to cover a total immediate promotions slate of 23 thousand 710 personnel.

Border Security Force (BSF)

APPOINTMENTS

Constitution Club Elections

• · Bihar’s Saran MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy has defeated former Union minister Sanjeev Balyan for secretary (administration) post at Constitution Club in Delhi.
• · The Constitution Club was inaugurated in 1965 on Rafi Marg, near the Vittalbhai Patel House which has flats for MPs.

SMICC appoints Ravi Narayanan as CEO

• Non-banking financial company (NBFC), SMFG India Credit (SMICC) appointed Ravi Narayanan as its new CEO.

SPORTS

Sub Junior Boxing Nationals

• Haryana clinched the overall team titles in Under-15 Boys and Girls National Championships held in Greater Noida.

2030 Commonwealth Games Bid

• Indian Olympic Association, IOA formally approved India’s bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2030 in its Special General Meeting in Delhi.

Gulveer Singh

• India’s Gulveer Singh bettered his own national record in the non-Olympic event of men’s 3000 metres race while finishing fifth at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial – Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix in Budapest.