The Archibald Prize 2026 was awarded on 8 May 2026 to Melbourne-based artist Richard Lewer for a portrait of Pitjantjatjara Elder Iluwanti Ken. The prize carried a cash...
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee launched Road RADAR on 8 May 2026 in Delhi to identify sources of air pollution through daily ground-level surveys. Road RADAR stands for...
Bihar introduced the Traffic Challan One-Time Settlement Scheme, 2026, through a gazette notification dated 30 April 2026. The scheme offers up to 50% relief on pending traffic e-challans...
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Suriname during a three-nation Caribbean tour from 2 May to 10 May 2026. In Paramaribo, he handed over an India-assisted Agro Passion...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) directly studied the rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b, also called Kuaꞌkua, on 4 May 2026. LHS 3844 b is a super-Earth located...
India has issued identity cards with QR codes to Census enumerators for the Census 2027 exercise. The QR code allows residents to verify the authenticity of enumerators by...
Odisha has emerged as the top-performing state in India for house completion under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U 2.0) as of 8 May 2026. The state has...
Jharkhand recorded a primary dropout rate of 0% in 2024-25, compared with 6.41% in 2014-15, in education data linked to the Unified District Information System for Education Plus...
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras Global Research Foundation, also called IITM Global, launched its first United States centre in Menlo Park, California. The centre became operational on...
The Supreme Court of India proposed on 8 May 2026 a permanent women-only Vice-President post in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) from the 2027-28 cycle. The proposal...
