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August 2026 current affairs for APPSC, TSPSC, SSC, UPSC, banking and police exams — national and international news, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, economy, appointments, awards, science, defence, sports and important days, with the key facts and exam points for each item.
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India observed Parsi New Year, also known as Navroz, in August 2026. The occasion celebrates the cultural and religious traditions of the Pa...
On Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a target to provide AI-related skilling to one crore young people over one year...
India celebrated its 80th Independence Day on 15 August 2026. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the Red Fort and outlin...
Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won his second consecutive Esports World Cup chess title at the event held in Paris from 11 to 15 Augus...
The RSVC-AMRIT digital platform, developed by NABARD, was launched by the Principal Scientific Adviser on 15 August 2026. It connects innova...
The Jal Jeevan Mission completed seven years on 15 August 2026, with rural tap-water coverage extended to more than 15.91 crore households....
India marked its 80th Independence Day on 15 August 2026, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivering his 13th consecutive address from the...
Partition Horrors Remembrance Day is observed on 14 August in memory of those who suffered during the 1947 Partition of British India. The o...
A Centre of Excellence for Eri silk weaving was inaugurated on 14 August 2026 at the Integrated Textile Tourism Complex in Meghalaya. The ce...
Major General Sunil Kumar Razdan (Retd), a Kirti Chakra awardee and India's first wheelchair-borne General, passed away on 13 August 2026 at...
International Youth Day was observed on 12 August to highlight youth participation and the contribution of young people to social, economic...
World Elephant Day was observed on 12 August. India highlighted its role in Asian elephant conservation, with the country hosting more than...
International Youth Day is observed on 12 August to draw attention to the role of young people in development and to the issues they face wo...
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change conferred the Gaj Gaurav Award 2026 during World Elephant Day celebrations held in Vi...
Physicist Deepak Dhar became the second Indian to be awarded the Dirac Medal 2026, given by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoret...
Under an amendment to the PM E-DRIVE scheme, incentives for electric two-wheelers were revised to Rs 2,500 per kWh with a cap of Rs 5,000 pe...
The National Statistics Office released the Periodic Labour Force Survey quarterly bulletin for April-June 2026, showing the unemployment ra...
On 12 August 2026 the Government of Andhra Pradesh signed an agreement with CSIR-NGRI for exploration of lithium and gallium in the Kadapa B...
World Steelpan Day is observed on 11 August, recognising the steelpan, the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, following a UN Genera...
India donated five peacocks, four blue and one white-feathered, to the United Nations Office at Geneva. The gesture revives a tradition that...
On 10 August 2026 the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation signed two MoUs, with the Institute of Data Engineering, Analytics...
India crossed 300 GW of installed non-fossil fuel electricity generation capacity as of 31 July 2026, moving beyond 60% of the 500 GW non-fo...
Nagasaki Day is observed on 9 August in memory of the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki and in support of global nuclear disarm...
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal felicitated top buyers and sellers at the tenth foundation day of the Government e Marketp...
Quit India Movement Day is observed on 8 August, marking the launch of Mahatma Gandhi's Quit India Movement in 1942 demanding an end to Brit...
India observed the 12th National Handloom Day on 7 August 2026, commemorating the Swadeshi Movement of 1905 and recognising the contribution...
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 7 August after being passed by the...
National Handloom Day is observed on 7 August to honour India's handloom weavers and textile heritage. The date commemorates the launch of t...
Hiroshima Day is observed on 6 August to remember the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and to advocate peace and nuclear disa...
The Zoological Survey of India completed its first detailed 22-volume catalogue of Lepidoptera, documenting 13,703 butterfly and moth specie...
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