The e-Shram Portal completed five years of operation on August 26, 2026, marking a major milestone in building India’s social security architecture for the informal economy.
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.
Economist analysis of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS 2025) reveals that youth joblessness creates a measurable economic burden on Indian households, challenging the traditional view of unemployment as merely an individual career struggle.
Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan launched India’s first non-GMO, high-expansion popcorn maize hybrid seed at Musunuru in Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh.
Union Home Minister held a stakeholder meeting in Siliguri and announced the formation of a high-level committee chaired by interlocutor and former Deputy National Security Advisor Pankaj Kumar Singh.
The ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) officially registered the Periyar cow (popularly known as Periyar Kullan) as an indigenous cattle breed.
The Hawk Fire, a fast-spreading, human-caused wildfire burning across Peavine Peak northwest of Reno, prompted Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo to declare a State of Emergency in Washoe County.
The Kerala High Court ruled that traditional cowledars holding pandaram land before the 1965 Regulation are lawful landowners, quashing arbitrary resumption orders.
India has strongly condemned a deadly ambush on peacekeepers deployed with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) near Pajut in Jonglei State, which resulted in the death of an Ethiopian Blue Helmet and injuries to several personnel.
The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi, has launched the “Garbhini Mitra” course for the 2026–2027 academic session.
The Union Health Ministry has tightened rules for FDCs containing chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine, requiring labels to warn against their use in children below four years.
Thailand’s Act on Promoting a Peaceful Society B.E. 2569 (2026) entered into force on August 24, 2026, after royal endorsement and publication in the Royal Gazette on August 23, 2026. The law is commonly described as Thailand’s new political amnesty act and applies to specified political offences and expressions linked to political conflict between January 1, 2005, and July 16, 2025.
