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Sun, 30 Aug 2026
Sat, 29 Aug 2026
- On 29 August 2026, India celebrated National Sports Day on the 121st birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, centred on the 'Ek Ghanta Khel Ke Maidan Mein' initiative.
- Andhra Pradesh and Telangana observed Telugu Language Day on 29 August 2026, the 163rd birth anniversary of Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy, pioneer of spoken (Vyavaharika) Telugu.
- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced ₹225 crore for development of 100 formerly Naxal-affected villages in Balaghat district under the Jan-Vishwas Abhiyan on 29 August 2026.
- On 29 August 2026, Union Minister Jitendra Singh laid the foundation stone of 110 PMGSY-IV roads covering about 598 km, worth ₹1,503 crore, in the Udhampur–Kathua–Doda–Kishtwar region of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Kerala Chief Secretary Bishwanath Sinha issued a circular on 29 August 2026 for phased implementation of the state's new name 'Keralam' in official use without extra financial burden.
- On 29 August 2026, the Petroleum Ministry said the compressed biogas (CBG) procurement price under the GOBARdhan Scheme is ₹2,110 per MMBtu, with government affordability support of ₹10 per kg to limit the burden on gas consumers.
- The International Day against Nuclear Tests was observed on 29 August 2026; the UN General Assembly created the day in 2009 on Kazakhstan's initiative to mark the closure of the Semipalatinsk test site.
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched the Sanjeevani digital-health pilot at Gannela in Araku Valley mandal on 29 August 2026, linking 21 PHCs and demonstrating drone transport of samples.
- On 29 August 2026, Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan paid tribute to former Karnataka Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde on his 100th birth anniversary at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru.
- Tribal students in Maharashtra ended a 17-day hunger strike on 29 August 2026 after the state government agreed to start recruitment to 12,500 posts reserved for Scheduled Tribes within six months.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026
- On 28 August 2026, MoSPI's quick estimate showed India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 6.7% year-on-year in July 2026, led by manufacturing (7.3%) and electricity & gas supply (8.7%).
- On 28 August 2026, the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana completed 12 years with more than 59 crore accounts, 56% of them held by women and deposits above ₹3.1 lakh crore.
- On 28 August 2026, India and Kuwait held the first meeting of their Joint Defence Committee in New Delhi to operationalise the December 2024 defence cooperation MoU.
- On 28 August 2026, the Union Health Ministry reviewed progress towards malaria elimination by 2030, noting a nearly 80% fall in cases and deaths since 2015 and a drop in high-burden districts from 155 to 33.
- On 28 August 2026, Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan launched 'Gnani Artha', a sovereign AI stack by GNANI AI made up of the Evon 3.3 large language model and the Plexus platform.
- On 28 August 2026, the Department of Pharmaceuticals announced the second call for applications under the ₹5,000 crore Promotion of Research and Innovation in Pharma & MedTech (PRIP) scheme.
- On 28 August 2026, the Department of Telecommunications said Sanchar Saathi had for the first time helped recover more than 75,000 lost or stolen mobile handsets in a month across India.
- On 28 August 2026, the Department of Defence Production simplified the Defence Export SOP and the Open General Export Licence (OGEL) framework, raising OGEL validity from two to three years.
- On 28 August 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah paid homage to social reformer Mahatma Ayyankali on his birth anniversary.
- On 28 August 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah paid tributes to social reformer Sree Narayana Guru on his birth anniversary.
- On 28 August 2026, the Law Ministry notified Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury as a permanent judge of the Calcutta High Court and a fresh six-month term for six additional judges from 31 August 2026.
- On 28 August 2026, the Ministry of Communications reported 1,354.28 million telephone subscribers and 1,094.48 million broadband subscribers (including M2M) in India at the end of July 2026.
Thu, 27 Aug 2026
- On 27 August 2026, the Department of Consumer Affairs notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026, making IST the common legal time reference; the Rules take effect 180 days after Gazette publication.
- On 27 August 2026, New and Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi held a Mumbai roadshow for the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit & Expo 2026, set for 2–5 November at Bharat Mandapam, with Maharashtra as a partner state.
- On 27 August 2026, the restructured PM SVANidhi scheme for street vendors completed one year, with 21.86 lakh loans worth ₹6,294 crore disbursed to 10.56 lakh new beneficiaries.
- On 27 August 2026, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh and Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav performed the Bhoomi Pujan for a ₹472 crore facility at Vehicle Factory, Jabalpur, to overhaul 80 T-72 and T-90 tanks a year.
- On 27 August 2026, the Department of Telecommunications and C-DOT signed a five-year agreement to set up an End-to-End Optical Network Testbed at the C-DOT campus in New Delhi for indigenous optical technologies.
- On 27 August 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Khelo India Samvaad by video conference, joined by youth and athletes from over 5,000 institutes, as part of National Sports Day 2026 celebrations.
- On 27 August 2026, L&T Kattupalli delivered Samarthak, the first Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV), to the Indian Navy with over 75% indigenous content.