Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 17, 2021

– Information & Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur & Jal Shakti Ministers launch Season-2 of ‘Rag Rag Mein Ganga’ on Doordarshan

– HAL’s ‘Made in India’ Hindustan-228 (VT-KNR) civil aircraft carries out Ground Run and LSTT (Low Speed Taxi Trials) at Kanpur facility

– Civil Aviation Ministry grants conditional permission to 10 organisations to use drones for various purposes

– Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates world’s second-largest refurbished gene bank at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources in New Delhi

– Wholesale price-based inflation declines for 2nd straight month to 11.16% in July

– Malaysia: PM Muhyiddin Yassin resigns after losing majority support in parliament