INDIA
– CM Nitish Kumar’s Mahagathbandhan alliance wins trust vote in Bihar Assembly 160–0
– Punjab: PM inaugurates Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre of Tata Memorial Centre in Mohali
– Haryana: PM inaugurates Rs 6,000 cr Amrita Hospital of Mata Amritanandamayi Math in Faridabad
– Transgender persons to get holistic health services under Ayushman Bharat –PMJAY (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana), Ministry of Social Justice signs MOU with NHA
– EAM S Jaishankar calls on President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia
– Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attends Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting at Tashkent, Uzbekistan
– I&B Minister Anurag Thakur launches Azadi Quest App, a series of online mobile games on the heroes and milestones of Indian freedom
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Finance Ministry makes unauthorised publication of export-import data compoundable offence
– Centre implements ‘One Nation One Fertiliser’ plan under ‘Bharat’ brand
– Printing question paper exempt from GST, but not answer booklet, rules AAR (Authority for Advance Rulings)
– International Conference on Indian Minerals and Metals Industry held in New Delhi on August 23-24
– RBI lifts restrictions on American Express imposed in May 2021 for not complying with payments data storage rules
WORLD
– Thailand: PM Prayuth Chan-ocha suspended by Constitutional Court from office amid term-limit row
– US President Joe Biden marks Ukraine’s Independence Day with $3-bn military package
