#📰ଆଜିର ଗୁରୁତ୍ୱପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଅପଡେଟ💻 #🗞ଲାଟେଷ୍ଟ ଅପଡେଟ🎙 #ଖବର ଆଜିର #📰ଦେଶ-ବିଦେଶ ଅପଡେଟ #today's top headlines 🗞️ . *×××××××××××××××××××××××××××* *TODAYS TOP NEWS* *06 - 08 - 2026* *THURSDAY* *×××××××××××××××××××××××××××* 1. The Parliament has passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, with the Rajya Sabha returning the legislation to the Lok Sabha after a discussion. The Lok Sabha had passed it on Monday. The bill amends the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956, for increasing the number of Judges of the Apex Court from the present 33 to 37 (excluding the Chief Justice of India). In May this year, President Droupadi Murmu had promulgated an ordinance to increase the number of Supreme Court Judges from 33 to 37. 2. The Lok Sabha has passed the Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026. The bill seeks to provide a law relating to evidence with respect to bankers’ books and to align it with contemporary digital banking practices. It aims to modernise the legal framework to meet the requirements of the present banking system. The Bill also has a provision that an electronic or digital record of a banker’s book will be admissible, valid, and legally enforceable as evidence. 3. Around 1.8 lakh electors have been excluded from Meghalaya's draft electoral roll published on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) identified them as deceased, shifted, untraceable or duplicate. 4. The seventh anniversary of the revocation of Article 370 was observed on 5 August. On 5 August 2019, the Government of India effectively revoked its special status through a Presidential Order and parliamentary resolutions. The state was reorganized under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh. 5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that lives of people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have witnessed wide ranging transformation since the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35(A) seven years ago. In a social media post, PM Modi highlighted that the infrastructure has expanded, opportunities in areas such as education, healthcare, entrepreneurship and sports have grown in both the Union Territories. 6. In the year 2025, India has achieved a milestone in the organ transplantation, as it saw total 20,138 organs transplanted through the year, as per the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) Annual Report 2025–26. Released during the commemoration of the 16th Indian Organ Donation Day, Tamil Nadu is noted in the report to be leading the nation in deceased organ donations made with the help of 266 deceased donors in the year. 7. Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy met Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil in New Delhi on 5 August 2026 to seek Central intervention in the long-pending dispute with Maharashtra over the proposed height of the Tummidihatti barrage. The barrage is part of the Pranahita-Chevella irrigation project and is planned at Tummidihatti village in Kouthala mandal of the erstwhile Adilabad district on the Pranahita River. 8. Tamil Nadu allocated ₹44,527 crore to the School Education Department in its maiden budget for the financial year 2026-27. Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson presented the budget on 5 August 2026, and the allocation placed school education among the largest spending heads in the state budget. 9. An Interstate Co-ordination Meeting was held yesterday at the Delhi Police Headquarters ahead of the Independence Day Celebrations-2026 to strengthen co-operation and co-ordination among various Law Enforcement Agencies and to address issues related to ensuring incident-free Independence Day celebrations. 10. Union Cabinet Secretary Dr. T.V. Somanathan and Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan Get One-Year Extension On 5 August 2026, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved a one-year extension for Union Cabinet Secretary Dr. T.V. Somanathan and Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan. 11. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has announced the revised edition of the TRAI MyCall mobile application to better involve the consumers in judging the quality of voice calling services. This new application was introduced on August 3rd, 2026, it allows mobile customers to express their views on the quality of voice calls in real time with the parameters of the network. 12. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red warning for extremely heavy rainfall over Assam and Meghalaya. The IMD has also issued an orange-colour warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall conditions over Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Odisha, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. ------------------------------------ *LEGAL REPORT* ------------------------------------ 1. The Maharashtra government has completely banned the manufacture, sale, storage, transportation and distribution of analog or artificial cheese across the state, according to an order issued by food safety commissioner Tukaram Mundhe on July 30. 2. The Cockroach Janta Party will announce its next roadmap on Thursday after a strategy meeting in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The group says it will expand nationally as a student pressure platform focused on education reforms, not electoral politics. 3. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against the owner of a Kashmir-based firm and a Deputy Manager of Axis Bank in connection with a digital arrest scam in which a Delhi senior citizen was defrauded of Rs 1.6 crore. 4. The Union Government has informed the Supreme Court that it has undertaken a comprehensive overhaul of the National Testing Agency's (NTA) examination processes following the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak controversy, asserting that a multi-layered, end-to-end security architecture has now been put in place to safeguard the integrity of national entrance examinations. 5. The Supreme Court of India on 4 August 2026 directed a 10-kilometre mining buffer zone around all wetland conservation reserves in India. The order extended the buffer first applied to the Asan Wetland Conservation Reserve in Uttarakhand to similar protected areas across the country. 6. The Supreme Court of India on 4 August 2026 directed an extension of the mandatory third-party insurance period for new private cars and two-wheelers. It provides legal liability cover for injury, death, or property damage caused to a third party by the insured vehicle. For new private cars, the mandatory third-party insurance period has been increased from three years to four years. ------ *MISHAPS*---------- An Indian-flagged commercial vessel, MSV Faize Noore Oliya, sank in the Red Sea after coming under attack off the coast of Yemen yesterday. All the 14 seafarers, including 13 Indian nationals, who were on board the vessel were rescued safely. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) condemned the attack on the Indian-flagged vessel, saying the continuing incidents of attacks on commercial shipping in the region are deeply worrisome. ------------------------------------ *DEFENCE News* ------------------------------------ 1. Vietnam signed a $629 million contract to buy BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from India, expanding India's defense exports. 2. Virupaksha AESA Radar: Global operators of Su-30 fleets are closely monitoring trials of India's indigenous Virupaksha radar program. 3. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has inaugurated India’s first indigenous high‑thrust engine test bed at its Koraput Division in Odisha, while also extending the Total Technical Life (TTL) of the AL‑31FP turbofan engine from 2,000 to 2,500 hours and delivering the first upgraded engine to the Indian Air Force (IAF). ------------------------------------ ✈ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS* ------------------------------------ 1. Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy met US Ambassador Sergio Gor in New Delhi, urging an increase in student visas and smoother H-1B processing for professionals. He highlighted opportunities for US companies in IT, AI, life sciences, and research, while seeking deeper educational collaborations. 2. Favara-UPI Cross-Border Payment Corridor was announced by the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) on July 30, 2026, which allows Maldivians to make real-time money transfers from their mobile banking apps into UPI-compatible bank accounts in India. 3. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent his apologies to government for the Child Sexual Abuse Material, CSAM content, deepfake content and errors in operating the platform. Sources said that Meta admitted that a lot of money was paid for boosting certain type of content. It was made clear to Meta that they are not covered under Intermediary definition and they select who receives the content. They apologised and regretted the mistake. 4. Telangana’s Dr Emmadi Vishnu Vardhan Reddy has been appointed as the Consul General of India in Dubai, becoming the first person from the state to head the Indian Consulate in the emirate. 5. India asked Pakistan to stop the bloodshed in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK), take credible, verifiable and irreversible action against terror networks operating from its soil, and immediately vacate all Indian territories under its illegal and forcible occupation. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal was responding to media queries on remarks made by Pakistan’s Foreign Minister on the so-called Youm-e-Istehsal. 6. A high-level Iranian delegation has arrived in India to take part in the 13th BRICS Education Ministers' Meeting. The delegation is led by Masoud Shamsh Bakhsh, Acting Minister of Science, Research and Technology of Iran, who reached New Delhi on Wednesday. ------------------------------------ 🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍 ------------------------------------ 1. Hiroshima Day 2026 is set to be observed on 6 August 2026, and it marks the 81st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima with an atom bomb in the Second World War. This day is set aside to pay tribute to one of the greatest tragedies ever experienced in history, to remember those who have lost their lives in this tragedy. 2. Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a ​shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and ‌a joint announcement is being finalised, provided certain third parties did not interfere, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said. 3. The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its president said, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the national language. The country's international code will change from NRU to NRO and its people will be known as dei-Naoero instead of Nauruan. 4. Nathan Thomas, an engineering teacher in the America, has achieved the record of being the youngest male professor in the world at the age of 18 years and 346 days. With this achievement, he created a record-breaking history, as he broke the previous record of 306 years. Nathan Thomas was hired as a lecturer in Miami Dade College, Florida, USA. 5. China has announced a series of economic measures against the United States, including export controls on drones and sanctions on six American entities, in response to recent restrictions imposed by Washington. 6. NASA, the US space agency, has announced that the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the Moon’s surface early yesterday. The impact occurred at 12:05 PM IST. The Falcon 9 rocket was launched on January 15, 2025, carrying two commercial robotic lunar landers. After completing its mission, the rocket’s first stage successfully returned to Earth, while the second stage was left in space to drift. ------------------------------------ 🚣🚴🏇🏊 *SPORTS* ------------------------------------ 1. The National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) parliamentary party group on Tuesday (August 4, 2026) held its customary weekly meeting during the monsoon session of Parliament, with presentations on the performance of India’s sportspersons in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games and, against the backdrop of the recent Gen Z protests, on employment opportunities for the young. ------------------------------------ *FINANCE* ------------------------------------ *INDIAN RUPEE VALUE* 💷 *GBP* ₹128(Approx) € *Euro* : ₹109(Approx)  *USD* ₹ 96(Approx) 🇨🇦 *Canada* :CAD ₹68 🇦🇺 *Australia* : ₹ 67 🇦🇪 *UAE Dirham* : ₹ 26 *🇨🇳 China Yuan ¥* : ₹ 14 🇲🇻 *Maldives Rufiya* : ₹ 6.17 🇧🇹 *Bhutan ngultrum* : ₹ 1.00 🇳🇵 *Nepal Rupee* : ₹ 0.63 🇧🇩 *B'desh Taka** : ₹ 0.77 🇵🇰 *Pak Rupee* : ₹ 0.34 🇱🇰 *Sri Lanka Rupee* : ₹ 0.30 ------------------------------------ *BSE SENSEX* 78,581.00 +152.05 (0.19%)🌲 *NIFTY* 24,624.65 +9.75 (0.040%)🌲 ------------------------------------ *Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai* *GOLD* : ₹ 14,400/ 01gm (24 krt) *SILVER* : ₹ 2,35,000/KG ------------------------------------ *ENTERTAINMENT NEWS* ------------------------------------ 1. Actor R Madhavan starrer ’GDN’ has received positive buzz following a special premiere screening ahead of its theatrical release on Friday (August 7). The biographical drama based on the life of inventor G.D. Naidu was screened for critics, media persons and select guests. The first reactions are creating buzz among cinema lovers. Some viewers pointed out minor flaws, but the overall response has been mostly positive, with Madhavan’s performance being the biggest talking point. What was G.D. Naidu's most famous invention? Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu is credited with the manufacture of the first electric motor in India. His contributions were primarily industrial but also spanned the fields of electrical, mechanical, agricultural (hybrid cultivation) and automobile engineering. Born: 23 Mar 1893, Kalangal Died: 4 Jan 1974 (80 years), Coimbatore 2. The makers of Ramayana have released an English-language trailer for international audiences and officially announced that Part 1 will release worldwide on 6 November 2026, coinciding with the Diwali season. Main cast: Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama Sai Pallavi as Sita Yash as Ravana Sunny Deol as Hanuman Ravi Dubey as Lakshman Film highlights: Director: Nitesh Tiwari Producer: Namit Malhotra Music: A. R. Rahman and Hans Zimmer ------------------------------------ Ⓝⓐⓥⓔⓔⓝ Ⓚⓤⓜⓐⓡ 🇮🇳 *FACTS ABOUT INDIA* 🇮🇳 *THE AJANTA CAVES* The Ajanta Caves, located in Maharashtra, are among India's finest examples of ancient Buddhist art. These 30 rock-cut caves were carved between the 2nd century BCE and the 6th century CE. They are famous for their beautiful murals, sculptures, and architecture depicting the life of Lord Buddha. Ajanta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ---------------------------------------- 😀 *THOUGHT OF THE DAY* 😃 ---------------------------------------- "Success doesn't come from what you do once. It comes from what you do consistently." ---------------------------------------- 😄 *JOKE OF THE DAY* 😂 ---------------------------------------- Teacher: Why did the student take a ruler to bed? Student: Because I wanted to see how long I slept! 📏😴🤣 ---------------------------------------- 😳 *WHY* ❓❓❓ ---------------------------------------- Why do we have fingerprints? Fingerprints provide a better grip while holding objects and help us feel fine textures through our sense of touch. No two people have exactly the same fingerprints, making them useful for identification. ---------------------------------------- 🙏🏻 *LEARN SANSKRIT* प्रज्ञा ;: Wisdom ---------------------------------------- 🤔 *HOW IT WORKS ⁉* ---------------------------------------- *How does Wi-Fi work?* Wi-Fi uses radio waves to connect devices such as smartphones, laptops, and tablets to the internet without cables. A wireless router receives internet data and transmits it through radio signals. Your device receives these signals and converts them into usable information, allowing you to browse the internet wirelessly. ---------------------------------------- 💁🏻‍♂️ *GK TODAY* ---------------------------------------- India has 28 States and 8 Union Territories. The country is the world's largest democracy and is known for its rich cultural, linguistic, and geographical diversity. ---------------------------------------- 🐣 *BORN* 💐 ---------------------------------------- Lucille Ball (6 August 1911 – 26 April 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and television pioneer. She is best known for the classic sitcom I Love Lucy and is regarded as one of television's greatest comedy legends. ---------------------------------------- 🙏🏻 *IDIOMS & PHRASES* ---------------------------------------- Hit the nail on the head Meaning: To describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem. ---------------------------------------- 📖 *ANTONYMS* Accept × Reject 📚 *SYNONYMS* Wise = Intelligent, Sensible ---------------------------------------- 🛕 *VEDIK GYAN* ---------------------------------------- The Value of Patience Ancient Indian scriptures describe Patience (Dhairya) as one of the greatest strengths. A patient person remains calm during difficulties, makes better decisions, and develops inner peace. Patience combined with hard work eventually leads to lasting success. 🧬 *HEALTH CARE: HOME REMEDIES* 🩺 (Note: These are traditional practices and are not a substitute for medical advice.) Preventing Eye Strain a. Follow the 20-20-20 Rule: Every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds. b. Blink frequently while using digital devices. c. Maintain proper lighting while reading. d. Get adequate sleep to keep your eyes healthy. 🌟 TODAY IN HISTORY On 6 August 1945, the first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The tragedy highlighted the devastating consequences of nuclear weapons and reinforced the global importance of peace and nuclear disarmament. Regards ******