The ICGS Vigraha ship was designed and built indigenously by the Larsen & Toubro Ship Building Limited.

NITI Aayog and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (M/DoNER) have launched the North Eastern Region (NER) District SDG Index Report and Dashboard 2021-22, with technical support from UNDP.

The government has announced an extension in the deadline for making payment under the direct tax dispute settlement scheme 'Vivad Se Vishwas' by one month till September 30, 2021.

The National Small Industry Day is celebrated on 30 August every year.

Indian Grandmaster S P Sethuraman won the 2021 Barcelona Open chess tournament title, remaining unbeaten through the nine rounds, winning six matches and drawing three.

China's Supreme People's Court has recently announced that the overtime practice of "996", working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week, is illegal.

The National Security Guard (NSG) conducted a week-long counter-terrorism exercise called 'Gandiv'.

The world's highest movie theatre has recently been inaugurated in Ladakh, which got its first-ever mobile digital movie theatre in the Paldan area of Leh, at an altitude of 11,562 feet.

BRICS Nations namely Brazil, Russia, China, and South Africa, have joined India in opposing the Carbon border tax, proposed by the European Union's (EU).

The Life Insurance Corporation of India has launched the mobile application of its digital paperless solution, ANANDA, for LIC agents.