1.  The Chhattisgarh government has launched the 'Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumihin Majdur Nyay Yojana', with the provision of ₹200 crores benefiting 12 lakh landless families. The aim of the scheme is to support rural landless labourers with minimum wages so that they can access basic amenities.

2. Maki Kaji, the Japanese man known as the "Godfather of Sudoku", has died at the age of 69.

3. India, UK stealth warships conduct Konkan Exercise in English Channel.

4. Undersea volcanic eruption creates new Japanese island.

5. Athletics Federation of India to commemorate August 7, the day Neeraj Chopra won Olympic gold, as ‘Javelin Throw Day’.