The United States Defence Department announced framework agreements on 3 August 2026 with Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin to expand production of Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area...
China unveiled Xianglong, a self-developed boring and blasting machine, in Wuhan on 2 August 2026. The machine has a diameter of 4.5 metres and was developed jointly by...
The Himalayan Serow, scientifically known as Capricornis thar, was video-recorded in the Dalhousie catchment forests of Himachal Pradesh on 4 August 2026 after a gap of two decades....
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) announced India’s first indigenous African Swine Fever (ASF) vaccine for pigs on 4 August 2026. The vaccine was developed at the...
The Lok Sabha passed the Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2026, by voice vote on 4 August 2026. The Bill authorises expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India for...
Kerala launched an AI-led governance initiative on 4 August 2026 to integrate artificial intelligence, digital public service delivery, and integrated planning systems in state administration. The reforms include...
Dr. Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil, known as D.Y. Patil, died on 4 August 2026 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, at the age of 90. He received the Padma Shri in 1991...
Maharashtra imposed a state-wide one-year ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution, transportation and sale of analogue paneer, also called non-dairy paneer, from 30 July 2026. The Maharashtra Food...
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) developed India’s first fully annotated telomere-to-telomere (T2T) reference genome of pigeonpea variety ‘Asha’. The genome assembly, designated NIPB_CcT2T_4, was released on...
The 13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Meeting and the 3rd BRICS Senior Officials’ Meeting are scheduled in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from 5 to 7 August 2026. India is holding the...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) held its bi-monthly meeting from 3 August 2026 to 5 August 2026. On 5 August 2026, RBI Governor...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a cancer research agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified hydrochlorothiazide, voriconazole and tacrolimus as carcinogenic to humans in...
