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2.India said on Monday that it had signed a contract with General Atomics ‌Aeronautical...

 1.Iran has decided to shift its policy from defensive to "fully offensive" due to the deadlock in efforts to agree a permanent end to its war with the United States, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday.Progress towards peace talks and a resumption of oil tanker traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz has ground to a halt, with no sign that the warring parties are moving towards ending the conflict that the US and Israel launched on February 28.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/iran-war-iran-threatens-to-go-on-offensive-in-hormuz-if-diplomacy-with-us-fails-11923215

2.India said on Monday that it had signed a contract with General Atomics ‌Aeronautical Systems to lease two MQ-9B Sea Guardian high-altitude long-endurance drones for the Indian Navy for a period of 30 months at a cost of 19.43 billion ⁠rupees ($203 million).

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/india-signs-203-million-drone-lease-deal-with-general-atomics-2026-08-17/

3.Student leader Devendra Nath Mahato thanked the Jharkhand government and Chief Minister Hemant Soren for accepting the students’ demands and said the ongoing probe was targeting those involved in examination irregularities. He said the students would continue to support efforts to remove corruption from the examination system and would cooperate with the government in the ongoing reform process.

https://theprint.in/india/jharkhand-govt-gives-cancels-jssc-cgl-exam-orders-probe-of-work-contracted-to-tdpl-since-2014/3017703/

4.The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday said it will re-conduct the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) examination for three papers, after “multiple errors” were found in the exam conducted from June 22 to June 30 this year. UGC-NET is conducted to determine the eligibility of candidates for the posts of Assistant Professor and admission to PhD programmes. In a statement, the NTA said it had formed a committee to oversee several complaints of errors in the English, Commerce and Sociology question papers.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nta-to-re-conduct-ugc-net-exams-for-english-commerce-and-sociology-after-multiple-errors-in-papers-101786893383646.html

5.Food Safety Works sees the need to strengthen storage of food and cleanliness practices across the hotels and canteens  . In this regard, it is holding a webinar titled Hygiene Protocols for Restaurants on August 19, 226. This will be online and will highlight ‘What FSSAI Expects’.

https://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/food-safety-works-webinar-on-hygiene-protocols-for-restaurants-87614

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