1. Ethiopia lifts state of emergency imposed in October.
2. Three Indian-Americans picked by President Donald Trump have been confirmed by the US Senate to key governmental posts. While Neil Chatterjee was confirmed on 3 August as the member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), a body that oversees electricity, natural gas and oil at the national level, Vishal Amin got confirmed as the Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement Coordinator in the Trump administration. The third Indian-American to get confirmed to a key governmental position was Krishna R Urs, who was confirmed as the US Ambassador to Peru.
3. Aadhaar made mandatory for registration of death from 1st October.
4. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) hits 1 billion transaction mark in July.
5. Centre proposes to set up 14 new AIIMS hospitals in the country.
6. Manju Kumari wins bronze medal at Jr World Wrestling C'ship.
7. Air Marshal Hemant Narayan Bhagwat appointed Air Officer-in-charge Administration of Indian Air Force.
8. Mohammad Mustafa appointed as CMD of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
9. Book Tatkal Train Tickets now and Pay Later:Indian Railways.
10. Government to develop green airports in Andhra Pradesh.
11. Levski Sofia have appointed former Lazio boss Delio Rossi as their head coach, the Bulgarian club said. Rossi replaces Nikolay Mitov.
