Indian women's Hockey team has registered a victory over the hosts Japan in the Olympic Test event in Tokyo by 2-1 on 17th August 2019.
- Vice President, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu, began a three-nation tour of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia of the Baltic region. The first leg of his tour is in Lithuania, whose capital is Vilnius and Lithuanian President is Gitanas Nauseda
- Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe inaugurated Sri Lanka’s first vehicle assembly plant built by Mahindra Ideal Lanka Ltd. On 17th August 2019
- China Rocket Company developed the Smart Dragon-1 (SD-1) for commercial use and was blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on 17th August 2019
- State-owned Punjab & Sind Bank (PSB) has lowered its marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) by up to 0.20 per cent for various tenors on 17th August 2019
- President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Presidential Guest House named Jal Kiran at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai on 17th august 2019
- Parsi New Year- Navroz was celebrated on 17th August 2019.
- Committee to Review Defence Procurement
- BASIC 28th Ministerial on Climate Change
- 2-day International Conference on Teacher Education by NCTE
- PM Modi Visit to Bhutan
