Dehing Patkai National Park in Assam has recorded 165 butterfly species, including 37 endangered species, during a biodiversity survey in 2026. The park covers 234.26 square kilometres and lies across the Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.
A new Banas Bio-CNG Model Plant was inaugurated at Vinchhiwadi in Dhanera taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, on 26 August 2026. The facility is a joint initiative of Banas Dairy, Suzuki Motor Corporation, and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). The event also included a Bio-CNG filling station and the launch of India’s first rural cooperative-model “Gramin Bharat Taxi” service with nine vehicles.
A catastrophic flash flood originating from a dammed lake in Tibet following a 4.4 magnitude earthquake sent an estimated 20 million cubic meters of excess water surging down the Bhote Koshi–Trishuli–Narayani river system into Nepal.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports approved a 15-member Indian esports contingent for the 20th Asian Games on 22 August 2026. The contingent forms part of a 492-member Indian multi-sport delegation for the Games scheduled in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from 19 September to 4 October 2026.
India strongly rejected what it termed politically motivated and malicious observations in a press release issued by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) following its 11th periodic review in Geneva.
In Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar district, rampant underground and open-cast soapstone mining has triggered severe land subsidence, widening ground fissures and damaging hundreds of homes across vulnerable villages.
A committee constituted by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) recommended ending reliance on imported Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) technology by 2030 to protect India’s power grid from supply chain shocks and cyber vulnerabilities.
Meghalaya launched the CM-IMPACT Read & Rise Meghalaya programme on 26 August 2026 at the Assembly Annexe Hall in Shillong. The programme is part of CM-IMPACT, an acronym for Chief Minister’s Initiative for Maximising Pass Achievement and Classroom Triumph, and it focuses on foundational literacy and reading readiness.
Government and industry data dated 27 August 2026 showed that 45 coal-fired power plants in India were operating with critically low coal inventories. The affected plants had coal stocks below 25% of required inventory or fuel for less than three days, and 40 of them were domestic coal-fired facilities.
Uttar Pradesh completed the physical demarcation of the 700-kilometre Ganga River floodplain zone across 13 districts from Unnao to Ballia. The boundary work was marked on the ground with 7,350 pillars, and the status was placed before the National Green Tribunal in August 2026.
A sudden flash flood swept through Nepal’s Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river systems on 26 August 2026. The flood affected the Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts, and it caused deaths, missing-person cases, damage to roads and bridges, and disruption to cross-border movement.
India plans to add 100 new vessels to its merchant fleet over the next five years to reduce dependence on foreign shipping lines for carrying critical cargo such as crude oil, gas, coal and urea. The announcement was made on 25 August 2026 at the inaugural Sagar Samvad conference in New Delhi, which was organised by the National Shipping Board to discuss policy directions for Maritime India Vision 2030 and Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047.
