National:
- The Kerala government and Adani Ports to sign the construction agreement for Rs. 7,500 crore Vizhinjam deep sea port project.
- 12 lakh power employees and engineers to go on one day strike on the day Electricity (Amendment) Bill is presented in Parliament.
- Maoist ultras attacked a bridge construction site in Banka district, Bihar: 9 labors injured.
- 20 ex-servicemen detained for showing black flags to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 46th Indian Labour Conference.
International:
- 27 people killed in an explosion in the southeastern Turkish city of Suruc near the Syrian border.
- Two 4,000-year-old reliefs found by Polish archaeologists in the temple of Serapis.
- Iran criticised the United States and Israel for not taking the threat of military action against Tehran.
- A NATO airstrike killed seven Afgan troops by hitting two Afghan military checkpoints in a restive province east of Kabul.
- The U.S. State Department officially transferred the complex text of Iran nuclear deal to American lawmakers.
Business:
- SBI-index: Manufacturing sector growth declines in July
- Gold prices dipped by Rs 300: Reached two-year low of Rs 25,700 per 10 grams.
- Pankaj Munjal: New Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Hero Motors Group.
- Rupees ends 19 paise lower at 63.66 against USD.
- Report: China’s renminbi (RMB) may become the world’s fourth most-used international currency.
Defense:
- India to continue using 6 Mi-17v5 helicopters for VVIP travels
- China confirmed its participation in the Indian International Fleet Review (IFR) in Visakhapatnam in February 2016
- The US launched its newest littoral combat ship, ideal for missions in shallow waters around the Pacific Rim.
- Chinese Air Force stepping up its live combat drills by exercising for the first time with “adversary units”.
- Seventeen new police battalions, will be raised in Jammu and Kashmir and the Naxal-hit states.
Sports:
- The IPL Governing Council to form a group of five members to plan Season 9 of the Twenty20 tournament in 2016
- ITF women’s Tennis Tournament: Julia Valetova of Russia defeated Dhruthi Venugopal in the semifinal.
- Laser sailing championships: Bikram Mohapatra won the Kelly S. Rao Trophy and Deelip Kumar won Secunderabad Club Radial rolling trophy.
- Indian Davis Cup squad registered a 3-2 victory over New Zealand in the Asia/Oceania Group 1 second round.
- Australia defeated England with 405-run in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s, leveling the series at 1-1.
- 10- year old Shubham Jaglan won the Junior World Golf Championships.
