Maharashtra imposed a state-wide one-year ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution, transportation and sale of analogue paneer, also called non-dairy paneer, from 30 July 2026. The Maharashtra Food...
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) developed India’s first fully annotated telomere-to-telomere (T2T) reference genome of pigeonpea variety ‘Asha’. The genome assembly, designated NIPB_CcT2T_4, was released on...
The 13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Meeting and the 3rd BRICS Senior Officials’ Meeting are scheduled in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from 5 to 7 August 2026. India is holding the...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) held its bi-monthly meeting from 3 August 2026 to 5 August 2026. On 5 August 2026, RBI Governor...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a cancer research agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified hydrochlorothiazide, voriconazole and tacrolimus as carcinogenic to humans in...
1. Which institute developed India’s first indigenous vaccine against African Swine Fever (ASF)? [A] ICAR–Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Bareilly[B] ICAR–National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD),...
Heatwaves and lightning were added to the list of notified natural calamities under the operational guidelines for the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response...
The Supreme Court of India issued nationwide directions on 4 August 2026 to strengthen action against digital arrest scams. The directions were passed in a suo motu case...
India launched a new Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan on International Clouded Leopard Day, observed on 4 August 2026. The plan was prepared under the Government of India-GEF-UNDP...
The Union Ministry of Finance proposed amendments to the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, on 3 August 2026 to reintroduce Merchant Discount Rate on select digital payment...
Chandipura Virus Disease (CHPV) is a viral illness associated with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and has affected Gujarat and Rajasthan in August 2026. The Union Ministry of Health...
India’s installed power generation capacity is projected to reach 874 GW by 2031-32. As of 30 June 2026, the total installed capacity stood at 548,858 MW, or about...
