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The International Cricket Council (ICC) removed Sri Lanka Cricket’s hosting rights for the inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy on 30 August 2026. The six-team tournament is scheduled from 14 to 28 February 2027, and the replacement venue has not been finalised.
The Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024, came into force in Karnataka on 15 May 2025. The law replaced the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Act, 2020, and created a new metropolitan governance structure for Bengaluru.
NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on 30 August 2026 at 7:26 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The observatory flew on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket and began a three-month transfer to the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2, or L2, about 1.5 million kilometres from Earth.
Bihar and Jharkhand are scheduled to sign a water-sharing agreement for the Sone river on 31 August 2026. The pact ends a 25-year dispute that began after Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in November 2000.
The Government of India notified the Semicon 2.0 scheme on 31 August 2026 as the next phase of the Semicon India Programme. The scheme carries a fiscal outlay of ₹1,27,500 crore and sets guidelines for semiconductor manufacturing, design, packaging, and talent development in India.
India’s coconut product exports rose 62% in FY26 to ₹7,038.35 crore, or USD 794.70 million, from ₹4,349.03 crore in the previous fiscal year. India also remained the world’s largest coconut producer, with 31.24% of global coconut production.
The Department of Consumer Affairs notified the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026, under Section 52 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009, on 27 August 2026. The rules make Indian Standard Time (IST) the sole mandatory time reference for legal, administrative, commercial and official purposes across India.
India and Uzbekistan elevated their bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership on 30 August 2026 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Tashkent. The two countries also set a target of USD 5 billion in annual bilateral trade by 2030 and agreed on a long-term framework for uranium supply from Uzbekistan for India’s civil nuclear energy sector.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on 30 August 2026 at 7:26 a.m. EDT aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The $4.3 billion observatory separated from the Falcon Heavy upper stage 31 minutes after liftoff and began a three-month journey to its science orbit near the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2, about 1 million miles from Earth.
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are scheduled to hold the first ministerial and committee meeting of their new defence alliance in Istanbul, Turkey, on 31 August 2026. The alliance was established on 7 August 2026 through the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
India emerged as a major exporter of gasoline to Russia in July and August 2026, when Indian refiners shipped nearly 1 million barrels of petrol to meet Russian fuel shortages. Shipping data from energy analytics firm Vortexa placed the first delivery on 5 August 2026, and Russia’s seaborne gasoline imports rose to about 125,000 barrels per day in August 2026.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing to launch EOS-05, also known as GISAT-1A, on 4 September 2026 from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The 2,367 kg Earth Observation Satellite will be carried by the GSLV-F17 launch vehicle into a Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.