The World Bank has approved a USD 250 million project in India for a long-term dam safety program and improving the safety and performance of existing dams across various states of India.

Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya bagged the silver medal after losing in the final of men's 57kg freestyle category to Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) Zavur Uguev.

Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla has stepped down as the Non-Executive Director and Non-Executive Chairman of the Vodafone Idea (now Vi) Board.

Ajay Dilwari, a prominent Indian-origin entrepreneur, has received Canada's coveted Order of British Columbia award, the province's highest honour.

A new book titled "Balakot Air Strike: How India Avenged Pulwama", published by Garuda Prakashan, is written by Navy veteran Manan Bhatt.

CERT-In tracks 6.07 lakh cybersecurity incidents in the first six months of 2021, of which about 12,000 were related to authorities' organisations.

The US State Department on August 4, 2021, has approved its first arms sales worth USD 750 million to Taiwan amid rising tensions with China.

The government of West Bengal has obtained 4 SKOCH awards for its schemes under the Ease of Doing Business initiative

India has joined the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, CPLP as Associate Observer. The meeting of CPLP 2021 was held in Angola.

India's composite Global Hunger Index score has been improved from 38.9 to 27.2 in the year 2020. India was ranked at 94th place among 107 countries in Global Hunger Index.