- Nine new judges, including three women, whose appointments to the Supreme Court have been cleared by the Centre, are likely to be sworn-in on August 31 by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana.
- Former Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Uma Shankar Mishra, a 1968-batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre, passed away on 26th Aug 21.
- The Karnataka government has placed a request to IT companies operating in the surrounding areas of Outer Ring Road (ORR) to extend the Work From Home (WFH) period till December next year.
- Andhra Pradesh state government has sanctioned Rs 10 lakh for each child who lost both the parents due to corona.
- The Civil Aviation Ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Adani Group for providing services, including customs, immigration and security, at the Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram airports.
- 1,808 farmers, who have been found ineligible under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM KISAN), have been asked to return the financial aid received by them. The aid amounts to Rs 1.88 crore in the district
- India could talk with a new government in Afghanistan if it is inclusive and has representation of all sections of the society of Afghanistan. Experts have suggested all diplomatic resources be used to ensure that Afghanistan does not become a hub of anti-India activity.
- India has sought “more clarity” from the US on the price fixation, maintenance and transfer of technology in the proposed $3 billion (around Rs 22,000 crore) deal to acquire 30 armed MQ-9B Predator drones, which are designed for long-range precision strikes against hostile targets on land and sea.
- India and Russia have signed defence deals worth $15 billion in the past three years with big-ticket purchases such as the S-400 missile system, said Viktor N Kladov, director for international cooperation and regional policy.
- India on 26 Aug (Thursday) strongly condemned the deadly bomb explosions near the Kabul airport and said the attacks reinforced the need for the world to stand unitedly against terrorism.
- The Taliban is not allowing 140 Afghan Hindus and Sikhs to visit India on the occasion of the 400th birth anniversary of Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur, Delhi-based think tank Indian World Forum claimed on 26 Aug (Thursday).
- The Taliban has been showing off its own "special forces" on social media, soldiers in new uniforms equipped with looted American equipment who contrast sharply with the image of the usual Afghan insurgent.
- An ISIS suicide bomber was responsible for the explosion outside the Kabul airport. According to a local reporter, a suicide attacker blew himself up in the middle of a large crowd at the airport.
- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the terror attack near Hamid Karzai International Airport and expressed his support for the victims of the blast.
- Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel progressed to the Round of 16 in the women's singles Class 4 table tennis event with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Great Britain's Megan Shackleton at the Tokyo Paralympics .
- Swimmer Suyash Jadhav will miss Friday's 200m individual medley SM7 event in the Paralympic Games as he is suffering from cold and sore throat. His COVID-19 test report is, however, negative.
- The Indian contingent has sent its largest contingent yet, with 54 Paralympic athletes contesting in 9 sports across the competition
- Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman Bhavani Devi, who is widely known as Bhavani Devi (born 27 August 1993), is an Indian sabre fencer.
- Like last year, Class 11 and 12 students will study the reduced 70% syllabus in view of the pandemic. It was decided that the students will appear four exams in each year, informed Tushar Kanti Tripathy, CHSE Secretary. He further stated Class 11 students will appear three internal exams and one annual exam. The junior colleges will conduct the four exams for Class 11 students. Similarly, Class 12 students will appear three internal exams conducted by the junior colleges. However, the final annual exam for the students will be done by CHSE, he added.
- Alleging threat to his life due to "political conspiracy", Lok Janshakti Party leader and Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras has written a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah and urged that he should be given "Z Plus" security
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