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181 stories for “2026” · March 2026
Clear filtersBharat Tribes Fest 2026 has begun in New Delhi. The festival seeks to promote the culture of India's tribal communities and encourage tribal entrepreneurship. Such events give tribal artisans and producers a platform to...
The National Para Athletics Championship 2026 is being held from March 19 to 21, 2026 at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The meet brings together para-athletes from across the country to compete in track and fiel...
The Maharashtra Assembly has passed the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026 to curb forced religious conversions. The Bill seeks to ensure that any conversion is voluntary and free from coercion, fraud or induceme...
The Union government announced a Coconut Promotion Scheme in the Budget 2026–27 to lift coconut output and farm incomes. India is the world's largest coconut producer, with about 30.37% of global production. The crop cov...
World Social Work Day 2026 was observed on March 17. The day promotes unity, social inclusion, cooperation and shared responsibility, and recognises the role social workers play in supporting communities, tackling challe...
The International Day of Action for Rivers is observed on March 14 to underline the importance of conserving rivers for clean water, biodiversity and human survival. It was adopted in 1997 at an international meeting hel...
A total of 9,111 women and girls performed the traditional Lezim dance together in Dombivli, Maharashtra, setting a Guinness World Record. The performance was part of the International Women's Day 2026 celebrations. The...
National Vaccination Day is observed in India on March 16 to stress the role of immunisation in safeguarding public health. The date recalls the launch of the Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme on 16 March 1995, when ora...
India's Chandrika Pujari won gold in the women's 51 kg category at the World Boxing Futures Cup 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand, beating Uzbekistan's Mardonova Nazokat in the final. India ended with five medals: one gold, thre...
India finished first at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2026 in New Delhi, winning 208 medals: 75 gold, 69 silver and 64 bronze. Russia came second with 35 medals and Bosnia and Herzegovina placed third. Double Paral...
The 98th Academy Awards (Oscars 2026) were presented in Los Angeles, United States. The Best Picture award went to One Battle After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor for his role...
Jürgen Habermas (1929–2026), the influential German philosopher and sociologist, has died aged 96. A leading 20th-century social theorist and a member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, he championed deliberativ...
