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Sangeet Natak Akademi Announces 2024 and 2025 Awards

Sangeet Natak Akademi announced the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, also called Akademi Ratna, and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards, also called Akademi Puraskar, for the 2024 and 2025...

August 12, 2026    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: August 12,2026

1. What is the name of the scheme that provides scholarships to Scheduled Caste students for higher education abroad? [A] National Overseas Scholarship Scheme[B] National Foreign Education Scheme[C]...

August 12, 2026

Widow and Orphan Cess on Fuel Begins in Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh introduced a Widow and Orphan Cess on petrol and high-speed diesel under Section 6-A of the Himachal Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2005. The State Taxes...

August 12, 2026    Economy & Banking Current Affairs

India Raises Urea Imports From Alternative Suppliers

India increased urea imports from Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria and Georgia in 2026 to support domestic fertiliser availability during supply disruptions linked to the West Asia war. During April...

August 12, 2026    Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Lebanon Formally Abolishes Death Penalty

Lebanon’s Parliament voted on 11 August 2026 to formally abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour for future offences. The law...

August 11, 2026    Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Skyroot Signs Multi-Launch Deal After Vikram-1 Success

Skyroot Aerospace, a Hyderabad-based private space company, signed a Multi-Launch Agreement (MLA) with HEX20, a Thiruvananthapuram-based spacetech startup, for Earth-observation and payload demonstration missions. The agreement covers three...

August 11, 2026    Science & Technology

NASA Invites ISRO for Moon Base Programme

NASA has invited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to join its Moon Base programme under the Artemis Accords. The discussions on lunar cooperation and open scientific data...

August 11, 2026    Science & Technology

Bashar al-Assad Sentenced to Death in Syria

The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus sentenced ousted former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia on 11 August 2026 for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and...

August 11, 2026    International / World Current Affairs

New Fern Species Pteris madhusoodananii Discovered

Pteris madhusoodananii is a newly described fern species published on 30 July 2026 in the Nordic Journal of Botany. The species is endemic to the Kolli Hills in...

August 11, 2026    Science & Technology

China’s Long March 7A Rocket Explodes After Launch

The Long March 7A is a 60-metre-tall Chinese launch vehicle used for satellite missions. On 10 August 2026, it lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on...

August 11, 2026    Science & Technology

New Horned Dragon Lizard Species Found in Thailand

Acanthosaura syrax, also called the Syrax mountain horned dragon, is a newly described lizard species from Mae Wong National Park in Thailand. The species was formally published in...

August 11, 2026    Science & Technology

VinSpace Signs SpaceX Launch Deal for 2027

Vietnamese aerospace company VinSpace signed a contract with SpaceX on 11 August 2026 to launch its first satellites into orbit in 2027. The launch is planned as part...

August 11, 2026    Science & Technology

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