Children paying tribute to Indian soldiers died in the Anantnag Encounter - PTI ImageChildren paying tribute to Indian soldiers died in the Anantnag Encounter - PTI Image
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  1. Haryana Police have arrested Congress MLA Mamman Khan for allegedly instigating violence in Nuh on July 31. Following the arrest, the local administration banned the internet, imposed Section 144 in Nuh, and told people to offer Friday prayers from home.
  2. To check the spread of the Nipah virus, the Kozhikode district administration has created containment zones in nine panchayats with restrictions similar to COVID-19. Meanwhile, upon the Kerala government’s request, ICMR has sent monoclonal antibodies to combat the deadly virus.
  3. The Indian Defence Ministry has given a nod to the proposal to acquire 12 Su-30 MKIs for the IAF. HAL will execute the project at a budget of Rs.11,000 crores, building the aircraft and their related ground systems with 60 percent indigenous components.
  4. ED is probing the online betting platform “Mahadev Book app,” as digital evidence collected by the probe agency shows Rs.200 crore cash transaction for its promoter Sourabh Chandrakar’s wedding in UAE with several Bollywood celebrities in attendance.
  5. Manipur government has released statistics that show the impact of ethnic violence in the state. As per the data, 175 people were killed, 1,118 injured, 33 missing, and 96 unclaimed bodies lie in morgues unclaimed.
  6. The Indian army lost its 4th soldier in the Kashmir encounter, as the soldier who went missing yesterday was found dead. Security forces are engaged in a fierce gunfight in the heavily forested area of Gadool Ahlan in Kokernag.
  7. Many Indian mobile users received a “severe emergency alert” message with a loud beep from the government on Friday morning as the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) tested its new nationwide emergency alert system.
  8. Starting this October 1, 2023, the Birth certificate will become the single document for getting an Aadhaar number, Voter ID, and Driving license, even for admission into educational institutions, government job appointments, and registration of marriages.
  9. Pakistan’s top nuclear secrets have come out in the open, as the Federation of American Scientists released their recent research report detailing the country’s army sites where its Nuclear arsenal and delivery systems are kept.
  10. The government could make India’s homegrown Navigation technology NavIC, developed by ISRO, mandatory in smartphones and vehicles manufactured by automakers for the Indian market, said Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekar on Thursday.