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• Sudan has been in a state of political turmoil since the army ousted veteran leader Omar al-Bashir in April, with dozens of demonstrators killed during street protests.


• Sudan's military council and the main opposition coalition have reached an agreement to usher in a new period of a transitional government, African Union mediator for Sudan Mohamed Hassan Lebatt told a news conference in the early hours of Saturday morning.


• The document, which outlines the powers and the relationships between the branches of the transitional government, comes after weeks of protracted negotiations brokered by the African Union and neighboring Ethiopia amid sporadic bouts of violence in the capital Khartoum and other cities.

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• As a result of their ongoing trade war, China is no longer the top trading partner of the United States and has been replaced by America’s neighbours Mexico and Canada, according to a media report.


• In the first half of the year, Mexico was the top trading partner of the United States followed by Canada, the latest official data reveals, according to The Wall Street Journal.


• As a result of the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China, imports from China to the U.S. dropped by 12 % and America’s export to China fell by 19 %, the daily said.

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• Former Maldives Vice-President Ahmed Adeeb was deported to his country late on August 2.


• Sources in the Bureau of Immigration said tugboat Virgo 9 will be handing over Mr. Adeeb at the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) to Maldivian authorities.


• The tugboat, which also has eight Indonesian nationals and one Indian, may return to India, an official said. Those aboard the tugboat were given a medical check-up and food rations for their journey.

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• US officials said they are no longer hamstrung and could now develop weapons systems previously banned under the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty with Russia, a Cold War-era agreement that both sides repeatedly accused the other of violating.


• The treaty was also criticized because it did not cover China or missile technology that did not exist a generation ago.


• The end of the treaty comes amid rising doubts about whether the two countries will extend an agreement on long-range nuclear weapons scheduled to expire in 2021.


• President Donald Trump said he has been discussing a new agreement to reduce nuclear weapons with China and Russia.

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• LS passes change removing Congress president as permanent member of Trust managing monument.


• Amid charges that the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to rewrite history, the Lok Sabha on Friday amended the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Bill to remove the Congress president as a permanent trustee.


• The Bill was passed by a division of votes in which 214 members voted in favor while 30 were ‘against’ even as the Congress walked out in protest.

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• J&K parties on Friday warned the Centre against any dilution in the constitutional status of J&K, and sought the government’s clarification on the current “hysteria” in Parliament.


• “India has finally failed to win over the love of J&K, which rejected divisions on religious grounds and chose secular India. The gloves are finally off, and India has chosen territory over people,” Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti said.


• She said the PDP always believed that any concession or a final solution on J&K had to come from India. “But today, the same country seems to be preparing to rob J&K of whatever little is left to protect its unique identity,” she said.

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• The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019 that empowers the Union Home Ministry to designate individuals as terrorists was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Friday with Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supporting the legislation.


• In the 240-member House, 147 members voted in favor while 42 voted against the Bill.


• Parties like the Trinamool Congress, CPI(M), CPI, DMK, TDP, SP, AAP, and RJD opposed the Bill.

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• The decision not to enumerate OBCs flies in the face of expectations that Census 2021 will collect data on people who fall under the category to assess the effectiveness of affirmative action programmes and welfare schemes they have been entitled to for years.


• The decision not to enumerate OBCs flies in the face of expectations that Census 2021 will collect data on people who fall under the category to assess the effectiveness of affirmative action programmes and welfare schemes they have been entitled to for years.

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• The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) on Friday issued a notification (CRP PO/MT-iX) for the recruitment of 4336 Probationary Officers (PO)/management trainees in various public sector banks and other participating organisations.


• The notification can be viewed on the official website of IBPS.


• Interested candidates would need to go through a selection process which includes a preliminary and main examination followed by an interview.

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• Railway Recruitment Board has postponed the dates of document verification for the posts of ALP Technician.


• Earlier, the document verification for RRB ALP Technician CEN 01/2018 was scheduled on August 12 and 15 that has been revised on account of Bakrid falling on August 12 and independence day on August 15.


• The document verification process for the RRB ALP Technician candidates has been rescheduled to August 22 instead of August 12 and August 23 instead of August 15.

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• CBSE has decided to provide the OMR sheets along with the calculation sheet for CTET exam 2019 to improve the transparency of paper evaluation.


• Candidates who wish to get their OMR sheets and calculation sheets can apply for the same along with the requisite fee of Rs 500 on or before 31-08-2019.


• The fee should be remitted by a demand draft in favor of Secretary, CBSE payable at Delhi/New Delhi. Candidates will get their sheets via post.


• Hence, the applicants are advised to write down their roll number, name and address correctly on the backside of a bank draft.

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• SBI reporting a profit in the latest June quarter against a substantial loss last year, along with a marginal dip in bad loans and lower provisioning, may enthuse investors.


• But the fact that the fall in bad loans has been due to substantial write-offs, offsetting the significant rise in slippages in the quarter, offers little comfort.


• Bad loan provisions though down sequentially and year-on-year, remain elevated at ₹11,600-odd crore. SBI’s special mention (SM) accounts book has also inched up in the June quarter, indicating persistent stress.

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• Blink and you miss it. In the past few weeks, the cutting-edge of Formula One technology, coupled with old-fashioned muscle and hand-eye co-ordination, has witnessed record-breaking pit stops.


• At the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in mid-July, Red Bull managed to change the four wheels of Pierre Gasly’s car in a mind-boggling 1.91 seconds.

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• A 23-year-old Indian-origin doctor has been crowned Miss England after fending off competition from dozens of other models, the media reported.


• Accoridng to The Daily Mail, Bhasha Mukherjee, 23, from Derby, holds two different medical degrees, has an IQ of 146, making her officially a 'genius' and is fluent in five languages.

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• Atish Dabholkar, a theoretical physicist from India, has been appointed as the new director of Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy.


• He is currently the head of ICTP’s high energy, cosmology and astroparticle physics section. He joined the center in 2014 on secondment from Sorbonne Université and the National Center for Scientific Research, where he has been a research director since 2007.


• Mr. Dabholkar will take up his duties as ICTP director with the rank of Assistant Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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• Karpuri Devi, the famous Shilpi of Madhubani Paintings died. Karpuri Devi has been running ill for some time and she was undergoing treatment in a private hospital.


• Many people expressed their homage to the death of Krupri Devi, who had lost her craft in the country and around the world.


• Giving tribute to Karpoori Devi, senior BJP leader Giriraj Singh wrote on her Twitter account, 'Respected Karpoori Devi, who honored Mithila and Bihar with amazing Mithila paintings, was no more among us.