News Headlines : 22nd August 2021

  • Government says, it is committed to safe evacuation of Indian nationals stranded in Afghanistan.
  • According to Embassy of India Doha, Qatar the second batch of 146 Indian nationals who were evacuated from Afghanistan to Doha, is being repatriated to India today.
  • At least seven people killed near International Airport in Kabul in attempt to flee from Afghanistan.
  • Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi said Kalyan Singh wasn’t the leader of a caste. He felt pain for farmers, oppressed and backward but he wasn’t their leader alone. He was nation’s leader. It’s a personal loss. We faced batons and bullets together. It’ll be tough to make up for the loss.
  • More than 58 crore 14 lakh vaccine doses administered across the country so far.
  • Information & Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur to launch ‘Iconic Week’ as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav from 23rd to 29th August.
  • President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and several leaders express grief over demise of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
  • Finance Ministry summons Infosys CEO Salil Parekh tomorrow over persistent glitches in Income tax e-filing portal.
  • Raksha Bandhan is being celebrated across the country.
  • Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will felicitate the Olympians from the defence services at the Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune on August 23.
  • 54 athletes to represent India in 9 sports disciplines at Tokyo Paralympics beginning from 24th August.
  • In World Athletics U20 Championships India’s Shaili Singh clinches silver in women’s long jump.