In 1988, after earning his engineering degree, Wangchuk founded Students' Education and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL) and started coaching the Ladakhi student, 95% of whom used to fail the government exams.In 1994, with Wangchuk in the lead, Operation New Hope (ONH) was launched to expand and consolidate the partnership-driven educational reform programme.

The book “The Dhoni Touch: Unravelling the Enigma That Is Mahendra Singh Dhoni” has been authored by Bharat Sundaresan. The author tracks down the cricketer’s closest friends in Ranchi and artfully presents the different shades of Dhoni-the Ranchi boy, the fauji, the diplomat, Chennai’s beloved ‘Thala’, the wicketkeeping Pythagoras-and lays bare the man underneath.

Chhattisgarh Governor Balramji Dass Tandon died at a hospital in Raipur on 14 Aug 2018. He was 90 years old.

Justice Gita Mittal was sworn in as the first woman Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Aug 11.

First-time lawmaker Harivansh Narayan Singh from Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United won the battle against the opposition candidate, Congress' BK Hariprasad. The government had 125 votes against opposition's 105 in a house where the majority mark was 119.

Mughalsarai Junction will be formally renamed after Deen Dayal Uphadyay Railway Station from Aug 5.

Google on March 31 celebrated the 153rd birth anniversary of India’s first female doctor, Anandi Gopal Joshii. Anandi Gopal Joshi was born on March 31, 1865 in Maharashtra.

The Malaysian government on Monday proposed a "fake news" law which would carry a maximum 10-year jail term, including for articles published abroad, sparking fears of a crackdown on dissent as elections loom.

PV Sindhu will be the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. The CWG opening ceremony will be held on April 4.

An enormous Asteroid Bennu could crash into the earth by 2135 and NASA’s spacecraft Hammer may not be able to deflect it, according to the NASA scientists. Asteroid Bennu is as wide as 5 football fields weighing approximately 79 billion Kg.