Events in August 2006
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Aug. 1
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The Government orders a ban on child labour in restaurants and households effective October 10. |
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Aug. 2
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Parliament approves Bill seeking to consolidate laws relating to food. |
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Lok Sabha passes Actuaries Bill, 2005. |
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Aug. 3
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The Justice R. S. Pathak Inquiry Authority raps Natwar Singh and his son Jagat Singh for misusing positions in getting Iraq oil contracts. |
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The Rajya Sabha passes the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill. |
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Aug. 7
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The R. S. Pathak Inquiry Authority report is tabled in Parliament. |
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The “leakage” of the R. S. Pathak Inquiry Authority report holds up proceedings. |
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Major dams in Gujarat overflow swamping many towns. The toll in Maharashtra goes up to 52. |
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The havoc in Andhra Pradesh leaves 100 dead even as the Godavari and its tributaries flood many villages and island habitations. |
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Aug. 8
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The Congress suspends the former External Affairs Minister, Natwar Singh from party primary membership. |
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Over 2.5 lakh people are evacuated as the flood situation worsens in Gujarat. Surat city under 10 feet water. |
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Bhadrachalam in Andhra Pradesh lies submerged as the Godavari flows above danger level. |
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Parliament passes the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2006. |
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Aug. 10
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The President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, confers the 39th Jnanpith Award on Marathi writer Vinda Karandikar. |
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Aug. 11
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The toll in Maharashtra rains touches 255. |
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The Centre announces Rs. 400 crore flood relief for Gujarat. |
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Aug. 13
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The Centre suspends operations against the ULFA. |
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Aug. 17
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“There is no question of our strategic nuclear autonomy being compromised,” says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in the Rajya Sabha replying to a day-long marathon discussion on the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear deal. |
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The Lok Sabha adopts a motion to set up a 15-member Joint Parliamentary Committee to define “office of profit.” |
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Aug. 18
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The President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, gives his assent to the amended Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959, popularly known as the office of profit bill. |
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Aug. 19
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The Thar Express chugs off from Munabao, Rajasthan on a historic journey six months after resumption of the Munabao-Khokhrapar route between India and Pakistan. |
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The Government decides not to bring in amendments to the Right to Information Act for now. |
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Aug. 21
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Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan (90), passes away in Varanasi. The U.P. Government institutes a Sangeet Ratna award in his memory. |
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A Bill to rename the Union Territory of Pondicherry as Puducherry is passed by the Rajya Sabha. |
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The Union Cabinet gives its nod for bill to provide for quota for the Other Backward Classes in Central educational institutions. |
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Aug. 22
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Domicile requirement not needed to get elected to the Rajya Sabha, rules the apex court. Upholds open ballot for RS polls. |
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The Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhara Rao and party leader A. Narendra quit the Union Cabinet and the United Progressive Alliance. |
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Aug. 24
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The Lok Sabha approves Bill to rename Pondicherry as Puducherry. |
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The Union Cabinet concedes Uttaranchal Government plea to rename the State Uttarakhand. |
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The Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill is passed by the Lok Sabha. |
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Aug. 25
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The Bill to provide 27 per cent quota for OBCs is introduced in Lok Sabha. |
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Aug. 28
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The toll in Rajasthan floods goes up to 138 with Barmer district bearing the brunt. |
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Aug. 31
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The Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Shivshankar Menon is appointed new Foreign Secretary. |
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The Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister, Muzzafar Hussain Beigh loses post as People’s Democratic Party Legislature Party leader. |
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