Overview

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO and the armed forces after maiden flight tests of an integrated air defence weapon system off Odisha.
• The GST Council issued a notice for its 56th meeting to run for two days starting September 3, signed by Revenue Secretary Arvind Shrivastava.
• In the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision, the Election Commission said it received documents from 98.2% of electors listed in Bihar’s draft rolls.
• Times Now reported that former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren was placed under house arrest during tribal protests over land acquisition.
• Times Now reported 298 deaths in Himachal Pradesh since the start of the monsoon season.