1.India named seasoned diplomat Dinesh K Patnaik as the next high commissioner to Ottawa, while Canada appointed Christopher Cooter as its new envoy to New Delhi.

2.A few hours after US President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs on Indian products came into effect, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro dubbed the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict as ‘Modi’s war.

3. Equity investors became poorer by Rs 9.69 lakh crore in two days of sharp fall in the stock markets, where the benchmark Sensex tumbled 1,555 points.

4.Kohima, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Aizawl, Gangtok, Itanagar and Mumbai have emerged as the safest cities in the country for women, while Patna, Jaipur, Faridabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Srinagar and Ranchi were ranked the lowest, according to the National Annual Report & Index on Women’s Safety (NARI) 2025.

5.The new tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump on Indian exports will affect the livelihood of at least 15 lakh people engaged in the fi shing sector in Odisha, Seafood Exporters’ Association said Thursday.

6. Bhitarkanika National Park will conduct a three-day monsoon bird census from August 30 at three locations within the park.

7.A delegation from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) visited Capital city Thursday as part of the Comprehensive Municipal Waste Management Project in Indian cities, under Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 (SBM 2.0).

8.With a fleet of 450 e-buses already operational on the roads and future plans to cross the 1,000 mark in the coming years, Odisha has positioned itself as a frontrunner in sustainable urban transport, securing the fi fth position in India in the adoption of electric buses (e-buses).

9.All political parties in Madhya Pradesh are unanimous on giving 27 per cent reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said Thursday.

10. Nearly 30,000 Ganesh idols have been immersed till Thursday night in Mumbai, the metropolis’ civic body said.

11.Chief Justice of India B R Gavai will on Friday administer oath to Bombay High Court Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Patna High Court Chief Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi who were elevated to the Supreme Court August 27.

12.The Supreme Court Thursday granted interim protection for four weeks to journalist Abhisar Sharma in an FIR lodged against him in Assam over a video post allegedly criticising the state’s policies.

13.Residents of 130 cities covered under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) could see their life expectancy increase by two years compared to 2017 if India achieves its revised target of a 40 per cent reduction in particulate pollution by 2026, a new report said Thursday.

14.Fourteen advocates have been elevated as additional judges of the Bombay High Court. According to the Union law ministry, the 14 new additional judges were appointed Wednesday.

15.India and Saudi Arabia Thursday explored the possibility of joint manufacturing of military equipment, reflecting their growing defence and strategic ties.