India and Mauritius signed a Government-to-Government Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the oil and gas sector in Port Louis, Mauritius, on 20 August 2026. The agreement was...
The Cameroon-flagged general cargo vessel M/V LUTUF was seized by armed pirates on 17 August 2026 off Marraya in Somalia’s Puntland region. Six Indian nationals are among the...
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a veteran Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader, was elected as the 23rd President of Bangladesh on 20 August 2026 in a parliamentary vote held in...
The 31st Southern Zonal Council meeting commenced on 20 August 2026 at Kovalam near Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. The meeting was chaired by Union Home and Cooperation Minister...
India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Arrangement on Maritime Security Cooperation in New Delhi on 20 August 2026. The pact creates a formal framework for cooperation between...
The 2nd BRICS 2026 Tourism Working Group Meeting was held in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 19 August 2026 under India’s BRICS Chairship. The Ministry of Tourism of the Government...
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup Island, also known as Etorofu in Japan, on 13 August 2026. Iturup is one of the four main islands in the Kuril...
India hosted the virtual Eighth BRICS Youth Energy Summit on 17 August 2026 under its BRICS Chairship. The summit focused on youth participation in energy cooperation and brought...
BRICS environment ministers adopted a Joint Ministerial Statement on 18 August 2026 in New Delhi opposing the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The statement described CBAM...
The United States imposed sanctions on International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan and Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal on 18 August 2026. The measures...
A total of 210 Indian peacekeepers received the United Nations Medal in Juba, South Sudan, on 17 August 2026. The award included six women and seven staff officers...
Pune in Maharashtra hosted the five-day BRICS Information and Communication Technologies Track from 17 August to 21 August 2026. The 7th Meeting of the BRICS Working Group for...
