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290 stories for “Current Affairs” · August 2026
Clear filtersWorld Ranger Day is observed every year on 31 July to honour rangers who have been killed or injured while protecting nature and cultural heritage.The theme for 2026 is "Rangers: Guardians of a Changing Planet." The day...
Asmita Dey in the women's 48 kg category and Harsh Singh in the men's 60 kg category won gold medals in judo at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.These are the first judo gold medals India has ever won at...
The Prime Minister of India inaugurated the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh.It is the first greenfield international airport built in Andhra Pradesh since...
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) facilitated the first-ever air consignment of Neelam and Totapuri mango varieties from Karnataka to the Maldives.The shipment opens a new...
India and the Maldives have launched the Favara–Unified Payments Interface (UPI) cross-border payment corridor, enabling money to be transferred between the two countries in real time.The corridor links the Maldives' Fav...
World Wide Web Day is marked every year on 1 August to celebrate the invention of the World Wide Web (WWW) and its influence on communication across the world.The WWW was invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 and was m...
World Breastfeeding Week is being observed from 1 to 7 August 2026 to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of mothers and infants.The theme for 2026 is "Breastfeeding for a Sustainable Start in Life: Strengthen...
India and Nepal jointly inaugurated the restored Shree Gusthal Mahavihar and the Agam of Prathamshree Mahavihar in Lalitpur, Nepal.Both are ancient Buddhist heritage structures situated in Guita Tole, Patan (Lalitpur), i...
OmniCard has introduced India's first Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based Flexi Benefits Wallet, designed to deliver tax-efficient benefits to employees.The wallet runs on a Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) platform l...
Assam has shipped its first-ever international consignment of Purabi Ice Cream to Bhutan.The export is being seen as a milestone for the State's dairy sector, as it takes an Assam dairy brand beyond domestic markets for...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive sports achievement, India finished the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2026 campaign strictly and officially securing four fierce absolute me...
The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) completed 150 years since its founding on 29 July 2026.IACS was set up in Kolkata in 1876 by Mahendralal Sircar. It was India's first national institution devo...
