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00:00:14Verma, with me is HI anchor Deepali. Before starting the news, let's
00:00:17take a look at the
00:00:18headlines.
00:00:22An important cabinet meeting was held under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the
00:00:26meeting, proposals related to biogas and four lanes in Assam
00:00:30were approved.
00:00:41Amidst the uproar of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, the Taxation and Other
00:00:44Laws Amendment Bill 2026 was passed.
00:00:47The Appropriation Bill No. 3 2026 was returned to the Lok Sabha
00:00:51after discussion in the Rajya
00:00:52Sabha.
00:01:00Students' protest against irregularities in examinations in Jharkhand
00:01:03continues. A 11- member delegation
00:01:07will soon talk to the government, while in Kerala also, the Bharatiya
00:01:11Janata Yuva Morcha protested
00:01:14against
00:01:15appointments in government jobs.
00:01:22The next hearing on NEET paper leak cases will be held in the Supreme Court on August 19.
00:01:26The court has sought a reply from the petitioners
00:01:30on the affidavit
00:01:30filed by the central government.
00:01:40And Iran's warning to the Gulf countries, if America attacks, it will target
00:01:45with all the qualities. energy facilities. Meanwhile, the agreement with Oman on Hormuz
00:01:47is in the final
00:01:49stage.
00:01:57The Lok Sabha today passed
00:02:00of the gas that is formed, the Taxation and Other Laws Amendment Bill 2026
00:02:03amid uproar from the opposition. Amidst the commotion from the opposition, Finance Minister
00:02:07Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Taxation and Other Laws Amendment
00:02:11Bill 2026 for discussion and passage in the
00:02:14House. The objective of the bill is to make
00:02:17India more attractive for global investors,
00:02:21promote the Make in India campaign and bring
00:02:25clarity in digital payments and tax system.
00:02:28It also aims to extend the tax exemption available to
00:02:32foreign companies till
00:02:342040-2041 which provide machinery
00:02:38and equipment to an Indian factory and that factory
00:02:42manufactures specific electronic goods on their behalf
00:02:46under contract manufacturing.
00:02:48biogas from where the plant The specific electronic goods mentioned in the bill include
00:02:52will also be supported mobile phones, laptops, computers,
00:02:54tablets, servers and their main parts
00:02:57and accessories.
00:03:01The government's objective is also to promote digital payments
00:03:04in the country and to encourage electronic transactions
00:03:08more. Meanwhile, due to the continuous uproar of the opposition, the House
00:03:11remained stalled. The opposition was continuously demanding a statement
00:03:15from Home Minister Amit Shah on the issue of theft of offerings
00:03:18from Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and police action against protesting
00:03:22students. Due to the uproar of the opposition, this bill could
00:03:26not be discussed.
00:03:30has been exposed. The Rajya Sabha returned
00:03:33Appropriation Bill No. 3 2026 to the Lok Sabha
00:03:37after discussion. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved
00:03:41Appropriation Bill No. 3/2026 for consideration and return
00:03:44to the Lok Sabha. This bill relates
00:03:48to authorizing additional government expenditure incurred
00:03:51during the financial year ended March 31, 2023
00:03:55from the Consolidated Fund of India.
00:03:58During the brief discussion on the bill, members
00:04:02of Congress and some other opposition parties
00:04:05staged a walkout from the House demanding
00:04:09a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah regarding
00:04:13police action against protesting students. During the brief discussion
00:04:16on the bill, members raised various aspects related to the
00:04:20economy. Responding to the discussion, Finance Minister Sitharaman
00:04:23said that the government is bringing this bill for supplementary
00:04:28of Indian culture. demands for grants for the year ended March 31, 2023.
00:04:58the Secretariat, the police used
00:05:00and these two counts were part of what the public
00:05:04accounts committee in its 39th
00:05:07report presented to the Lok Sabha this year in
00:05:10April, so public accounts committee as you know and the
00:05:14honorable members know is headed always
00:05:17by the leader from the opposition,
00:05:21so in his chairmanship that entire committee looks into the
00:05:24accounts and identifies where any excess has
00:05:28happened, so this year in April
00:05:3126, this particular
00:05:34or this pair of two
00:05:37excess expenditure which had happened in 2023
00:05:41was highlighted.
00:05:45V. Kamakoti, a member of the six-member high-level task force constituted
00:05:49under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekani and director of IIT Madras,
00:05:52said that its objective is to develop a leak-proof examination system.
00:05:56It is noteworthy that after irregularities in the NEET
00:05:59UG examination, a special committee was constituted
00:06:02on the announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
00:06:06Honorable Prime Minister
00:06:10has created
00:06:13a task force. The mandate of that task force
00:06:16is to figure out how to conduct
00:06:20a robust, transparent, leak- proof
00:06:24examination.
00:06:27What are the do's and don'ts
00:06:30in this? This particular committee
00:06:34will consider this.
00:06:37And a report and recommendation
00:06:41is needed now. How can
00:06:45we stop this type
00:06:48of leak and how can
00:06:51we build a robust, transparent, and leak-
00:06:54proof examination system from
00:06:57this? This is the mandate
00:07:01of this task force and then the recommendation
00:07:05of this task force will also be
00:07:08in this direction.
00:07:11V. Kamakoti said that the people who prepared the NEET UG question
00:07:14paper this year themselves leaked it. He
00:07:18said that the task force will try to prevent such leaks.
00:07:21The leak
00:07:24that happened in 2024 was
00:07:27when the printed question
00:07:31paper was going from the press to the
00:07:34distribution center and examination center.
00:07:38At that time,
00:07:40someone leaked the paper
00:07:44by opening the daughter.
00:07:47Now, 20 have been leaked.
00:07:50So, for each operation, there is a
00:07:54root of trust. Root of
00:07:57trust is a particular
00:08:00group or a particular entity that we
00:08:03trust for the operation to be successful.
00:08:07Now, in this way,
00:08:09our root of trust, which is the examination question,
00:08:42Regarding irregularities, Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi in the Assembly
00:08:46targeted the Soren government on the ongoing student movement
00:08:49in Ranchi. He said that if you appoint corrupt
00:08:53officers as presidents in institutions like JPCSC,
00:08:56this is what will happen. Babulal Marandi said that our demand is that
00:09:00there should be an investigation under the supervision of the court
00:09:03and the result of the investigation
00:09:05should also come within the stipulated time.
00:09:08And what did I tell the government? If in the investigation, as you
00:09:42And that is why we said that under the
00:09:45supervision of the court,
00:09:48the investigation should be completed within
00:09:52the stipulated time and the result should
00:09:54In Kerala, the dispute over appointments in government
00:09:58jobs has once again intensified. The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
00:10:02was protesting outside the State Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram
00:10:05today. When the protestors started moving towards
00:10:10water cannons and lathi-charged
00:10:13them to stop them. The Yuva Morcha alleges
00:10:17that there are irregularities in the appointment process of the
00:10:20Kerala Public Service Commission and despite their names being
00:10:24in the rank list, a large number of candidates have
00:10:27not yet received appointment letters. On this issue, hundreds
00:10:31of teachers and PSC rank holders from various
00:10:34districts are also continuously protesting and demanding
00:10:38that pending appointments be completed soon. In recent days,
00:10:41discontent has also been seen among social media users and candidates
00:10:45regarding pending appointments. The Yuva Morcha has alleged
00:10:49that both Markpa and Congress are adopting a double standard
00:10:52on the issue of PSC rank
00:10:55holders and are not openly supporting the affected
00:10:58candidates. The organization says that the government should complete
00:11:02all pending appointments soon and ensure transparency
00:11:05in the recruitment process. On the other hand,
00:11:09the schedule for interviews and other recruitment processes
00:11:12for the month of August has been released by the Kerala
00:11:16PSC, but protesting candidates say
00:11:19that despite being included in the rank list, they are
00:11:23not getting appointments.
00:11:30Defense Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the meeting of the Consultative
00:11:33Committee on Defense Matters on Territorial Army
00:11:37in the Parliament House. In the meeting, the Defense Minister said that the
00:11:41Territorial Army is playing a crucial role in realizing
00:11:44Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of developed India.
00:11:47He described it as a strong example of the concept of a citizen
00:11:51soldier and said that this force contributes significantly to
00:11:55national security as well as environmental protection, social
00:11:59work, and relief and rescue operations during natural
00:12:03disasters. Rajnath Singh informed that
00:12:06the Territorial Army, with approximately
00:12:0844,400 personnel and 59 units, strengthens the country's
00:12:12security system as a trained reserve force.
00:12:15He informed that its ecological task
00:12:19force has planted about 10
00:12:22crore trees till now, with a survival
00:12:26rate of 80 to 85%.
00:12:29He also appreciated the role of the Territorial
00:12:32Army in relief work in Kerala, Odisha, and Assam, and in the
00:12:36Har Ghar Tiranga campaign in Jammu and Kashmir.
00:12:39Union Minister of Civil Aviation
00:12:43Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu has completely dismissed
00:12:46the news reports about the government's alleged plan to blend
00:12:50ethanol in Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) as
00:12:54false and irresponsible. On the social media
00:12:58platform X, the Union Minister said that there is
00:13:01no such plan or proposal from the government regarding
00:13:05ethanol blending in ATF. He clarified that ethanol
00:13:08and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) are two
00:13:12different fuels and should not be mixed
00:13:16with each other. Rammohan Naidu said that SAF is an
00:13:20internationally certified aviation fuel
00:13:23which is recognized by the International Civil
00:13:26Aviation Organization (ICAO) and is being adopted
00:13:30worldwide. This fuel undergoes stringent
00:13:34tests and meets global safety standards.
00:13:38The Aviation Minister said that spreading misinformation
00:13:41related to aviation safety creates unnecessary concern
00:13:44among passengers. He reiterated that the safety of passengers
00:13:48is the government's top priority and all
00:13:51decisions in the aviation sector are taken in accordance
00:13:55with international safety
00:13:56standards.
00:14:00The round of three-phase BRICS meetings began in Jaipur today.
00:14:04In the first phase meeting, the Commerce, Industry, and Trade
00:14:08Ministers of India and partner countries participated.
00:14:11It was led by Union Minister of Commerce
00:14:14and Industry Piyush Goyal. Piyush Goyal said that the
00:14:18BRICS partner countries together discuss the challenges and
00:14:22development facing the world. was
00:15:25handled properly, nothing went
00:15:28wrong.
00:15:30Rahul Gandhi is not a serious leader. I think
00:15:34the way
00:15:38this whole situation
00:15:40was handled was right.
00:15:44Nothing wrong
00:15:48happened in it, and I
00:15:52am fully confident that now as more
00:15:55information is coming out, people have
00:15:58understood that the
00:16:01elements who infiltrated, who have a criminal
00:16:04record, who tried to hijack
00:16:07this whole movement and
00:16:10spread anarchy there,
00:16:14the people of India now have information
00:16:18about the behavior of those elements.
00:16:22And
00:17:07iron stone comes out and it gets
00:17:10Mongia's enthusiasm.
00:17:13Then it heats up, melts, and becomes
00:17:51and working as a technician in the electricity department,
00:17:55has been invited to the At Home reception to be
00:17:59held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion of Independence
00:18:03Day. This ceremony will be held on August 15.
00:18:06He has been invited
00:18:16to this prestigious event for his inspiring contribution
00:18:19to society and excellent performance in sports after organ
00:18:23transplantation. The inspiring life journey
00:18:26of Ramdev Singh Meel was also presented
00:18:30by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the countrymen in his radio
00:18:34program 'Mann Ki Baat'. In 2012, after both his
00:18:37kidneys failed, his mother donated her kidney
00:18:41to him. After successful transplantation and treatment,
00:18:44he made sports his goal and represented
00:18:48India in national and international transplant
00:18:51sports competitions. He has won many medals
00:18:55in the National Transplant Games and also represented
00:18:58India in the World Transplant Games held in Dresden,
00:19:01Germany in 2025. Currently, he
00:19:05is also inspiring people who have undergone
00:19:08organ transplantation to adopt sports and a healthy
00:19:12lifestyle with regular training.
00:19:15About three-four
00:19:16days ago,
00:19:20I received a call from the post office that I had received an invitation
00:19:24from the Honorable President, and after that, an officer
00:19:27came here and invited me, so I was very happy
00:19:31that I was invited by the top leadership,
00:19:35by the Honorable President. Along with duty,
00:19:38I have also focused on farming and sports,
00:19:41and I have received due reward for it.
00:19:45And the Honorable Prime Minister praised me in the 131st
00:19:49episode of Mann Ki Baat and launched a campaign to promote
00:19:52organ donation. We will take this campaign forward
00:19:56and bring glory to the country. I have participated in transplant
00:19:59games before and will continue to participate
00:20:01and bring glory to the country.
00:20:04And further in the news, the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has sentenced
00:20:08former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal to 10 years
00:20:11in jail for raping his colleague in the 2013
00:20:15sexual assault case. The court has directed him to surrender
00:20:18within two weeks. A bench of Justice Neela
00:20:22Gokhale and Justice Amit Jamdar
00:20:25of the Goa bench of the High Court
00:20:29pronounced this sentence. The court convicted Tejpal
00:20:33under sections 3762F, 335A, and
00:20:36354B of the Indian
00:20:39Penal Code. During the hearing,
00:20:42Tarun Tejpal appealed to the court for leniency in the sentence,
00:20:46while Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Goa
00:21:05government, demanded the maximum sentence. After the verdict, Tarun Tejpal said that he would challenge the High Court's order in the Supreme Court. The case is related to the allegations of a former junior colleague, who stated that in November 2013, during the Think Fest
00:21:09event in Goa, the senior journalist sexually assaulted
00:21:13her in the hotel lift. In 2021,
00:21:16after his acquittal by the trial court, the Goa government
00:21:20challenged this
00:21:21decision.
00:21:25In the country, the government has taken a big
00:21:29decision towards clean energy, farmers' income, and converting
00:21:32waste into wealth. The Union Cabinet, under the chairmanship
00:21:36of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the National
00:21:39Circular Bio Energy Scheme,
00:21:43GOBAR, Gobardhan,
00:21:47with a cost of ₹23,731 crore.
00:21:50This scheme, applicable from fiscal year 2026-27 to
00:21:532035-36, will give new impetus
00:21:56to Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) production
00:21:59at the national level. Under the scheme,
00:22:02agricultural waste, cow dung, press mud from sugar
00:22:06mills, organic waste from cities,
00:22:09and other biomass will be converted into
00:22:12clean fuel, organic fertilizer, and a source of rural income.
00:22:16The government's goal is to increase domestic CBG
00:22:20production by approximately 10%, reduce dependence
00:22:23on imported fossil fuels, and strengthen India's energy
00:22:27security.
00:22:30There are six pillars, which are compressed biogas,
00:22:34CBD, compressed biogas is formed
00:22:38after digesting
00:22:41city and agro waste, and then
00:22:45after fermenting it, for the utilization
00:22:50a pillar of assured off-take has been kept,
00:22:54that is, whoever manufactures
00:22:56biogas, an assured off-take,
00:23:00that is, a guarantee to buy their product,
00:23:02will be given.
00:23:04Assured off-take, that is, a guarantee to buy
00:23:08has been given in this. Second is price stability.
00:23:11The price of global oil and gas keeps fluctuating.
00:23:14So, for biogas
00:23:17not to face all that price volatility,
00:23:21an assured price system has been created. And the capital
00:23:24expenditure incurred in setting up biogas plants will
00:23:28be supported with CAPEX support. And the fourth
00:23:31pillar is pipeline infrastructure, that is, the pipeline
00:23:35network required to deliver
00:23:38is located to the consumers
00:23:42in this scheme as the fourth pillar.
00:23:46The fifth pillar is for MSMEs, especially women-led MSMEs.
00:23:50Credit guarantee is provided for them. And the sixth
00:23:53pillar is for innovation. For example, if someone wants to do
00:23:57it with new methods or bring new technology,
00:24:00they will be given a scope for innovation through the challenge
00:24:04fund. The scheme has been made with these six pillars. The scheme is
00:24:07the Gobardhan scheme. In this, basically,
00:24:11our existing city gas pipeline
00:24:13distribution has come, plus piped
00:24:17natural gas has also come in many cities
00:24:20in the country. All
00:24:23these will be connected with the biogas production
00:24:26centers.
00:24:30To accelerate road connectivity in the Northeast, the Central
00:24:34Government has approved a major project. The Cabinet Committee
00:24:37on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister
00:24:41Narendra Modi, has approved the construction
00:24:45of a 135.87-kilometer-long four-lane access-controlled
00:24:48corridor between Guwahati and Tezpur in
00:24:52Assam. This project, costing approximately
00:24:54₹8970 crore, will be developed on
00:24:58a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll model.
00:25:02The corridor, to be built on National Highway 15,
00:25:05will include five major bypasses, 15
00:25:08major bridges, 30 small bridges, 19
00:25:12flyovers, 46 underpasses,
00:25:15one elephant underpass, and 210
00:25:19km
00:25:50is located on the North Bank of Guwahti, I mean,
00:25:53on the North Bank of Brahmaputra. This is its project, and
00:25:57it will further become a very important
00:26:01highway for connectivity for Arunachal, Nagaland,
00:26:05and all these. This four-lane
00:26:07highway is 135 kilometers
00:26:10long, and it will
00:26:13involve an investment of approximately ₹8970
00:26:37Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi in the Assembly targeted
00:26:41the Soren government on the ongoing student agitation in Ranchi
00:26:44regarding alleged irregularities in several recruitment
00:26:48examinations in Jharkhand. He said that if you appoint corrupt
00:26:52officers as chairmen in institutions like JPCSC, this is what will happen.
00:26:55Babulal Marandi said that our demand is that there should be an investigation
00:26:59under the supervision of the court and the result of the investigation
00:27:05should also come within the stipulated time. The Goa bench of the Bombay
00:27:08High Court has sentenced former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal
00:27:12to 10 years in jail for raping his colleague
00:27:16in the 2013 sexual assault case. The court has directed
00:27:19him to surrender within two weeks. The court has convicted
00:27:23Tejpal under sections 3762F, 354A, and
00:27:26354B of the Indian Penal
00:27:28Code.
00:27:32Union Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu
00:27:36has completely dismissed the news reports about the government's
00:27:40alleged plan to blend ethanol in Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF)
00:27:44as false and irresponsible. The Aviation Minister said
00:27:47that spreading misinformation related to aviation safety
00:27:51creates unnecessary concern among passengers. He reiterated
00:27:55that passenger safety is the government's top priority
00:27:59and all decisions in the aviation sector are taken
00:28:06in accordance with international safety standards. Union Health Minister JP Nadda
00:28:10today visited the areas affected by flash floods and cloudbursts
00:28:13in Kei Panyor district of Arunachal Pradesh. This
00:28:17information was given by JP Nadda through his X handle. JP Nadda
00:28:21is on a tour of the flood- and landslide-affected northeastern
00:28:24states. This is the last phase of his three-day tour. Before
00:28:28this, Nadda had reviewed the flood- and landslide-affected areas of Assam and Nagaland.
00:28:36The India IP Advantage Summit 2026
00:28:40was organized with the aim of promoting intellectual
00:28:43property (IP) in India and giving a new direction
00:28:47to the innovation-based economy. In the summit, Professor Unnat
00:28:51Pandit, Controller General of Patents, Designs,
00:28:54and Trademarks, who attended as a guest, said that
00:28:57the increase in patents is an effect of government policies,
00:29:01which will play an important role in developed India.
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