MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2026

DAYS & THEME - 

* World Breastfeed Week (1-7th August) (THEME 2026 - Breastfeeding For a Sustainable Start In Life; Strengthen What Works ) 

* WORLD LUNG CANCER DAAY - 1st August (THEME 2026 - Together Through Lung Cancer ) 

* INDIAN Organ Donation Day - 3rd August 

* International Clouded Leopard Day - 4th August (THEME 2026 - Clouded Leopards: Guardians Of The Forest ) 

* International Owl Awareness Day - 4th August 

* National Handloom Day - 7th August 

* World Tribal Day - 9th August (THEME 2026 - Honouring Indigenous Midwives: Safeguarding Life And Well Being ) 

* World Biofuel Day - 10th August 

* World Lion Day - 10th August 

* International Youth Day - 12th August (THEME 2026 - Different Contexts, Common Aspiration ) 

* World Elephants Day - 12th August 

* International Wolf Day - 13th August 

* 80th Independence Day Of India - 15th August 

* World Lizard Day - 14th August 

* World Photography Day - 19th August 

* World Humanitarian Day - 19th August (THEME 2026 - Act For Humanity) 

*  International Day For Under Water Cultural Heritage - 21st August 

* National Space Day - 23rd August 

* International Day For The Remembrance Of The Slave Trade And It's Abolition - 23rd August 

* World Sanskrit Day - 28th August 

* National SPORTS Day - 29th August 

ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY  

* Eminent Marxist Historian And Scholar Of Modern Indian History Sumit Sarkar Passed Away 

* Researchers Have Unearthed An Odia Inscription ( Believed To Date 15th Century Of Gajapati Kapilendra Deba) in Andhra Pradesh Tekkali Town 

* A Hero Stone Inscription, Dating Back To The Sangam Period Has Been Unearthed By Archaeologist At Malayadipatti Village, Tamilnadu 

* WRITTEN IN TAMIL-BRAHMI SCRIPT 

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* 7th Century Karkota Era Artefacts Unearthed In Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir 

ODISHA - 

HOST - 

* Odisha To Host The BRICS India Chair ship Education Track Meeting At Bhubaneswar 

* Bhubaneswar, Odisha Host The 13th BRICS Education Ministers Meeting And 3rd BRICS Senior Official Meeting From 5-7th August 2026 

* Bhubaneswar Host The International Rajabhasa Conference 2026 

* Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Concluded The Junior National Aquatic Championships 2026 

* ODISHA Police Rescued 17590 Missing WOMEN And Children In 2026 

* Senior IPS OFFICER (1993 Batch) Vinaytosh Mishra Takes Additional Charge Of DGP Of Odisha 

* ODISHA Police Signed MoU with NFSU For The Strengthening The Cyber Crime Investigation 

* IIT Bhubaneswar Signed MoU with Banashree Semiconductor To Advance Chip Design Research 

*  AI Powered Robot - DSC - Arjun Deployed At Bhubaneswar Railway Station ODISHA 

* Odisha And Madhya Pradesh Government Has Signed A Strategic Partnership To Accelerate The Renewable Energy 

* ODISHA Celebrates The 65th Foundation Of Odisha University Of Agriculture & Technology ( OUAT) 

* ODISHA Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling Announced A New Digital Prescription App Under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission ( Arogya Setu 2.0) 

* Tracks Every Antibiotics Prescribed 

* Secure Digital Medicine History 

* Scan And Share Feature 

* Stops Unnecessary Use For Fever, Cold & Mild Infection 

BOOKS - 

* ORNAMENTAL : TREES OF ODUJSY Book Author - Rajkumari Supriya Devi & Sanjeet Kumar 

RANKING - 

* ODISHA Ranked Number One In NITI AYOG Fiscal Health Index

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi witnessed The 38 MoU Signed Worth Rs 64,703 Crores Investment At Delhi. 

AWARDS - 

* Achyuta Samanta Has Received The Global Visionary AWARD For Inclusive Education At The IFIP World Inclusion Conference Delhi 

* AIIMS Bhubaneswar Odisha Has Wins National Organ Transplant AWARD 

* Energy Department, Government Of Odisha Has Awarded WITH Best Tableau AWARD For on Republic Day 2026 ( Theme - PM SURYA GHAR ) 

 * Odisha's Padaraj Umakant Naik Wins The National Teacher Award 

* Former Chief Justice Of India Justice Gopal Ballav Pattnaik Has Nominated As a Member Of The ODISHA Lokayukta Selection Committee 

SCHEME - 

* Odisha Cabinet Has Approved The PMAY - ( U) Bandhu - a Rs 1615. Crores State Scheme To Complement PMAY- U 2.0 

* Government of ODISHA Has Introduced The Scheme BIDESH SIKSHYA BRUTI For Scheduled Caste ( SC) And Scheduled Tribe ( ST) Students Aspiring Pursue The Post Graduate And PhD Courses in 200 QS Ranking Universities 

APPROVAL - 

ODISHA Cabinet Has Approved The Mega Economic Region - The BKPPER Set To Odisha's First Integrated Economic Corridor 

* Amendment To ODA Act - 1982 New Chapter II A 

* Multi District Economic Corridor For Jobs, Investment And Infrastructure 

* BKPPER - Bargarh - Jharsuguda -Sambalpur - Berhampur - Gopalpur - Jeypore - KORAPUT 

* The Cabinet Has Cleared The ODISHA Development Authority ( Amendment) Bill 2026, Which Allows The Creation Of Economic Region Development Authority ( ERDAs) Across State 

* ODISHA Chief Secretary Anu Garg Highlights The BKPPER - Region As Economic Corridor 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Heritage Conservationist And Konark Sun Temple Researchers Anil Dey Passed Away.

* Veteran Artist, Dharmapad Awardee & Former PRESIDENT OF ODISHA Lalit Kala Academy Shri Jagdish Chandra Kanungo Passed Away 

* Former Lanjigard MLA ( ODISHA) Sibaji Majhi Passed Away 

* BORN ON 20th JANUARY 1938

* PASSED AWAY ON - 21ST AUGUST 2026 

* VETERAN ODIA PLAYBACK SINGER PRANAB PATTNAIK PASSED AWAY ON 21ST AUGUST 2026 

*HIS FATHER - LATE LAL MOHAN PATTNAIK ( FORMER SPEAKER ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY )

* HE STARTED HIS CARRER IN 1958 ( WITH THE FILM MAA)

* HE GAVE HIS VOICE MORE THAN 200 FILMS.

AWARDS & HONOURS - 

* HE WON 7 STATE FILM AWARDS ( ONLY ODIAN TO WIN) 

* SINDURA BINDU (1976) 

* ASTARANGA (1982) 

* JHIA TI SITA PARI ( 1983) 

* KANYADANA (1988) 

* PRATISHODHA APARADHA NUHEN (1989) 

* ASHA (1993) 

* ODISHA SANGEET NATAKA ACADEMY AWARD (1997/98) 

* 2011 - PRAFULLA KAR SAMMAN 

* 2016 - JAYADEV SAMMAN 

* 2017 - GANGADHAR RATHA MEMORIAL AWARD 

* 2023 - BALAKRISHNA DAS MEMORIAL AWARD 

* Veteran Literature And Historian Giri Dandsena Passed Away 

* Former Odisha Minister Dambaru Majhi Passed Away 

LAUNCHED - 

* India's First Braille Book On Drug Prevention Launched In Bhubaneswar, Odisha 

* Book Titled On Drug Prevention  - Yes To Life No To Drugs - 

* Launched By Social Worker - Dr Mohammad Imran Ali 

*  President Droupadi MURMU Inaugurated The Jagadguru Kripalu University At Kataka, Odisha 

*  President Droupadi MURMU Has Unveiled The Statue Of Freedom Fighter  Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das In New Delhi 

*  Union Ports, Shipping And Waterways Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal Inaugurated The Newly Developed Façade Of The Administrative Office Building ( AOB) At Paradip Port 

* Also Inaugurated The PNG Infrastructure At Paradip Port Township 

SPORTS - 

* Odisha Crowned The 16th Hockey India Men National Championship 2026 ( Runners Up - Madhya Pradesh) 

* Third Position - Punjab 

* Odisha Secured 26 Medals Including 8 Gold, 10 SILVER And 8 Bronze At ASMITA Kayaking & Canoeing LEAGUE in Bhopal ( Runners Up) 

 * Odisha's Cyclist Swasthi Singh Has Been Named The Best Cyclist Of The Year 2025 By The Cycling Federation Of India 

* ODISHA GIRL TANVI PATRI CLINCHED THE WOMEN'S SINGLE TITLE AT POLYTRON PONTIANAK INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE 2026 ( INDONESIA)

* SHE CLINCHED THE TITLE IN UNDER 15 CATEGORY. BADMINTON 

* Rituparna panda & Shwetparna Panda Have Clinched Women's Double Title At Lagos International Classics 2026 Badminton title 

* SCB MEDICAL COLLEGE, Kataka, Odisha Ranked 15th In The IIRF Ranking 2026 

* 16th AIIMS BHUBANESWAR 

* 64th VIMSAR, Burla, Sambalpur 

* 74th MKCG 

APPROVED - 

* Odisha Cabinet Has Approved The Amendment To The ODISHA Renewable Energy POLICY ( OREP) 2022

* Odisha Cabinet Has Approved The Key Amended To Odisha's Pumped Storage PROJECT ( PSP) POLICY 

SPACE - 

* Bhubaneswar Startup Serendipity India Has Successfully Tested The India's First Near Space Pharma Manufacturing Platform 

* Alchemy Autonomous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Model Under Microgravity Condition.

* Yogesh Bahadur Khurania Has Retired After 30 Years Of Service In Indian Police Service 

 * Odisha Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari Launched The AMA SATHI WHATSAPP Grievance Redressal System 

47TH SARALA SAMMAN - 

* DR ASHUTOSH PARIDA HAS WON THE 47TH SARALA PURASKAR (AWARD) 2026 

* FOR HIS PORTEY COLLECTION ( BISHWAS DE PRUTHWI) 

* DR ASUTOSH PARIDA A POET & FORMER CSIR -IMMT SCIENTIST 

ILA BANSIDHAR PANDA KALA SAMMAN 2026 - 

* ODISSI MASTERO PADMA SHRI GURU DURGA CHARAN RANBIR 

* DAMODAR BEHERA FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION IN VISUAL ARTS.

* ILA BANSIDHAR KALA SAMMAN 2026 

* THIS AWARD PRESENTED BY INDIAN METAL PUBLIC CHARITABLE TRUST ( IMPaCT)

* Researchers Have Unearthed An Odia Inscription ( Believed To Date 15th Century Of Gajapati Kapilendra Deba) in Andhra Pradesh Tekkali Town 

*Shri Anugu Shiva Maruthi Reddy , IPS As Police Aide -de- Camp To Governor Of Lok bhavan ODISHA 

* ODISHA Has Announced a Rs 20,000 Monthly Incentive For PG - Qualified Dental Surgeon In The OMS ( Dental Cadre) 

WORLD - 

* Peru's Former President Ollanta Humala Has Released From Prison After 15 Years 

* Hungarian PRIME MINISTER Peter Magyar Announced The Shut Down Of Only Nuclear Power Plant 

* Fuego, In Guetmala Volcano Erupts 

* Princess Isabella Makes History As First Danish Royal Woman In Military Service 

*  Pakistan, Saudi Arabia And Turkiye Have SIGNED A Joint Defence Agreement 

* Typhoon Dolphin Hits At Japan 

* A Magnitude Of 7.4 Earthquake Recorded In COLOMBIA 

*  2000+ Death Cases Reports Due To Ebola In Congo 

* Lebanon Became The First Arab Country To Abolish Death Penalty.

*  Romania Shut Down The 2nd Cernavoda Nuclear Reactor 

*  A 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded In Indonesia 

*  Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Appointed As The Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) Of CEPI.

*  China Has Successfully Recaptured The First Stage Of a Rocket On Land For The First Time On 19th August 2026 

*  A Magnitude Of 6.7 Earthquake Recorded In Peru. ( Southern Andes Mountain) 

*  New Zealand PRIME MINISTER Christopher Luxon Has Unveiled A Law Banning Children Younger Than 16 Age 

* China Has Successfully Established The Two Way Laser Link Between Earth And The Moon 

* Former Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakab Was Charged For Grant Relates Offence 

* A 3.2 magnitude Earthquake Recorded In Nepal.

* US Presidential Donald Trump Has Changed The Name Of Lake Ontario To Lake America.

* Norway Crown Prince King Haakon Viii Next King 

* Former Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno Sentences To 5 Years In Prison, Found Guilty Of Accepting The Bribes From Chinese Company 

*  US President Donald Trump Awards Artemis II Crew Congressional Space MEDAL Of Honour.

* World Health Organisation ( WHO) Has Released The 150,000 USD From South East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund To Nepali

INDIA - WORLD - 

* Karnataka '' Neelam And Totapuri Mangoes Are Shipped To Maldives For First Time 

* Sikkim Nathu La BORDER Resumes On Trading After 6 Years Between India And China 

* Foreign Minister Of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov Arrives India 

 * India Has Bought Back 274 Fugitive Criminals From 36 Countries From 2019

* An Indian Flagged Merchant Vessel - With 13 Indian nationals Aboard Come Under Attack At The Off Coast Of Oman 

*  India Has Presented 5 Young Peacocks, Four Blue And One Rare White ( UN Colours) To The UN Office At Geneva 

*  Singapore High Commissioner To India Wong Conferred With Pingat Pentadbiran Awam public Administration Gold Medal By Singaporean Goverment 

*  India Hands Over Bailey Bridge To Srilanka Under USD 450 Million Reconstruction Package 

* India Dispatched 8 MT Consignment Of Medicine To Bolivia 

* The Agricultural And Processed Food Product Export Development Authority ( APEDA) First Ever Sea Shipment Of 18 Metric Tonne Of GI Tag Mithila Makhana From Bihar To Australia.

* Chief Of Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan On Visit To Mauritius 

* 17 Years Old Indian Origin Sheyas Royal Become The Youngest British Chess Champion 

*  APEDA Has Fascilate First Ever Export of 1 MT Of Mustard Honey By Dergang Farmer Producer Organisation ( FPO) From TRIPURA To Dubai 

*  India Contribution To United Nations Relief And Works Agency For Palestine Refugee In The Near East ( UNRWA) Since October 2023 

* Delaware Became The Third US State To Proclaim As 15th August As India Day 

*  Pipalkoti Tunnel Of Chamoli District In Uttarkhand Incident Killed 7 Labours 

* India Has Dispatched The First Tranche Of 20 Metric Tonne Of Relief To Columbia ( Earthquake)

* India's Secretary Sripriya Ranganathan To Visit To Egypt, Palestine And Lebanon From 16-21st August 2026 

*  Arshdeep Singh Dang Became The Britain's First Sikh Fighter Pilot Since World War 2 

* India Was Elected As Chair Of Anex II Regional GROUP During The UMCCD COP 17 At ULAANBAATAR, Mangolia 

*  External Affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone of New Chancery Complex Of India In Singapore 

* Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi On Visit To India 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Gifted Buddha In Abhay Mudra Statue To Japan Defence Minister 

* India - Japan Defence Ties Strengthen With Maritime Security, Naval Shipbuilding & Technology Cooperation 

* India And Japan Signed MoA On MARITIME Security Cooperation 

* India Japan To Explore Joint Development In Naval Shipment 

* India - Japan To Accelerate Talks For 2+2 Meeting in Tokyo 

* India And Japan To Deepen Defence Equipment & Technology Cooperation 

* Indian Ambassador To Palestine Sripriya Ranganathan Has Participated In The Ground Breaking Ceremony Of 200 Bed India Super Speciality Hospital Held In Jenin & Ramallah 

* India Sends Medical Assistance To Afganistan 

*  California Assembly Adopted The Resolution Recognised the 8th November As Diwali 

*  Panama Flagged Cargo Ships Sinks In Bay Of BENGAL ( MV OCEAN Winner) Carrying Iron Ore Near At Paradip 

* Minister Of State Pabitra Margherita Set To Visit Vietnam, Lao And Palau 

*  India Sents 10 Tonnes Of HADR Assistance To Nepal Flash Floods 

*  Srilankan Navy Chief Vice Admiral Damian Fernando Has Visited To India.

SPORTS - 

* 17 Years Old Tanvi Sharma Storms Into Final Of Women's Single At Taipei Open 2026 Badminton 

* Vijay Sundar Prasanth & Ram Kumar Ramanathan Wins The Men's Double Title At ATP 75 BONN Challenger 

*  India's Krishna Mahendran & Alyssa Ahn Finishes As Runners Up At ITF W35 Florence 

* Treesa And Gayatri Gopichand Have Wins The Women's Double Title At Philippine International Challenge 

* Ginnapaul Sonna Wins The Men's Single Title At Philippine International Challenge 

*India's Sanya Vats Finishes As Runners Up At Squash Victorian Open 2026 

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* Young Cyclist Harshita Jakhar Became First Indian Woman To Feature At Tour de France Femmes In Switzerland 

 * Indian Men's Team Wins Bronze In Sepaktakraw World Championships ( Thai Kings Cup) 

* Indian Contingent Have Win 11 Medals Including 2 Gold, 3 Silver And 6 bronze medal At Indonesia Open Taekwondo 

* Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh And Badminton Star PV SINDHU Have Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone of PV SINDHU Centre Of Sports Excellence At Vishakapatnam 

*  Linthoi Chanambam Is Became The Junior World Number 1 In Judo 

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Gray Cornelius Has Been Appointed As The Indian Under 18 Men's Rugby Head Coach 

* Manipur's Ariha Pangambam Became The India's First SENIOR Individual Women's Gold In Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championship 

 * Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy Wins The 4th Hockey India Sub Junior Woman Academy Championship 2026 

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* Ashish Yadav Wins SILVER In Javelin Throw At The World Athletics U-20 Championships 

* Shahnavaz Khan Clinched Bronze In The Long Jump At Under 20 World Championships 

*  Basant Wins Silver Medal In Men's High Jump ( 2.21m) At Under 20 Athletic Championship 

*  India Finishes With three Medals at The Under 20 WORLD Athletic Championship ( Rank 27th)

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* Sanya Vats Finishes As Second ( Silver) At PSA Challengers, Ballarat Open 

* Niki Kaliyanda Wins The ATP Challenger Trophy 

 * Bhargavi Bellana Win Bronze At The Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships 

* Ashmita Chaliha Beats India's Rakshita Ramraj To Reach Final At Korea Masters 2026 ( Badminton) 

* ) Titli Maji Clinched Silver In Women's 45 Kg Category Weightlifting At Tashkent 2026 Asian Youth And Junior Weightlifting And Championships 

*  Odisha Crowned The 16th Hockey India Men National Championship 2026 ( Runners Up - Madhya Pradesh) 

* Third Position - Punjab 

*  Ashmita Chaliha Clinched The Women's Single Title At Korea Masters 2026 Badminton ( Super 300 Title) 

* First Indian Woman To Win The Korea Masters 2026 

* Kyra Raina Wins The Philippines Junior International Title ( Under 15 Title Badminton) 

Team India Bagged 13 Medals Including 5 Gold, 5 Silver And 3 Bronze At Asian Techno 293 & Techno 293 Plus Championships 

* Indian Weightlifter Maharajan Wins Silver In Men's 65 Kg Category At The Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships At Tashkent, Uzbekistan 

* Ahmedabad Will Host The FIBA Under 18 Asia Basketball Cup 2026 (13th To 23rd August)

* Malawi Have Qualified For Their First Ever FIFA WOMAN WORLD CUP

*  Shreyasi Joshi Became The First Indian To Win A medal ( Bronze) In Lishui Inline Freestyle International 

* New Delhi's Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium To Host The World Badminton Championships Frome 17th August 2026 

* Yash Khandagale Wins Bronze In ASIAN Junior Weightlifting Championships ( Men's 70 Kg Category) 

* Kanagalakshmi Becomes First Indian To Win a Gold Medal In Foil Category in Commonwealth Fencing Championships 

*  Team India Wins 4 Gold, 4 Silver And 9 Bronze Medal In Under 23 Commonwealth Fencing Championships 

* 65th Edition Of Subroto Cup Set To Start From 18th August 2026 

*  Odisha's Cyclist Swasthi Singh Has Been Named The Best Cyclist Of The Year 2025 By The Cycling Federation Of India 

 * Subham Jaglan Has Clinched The Title Of 2nd Coal India Open 2026 

* Anand Kumar Velkumar Wins Gold Medal At Flanders Grand Prix (500 meter) 

* Magnus Carlsen Wins The Esports World Cup For 2nd Consecutive Years 

* Niki Poonacha & Gonzalo Escobar Wins The Men's Double At The ATP 75 Brownsburg Challengers Double TITLE 

* Advikaa Nair Bagged Bronze Medal At Turkish Junior Open Squash in Girls Under 15 Category 

* Praanjala Nisarga Wins Bronze Medal In Azerbaijan Junior Open 2026 Title ( BADMINTON) 

 * Manchester Super Giants Wins The Men's Hundred Title 2026 

*  PSG Beaten Aston Villa To Clinched The UEFA Super Cup 2026 

* Arsenal Wins The Community Shield 2026 

* Dina asher Smith Became The First Athlete Win 8 European Championships Gold Medals.

* Karnataka To Host The 2nd Edition Of Kolar Open 2026 ( Golf) 

 * Lt Governor Of Ladakh Vinai Kumar Saxena Has Launched The Official Jersey And Medal Of The 13th Edition Of The LADAKH Marathon 

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 Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Has Inaugurated The Asian Open Short Track Speed Skating Trophy 2026 In Dehradun 

* INDIAN Chess Star Vidit Gujrathi & Divya Deshmukh Set To Receive The Arjuna Award 

* Tanisha Gupta Breaks The National Records In 100 m Backstroke (1,03:36 ) 

& 50 meter Backstroke in (27.41 Seconds) 

* Treesa And Gayatri Became The Only Second Indian Pair To Reach The Badminton SEMI FINAL Women's Double Event At BWF TOUR 2026 At New Delhi 

(In 2011 Indian FIRST Pair Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponappa Reached Semi FINAL in Women's Double) badminton) 

* Kajal Dhochak Wins The Gold In Women's 76 Kg Category At Under 20 World Wrestling Championship 

* Team India Finishes With 44 Medals Including 14 Golden, 14 Silver And 18 Bronze Medal At Asian Open Shot Track Championships 

*  Sports Ministry Has Approved a 492 Member Indian Contingent For Asian Games 2026 ( Aichi In Japan ( 

* India's Tanvi Sharma Finishes As Runners Up At Singapore International Challenge 2026 ( Badminton Women's Single) 

*) Rupa Bayer Has Been Selected For The Taekwondo At The 20th Asian Games 2026 

* Dhruv Negi Clinched The Men's Single Title Vietnam International Series 2026 ( Badminton) 

* Jeevanandhini Sanghamitra Won The Bronze In Women's Youth B 52 Kg Category At IMMF Youth World Championships 

* Haryana Hockey Team ( Junior Woman Team) Clinched The 16th Hockey India Junior WOMEN Championships 2026

* RUNNERS Up - Jharkhand 

* Third - Madhya Pradesh 

* Divyanshi Bhowmik & Syndrela Das Wins Women's Double Title In Table TENNIS 

* Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Concluded The Junior National Aquatic Championships 2026 

*  Sriram Balaji & Anirudh Chandrasekhar Win ATP CANCUN 2 Challengers Doubles 

* Syndrela Das Clinched Women's Single Title At National Ranking Table TENNIS Championships 

* Payas Jain Wins Men's Single Title 

* Bhavani Thekadda, India's First Woman To Win International Cross Country Skiing Medals, Achieved Another Milestone 

* He Reached The 21 Km Long Distance Snow Rake At Merino Master (1:34:37 .89)

 * Lando Norris Wins The Dutch Grand Prix 2026 

*  Australia Wins The 135th FIBA Under 18 Asia Cup 2026 Title In Ahmedabad 

* The Indian Team Finishes As Fifth Spot In The FIH Hockey World Cup Belgium ( Women's) & NEDERLANDS ( Beat Germany 3-1) 

PSA BUDAPEST SQUASH OPEN 2026 - 

* INDIA'S VELAVAN SENTHILKUMAR WINS THE PSA BUDAPEST SQUASH OPEN TITLE 2026 

* He BEATS HUNGARIAN BALAZS FARAKS 

FIH WOMEN'S HOCKEY WORLD CUP 2026 

* 16TH EDITION OF WOMEN'S FIH HOCKEY WORLD CUP 2026 

* HOST - WAVRE, BELGUM  & AMSTELVEEN, NEDERLANDS 

* ARGENTINA CLINCHED THE WOMEN'S HOCKEY WORLD CUP 2026 TITLE.

* THEY BEAT NEDERLANDS. 

* THIRD PLACE - BELGIUM ) 

* TOP SCORER - YIBBI JANSEN ( 8 GOALS) 

* BEST GOAL KEEPER - JOCELYN BARTRAM 

* INDIA FINISHES AT 8TH 

FIH MEN'S HOCKEY  WORLD CUP 2026 - 

* 2026 FIH MEN'S HOCKEY WORLD CUP 

* HOST - BELGIUM & NEDERLANDS 

* WINNERS - GERMANY 

* RUNNERS UP - SPAIN 

* THIRD - ARGENTINA 

* FOURTH - AUSTRALIA 

* 4TH TIME WORLD CUP WINNER ( JOINT MOST WITH PAKISTAN) 

* JAKUB MENSIK & KAROLINA MUCHOVA CLINCHED THE MIXED DOUBLES TITLE AT US OPEN 2026.

* Ankur Bhattacharjee Wins Men's Single Title At WTT FEEDER OLOMOUC.

* Ankur Bhattacharjee And Akash Pal Wins The Men's Double Title At WTT Feeder OLOMOUC.

* ODISHA GIRL TANVI PATRI CLINCHED THE WOMEN'S SINGLE TITLE AT POLYTRON PONTIANAK INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE 2026 ( INDONESIA)

* SHE CLINCHED THE TITLE IN UNDER 15 CATEGORY. BADMINTON 

* Amit Rohitash Played His 250th Matches For Indian Hockey

 

* Rituparna panda & Shwetparna Panda Have Clinched Women's Double Title At Lagos International Classics 2026 Badminton title 

* Rodger Federer Has Inducted To International Tennis Hall Of Fame 2026 

* Priya Punia Scored The Maiden Century in Delhi Women's Premiere LEAGUE 2026 ( For South Delhi Superstar) Against East Delhi Riders 

* Abhay Singh Wins The Tuanku Muhriz Trophy ( Squash) 2026 

* Ginnapaul Sonna Wins Silver At The Men's Single At PONTIANAK INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE 2026 

AWARDS - 

MINISTRY OF Youth Affairs And Sports Announced National Sports Award 2025 

* Tanu Sharma Wins Silver in Women's 72 Kg Category At Under 20 World Championships 

* India Finishes At Second With 1 Gold, 3 Silver And 2 Bronze At Under 20 World Wrestling Championship 2026 ( Japan Topped With 6 Medals ( 5 Gold, 1 Silver) 

* Treesa Jolly & Gaytri Gopichand Have Win Bronze Medal At BWF World Championships ( Badminton) 2026 

* They Defeated From Chinese Pair Liu Sheng Shu & Tan Ning 

* Aroma Chundan Wins The 72nd Nehru Trophy Boat Race 

* Daniel Patel & Mujtaba Husaini Are Crowned The Inaugural Winner Of FIFA e Continental Championship 2026 For Asia

* Dev Javi Wins The Maiden Single Title At M15 HURGADA 

CRICKET - 

* Claire Taylor Became The First Woman To Named At Wisden Cricketer Of The Year 

* Trent Rockets Clinched The Women's Hundred Title 2026 

* Rishabh Pant Became The First Indian To Completed 100 Sixes In Test Cricket ( 89 Innings) Became 4th In INTERNATIONAL Cricket 

* ) India Played Their 600th Test Matches Against Srilanka At Galle 

* Karn Sharma Announced International Retirement And Professional Cricket 

135TH EDITION OF DURAND CUP - 

 *135th Edition Of Durand Cup 

* East Bengal FC Reached To Final Of Durand Cup 2026 ( For 28th Time)

* 135th EDITION OF DURAND CUP 

* WINNER - EAST BENGAL FC (17TH TIME) 

* RUNNERS UP - MOHAN BAGUN 

* EAST BENGAL FC REACHED 28TH TIME IN DURAND CUP 

* GOLDEN GLOVE - VISHAL KAITH 

* GOLDEN BALL - EDMUND LALRINDIKA 

* GOLDEN BOOT - ALAAEDDINE AJARAIE 

* EDMUND LALRINDIKA SCORED A HATRICK FOR EAST BENGAL FC 

 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Franco Baresi, The Former Ac milan Defender And World Cup Winner For Italy Passed Away 

 * Jimmy Rimmer, Goal Keeper Of Manchester United Passed Away 

2026 COMMON WEALTH GAMES - 

* 23RD EDITION GLASSGLOW, SCOTLLAND 

* Olympics Medalist Mirabai Chanu, And Lovlina Borgohain To Be India's Flag And Baton Bearer For The Opening Ceremony Of Commonwealth Games 2026 

 

* Mascot, Anthem For Commonwealth Games 2026 Unveiled 

* Mascot - Finnie, The Unicorn ( Scotland National Animal) 

* 74 Nations Including 3000 Athletics Have Participate In The Commonwealth Games 2026, Glassglow, Scotland 

* India Finishes With 39 Medals Including 13 Gold, 17 Silver And 9 Bronze Medal At 23rd Commonwealth Games Glassglow 2024) ( 4th Spot) Overall 

* INDIA SET TO HOST 2030 COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2030 AT AHMEDABAD 

LIST OF WINNERS - 

PARA ATHLETE - 

* JHANDU KUMAR ( PARA LIFTER) - BRONZE 

*  Para Shot Putter Sharmilla Dhankhar Has Clinched Gold Medal ( F57 CATEGORY ) In 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026, Glassglow

*  Shilpa Shyla Clinched Bronze In Women's Shot Put Event (F57) At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 

* Dilip Mahadu Gavit Wins Gold At Men's 100 M T47 ( Para) Event At Commonwealth Games 2026 

* Mohammed Basil Wins Silver Medal at Men's 100 m T47 ( Para) At Commonwealth Games 2026, Glassglow 

* Soman Rana Clinched Gold Medal In Men's F57 ( SHOT PUT) Para At Commonwealth Games Glassglow 

26) Shubham Juyal Wins Silver Medal In Para Shot Put ( F57) At 23rd Commonwealth Games 

ATHLETE - 

* RISHIKANT SINGH ( WEIGHTLIFTING 60 KG Category) - SILVER 

* MIRABAI CHANU ( WEIGHTLIFTING 48 KG CATEGORY) - GOLD 

* RAJA MUTHUPANDI ( WEIGHTLIFTING MEN'S 65 KG) - SILVER

 

*  Gyaneshwari Devi Clinched The Silver Medal In Women's Weightlifting ( 53 Kg Category) In 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 

*  Bindyarani Devi Wins Bronze Medal At Women's Weightlifting in 58 Kg Category in 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026, Glassglow 

* Sarvesh Kushare Wins SILVER In Men's High Jump At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 Glassglow 

* He Became The First Indian To Win Silver In Men's High Jump At Commonwealth Games 

* INDIAN Weightlifter Valluri Ajay Babu Clinched The Silver Medal In Men's 79 Kg Category At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026, Glassglow 

* Gulveer Singh Wins SILVER In Men's 10,000 Meter At Glassglow Commonwealth Games 2026 

* Harjinder Kaur Wins The Silver Medal In Women's Weightlifting ( 69 Kg Category) At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 

* Murali Sreesankar Wins Silver In Men's Long Jump At The 23rd Edition Of Commonwealth Games 2026, Glassglow 

* * ASMITA DEY CLINCHED GOLD MEDAL IN JUDOKA IN 23RD COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2026, GLASSGLOW, SCOTLAND.

* SHE BECAME THE FIRST ( INDIAN) TO WIN A GOLD MEDAL IN COMMONWEALTH GAMES (48 KG CATEGORY) 

* * HARSH SINGH WINS GOLD MEDAL IN MEN'S JUDOKA ( 60 KG CATEGORY) AT 23RD COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2026 

* FIRST INDIAN MEDAL TO WIN MEDAL IN JUDOKA 

* Seema Kaliramna Clinched The Bronze Medal At Women's Discus Throw At 23rd Commonwealth Games, Glassglow (58.65 m) 

*) Lovepreet Singh Wins Silver In Men's Weightlifting Category At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026, Glassglow 

* He Received Bronze In Birmingham Commonwealth 2022 

*  Indian Male Team Clinched The Gold Medal At Table TENNIS At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026, Glassglow ( Beat Malaysia 3-2) 

* INDIAN WOMAN Table TENNIS Clinched The Gold Medal At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026, Glassglow ( Beat Malaysia 3-0( 

* Yamini Maurya Wins The Silver Medal In Women's Judo in 57 Kg Category At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 

* Tejaswin Shankar Wins The Bronze Medal In Men's Decathlon At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 

* Neeraj Chopra Wins Silver In Men's Javelin At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 

* Yash Vir Singh Clinched The Bronze In Men's Javelin At 23rd Commonwealth Games 

* Preeti Power Wins Gold Medal In Women's 54 Kg Category Boxing At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 

* Jasmine Lamboria Wins Gold Medal In Women's Boxing in 57 Kg Category At 23rd Commonwealth Games Glassglow 

* Jadumani Singh Clinched The Silver Medal In Men's Boxing 55 Kg Category At 23rd Commonwealth Games 

* Praveen Chitravel Wins Silver Medal In Men's Triple Jump At Commonwealth Games Glassglow 

* Selva Prabhu Wins Bronze Medal At Men's Triple Jump At Commonwealth Games 

*  Unnati Sharma Wins Bronze Medal In Women's Judo 63 Kg Category At 23rd Commonwealth Games Glassglow 

*  Sakshi Chaudhary Clinched Gold Medal In Women's Boxing in 51 Kg Category At 23rd Commonwealth Games 

* Priya Ghanghas Clinched Gold Medal In Women's 60kg Category At Boxing in 23rd Commonwealth Games 

* Sachin Siwas Clinched The Gold Medal In Men's Boxing 60 Kg Category At 23rd Commonwealth Games Glassglow 2026 

* Ankush Panghal Wins The Gold Medal In Men's Boxing 80 kg Category At 23rd Commonwealth Games Glassglow 2026 

* Lovlina Borgohain Clinched The SILVER MEDAL In Women's Boxing 75 Kg Category At 23rd Commonwealth Games Glassglow 2026 

* Arundhati Chaudhary Wins Gold Medal In Women's Boxing 70 Kg Category At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 

* Narender Berwal Wins Silver In Men's Boxing in 90 Kg Category At 23rd Commonwealth Games Glassglow 2026 

* Gulveer Singh Wins Bronze Medal In Men's 5000 meter At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 

*  India Finishes At Fourth Position At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 Glassglow 

* Emma Finucane Became The First Sprinter To Win 4 Gold Medal in A Single Tournament At 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 

* Scottish Wheelchair Racer Melanie Woods Received The Prestigious David Dixon Award 

* 72nd Nehru Trophy Kicked Off At Kerala ( Boat race ) 

* Bhubaneswar, Odisha Host The World Athletics Silver Level Continental Tour 2026 

LAUSSANE DIAMOND LEAGUE 2026 - 

* NEERAJ CHOPRA FINISHES AS RUNNERS UP AT LAUSSANE DIAMOND LEAGUE 2026 ( WITH THE BEST THROW 88.05 M) 

* RUMESH PATHIRAGE FINISHES AS FIRST ( WITH THROW 88.14 m) 

CHESS - 

* INDIA'S R PRAGGNANADHAA HAS WINS THE 2026 SAINT LOUIS RAPID & BLITZ TOURNAMENT 

* R PRAGGNANADHAA WINS THE GRAND CHESS TOUR TITLE 2026 

* FIRST INDIAN TO WIN THE GRAND CHESS TOUR 

* Indian Grandmaster Pranesh M Wins The Kanizsa Open 2026 Chess Title 

TAIPEI OPEN 2026 ( BADMINTON SUPER 300) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Y OKIMOTO ( Japan) 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - TANVI SHARMA ( INDIA) 

MEN'S DOUBLE - D MARTHIN & L CARNANDO 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - S NAKADE & M TAKAHASI ( JAPAN) 

MIXED DOUBLES - M TAGUCHI & Y WATANABE ( JAPAN) 

* Alex Ela Clinched The Women's Single Title At Mubadala DC Open 2026

KOREA MASTERS 2026 ( SUPER 300 BADMINTON) 

MEN'S SINGLE - X ZHU 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - ASHMITA CHALIHA 

MEN'S DOUBLE - K W TEE & R K YAP

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Y LUO. & T WANG 

MIXED DOUBLES - M TAGAUCHI & Y WATANABE 

CANADIAN OPEN 2026 - 

MEN'S SINGLE - B SHELTON Beat B NAKASHIMA 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - IGA SWIATEK Beat ELYA RYBAKINA 

MEN'S DOUBLES - R MATOS & O LUZ 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - K SINIAKOVA & S ZHANK 

BWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 ( BADMINTON) - 

MEN'S SINGLE - ALEX LANIER ( FRANCE) 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - AN SE YOUNG Beat AKANE YAMAGUCHI ( JAPAN) 

MEN'S DOUBLES - W K LIANG & C WANG 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - H N BAEK & S H LEE 

MIXED DOUBLES - D DELRUE & T GICQUEL 

CINCINNATI OPEN 2026 ( TENNIS) 

MEN'S SINGLE - COCO GAUFF BEAT JESSICA PEGULA 

WOMEN'S SINGLES - ARTHUR FILS BEAT F TAIFOE 

MEN'S DOUBLES - R MATOS & O Luz  ( Brazil) 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - L NOSKOVA & M BOUZKOVA 

PERSON PASSED AWAY  

* Former Indian Army Chief (14th ) General V N Sharma ( Retired) Passed Away 

* Franco Baresi, The Former Ac milan Defender And World Cup Winner For Italy Passed Away 

* ) Veteran Playback Singer Jamuna Rani Passed Away 

*  Noted Literature And Poet Padmashree Kailash Chandra Pant Passed Away 

* Heritage Conservationist And Konark Sun Temple Researchers Anil Dey Passed Away.

* Senior Bjp LEADER And Madhya Pradesh Minister Paras Chandra Jain Passed Away 

*  FORMER West Bengal Governor , And Senior Leader Padmashree Dr D Y Patil Passed Away 

* Justice M S Liberhan, Who Headed Babri Masjid inquiry Commission Has Passed Away 

* Veteran Congress Leader Karuthodi Radhakrishnan Passed Away 

*  Sumant Rao Pendharkar, Director Of Vico Laboratories Passed Away 

* Indian Veteran Actor Pradeep Rawat Passed Away.

* Senior Literature And Doh Poet Shri Srinivas Vinayak Kulkarni Passed Away 

* * EMINENT INDIAN NUCLEAR ENGINEER AND EDUCATIONIST M P PARAMESWARAN PASSED AWAY ON 11TH AUGUST 2026 

* BORN ON - 18TH JANUARY 1935 

* KNOWN FOR - OPERATION SMILING BUDDHA 

* M P RADHAKRISHNAN BORN IN KIRALUR 

* FROM (1969-1973) HE WORKED AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE STATE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES IN KERALA.

* HE GOT PhD In NUCLEAR ENGINEERING FROM THE MOSCOW POWER ENGINEERING INSTITUTE IN 1965.

* IN 1975 HE JOINED THE KERALA SASTHRA SAHITYA PARISAD 

* 

BOOKS - 

* JANAKEEYA SASTHRA PRASTHANAM (2008) 

* BOOKS FOR NEOLITERATES (1962) 

* BASIC AND CULTURAL LITERATURE (1964) 

AWARDS - 

* BOOKS FOR NEOLITERATES AWARD 

* BASIC AND CULTURAL LITERATURE AWARD 

* CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AWARD 

* KERALA SREE AWARD (2022) 

* Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji Passed Away 

* Veteran Artist, Dharmapad Awardee & Former PRESIDENT OF ODISHA Lalit Kala Academy Shri Jagdish Chandra Kanungo Passed Away 

* Eminent Marxist Historian And Scholar Of Modern Indian History Sumit Sarkar Passed Away 

* EMINENT HISTORIAN SUMIT SARKAR PASSED AWAY ON 13TH AUGUST 2026.

* BORN ON 1939

* HIS CONTRIBUTION IN SWADESHI MOVEMENT 

AWARDS - 

* RAVINDRA PURASKAR (2004) 

* He RETURNED THE AWARD IN 2007 IN PROTEST AGAINST THE EXPULSION OF FARMERS IN WEST BENGAL.

BOOKS - 

* WRITING SOCIAL HISTORY (1998) 

* MODERN INDIA ( 1885-1947( 

* THE SWADESHI MOVEMENT IN BENGAL 1903- 1908 

* ESSAY OF A LIFETIME 

* WOMAN AND SOCIAL REFORM IN MODERN INDIA 

* BEYOND NATIONALIST FRAMES 

* A CRITIQUE OF COLONIAL INDIA ( 2000)

* TOWARDS FREEDOM ( 2007) 

*  Jimmy Rimmer, Goal Keeper Of Manchester United Passed Away 

*  Veteran Sculptor And Craftsman National Award Winning Chandrasekhar Y Shilpi Passed Away 

* Former Deputy Speaker And TMC Former MLA From Rampurhat, Asish Banerjee Passed Away 

* Raja Sen, National Award Winning Bengali Filmmaker Passed Away 

* Hollywood Actress Hayden Panettiere Passed Away

* Former Chief Secretary Of Meghalaya Kong Rebecca V Suchiang Passed Away 

( First Indigenous Woman chief Secretary) 

* Veteran Naga Peace Builder & Advocate Niketu Iralu Passed Away.

* ESPN's Founder Bill Rasmussen Passed Away At 93 

* Former Lanjigard MLA ( ODISHA) Sibaji Majhi Passed Away 

* 1984 Anti Sikh Riots Case Convict Ex - Congress MP Sajjan Kumar Passed Away 

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* * BORN ON 20th JANUARY 1938

* PASSED AWAY ON - 21ST AUGUST 2026 

* VETERAN ODIA PLAYBACK SINGER PRANAB PATTNAIK PASSED AWAY ON 21ST AUGUST 2026 

*HIS FATHER - LATE LAL MOHAN PATTNAIK ( FORMER SPEAKER ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY )

* HE STARTED HIS CARRER IN 1958 ( WITH THE FILM MAA)

* HE GAVE HIS VOICE MORE THAN 200 FILMS.

AWARDS & HONOURS - 

* HE WON 7 STATE FILM AWARDS ( ONLY ODIAN TO WIN) 

* SINDURA BINDU (1976) 

* ASTARANGA (1982) 

* JHIA TI SITA PARI ( 1983) 

* KANYADANA (1988) 

* PRATISHODHA APARADHA NUHEN (1989) 

* ASHA (1993) 

* ODISHA SANGEET NATAKA ACADEMY AWARD (1997/98) 

* 2011 - PRAFULLA KAR SAMMAN 

* 2016 - JAYADEV SAMMAN 

* 2017 - GANGADHAR RATHA MEMORIAL AWARD 

* 2023 - BALAKRISHNA DAS MEMORIAL AWARD 

*  Nanda Malini, Srilanka's Eminent Singer Passed Away 

* Veteran South Actor Sankaramanchi Janaki Passed Away 

* Michael Wright Passed Away 

* Nancy Kassebaum Baker, First WOMAN ELECTED To The USA Senate Passed Away 

* Actress Shelley fabares Passed Away 

* Veteran Actress Asha Singh Jaiswal Passed Away 

* Veteran Literature And Historian Giri Dandsena Passed Away 

* Bollywood Director Kuku Kohli passed away.

* US Music Legend Dolly Parton Passed Away.

* Women's Right Activist Sonya Gill Passed Away ( Co - Founder & Trustee Of PARI - ) 

* Former Akashvani News Reader Panchdev Pandey Passed Away.

*  Tim Curry, Hollywood Actor Passed Away.

* Eminent Marathi Linguist Yasmin Shaikh Passed Away 

*  Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusuma Passed Away.

*  Mananeeya A Balakrishna, President Of Vivekananda Rock Memorial & Vivekananda Kendra Passed Away.

* Bijit Gwra Narzary, The Deputy Speaker Of Assam Bodoland Territorial Council Passed Away 

 * Former Doordarshan News Reader Saarala Maheswari Passed Away 

* Shri P H Kurian Passed Away ( P H Kurian, The India's First To Compulsory The Licence in March 2012 To Allow Generic Manufacturer Of Cancer Drug  Passed Away (1986 Batch IAS OFFICER ) 

* Peter Cullen, Voice Over Artist Passed Away 

*  King Herald V Of Norway Passed Away 

* Veteran Actor Producer G V Narayana Rao Passed Away 

* World's Youngest Monarch King Oyo Of Uganda Passed Away At The Age Of 34

* Former Odisha Minister Dambaru Majhi Passed Away 

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGFY - 

* A Study By The Researchers From Aryabhatta Research Institute Of Observational Science ( ARIES) An Autonomous Institute Under DST, Udaipur Solar Observatory ( USO), Physical Research Laboratory ( PRL) And Ahmed Nagar College Stated That 

* The Atmosphere Whirling Around The Sun SPINS At A Much Faster Than The Visible Surface Of The Sun And The Rotation Speed Increase With The Height Above The Sun's Surface 

* Researchers At IIT ROORKEE Have Developed An Acid - Resistant, Silica - Shielded Magnetic Nanocomposite Capable Of Recovering Valuable Rare Earth Element ( REEs) 

** Researchers At IIT Delhi In Collaboration With AIIMS New Delhi And Institute Of Human Behaviour And Allied Science ( IHBAS) Have Developed The First Hindi Version Of Melodic Intonation Therapy ( MIT) 

* Music Based Treatment That Helps Stroke Survivors Regain The Ability To Speak

*  Researchers At IIT ROORKEE Have Developed A Catalytic Strategy That Enable The Conversion Of Renewable Alcohol Into High Value Organic Molecule Using An Earth Abundant Nickel Catalyst 

ANUGYAN - 

*  IIT Hyderabad Launched The India's First Industry - Academia Programme In Nuclear Technology - ANUGYAN 

* IIT Hyderabad In Collaboration With Crimson Energy Experts Private Limited ( CEEPL) Inaugurated The ANUGYAN 

* ANUGYAN - Is The Nuclear Technology Orientation Programme ( NTOP)

* Expertise To Equip Participants With Advanced Knowledge In Reactor Physics, Thermal Hydraulic, Small Modular Reactor ( SMRs), Nuclear Safety, Regulatory Compliance, And Simulator Based Training 

* This Efforts To Make India's Nuclear Power Capacity To 100 GWE By 2047

* Researchers From Delhi University And CSIR IMTECH Have Discovered A New Bacteria Species - Microbacterium Pollutisoli In Uttar Pradesh 

* * SCIENTIST HAVE DETECTED AN UNUSUAL HIGH CONCENTRATION OF OZONE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OF NORTH OF BAY OF BENGAL.

* NORMALLY OZONE FOUND IN 25-30 KM 

* SCIENTISTS FROM ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCE ( ARIES) 

* THIS STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT AS PART OF PHASE -1 NetRAD - ASMA CAMPAIGN, 

* DURING THE CAMPAIGN THE INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED 206.5 MHz STRATOSPHERE - TROPOSPHERE ( ST) RADAR AT ARIES, NANITAL ACCUMULATED DATA ALONGSIDE SIMILAR RADAR AT HARINGHATA, AND KOCHI 

* SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND A THICK OZONE OF 21-30 KM ABOVE OF NORTH OF BAY OF BENGAL. ( SEEN IN BOTH DAYTIME & NIGHT TIME) 

* 

* Researchers From S N Bose National Centre For Basic Science ( SNBNCBS) An Autonomous Institute Under Department Of Science And Technology ( DST) In Collaboration With Ashoka University Have Developed An Artificial Intelligence ( AI) Framework That Reveal Hidden Cancer Stem Cell States From Tumour Gene - Expression Data 

* ACSCeND ( AI Based Cancer Stem Like Cell Profiler And Neoplasm Deconvoluter) 

* It Identifies Three Distinct Three Developmental States Of Cancer Stem Like Cells 

* Pluripotent Like Cell 

* Multipotent Like 

* Unipotent Like 

* Doctors At Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre For Ophthalmic SCIENCES ( RPC), AIIMS New Delhi, And IIT Delhi Engineers Are Testing To Recycle Discarded Donor Cornea Using Bioengineered Graft.

TECHNOLOGY - 

* Hyderabad Based Take Me 2 Space Startup Has Successfully Validated And Developed The Made In India Satellite Battery Pack Called Power Bank -50 

*  India Crosses 300 GW Of Non - Fossil Fuel Power Capacity ( Solar 164.59 GW, WINd - 58.14 GW, Hydro - 57.24 GW, Bio - Power -11.75 GW & Nuclear Power - 8.78 GW)

* ) India Optel Limited, A Public Sector Undertaking Under The Department Of Defence Production Launched The Indigenous GARUD ( High Resolution Binoculars) 

* Researchers From IIT Delhi ( department Of Chemistry) Have Developed a New Visible Light Driven Chemical Strategy To Prepare Unnatural Amino Acid 

* Researchers From IIT Jammu and IIT Kanpur Used Super Computer To Track Plasma 

* Thrustworks Dynetics (PUNE)  Have Successfully Tested The India's First Resonance Ignition System ( TRL -6) 

*  IIT - Guwahati Researchers Have Developed E-eye a Portable Device That Can Detect Toxicant Such As Arsenic, Lead, Fluoride, Chromium And E.coli In Water 

* Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research - National Aerospace LABORATORIES ( CSIR - NAL) Unveiled The Three Indigenous Micro And Small Gas Turbine Engine In New Delhi 

* Nj-05,  Nj -50, Nj -100 

* Scientists At Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) An Autonomous Institute Under Department Of Science And Technology ( DST) Have Developed A Smart Fluticasone Lifetime Responsive Probes That Enables Highly Selective, Sensitive And Differential Detection Of A beta  Fibrils Through Turn On Fluoresce And Distinct Lifetime Signature 

* Researchers At IISC BENGALURU Have Identified Specific Enzyme From the Cow Gut That Can Break Down The Polysaccharide Component in Biofilms Of Acinobacter Baumanni, 

BOOKS &/ AUTHOR   

* BIRD/ DOG Book Author - Sobha Tharoor 

* JKNC Chief Farooq Abdullah Has Launched The Book - Vaiko In Parliament 

* The Durian Flavour Book Author - Gurjit Singh 

*  Governance & Development In Karnataka Book Author - Anil Kumar Vaddiraju 

* I AM MY OWN LAXMI Book On Kiran Bedi ( Author - Aarti Gupta) 

* DEVELOPING CHAMPION IN CRICKET Book Author - SENIOR Journalist Vedam Jaishankar 

* The Syntax Of A Tax Book Launched ( Author - 

* 

* * ON 12TH AUGUST 2026, ON INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS RELEASED THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FORMER INDIAN PRESIDENT SHRI RAMNATH KOVIND 

* TITLED - TRIUMPH OF THE INDIAN REPUBLIC: My Life, My Struggle 

* 

* EMPRESS : The Definitive Biography Of Sridevi ( Author - Dhiraj U Kumarr).

* EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE: Book Author - Rajiv Kumar ( Former Vice Chairman Of NITI AYOG) & Ishan Joshi 

* IS THIS TIME FOR THE INDIAN ELEPHANT 

& THE CHINESE DRAGON TO DANCE TOGETHER. Book Author - Surendra Kumar 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched The Book RHEUMATOLOGY ESSENTIALS Book Author - Professor Anand N Malaviya 

*  Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Along With Bjp President Nitin Navin And Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Have Unveiled The Biography Of Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu 

: 

( TITLED - JANAPRIYA NETA VENKAIH NAIDU : Udaygiri Se Uparasthrapati Tak ) 

* * HOUSING THE REPUBLIC : AUTHOR ( SOBHNA K NAIR) SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT THE HINDU 

* 

* INDIAN TEMPLES Book Launched Author - Pratistha Mukherjee 

* OPERATION SILKYARA Book Author - Journalist Saurabh Sharma 

* Vice President Shri C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Launched The Book K Rajaram: Political And Social Luminary 

*  Culture And Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Released The Book - KAHO KALIDAS 

* Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Launched The Book Grit & Glory 

* IS INDIA READY FOR The Next Crisis Book Author - Lt Gen K J S Tiny Dhillon

* THE INDIAN ECONOMY : Navigating A Global Turning Point Book Author - Kaushik Basu .

*  Vice President C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Launched The Book - Sankalp Se Siddhi Ka Modi Yug Book Author - Rajya Sabha MP Ghanashyam Tiwari 

*  Novel The Sea Has The Answer Author - Shuma Rah

* ) Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant Has Launched The Book Tai: Smruti Sugandh 

PORTAL & APP - 

* IREDA Launched The PROFIN, A Digital Portal For Project Monitoring 

* INDIAN Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited ( IREDA) Has Inaugurated The Go Live Portal PROFIN - Project Financing, Integrated Monitoring PORTAL 

Feature - 

* Online Scheduling And Submission Of LIE/ LFA Reports 

* Standardised Digital  Reporting & Documentation 

* Automated Review And Approval Workflow 

* Real Time Status Tracking And Visibility 

* Automated Alert And Action Based Follow Up 

* Centralised Project Monitoring Information 

* 

*  On The Occasion Of 16th National Organ Donation Day, Union Minister Of Health And Family Welfare Anupriya Patel Launched The Year Long - JUG JUG JIYO Campaign To Honour Organ Donors And Their Families 

* She Also Launched The e- Pratyaropan, India's Next Generation National Platform For Organ And Tissue Donation And Plantation 

* Punjab State Minister Barinder Kumar Launched The Punjab Mining Management System ( PMMS) Portal 

* Digilocker Partners With AAERI To Fast Track Document Verification For Indian Students Heading To Australia 

* New AAERI Verify Platform Eliminate Manual Paperwork Using India's DIGITAL Public Infrastructure, 

( NeGD Partner's With AAERI Launched New Digital Platform - AAERI VERIFY ) 

* Latha Rajnikanth, Wife Of Actor Rajnikant Launched The MAKKAL MEDAI Citizen's Platform In Chennai 

* Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Has Launched The National Scholarship Portal - Enabled DBT For ICAR Students

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Launched The Bank In A Box Security Operation For Urban Cooperative Banks. ( Core Banking, DIGITAL Banking) 

* * UNION HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH HAS LAUNCHED THE GRAMIN GYAN SETU APPLICATION ON 13TH AUGUST 2026.

* THIS IS APP IS DEVELOPED TO INTERCONNECT LIBRARIES IN GANDHINAGAR LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCY OF GUJARAT.

* 752 LIBRARIES ALREADY LINKED 

* 63 GRAMIN LIBRARIES WHICH INCLUDED 6000 BOOKS AVAILABLE 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched The RSSDI Diabetes Rural Outreach Digital Portal And Launched The VISHWAS ( The Diabetes Awareness Video Library) 

* The National Institute Of Electronics And Information Technology ( NELIT) Launched The CYBER KUSHTI 2026 On 15th August 2026 

* A National Cyber security And Artificial Intelligence ( AI) Hackathon Designed To Test And Recognise Human Judgement In Cyber security Assessment 

* Chief Election Commissioner of Central Information Commission Raj Kumar Goyal Launched The AppCoMs 2.0 ( Upgraded Appeal And Complain Management System) 

*  National Commission For WOMEN ( NCW) Launched The Yashoda AI Initiative In Jalandhar, Punjab, To Promote DIGITAL Empowerment And Greater Participation Of Women In Emerging Technology 

*  Swiggy Has Launched The Guru, A 24X7 AI Business Partner Designed To Help Restaurant Partner Manage Their Business 

*  Odisha Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari Launched The AMA SATHI WHATSAPP Grievance Redressal System 

* TRIPURA Labour Minister Tinku Roy Has Launched The Digital Labour Chowk Application 

* ODISHA Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling Announced A New Digital Prescription App Under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission ( Arogya Setu 2.0) 

* Tracks Every Antibiotics Prescribed 

* Secure Digital Medicine History 

* Scan And Share Feature 

* Stops Unnecessary Use For Fever, Cold & Mild Infection 

* Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary Has Launched The Bihar Vidya Saathi Students App 

* MINISTRY Of Electronics And Information Technology ( MeiTY) Has Launched The GENESIS ( Entrepreneur In Residence) 

*  Union Minister For Communication Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched The Dak Sewa App And Dak Mitra App in New Delhi 

* Maharshtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Has Launched The MAHA eHRMS Digital Human Resource Management System 

* e- Shram Portal Completed 5 Years 

*  Vice President Shri C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Unveiled  - GNANI ARTHA ( The Sovereign AI Stack Comprising Evon 3.3 And Plexus, Developed By GNANI AI 

DRDO - 

* Azad Engineering And DRDO India Successfully Manufacturing And Delivery OF India's First Indigenous 350 Kg Thrust Class - Expandable Turbojet Engine 

* * INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED THE MEDIUM RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE ( MRBM) AGNI -4 FROM THE INTEGRATED TEST RANGE , CHANDIPUR, ODISHA ON 6TH AUGUST 2026 

* 

* 

AWARDS - 

* DRDO Has CONFERRED Government e Marketplace ( GeM) Award For Maximum Number Of Order Values To MSEs

* Defence Ministry Has Approved The Transfer of Technology of DRDO - Developed Missile System To Indian Defence Industry To Bolster Indigenous Manufacturing 

*  The National Security Guard ( NSG) Has Launched It's First Mahila Commando Conversion Course ( MCCC) At It's Training Centre In Manesar, Haryana 

EXERCISE  

* The 8th Edition Of Exercise EX TARKASH, Bilateral Special Force Exercise Between National Security Guard ( NSG) India And The United States Special Operation Forces ( US SOF) Was Conducted From 13th July To 7th August 2026 

( HELD AT CHENNAI) 

* The Maiden India - Myanmar Joint HADR Exercise RAHAT MITRA Concluded In Chennai 

* The 8TH EDITON OF  Indian Navy - US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal ( EOD) Exercise To Commence From 10-14th August 2026 ( IN - USN EOD EX 2026) ( AT KOCHI, KERALA) 

* The Bilateral Air Exercise EX UDARSHAKTI Between Indian Air Force And The Royal Malaysian Air Force ( TUDM) Kicked Off On 12th August 2026 At Subang Airbase, Malaysia.

*  Indian Army Continent Departed For Thailand To Participate In The 15th Edition Of India - Thailand Joint Military Exercise MAITREE ( XV ) 2026 

* The Exercise Conducted From 18th To 31st August 2026 At Vibhavadi Rangsit Camp In Surat Thani, Thailand 

* First Started in 2006 

EX SAHYOG HOPTAC 

*  Vietnam Coast Guard Ship CSB8002 & a 6 Member Vietnam Coast Guard Delegation Visited To Chennai For The 2nd Edition Of Joint Exercise With India - EX SAHYOG HOPTAC 

* Practice In Marine Pollution 

* 

ISRO - 

* Mahindra Group Has Launched A New Aerospace Company Named - NOVAVAYU Aerospace 

* Bengaluru Based Startup Astrobase Space Has Unveiled The EVEREST, India's First Fully INTEGRATED 80 Tonne Full Flow Stage Combustion Engine Running On Liquid Oxygen And Methane 

* Fourth Country To Initiate 

( Russia, USA, CHINA) 

*  Digantara Space Startup Has Unveiled The MOSAIC, AI Powered Wide Area Sensing Architecture, Built To Search, Detect, Track Objects, 

* Bhubaneswar Startup Serendipity India Has Successfully Tested The India's First Near Space Pharma Manufacturing Platform 

* Alchemy Autonomous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Model Under Microgravity Condition.

* Sophie Adenot Became The First French Female Astronaut To Venture Outside The International Space Station At 18th August 2026 

*  Rohan Naidu Has Discovered a Black Hole Star 

WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT - 

* India Is Home To 13,703 SPECIES Of Lepidoptera Butterflies And Moths, ( Which Is 8.25% Of World) 

*  India Launches The First Ever Guide To Grassland And Other Open Natural Ecosystem At UNCCD COP 17 At ULAANBAATAR, Mangolia 

* India Restored 21.76 Million ha Land During 2011- 2020 

NEW SPECIES - 

* Scientists At ICAR CMFRI Have Identified A New Fish SPECIES - Cyttopsis Indica ( The Indian Dory) in LAKSHADWEEP Sea.

* A New Catfish Species PSEUDECHENEIS LIKIMROENSIS Described From Nagaland 

* SPECIES Named After LIMIMRO River 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SEA HORSE SPECIES IN KERALA.

* SPECIES NAMED - HIPPOCAMPUS AMANDAVINCENTAE 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR OF NOTED MARINE BIOLOGIST AMANDA VINCENT 

* THE SPECIES IS FOUND AT TUTICORIN FISHERIES HARBOUR 

* A TEAM OF BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A RARE SPECIES OF FERN IN THE KOLI HILLS OF EASTERN GHATS ( TAMILNADU REGION) 

* SPECIES NAMED - PTERIS MADHUSOODANANII 

* RESEARCHERS FROM GOVERNMENT VICTORIA COLLEGE, AND SRI VYASA NSS COLLEGE IN KERALA DISCOVERD THIS SPECIES.

* SPECIES CATEGORISE AS - CRITICALLY ENDANGERED 

* THE SPECIES FEATURES AS - 

STIFF, LEATHERY LEAVES, DEEP GREEN COLOUR 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO - PROFESSOR P V MADHUSOODANAN ( FORMER HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY AT UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT) 

* 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A RARE HIMALAYAN BEE SPECIES IN TAWANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - COLLETES BHUTANICUS 

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW SPECIES OF CASCADE FROG SPECIES IN NORTH EAST FORESTS.

* THREE NEW SPECIES ARE - 

* AMMACHI'S CASCADE FROG ( Amolops Ammachi) ( Jampui Hills From Tripura) 

- The Name In HONOUR To Late Kerala Social Worker And Philanthropist Padmini Varkey ( Known As Ammachi Means Mother) 

* SENDENYU CASCADE FROG ( Amolops Sendenyu) ( Found In Nagaland) 

- This Species Named After Sendenyu Village Of Nagaland 

* Beautiful Cascade FROG ( Amolops Bella) ( Found In West Bengal ) 

* Named For It's Striking Green Body Marked With Yellowish - Green Or Reddish Brown Mosaic Pattern 

 * A Rare Black And Golden Cicada Has Been Recorded In Assam's Manas National Park.

* A New Species Of Miniature Stygobitic Earthworm Eel ( Synbranchiformes, Chaudhuriidae) Gangaichthys Indonepalicus Found In Indo- Gangetic Plain In Bihar 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FRESH WATER CRAB SPECIES IN MOOKAMBIKA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, UDUPI, KARNATAKA 

* SPECIES NAMED - GHATIANA KARNATAKA 

* THIS IS THE 15TH SPECIES OF GHATIANA FAMILY DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS.

* ENDEMIC SPECIES IN KARNATAKA 

* THIS SPECIES IS LIVES IN PERENNIAL STREAMS, EVERGREEN OR SEMI - EVERGREEN FOREST.

* 

* BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A SMALL HERB SPECIES IN COROMANDEL COAST, TAMILNADU.

* SPECIES NAMED - LEUCAS DROUPADIAE 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER PRESIDENT OF INDIA DROUPADI MURMU 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY & GOVERNMENT SIDHHA MEDICAL COLLEGE 

* THE PLANT PRODUCES OBLONG FRUIT CALLED - NUTLETS ( GOLDEN YELLOW COLOUR AND COVERED IN IRREGULAR DARK BROWN SPOT ) 

* 

* RESEARCHERS FROM CSIR - INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY ( IHBT) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - DORONICUM SANCTUM 

* SUNFLOWER FAMILY 

* THIS SPECIES DISCOVERD AT THE 4086 meter Above SEA LEVEL IN TAWANG DISTRICT 

* SANCTUM IS A LATIN WORD MEANS - HOLY OR SACRED 

* 

* A NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED BY BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( BSI) IN AGASTHYAMALA BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS .

* SPECIES NAMED - OSBECKIA  ULOTRICHA 

* ULOTRICHA ( FROM GREEK WORD - OULOS ) MEANING CRISPY ( THRIX MEANING HAIR) 

* THIS SPECIES DISTINGUISHED BY - 

* Sub - Globose Hypanthium 

* True Bristles On The Ovary Crown 

* Protruding Capsule 

* 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF MOSQUITO IN WESTERN GHATS ( KERALA) 

* SPECIES NAMED - URANOTAENIA KANI 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER KANI TRIBE OF KERALA 

* THIS IS THE 124TH GLOBAL URANOTAENIA GENUS ( 15th IN INDIA) 

* KANI TRIBES ARE RECITED AT AGASTHYAMALA BIOSPHERE RESERVES 

* BLUISH WHITE HEAD VERTEX, DARK SCALE WINGS & LEGS, SMALL PALE BROWN BODY, 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ICMR - NIVCR RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED 

NEW WETLAND - 

* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ADDED GLAW LAKE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH AS RAMSAR SITE.

* THIS IS THE FIRST WETLAND OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* INDIA'S 101ST RAMSAR SITE 

* NEAR BY KAMLANG TIGER RESERVES 

* 49 ORCHID SPECIES RECORDED 

AWARDS - 

* P PECHIYAMMAL ( From Ramnathpuram) 

* GOVINDHAMMAL ( From Villupuram) 

TWO WERE RECEIVED THE M S SWAMINATHAN AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION 2026 

* FOR PLASTIC FREE COASTAL AREA 

* Varun Goswami Has Awarded Hidden Hero's Award For The Outstanding Commitment To Biodiversity 

* National Biodiversity Authority Has Disbursed ODISHA Rs 5.68. Crores 

HOST & SUMMIT - 

* New Delhi Host The 9th India Medical Device 2026 

Theme 2026 - Towards Vikasit Bharat: Advancing India As a Global Hub For Quality Medical Devices 

*  Ministry Of Textiles To Organise The IIHT SUTRA 2026 - The Inaugural National Conclave Of INDIAN Institute Of Handloom Technology.

Theme 2026 - IIHTs: Weaving The Future Of The INDIAN Handloom Sector - Educate - Innovate And Transform 

*  Ladakh Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena Has Inaugurated The First Black Necked Crane Festival 2026 

*  New Delhi Host The India - Namibia Joint Trade Committee (4th Session) 

* Bilateral Trade Rises To USD 592.94 million in 2025/26 

* Goa Host The 8th BRICS Working Group Meeting On Ocean And Polar Science & Technology ( OPST) 

* PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi Announced 7 Power Of Shakti On The Occasion Of 80th Independence Day 2026 

*  New Delhi To Host The BRICS Environment Working Group Meeting And Contact GROUP On Climate Change And Sustainable Development 

* New Delhi Host The 12th BRICS Environment Ministers Meeting 

* The 5th Edition Of SEMICON India Set To Held From 17th To 19th September 2026 At Yashobhoomi, New Delhi 

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Chair The 31st Southern Zonal Council Meeting In Kolavam, Chennai 

* The 4th India - Singapore Ministerial Roundtable ( ISMR) Held In Singapore 

* Bhubaneswar Host The International Rajabhasa Conference 2026 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Announced Unanimous Adoption Of Chennai Declaration At BRICS Science Ministerial Meet 

*  17th Session Of The Conference Of The Parties ( COP17) Host - ULAANBAATAR, Mangolia 

Theme 2026 - Restoring Land Restoring Hope 

* New Delhi Host The 9th National Security Strategy Conference 

* The 7th High Level Meeting Between Indian Coast Guard ( ICG) And Vietnam Coast Guard ( VCG) Held At Chennai 

* Delhi To Host The BRICS Summit 2026 ( On 12-13th September) 

* New Delhi Host The Inaugural Editon Of India - Kuwait Joint Defence Committee Meeting 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Visit To Uzbekistan For SCO Summit 2026 

NORTH EAST - 

 * Nagaland Celebrated The Naknyulum Festival 

* Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prema Khandu ELECTED President Of Tawang District Football Association 

* The Meghalaya Government Has Launched The Tourist Buddy SCHEME

*  Boleng, In Arunachal Pradesh To Host The Asian Rafting Championships 2026 In October 2026 

* Biam Festival Celebrated By Nagaland 's Khiamniungan Tribe 

* Mizoram Cabinet Has Approved The Ro Min Rel Sak Ang Che As Official State Song 

*  APEDA Has Fascilate First Ever Export of 1 MT Of Mustard Honey By Dergang Farmer Producer Organisation ( FPO) From TRIPURA To Dubai 

* Filmmaker Rima Das's Film Not a Hero Win The Best Indie Film Award At The Indian Film Festival Of MELBOURNE ( IFFM)

* Former Nagaland PWD Engineer In Chief Kahuli Sema Has Been Appointed As The Non Official Director Of Engineers India Limited Board For 3 Years 

* AURA ( Automation And Robotics Association) Guwahati University Has Been Recognised By The Book Of The World For Conducting The LARGEST University Students - Led Robotics Summer Camp 

* Nagaland MP S Phangnon Konyak Appointed As Bjp National Secretary.

* Arunachal Pradesh Anjaw District Has Documented Around 85 butterfly SPECIES 

* Mizoram Hockey Star Lalremsiami Set To Receive The Arjuna Award 

* Guwahati Town Club Football Academy Pavilion Named After Zubeen Garg 

* Commonwealth Gold Medalist ASMITA DEY Named Brand Ambassador Of South Tripura Nasha Mukt Premiere LEAGUE 

* Nagaland Gets Its First' Natural Gas Supply ( Dergaon - Dimapur Pipeline) 

*  TRIPURA Labour Minister Tinku Roy Has Launched The Digital Labour Chowk Application 

* Dr Ravi Kota Gets 2nd Extension As Assam Chief Secretary 

* Dr Pukhrambam Lilabati Devi Of Manipur Set To Receive The National Teacher Award 

*  IIT - Guwahati Researchers Have Developed E-eye a Portable Device That Can Detect Toxicant Such As Arsenic, Lead, Fluoride, Chromium And E.coli In Water 

* Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai Appointed As Chairperson Of Sikkim Human Rights Commission 

* Sikkim Tourism Wins The AWARD Of Excellence For Rural And Sustainable Tourism 

* Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Launched The Book Grit & Glory

 

* Meghalaya's Nambie Jessia Marack Will Represent India In The MasterChef Asia In Macao.

BILLS - 

* Meghalaya Cabinet Has Approved The International Open University ( Repeal) Bill 2026 

* The cabinet Has Decided To Repeal The Act As The Proposed Name Violated UGC Norms.

* MEGHALAYA Cabinet Has Approved The Martin Luther Christian University ( Amendment) Bill 2026 

* Meghalaya Cabinet Has Approved The Maharastra Institute Of Technology Of Meghalaya ( Amendment ) Bill 2026 

* Mizoram Assembly Passed The Fireworks Regulation Bill 2026

SCHEME - 

*  Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio Inaugurated The Chief Minister's Yarn Bank Scheme On The Occasion Of National Handloom Day 2026 

 * Meghalaya Launched The MISSION To Protect Clouded Leopard 

* Sikkim's Tribeny Rai Named In India Today's 50 Under 50.

* Manipur State Cabinet Has Approved The Women Empowerment Scheme - 

* Provide Financial Support To Less Than 3.5 Lakh Women Across State 

KI DENJAT - 

* Meghalaya Chief Minister Launched The Ki Dienjat To Trace The Khasi - Jaintia Links With South East Asian.

* The Initiative Will Focus On Strengthening The Scientific Research On History, Language, Culture, And Socio - Cultural Connection Of Region With South East Asia. 

NEW SPECIES - 

* A New Catfish Species PSEUDECHENEIS LIKIMROENSIS Described From Nagaland 

* SPECIES Named After LIMIMRO River 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A RARE HIMALAYAN BEE SPECIES IN TAWANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - COLLETES BHUTANICUS 

 * A Rare Black And Golden Cicada Has Been Recorded In Assam's Manas National Park.

* RESEARCHERS FROM CSIR - INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY ( IHBT) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - DORONICUM SANCTUM 

* SUNFLOWER FAMILY 

* THIS SPECIES DISCOVERD AT THE 4086 meter Above SEA LEVEL IN TAWANG DISTRICT 

* SANCTUM IS A LATIN WORD MEANS - HOLY OR SACRED 

* 

ENVIRONMENT -

 

* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ADDED GLAW LAKE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH AS RAMSAR SITE.

* THIS IS THE FIRST WETLAND OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* INDIA'S 101ST RAMSAR SITE 

* NEAR BY KAMLANG TIGER RESERVES 

* 49 ORCHID SPECIES RECORDED 

SPORTS - 

* Arunachal Pradesh 's Nikter Yati Wins Gold Medal At International Taekwondo Championships in Thailand 

* Ariha Pangambam Became The India's First SENIOR Individual Women's Gold In Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championship 

HONOUR - 

* ARUNACHAL PRADESH Governor Shri K T Parnaik Honours IMC Mayor Likha Nari Tadar With Land Of The Rising Sun Medallion 

* Meghalaya's Nandini Ishvi o Sangma Represent India At The 13th Commonwealth Youth Parliament In Sydney 

* Eminent Arunachal Pradesh AUTHOR Journalist Mamang Dai Honoured With 2026 Kamala Saikia National AWARD 

* 

* The Meghalaya Cabinet Has Approved The Meghalaya Official Language Bill 2026 

* MEGHALAYA Cabinet Has Approved The Amendment To The Meghalaya Right To Public Services Act 2020

* Retired IAS OFFICER K Lalrinzuali Took Oath As Member Of The Mizoram Public Service Commission ( MPSC)

* Sushma Tamang, From Sikkim Selected For The National Teachers Award 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Honoured With GAON BURA Title At Assam Regimental Centre 

MISS MOKOKCHUNG 2026 - 

 * Atongjungla Walling Crowned As Miss Mokokchung 2026 Title 

* Chubaienla Pongen Finishes As Runners Up 

* Reshma Sahani Second Runners Up 

* Nagaland Governor Conferred Governor's Award To Personality 

*  Assamese Filmmaker Maharshi Tuhin Kashyap Has Won The Secret Program Fellini Award At The 27th Lucania Film Festival At Pisticci, Basilicata Italy ( For His Debut Film - Kok Kok Kokoook) 

* Former Chief Secretary Of Meghalaya Kong Rebecca V Suchiang Passed Away 

( First Indigenous Woman chief Secretary) 

* Veteran Naga Peace Builder & Advocate Niketu Iralu Passed Away.

* Assam Has Achieved A Historic Milestone With World's First IVF -Born Lakhimi Calf .

* Bijit Gwra Narzary, The Deputy Speaker Of Assam Bodoland Territorial Council Passed Away 

* Varnali Deka Became The First Woman IAS OFFICER From Assam To Be Empanelled As joint secretary.

* 

BANKING - 

* Favara, UPI Cross Border Payment Became The 10th Nations To Go Live Payment On UPI Started 

* The IIP Growth Rate For The Month Of June 2026 Is 7.3% 

* Government Of India Has Collected Rs 2.11 Lakh Crores GST In July 2026 

* Gross Domestic GST Revenue Increase 10.1% At Rs 1.45 Lakh Crores In July ( Year To Year) 

*  UPI Recorded 23.66 Billion Transaction Worth Rs 29.9 Lakh Crores In July 2026 

*  India's Coal Production Growth ( 7.51% in July 2026 ( 86.33 MT Production in July 2026) As Compared To ( 73.57 MT in July 2025) 

*  Maharshtra Became The Top State With Highest UPI TRANSACTION ( Rs 2,67,412 Crores )

* Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Has Keep Unchanged It's Repo Rate - 5.25% For FY 2026/27 

* Marginal Standing Facility & Bank Rate REMAINS Same (5.50%) 

* Standing Deposit Facility ( SDF) Remains At 5.0% 

* Real GDP Growth Projected 6.7% For FY 2026/27 

* CPI Inflation For 2026/27 - Projected 5.00% 

*  Supreme Court Extended The Mandatory Third Party Motor Insurance Coverage Of New Vehicle By a Year 

* LIC Gets Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) Nod To Raise HDFC Bank Holding 10% From 4%

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* Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) Has Released A List Of 17 Large ( Upper Layer or UL) Non - Banking Finance Companies ( NBFCs) Including Tata Sons 

Infrastructure Finance Company - 

a) REC Limited 

b) Power Finance Corporation Limited 

c) Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited 

d) Housing And Urban Development Corporation Limited 

DEPOSIT TAKING NBFC - ICC 

a) Bajaj Finance Limited 

b) Shri Ram Finance Limited 

c) Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Service Limited 

DEPOSIT TAKING HFC - 

a) LIC Housing Finance Limited 

NON - DEPOSIT TAKING NBFC -ICC 

a) Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company LIMITED 

b) Tata Capital Limited 

C) Muthoot Finance Limited 

D) Aditya Birla Capital Limited 

e) L & T Finance Limited 

f) HDB Financial Service Limited 

G) Piramal Finance Limited 

CORE INVESTMENT COMPANY - 

a) Tata Sons Private Limited 

b) 

NON DEPOSIT TAKING HFC - 

a) Bajaj Housing Finance Limited 

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REPORTS - 

* Andhra Pradesh Leads With in States (17 Lakh Crores PPP Pipeline Unveiled); By Finance MINISTRY 

* India's Research And Development Spending 

* NITI AYOG LAUNCHED The Report Key Sector To Position India As A Global Manufacturing Hub 

* India's R & D Expenditure Has Crossed Rs 2.44 Lakh Crores Gross Expenditure On R & D ( GERD) Increase From Rs 79,356 Crores (2013/14) To Rs 2,44,768 Crores (2023/24) 

 * NITI AYOG Released The Report - Reimagining Care: Strategies For Empowering Care Givers In Viksit Bharat @2047 

*  Government E Marketplace Completed 10 Years (0n 10th August) 

*  Bank Of America Enters Into a Joint Venture Agreement With Jio Financial Services LIMITED To Acquire Up To 49.9% In Jio Credit Limited 

* India's Pharmaceutical Exports Rises 6.8% In Quarter 1 For Fy 27 

* Government Has Launched The Central Bank Digital Currency ( CBDC) - Digital Rupee For Direct Benefit Transfer ( DBT) Under The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana ( in Chandigarh.

* Jio Black Rock Asset Management To Launch Regular Mutual Fund 

* The Qatar - India Remittance Service Based On Post Transfer Power By UPI Is Now Available 

* Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana Completed 12 Years 

*  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Visited To Canada 

* Both Countries Committed To Conclude The Negotiation On The India - Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement By The End Of 2026 

PORTAL - 

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Launched The Bank In A Box Security Operation For Urban Cooperative Banks. ( Core Banking, DIGITAL Banking) 

* Social Justice Minister Dr Virendra Kumar Launched The SNEHA E-Book On Senior Citizen Welfare And Active Ageing 

FAST - DS RULES 2026 

* CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES ( CBDT) HAS NOTIFIED THE FOREIGN ASSETS OF SMALL TAXPAYERS - DISCLOSURE SCHEME ( FAST -DS) RULES 2026 .

* IT IS THE ONE TIME VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE SCHEME ( CHAPTER IV - Section 130-144) Of The Finance Act 2026.

* It Enables Eligible Taxpayers To Declare Certain Undisclosed Foreign Assets, Undisclosed Foreign Income, Undeclared Foreign Assets, On Payment Of a Specified Tax Or Fee.

* This Scheme Is Comes Into Force On 16th August 2026 

* Last Date For Filling Before 31st December 2026 

* WHO ELIGIBLE FOR - 

a) Who Is Resident In India ( Under Section 6, Income Tax Act 1961) 

b) Non Resident Of India Or Resident But Not Ordinarily Resident ( RNOR) ( Section 6(6) The Income Tax Act 1961) 

( NB - The Previous Year To Which The Undisclosed Foreign Income Under Section 4 Of The Black Money Act 2015 ) 

* A Declaration May Made Where The Assesse - 

a) Has Failed To Furnish a Return Under Section 139 Of the Income Tax 1961 

b) has Failed To Disclose The Asset Or Income in A Return Furnish Before The Scheme Commenced 

C) Such Asset Or Income Has Escaped Assessment Within The Meaning Of Section 147 Of The Income Tax 1961 Act 

* There Are Two Broad Categories Of Declaration - 

a) An Undisclosed Asset Located Outside India Or Undisclosed Foreign Income Which Was Not Offered To Tax ( Section 133) 

b) An asset Located Outside India Which Was Already Offered To Tax Was Acquired When The Assesse Was Non Resident, But Not Declared To Relevant Schedule Of The Return ( Section 133 ( Table - Sl 2) 

SANDHYA KIRAN SCHEME - 

* * KARNATAKA CABINET HAS APPROVED THE SANDHYA KIRAN SCHEME IN 2026 STATE BUDGET.

* THE SANDHYA KIRAN SCHEME IS A CASHLESS HEALTHCARE INITIATIVE.

* IT PROVIDES RETIRED STATE GOVERMENT EMPLOYEE ( UNDER 70 YEARS)

* FAMILY PENSIONERS AND ELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS UPTO RS 5 LAKH ANNUALLY IN MEDICAL COVER FOR SECONDARY, TERTIORY, AND EMERGENCY CARE.

FEATURES OF SCHEME- 

* Coverage Upto Rs 5,00, 000 Per Year On a Family Floater Basis.

* Cashless Treatment Available Under Ayushman Bharat Scheme 

* Services pensioners Contribute 1.25% Of Their Basic Pension.

* Family Pensioners Contribute 0.75% Of Their Basic Family Pension 

* UPI Completed 10 Years 

* Annual Transaction Volume Expands From 1.78 Crores Transaction In FY 2016/17 TO 24,162 Crores Transaction In FY 2025/26 

* UPI Is Presently Operationalize In 11 Countries 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* LIC Appoints Vardarajan Muthuvenkataraman As Executive Director ( Entreprise Risk Management) And Chief Risk OFFICER 

* Willie Walsh Takes Charge As Indigo CEO 

*  JSW Motors Limited Has Appointed Former Journalist Pankaj Doval As Senior Vice President ( Corporate Affairs & Public POLICY) 

* N Chandrasekharan Resigned As The Tata Sons Chairman 

* TVS Names Peyman Kargar As CEO 

* Ramesh Rangarajan ELECTED As The Chairman Of Kasturi & Sons.

* Hero Motocorp APPOINTS Srihari Mulgund As Chief Strategy OFFICER 

.* Shri Somnath Sreedhar Panicker Appointed As Part Time Non Official Director On The Central Board Of RBI.

* Government Re Appoints Anand Mahindra As Part Time Director Of RBI CENTRAL Board.

*  FORMER ISRO Chief S Somnath Appointed As The RBI Central Board

* Meta South East Asia Head Sandhya Devanathan Steps Down After 10 Years.

PORTAL LAUNCHED - 

* IREDA Launched The PROFIN, A Digital Portal For Project Monitoring 

* INDIAN Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited ( IREDA) Has Inaugurated The Go Live Portal PROFIN - Project Financing, Integrated Monitoring PORTAL 

Feature - 

* Online Scheduling And Submission Of LIE/ LFA Reports 

* Standardised Digital  Reporting & Documentation 

* Automated Review And Approval Workflow 

* Real Time Status Tracking And Visibility 

* Automated Alert And Action Based Follow Up 

* Centralised Project Monitoring Information 

* Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) to Close FCNR 

* Competition Commission in India ( CCI) Has Approved Acquisition Of Certain Equity Shareholding In Bharti Life Insurance Company Limited By Prudential Corporation Holding Limited.

* Razor pay Launched The VULCAN - 

* Foundation Model For Payment 

* Amol Taori Appointed As The Director Finance At POWERGRID 

*  POWERGRID Received The PMISE Award For Innovation And Internship 

* SEBI Passes The Interim Order Of CAS Manipulation Case 

* ) MeiTY Has Partners With Phonepe To Strengthen The PM Gatishakti With Granular Data Intelligence 

* Cochin Shipyard Limited ( CSL) Has Honoured With The IMC Golden Shield Excellence Award 2026 For The Best Ship Repair Yard In India 

* UPI in 11 Countries 

* India's Foreign Reserve Exchange Surged By 12.4 Billion US Dollar in August 2026 

* Aditya Birla Insurance Tie Up With ICAI To Offer Coverage To 17 Lakh Students 

AWARDS - 

* Professor Aruna Bhikshu, Head Of The Department Of Dance At University Of Hyderabad, Has Been Conferred With The Prestigious Dadri National Excellence Award 2026 For Contribution in Kuchipudi 

* * UNION HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH PRESENTED THE LOK MANYA TILAK NATIONAL AWARD TO NSA CHIEF AJIT DOVAL ON 1ST AUGUST 2026 

COSPAR - VIKRAM SARABHAI AWARD 2026 - 

* * ASTROPHYCIST PROFESSOR ANNAPURNI SUBRAMANIAM HAS BEEN AWARDED THE COSPAR VIKRAM SARABHAI MEDAL 2026 

* SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS ( IIA) BENGALURU, 

* SHE ALSO TOOK ADDITIONAL CHARGE AS DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE FOR NANO AND SOFT MATTER SCIENCES (CeNS) 

* THE INTERNATIONAL MEDAL AWARDED TO SCIENTISTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FOR CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF SPACE RESEARCH.

* IT IS AWARDED JOINTLY BY COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH ( COSPAR) INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL AND UNITED NATIONS ( THROUGH UN -COPUS) & ISRO 

* THIS MEDAL INSTITUTED ON 1990 

* SHE BECAME THE 4TH INDIAN TO RECEIVE THIS MEDAL 

* Director Of Indian Institute Of Astrophysics ( IIA) Smt Annapurni Subramaniam Has Received The Prestigious Vikram Sarabhai MEDAL 2026 

* India's Author Ashwin Sanghi Wins The Inaugural JSW Prize In Literature At Bhutan 

* Jan Elaine Soriano Wins The 2026 Science & PINS Prize For Neuromodulation For Work, That Could Prevent Blood Pressure Crises After Spinal Cord Injury 

* Union Road And Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari To Present The Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak To 12 Rat Miners For Their Contribution In The Rescue Of Silkyara Tunnel 

* President Droupadi MURMU Presented Sant Kabir Handloom Awards And National Handloom Awards 2025 

DIRAC MEDAL 2026 - 

* INDIAN SCIENTIST  THEORETICAL PHYSICIST SHRI DEEPAK DHAR HAS RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS DIRAC MEDAL FOR 2026.

* HIS CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS, UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX SYSTEM 

* THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS ( ICTP) 

* He BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN TO RECEIVE THE BOLTZMAN MEDAL IN 2022 

* HE RECEIVED PADMA BHUSAN IN 2023 

* HIS MAJOR WORK IS DHAR BURNING ALGORITHM 

( DIRAC MEDAL WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1985) 

* Eminent Arunachal Pradesh AUTHOR Journalist Mamang Dai Honoured With 2026 Kamala Saikia National AWARD 

*  Uttar Pradesh Has Secured Three Awards At The GeM Award 

* President Droupadi MURMU Presented Sangeet Natak Academy Fellowship Awards To 115 Artist 

* Filmmaker Rima Das's Film Not a Hero Win The Best Indie Film Award At The Indian Film Festival Of MELBOURNE ( IFFM)

* Bollywood Actress Rani Mukherjee Has Received An Honorary Doctor Of Letters By Australia La Trobe University 

*  Actress Rekha Has Honoured With The Excellence In Cinema Award At The Indian Film Festival Of MELBOURNE ( IIFM)

* Professor Thalappil Pradeep, IIT Madras BECAME The Third Indian Scientist To Receive The Global Engineering Honour ( European Academy Of Engineering EAE) ( ENI AWARDS ) 

* Professor C N R RAO 

* PROFESOR Biman Bagchi 

 * Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has CONFERRED The National Anubhav Award 2026 To 15 Personality 

47TH SARALA AWARDS 2026 - 

* DR ASHUTOSH PARIDA HAS WON THE 47TH SARALA PURASKAR (AWARD) 2026 

* FOR HIS PORTEY COLLECTION ( BISHWAS DE PRUTHWI) 

* DR ASUTOSH PARIDA A POET & FORMER CSIR -IMMT SCIENTIST 

*  Oru Thooku Kaithiyin Vaakumoolam ( Testimony Of a Death Warrant Prisoner) Penned By C Selvam Has Been Selected For The Iyal Award For Non - Fiction ( Canada Based Tamil Library Garden) 

* Vijayawada Based Photo Journalist T Srinivasa Reddy Has Been Selected for Master Of Photo Journalism Award By The India International Photographic Council ( IIPC) 

MISS UNIVERSE INDIA 2026 - 

* * KERALA'S 19 YEARS OLD LAW STUDENT KAZIAH LIZ MEJO CROWNED AS MISS UNIVERSE INDIA 2026 

*  The Dr YSR & Dr KVP Foundation Will Confer The Dr Y S Rajasekara Reddy Award 2026 On M S SWAMINATHAN Research Foundation ( MSSRF) For It's Contribution To Indian Agriculture.

* FORMER International Weightlifter Ajaydeep Sarang Has Been Selected For The Veer Hanuman Singh Award By Chhattisgarh State Government.

* * PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS HONOURED WITH THE OLIY DARAJALI DO STLIK ORDER 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ON VISIT TO UZBEKISTAN AHEAD OF SCO SUMMIT 2026 IN KYRGYSTAN 

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MOU SIGNED - 

* The Department Of Telecommunication And The Government Of Madhya Pradesh Signed An MoU For The Establishment Of The India's First Telecom Manufacturing Zone ( TMZ) Phase -1 At Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh 

*  India AI And Ministry Of AYUSH Signed MoU To Accelerate AI Innovation In Traditional Healthcare 

*  India And Southern African Customs Union ( SACU) SIGNED Terms Of Reference ( ToR) For Negotiation Towards A Preferential Trade Agreements.

*  Reliance Industries And Rolls - Royce Announced Strategic Intent To partner And Develop India's Indigenous Combat Engine For The ADVANCED Medium Combat Aircraft ( AMCA) Programme 

* Agreement Signed Between Digital Bharat Nidhi ( DBN), Department Of Telecommunication , Government Of Chhattisgarh CSBIL, BSNL And CHiPS For Implementation Of Amended Bharat Net Programme In State.

* India And Brazil Signed A MoU To Deepen Cooperation In The Telecommunication And Information And Communication Technologies ( ICT) 

* India And UK Have Agreed To Expand Their Bilateral Exchange Between The Armed Forces Of The Two Countries Through Joint Exercise, Training And Capacity Building 

* India & New Zealand Have Deepen in Defence Partnership In The 2nd india - New Zealand Defence Strategy Dialogue Held In Wellington 

* India And Morocco Have Set An Ambitious Goal To Double Bilateral Trade By 2030 

*  Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ( HAL) Has Signed Contract With Safran Helicopter Engines ( SAFHAL) For The Design, Development, Manufacturing, 

*  India And China Agreed To Continue Their Work In Seeking Political Settlement 

* India Signed US Deal For Javelin Anti - Tank MISSILE 

* CISF Signed MoU with Drone Federation Of India For Collaboration In Drone Technology 

INDIA - UZBEKISTAN - 

CAPITAL OF UZBEKISTAN -   TASHKENT 

HONOUR - 

 * PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS HONOURED WITH THE OLIY DARAJALI DO STLIK ORDER 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ON VISIT TO UZBEKISTAN AHEAD OF SCO SUMMIT 2026 IN KYRGYSTAN 

16 MOU SIGNED  BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES - 

MOU SIGNED BW TWO NATIONS- 

* Elevating The Strategic Partnership With Uzbekistan To Comprehensive Strategic Partnership 

* Cultural Exchange Program Between India And Uzbekistan For The Year 2026-30 

* Letter Of Intent On Conservation And Restoration Of Ancient Buddhist Site Of Fayaz Tepa And Kara Tepa Located In Termez, Uzbekistan 

* MoU In The Field Of Archival Work ..

* MoU On Cooperation In The Field Of Ayurveda And Other Traditional SYSTEM In Medicine 

* MoU On Cooperation In The Field Of Geology And Minerals Resources 

* Partnership Program In The Field Of Tourism 2026-28 

* MoU Between Sushma Swaraj Institute Of Foreign Service Of India And The Diplomatic Academy At The University of World Economy And Diplomacy Of Uzbekistan 

* MoU On Economic And Financial Dialogue 

* Agreement On Cooperation In Environmental Protection 

* MoU In The Field Of Higher Education And Scientific Research 

* Cooperation Agreement Between The Samarkand Region Of Uzbekistan And Gujarat State Of India Of Establishment Of Partnership Relation 

* Grants of USD 1 million For Afforestation in The Aral Sea Region 

* Lal Bahadur Shastri Scholarship For Hindi Language 

* Establishment Of ICCR Sanskrit Chair In Tashkent State University Of Oriental Studies .

* Agreement Between NPCI International Payment Limited ( NIPL) And National Interbank Processing Centre JSC ( NIPC) Uzbekistan To Enable UPI Apps To Scan National QR 

INAUGURATION - 

* * ON 1ST AUGUST 2026, PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS INAUGURATED THE ALLURI SITARAMA RAJU INERNATIONAL  AIRPORT AT VIJAYANAGAR, ANDHRA PRADESH 

* BUILT AT A COST OF RS 5000 CRORES 

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone of Various Development Project Worth Rs 17000 Crores in Andhra Pradesh ( Bhogapuram) 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI Has Received The Handcrafted Bobbilli Ekanda Veena In Bhogapuram, Andhra Pradesh 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Virtually Inaugurated The ASIP Technologies Rs 2387. Crores OSAT Semiconductor Technology At Tarluvada, Andhra Pradesh 

* Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Has Inaugurated The NVIDIA - Powered AI Centre Of Competency At Ramdeobaba University 

POSTAGE STAMP - 

* Department Of Post Released The Commemorative Postage Stamp To Mark Centenary Of Satish Gujral 

PARAM PRAGYA - 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The PARAM PRAGYA, An AI Powered High Performance Super Computer Facility At The Sonipat Campus At IIT DELHI ( On The Occasion Of 57th Convocation Of IIT DELHI) 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated India's First Of Its Kind Eco Educational Hub Developed by CSIR - NBRI At Lucknow 

* Chhattisgarh State Government Has Launched The 24 Hours Ration ATM

* Ministry Of MSME And Department Of Industry, Trade, MINISTRY OF Commerce ( DPIIT) Signed A MoU To Accelerate Commercialization And Global Market Access Of India's Geographical Indication ( GI) Products 

* Bharat GI Banner Launched 

*  INDIAN Oil Launched The Indane XTRALITE NOW In Guwahati 

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Unveiled The Statue Of Former Indian Prime Minister Late Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee At Chittorgarh, Rajasthan 

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* India's First' Virtual zoo Has Been Inaugurated In Indore, Madhya Pradesh ( KAMALA NEHERU PRANI SANGRAHALAYA ) 

* QpiAI Has Inaugurated It's 8 Inch Quantum Foundry Facility In Bengaluru.

*  Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheeshan Inaugurated The EXIM Operation At Vizhinjam Port, Kerala.

*  Indian Railway Has Introduced The Joint Parcel Product - Rapid Cargo Service ( JPP-RCS) On The Western Dedicated Frieght Corridor 

*  Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Participate In Bhumi Pujan Ceremony Of The Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineering ( GRSE) Limited In Kolkata 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Inaugurated The Re - Developed The Hutatma Smruti Smarak At Goa 

* Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Has Flagged Off A Special Metro Train Themed Around India's Freedom Struggle At The Central Secretariat Metro station, New Delhi.

* Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ( HAL) Has Inaugurated The Samtel HAL Display SYSTEM Limited ( SHDS) in Gurugram 

* Vice President C P RADHAKRISHNAN has Inaugurated The Arivukoodam At The Kongu Vellalar Institute Of Technology ( KVIT) Trust 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Unveiled The Statue Of Freedom Fighter Rani Avanti Bai Lodhi In Lucknow 

* Vice President C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Inaugurated The 132nd Aranmula Utthratthati Boat Race 

DEFENSE - 

* President Droupadi MURMU Has Virtually Flagged Off The President Bodyguard ( PBG) Solideration From Delhi 

* New Delhi Host The 4th Tri Service Future Warfare Course 

* Air Chief Marshal A P Singh, Chief Of Air Staff Of Indian Air Force On Visit To Vietnam 

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Presented President Colours Award To Puducherry Police 

* INDIAN Navy Chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Hands Over Hydrographic Chart To Mauritius Prime Minister Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam 

* Kawa UAV Successfully Conducted The Maiden Flight Of Jet Powered Divyashtra Mk3 Loitering Munition 

* India's Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh Has Arrived At Armenia 

* West Bengal Cabinet Has Approved The Creation Of State's First Dedicated Anti Terrorist Squad ( ATS) Under The DGP.

* India And Armenia SIGNED Defense MoU To Boost Joint Collaboration, Innovation And R &D 

* INS SUDARSHINI Arrives In Lisbon As Part Of The Lokayan 26 Expedition.

*  INDIAN Navy Deployed Monitor Safe Transit Of MV UNION MARINER & MV DAGHER Through The Babel Mandep Strait 

* Indian Coast Guard Region Andaman & Nicobar Conducted The 4th Regional Technical Milan on 25th August 2026 

* Indian Coast Guard Ship Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Decommissioned On 27th August 2026 

APPOINTMENTS  - 

* Rear Admiral Srinivas Muddula Assumes As The Command Of The Western Fleet 

* Government Has Appointed Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja As Director General Armed Forces Medical Service ( DGAFMS) 

* 1991 BATCH INDIAN DEFENCE ACCOUNTS SERVICES ( IDAS) Smt ALKA NANGIA ARORA HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE CONTROLLER GENERAL OF DEFENCE ACCOUNT ( DGCA) 

* Colonel Vikrant Panwar Assume Command Of 13 Task Force Under Project Yojak.

* COL. SPHURTI KULKARNI ASSUMED AS THE COMMAND OF 45 TASK FORCE, PROJECT CHETAK ON 30TH JULY 2026 

* SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN OFFICER TO COMMAND THE TASK FORCE RESPONSIBLE FOR STRATEGIC CONNECTIVITY ALONG THE WESTERN FRONTIER 

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*  Col Shikha Bhadauria ASSUMED As Command Of 32 BRTF, Project BEACON On 30th April 2026, To Support The Amarnath Yatra In Kashmir 

* Squadron Leader Bhawana Kanth Has Successfully Completed The Prestigious Fighter Combat Leader ( FCL) Course At The Tactics And Air Combat Development Establishment TACDE In Gwalior 

* 2006 BATCH IPS OFFICER Sanjukta Prasor Has Been Appointed As The IG, CRPF ( ASSAM BASED) 

* Major Risabh Singh Sambyal Retired After Serving As ADC To The PRESIDENT 

HONOUR - 

* Chief Of Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth Has CONFERRED With Honorary Rank Of General Of The Nepali Army By Honourable President Of Nepal 

MOU  SIGNED - 

 * Indian Navy SIGNED MoU With Banaras Hindu University ( BHU) To Strengthen Cooperation in The Field Of Indigenous Naval Technology 

* Indian Coast Guard Has Signed MoU with Hindalco industries Ltd ( HIL) For Strengthen The Indigenous  MARITIME Capacity 

 * Ministry Of Defence Has Signed MoU With Tata ADVANCED System LIMITED ( TASL) & M/s Nibe Private Limited For Procurement Of Loiter Munition System, Loiter Munition And Accessories For Indian Army At An Cost Of Rs 1577 Crores 

* Defence Ministry Of India Has Signed MoU With US Firm General Atomics Of Worth Rs 1943 Crores To Lease Two MQ-9B Sea Guardian Drones For Indian Navy For 30 Months.

*  India And Armenia Have Exchanged a Document Defining The New Format Of Cooperation Between Armed Forces Between India And Armenia 

* The Indian Army And Punjab National Bank Signed A MoU To Provide Customized Credit Cards To Personnel Across All India Ranks Officers 

* Indian Army And DRDO Have Signed a Joint Working Agreement To Accelerate Development Of Futuristic Military Technologies 

* Military Combat Parachute SYSTEM ( MCPS) Designed And Developed by ADRDE, DRDO Was Successfully Tested At World's Highest Altitude Drop Zone ( Nyoma) (20,000 Feet) 

* India Signed Javelin Procurement Deal With US 

INDIA-JAPAN SIGNED MOU - 

* Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi On Visit To India 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Gifted Buddha In Abhay Mudra Statue To Japan Defence Minister 

* India - Japan Defence Ties Strengthen With Maritime Security, Naval Shipbuilding & Technology Cooperation 

* India And Japan Signed MoA On MARITIME Security Cooperation 

* India Japan To Explore Joint Development In Naval Shipment 

* India - Japan To Accelerate Talks For 2+2 Meeting in Tokyo 

* India And Japan To Deepen Defence Equipment & Technology Cooperation 

INDUCTED - 

* NIPUN, The 2nd Driving Support Vessel ( DSV), Built By Hindustan Shipyard Limited ( HSL) Delivered To INDIAN Navy On 30th July 2026 At Visakhapatnam 

* Nipun - Sanskrit Word Means, Adept, CAPABLE, Well Versed 

* The Fifth Ship Of Diving Support Craft Project DSC A24 Launched On 1st August 2026, Built By Titagarh Railway System At Kolkata 

SHRUTI - A Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel Built For The Indian Navy Inaugurated At Garden Reach Shipbuilders LIMITED At Kolkata 

* Indian Navy Has Commissioned The Launch And Recovery System ( LRS) Test Plinth For The DSRVs At The Submarine Rescue Unit ( East) In Visakhapatnam 

* INAUGURATED BY Vice Admiral SANJAY BHALLA 

* * Allow Safe, Ground Level Testing Of Heavy Equipment Without Deploying To Sea. 

* MANGROL - Third Of Eight Series Of Anti SUBMARINE WARFARE SHALLOW Water Craft ( ASW - SWC) Delivered To Indian Navy By Cochin Shipyard Limited ( CSL) 

* Goa Shipyard Limited Has Handed Over The ICGS AJIT, An Indigenously Developed Fast Patrol Vessel To Indian COAST Guard 

* Indian Navy Received The SAMARTHAK ( First Indigenous Multi Purpose Vessel) 

* It Is Built By L & T Shipyard, Kattupali 

* Maritime SURVEILLANCE, Offshore Patrol, Humanitarian Assistance Disaster & Relief ( HADR) 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Former Indian Army Chief (14th ) General V N Sharma ( Retired) Passed Away 

HONOURED - 

*  Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Honoured 9 Female Officers From All Three Services Who Completed The SAMUDRA PRADIKSHANA Mission ( They Completed 25,500 Nautical Miles In 314 Days) 

* Indian Spent On Different Operation Since 2020 - ( Spent On Evacuation)!

* Operation Devi Shakti (Afganistan) - 1.90 Crores ( 669 Indian Evacuation) 2021 

* Operation Ganga ( Ukraine) - 116.58 Crores ( 18,282 Evacuation) 2022 

* Operation Kaveri ( Sudan) - 45.63 Crores ( 4097) 2023 

* Operation Ajay ( Israel) - 16.87. Crores ( 1343) 2023 

* Operation Indravati ( Haiti) - 48.34 Lakh ( 17) 2024 

* Special Humanitarian Airlift ( Kuwait) - 12.84 Lakh ( 48 Died) 2024 

* Operation Sindhu ( Iran) - 27.68. Crores ( 3,597) 2025 

* Myanmar - 76 Lakh ( 1741) 2025 

* Operation Sagar Bandhu. ( Srilanka) - 5.80 lakh ( 424) 2025 

* Iran Via Armenia ( 6.05 Crores ) ( 2557) 2026 

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LAUNCHED - 

* Chief Of Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth Has Launched The Indigenously Developed Xtreme Weather Grade ( XWG) Diesel In New Delhi 

* Developed Jointly By Indian Army And Oil Marketing Companies 

* Andaman And Nicobar Has Launched The Operation FALCON  To Find Out Poachers 

AWARDS - 

*  INDIAN Coast Guard Has Received The Promising Organisation By GeM ( 10 Years Celebration Of GeM) 

* Sashastra Seema Bal ( SSB) Has CONFERRED The GeM Recognition Award 2026 ( Under The Promising Organisation) 

* Government Of India Has Approved Gallantry And Services Medals For 1057 Personnel Of Police, Fire Services, Home Guard And Civil Defence 

* Chief Of Army Staff ( COAS) General Dhiraj Seth Has Inaugurated The AASHVAST ( Assessments And Analysis Of Electronic System Hardware For Vulnerability And Security Threats) 

* A  Specialized Facility Aimed At Enhancing The Integrity, Reliability, And Security Of Mission - Critical Military Electronics 

APARAJITA - 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Flagged Off NCC's All India Girls High Altitude Long Trek APARAJITA: Parang La 2026 

* Led By WOMAN Officer Of Three Services 28 Girls Cadets To Undertake a 250 Km, 30 Days Trek Traversing One Of India's Most Challenging High Altitude Routes 

* India Imposes Phases Ban On Import Of 405 Defence Items 

* India - Argentina Joint army Mountaineering Expedition To Mt Kamet 

* IS INDIA READY FOR The Next Crisis Book Author - Lt Gen K J S Tiny Dhillon

*   Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Laid Foundation Stone of Rs 472. Crores To Establish T-72 & T-90 Tanks At The Vehicle Factory, Jabalpur 

RENAME - 

* Nauru, The World's Third Smallest Country ( Of PACIFIC Islands) Has Changed It's Name To Republic Of Naoero 

* Total Population Is 12,000 

* Independent On 1968 

* West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Has Set To Rename The Housing Scheme - Banglar Bari To Paschim bangla Awas 

* Guwahati Town Club Football Academy Pavilion Named After Zubeen Garg 

* US Presidential Donald Trump Has Changed The Name Of Lake Ontario To Lake America.

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FIRST WOMAN - 

FIRST IN INDIA - 

* COL. SPHURTI KULKARNI ASSUMED AS THE COMMAND OF 45 TASK FORCE, PROJECT CHETAK ON 30TH JULY 2026 

* SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN OFFICER TO COMMAND THE TASK FORCE RESPONSIBLE FOR STRATEGIC CONNECTIVITY ALONG THE WESTERN FRONTIER 

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*  Col Shikha Bhadauria ASSUMED As Command Of 32 BRTF, Project BEACON On 30th April 2026, To Support The Amarnath Yatra In Kashmir 

* Squadron Leader Bhawana Kanth Has Successfully Completed The Prestigious Fighter Combat Leader ( FCL) Course At The Tactics And Air Combat Development Establishment TACDE In Gwalior 

*  Dr Varsha Ashok Aglawe Has Became The First Woman And 54th Director General Of Geological Survey Of India (GSI)

* Ms Jivisha Joshi Gangopadhyay (2013 Batch IRTS) Appointed As First Secretary ( Legal) Permanent Mission Of India To The World Trade Organisation (WTO), Geneva 

* Sufiya Sufi Became The First Person To Run From Kanyakumari To Karakoram (5000 Km In 86 Days & 2 Hours) 

* 16 Years Old Indian Swimmer Divya Mahajan Has Become The Youngest Woman to Cross The North Channel, ( Swimming Around 35 Km From Northern Ireland To Scotland In 15 Hours & 35 Minutes) 

FIRST WOMAN IN WORLD - 

* Princess Isabella Makes History As First Danish Royal Woman In Military Service 

* Justice Abha Nayar Patel, First Woman Judge Of Zambian Supreme Court ( Indian Origin) 

* Sophie Adenot Became The First French Female Astronaut To Venture Outside The International Space Station At 18th August 2026 

APPOINTMENTS - 

*  2011 Batch IDAS OFFICER Ms Bhawini Tripathi Has Appointed As The Director In The Central Vigilance Commission ( CVC) 

 * A S Rajeev, Former Bank of Maharashtra MD Took Charge As The Acting CVC 

* 2008 Batch IRS ( C & IT) Shri Bejoy John Has Appointed As The Director, Department Of Higher Education 

* Satish Kumar Gets One Year Extension As Chairman & CEO Of Railway Board 

* N R Krishnaswamy, A Senior Orthodontist From Chennai Became The First Orthodontist From India To Qualify As Diplomat Of The European Board Of Orthodontics ( EBO)

* RETIRED IPS OFFICER Shobha Ohatkar Has Appointed As The Chairperson Of The Bihar Staff Selection Commission ( BSSC) Under The BSSC Act 2002

* Professor Chandra Murthy, Has Been Appointed As The First Nokia Supported Chair Professor In AI & Communication At IISC 

* 18 Years Old 364 Days YOUNG Boy Nathan Thomas Become The World's Youngest Professor At Miami Dade College. 

* * 1999 BATCH IRTS OFFICER ( C & IT) SHRI SATYAJIT MOHANTY HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE INDIA'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION ( ICAO) IN MONETRAL, CANADA 

* The Government Of India Has Extended One More Year Of Shri T V Somanthan As  Cabinet Secretary 

* IFS OFFICER T Armstrong Has Appointed As Indian Ambassador To Republic Of Armenia 

* Air India Has Appointed Tewolde Gebremariam As It's New CEO 

* 2005 Batch Madhya Pradesh Based IAS OFFICER Rahul Jain Has Been Appointed As The Senior Adviser To The Executive Director Of India At IMF 

* 2002 Batch Punjab Based IAS OFFICER Baldeo Purushartha Has Appointed As Senior Adviser To The Executive Director At The Asian Development Bank ( ADB) In Manila For 3 Years 

* 2005 Batch IAS OFFICER Balamurgan D Has Been Appointed As The Minister ( Agriculture) At The Embassy Of India, Rome For 3 Years 

* 2008 Batch IAS OFFICER Shri Brijmohan Mishra Has Been Appointed As The Minister ( Economic & Commercial) At The Indian Embassy In Tokyo 

*) Anand Prakash Appointed As The Indian High Commissioner To Eswatini 

(*  Dr Varsha Ashok Aglawe Has Became The First Woman And 54th Director General Of Geological Survey Of India (GSI)

* Ms Jivisha Joshi Gangopadhyay (2013 Batch IRTS) Appointed As First Secretary ( Legal) Permanent Mission Of India To The World Trade Organisation (WTO), Geneva 

 * Congress Rajya Sabha MP Neeraj Dangi Has Been Appointed As The New Whip Of The Congress Party In Parliament.

* Rahul Navin Gets One Years Extension As The Director Of The Enforcement Director ( ED)

* 2008 Batch Maharshtra Based IAS OFFICER Akhilesh Kumar Singh Appointed As Joint Director Of CBI 

* Retired IRPS Officer Dr Bhooma VG Has Been Selected As Vice Chancellor Of The Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute Of Public Service And Innovation ( AIPSI) In Mauritius.

*  Russia Appoints Former CJI D Y Chandrachud As Arbitrator In UKRANIAN Oschadbank Case.

* Congress MLA Gurupadagouda Sanaganagouda ELECTED As Speaker Of The Karnataka Legislative assembly 

* G S Patil Has Elected As The Speaker Of Karnataka Legislative assembly

* BJP Leader Varshaben Doshi Appointed As Party National Vice President 

 * The Appointment Committee Of The CABINET ( ACC) Has Approved The Appointment Of 2000 Batch Karnataka Based IAS OFFICER Ms P Hemalatha As Additional Charge Of Chairman At The Marine Product Exports Development Authority ( MPEDA) In Cochin 

*  Rahul Mithal 's Tenure As RITES CMD Has Been Extended Until 30th June 2027

*  Rajasthan Chief Secretary 1989 Batch IAS officer V Srinivas Gets Six Months Extension 

* Justice Sunil Balkrishna Shukre Sworn In As The New Chairman Of The Maharastra Lokayukta 

* Former Delhi Commissioner Of Police Satish Golchha Appointed As The DG Home guard 

* Maharshtra State SPORTS Minister Shri Asish Shelar Has Unanimously ELECTED As The President Of E- Sports 

* 2006 Batch IPS OFFICER Vivek Raj Singh Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Director General Of Narcotics Control Bureau For Next 5 Years 

* A Chennai Based Endodontist V Gopalkrishna Has Become The First Indian To Head The International Federation Of Endodontic Association ( IFEA) 

* Subrot Bagchi Has Appointed As The Chairman Of Karnataka Vision Group For Skill Development 

JUDICIAL - 

* Justice Mahesh Tripathi Has Been Appointed As Chief Justice Of BOMBAY High Court 

* Justice Ashwini Mishra Has Been Appointed As New Chief Justice Of Punjab & Haryana High Court 

* Ravindra v Ghuge Appointed As The Chief Justice Of CALCUTTA High Court 

* V Kameshwar Rao Appointed As The Chief Justice Of Patna High court 

* Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai Elected As The President Of The Supreme Court Bar Association ( SCBA) 

* Justice Sanjay Karol, Known As Chachaji In Supreme Court Retires.

*  1998 AGMUT Gyanesh Bharati Has Appointed As The Chief Secretary Of Andaman & Nicobar Island 

* 1995 Batch IAS OFFICER Ms Archana Verma Has Been Appointed As The Secretary Of The Department Of Water Resources, River Development And Ganga Rejuvenation 

* 1993 Batch Madhya Pradesh Based IAS OFFICER Ms Deepti Gaur Mukherjee Has Been Appointed As The Secretary Of Department Of Higher Education 

* 1995 Batch Odisha Cadre IAS OFFICER Sushil Kumar Lohani Appointed As The New Chairman Of Inland Waterways Authority Of India ( IWAI)

* 1994 Batch Madhya Pradesh Cadre IAS  Officer Pallavi Jain Govil Appointed As New Secretary Of Ministry Of Corporate Affairs 

* 1993 Batch Tamilanadu Cadre IAS Officer Sunil Paliwal Has Appointed As The Secretary Of The Department Of Youth Affairs 

*  2002 Batch IAS OFFICER Shri M Angamuthu Appointed As The Additional Charge Of Chairman Of Cochin Port Authority 

* 2006 BATCH IAS Officer Ajit Kumar Has Granted 6 Months Extension As CEO Of My Gov 

AMBASSADOR - 

* Vishwesh Negi Appointed As Indian Ambassador To Republic Of Iran 

* Government Of India Has Approved One Year Extension For Govind Mohan As Union Home Secretary 

* Devesh Uttam Has Been Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Ethiopia 

* Soumendu Bagchi Has Appointed As India's Ambassador To Switzerland 

* Ajay A Kumar Appointed As India's Ambassador To Republic Of Iraq 

PRESIDENT - 

* HUNGARY's PARLIAMENT ELECTED FORMER SUPREME COURT CHIEF ANDRAS BAKA AS THE COUNTRY'S NEXT PRESIDENT.

* HAKAINDE HICHILEMA HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED AS 2ND TERM PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA FOR ( 5 YEARS) 

* MIRZA FAKHRUL ISLAM ALAMGIR ELECTED AS BANGLADESH 'S 23RD PRESIDENT.

* HE DEFEATED FORMER ARMY OFFICER OLI AHMAD 

BRAND AMBASSADOR - 

* Indian Cricketer Jaspreet Bumrah Has Appointed As Brand Ambassador For L & T FINANCE ( Gold Campaign) 

* Commonwealth Gold Medalist ASMITA DEY Named Brand Ambassador Of South Tripura Nasha Mukt Premiere LEAGUE 

* Motherland Appoints Made In India With MMA Icon Asha Roka As Digital Ambassador 

SCHEMES  

* Cabinet Approved The SAMUDRA MANTHAN - The National Offshore Exploration Scheme Worth Rs - 84,084 Crores Implementation Upto FY 2030/31 

* Cabinet Approved The Khelo India SCHEME With a Total Outlay Of Rs 36,441 Crores Till 2030/31 

* Ministry Of Panchayati Raj Has Launched The DAANVEER, a Citizen Participation Initiative To Strengthen Digital Infrastructure Of Gram Panchayat Across COUNTRY 

* Cabinet Has Approved The Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana ( PM SSY) With An Outlay Of Rs 5,070 Crores 

*  Cabinet Approved The Rs 23,731 Crores GOBARDHAN Scheme To Boost Clean Energy 

STATES - 

* West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Has Announced Rs 10,000 Monthly Allowance, Free Travel In Government Buses, Free Medical Treatment In Government Hospital For LOKTANTRA SENANI 

* Government of ODISHA Has Introduced The Scheme BIDESH SIKSHYA BRUTI For Scheduled Caste ( SC) And Scheduled Tribe ( ST) Students Aspiring Pursue The Post Graduate And PhD Courses in 200 QS Ranking Universities 

* Cabinet Has Approved The 4 Multitracking Projects Covering 8 States Including West Bengal, Odisha, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, 

* West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari Has Announced 20% Reservation For Agniveer In FOREST, Police, And Fire 

* West Bengal Government Will Form a New Disaster Response Force ARJUN BAHINI Recruiting Agniveer 

* Delhi Chief Minister Rakha Gupta Officially Launched The Delhi Lakshmi SCHEME 

* Chhattisgarh State Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai Has Officially Launched The JASHPUR EXPRESS YOJANA ( Distribute Free e- Rickshaw To 50 Local Woman/ 

RANKING & INDEX - 

* According To NCRB Data The Cases Registerd Against Scheduled Caste Rose From 45,995 In 2020 Five Years High Of 53,372 In 2023 in 28 States 

*  India Ranked 8th In Globally In Tourism Economy 

*  India Recorded 20,138 Organs Plants In 2025, 

* 4990 Transplant In 2013 

* India Now Ranked Third Globally In Organ Transplant 

* Reports By National Organ And Tissue Transplant Organisation ( NOTTO) 

* United States (2), China (2) 

* Delhi Topped With 4564 Ranked One - 

* Tamilnadu With (2796) 

* Maharshtra (2136) 

* Telengana (1523) 

* Kerala ( 1489) 

( Tamilnadu Ranked One In Deceased Organ Donors With 266) followed By Maharashtra (205), Telengana (198), Karnataka (154) Kerala (152) 

* India Ranked 176th Out Of 177 Countries In The Environmental Performance Index 2026 

( India Ranked 176th In The WORLD Environment Performance Index 2026 

* 1st Rank - Estonia 

* 177th Rank - Laos ) 

* SCB MEDICAL COLLEGE, Kataka, Odisha Ranked 15th In The IIRF Ranking 2026 

* 16th AIIMS BHUBANESWAR 

* 64th VIMSAR, Burla, Sambalpur 

* 74th MKCG 

* India Has Surpassed USA & Russia To Became World's 2nd Largest Freight Carriers 

* India Ranks First In Global Coconut Production 

* Keralam ( In Area Wise) 

* Tamilnadu ( In Production) 

* Andhra Pradesh ( In Productivity) 

* 2175 Hectares Under Cultivation in 2025/26 

* India Is The World's Largest Producer Of Makhana ( Bihar Contribute 3/4th Of India's Production) 

 * 63,910 MT In 2024/25 

* 80,590 MT In 2025/26 

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*  India Ranked 2nd In Mobile Manufacturing Globally.

BILLS - 

* The Registration Of Birth And Deaths Amendment Bill Passed In Rajya Sabha On 31st July 2026 

*  Lok SABHA Passes The Registration Of Birth And Deaths Amendment Bill 2026 

* Parliament Passed The Registration Of Birth And Deaths Amendment ( Bill) 2026 

* Birth Or Death Registered After Two Years Will Now Require 

* The Indian Statistical Institute Bill 2026 And 

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* The Bankers Book Evidence Bill 2026 Introduced In Lok SABHA ( Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Introduced) 

* UNION FINANCE MINISTER NIRMALA SITHARAMAN HAS INTRODUCED THE BANKERS BOOK EVIDENCE BILL 2026 

* PARLIAMENT PASSED THE BILL ON 10TH AUGUST 2026 

** IT REPLACING THE 135 YEARS OLD COLONIAL ERA BANKERS BOOK EVIDENCE ACT 1891.

KEY FEATURES OF BILL - 

* BANKERS Books To Include Physical Logs, Alongside Electronic, DIGITAL, Cloud Based Storage, Back Up And Disasters Recovery Data.

* It Permits Certification Of Digital Records Via Electronic Or Digital Signature Under The Information Technology Act 2000.

* It Ensures Electronic Records Are Not Denied Legal Standing Solely Due To Their Digital Form Provided SYSTEM Integrity, Data Accuracy And Cyber Security Criteria 

* It Implements a Special Cause Requirement To Protect Bank Official From Being Unnecessary Summoned Or Compelled To Produce Original Documents In Routine Proceeding.

* It Empowers The Central Government To Expand The Framework To Other Financial Sector Entails Via Official.

*  Parliament Passes The Bankers Book Evidence Bill 2026 on 10th August 2026

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*  Lok SABHA Passes The Supreme Court ( Number Of Judges) Amendment Bill 2026 ( 34- to 38) Including CJI 

*  Rajya Sabha Passes The Micro, Small And Medium Entreprise Development ( Amendment) Bill 2026 

 * The Appropriation Bill 3 ( Amendment,) bill Passed in Lok SABHA 

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* Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Introduced The The Taxation And Other Laws ( Amendment) Bill 2026 In Lok SABHA 

*  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman On 4th August 2026 Introduced The The Taxation And Other Laws ( Amendment) Bill on Lok SABHA 

* This Bill Aims To Revamps India's Tax Framework To Draw Foreign Capital, Bolster Electronic Manufacturing, Build Artificial Intelligence, And Cloud Infrastructure, Help To Global Hub For Rough Diamond Trade 

* 

*  Lok SABHA Passes The Taxation And Other Laws Amendment Bill 2026 On 6th August 2026 

* Parliament Passed The Taxation And Other Laws Amendment Bill 2026 On 10th August 2026 

* UNION FINANCE MINISTER NIRMALA SITHARAMAN INTRODUCED THE TAXATION AND OTHER LAWS ( AMENDMENT) BILL 2026 ON 4TH AUGUST 2026. 

* THE BILL SEEKS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE INCOME TAX ( AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 2026 ( ISSUED ON 5TH JUNE 2026) 

* The Ordinance Amended The Income Tax 2025 To Provide Exemption To Certain Foreign Investors In Government Securities. 

* The Bill Further Amends The 2025 Act To Provide Exemption To Certain Other Entities 

(a) Finance Act 2026 

(b) Payment & Settlement System Act 2007 

(*) The Bill Exempts Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) And The 

(*) The Bank For International Settlement ( BIS) For Paying Income Tax 

(a) Interest Earned On Investment In Government Securities 

(b) Capital Gains Arising From Sale Exchange Or Transfer Of Such Securities 

* This Was Apply After April 2026 

* Previously Under The Income Tax Act Interest Income Was Taxed At 20%, Short Term Capital Gain At 30% And Long Term Capital Gain At 12.5% 

* This Bill Amends The Income Tax Act To Give Tax Exemption To Certain Foreign Companies 

(a) Income From Sale Of Rough Diamonds In a Notified Special Zone Will Be Exempt 

_- This Will Apply To Foreign Companies - 

(a (1)  Engaged In Diamond Mining Or Sight Holders Of Such Companies 

(a2) Broker, Aggregator Or a Tender And Auction Entity Connected With The Sale Of Rough Diamonds 

- This Will Apply To Foreign Companies That Supply Them To a Contract Manufacturer Of Specified Electronic Goods ( Phone, Laptop) 

From October 2026 Till 31st March 2041 

NOTE - 

* The Income Tax Act Specify Condition For Tax Treatment Of Eligible Investment Fund Registered Outside India But Managed From India 

* This Bill Removes Several Conditions - 

(a) A Minimum Of 25 Members 

(b) Maximum 10% Participation In Terms Of a Single Investor 

(c) Minimum Monthly Average Corpus Requirement Of Rs 100 Crores 

(d) Bar On Investing More Than 25% Of The Corpus In a Single Entity 

* The Finance Act 2026 Levies a Surcharge Of 10% Of Income Tax Payable By Every Domestic Company Opting For Concessional Tax Rates. 

* The Income Tax Act Exempts Income Of Specified Foreign Companies Arising By Way Of Procuring Services From Specified Data Centres 

* The Bill Removes The Condition 

(a) The Foreign Company Notified By Central Government 

(b) The Data Centre Be Set Up Under An Approved Scheme And Be Notified In This Regard 

*  Parliament Passes The Bankers Book Evidence Bill 2026 on 10th August 2026

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* ON 3RD AUGUST 2026 RAJYA SABHA PASSES THE MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTREPRISE DEVELOPMENT ( AMENDMENT) BILL 2026 

* ON 6TH AUGUST IT WAS PASSED AT LOK SABHA 

* THE MICRO SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTREPRISE DEVELOPMENT ACT WAS NOTIFIED ON 2006:

FEATURES ---- 

* 

* The Mines And Minerals ( Development & Regulations) Amendment Bill 2026 Introduced In Lok SABHA.

* The Tribunals Reforms Bill 2026 Introduced In Lok SABHA 

* The National Co- Operative Development Corporation ( Amendment) Bill 2026 Introduced In Lok SABHA 

* The Kerala ( Alteration Of Name) Bill 2026 Introduced In Lok SABHA 

* Delhi Legislative assembly Has Passes the Delhi ( Right Of Citizen To Time Bond And Ease Of Delivery Services) Bill 2026

* ) Lok SABHA Passes The Mines And Minerals ( Development & Regulation) Amendment Bill 2026 

* Rajya Sabha Passes The Mines And Minerals Development & Regulation ) Amendment Bill 2026 On 13th August 2026 

* The Tribunals Reforms Bill 2026 Seeks To Create A More Independent, Transparent And Professionally Administrate Tribunals SYSTEM 

* The Bill Provide For Setting Up Of a Judiciary Led National Tribunals Commission 

* This Aims To Reduce Executive Discretion While Strengthening Accountability

*  Parliament Passed The Kerala ( Alteration Of Names) Bill 2026 

* The Meghalaya Cabinet Has Approved The Meghalaya Official Language Bill 2026 

* MEGHALAYA Cabinet Has Approved The Amendment To The Meghalaya Right To Public Services Act 2020

* Karnataka Cabinet Has Approved The Karnataka Public Area Access Regulation Bill 2026 

* * Meghalaya Cabinet Has Approved The International Open University ( Repeal) Bill 2026 

* The cabinet Has Decided To Repeal The Act As The Proposed Name Violated UGC Norms.

* MEGHALAYA Cabinet Has Approved The Martin Luther Christian University ( Amendment) Bill 2026 

* Meghalaya Cabinet Has Approved The Maharastra Institute Of Technology Of Meghalaya ( Amendment ) Bill 2026 

* The Tamilnadu Legislative assembly Has Unanimously Adopted A Resolution Seeking An Amendment To Section 23 Of The Right Of Children To Free And Compulsory Education Act 2009 

* Government Of Puducherry Has Introduced The Puducherry Business Reforms Bill 2026 

* Mizoram Assembly Passed The Fireworks Regulation Bill 2026

*  The Karnataka Government Has Passed The 

* The Karnataka Government Parks ( Preservation) Amendment Bill 2026 

* The Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority ( Amendment) Bill 2026 

TAMILNADU - 

* Tamilnadu State Government Has Allocated Rs 5,462 Crores For Pensioners ( Budget), Rs 11,532 Crores For Revenue & Disaster Management, Rs 475 Crores For Stamps And Registration, Rs 438 Crores For Natural Resources 

* Latha Rajnikanth, Wife Of Actor Rajnikant Launched The MAKKAL MEDAI Citizen's Platform In Chennai 

 *The Tamilnadu Assembly On 10th August 2026 Unanimously Adopted The Resolution For Tamil Thai Vazhathu ( To Mandatory Sung First Before Commencement Of Programs in All Educational Institution, UNIVERSITY, Government Offices) 

* Tamilnadu Announced a 100% Waiver On Cooperative Crop Loans Upto Rs 75,000.

NEW SPECIES - 

* A TEAM OF BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A RARE SPECIES OF FERN IN THE KOLI HILLS OF EASTERN GHATS ( TAMILNADU REGION) 

* SPECIES NAMED - PTERIS MADHUSOODANANII 

* RESEARCHERS FROM GOVERNMENT VICTORIA COLLEGE, AND SRI VYASA NSS COLLEGE IN KERALA DISCOVERD THIS SPECIES.

* SPECIES CATEGORISE AS - CRITICALLY ENDANGERED 

* THE SPECIES FEATURES AS - 

STIFF, LEATHERY LEAVES, DEEP GREEN COLOUR 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO - PROFESSOR P V MADHUSOODANAN ( FORMER HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY AT UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT) 

* 

* * BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A SMALL HERB SPECIES IN COROMANDEL COAST, TAMILNADU.

* SPECIES NAMED - LEUCAS DROUPADIAE 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER PRESIDENT OF INDIA DROUPADI MURMU 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY & GOVERNMENT SIDHHA MEDICAL COLLEGE 

* THE PLANT PRODUCES OBLONG FRUIT CALLED - NUTLETS ( GOLDEN YELLOW COLOUR AND COVERED IN IRREGULAR DARK BROWN SPOT ) 

* 

* AWARDS - 

The Tamilnadu GOVERNMENT Will Confer The Thagaisal Thamizhar Award On Former Tamilnadu Congress Committee President M Krishnasamy 

AWARDS - 

* Oru Thooku Kaithiyin Vaakumoolam ( Testimony Of a Death Warrant Prisoner) Penned By C Selvam Has Been Selected For The Iyal Award For Non - Fiction ( Canada Based Tamil Library Garden) 

* A Hero Stone Inscription, Dating Back To The Sangam Period Has Been Unearthed By Archaeologist At Malayadipatti Village, Tamilnadu 

* WRITTEN IN TAMIL-BRAHMI SCRIPT 

* 

* The Tamilnadu Legislative assembly Has Unanimously Adopted A Resolution Seeking An Amendment To Section 23 Of The Right Of Children To Free And Compulsory Education Act 2009 

* Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy Has Appointed As The Governor Of Tamilnadu.

FOODS SAFETY - 

*  FSSAI Has Prohibited Dabur India From Selling Food Products Carrying Misleading 100% Claims.

*  India Recorded 20,138 Organs Plants In 2025, 

* 4990 Transplant In 2013 

* India Now Ranked Third Globally In Organ Transplant 

* Reports By National Organ And Tissue Transplant Organisation ( NOTTO) 

* United States (2), China (2) 

* Delhi Topped With 4564 Ranked One - 

* Tamilnadu With (2796) 

* Maharshtra (2136) 

* Telengana (1523) 

* Kerala ( 1489) 

( Tamilnadu Ranked One In Deceased Organ Donors With 266) followed By Maharashtra (205), Telengana (198), Karnataka (154) Kerala (152) 

VACCINE - 

* Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Has Unveiled The Indigenous African Swine Fever ( ASF) Vaccine Developed By ICAR ( MA-104) 

* The Food And Drug Administration Has Approved A New Drug For Advanced Pancreatic Cancer ( RASONQUE) 

RK-251 - 

* THE JOINT EFFORTS FROM RESEARCHERS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ( IASST) And EXPERTS AT IIT GUWAHATI HAVE DESIGNED A DRUG NAMED - RK-251 

* DESIGNED TO TARGET THE CANCEROUS CELLS WITHOUT DAMAGING HEALTHY CELLS.

* THE TEAM LED BY PRINCIPAL DR ASIS BALA ( IASST) 

* Indian Council Of Agricultural Research ( ICAR) Has Developed India's First Fully Annotated Telomere - to - Telomere Reference Genome Of Pigeonpea Variety Named ASHA 

* Popularly Known As ARHAR Or TUR 

* 

* Gujarat Has Identified 22 Cases Of Chandipura Virus 

*  Doctors At AIIMS Delhi Have Successfully Performed Bariatric Surgery On a 32 Years Old Man Weighing 209 Kg 

* Vice President Shri C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Launched The India's First Non - Genetically Modified Organism High Expansion Popcorn Maize Hybrid Seed in Eluru's Musnur, Andhra Pradesh 

*  The All India Institute Of Ayurveda, new Delhi Has Introduced The GARBHINI Mitra Course 

* The Course Is Rooted In Traditional Ayurvedic Concept Of GARBHINI Parichaya ( Antenatal care) Sutika Parichaya ( Post Natal Care) And Garabhadana Vidhi ( Pre - Conceptional Care) 

* The Food Safety And Standard Authority Of India ( FSSAI) Have Taken A Regulatory Enforcement Action Under The Food Safety And Standard Act 2006 Issuing Prohibition Order Against M/s Everest Food Products Private LIMITED & M/s Laljee Godhoo And Company 

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