India finished fourth at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with 39 medals: 13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze. It was India's lowest tally in 24 years, since the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games, partly due to a reduced event schedule. Boxing gave 10 medals, including 7 golds, with strong showings in judo, athletics, para-athletics and weightlifting.
India observed the 150th birth anniversary of Pingali Venkayya on 2 August 2026, and the Prime Minister paid tribute to him. Venkayya (1876–1963), born at Bhatlapenumarru in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district, was a freedom fighter, educationist, geologist and author who designed the first version of the Tiranga.
The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy released the Judicial Transparency Index Report, which rates the transparency of the Supreme Court and High Courts based on their official websites. The index was created in 2025 under the JALDI (Justice, Access and Lowering Delays in India) Initiative. It assesses judicial processes, institutional governance and administration, and personnel.
Rajasthan's tiger population has grown to 149 across its five tiger reserves, with Ranthambore home to 72. Ranthambore's survival rate of about 80% is among the highest for major reserves. Sariska, which lost all its tigers in 2008 and was restocked with descendants of Ranthambore's tigress Machli, now has 53 tigers and is called the world's first successful scientific tiger…
The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (SC-NBWL) recommended that the pygmy hog be added to the critically endangered species list under a central conservation scheme, the Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH).
Scientists at IIT Patna, Bihar, have built a hybrid magneto-rheometer, with support from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), to advance research on magnetorheological (MR) fluids and smart materials. The device measures flow, deformation, friction and wear of MR fluids under combined compression and shear.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) amended the IRDAI (Registration, Capital Structure, Transfer of Shares and Amalgamation of Insurers) Regulations, 2026. Prior IRDAI approval is now required for ownership changes when shareholding crosses 5%, 10%, 25%, 50% and 75%, and when an investor becomes an insurer's single largest shareholder.
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released India's first trial Index of Services Production (ISP), covering 19 sub-sectors. It will serve as the services counterpart of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and gives a monthly measure of formal services activity.
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