Here are Today’s News Headlines by Legalonus for August 9, 2021

INDIA

• 79th anniversary of Quit India movement celebrated on August 8
• Culture Minister G. Kishan Reddy inaugurates Exhibition on ‘Quit India Movement’ arranged by National Archives of India in New Delhi as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav being dedicated to mark 75th years of Independence
• Indo-Tibetan Border Police recruit its first women officers in battle at the ITBP officers’ training academy located in Mussoorie
• India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant successfully achieves a five-day first sea voyage–
• CJI issues National Legal Services Authority’s legal services app and vision statement–
• Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba was given a one-year addition by the government
• Covishield-Covaxin mixture achieves better than 2 doses of the same vaccine: ICMR

WORLD

• Indonesia: 2,968-meter Mount Merapi volcano explodes with explosions of lava, ash
• Navies of India & UAE manage operation ‘Zayed Talwar 2021’ off the coast of Abu Dhabi
• Afghanistan: Taliban seize administration constructions in rural capitals Kunduz, Sar-e Pul

SPORTS

• Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games end:
  The USA covers medals tally with 39 gold medals followed by China (38), Japan (27), Great Britain (22) and Russia (20); India 48th