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Shooter Manu Bhaker won bronze in the women's 10m air pistol and then in the 10m air pistol mixed team with Sarabjot Singh, becoming the first Indian since independence to win two medals at a single Games and India's first woman shooter to win an Olympic medal.
India ended the Paris 2024 Olympics (July 26 to August 11) with 6 medals - one silver and five bronze - ranking 71st, its second-best haul after Tokyo.
India and China held the 30th round of border talks in New Delhi on August 1, 2024, agreeing to speed up negotiations and keep border areas peaceful.
Swapnil Kusale won bronze in the men's 50m rifle three positions at the Paris Olympics, India's seventh Olympic shooting medal overall.
Russia and the West carried out their biggest prisoner exchange since the Cold War on August 1, 2024, freeing US journalist Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza in a 24-person, multi-country swap.
The IPC Famine Review Committee confirmed famine in the Zamzam camp in Sudan's North Darfur, the first famine classification since 2017, amid the country's civil war.
Israel confirmed it killed Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif in a July 13 air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza. Deif was the long-time commander of the al-Qassam Brigades.
American swimmer Katie Ledecky won her 13th Olympic medal at the Paris Games, becoming the most decorated US woman in Olympic history.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigned on August 5, 2024 amid mass student-led protests and fled to India, ending her 15-year rule. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as chief adviser of the interim government on August 8, 2024.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index crashed more than 12% on August 5, 2024, its biggest daily fall since Black Monday of 1987, triggering steep losses across global markets.
A US federal judge ruled in United States v. Google that the company violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by illegally maintaining a monopoly in internet search.
Sweden's Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis won back-to-back Olympic pole vault titles at Paris 2024, clearing a world record 6.25 m.
Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the women's 50 kg wrestling final at the Paris Olympics after failing the morning weigh-in, having reached the final by beating unbeaten champion Yui Susaki. She announced immediate retirement; her CAS appeal for a joint silver was dismissed.
Neeraj Chopra won silver in the men's javelin throw at the Paris Olympics with 89.45 m, becoming the first Indian individual athlete to hold both an Olympic gold and silver.
The Indian men's hockey team beat Spain in the bronze-medal match at the Paris Olympics, winning a second consecutive Olympic bronze. Harmanpreet Singh was captain.
Wrestler Aman Sehrawat won bronze in the men's freestyle 57 kg event at the Paris Olympics, becoming the youngest-ever Indian Olympic medallist at 21.
A 31-year-old post-graduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9, 2024, triggering nationwide protests by doctors and demands for safer workplaces for women.
India celebrated its 78th Independence Day on August 15, 2024, with the Prime Minister hoisting the tricolour and addressing the nation from the Red Fort, Delhi.
Gaza's health ministry reported that more than 40,000 Palestinians had been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, including over 16,000 children.
Sweden confirmed the first case of the new mpox clade I variant outside Africa, days after the WHO declared the outbreak a public health emergency.
Ukraine's security service said 102 Russian soldiers were captured in the Kursk region, the largest single group surrender of Russian troops since the war began.
ISRO launched the EOS-08 Earth observation satellite aboard the SSLV-D3 on August 16, 2024 - the third and final development flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle. The 175.5 kg satellite carries day-night imaging and disaster-monitoring payloads.
PM Narendra Modi visited Kyiv on August 23, 2024 - the first visit to Ukraine by an Indian Prime Minister - urging President Zelenskyy to end the war and offering India's mediation.
The 2024 Summer Paralympics opened in Paris on August 28, 2024 - the city's first Paralympics - with about 4,400 athletes from 170 nations and mascot 'The Phryges'. China topped the medal table.
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