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Even as NEP prioritises Indian Knowledge System and Indian languages, Modi said, “We have seen that sometimes our talent gets tied in the shackles of language. This is the result of slave mentality. We should be proud of every language of our country.” http://dlvr.it/SWhqmw

The home-grown 155mm/ 52 calibre advanced towed artillery gun systems (ATAGS), developed by DRDO with production partners Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge, was used along with the British-origin guns traditionally fired till now for the ceremonial salute at the Red Fort. http://dlvr.it/SWhYZc

Hitting out at patriarchal mindset, the PM expressed pain and distress over the use of abusive language for women and sought a commitment from all to ensure women are respected and do not face humiliation. http://dlvr.it/SWhF5Z

The D B Marg police on Monday arrested a 56-year-old jewellery designer from Borivali for allegedly abusing and issuing death threats to industrialist Mukesh Ambani. http://dlvr.it/SWgrFd

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Fear is the only thing that stands in the way of fulfilling the vision of an “Akhand Bharat” (unified Indian subcontinent) as the country celebrates 75 years of Independence and charts a roadmap for the next 25, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday while flagging “caste system” as a divisive factor. http://dlvr.it/SWdV1X

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he was overjoyed and proud to see the nation’s enthusiastic response to the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign that aims to have 20 crore households and institutions unfurl the national flag from August 13-15 to celebrate the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, launched to mark 75 years of India’s independence. http://dlvr.it/SWbGsk

Terrorism will be rooted out from J&K within a year, lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha said Saturday at an Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav event held by the Dal Lake in Srinagar. As he spoke that the path to permanent peace may be daunting but the goal is achievable, terrorists threw a grenade at a security picket in the city’s downtown area, wounding sub-inspector Parvez Rana of CRPF’s 161 Battalion. http://dlvr.it/SWb2LD

The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Saturday passed the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2022, amid protests by some opposition lawmakers. ​​​​​The law forbids "mass conversion" and enhances the maximum punishment to 10 years imprisonment against any change of religion through force or allurement. http://dlvr.it/SWZlP5

As the country is celebrating the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' to mark 75 years of India's independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged people to put the 'tiranga' (tricolour) as the profile picture of their social media accounts between August 2 and 15. http://dlvr.it/SWYP6z

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The misery weaved around the survivors of partition told by grandmother when she was a teenager and had migrated to US, made Guneeta Singh Bhalla to keep imagining about the unhealed wounds and scars of the partition, which resulted into millions getting displaced, lakhs being killed, many having gone orphans. http://dlvr.it/SWXbJr

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Dr Nishikanta Ganguly, born in 1888, was the supreme commander of the Salt Satyagraha in Barishal district of West Bengal. Starting 1930, he visiting different parts of Barishal district lecturing on the Salt Satyagrah movement, which led to his imprisonment in the Alipore Central Jail in Bengal. http://dlvr.it/SWVGKg

China has put on hold a joint India-US proposal to sanction a Pakistan based terrorist, Abdul Rauf Asghar, who's an accused in the 1999 IC 814 hijacking and also Parliament attack. Beijing had in June also blocked a proposal to designate deputy chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Abdul Rehman Makki, as global terrorist. http://dlvr.it/SWTy59

The new RJD-JD(U) partnership in Bihar is part of a bigger plan to build a stronger opposition alliance ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and defeat a weakened NDA, Tejashwi Yadav, the new deputy chief minister in Nitish Kumar’s grand alliance cabinet, told TOI in an interview. http://dlvr.it/SWTg4H

Officially, the Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI) does not exist anymore since there has been no official order extending its existence beyond June 30, 2022. The existing staff of CTRI also have not been given any further extension. But over 1,060 clinical trials have been registered between July 1 and August 5. http://dlvr.it/SWTKvl

In a release, the city-based vaccine maker said, “Biological E. Limited has delivered 10 crore doses of Corbevax to the Government of India till now. Pan-India roll-out of Corbevax in children 12-14 years of age was initiated on March 16, 2022 and till now almost seven crore doses have been administered and 2.9 crore children have completed the two-dose vaccination regimen." http://dlvr.it/SWSwN2

Two soldiers lost their lives in a gunfight when two terrorists tried to enter an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Thursday morning. "Terrorists tried to cross the fence of Army camp at Pargal. Sentry challenged and exchange of fire took place," additional director general of police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh said. http://dlvr.it/SWQz2z

The Crew Escape System (CES) takes away the Crew module of Gaganyaan mission in case of any eventuality and rescues the astronauts. In case of mission-abort during the initial phase of flight, LEM provides required thrust to CES, to take away Crew Module from the launch vehicle. http://dlvr.it/SWQfrn

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in a circular issued on Wednesday stated the medical assessment should be carried out on a case-to-case basis with the Indian Air Force doctors to do the final assessment based on the detailed medical report submitted by the endocrinologist or the specialist handling the candidate concerned. http://dlvr.it/SWQMJV

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Nitish Kumar parting ways with NDA to start a new innings as CM with RJD's Tejashwi Prasad Yadav as his deputy is being seen by some as a move to potentially relaunch his career as a prime ministerial aspirant. http://dlvr.it/SWMJ3g

After BJP-JD(U) breakup in Bihar on Tuesday, former CM Lalu Prasad's daughter posted celebratory tweets mentioning Bhojpuri song, saying "Lalu Bin Chalu Ee Bihar Na Hoyi (Bihar can't run without Lalu)". http://dlvr.it/SWM1dG

In order to review the general security situation ahead of the forthcoming 75th Independence Day celebrations, Kathua SSP Romesh C Kotwal on Tuesday chaired an inter-state coordination and security review meeting in Kathua. http://dlvr.it/SWLhg1

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A parliamentary panel in its report tabled on Monday has recommended allowing LGBTQ community members to adopt a child, apart from asserting the need for a uniform and comprehensive legislation on adoption which is more transparent, accountable, verifiable, less bureaucratic and applicable to all irrespective of religion in order to make adoptions less cumbersome. http://dlvr.it/SWJKBv

In a move that would bring relief to large numbers of consumers using mobile phones, tablets, earbuds, speakers and laptops, the government is looking into the possibility to have only two types of charging ports in India for all such devices. This will put an end to buying a new charger every time you go for a new device. http://dlvr.it/SWJ0nr

The monsoon session which ended on Monday was to conclude on August 12. It witnessed the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passing seven and five bills respectively. While the Lower House saw a total of 16 sittings that lasted 44 hours and 29 minutes, the Upper House met for 38 hours with as many as 47 hours lost due to disruptions, something which outgoing Chairman Venkaiah Naidu lamented. http://dlvr.it/SWHjrn

With protests raging inside and outside of Parliament to oppose the amendment that the government is proposing to the Electricity Act, a bill was introduced in Lok Sabha by power minister R K Singh on Monday, to amend the Electricity Act, to allow non-discriminatory open access to distribution networks of power suppliers, amid protests by the opposition, which claimed that it seeks to take away certain rights of state governments. http://dlvr.it/SWHNdH

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As the Enforcement Directorate's investigation against Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut gathers pace, the perceptivity of the idiom 'hell hath no fury like a woman scorned' is getting underscored yet again, with Marathi film director Swapna Patkar providing crucial details about the alleged benami properties of the voluble Shiv Sena MP. http://dlvr.it/SWDkQg

Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna on Sunday published Sanjay Raut's weekly column, Rok Thok, prompting ED officials to say they will question the incarcerated MP to check if he had written the piece and passed it out of jail illegally or had no connection with it. http://dlvr.it/SWDTsB

The failure of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D1) to place two satellites in their desired orbit during its maiden voyage on Sunday morning has given a jolt to Isro as the mini-PSLV was being promoted as a “launcher on demand” and a “moneyspinner” as it was supposed to carve a niche for itself in the $4.08 billion small commercial satellite market. http://dlvr.it/SWDF2h

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) on Sunday made it clear that it will not join the Union council of ministers again, but rebuffed speculations of a rift with ally BJP asserting “all is well”. JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan, who addressed a press conference here, however, dismissed queries about Kumar's absence at the NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the terse remark “you should ask the chief minister”. http://dlvr.it/SWCyq9

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Sunday said its SSLV-D1/EOS-02 mission suffered a data loss in its terminal phase. "We are processing the data to conclude on the final outcome of the mission with respect to whether a stable orbit is achieved or not," said Isro chairman S Somanath. http://dlvr.it/SWBhXK

Pickleball, the fastest growing sport in America, is slowly but surely making inroads in India with ‘picklers’ emerging everywhere from Jaipur to Jalgaon. http://dlvr.it/SWBTsJ

Vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu, who demits office on August 10, will leave behind a legacy of having bumped up the performance of Rajya Sabha as its chairman on several counts, improving productivity of the House and encouraging the use of mother tongue besides a detailed study of the functioning of the House of Elders. http://dlvr.it/SWBGlP

Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Manoj Pande on Saturday visited the forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Poonch and Rajouri districts and reviewed the operational preparedness of armed forces in the area. http://dlvr.it/SWB26L