The big news of 31 August 2023, Top 10 headlines 31 August 2023, Breaking news of 31 August 2023
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Breaking news of 31 August 2023 |
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi has said that
the government has called a special session of Parliament for five days from
September 18. However, no official announcement has been made by the government
regarding the agenda of the session to be held a few days after the G20 summit
in the national capital Delhi on September 8 to 10, 2023.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab has said that it will
not forge an alliance with the opposition Alliance India or the National
Democratic Alliance (NDA) as they do not support federalism.
Ahead of the third meeting of the India Alliance in Mumbai,
CPI General Secretary D Raja said that the primary objective of the India
Alliance, a coalition of opposition parties, is to fight collectively to save
the country, the Constitution, democracy, secularism and federalism and defeat
the BJP.
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi will visit Raipur on
02 September. A huge Rajiv Yuva Mitan conference is being organized at Fair
Ground Nava Raipur on 02 September 2023 at 1 pm. Rahul Gandhi will specifically
address this gathering.
The Supreme Court questioned the convicts in the Bilkis Bano
case for depositing the fine without waiting for the decision on their interim
application, especially when the final hearing of the petitions filed against
the Gujarat government is underway. The Gujarat government had allowed
premature release to the convicts in the Bilkis gang rape and murder of her
family members.
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea
challenging the Telangana government's decision to provide 100 per cent
reservation under the 'competent authority quota' only to local students.
The flood situation in Assam has worsened with the rising
water levels of the Brahmaputra and other major rivers, affecting over 3.4 lakh
people in 22 districts of the state.
63 people have been reported dead and over forty injured in a
fire that broke out in a five-storey building in the centre of Johannesburg,
South Africa. Emergency services and fire crews from South Africa's state
broadcaster station are working to extinguish the blaze.
The central government will celebrate the next month as
National Nutrition Month. This will be the sixth National Nutrition Month. This
year, National Nutrition Month aims to comprehensively tackle malnutrition
through a life-cycle approach. The focus of Poshan Maah is to create mass
awareness about the important stages of human life including pregnancy,
infancy, childhood and adolescence.
