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• Large parts of Britain were hit by a power cut, affecting trains, knocking out traffic lights and disrupting an airport during rush hour on August 9 evening.


• London, the southeast and northwest of England and Scotland were impacted, leaving hundreds of thousands of people temporarily without electricity.


• National Grid, which owns the electricity transmission system in England and Wales, said there had been “issues” with two power generators and the problems have now been resolved.

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• North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea off its eastern coast on August 10, South Korea’s military said.


• The latest launch comes shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had received a “very beautiful letter” from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.


• North Korea has fired a series of missiles and rockets since Mr. Kim and Mr. Trump agreed at a June 30 meeting to revive stalled denuclearisation talks.

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• U.S. President Donald Trump said on August 9 that he was not ready to make a trade deal with China and had decided that the United States would not do business with Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies for the time being, prompting U.S. stocks to fall sharply.


• Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, also called into question whether another round of scheduled talks would take place in early September. He plans to impose 10% tariffs on a final $300 billion worth of Chinese imports around that time.

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• A day after it halted operation of the trans-border train Samjhauta Express in a unilateral action in response to the stripping of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, Pakistan on Friday suspended the Lahore-Delhi bus service between the two countries.


• In a tweet, Pakistan’s minister for communications and postal services Murad Saeed said: “In line with the decisions of the National Security Committee, Pak-India bus service is suspended.”

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• Chhattisgarh government will launch a campaign in the state on October 2 to eradicate malnutrition and anaemia in all aspirational districts, chief minister Bhupesh Baghel announced.


• The chief minister also announced an increase of scholarship from Rs 700 to Rs 1000 for students of pre-matric hostels and an increase in the number of seats in colleges as well.

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• Russia has backed India’s move on Jammu and Kashmir, saying that the changes in the status are within the framework of the Indian Constitution and hoped that the differences between India and Pakistan are resolved bilaterally on the basis of the Simla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration.


• India revoked Article 370 of the Constitution to withdraw the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.


• “Moscow expects that India and Pakistan will not allow aggravation of the situation in the region due to the change by Delhi in the status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia said in a response to questions.

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• NDTV founders Radhika and Prannoy Roy were on August 9 stopped at the Mumbai airport and prevented from travelling abroad. In a statement, the Roys said that this amounted to denial of their basic rights.


• “They have been stopped on the basis of a fake and wholly unsubstantiated corruption case filed by the CBI about an ICICI loan that was taken by their company RRPR which was fully repaid with interest ahead of schedule,” NDTV said in a statement.

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• Ramping up its Independence Day celebration plans after the Centre revoked Jammu & Kashmir’s special status on August 5, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s State unit intends to distribute 50,000 Indian flags to its workers to hoist on August 15.


• “People should know that it’s a [celebration],” BJP J&K unit president Ravinder Raina told party workers, who had gathered at the office here on Friday as he distributed flags to them.

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• West Bengal Police Recruitment Board (WBPRB) has invited applications for the recruitment of sub- inspectors (armed branch). There are a total of 668 vacancies including 494 for unarmed branch and 174 for armed branch.


• Eligibility: The applicant must have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized university or its equivalent.


• Pay Scale: Rs. 7,100 – 37,600/- (i.e. Pay Band-3) + Grade Pay Rs. 3,900/- plus other admissible allowances

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• Public sector banks such as Syndicate Bank, Allahabad Bank, and Andhra Bank, announced a cut of up to 25 basis points in their marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) across all tenors, on the back of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cutting its policy repo rate by 35 basis points.


• Banks such as Syndicate Bank and Union Bank of India, which cut its MCLR by 20 basis points (bps) from August 1, also see scope for further reduction in lending rates.

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• The World Archery (WA) has suspended the Archery Association of India (AAI) due to the internal factionalism (dispute and disagreements within the body).


• This factionalism rose between Union Tribal Affairs minister Arjun Munda and BVP Rao(former AAI president). This led to a confusion of not knowing who the actual elected body is.

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• The annual National Film Awards 2019 were announced by by jury heads Rahul Rawail, AS Kanal and Utpal Bhorpujari. It was the 66th Edition.


• Film friendly state: Uttarakhand bagged an award for the film friendly state. This new award was instituted in 2019.

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• The US (United States) carrier rocket Falcon 9 carried Israel’s satellite AMOS-17 off pad in Florida, America. This is SpaceX’s 25th an orbit class rocket and also this booster’s third flight.


• At sharp 23:24 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) the rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, America.