National News

4th Trade & Investment Working Group meeting

• The fourth and final meeting of the Trade and Investment Working Group of G20 will be organised in Jaipur.
• The five priority issues of the meeting are Trade for Growth & Prosperity, Resilient Trade and GVCs, Integrating MSMEs in World Trade, Logistics for Trade and WTO Reforms.

G20

Chintan Shivir of Finance Ministry

• The Chintan Shivir of the Ministry of Finance inaugurated at the Statue of Unity at Kevadiya, Gujrat.
• The shivir will discuss various issues including the roadmap for India to become a developed nation by 2047.

 Gujrat

9th India Region Conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated the 9th India Region Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Udaipur. 
• The theme of the two-day conference is 'Strengthening Democracy and Good Governance in the Digital Age'. 

Indian Parliament

International News

Tropical Storm Hilary

• California experienced heavy rainfall due to the arrival of Tropical Storm Hilary from Mexico. This brought warnings of potentially life-threatening flooding in the typically arid south-western United States.

USA

F-16s

• Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed Netherlands as a “historic” decision to supply F-16 fighter jets to strengthen Kyiv’s Soviet-era air force.
• United States has already approved the transfer to Ukraine of Dutch as well as Danish U.S.-made warplanes.

Netherlands

Luna-25 crashed

• According to Russian space agency ROSCOSMOS, spacecraft Luna-25 crashed on the Moon ahead of its landing attempt.
• Luna-25's year-long mission aimed to find if this region actually had some of the elements needed to process to form water.

Russia

Pink Bollworm

• In Punjab, at least eight districts are facing flood situation since past few days but now the cotton belt of state is facing attack of Pink Bollworm in cotton fields.
• Malwa belt of Punjab is known as white gold belt as Sri Muktsar Sahib, Bathinda, Fazilka and Mansa districts of this belt produce best quality of cotton in the world. 

Punjab

Important Dates

32nd Manipuri Language Day

• In Manipur, the 32nd Manipur Language Day was observed on 20th August 2023 by different organisations marking the inclusion of Manipuri language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India on 20th August 1992.

Manipur

Economy & Banking

ONGC Videsh

• Navratna ONGC Videsh has secured a three-year exploration extension with Vietnam for exploration related activities in the South China Sea's Block 128.
• The extension of the exploration rights is a significant development for India's energy security and its strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Vietnam

Sports News

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023

• Spain won the Women’s World Cup for the first time in its history by defeating England in Sydney.
• The tournament, which took place from 20 July to 20 August 2023, was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand.

Important Info

 FIDE World Cup

• R Praggnanandhaa, the first Indian after Vishwanthan Anand to reach the semifinals of the FIDE World Cup, drew against his higher-ranked opponent Fabiano Caruana, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Gold in Asian Junior Squash

• India’s Anahat Singh clinched the gold medal in the U-17 category of the Asian Junior Squash Individual Championships, held in Dalian, China.