1.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi e said that over 34 lakh farmers received the 20th instalment of fi nancial assistance under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme.

2.Odisha and Chhattisgarh have agreed for an amicable settlement, prompting the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) to grant additional time for negotiations.

3.Posters allegedly sponsored by the Ahmedabad traffi c police for a safety campaign have stirred up a controversy, as some of them urged women to stay home to avoid getting raped.

4.A few hours after the death of the 15-year-old girl from Puri district’s Balanga at AIIMS, Delhi, Odisha Police Saturday claimed that no other person was involved in the incident.

5.The Centre has approved the appointment of 2016-batch Odisha cadre IPS offi cer Sagarika Nath as Superintendent of Police (SP) in National Investigation Agency (NIA), offi cial sources said Saturday.

6.Renowned actor and Digapahandi MLA Sidhant Mohapatra’s mother, Kanak Mohapatra, passed away Saturday at her residence at the age of 87.

7.The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Saturday suspended Ranpur NAC chairperson Rangeen Mohanty for her involvement in antiparty activities, party sources said.

8. The Madhya Pradesh police department’s fortnight-long anti-drug campaign has earned a place in the World Book of Records, with state Director General of Police (DGP) Kailash Makwana getting an invitation to attend a felicitation event in British Parliament, officials said.

9.The Women Safety Wing, Telangana has rescued 7,678 children, including 529 girls, across the state under the Operation Muskaan in the month of July.

10.The first phase of a massive eviction drive to clear alleged encroachments from almost 11,000 bighas (nearly 1,500 hectares) of forest land in Assam's Golaghat district concluded.

11. Two Red Panda cubs were born in the Himalayan Zoological Park (HZP), Bulbuley near Gangtok, after seven years, an official statement said.

12.India Saturday received the last of its 16 Airbus C-295 military transport aircraft from Spain.

13.JSW Cement, part of Sajjan Jindal-promoted diversified JSW Group, is set to launch its truncated Rs3,600-crore initial public offering (IPO) August 7. The total size of the issue, however, is lower than the earlier proposed issue of up to Rs4,000 crore.

14.RBI is expected to cut 25 bps in repo rates in light of soft inflation and global uncertainties, aiming to reinforce growth momentum while it has a policy window, a report said Saturday.

15.Former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has vacated the offi cial residence of the head of the judiciary in the national capital.