| 1 | Centre Formulated India’s First 30 member National Council for Transgender Persons; Chaired by Union Minister of SJ&E |
| 2 | Odisha, Chhattisgarh Celebrates ‘2020 Nuakhai Juhar’, Agricultural Festival on August 23 |
| 3 | CMIA Partnered with UNDP to Set up Help Desk for MSME amid COVID-19 |
| 4 | India’s Longest River Ropeway Inaugurated in Guwahati, Assam |
| 5 | India and Uzbekistan Co-chaired the First National Coordination Committee Meeting: Discussed on Trade and Investment |
| 6 | M Venkaiah Naidu Released 2 Research Reports of IAPPD- ‘Status of Sex Ratio at Birth in India’ and ‘Elderly Population in India: Status and Support Systems’ |
| 7 | Kerala State Dragonfly Festival 2020 aka “Thumbimahotsavam 2020” Launched; Mascot is “Pantalu” |
| 8 | The Naval Commanders’ Conference 2020: 19th – 21st August 2020 |
| 9 | Google Launches ‘The Anywhere School’ to Boost Online Learning |
| 10 | Kallis, Sthalekar and Zaheer Abbas inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame |
| 11 | Wabag Wins 2020 Global Water Award for Koyambedu TTRO Plant in Chennai |
| 12 | China Successfully Launched New Optical Remote-Sensing Satellite “Gaofen-9 05” along with 2 Smaller Payloads |
| 13 | Govt Introduced a New Feature, ‘Open API Service’ of Aarogya Setu to Help People, Businesses & Economy to Return to Normalcy |
| 14 | Indian Coast Guard Ship C-449 Commissioned in Chennai |
| 15 | The Book “Delhi Riots 2020: the Untold Story” is Set to be Published |
| 16 | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition 2020: August 23 |
| 17 | Odisha Govt launched a new scheme ‘Promotion of Intensive Aquaculture through Introduction of Bio-flocTechnology during the year 2020-21’ |
| 18 | Delhi Government Launched Niraman Mazdoor Registration Abhiyan for Construction Workers |
