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44 stories for “Home” · August 2026
Clear filtersWorld Lion Day was marked on 10 August 2026 to raise awareness about lion conservation and threats such as habitat loss, poaching and human-wildlife conflict. As apex predators, lions keep prey numbers in check and maint...
To combat the rising wave of digital arrest scams, the Supreme Court directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to prepare, within four weeks, a standard operating procedure (SOP) for handling mule bank accounts used to la...
IntroductionWorld Elephant Day is observed every year on 12 August to raise global awareness about the threats facing both Asian and African elephants and to promote conservation efforts. On World Elephant Day 2026, the...
The Mising, Assam's second-largest plains tribe, drew attention on the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (9 August) for their age-old ways of coping with floods. They live mainly along the Brahmaputra a...
IntroductionThe Lok Sabha passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026 on 11 August 2026, officially renaming the state of 'Kerala' to 'Keralam' in the First Schedule of the Constitution of India. The change restore...
IntroductionThe Government of India officially notified 11 international seaports, nine land ports — including the Attari land port on the India-Pakistan border — and two airports as new entry points for e-visa holders....
The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways conferred the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak on 12 rat-hole miners in New Delhi for their bravery in saving lives.It is the highest category of the Jeevan Raksha Padak, a...
IntroductionTelangana Police launched the NextGen Dial-112 Emergency Response Support System (TG-ERSS) at the Telangana Integrated Command and Control Centre (TGiCCC) in Hyderabad in August 2026. The upgraded platform in...
About 12,000 cases have been registered under the e-Zero FIR system launched in May 2025 by the Ministry of Home Affairs through the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). Delhi recorded the most (6,115), followed...
IntroductionParliament passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, tightening India's regulatory framework for foreign funding received by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), educational institu...
IntroductionThe Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology, on 6 August 2026, announced the 'Muthamizh Marabu Thittam' (Mother Tamil Heritage Scheme) — a comprehensive ₹250 crore 10-year initiative to digitise, preserve, and p...
IntroductionThe Tamil Nadu government unveiled the New Industrial Policy 2026 on 6 August 2026, setting an ambitious target of attracting ₹10 lakh crore in cumulative investments and creating 50 lakh new jobs over the ne...
