INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Centre signs MoU with 6 states for Lakhwar Yamuna basin project in Uttarakhand for water management
- Union Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Suresh Prabhuannounced the Drone Regulations 1.0.
- 5 day International water colour festival held in Ranchi from 23rd-27th August: Jharkhand
- Logo of Ayushman Bharat Scheme was released and 29 states and UTs signed MoU for implementation of Ayushman Bharat scheme: J P Nadda
- Corporate sports policy for CPSEs under Steel Ministry to provide support for sports
- National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA)launched a helpline number for complaints regarding GST rate cuts
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- EU-India join hands to develop new Influenza vaccine
BANKING & FINANCE
- Axis Securitieslaunched commodity broking services with MCX and became the first bank subsidiary to enter the commodity broking business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- Prasar Bharatiand Mizzima Media Group of Myanmar signed an MoU for cooperation and collaboration in broadcasting and content sharing in New Delhi.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- World’s smallest medical robot sets Guinness record
- Bolivian woman Julia Flores Colque might be world’s oldest at nearly 118
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance (DPLI) appoints Kalpana Sampat as Senior Executive Vice-President & COO
- Satya S Tripathi,an Indian development economist, has been appointed as the Assistant Secretary General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Coast Guard offshore patrolvessel was launched at L&T Shipyard in Kattupalli in
- New technique developed to detect early-stage cancer tumour cells in blood
SPORTS
- Indian women’s compound archery team settles for silver
- Indian Men’s compound archery team settles for silver
- Indian table tennis men’s team settled for a historic bronze meda
- Sebastian Vettel won the Belgian Grand Prix 2018at Spa-Francorchamps Track in Belgium.
- Manu Ginobili, Argentine basketball player, announced his retirement from basketball.