National
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare amended 'Cigarette and Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labeling) Regulations' inducted in year – 2008.
- Northern states decided to form a joint secretariat to effectively curb the use of Drugs at - Panchkula, Haryana.
International
- India and -----’s Defense Ministerial Annual dialogue concluded in Delhi on August 20, 2018 – Japan.
- Based on the information received from this Indian satellite, NASA has confirmed the water ice on the moon - Chandrayaan-1.
Banking
- The Government of India has fixed this much amount for the current financial year to implement schemes under micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector - Rs. 1,000 crores.
Sports
- India's wicketkeeper become the fourth wicketkeeper from India to score five catches in his First Test at Nottingham - Rishabh Pant.
- By defeating Simona Halep from Romania, this player from Holland won Cincinnati Open 2018 - Kiki Burtons.
- First Indian woman wrestler who won a gold medal in Asian Games - Vineesh Phogat.
- Gold medalist in the 10 meter air pistol in the Asian Games 2018 - Saurabh Chaudhary.
Person In News
- First Muslim woman to become a member of the Australian Parliament - Mehrun Farooqi.
- The title of the autobiography written by Australian spinner Shane Warne - 'No Spin'.
- Winner of the 'Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna Award 2018' - Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
General Knowledge
- Japanese National Currency - Japanese Yen.
- Headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) - Geneva (Switzerland).
- The first Asian Games were organized in 1951 at - New Delhi (India).
- ISRO’s first moon mission - Chandrayaan-1 (22 October 2008).
- A continent, a nation and an island in the world - Australia.
- Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award establish in year - 1992.
