INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Government bans pet coke import for fuel use
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has notified new sets of specified health warnings for all tobacco product packs
- Punjab Cabinet okays amendments to CrPc & IPC to make sacrilege punishable with life imprisonment
- Centre has declared the Kerala floods as a calamity of “severe nature”.The central government has also scaled up its relief and rescue operations.
- Chhattisgarh Cabinet approved the proposal to rename Naya Raipur , capital of Chhattisgarh as ‘Atal Nagar’.
- Centralised secretariat at Panchkula for 5 Northen staes and 2 UTs to tackle drug menace
- IIT Kharagpur launches ‘Aditya Choubey Center for Re-Water Research’
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- 11th World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius
- First-ever IAF-RMAF joint air exercise begins in Malaysia
BANKING & FINANCE
- Home Ministry notifies new Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) for refilling of ATMs
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Gopalkrishna Gandhi conferred with 2018 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- International team of scientists including 18 Indians decode complex wheat genome
- World’s first 4D printing for ceramics developed
SPORTS
- Rishabh Pantbecame the 4th Indian wicket-keeper to take 5 catches on Test debut during the second day of the third cricket Test against England, in Nottingham, England.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
- Shane Warne to come out with autobiography ‘No Spin’ in October 2018
- Indian cricketer VVS Laxman, known for the suppleness of his wrists, plans to release his emotional journey as cricket player through his autobiography “281 and Beyond”
IMPORTANT DAYS
- 21 August : International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism