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  1. A day after Ghulam Nabi Azad shot his resignation to Sonia Gandhi, some G-23 leaders of the Congress party held a meeting at Azad’s residence.
  2. Goa police said BJP leader Sonali Poghat was force-fed ‘some substance’ mixed in water by her two associates. Meanwhile, cops have arrested the Club owner as well as a drug dealer.
  3. In the backdrop of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren facing disqualification as an MLA, Soren and his legislators have moved to a location near Latratu dam in the state.
  4. PM Narendra Modi unveiled the pedestrian-only Atal bridge — an iconic foot-over bridge that would connect the eastern and western banks of the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad — today.
  5. The Vigilance Department in Bihar has recovered crores of illegal cash during its raid at RWD executive engineer Sanjay Kumar’s residence.
  6. Citing ‘Communal disharmony,’ the Delhi police has said no to a performance by comedian Munawar Faruqui slated for Aug 28 at the national capital.
  7. Pakistani government has announced an emergency following unprecedented floods across the nation. Incessant rains and flooding in the country have so far claimed 982 lives, injured as many as 1,456, and affected over 33 million people in Pakistan.
  8. Accusing Pfizer and BioNTech of copying its messenger RNA Technology without permission, Moderna has sued its fellow vaccine majors.
  9. Senator Marsha Blackburn, a member of the US Senate’s armed services committee, who is on a three-day trip to Taiwan, met President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday.
  10. IRCTC has revoked its tender calling for a consultant to implement its controversial data monetization plan, citing the government’s withdrawal of the Personal Data Protection Bill.