Willie Walsh assumed charge as the Chief Executive Officer of IndiGo on 3 August 2026. IndiGo had announced his appointment in March 2026, and he succeeded Pieter Elbers,...
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval received the Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2026 on 1 August 2026 in Pune, Maharashtra. The award was presented by the Lokmanya Tilak Smarak...
Air Marshal Sandeep Thareja has been appointed as the Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) of India with effect from 31 August 2026. He will take charge...
Franco Baresi, the former AC Milan captain and Italy international footballer, died on 31 July 2026 at the age of 66. He played his entire senior club career...
Brigadier (Retired) Basant Kumar Ponwar, founder of the Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College in Kanker, Chhattisgarh, died at the age of 77 in Mhow in Madhya Pradesh....
Dr. Gunther von Hagens was a German anatomist, inventor of plastination, and creator of the Body Worlds exhibitions. He died on 24 July 2026 at the age of...
Former Uttarakhand minister Hira Singh Bisht died on 26 July 2026 at the age of 85 in Dehradun. He died of cardiac arrest while undergoing treatment in a...
Pralhad Joshi was appointed Union Education Minister on 25 July 2026 after the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan from the Union Council of Ministers. He took charge of the...
Viswanathan Anand, a five-time world chess champion, took over as the interim president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) on 24 July 2026. He assumed the post after...
Anurag Jain, a 1989-batch Indian Administrative Service officer, took charge as the Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog on 17 August 2026. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet...
American filmmaker James Gray will receive the Pardo alla Carriera, also called the Honorary Career Pardo Award, at the 79th Locarno Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland. The award...
Wang Jibing, a food delivery rider and poet from Jiangsu province, won the poetry category of China’s Lu Xun Literary Prize on 15 July 2026 for his collection...
