INDIA
– National Conference of Labour Ministers of States & UTs being held in Tirupati (AP) on August 25-26
– Centre approves UP’s Parivar Kalyan Card scheme that will provide 12-digit ID number for each family
– PM security lapse in Punjab on Jan 5: SC panel finds Ferozepur SSP failed to discharge duty
– Distinguished scientist Samir V Kamat appointed DRDO Chairman
– Saawan Kumar Tak, director of films such as “Sanam Bewafa” and “Souten”, dies at 86ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– SC agrees to examine a plea seeking a review of the PMLA verdict which upheld the Enforcement Directorate’s powers, including those relating to arrest
– Govt decides to put restrictions on export of wheat flour to curb prices
– Centre advises edible oil manufacturers to declare net quantity in volume without temperature
– India-Mauritius Joint Committee Meeting on Small and Medium Enterprise Cooperation held in New Delhi
– Former Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian appointed as Executive Director (India) at IMF

WORLD
– India votes in favour of proposal seeking to allow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address UNSC virtually
– 8th India-Brazil Joint Commission Meeting held in Brasilia
– Ukraine: 22 people died when Russian rocket strikes hit Chaplyne town
– Tropical Storm Ma-On hits Philippines, 3 dead