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Sharmila Dhankar won the gold medal in women's F57 shot put with a throw of 9.81 metres at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow.
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Indian boxers won a record 7 gold and 3 silver medals at the Commonwealth Games 2026.
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India finished fourth in the overall medal tally at the Commonwealth Games 2026 with 39 medals; para-athletes won a best-ever 7 medals including 3 golds.
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari conferred the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak on 12 rat miners for the Silkyara Tunnel rescue operation; each received ₹2 lakh (August 2026).
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At the GI & Beyond 2.0 Summit, GI certificates were presented for Ladakh Nambu Textile, Ladakh Pashmina Textile, Himachal Gudma, Himachal Lingchay, Jharkhand Bamboo Craft, Jharkhand Tussar Silk Saree & Fabrics, Munda Jewellery, and Bareilly Terracotta.
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Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) was recognized as WHO-SEARN Regional Centre of Excellence in Pharmacovigilance and Technical Centre in Quality at the 10th SEARN meeting in Kathmandu (4-5 August 2026).
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The Union Cabinet approved the BHAVYA Rasayan Scheme with an outlay of over ₹3,030 crore for establishing three new Chemical Parks.
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Coking coal was notified as a Critical and Strategic Mineral under the MMDR Act, 1957.
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The Inventory-based Cross-border E-Commerce Export Framework was operationalised under the Foreign Trade Policy 2023 on 5 August 2026.
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Under White Revolution 2.0, two new multi-state cooperative societies were formed: Gomay Sahkari Samiti Multi-State Limited (BGSSL) for manure management, and Cooperative Inputs and Services Delivery Multi-State Limited (CISDL) for input services.
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The Ministry of Tourism and Netflix launched the 'As Seen on Netflix' section on the Incredible India portal on 5 August 2026.
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IMD and Ministry of Panchayati Raj launched Panchayat-level weather forecasts accessible via e-Gramswaraj, Meri Panchayat app, and Mausamgram.
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An AI-enabled CPGRAMS chatbot, 'Samadhan Didi', was launched on 30 May 2026 for multilingual voice-based grievance registration in all 22 official languages.
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The SHANTI Act 2025 (Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India) was enacted on 21 December 2025 to enable private sector participation in nuclear energy.
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Parliament passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, increasing the sanctioned strength of judges from 33 to 37 (excluding CJI).
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India's first uncrewed Gaganyaan experimental mission (with Vyommitra half-humanoid) is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026.
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The first crewed Gaganyaan mission is targeted for 2027, and operationalisation of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) is targeted by 2035.
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The Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam attained first criticality on 6 April 2026.
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India's Nuclear Energy Mission targets 100 GW nuclear capacity by 2047; ₹20,000 crore allocated in Budget 2025-26 for at least five indigenous Small Modular Reactors by 2033; BARC is designing BSMR-200 and SMR-55 SMRs.
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India announced the Debris Free Space Mission (DFSM) initiative in 2024, aiming for zero debris by all Indian space actors.
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ISRO executed 20 Collision Avoidance Manoeuvres in 2025 and 9 in 2026 (till August).
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An optical telescope at Hanle, Ladakh under the NETRA project for tracking objects at GEO altitude is nearing completion.
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Shri T. Armstrong Changsan (IFS: 1997), currently Ambassador to Cuba, was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Armenia.
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India and Sri Lanka concluded two INR-denominated Lines of Credit: USD 250 million for railway projects and USD 100 million for livestock (5 August 2026).
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India will provide a USD 61.5 million grant for the rehabilitation and modernisation of Kankesanthurai Harbour in Sri Lanka.
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The 6th meeting of the India-Lesotho Joint Bilateral Commission for Cooperation (JBCC) was held in New Delhi on 30 July 2026; the next meeting will be in Maseru in 2027.
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India's BRICS Presidency 2026 theme is 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.'
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India hosted the 2nd BRICS Anti-Corruption Working Group Meeting in Hyderabad on 4-5 August 2026, and proposed a BRICS Network of Law-Enforcement Practitioners.
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The 13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Meeting is being held in Bhubaneswar from 5-7 August 2026; BRICS Culture Ministers' meeting is being held in Bhopal from 5-8 August 2026.
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar launched India’s campaign for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2028–29 term in July 2026, with approach SHANTI.
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India rose to 38th position in the Global Innovation Index 2025, up from 81st in 2015.
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Under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, India's Sex Ratio at Birth improved from 918 (2014-15) to 929 (2025-26).
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El Niño conditions that developed in May 2026 are likely to persist till February 2027 with 70-90% probability, as per INCOIS.
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India's manned submersible MATSYA-6000 completed wet harbour trials at 8m depth in Kattupalli, near Chennai, from 22 January to 14 February 2025.
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Scientists from INST Mohali and BARC developed light-driven nanobots using upconversion nanoparticles for targeted breast cancer therapy.
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The Union Health Ministry deployed a National Joint Outbreak Response Team (NJORT) to Gujarat and Rajasthan for the Chandipura Virus Disease outbreak on 5 August 2026.
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Maharashtra FDA banned the manufacture, storage, and sale of analogue (artificial) paneer for one year under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
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The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25% and maintained a neutral stance in August 2026; real GDP growth projected at 6.7% and CPI inflation at 5% for FY 2026-27.
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RBI announced the resumption of 'on-tap' licensing for Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) after a gap of nearly two decades.
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RBI announced plans to introduce polymer currency notes in Rs 10 and Rs 20 denominations, with field trials of one billion pieces each.
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India's HSBC Services PMI fell to 53.3 in July 2026 from 57.4 in June; HSBC Composite PMI Output stood at 54.3.
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REPCO Bank posted a net profit of ₹169 crore in FY 2025-26, its highest ever, and its total business mix crossed ₹26,000 crore as of 30 June 2026.
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Indian banks raised $36.7 billion under the FCNR(B) deposit scheme as of 31 July 2026; India's forex reserves expected to cross $700 billion.
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India's first Telecom Manufacturing Zone (TMZ) in Gwalior has attracted cumulative investment commitments of ₹5,500 crore.
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Electric vehicle sales in India reached 2.3 million units in 2025; India had 52,718 public EV charging stations including 16,561 fast chargers as of July 2026.
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The Lok Sabha passed the Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026, making electronic or digital records of bankers' books legally admissible as evidence.
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The 2026 Asian Games will be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan from 19 September to 4 October 2026.
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Shubman Gill is the captain of the Indian men's cricket team for the two-Test series in Sri Lanka starting 15 August 2026; Jasprit Bumrah ruled out due to knee injury, Auqib Nabi named as replacement.
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For the BWF World Badminton Championships 2026 in New Delhi (17-23 Aug), PV Sindhu is seeded 9th in women's singles, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are seeded 5th in men's doubles.
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World Breastfeeding Week 2026 is observed from 1-7 August with the theme 'Breastfeeding for a Sustainable Start in Life: Strengthen What Works'.
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The year 2026 marks the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
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As of February 2026, the University Grants Commission (UGC) identified 32 fake universities in India.
