- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that it has named rock on Mars ‘RILLING STONES ROCK’ in honour of the iconic English band, The Rolling Stones.
- The G7 countries have decided to support a medium-term reforestation plan on the fires destroying chunks of the Amazon.
- China’s currency Yuan fell to 7.1487 to the US dollar on 26th August, which is its weakest point since early 2008, in Asian trading that is said to be caused by the US and China raising tariffs on each other's imports.
- The 4th edition of the Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress 2019 held in Bengaluru from August 22 – 23, 2019 and the theme of the meet was ‘Mainstreaming the Internet of Things’.
- ‘Eminent Engineer Award’ for the Year 2019 will be given to Prabhakar Singh, Director General(DG), Central Public Works Department(CPWD) by Institution of Engineers (India).
- The Gokulam Kerala Football Club(FC) won the finals of the 2019 Durand cup (129th edition) match held at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.
- Kathmandu-Siliguri Bus Service
- Komalika Bari won Gold at World Archery Youth Championship 2019
- RBI will Transfer Rs 1.76 lakh Crore to the GOI
- 7th Community Radio Sammelan
