India completed its first-ever sea export of Geographical Indication (GI)-tagged Mithila Makhana from Bihar to Australia in August 2026. The consignment was flagged off from the Integrated Unit...
India has begun concerted efforts to join the French-led Future Combat Air System, a sixth-generation fighter aircraft programme, in 2026. The development comes alongside India’s fifth-generation Advanced Medium...
Basavaraj Horatti submitted his resignation as Chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council in Bengaluru on 7 August 2026. The Karnataka Legislative Council is the upper house of the...
The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Government of Arunachal Pradesh assigned standardised names to 27 places and geographical features on the official maps of the Survey of...
Punjab secured the first rank in the NITI Aayog School Education Quality Index 2026, ahead of states such as Kerala. The state government placed the ranking alongside school...
The Ministry of Railways approved reforms to the Model Concession Agreement for Container Train Operators on 6 August 2026. The revised framework introduces a single All India Licence...
India’s first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, has completed major development and validation milestones for human-rating systems. On 6 August 2026, the Union Minister of State for Science and...
The India Meteorological Department will commission an X-Band Doppler Weather Radar at Pulpally in Kerala’s Wayanad district by the end of December 2026. The radar will provide high-resolution...
Karnataka launched the Composite Digital Crop Survey (CDCS) on 6 August 2026 as a state-level initiative for crop data collection and agricultural mapping. The project uses Artificial Intelligence,...
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced changes in 2026 to the processing of visa, green card and citizenship applications. The changes cover application rejection standards,...
Standard Chartered received in-principle approval from the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) on 6 August 2026 to distribute capital market and wealth management products from Gujarat International...
The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court of India on 6 August 2026 opposing petitions that seek to extend the...
