➼ ‘ National Eye Donation Fortnight ‘ is celebrated every year in India between 25 August to 8 September .

➼ Space Zone India in collaboration with Martin Group has launched  India’s first ‘ reusable hybrid rocket Rumi-1‘ from Chennai.

➼ Velayudham Sreenivasulu, an eminent artisan from Srikalahasti in Tirupati district has been selected to represent India at the global platform. 

➼ The Gujarat Pollution Control Board has launched an innovative campaign to curb plastic pollution. 

➼ A meeting of the Inter-State Coordination Committee of Naxal-affected states of the country has been organized in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. 

➼ The Indian International MSME Startup Exhibition and Conference has been organized on 24th August in    the capital ‘Delhi‘ .

➼ Goods and Services Tax Network will organise  ‘ GST Analytics Hackathon‘ to drive innovation in tax compliance through predictive analytics.

➼ Repco Bank has presented a dividend cheque of Rs 19.08 crore to Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi. 

➼ The Ministry of Labour and Employment has convened the 7th meeting of the Task Force on ‘Improving Female Workforce Participation in India’.