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The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) removed the requirement for exporters to submit physical duty payment challans for Export Obligation Discharge Certificates (EODC) under the Advance Authorisation and EPCG…
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) notified norms for inventory-based cross-border e-commerce exports. On July 23, the government permitted FDI in an inventory-based e-commerce model exclusively for exports.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has implemented the Foreign Exchange Management (Mode of Payment and Reporting of Non-Debt Instruments) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026, effective from 13 June 2026. Non-Resident Indians…
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has amended the FDI policy to allow inventory-based e-commerce exclusively for exports of goods manufactured or produced in India. The existing ban on…
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On July 1, 2026, Razorpay partnered with NBBL, a wholly owned subsidiary of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), to launch Banking Connect. Banking Connect is a mobile-first solution that modernises NetBanking…
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) signed separate partnerships with HSBC India and J.P. Morgan Payments to enable real-time foreign exchange (FX) settlement for international Unified Payments Interface…
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) launched a digital 'Local Pass' facility on its Rajmargyatra app for monthly toll travel. The Local Pass is available for residents living within a 20-km radius of an…
Wizzmoni Financial Services Ltd and Oman Air have partnered to launch the co-branded Wizz Voyager Multi-Currency Card, an AI-powered travel card supporting multiple global currencies. The card supports more than 35…
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The Karnataka government banned the manufacture, processing, storage, distribution, transportation and sale of analogue/non-dairy paneer marketed as 'paneer' across the state for one year. The order was issued by the…
Saudi Arabia has ended a five-year ban on imports from Lebanon to rebuild relations between Lebanon and Gulf countries. The ban was initially imposed in 2021 on Lebanese fruits and vegetables due to the smuggling of the…
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) amended the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 to prohibit import of goods produced or manufactured wholly or in part through forced labour. Forced labour is defined as per…
The Himachal Pradesh government prohibited the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of non-dairy analogue paneer passed off as genuine paneer. The order was issued under Section 30(2)(a) of the Food Safety and…
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The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has completed India's first national catalog of butterflies and moths, a 12-year project. The catalog documents 13,703 species, accounting for 8.25% of all known butterfly and moth…
The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) was established on July 29, 1876, as the first national institution dedicated to scientific research by Indians. The IACS was founded by Mahendralal Sircar who…
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), enacted in 2016, completed 10 years and facilitated creditor realisations exceeding ₹4 lakh crore as of March 2026. As of March 2026, 1,419 cases yielded resolution plans, with…
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) reported that Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions reached a record value of ₹29.90 trillion and a volume of 23.20 billion in May. The UPI transaction value in…
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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has authorised development of about 1,800 km of new LPG pipeline infrastructure with an estimated investment of about ₹7,000 crore. The new LPG pipeline network will…
Maharashtra leads the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the automobile and auto component industry with 66 manufacturing units. Tamil Nadu has 38 units, Haryana 35, and Karnataka 28 under the PLI-Auto scheme.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay announced a five-fold increase in the annual coverage under the Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS) from ₹5 lakh to ₹25 lakh. The enhanced coverage…
Tamil Nadu announced the 'Vetri Vaanmagal' scheme to train women farmers in drone operation. The scheme was announced in the state's first agriculture budget by Agriculture Minister R Vinoth.
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India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Arrangement on Maritime Security Cooperation on August 20, 2026, in New Delhi. The pact aims to strengthen coordination between the Indian Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Evian-les-Bains, eastern France. Both nations reaffirmed their objective to conclude…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit in New Delhi. The two nations signed a pact on co-development in the defence sector, with the first project…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred the 'Bintang Adipurna', the highest civilian honour of Indonesia. India and Indonesia signed agreements for the supply of BrahMos missiles and Air-to-Air Missile ASTRA systems…
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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) through the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) developed the indigenous assault rifle named Ugram. The Ugram rifle is chambered for the…
The Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) designed India's first indigenous expendable turbojet engine in the 350 kg thrust class. The engine was manufactured…
Nibe Limited demonstrated the Garudastra long-range 120mm vehicle-mounted mortar system at the Infantry School in Mhow. Developed in collaboration with a foreign original equipment manufacturer, the system is designed to…
The Agni-4 medium-range ballistic missile was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha on August 6, 2026. The launch was conducted under the aegis of the Strategic Forces…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 3rd India-Nordic Summit in Oslo, Norway, alongside the Prime Ministers of Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The nations established a Strategic Partnership focused…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit in New Delhi. The two nations aim to attract ¥10 trillion in Japanese investment into India over the next…
Paramotor Digital Technology Ltd has entered into a co-branded partnership agreement with NSDL Payments Bank to issue prepaid cards across India. The partnership will support Paramotor's consumer spend management…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit in New Delhi to deepen the Special Strategic and Global Partnership. Both leaders established a target to…
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India and China held the 35th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) in Beijing on May 27. The Indian delegation was led by Sujit Ghosh, Joint Secretary…
The 23rd National Level Meeting between India and Myanmar was held in Delhi on July 7-8. The Indian delegation was led by Govind Mohan, Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), and the Myanmar delegation was led…
Border trade through the Nathu La Pass between India and China will resume on 1 August 2026, ending a suspension of over six years. Trade was suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
India and the Republic of Korea held the 12th round of negotiations to upgrade the India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IK CEPA) in New Delhi from May 25 to 27, 2026. The negotiations were conducted…
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The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved the Data Centre Policy, 2026, aiming to attract investments of more than ₹2 lakh crore. The policy seeks to create over two gigawatts of additional data centre capacity to support green…
The Andhra Pradesh government aims to attract up to ₹9.3 lakh crore investment in the Visakhapatnam Economic Region (VER). The state government will invest between ₹3.5 lakh crore and ₹4 lakh crore in the VER project.
Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu unveiled a ₹22,000 crore green energy corridor plan to integrate 18 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy into the Andhra Pradesh power grid. The plan includes 11 GW of solar power and…
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved the Startup Policy 2026 and Data Centre Policy 2026 to strengthen the state's innovation ecosystem and digital infrastructure. The Startup Policy 2026 introduces a ₹1,000 crore Startup…
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The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG), under the PM JI-VAN Yojana, has approved financial assistance of ₹150 crore for India's first private-sector Hybrid 2G Ethanol Project. The project is located in Uttar…
India’s first large-scale biopolymer plant is being built in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh, with an investment of Rs 3,080 crore. The plant will produce Polylactic Acid (PLA)-based bioplastic from locally grown…
The National Stock Exchange (NSE) launched India's first exchange-traded energy derivative linked to a domestic benchmark on July 27, 2026. The contracts trade under the symbol NATGASIND and are cash-settled.
The Regional Horticultural Research Station (RHRS), Lam Farm, has developed two chilli varieties — LCA-625 and LCA-643 — as alternatives to the popular Teja and Byadgi. LCA-643 produces light green fruits measuring 13 to…
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The Jal Shakti Ministry amended the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Authorities Order, 2016 through a notification issued on August 7, 2026 and published in the Gazette on August 10, 2026. The…
The Rajasthan government has constituted a committee led by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai to prepare draft legislation for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The UCC aims to establish a common set of laws…
The Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed Karnataka to comply with the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) directions on releasing water to Tamil Nadu. The Cauvery Water Management…
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued guidelines prohibiting new solar, wind, and hybrid renewable energy projects within 1 km of the Line of Control, Line of Actual Control, and International Border. Areas within 50…
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The Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE) released the National Report on Deep-Sea and Distant-Water Fishery Resources of the Indian EEZ during its Silver Jubilee celebrations. The report compiles nearly…
HCLTech has announced an investment of ₹14,257 crore to set up its first AI data centre at the Odisha Sovereign AI Park. The project is in partnership with sovereign AI startup Sarvam and the Odisha government, which…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella presented the Fairwater Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centre in Wisconsin as a model for sustainable infrastructure during the Microsoft Build 2026 keynote. The Fairwater facility is a…
The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) has compiled the INvenTree-meta dataset, the largest meta-dataset of tree inventory studies from India. The dataset aggregates data from 465 published studies spanning…
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Assam exported its first dairy consignment of 5,627 litres of Purabi Ice Cream to Bhutan. The consignment was flagged off by Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Assam Finance Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah presented a budget of Rs 2,85,084.45 crore for FY 2026-27, targeting a fiscal deficit of 3% of the state's GSDP. Any male practising polygamy will be ineligible for government…
Assam is conducting a community-led environmental initiative on World Environment Day to plant one crore trees across the state. The drive involves 35 lakh women from self-help groups (SHGs) to spearhead grassroots…
President Droupadi Murmu will confer the National Teachers Awards 2026 to 48 school teachers at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on September 5, 2026. The awards are organised by the Department of School Education and Literacy…
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed development and ground testing of the Human Rated Launch Vehicle (HLVM3) propulsion stages and structural components. The propulsion systems for the Crew Module…
The Jaisalmer Railway Station in Rajasthan has been redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme at an estimated cost of ₹140 crore. The project was implemented by the North Western Railway (NWR).
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed development and ground testing of all propulsion stages and structures for the Human Rated Launch Vehicle (HLVM3). The propulsion systems of the Crew Module and…
A consortium including Microsoft and Lightstorm plans to build the I-2SEA undersea cable linking India with Malaysia and Singapore. The consortium members include Microsoft, Lightstorm, Tata Communications, Singapore…
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Su Li Yang of Chinese Taipei won the men's summit clash of the US Open Badminton tournament. Former world number one Kidambi Srikanth finished as the runner-up in the tournament.
Vignesh Vermula won the Open title at the Asian Junior Chess Championship 2026 Blitz event in Mumbai. Saranya Devi clinched the Girls' title at the same championship.
India won the overall title at the Commonwealth Fencing Championship 2026 in Lagos, Nigeria, with a total of 35 medals (13 gold, 8 silver, 14 bronze). India claimed the Wilkinson Sword Trophy, awarded to the nation with…
PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win the Japan Open title. She defeated three-time world champion Akane Yamaguchi in the final.
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Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma equalled the record of Jhulan Goswami for the most wickets in women's international cricket, with both players reaching a total of 355 wickets. Deepti Sharma achieved the feat by taking…
Lionel Messi became the all-time leading goalscorer at the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) men’s World Cup with 18 goals. Messi broke the 12-year record of 16 goals previously held by Miroslav…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi set a world record for the fastest List A half-century by scoring 50 runs in 11 balls during the Tri-Nation Series final against Sri Lanka A. The previous world record for the fastest List A fifty…
Sourav Ganguly, Anjum Chopra, and Kevin Pietersen were inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Edinburgh. Anjum Chopra became the first Indian woman cricketer to reach 1,000 runs and play 100 matches in ODIs.
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Hockey India announced the Indian Women’s Team for the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey Women’s Nations Cup New Zealand 2025-26. The tournament is scheduled to be held from June 15 to 21 in Auckland, New…
The Sports Ministry suspended the recognition of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) on Wednesday, citing governance issues and failure to hold elections on time. The ministry has asked the Indian Olympic…
Pakistan plans to host the 2027 South Asian Federation (SAF) Games in early 2027. The South Asian Federation Games were established on 26 November 1981 in Delhi.
Telangana will host the eighth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2026 in November, as announced by the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya, in a press release by the Sports…
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Pakistan plans to host the 2027 South Asian Federation (SAF) Games in early 2027. The South Asian Federation Games were established on 26 November 1981 in Delhi.
Ahmedabad will host the Commonwealth Cue Sports Championships 2026 in October. The championships will be held at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has announced a temporary waiver of the ₹75 fee for updating email addresses through the Aadhaar mobile application. The fee waiver for email address updates will be…
The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) and the Cerebral Palsy Sports Federation of India (CPSFI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly bid for the 2029 World Abilitysport Games. The Games are expected to bring…
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Basant Kumar Meghwal won the silver medal in the men's high jump at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene. He cleared a personal best of 2.21m to secure the silver medal.
India secured a total of 20 medals, comprising four gold, seven silver, and nine bronze, at the Under-20 Asian Wrestling Championships. In Women's Wrestling, India finished second overall with 184 points, behind…
Ashish Yadav won the silver medal in the men's javelin at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships in Oregon with a best throw of 74.09m. South Africa's Jan-Hendrik Heymans won the gold medal with a throw of 80.50m.
India won 19 medals, comprising 10 gold, 5 silver, and 4 bronze, at the 22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships held in Hong Kong. Pooja Singh set a senior national record and a meet record in the women's high jump with a…
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The Railway Board approved seven new Amrit Bharat Express trains on August 14, 2026, to expand rail connectivity. The trains are designed to provide affordable service for passengers from lower and lower-middle income…
The Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express, India's first private train, will now be known as 'Sprite Tejas Express'. IRCTC awarded advertising rights to Sprite, a unit of Coca-Cola India Private Limited, for six months.
North Eastern Railway (NER) operated its longest-ever freight train 'Awadh Mahashakti' on August 20, 2026. The 'Awadh Mahashakti' freight train comprised 129 wagons and three engines.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved seven new bullet train corridors to reshape inter-city travel and strengthen economic connectivity across regions. The flagship Mumbai–Ahmedabad High Speed Rail project is expected…
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The book 'RSS @100: A Century of Service, Unity & Sacrifice' was released by Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan on July 17, 2026. The book is authored by Shyam Jaju and Anupam Trivedi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Param Pragya, an AI-powered high-performance supercomputing facility, at the Sonipat campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. Param Pragya is expected to…
Ministry of Textiles (MoT) organised IIHT SUTRA 2026, the first National Conclave of Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology, on 12 August 2026. The conclave was inaugurated at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New…
Vice President CP Radhakrishnan released a book titled Agatthiyar – The Unifier. The book release event took place at Uprashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.