The big news of 21 August 2023, Top 10 headlines 21 August 2023, Breaking news of 21 August 2023
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his thoughts with the people on August 27 at 11 am in the Mann Ki Baat program on All India Radio.
8 other newly elected members of Rajya Sabha took oath along with External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar administered the oath to him in Parliament House. BJP’s Nagendra Ray, Kesaridev Singh Digvijay Singh Jhala, Babubhai Jesangbhai Desai and TMC’s Derek O’Brien, Dola Sen, Sukhendu Shekhar Ray, Prakash Chik Badaik and Sameerul Islam took oath.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will contest from two assembly constituencies, Gajwel and Kamareddy, during the upcoming state assembly elections. Releasing the list of 115 BRS candidates, the party chief said that barring seven seats, all sitting MLAs have been given tickets. The candidates for the remaining four seats will be announced soon, he said. He told that there will be no alliance with the Left parties.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for South Africa and Greece tomorrow. Briefing the media in New Delhi, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said, “Tomorrow morning the Prime Minister will leave for Johannesburg where he will attend the 15th BRICS Summit which begins tomorrow and ends on August 24.” He informed that tomorrow evening Shri Modi will attend the BRICS Leaders’ Retreat where global developments are expected to be discussed.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddamayya has asked the vice-chancellors of the state’s universities to equip graduates with scientific temper and rational thinking.
The Supreme Court has given the Central government a week’s time to file its reply on the petitions challenging the caste-based survey in Bihar. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Central government, told a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti, “I am not on this side or the other side. I want to place my arguments on record.” The bench reiterated that it would not pass any interim directions restraining the Bihar government from publishing the results of the caste-based survey.
In the latest update released today, the Ministry of Health has informed that 54 new Covid-19 cases have been registered in India, taking the total number of corona cases in the country to 4,49,96,653.
The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking a declaration that the abrogation of Article 370 and removal of Article 35A by the President was valid and constitutional.
According to media reports, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) attacked the BJP at a public meeting in Madurai, saying he was the only unopposed leader of his party.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee President and former Chief Minister Kamal Nath will address a huge public meeting in Sagar tomorrow.
