1.30 pm: New Zealand's Henry Nichols plays a shot as Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella watches during the day one of the first test cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Galle, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019.
12:00 noon. | The famous Palani panchamirtham, given as ‘prasadam’ at the Murugan temple there, has been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. This is the first time a temple ‘prasadam’ from Tamil Nadu has been bestowed with the GI tag.
11.00 a.m. | Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami flags off 500 new buses from the secretariat in Chennai on August 14.
10:00 a.m. | Ministers K. Kannababu and V. Srinivasa Rao visit the Prakasam Barrage to review the flood situation in Vijayawada on Wednesday, August 14, 2019.
9:00 a.m. | Travelers wait at the airport departure hall in Hong Kong, Wednesday, August 14, 2019. Flights resumed at Hong Kong's airport Wednesday morning after two days of disruptions marked by outbursts of violence highlighting the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters and the authorities in the Chinese city that's a major international travel hub.
8:00 a.m. | Activists display placards and posters calling for the Japanese government to apologise for its role in the wartime sex slavery of so-called "comfort women" - forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels during World War II - during a demonstration outside the Japan Exchange Association in Taipei in August 14, 2019.
