- The Embassy of India, Seoul celebrated 76th Independence Day with active participation of members of Indian community at the Swami Vivekanand Cultural Center (SVCC) premises.
- Portfolios allocated in Bihar Cabinet; Nitish Kumar keeps Home and General Administration; Tejaswi Prasad gets Health and Road Construction.
- Nation remembers former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his Punya Tithi today.
- Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh hands over indigenously developed equipment and systems to Indian Army to enhance operational preparedness.
- Future Infantry Soldier, new generation anti-personnel mine, upgraded sights system for tanks, high mobility Infantry Protected Vehicles and Assault Boats are among the state-of-the-art equipments.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has stressed on the comprehensive reform of United Nations’ structure saying that this worrying shortcoming of United Nations’ system is manifestation of its structural inadequacy.
- He said that United Nations might progressively lose its effectiveness and relevance without democratization in decision-making and comprehensive reforms of United Nations’ structure.
- Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan has urged the citizens to participate in the Citizen Survey for National Curriculum Framework for developing a new curriculum.
- He said, a dynamic National Curriculum Framework in line with the National Education Policy- 2020 will play a major role in achieving the goal of Viksit Bharat.
- Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya asks States and Union Territories for timely utilisation of central funds to expedite implementation of people-centered health services at grassroots and strengthening Health Infrastructure starting from block level.
- Dr. Mandaviya today virtually interacted with Health Ministers of States and Union Territories to review the implementation of flagship schemes of the central government.
- India calls for comprehensive reform of United Nations’ structure.
- More than six crore selfies with Tiranga uploaded on Har Ghar Tiranga website so far.
- In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a bus carrying ITBP personnel of 4th and 5th Bn , returning from deployment at Poshpathri camp on Shri Amarnathji route, met with an accident at Zig Mour in Pahalgam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district today.
- The bus carrying a total of 41 persons, 39 ITBP Jawans and 2 personnel from J & K Police was on its way to Jammu.
- Death toll in Pahalgam road accident mounts to seven.
Durand Cup Football, inaugural match between Mohammedan Sporting Club and Goa FC underway at Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
