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11th August:
- Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off ‘Tripura Sundari Express’
- IRCTC's tie-up with Mobikwik for e-cash payments
2nd August:
- Parliament today passes Indian Medical Council (Amendment Bill), 2016
- Central body approves Rs 400 crore for Ganga rejuvenation projects
3rd August:
- Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected as Prime Minister of Nepal
4th August:
- Rajya Sabha passes The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill
5th August:
- Vijay Rupani will be new Chief Minister of Gujarat
6th August:
- China launches 'Tiantong-01'its first mobile telecom satellite
7th August:
- Vijay Rupani takes oath as Gujarat Chief Minister
- Prime Minister Modi Launches PMO App At MyGov Anniversary Event
- Telangana signs MoU with ISRO for water resources info system
8th August:
- First-ever 'Pizza ATM' opens in the US
9th August:
- RBI keeps key policy rate unchanged
10th August:
- PM Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin jointly dedicated Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Unit-I to the nation
11th August:
- Bill Gates tops Forbes richest tech tycoons list
- Extension of maternity leaves increases from 12 weeks to 26 weeks
- Intel buys AI startup Nervana Systems
12th August:
- Assam becomes the first state to ratify GST
- Phelps third to win Gold in the same event at four Olympics
13th August:
- China’s Ma Long becomes fifth male Grand Slam winner at Rio Olympics
14th August:
- 6,900 km gas pipelines to connect India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
- Railway Budget set to be merged with Union Budget from next fiscal
- Nawazuddin won best actor award at IFF Melbourne
15th August:
- Microsoft acquires gaming startup Beam
16th August:
- China successfully launches world’s first quantum satellite
17th August:
- A R Rahman honoured with Tamil Ratna Award
- Gurdial Singh, an eminent Punjabi writer, passes away
18th August:
- Sakshi Malik becomes first female Indian wrestler to win Olympic medal
- Airlander 10: World’s largest aircraft embarks maiden flight
19th August:
- SBI board approves merger of 5 associate banks, BMB with itself