India’s Namrata Batra has scripted history by winning a silver medal in the women’s 52 kg final at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China today. The 24-year-old, who won silver at the Asian Championships last year and is a four-time national champion, went down 2-0 to local favourite Mengyue Chen in the final. It was India’s first-ever medal in wushu at the World Games and the country’s second podium finish at the ongoing edition after Rishabh Yadav’s bronze in men’s compound archery. Namrata’s campaign began with a 2-0 win over Lebanon’s Barbara El Rassi in the quarter-finals, followed by another 2-0 victory over Krizan Faith Collado of the Philippines in the semis. India have now won a total of seven medals in World Games history – one gold, two silvers and four bronzes.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved four additional semiconductor manufacturing projects under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), marking a significant boost to the country’s semiconductor ecosystem.

With six projects already underway, the four new approvals bring the total to ten semiconductor initiatives with cumulative investments of approximately Rs. 1.60 lakh crore across six states. These projects are expected to create over 2,000 skilled jobs directly and generate many more indirect employment opportunities.

The new projects come from SiCSem, Continental Device India Private Limited (CDIL), 3D Glass Solutions Inc., and Advanced System in Package (ASIP) Technologies. They will establish semiconductor manufacturing units in Odisha, Punjab, and Andhra Pradesh, addressing growing demands across telecom, automotive, data centres, consumer electronics, and industrial sectors.

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has signed an agreement with the Indian Statistical Institute for joint research and development to further enhance the robustness, security and reliability of Aadhaar operations.

The agreement effective for a period of five years, will cover areas such as fraud and anomaly detection, development of biometric liveness detection tools, improvements in biometric matching algorithms, and other priority areas.

The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday launched the State Health Regulatory Excellence Index (SHRESTH), an initiative aimed at benchmarking and strengthening state drug regulatory systems through a transparent, data-driven framework.

Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava, unveiling the index alongside Drug Controller General of India Dr. Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, said the initiative will help states identify gaps in their regulatory capacity and work towards achieving “maturity certification.”

“Ensuring the safety, quality, and efficacy of medicines is a commitment of the Government to every citizen in India,” Srivastava said, urging stronger Centre–state collaboration to maintain the credibility of India’s pharmaceutical industry. She added that the SHRESTH Index will target improvements in human resources, infrastructure, and digitisation, while also promoting cross-learning among states.

The Supreme Court today(August 12) appointed Justice L. Nageswara Rao, former judge of the Supreme Court, as an Ombudsman of the Bihar Cricket Association ("BCA") to take action against illegal activities of the office bearers. Consequently, it disposed of the matter, remarking that dirty politics is going on in such associations, wasting the public revenue.

A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan was hearing a special leave petition against the order of the division bench of the Patna High Court, which had set aside an order passed by a single bench directing the appointment of Justice Shaikesh Kumar Singh, former judge of Patna High Court, as Ombudsman.

India’s U20 women’s football team today booked their place at the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup 2026 with a 1-0 win over hosts Myanmar in Yangon. Pooja’s first-half header proves decisive, ending a 20-year wait to book India’s place at the Asian Cup 2026 to be held in Thailand. Celebrations erupted on the pitch as the dream became reality.

For Women’s Asian Cup 2026, the hosts Thailand qualified automatically while the remaining 11 for the 12-team tournament will be decided through the qualifiers. For the qualifiers, 32 teams have been divided into eight groups of four.

‘Disha Abhiyan’, which shows the direction of uniform and quality education for students with intellectual disabilities, has been successfully implemented in Maharashtra. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis informed that this innovative curriculum developed by Jai Vakil Foundation and approved by the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID) has been implemented in 453 special schools in the state.

Mr. Fadnavis said that Maharashtra is the first state in the country to prioritize the needs of the disabled. He said that this initiative is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of an inclusive and self-reliant society, ‘Developed India 2047’.

Established in 1944, Jai Vakil Foundation has developed a curriculum based on research and universal methods based on its 80 years of experience. This curriculum is certified by National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that the state has access to the world’s best systems and technology to curb incidents like communal hatred through social media, leading to riots. He stated that ‘Garuda Drishti’ tools are playing a vital role in tracking down such individuals and ensuring immediate action against them.

He was speaking at the presentation of the ‘Garuda Drishti’ social media monitoring and cyber intelligence project and the ceremony for distribution of an amount of ₹10 crore recovered from the investigation of various cyber financial crimes to the victims, held at Police Bhavan on behalf of the Nagpur Police Department.

The recovered amounts were handed over to the fraud victims by the Chief Minister.

Maharashtra Labour Minister Akash Fundkar on Tuesday said 'gig workers' or those who work for online 'platforms' or companies such as Zomato need social security, and the state government will come up with a law for them.

Speaking in the legislative council, Fundkar said a new category of employees, 'platform workers', is emerging.

"It is necessary to frame an independent law for them. A draft is being worked out, so that platform workers get social security," Fundkar said.

The Lok Sabha passed the National Sports Governance Bill, 2025 and the National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill, 2025 amidst opposition protest over the Special Intensive Revision exercise conducted in Bihar.

The National Sports Governance Bill seeks to provide for recognition of national sports bodies and regulate their functioning. The Bill provides for the establishment of the National Olympic Committee, National Paralympic Committee, and National and Regional Sports Federations for each designated sport. The national bodies will have affiliation with respective international bodies.

The bill provides that every national sports body will have a general body, consisting of equal number of representatives from each affiliate member and certain ex-officio members. It will have an executive committee consisting of up to 15 members, with at least two outstanding sportspersons and four women. The Bill empowers the central government to establish a National Sports Board which will grant recognition to the national sports bodies and register their affiliate units. The Bill also provides for constituting a National Sports Tribunal to adjudicate sports related disputes.