INDIA
– PM Modi meets Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in New Delhi; both countries ink six pacts to broad-base ties
– Birth anniversary of Pingali Venkayya, designer of the Indian National flag, observed on August 2
– Lok Sabha passes Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 seeking to increase the species protected under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– RBI’s composite financial inclusion index (FI-Index) rises to 56.4 in March
– HDFC Bank Parivartan signs Rs 107 crore deal with IISc Bengaluru for construction of Bagchi-Parthasarathy Hospital
– Tata Group-owned Air India (AI) to raise retirement age of pilots from 58 to 65
WORLD
– US kills al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan
– Pakistani Army helicopter on flood relief operation crashes in Balochistan province, all 6 onboard dead
– Taiwan: US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taipei
SPORTS
– Birmingham Commonwealth Games: India win gold in men’s team table tennis by defeating Singapore 3-1 in final
– Birmingham: Commonwealth Games: India win gold in lawn bowls women’s fours team
