August 31

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  How Ahmedabad Clinched Commonwealth Games Hosting Rights - Explained

  For the Government of India, hosting the 2036 Olympic Games has always been the ultimate goal. In this context, hosting the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad could prove to be a significant milestone

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  UPSC CSE Mains Result 2025: When To Expect And How To Check

  UPSC CSE Mains Result 2025: The exam was conducted from August 22 to August 31, 2025, and included a total of nine papers, covering Essay, General Studies, and Optional subjects.

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  Delhi Ashram Baba Molested Women For Years. Then A Letter Came From IAF

  As Delhi Police goes all out to track down Chaitanyananda Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing students of a management institute, probe has revealed that back-to-back complaints from an alumnus and Air Force headquarters alerted the institute

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  NASA’s Perseverance Rover Spots Turtle-Shaped Rock in Mars’ Jezero Crater

  Perseverance rover snaps turtle-shaped rock in Jezero Crater, a geologic oddity shaped by erosion and human pareidolia. The picture was snapped on Sol 1,610, August 31, 2025, at Jezero Crater, by the rover's Sherloc and Watson instruments, fitted to its robotic arm, which capture visible and ultraviolet images of rock surfaces.

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  Man Arrested For Raping 15-Year-Old Girl In UP's Ballia: Cops

  A man accused of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl here was arrested and sent to jail on Monday, police said.

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  41-Year-Old Woman Who Tried To Hug Malaysian Monarch Charged With Assault

  The incident occurred on August 31 at around 8:20 am, when Ms Zorki rushed towards the Sultan on stage while the state anthem was being played.

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  Mercedes-Benz Launches 'Dream Days' Festive Campaign, Valid Till October 31

  Mercedes-Benz has announced the 'Dream Days' campaign, valid till October 2025. Check out the details now.

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  It's India vs Nigeria For Hosting Centenary Commonwealth Games

  India and Nigeria have submitted formal proposals to host the 2030 centenary Commonwealth Games by the deadline of 31 August 2025.

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  How Meta Helped UP Cops Save Student In 16 Minutes After Suicidal Post

  Using the mobile number shared by Meta, the Bareilly police traced the student's location and rushed a team to her residence in the CB Ganj Police Station area.

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  SpaceX Expands Starlink with 28 Satellites in Latest Falcon 9 Mission

  SpaceX successfully launched 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on August 31, 2025, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. The deployment will be expanding Starlink’s growing constellation, now totaling more than 8,200 active satellites providing global internet coverage.

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  ESA’s JUICE Probe Uses Venus Flyby to Stay on Track for Jupiter’s Icy Moons

  The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) successfully executed a Venus flyby on August 31, 2025, using the planet’s gravity to speed toward Jupiter. Engineers overcame a brief antenna glitch before the maneuver, and the spacecraft endured Venus’s intense heat by shielding itself with its high-gain antenna.

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  Over 850 People Dead, 2 Million Hit By "Historic Floods" In Pakistan

  At least 15 people have died during the last 24 hours and millions were impacted as torrential rains lashed large parts of Pakistan triggering unprecedented flood situation in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, official data showed Sunday.

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  What Happened With Princess Diana In Paris Tunnel On This Day 28 Years Ago

  Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997.

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  PM Modi To Meet Xi Jinping Shortly During First China Visit In 7 Years

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet in Tianjin today, their first in about ten months, for wide-ranging talks aimed at improving relations.

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  Russia, China Seek "Benefit Of All Humanity": Putin Ahead Of SCO Summit

  The Russian President is currently in China to participate in the 25th SCO Heads of State Council summit, taking place from August 31 to September 1.