Weekly News Roundup: Top Stories Of The Week | 16 August

This week's top stories from India and around the world.

The second week of August saw several major news stories. Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez got married in a private civil ceremony in Cascais, Portugal, on 11 August after nearly a decade together.

In another major story, an Air India pilot on a Phuket–Delhi flight tested positive for marijuana after the aircraft suddenly lost around 300 feet of altitude. A second test also reportedly came positive. The pilot said he was taking prescribed medicine for sleep problems.

Mumbai biker Riddhi Thakkar, 24, died in a hit-and-run crash in Chhattisgarh. Her motorcycle was hit by a speeding heavy vehicle on NH-30 near Markatola Ghat while she was on a group ride.

Meanwhile, German traveller Rainer Krack went viral in India for speaking fluent Hindi and Bhojpuri and praising the country. He has visited India around 150 times and surprised social media users with his knowledge of Indian languages.