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290 stories for “Current Affairs” · August 2026
Clear filtersTamil Nadu will widen the Vettri Payanam Scheme from October 2, 2026 (Gandhi Jayanti), allowing women to travel free on express, Limited Stop Service (LSS), deluxe and mofussil buses. Until now, free rides were largely c...
Tamil Nadu unveiled the Annapoorani Super Six Scheme in the State Assembly on August 24, 2026, to be launched on Pongal Day in January 2027. Eligible households will be reimbursed for domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LP...
The Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has directed members and the media not to make public any notices submitted under Rule 55 and Rule 56 until they are admitted. Rule 55 relates to matters raised for disc...
The Election Commission of India (ECI) informed the Madras High Court that it will hold off on by-elections in five Tamil Nadu Assembly seats until pending election petitions are disposed of. The seats are Tiruchi East,...
The Union Government has chosen two teachers from Tamil Nadu for the National Teachers' Award 2026. They are M Thangaraj of Tenkasi and J Amudha, Headmistress of Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2, Madurai. Thangaraj was recognise...
Karnataka has banned the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of analogue paneer as “paneer” across the State for one year, from 17 August 2026 to 17 August 2027. Analogue paneer is a non-dairy product made with v...
Chhattisgarh has become India’s first inland State to start exporting value-added Tilapia fish products, shipping 382 tonnes to the United States. The State has put nearly ₹900 crore into fisheries under the Pradhan Mant...
India and Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on telecommunications and Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in Pune, during the 12th BRICS Communications Ministers Meeting and BRICS ICT Track...
The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, released the Policy on Data Sharing, Interoperability and Stakeholder Access in New Delhi. It sets up a federated data-sharing framework linking th...
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has authorised District Collectors in eight States/UTs to handle pending applications under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, West Bengal, Assam and...
The Union Cabinet has approved a permanent bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in the Union Territory of Ladakh. It will be the court’s third seat after Srinagar and Jammu, sparing people in remote La...
The Department of Defence Production (DDP) has notified the 6th Positive Indigenisation List (PIL) of 405 strategically important items with an estimated business potential of ₹3,070 crore. Of these, 389 are for Defence...
