– 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

– 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

– 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