Nepal Prime Minister Khanal inducted new ministers in his cabinet.

US President Obama signed debt deal into law. Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak went on trial in Cairo. Former Japan International defender Naoki Matsuda died. NASA launched Jupiter probe Juno. Yingluck Shinawatra sworn as first female Thai Prime Minister. US lost AAA credit rating for the first time since 1941. Nepal banned smoking in public places. Lobsang Sangay sworn in as new PM of Tibetan government in exile. 22 killed as Syria launched new raids. China began sea trial of first aircraft carrier. China decided to reduce speed of bullet trains. China put into orbit Pakistans first communications satellite. Nepal Prime Minister resigned under pressure. Nepal President Yadav set August 21 as deadline for consensus on PM. High level Chinese delegation arrived in Nepal. Yemen President Saleh vowed to return home from South Arabia. 68 killed in Iraq blast. World leaders called on Syrian President Assad to step down. 53 killed in Pakistan Blast. Egypt Israel ties plunged to a new low. Brazil won FIFA U-20 World Cup. Rebels captured Tripoli heralding end of Gaddafi rule. Libyan rebels seized Gaddafis compound Tripoli. Russian cargo spacecraft for ISS crashed into earth.

NATO joined search for fallen Libyan leader Gaddafi. Japanese Premier Naoto Kan resigned. Singapore voted for new President. Baburam Bhattarai elected Nepals 35th PM. Tony Tan elected Singapore President. Lady Gaga bagged 1st 2011 MTV Video Music Awards honour for Born This Way. China has approved plans to setup first Tibetian bank. Dilshan has been named as Sri Lankas captain for upcoming Australian series. Sudan has launched its new currency. Austrian climber Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner becomes the first woman to conquer 14. 8000 metre summit (K2) without artificial oxygen. Tim Cook has been named as CEO of Apple post Steve Jobs resignation. Anna University recently signed pact with university of Sydney. Hitachi and Mitsubishi two industries of Japan are set to merge. NASA found the first evidence of flowing water recently on Mars planet. Jenson Button won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2011. England won the 2000th Test cricket held at Lords Cricket Ground.

Month-long monsoon session of Parliament began. Centre agreed to a Rs.19000 Crore ballout package for West Bengal. The first-ever Kashmir Premier League (KPL) T-20 Chinar Cup-2011 ended. DV Sadananda Gowda sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka. SC partially lifted mining ban in Bellary. Indian archers won three silver medals in the Archery World Cup in Ogden. N-E body sought national drink status for tea. Indian wrestlers won 49 medals in the commonwealth wrestling championship in Melbourne. Aditya Mehta clinched the 78th National Snooker Championship title. Former TN Governor and political analyst PC Alexander died. Lok Sabha passed SBI Subsidiary Banks Bill. BrahMos Varian Block III supersonic cruise missile test-fired successfully. Indian cricket team lost the No. 1 Test rank to England. Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor died. PM Manmohan Singh addressed the nation on 65th Independence Day. New Indian Chief suspended over credit over for Paramount Air. N A K Browne has been takes charge as the 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force. Coal India Ltd. Dethroned Reliance Industries Ltd. as most valued firm. National Sports awards announced. All-party meeting in West Bengal decided to rename the state as Paschimbanga. Stealth frigate Statpura commissioned into navy. Historian and Indologist Ram Sharan Sharma died. Leader Paes and Mahesh Bhupati won the doubles title at Cincinnati tennis match. Government and Team Anna held talks to reach truce. Haryana lifted ceiling on non-farm land.

Baichung Bhutia brought down the curtain on his international career. Fast attack warship INS Karuva inducted into Navy. K. Rosaiah appointed new Tamil Nadu Governor. Birla Corp suspended mining in Rajasthan. Indian Finished 8th in the WSF mens world team squash championship held in Germany. Juvenile Justice (amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha. Sucheta 33 year old women from Pune became first Indian woman to cross Gobi desert. Ronjan Sodhi has been ranked world No.1 in double trap shooting as per the ISSF world rankings. HDFC bank has launched a service of accepting income tax payment through ATMs. Gagan Narang Ace Indian shooter is set to get Khel Ratna. Prahaar missile was recently test-fired successfully at Chandipur, Orrisa. Rahul Dravid became 2nd highest run scorer in Test cricket surpassing Ricky Pontings record. Former Supreme Court Judge Shivraj V.Patil has been appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde. Shammi Kapoor bollywood actor passed away recently.