LT GENERAL DHIRAJ SETH APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF

* LT GENERAL DHIRAJ SETH APPOINTED AS THE NEW NEW CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF.

* HE ASSUMES THE CHARGE ON 30TH JUNE 2026.

* HE BECAME THE 31ST CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF 

* HE SERVED AS THE ARMOURED CORPS OFFICER COMMISSIONED IN 1986.

* PRESENTLY SERVED AS VICE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF 

A NEW TINY SPECIES OF FROG DISCOVERED IN MEGHALAYA

* RESEARCHERS FROM R S NAVEEN, FROM AUSTRALIA GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY HAVE  IDENTIFIED A TINY FROG SPECIES IN MEGHALAYA.

* SPECIES NAMED - INGERANA OCCIDENS 

* OCCIDENS ( LATIN WORD MEANS WEST,) 

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DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE MULTI LAYERED BMD CAPABILITY LONG RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE AT CHANDIPUR, ODISHA

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE CONSECUTIVE FLIGHT TEST OF MULTI LAYERED BMD AGAINST LONG RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE AND ANTI SHIP CAPABILITY AT MEDIUM RANGE. ( NASM -SR) ( ON 11TH & 12TH JUNE 2026) AT CHANDIPUR, ODISHA .

* BMD - BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE 

* ( RANGE BETWEEN 2000-5000 KM) 

* AD-1 ( INCEPTOR) 

* NOW INDIA AMONG AN ELITE GROUP OF NATIONS, POSSESSING THE OPERATIONAL  LEVEL BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE WITH THE ABILITY TO INTERCEPT AND NEUTRALISE BALLISTIC MISSILE, INCLUDING THREATS UPTO INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE ( ICBM) 

* NASM - SR ( NAVAL ANTI SHIP MISSILE MEDIUM RANGE ) 

JANUARY TO MAY INAUGURATION IN 2026

JANUARY - 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The Grand International Exposition Of Sacred Piprahwa Relics Of Buddha.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The Light And The Lotus : Relics Of Awakened One At Rai Pithora Cultural Complex, 

* UNION Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Various Development Project At Andaman And Nicobar Islands.

* Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Has Unveiled 184 New ICAR Crop Verities, Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds, COTTON, 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The World's 2nd National Environmental Standard Laboratory And The World's 5th National Primary Standard Facility For Solar Cell Calibration at CSIR - National Laboratory  ( NPL). 

* Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh Has Inaugurated The Smart Green Aquaculture Farm And Research Institute And State Of The Art Aquaculture System ( RAS) In Ranga Reddy District, Telengana 

* West Bengal CM Mamta Banarjee Has Laid Foundation Stone Of 5 km Bridge Connecting Sagar Island To Mainland. 

* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Releases 55 Scholarly Volumes In Classical Indian Languages 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The India's First Namo Book Festival at Delhi 

COMMISSONED - 

* Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited ( HPCL) Has Commissioned World's First LC MAX - Based Residue Up gradation Facility At Visakh Refinery 

* Professor Abhay Karandikar Has Inaugurated The PARAM Rudra , 3 Petaflop National Super Computing Facility At IIT BOMBAY.

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Along With Uttar Pardesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Inaugurated The Ashok Leyland Electric Vehicle in Sarojini Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 

*  IIT HYDERABAD Has Inaugurated The CODE Studio ( A Step Forwarding in Empowering MSME, Start-up, Students With Designs) 

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FIRST IN - 

* * PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS FLAGGED OFF INDIA'S FIRST VANDE BHARAT SLEEPER TRAIN FROM HOWRAH - GUWAHATI ON 17TH JANUARY 2026 

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FIRST IN - 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched India's First Open Sea Marine Fish Farming Project At North Bay, Andaman Sea 

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* Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stallin Has Laid Foundation Stone of Rs 342.60 Crores Maamallan Water Project In State.

* Mizoram CM LALDHUOMA Has Laid Foundation Stone of 24 MW TURINI Hydropower Project. ( On Turini River Worth Rs 676.98 Crores) 

* Kerala Tourism Unveiled The State Of Wonder Pavilion At FITUR Madrid 2026 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Flagged Off Three New Amrit Bharat Express In Kerala.

* Vice President C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Unveiled The INA Postal STAMP Gallery, Netaji Sanskruti Bhawan, At Cuttack 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The SVANidhi Credit Card in Kerala

* President Droupadi MURMU Has Inaugurated The GRANTH KUTIR At Rasthrapati Bhavan, 

( A Reach Collection Of Manuscripts And 2300  Books In 11 Classical Language Of India) 

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* Indian Railways Deploys Humanoid Robot ASC ARJUN - At Vishakapatnam Railway Station.

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*  Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Has Inaugurated The 2nd Phase Of The Vizhinjam International Sea Port 

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* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated The India's First Aluminium Flat Rolled Product Unit & Aluminium Battery Foil Plant At LAPANGA, Sambalpur Spent Worth Rs 26,996 Crores 

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*  Tamilnadu Governor R N Ravi Unveiled The Statue Of Poet Saint KAVICHAKRAVARTHI At Chennai.

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The Shore Based Laboratory Of CSIR - National Institute Of Oceanography, Visakhapatnam.

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FEBRUARY - 

* Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Along With CJI Bhusan R Gavai Has Inaugurated India's First Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Advocate Training And Research Center ( BBATRC) At Taloja, Navi Mumbai.

*  Airbus Has Inaugurated a State Of Art Centre Of Excellence At The Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya in Vadodara, Gujarat 

* PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU Has Laid The Foundation Stone of Two Flagship CSR Initiatives Of NTPC LIMITED At Rairangpur, Mayurbhanj.

*  Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The Bharat - TAXI 2026 

*  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Has Laid Foundation Stone of India's First Quantum Valley In Amravati, Andhra Pradesh.

* Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Has Unveiled The Stone Plaque Of Taural India Supa Plant And Aluminium Man Statute 

*  Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched The BIRAC - Research Development And Innovation ( RDI) Fund For Biotechnology 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Unveiled The COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP ON Seva Teerth 

* Indian Post Released A Set Of 8 COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP On Puppets Of India 

* President Droupadi MURMU Has Inaugurated The Centenary Celebration Of Ol Chiki Script 

* Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Has Unveiled The c

special POSTAGE STAMP Mumbai Climate Week 

* First Ever European Legal Gateway Office Inaugurated In New Delhi.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The India's First Namo Bharat RRTS Delhi - Meerut ( 82km) 

*  India - Cuba IT Council Launched In Bengaluru.

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched The Indigenous Tetanus And Adult Diphtheria Vaccine

* President Droupadi MURMU UNVEILED The Bust Of First And Only Governor General Of Independent India Shri Chakrabarti Rajagopalachari At Rasthrapati Bhavan, New Delhi 

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MARCH - 

STATE - 

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone of Multiple Development Project Worth Over Rs 16,680 Crores In Ajmer, Rajasthan.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Launched a Nationwide HPV VACCINATION Campaign For Girls Aged 14 Years And Above From Ajmer.

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The Central Facility For Recombinant Cells And Sensors At BRIC - RGCB Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 

*  Chennai Doctors Launched First Ever Universal Health Code For Human Body.

* First Bust Of Mahatma Gandhi Installed At Mike Mansfield Center Of University Missoula 

* Civil Aviation Minister Shri Ram Mohan Naydu Has Virtually Inaugurated The Airbus India Technology Centre In Bengaluru 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone of Delhi Metro Project Worth Rs 18,300 Crores.

* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Commissioned A Hot Isostatic Press ( HIP) Facility At Nashik Division 

*  HIP Is A Critical Aerospace Process That Uses High Temperature And Pressure To Eliminate Internal Voids And Strengthen Advanced Materials Used In High Stressed Component 

*Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla Unveiled The Statue Of Telengana In Assembly Premises 

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* Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Unveiled The STATUE OF SACRIFICE ( a 58 Feet Bronze Statue of Amarjeevi Potti Sriramulu In Amravati ) 

* Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Inaugurated India's First Samriddhi Centre In Umri Village, Guna District 

*  IFFCO Launched Indigenous Nano NPK Fertilisers.

* Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma Unveiled The Rajasthan Mandapam Project.

* Tata Steel Inaugurated It's First Scrap Based Electric Arc Furnace At Hi - Tech Valley Ludhiana, Punjab 

* President Droupadi MURMU Inaugurated The Nand Kishore Samani Oncology Block At Vrindavan 

* Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Unveiled The Statue Of Bhagat Singh On Saheed Diwas 

* Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Laid Foundation Stone of Rs 1.36 Lakh Crores Arcelor - Mittal Nippon Steel ( AMNS) Plant In Anakapalli District In Andhra Pradesh 

* UNION MINISTER For Electronics And Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnav Unveiled The Three Transformative Initiative 

* National AI Skilling Initiative Launched In Partnership With YouTube 

* Launch Of MyWaves Platform - 

* Simplified Access To DD Free Dish 

*  H E Mr Molendo Sakombi, Minister Of Hydraulic Resources And Electricity, Congo Inaugurated The KAKOBOLA Hydrollic Power Plant In Cooperation With Government of India 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated The Noida International Airport 

APRIL - 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated The SAMRAT SAMPRATI Museum At Koba Tirth, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated The Kaynes Semiconductor Plant At Sanand GIDC In Ahmedabad.

*  Hardeep Singh Puri Has Announced The Launch Of OALP - Round XI - 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Laid Foundation Stone Of Large Cavitation Tunnel At NSTL, Vishakapatnam 

* A Life Size Statue Of Swami Vivekananda Has Been Unveiled At Seattle 

* Union education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Inaugurated The Veer Surendra Sai Museum In Sambalpur.

* India's First Indigenous Red Road Inaugurated At Madhya Pradesh Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve On NH -45 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The India's First Advanced 3D Glass Chip Packaging Unit In Bhubaneswar, Odisha 

* President Of India Smt Droupadi MURMU Has Inaugurated The Planetarium And Science Centre At Rourkela, Odisha 

* Rajasthan Chief Minister Shri Bhajanlal Sharma Has Unveiled The Statue Of Padma Bhushan Late Lt General Sagat Singh Rathore In Churu 

* Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Has Laid Foundation Stone of Re New's 6.5 GW Solar Ingot Water Facility Anakapalli, Vizag 

* India's First Cooperative Taxis, Bharat Taxi Launched In Kandivalli, MUMBAI

* Former Vice President Of India M Venkaiah Naidu Has Inaugurated The Atal MedTech Museum And Library In Andhra Pradesh.

* Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Unveiled The Postal Stamp Making The Inauguration Of New Premises Of SBI In Maharshtra.

*  Indigenously Developed Silicon Photonics Technology Solution Launched In Chennai. (Developed By IIT MADRAS) 

* Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Has Inaugurated The BEML's New Aditya Plant In Bengaluru For Manufacturing India's Indigenous Bullet Train.

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Released The Commemorative Stamp On The Completion Of 100 Years Of Shri Ram College Of Commerce.

* The INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL Meteorology (IITM) Pune Has COMMISIONED A New X - Band Doppler Weather Radar At Mahabaleshwar Under Mission Mausam 

*  Vice President C P Radhakrishnan Unveiled The Commemorative Coin And Postage Stamp On The Occasion Of Completion of 100th Year Of Andhra University. 

* Shri C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Unveiled The Postage Stamp Of Andhra University On 100th Anniversary 

* Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Has Laid Foundation Stone of Google Cloud India' AI Hub 

* UNION Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Inaugurated The New Premises Of Indian Institute Of Gems & Jewellery Udupi, Karnataka 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Laid Foundation Stone Of Rs 75 Crores State Of Art Building Of INDIAN Institute Of Astrophysics At Bengaluru 

* Rajasthan COMMISIONED Its Largest Solar Power Plant Under PM KUSUM Scheme In Tala, ( 4.9 MW) 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated The 594 Km Ganga Expressway - ( India's Largest Green Field Infrastructure Protects) Connecting Meerut In Western Uttar Pradesh To Prayag Raj In Eastern Uttar Pradesh (12 Districts Covered) 

MAY - 

 * UNION Railway Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnav Has Flagged Off Extended Sringar - Jammu Vande Bharat Express 

* Dr M Ravichandran Inaugurated The Open Field Observatory Of The Coastal Atmospheric Research Test Bed ( C-ART) At Andhra University, Vishakapatnam.

*  Ministry Of development & Empowerment Of North East India And Sanjay Jaju Have Launched The PADMA DOREE --- 

( A Cross Regional Textile Initiative Linking North East And Madhya Pradesh ) 

( Blends Eri Silk And Chanderi Traditon To Promote a Sustainable Artesian - Centric Textile Ecosystem) 

* AERB Grants Permission For Major Equipment At Kudankulam Nuclear Project 

*  Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Shri Harsh Sanghvi Has Flagged Off The Kaiga Unit 5 & 6 Nuclear Reactor Ensheild 

*  Gujarat University Introduced Modi Tattva Module In Sociology 

* Indian Institute Of Mass Communication (IIMC) Released Special Issue Of SANCHAR MADHYAM, Marking 200 Years Of Hindi Journalism 

* India And European Union (EU) Have Launched a 169 Crores Rupee Joint Initiative To Strengthen EV Battery Recycling Capacity Under The India - EU Trade And Technology 

* Union Minister For Communication Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Inaugurated 100th N -gen Post Office At North Eastern Hill University, Shillong 

 * Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The Advanced Cadaveric Surgical Training Centre At Parul University, Vadodara.

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi INAUGURATES the Dhyan Mandir, At The Art Of Living International Centre In Bengaluru.

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated The SINDHU Hospital In Hyderabad 

* Union Minister Pabitra Margherita Has Inaugurated The Vasudhiava Kutumbakam Wall In University of Peace, Costa Rica.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Unveiled A Commemorative Coin And Stamp On The Occasion Of Spiritual Legacy Of Somanath Temple.

*  Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Laid Foundation Stone of 5th Gen Fighter AMCA ( Advanced Medium Combat  Aircraft) PROJECT At Puttaparthi, ( Worth Rs 15,803 Crores 

*  India Post Has Released The Postage Stamp Of Acharya Dinesh Chandra Joshi 

* RAJASTHAN Gets First Semiconductor Plant In Saralpur, In Bhiwadi 

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The Millions Mind Tech Park At GREMI City 

* Mullivaikkal Memorial, Dedicated To Victims Of Tamil Genocide Officially Unveiled At Sydney, Australia 

*  INDIAN Navy Inaugurated It's Premiere Naval Sailing Node At Upper Lake, Bhojtal, Bhopal 

*  Union Home Minister Amit Shah Flagged Off 400 New Vehicle's For Chhattisgarh ( Launched The CG DIAL 112 Emergency Services)

* Punjab Chief Minister Mann Launched India's First Underground Electricity Cable Pilot Project From Punjab Satoj Village 

 * Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh And Mr Kwon Oh -eul Korean Patriot And Veteran Minister Jointly Inaugurated The Indian War Memorial At Seoul On The Occasion 75th Anniversary 

* Andhra Pradesh Minister Loka Naresh Has Inaugurated 600 MW SAEL Mega Solar Project In Kadapa Rs 3000 CRORES Investment)

* Oil India Limited (OIL) Has Successfully Unlock A New Gas Bearing Pay Zone In Rajasthan Dandewala 

* President Droupadi MURMU Has Flagged Off Pink Bus Service In Gangtok, Sikkim, Named Amma Didi Bahini Bus Seva For Only Women 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The PECVD Setup, India's First Ever Indigenous Setup For Fabrication Of a Si Solar Cells At Kolkata 

* Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena Of Ladakh Has Launched The Sindhu Jal Samriddhi Abhiyan And Inaugurated India's First Ever Rock Check Dam On Indus River 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated India's First Integrated Next Generation Aviation Weather And Fog Monitoring System  SKYCAST At Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi Under Mission Mausam 

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* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Inaugurated The NAUSHENA SAURYA VATIKA In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh