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📝 Current Affairs Quiz – September 2026 30 questions · instant answers & explanations · Start Quiz »The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change conferred the Gaj Gaurav Award 2026 during World Elephant Day celebrations held in Vi...
Physicist Deepak Dhar became the second Indian to be awarded the Dirac Medal 2026, given by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoret...
Under an amendment to the PM E-DRIVE scheme, incentives for electric two-wheelers were revised to Rs 2,500 per kWh with a cap of Rs 5,000 pe...
The National Statistics Office released the Periodic Labour Force Survey quarterly bulletin for April-June 2026, showing the unemployment ra...
On 12 August 2026 the Government of Andhra Pradesh signed an agreement with CSIR-NGRI for exploration of lithium and gallium in the Kadapa B...
World Steelpan Day is observed on 11 August, recognising the steelpan, the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, following a UN Genera...
India donated five peacocks, four blue and one white-feathered, to the United Nations Office at Geneva. The gesture revives a tradition that...
On 10 August 2026 the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation signed two MoUs, with the Institute of Data Engineering, Analytics...
India crossed 300 GW of installed non-fossil fuel electricity generation capacity as of 31 July 2026, moving beyond 60% of the 500 GW non-fo...
Nagasaki Day is observed on 9 August in memory of the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki and in support of global nuclear disarm...
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal felicitated top buyers and sellers at the tenth foundation day of the Government e Marketp...
Quit India Movement Day is observed on 8 August, marking the launch of Mahatma Gandhi's Quit India Movement in 1942 demanding an end to Brit...
India observed the 12th National Handloom Day on 7 August 2026, commemorating the Swadeshi Movement of 1905 and recognising the contribution...
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 7 August after being passed by the...
National Handloom Day is observed on 7 August to honour India's handloom weavers and textile heritage. The date commemorates the launch of t...
Hiroshima Day is observed on 6 August to remember the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and to advocate peace and nuclear disa...
The Zoological Survey of India completed its first detailed 22-volume catalogue of Lepidoptera, documenting 13,703 butterfly and moth specie...
The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossed the milestone of more than 50 lakh beneficiary households with rooftop solar installations, hig...
National Bone and Joint Day is observed on 4 August to raise awareness of musculoskeletal health and preventive orthopaedics. The week from...
The Environmental Performance Index 2026, compiled by Yale University, placed India 176th out of 177 countries with a score of 22.46. Estoni...
The Pacific island nation of Nauru officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero following a constitutional amendment passed in May...
The Department of Posts released a Rs 5 commemorative postage stamp marking the birth centenary of Padma Vibhushan artist Satish Gujral. The...
ISRO's U R Rao Satellite Centre announced the 2026 edition of the ISRO Robotics Challenge with the theme 'Towards Swarm Expedition: Autonomo...
Glaw Lake in Arunachal Pradesh was designated India's 101st Ramsar Site and the state's first Ramsar Site. The freshwater lake lies within t...
The Reserve Bank of India appointed Monisha Chakraborty as Executive Director with effect from 3 August 2026. She will oversee the Foreign E...
Vigilance Commissioner A S Rajeev assumed charge as Acting Central Vigilance Commissioner on 3 August 2026, succeeding Praveen Kumar Srivast...
Glaw Lake in the Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh was designated as India's 101st Ramsar Site, becoming the first Ramsar wetland in Arun...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the 100-week 'Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan', addressing over 1 crore...
The Indian Air Force conducted Exercise ROTOR CLAP-III on 1-2 August 2026 at the Pokharan range in Rajasthan to validate helicopter-based co...
The Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana (PM-VBRY) completed one year on 1 August 2026, with over 72 lakh first-time employees joining...
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