18 August 2021 Current Affairs
How many 'Vande Bharat' trains would connect different parts of the country in 75 weeks of the celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the occasion of 75th Independence Day and announced that 75 'Vande Bharat' trains would connect different parts of the country in 75 weeks of the celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone of the Innovation and Development Centre of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced that Indian women's hockey team player Vandana Katariya will be the brand ambassador of the state's Department of Women Empowerment and Child Development.
Uttar Pradesh state government has launched "operation langda" where the Police has injured at least 3,302 alleged criminals in 8,742 'encounters', leaving several of them with bullet wounds on their legs.
Navroz festival is being celebrated in India on 16th August. In Persian, 'Nav' stands for new, and 'Roz' stands for the day, which translates to 'new day'.
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