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🌿 Environment & Ecology 📍 Chandigarh Important

16th National Meet of State Biodiversity Boards held at Chandigarh

On 6 September 2026, the National Biodiversity Authority opened the two-day 16th National Meet of State Biodiversity Boards and UT Biodiversity Councils at Chandigarh to strengthen biodiversity governance at State and local levels.

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🎓 Education 📍 Chandigarh

Vice President opens research facilities at Panjab University

On 4 September 2026, Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan, the ex-officio Chancellor of Panjab University, inaugurated an Advanced Instrumentation Facility and the PU Tech Innovation Forum in Chandigarh.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Chandigarh Important

CBDC-based DBT under PMGKAY launched in Chandigarh and Dadra & Nagar Haveli

The Government of India launched Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)-based Direct Benefit Transfer of food subsidy under PMGKAY in the Union Territories of Chandigarh and Dadra & Nagar Haveli on 14 August 2026.

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🌐 Summits & Conferences 📍 Chandigarh Important

16th BRICS Health Ministers' Meeting concludes in Chandigarh

The 16th BRICS Health Ministers' Meeting concluded in Chandigarh on 23 July 2026 under India's BRICS Chairship, with members unanimously adopting the 16th BRICS Health Ministerial Declaration.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Chandigarh Important

PM Modi launches ₹4,700-crore projects in Chandigarh, inaugurates two advanced centres at PGIMER

PM Narendra Modi launched projects worth over ₹4,700 crore in Chandigarh on 17 July 2026 and inaugurated the Advanced Mother and Child Centre and Advanced Neurosciences Centre at PGIMER.

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🏛️ Polity & Governance 📍 Chandigarh Important

Om Birla inaugurates 2nd CPA India Region Zone-II (North Zone) Conference in Chandigarh

On 8 June 2026 in Chandigarh, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated the 2nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region Zone-II (North Zone) Conference, hosted by the Haryana Legislative Assembly on the theme of an aware society and people's representatives in realising Viksit Bharat–2047.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 India Must know

ECI orders SIR Phase III of electoral rolls in 16 States and 3 UTs covering 36.73 crore electors

On 14 May 2026 the Election Commission of India ordered Phase III of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 16 States and 3 UTs, covering 36.73 crore electors; only Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Ladakh remain.

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🎓 Education, Health & Society 📍 Chandigarh Important

Social Justice Ministry's National Chintan Shivir concludes in Chandigarh with time-bound roadmap

The three-day National Chintan Shivir of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment concluded in Chandigarh on 26 April 2026, with States and UTs agreeing on time-bound recommendations, including inclusion of Denotified Tribes in Census-2027 and strengthening the SEED scheme.

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🎓 Education, Health & Society 📍 Chandigarh Important

Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan 2.0 App launched in Chandigarh

Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria and Union Social Justice Minister Virendra Kumar launched the upgraded Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (NMBA) 2.0 App in Chandigarh on 24 April 2026 to strengthen monitoring under the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Chandigarh Important

DRDO conducts qualification level load test of Gaganyaan drogue parachute at TBRL Chandigarh

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful qualification level load test of the drogue parachute for the Gaganyaan programme at the Rail Track Rocket Sled facility of TBRL, Chandigarh, on 18 February 2026.

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🎓 Social Justice & Welfare 📍 Chandigarh Important

Dr Virendra Kumar inaugurates the 29th Divya Kala Mela in Chandigarh

Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Dr Virendra Kumar inaugurated the 29th Divya Kala Mela, a fair of Divyang artisans and entrepreneurs, at the Exhibition Ground, Chandigarh, on 14 February 2026.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India Important

FASTag Annual Pass crosses 50 lakh users within six months of launch

The FASTag Annual Pass crossed 50 lakh users with over 26.55 crore transactions within six months of its launch on 15 August 2025, the Road Transport Ministry said on 6 February 2026.

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🔬 Space 📍 India Important

ISRO completes drogue parachute qualification tests for Gaganyaan crew module at TBRL Chandigarh

ISRO completed qualification tests of the drogue parachutes for the Gaganyaan crew module at the Rail Track Rocket Sled facility of DRDO's Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh on 18 and 19 December 2025.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Chandigarh Important

DRDO conducts high-speed rocket-sled test of fighter aircraft escape system at TBRL Chandigarh

DRDO conducted a successful high-speed rocket-sled test of a fighter aircraft escape system at the Rail Track Rocket Sled facility of TBRL, Chandigarh, as announced on 2 December 2025, validating canopy severance, ejection sequencing and aircrew recovery.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Haryana Important

Amit Shah chairs 32nd Northern Zonal Council meeting in Faridabad

Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 32nd meeting of the Northern Zonal Council (NZC) in Faridabad, Haryana on 17 November 2025.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Uttar Pradesh

Curtain raiser held at NCMRWF Noida for 11th India International Science Festival

The National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, with Vijnana Bharati, held the curtain raiser on 12 November 2025 for the 11th India International Science Festival (IISF–2025), to be held in Chandigarh from 6 to 9 December 2025.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Chandigarh

India International Science Festival 2025 to be held in Chandigarh from 6 to 9 December

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh reviewed preparations on 2 November 2025 for the India International Science Festival (IISF) 2025, scheduled to be held at Chandigarh from 6 to 9 December 2025.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 Karnataka Important

Karnataka, Kerala, Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh mark formation days on 1 November

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Haryana on their formation days on 1 November 2025.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Chandigarh

IISF 2025 to be held at Panjab University, Chandigarh, from 6 to 9 December on 'Vigyan Se Samriddhi'

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh released the curtain raiser on 17 October 2025 for the India International Science Festival (IISF) 2025, to be held from 6 to 9 December 2025 at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on the theme 'Vigyan Se Samriddhi'.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Chandigarh Must know

IAF decommissions the MiG-21 at Chandigarh after more than six decades

The Indian Air Force decommissioned the MiG-21 at a ceremony in Chandigarh on 26 September 2025, marking the fighter's final operational sortie after service since 1963.

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🎓 Women & Child 📍 India Important

MoSPI releases 'Children in India 2025'; infant mortality rate falls to 25

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released 'Children in India 2025', the fourth issue of the publication, at the 29th CoCSSO in Chandigarh on 25 September 2025, showing the infant mortality rate fell from 44 in 2011 to 25 in 2023.

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🌿 Environment & Ecology 📍 India

MoSPI releases 'Environmental Accounting on Forest 2025', its first dedicated forest accounts

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released 'Environmental Accounting on Forest – 2025' at the 29th CoCSSO in Chandigarh on 25 September 2025, its first dedicated publication on forest accounting.

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