A 13-day-long session of the Kerala Assembly is to begin on Monday. It is expected to be a stormy session with the Opposition UDF set to attack the LDF government on a host of issues, including the surge of political violence in the state. The arrest of Congress MLA M Vincent, on charges of rape and stalking of a woman, and the summoning of the Chief Minister and DGP by Governor Justice P Sathasivam in the wake of the recent murder of an RSS functionary are expected to be taken up by the Opposition.
A lunar eclipse will occur on the night of August 7, continuing until early the next morning, and will be visible in India and all over Asia, Europe, and Africa, Nehru Planetarium officials have said. However, parts of Africa and Asia, including India, will miss the total solar eclipse that is expected to occur on August 21.
The six sacked Tripura Trinamool Congress MLAs, who voted for NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind, will formally join BJP on August 7. The MLAs along with their supporters would join in a public meeting on Monday in the presence of party General Secretary Ram Madhab, Convener of North-East Democratic Alliance and Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and state party President, Biplab Deb and and the party’s Tripura observer, Sunil Deodhar.
A gold colour variant of the OnePlus 5 is to be launched on Monday. OnePlus 5 was originally launched in Midnight Black and Slate Gray colours. The OnePlus 5 packs a 5.5-inch display, 6GB/8GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 835. It has dual rear cameras, 64GB or 128GB of storage and a 3300mAh battery. Price starts at $479 for the 6GB model and $539 for the 8GB model.
National Handloom Day, which falls on August 7, will be observed across the country. National Handloom Day, which was first celebrated in 2015, marks the Swadeshi Movement which began on August 7, 1905 and has been instituted with the aim of generating awareness about the importance of the handloom industry and its contribution to the country's socioeconomic development.