• By Aalok Sensharma
  • Mon, 24 Aug 2020 05:44 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Each and everything that happens around us impacts us in some way and that’s why it becomes important for us to know what’s happening around the world. Thus at English Jagran, we provide our readers with a 360-degree coverage in all genres to give them a brief insight about what’s happening around the world.

Today we will focus on the crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) which will meet today to put and end to the leadership crisis in the party. Various reports suggest that Sonia Gandhi has offered to quit from the post of interim president after over 20 party leaders called for "introspection and sweeping reforms". The Congress, however, dismissed media reports, saying "reports of Sonia Gandhi resigning from the post of Congress interim president are false".

Meanwhile, we will also focus on the coronavirus crisis. The novel coronavirus -- which was reported in China's Wuhan -- has affected over 3 million and claimed nearly 57,000 lives in India so far. Amid this Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that India will get its first COVID-19 vaccine by end of the year.

Here are the highlights of August 24:

16:50 pm: 

15:41 pm: Supreme Court today declined to pass a direction to Centre to hold National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) Undergraduate (UG) 2020 at examination centres in Gulf countries, but asked Govt to allow students to come via "Vande Bharat Mission" flights to appear for the exam

15:22 pm: Odisha Higher Education Department allows visually impaired teachers to take online classes from their residence till COVID-19 situation normalises

15:00 pm: 

14:30 pm: High risk of flash flood for next 12 hours over some areas of South Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat subdivision: Central Water Commission Official Flood Forecast citing flash flood guidance issued by India Meteorological Department

14:29 pm: 120 more police personnel found COVID-19 positive and one died in the last 24 hours in Maharashtra. Total number of Corona positive police personnel in Maharashtra reaches 13,716 including 2,528 active cases, 11,049 recoveries and 139 deaths till date: Maharashtra Police

14:04 pm: Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurates several newly-constructed buildings built by Bihar State Educational Infrastructure Development Corporation, through video conference

13:50 pm: We can say that in Tamil Nadu, DMK has become a sheltering ground for people who are not working in interests of the nation. We have to be alert, active and see to it that we are able to give a befitting reply to such people: BJP President JP Nadda

13:38 pm: Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta has tested positive for COVID-19. He is in home isolation and his health is stable: Panchkula Civil Surgeon Jasjeet Kaur

13:38 pm: DMK has been inciting feelings against the national spirit. They have been on a lookout to see to it that the assimilation into national mainstream is always disrupted. They have been anti-development: BJP President JP Nadda

13:05 pm: Supreme Court disposes of a petition filed by BJP MLA Madan Dilawar against the merger of 6 BSP MLAs with ruling Congress after it was informed by Rajasthan assembly speaker's advocate Kapil Sibal that Rajasthan HC has asked Speaker CP Joshi to decide the matter within 3 months

13:05 pm: Rahul Gandhi says “we are colluding with BJP“...Last 30 years have never made a statement in favour of BJP on any issue. Yet “we are colluding with the BJP“: Congress leader Kapil Sibal in a tweet

12:17 pm: If anyone is ready to invest in India, we can provide them with a pilot project to run buses on electricity in a city. I am confident that they will get more margin as compared to running buses on diesel. It's a very attractive project: Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari

11:59 am: PM-CARES Fund Trust has decided to allocate funds for fight against COVID-19 by way of establishment of 500-bed COVID-19 makeshift hospitals at Patna and Muzaffarpur, Bihar by DRDO. This will go a long way in improving COVID care in Bihar, says Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

11:58 am: Supreme Court refuses to issue guidelines throughout the country for giving ex-gratia to the families of those who died due to COVID-19 pandemic

The apex court said, "Every state has a different policy to deal with, based on its finances, there can't be directions from the top court"

11:08 am: The taxpayer base has almost doubled since the rollout of GST. The numbers of assessee covered by the GST at the time of its inception were about 65 lakh. Now the assessee base exceeds 1.24 crore. All processes in GST have been fully automated: Ministry of Finance

11:08 am: Now, businesses with an annual turnover of up to Rs 40 lakh are GST exempt. Initially, this limit was Rs 20 lakh. Additionally, those with a turnover up to Rs 1.5 crore can opt for the composition scheme and pay only 1% tax: Ministry of Finance

10:47 am: Rajasthan reports 585 fresh COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths today till 1030 hours, taking the total cases to 71,194 including 961 deaths, 55,443 recoveries and 14,790 active cases, says state Health Department

10:46 am: The water level of Yamuna River recorded at Delhi's is 204 meters, well below the danger mark. The flood control system is in place. It will be activated, if required: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain

10:28 am: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan moves resolution in the Assembly, urging the Central government to reconsider its decision to hand over operations and supervision of Trivandrum International Airport through Public-Private Partnership

9:43 am: An explosion on the Arab Gas Pipeline has caused a power blackout in Syria and initial indications point to an attack, the energy minister tells state-run television, reports Reuters

9:43 am: The military option to deal with transgressions by the Chinese Army in Ladakh is on but it will be exercised only if talks at the military and the diplomatic level fail, says CDS General Bipin Rawat

9:42 am: India reported 61,408 new COVID-19 cases, 57,468 recoveries and 836 deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the total COVID-19 tally rises to 31,06,349 including 23,38,036 cured and discharged and migrated cases and 57,542 deaths: Union Ministry of Health

9:01 am:

8:43 am: Light rain or drizzle would occur over and adjoining areas of Palwal, Ballabhgarh, Farukhnagar, Kosli and isolated places of entire Delhi during the next two hours: India Meteorological Department

8:24 am: Arun Ji diligently served India. His wit, intellect, legal acumen and warm personality were legendary, tweets PM Narendra Modi on the first death anniversary of Arun Jaitley

8:03 am: Jharkhand's COVID19 tally crosses 30,000-mark with 1,075 fresh cases, death toll mounts to 318 with 8 new fatalities; active case count 9,724, says state Health Department

7:37 am: Light rain/drizzle would occur over isolated places of South-Delhi, Dadri and Kosali during the next two hours (update issued at 7:05 am), says India Meteorological Department

7:36 am: People used to say that with the going away of Jyotiraditya Scindia, Congress party will be finished in Gwalior-Chambal division. I say that Congress has revived after he left, says Digvijaya Singh

7:36 am: I had never expected that Jyotiraditya Scindia - whom Congress party gave everything, who was one of those closest to Rahul, Priyanka and Sonia Gandhi, who was a member of the Working Committee - will leave the party and go away, says Digvijaya Singh

7:29 am: The Congress Working Committee meeting will be held today at 11 am