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Wed, 29 Jul 2026

• On 29 July 2026 Murali Sreeshankar won the men's long jump silver at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with 8.09 m, behind Jamaica's Tajay Gayle (8.15 m), repeating his Birmingham 2022 silver.

Tue, 28 Jul 2026

• On 28 July 2026 Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan released five commemorative books at Rashtrapati Bhavan marking four years of President Droupadi Murmu's Presidency.

Sun, 26 Jul 2026

• PM Modi said in Mann Ki Baat on 26 July 2026 that all five Indian students won gold and India topped the 2026 Physics Olympiad, all Indian students won gold in the Chemistry Olympiad, and the Maths team won two golds and four silvers.

Sat, 25 Jul 2026

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid floral tributes to former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on his birth anniversary on 25 July 2026.

Thu, 23 Jul 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad on their birth anniversaries on 23 July 2026.
• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan paid floral tributes to freedom fighter Subramania Siva on his death anniversary at Uprashtrapati Bhawan on 23 July 2026.

Sun, 19 Jul 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to the revolutionary Mangal Pandey on his birth anniversary on 19 July 2026.

Sat, 18 Jul 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep sorrow on 18 July 2026 over the passing of Smt. Chennamma, wife of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda.

Fri, 17 Jul 2026

• Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) held its 4th Convocation on 17 July 2026, conferring its first-ever honorary Ph.D. on 'Metro Man' E. Sreedharan; Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu was chief guest.
• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan released the book 'RSS @100: A Century of Service, Unity & Sacrifice', authored by Shyam Jaju and Anupam Trivedi, on 17 July 2026.

Thu, 16 Jul 2026

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of oceanographer Dr Srinivasa Kumar Tummala as Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, for two years, as announced on 16 July 2026.

Wed, 15 Jul 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to K. Kamaraj on his birth anniversary on 15 July 2026, remembering him as a stalwart of India's freedom movement.

Sun, 12 Jul 2026

• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan unveiled a statue of social reformer and freedom fighter Mannathu Padmanabhan and inaugurated the Mannam Smrithi Mandapam at the Mannam International Centre, Dwarka, New Delhi, on 12 July 2026.

Sat, 11 Jul 2026

• Veteran playback singer S. Janaki, who recorded over 48,000 songs and won four National Film Awards, died in Mysuru, Karnataka, on 11 July 2026 at the age of 88.

Mon, 06 Jul 2026

• The Ministry of Culture and the West Bengal government marked Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee's 125th birth anniversary in Kolkata on 6 July 2026, with Amit Shah laying the foundation of a 125-foot statue at Eco Park.
• The Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation held a homage ceremony at Samta Sthal, New Delhi, on 6 July 2026, the 40th death anniversary of Babu Jagjivan Ram.

Sun, 05 Jul 2026

• Padma Vibhushan awardee Teejan Bai, the foremost exponent of Chhattisgarh's Pandavani folk narration of the Mahabharata, died at AIIMS Raipur on 5 July 2026 after a prolonged illness.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on his birth anniversary on 5 July 2026, recalling his contribution to the upliftment of deprived and weaker sections.

Sat, 04 Jul 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Keiko Fujimori on 4 July 2026 after Peru's electoral authority declared her the winner of the 7 June presidential runoff with 50.135% of the vote.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his Nirvana Day on 4 July 2026, saying his spiritual message will energise the resolve to build a Viksit Bharat.

Sat, 27 Jun 2026

• Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan attended the 517th birth anniversary celebrations of Nadaprabhu Sri Kempegowda, the founder of Bengaluru, in Bengaluru on 27 June 2026.

Thu, 25 Jun 2026

• Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan released the book 'Sanskritir Ratna Bhandar: Bhaowaiyar Itibritto', on the Bhawaiya folk tradition, at Uprashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, on 25 June 2026.

Sun, 21 Jun 2026

• President Droupadi Murmu visited Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on 21 June 2026 and toured its Cheetah Management Area.

Sat, 20 Jun 2026

• On 20 June 2026 in Mumbai, the 19th Mumbai International Film Festival marked David Attenborough's centenary with a special screening of 'Secrets of Wild India'.

Fri, 19 Jun 2026

• On 19 June 2026, the Government announced that Vivek Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, has been elected and appointed Vice-President of the FATF for July 2026–June 2027, the first time India holds the post.

Thu, 18 Jun 2026

• On 18 June 2026 at Betul, Madhya Pradesh, President Droupadi Murmu attended the function 'Empowerment of Tribal Society by Spiritual Awakening' organised by the Brahma Kumaris.

Wed, 17 Jun 2026

• On 17 June 2026, MoSPI announced that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Dr. Saibal Chattopadhyay as Chairperson of the National Statistical Commission, with three new Members.

Sat, 06 Jun 2026

• On 6 June 2026 in Kochi, National Award-winning Malayalam actor, writer-director and mimicry artiste Salim Kumar died after a cardiac arrest.

Thu, 04 Jun 2026

• On 4 June 2026 in New Delhi, former Lok Sabha Secretary-General and constitutional expert Dr Subhash C. Kashyap died at his Sainik Farm residence aged 97.

Sun, 31 May 2026

• On 31 May 2026 Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Lokmata Ahilyabai Holkar on her birth anniversary, recalling her good governance and reconstruction of temples and pilgrimage sites.