Defence
- First country in the world to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID) cards, capturing the facial bio-metric data of seafarers - India.
- First female officer to be appointed as flight commander of a flying unit in Indian Air Force - Wing Commander Shalija Dhami.
National
- State that bagged the top spot in the latest Child Well-Being Index of India – Kerala.
- Union Human Resource Development Minister launched the school education portal, named - Shagun.
Sports
- India's recurve cadet world champion at the 2019 World Archery Youth Championships held in Madrid (Spain) - Komalika Bari.
- Number of medals won by Indian para badminton team at the 2019 BWF Para Badminton World Championships – 12 (including 3 gold).
- New name of the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi - Arun Jaitley Stadium.
State Current Affairs
- On 27 August, this state government approved a proposal to introduce 10 percent reservation for the economically weaker section (EWS) of the general category in jobs and education - Chhattisgarh.
Science and Technology
- On 27 August, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers D.V. Sadananda Gowda launched a mobile application - “Janaushadhi Sugam”.
General Knowledge
- The Indian Air Force was officially established on - 8 October 1932.
- World Archery Federation - Founded in: 1931 (4 Sept); Head office: Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Badminton World Federation (BWF) - Founded in: 1934; Head office: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Capital of Chhattisgarh – Raipur.
