NATIONAL
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Indian Army chief General Dwivedi visits Border Roads Organisation headquarters; briefs officials
- Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi visited the headquarters of the Border Roads Organisation in the national capital.
- During his visit, he was briefed by BRO officials on infrastructure development along borders and capacity development initiatives of the organisation. The Army chief appreciated the efforts of BRO in nation-building.
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Bangladesh unrest: BSF DG reviews tactical, operational preparedness along border in Bengal
- Daljit Singh Chaudhary, Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF), visited the Integrated Check Post (ICP) Petrapole and the highly sensitive Border Out Post Ranaghat of the 68th Battalion deployed on the Indo-Bangladesh border in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
- The primary objective of the visit was to assess the tactical and operational preparedness and deployment strategies of the BSF at these crucial locations, according to a press release from the BSF.
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India holds large strike corps exercise in Eastern Ladakh
- India is conducting a large-scale strike corps exercise in Eastern Ladakh, with all elements including artillery, armoured and infantry troops taking part in the wargames.
- Being conducted in areas close to border flashpoints on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the exercise will test the preparedness of troops that have been tasked with quickly maneuvering to the front in case hostilities break out.
INTERNATIONAL
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Bangladesh protests
- Bangladesh's President dissolved Parliament on August 6, clearing the way for new elections to replace the longtime Prime Minister who resigned and fled the country following weeks of demonstrations against her rule that descended into violent unrest.
- The streets of Dhaka appeared calmer on August 6, with no reports of new violence as jubilant protesters thronged the ousted leader’s residence.
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Sri Lanka experimenting with IUDs to tackle monkey menace
- In a bid to address Sri Lanka’s “monkey menace”, a Sri Lankan academic is testing out intrauterine devices (IUDs) on female macaques, to possibly control the population of the specie commonly found in the island nation.
- While there is no official number, scientists estimate there are roughly 3 million toque macaques in the country. Last year, the Sri Lankan government resumed issuing shotguns to farmers, amid mounting complaints of serious damage to crops by wild animals. The government’s move came after it scrapped an earlier proposal to export monkeys to China that was widely criticised by conservationists.
SPORTS
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Paris Olympics 2024
- Captain Harmanpreet Singh and veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh were an emotional wreck and fought hard to hold back tears after India lost the Paris Olympics 2024 men’s hockey semifinal 2-3 to Germany.
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PKL auction
- Asian Games gold medallist Pawan Sehrawat and Pardeep Narwal will go under the hammer at the auction even as franchises retained 88 players ahead of the season 11 of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL).
