1. India observes 77th anniversary of Quit India movement

• The 77th anniversary of the August Kranti Din or Quit India Movement, which is considered as one of the important milestones in the history of freedom struggle of our country, is being observed.
• On this date in 8 Aug 1942, Mahatma Gandhi gave a clarion call to end the British rule and launched the Quit India Movement at the session of the All-India Congress Committee in Mumbai.
• After the failure of Cripps Mission, Gandhiji gave the call to "Do or Die" in his Quit India speech delivered at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai. The grateful country is paying homage to the freedom fighters and remembering the supreme sacrifices of the martyrs during the freedom struggle.

Foot Notes:
About The Quit India Movement

1. The Quit India Movement, or the August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British Rule of India.

2. Odisha police station in top 10 in India

• Tarava police station in the Subarnapur district of Odisha has been adjudged as one of the 10 best police stations in India in the annual ranking for the year 2018.
• The certificate of excellence and a trophy awarded by the Union Home Ministry were handed over to Tarava police inspector Dulamani Bhoi by Odisha DGP R.P. Sharma.

About Odisha

1. CM : Naveen Patnaik
2. Governor of Odisha: Ganeshi Lal.

3. P.V. Sindhu among Forbes 2019 list of worlds highest-paid female athletes

• India's badminton star P.V. Sindhu is the only athlete from the country to be named among the world’s highest-paid female athletes by Forbes, a list topped by tennis great Serena Williams. Sindhu is tied for 13th place in The Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2019 list released by Forbes.
• She secured total earnings of $5.5 million, She became the first Indian to win the season-ending BWF World Tour finals in 2018. The list of the world’s top 15 female athletes is topped by Williams .She earned total earnings of $29.2 million. She built a venture portfolio worth more than $10 million.The second spot is Naomi Osaka, who won the 2018 US Open She defeated champ Williams at 23-time Grand Slam She has total earnings of $24.3 million.
•  There are 15 female athletes who made at least $5 million during that time period. The top 15 earned a cumulative $146 million, compared with $130 million. Williams and Osaka earned more than twice as much as the third-highest-paid female athlete in the world. Angelique Kerber, who pulled in $11.8 million from tennis.

4. RS passed the National Institute of Design Amendment Bill

• Rajya Sabha passed the National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill, 2019. It was introduced by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. The Bill sought to amend the National Institute of Design Act, 2014.

Provisions of the Bill

• The Bill declares four National Institutes of Design, from states namely Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and Haryana, as institutions of national importance.
• These institutes were registered as Societies under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. These institutes do not have the power to grant degrees or diplomas. As the four institutes are now declared institutions of national importance, the institutes will be allowed to grant degrees and diplomas.
• The institute will become socially inclusive and address the needs of design in various sectors including agriculture, health care, and transportation.

5. SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Israel's Amos 17 telecommunications satellite

• The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Israeli telecommunications satellite called Amos-17 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
• The satellite was launched successfully into the geosynchronous transfer orbit .
• The launch was a makeup launch for Spacecom when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad in 2016. Amos-17 has been designed to provide enhanced voice, video and data services to customers in Africa and parts of Europe, the Middle East, India and China.
• Before AMOS 17, Spacex launched the Europe’s Arianespace consortium with two satellites from its spaceport in the South American country of French Guiana using its heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket.
• The second satellite called  EDRS-C is part of an effort led by the European Space Agency and Airbus to facilitate high-speed laser communications between orbiting satellites and ground stations.

Foot Notes:
About SpaceX

1. Headquarters:Hawthorne, California, U.S
2. Industry:Aerospace
3. CEO : Elon Musk

6. India's Reliance Industries Ltd is partnering with iconic US-based luxury jeweller Tiffany & Co to open a line of stores in the country.

• Tiffany popular for its engagement rings and robin's egg blue boxes plans to open stores in New Delhi and Mumbai in the second half of fiscal years 2019 and 2020 respectively.
• The tie-up comes as Reliance, which is run by Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani and runs a sprawling conglomerate bolsters its consumer-focused units such as retail and telecoms to match the strength of its dominant oil and gas business. The company bought British toy retailer Hamleys.

Foot Notes:
About Reliance Industries

1. CEO: Mukesh Ambani
2. Founder: Dhirubhai Ambani

7. King of the Ring’ Harley Race Passes away

• Harley Race, American professional wrestler passed away. Race overcame serious injuries from a car accident to become a mainstay of the wrestling circuit, winning numerous individual and tag-team titles in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s.

8. Veteran director J Om Prakash passes away

• Veteran director J Om Prakash passed away. Prakash was best known for his collaboration with two of Bollywood biggest superstars, late Rajesh Khanna and Jeetendra. He also produced box office hits like Ayee Milan Ki Bela, Aaye Din Bahar Ke, Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke, Aas Paas and Aandhi.

9. First nearby super-earth planet GJ357d discovered by NASA

• The NASA scientists have characterized the first potentially habitable world outside our own solar system that may be suitable for life. The super-earth planet - named GJ 357 d - was spotted by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission.
• It is estimated that planet is about six times the size of our planet and located a mere 31 light-years away. The planet orbits a dwarf star in the Hydra constellation and may have the right conditions to support liquid water as it lies within its star's habitable zone.
• It may be noted that a super-Earth is an extrasolar planet with a mass higher than Earth's, but substantially below those of the Solar System's ice giants, Uranus and Neptune

Foot Notes:
About NASA

1. Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States
2. Founder: Dwight D. Eisenhower
3. Founded: 29 July 1958, United States

10. Abhinandan Varthaman and Balakot pilots to get top military honours

• Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, an Indian Air Force pilot, is likely to be awarded a Vir Chakra for his gallantry.
• Mirage-2000 fighter jet pilots who dropped bombs on the terror facility of the Jaish-e-Mohammed will also get the Vayu Sena Medal for gallantry.