Overview
- On Monday the Jharkhand government cancelled the JSSC‑CGL exam, annulled results run by TSR Data Processing (TDPL) and set up a reform committee led by a senior IAS officer to redesign recruitment processes.
- The cancellation prompted hunger‑strike leaders to suspend their fast but students still press for an independent probe into alleged leaks and wider outsourcing failures in exam delivery.
- In a Supreme Court affidavit Bihar said 69 FIRs were registered and about 500 people were arrested during recent protests, disclosing that a constable fired four rounds from an AK‑47 into the air and has been suspended.
- The India Meteorological Department issued a heavy‑rain and thunderstorm warning for 19 states through 21 August, forecasting winds up to 80–85 km/h, localized flooding, hail and likely disruption to road, rail and marine operations.
- Gujarat CID arrested 25‑year‑old Rafiqul Alam in a probe that links him to about 1,090 cyber‑fraud cases and roughly Rs 1,071.5 crore of alleged illegal transactions spread across multiple crypto wallets, while civic experiments such as bribes.fyi have launched to crowdsource corruption reports.