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India finished fourth at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with 13 gold, 17 silver, and 9 bronze medals; Ahmedabad received the Commonwealth Games flag as host of the 2030 edition.
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Indian boxers achieved their best-ever Commonwealth Games performance, winning a record 7 gold (Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria, Sakshi Chaudhary, Priya Ghanghas, Arundhati Choudhary, Sachin Siwach, Ankush Panghal) and 3 silver medals (Narender Berwal, Lovlina Borgohain, Jadumani Singh).
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Gulveer Singh became the first Indian to win two athletics medals at a single Commonwealth Games (bronze in 5000m, silver in 10000m) and the first to win a medal in men's 5000m.
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Soman Rana won India's first-ever Commonwealth Games gold in men's shot put F57, with Shubham Juyal taking silver, marking India's first double podium in the category.
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Tanvi Sharma won the women's singles title at the Taipei Open Super 300 badminton tournament, becoming the youngest champion and the first Indian woman to win since Saina Nehwal in 2008.
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Praveen Chithravel won silver and Selva Prabhu Thirumaran won bronze in men's triple jump at the Commonwealth Games 2026.
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The Government approved the Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana (PM-SSY) on 31 July 2026, targeting 5,000 MW of floating solar capacity with energy storage, with an outlay of ₹5,070 crore.
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PM Narendra Modi launched 'Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan' on 2 August 2026, a 100-week nationwide anti-drug campaign supported by 125 spiritual organisations under the Kashi Declaration.
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The Ujh Multipurpose Project in Jammu & Kashmir, revived in 2026 on the Ujh River (tributary of Ravi), aims to generate 186-212 MW of electricity and irrigate 90,000 hectares across Kathua, Samba, Pathankot, and Gurdaspur.
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NCC organised Cyclothon 2026 in New Delhi on 2 August, with 79 cadets riding 79 km under the theme 'Clean India, Green India, Fit India', flagged off by Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
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The 4th Tri-Services Future Warfare Course will commence at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi on 3 August 2026, coordinated by CENJOWS under HQ IDS.
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President Droupadi Murmu virtually flagged off the PBG Soldierathon on 2 August 2026, themed 'Supporting Real Heroes – the Armed Forces of India', with proceeds going to the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre.
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India will host the Meeting of Heads of National Statistical Offices of BRICS countries in Lucknow on 3-4 August 2026 under the theme 'Quality Statistics as Driver of Change', part of India's BRICS Chairship 2026 with theme 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability (BRICS)'.
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The Ministry of Textiles will organise the GI and Beyond 2.0 Summit on 5 August 2026 in New Delhi, where the Digital Handloom Atlas and HEPC Diamond Jubilee Logo will be launched.
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NFDC will organise the BRICS WAVES Bazaar in Mumbai on 6-7 August 2026, with over 500 delegates from BRICS countries.
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Andhra Pradesh and Australia signed four MoUs on 2 August 2026 in Amaravati for cooperation in clean energy, advanced manufacturing, inclusive education, and student mental health.
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According to an SBI Research report, India's economy is expected to grow around 7% in Q1 FY27.
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India's coal production in July 2026 increased by 7.51% YoY to 69.75 million tonnes, with cumulative FY27 production till July reaching 302.24 million tonnes (provisional).
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On its 56th Foundation Day, Cotton Corporation of India announced it procured over 522 lakh quintals of seed cotton in 2025-26, transferred ₹41,530 crore to farmers; MSP raised ~7% for 2026-27, and the Cotton Productivity Mission – Kapas Kanti has an outlay of ₹5,659 crore over five years.
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NSE will introduce the Closing Auction Session for Futures & Options stocks from 3 August 2026, extending equity derivatives trading by 10 minutes.
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India's solar installed capacity reached 162.15 GW as of 30 June 2026, up from 3 GW in 2014.
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The National Biodiversity Authority released ₹8.22 crore under the access and benefit-sharing mechanism for Indian rice varieties; ICAR-IIRR Hyderabad received ₹2.43 crore, and Uttar Pradesh got ₹73.26 lakh.
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WHO reported that the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is the largest ever, with 3,605 confirmed cases and 1,587 deaths (fatality rate 44%) as of week 30, 2026.
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The Self-Enumeration facility for Census 2027 commenced in Assam on 2 August via se.census.gov.in, available until 16 August ahead of Houselisting from 17 August; in Delhi, over 88.06 lakh enumeration forms have been digitised with final electoral roll on 19 October 2026.
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A fresh survey under the Manual Scavengers Act found no manual scavengers in India as of August 2026; under the NAMASTE Scheme, 89,915 sewer and septic tank workers have been validated.
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47,328 villages have been selected under the PM-AJAY Adarsh Gram component across India, including 435 in Telangana.
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Telangana Police's 'Operation Muskaan-12' rescued 6,307 children from child labour and trafficking in July 2026.
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Leaders paid tributes to freedom fighter Pingali Venkayya on his 150th birth anniversary on 2 August 2026; he designed the Indian national flag.
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The 166th birth anniversary of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy, founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and discoverer of mercurous nitrite, was observed on 2 August 2026.
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NEET-PG 2026 will be held on 30 August 2026; 2,73,183 candidates registered (12.5% increase), with 180 questions in 210 minutes and Aadhaar-based iris biometric verification.
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PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram, Andhra Pradesh.
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President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate Jagadguru Kripalu University in Cuttack on 3 August 2026 during her Odisha visit.
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PGIMER Chandigarh's Project SARATHI, a patient-assistance volunteer programme, has mobilised over 2,500 volunteers contributing over 1.5 lakh service hours, reducing patient navigation time by 26%.
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The second edition of Handloom Hackathon 2.0 – Weaving Innovations concluded at IIT Delhi with over 2,500 participants; a Centre of Excellence for Handloom Technology will be inaugurated at IIT Delhi in collaboration with the Ministry of Textiles.
