TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. President Smt Droupadi Murmu and PM Modi greeted people on the eve of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi and Onam today.
🌼 ONAM — 26 AUGUST 2026
Onam is Kerala’s major harvest festival. Traditional celebrations include Pookalam, Onasadya, cultural performances and family gatherings.
🌙 MILAD-UN-NABI — 26 AUGUST 2026
Milad-un-Nabi, also known as Eid-e-Milad, is being observed in India today. It commemorates the birth of Prophet Muhammad. It is observed by many Muslims on 12 Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar.
2. The Government of Puducherry introduced the Puducherry Business Reforms Bill, 2026, aimed at making the Union Territory a simpler, faster and more investment-friendly destination for businesses and entrepreneurs.
3. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal distributed prizes to students and schools for their meritorious performance in the 58th Youth Parliament Competition 2025-26 at Parliament House Complex in New Delhi.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed six key infrastructure projects across the Railway, Road and Power sectors, spanning nine States with a cumulative cost of more than 30 thousand crore rupees.
5.Malnutrition rate declines to 36% over past three years: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has said stunting among children under five in the state has declined from 46 per cent to around 36 per cent over the past three years. Addressing the ongoing Autumn session of the state Legislative Assembly, Mr Sangma said the overall malnutrition rate has also come down to 36 per cent.
6. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has said, Booth Level Officers are the foundation of India’s democracy. The CEC, who is on a two day visit to Uttar Pradesh, attended an interaction programme with around 500 Booth Level Officers in Lucknow.
7. The Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has received seven awards at the Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP) Awards for Excellence in Book Production, 2026.
8. The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has completed ten years of transforming digital payments in the country and abroad. The unprecedented scale and reliability achieved by UPI have earned global recognition as World’s Largest Real‑Time Payment System, with the system now operational across eleven countries.
9. Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has stressed on the importance of training young students with agriculture degree programs. Mr Chauhan was speaking after inaugurating a Conference of Vice Chancellors and Director of ICAR Institutes in New Delhi.
10. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will contest all 117 Assembly seats in the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections. Addressing the first zonal meeting in Patiala, BJP General Secretary (Organisation), BL Santosh, said.
11. Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy ordered the officials to expedite land acquisition for the prestigious Musi Rejuvenation project.
12. Heavy rainfall likely in Jharkhand till Aug 27, Yellow Alert issued for 10 districts. The flood situation has worsened in Patna and several other districts of Bihar due to the rising levels of the Ganga and other major rivers.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. Justice Sunil Balkrishna Shukre, former Judge of the Bombay High Court, was sworn in as the new Chairman of the Maharashtra Lokayukta Institution.
2. The Supreme Court directed former Tehelka Magazine Chief Editor Tarun Tejpal to surrender within three weeks and file a surrender certificate before 22nd September, for the Court to hear his appeal on merits. Tejpal has challenged the Bombay High Court’s order convicting and sentencing him to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the 2013 rape case.
3. The Central Government has empowered the West Bengal government to conduct hearings under the Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA, and issue citizenship certificates to eligible applicants.
4. Security forces have recovered a large quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives from a Maoist dump in the Bhejji police station area of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh. Based on information provided by surrendered Maoists, a joint search operation was conducted.
5. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at five locations across five states in the Cyber Terrorism Gujarat Case. The agency conducted searches in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, Bihar and Delhi yesterday. The case in this regard was registered in Gujarat last year.
6. The issue of Tamil Nadu Minorities Commission chairman Felix Gerald participating in political television debates, representing the ruling TVK, and “abusing Opposition members” echoed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday (August 25, 2026)
7. The Allahabad High Court dismissed a Class XI student’s plea to wear a hijab at school, ruling it is not an essential religious practice and upholding the school’s uniform policy. The bench also found that the petitioner had not produced sufficient factual or legal material to establish that wearing a headscarf is an essential religious practice in Islam.
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In Rajkot, Gujarat: A school bus carrying about 40 students caught fire. The students were evacuated safely and no injuries were reported. A short circuit is suspected.
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DEFENCE News
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1. The West Bengal government is set to form a new disaster-response force called the “Arjun Bahini” by recruiting the Agniveers to deal with emergencies.
2. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) yesterday unveiled three indigenous micro and small gas turbine engines in New Delhi. The three engines are NJ-05, with a thrust of 5 kg; NJ-50, with a thrust of 50 kg; and NJ-100, with a thrust of 100 kg. The Ministry of Science and Technology said, the engines have been developed to address critical requirements for indigenous defence technologies.
3. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved transfer of DRDO-developed technologies of missile systems to country’s private defence industry to bolster indigenous manufacturing. This step marks an important milestone in promoting greater participation of the domestic industries in the defence ecosystem by enabling them to undertake indigenous production.
4. Secretary of the Department of Defence Production Sanjeev Kumar said that India’s defence manufacturing sector is undergoing a historic transformation, surging to a record domestic production value of 1.78 lakh crore rupees in Financial Year 2025-26 up sharply from 43,000 crore rupees in 2013-14.
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Adani Foundation Contributes Rs 15 Crore For 100 New Mumbai Police Cars.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. Yash’s Toxic releases today, August 26. The film stars Yash alongside Kiara Advani, Nayanthara, Huma Qureshi, Tara Sutaria and Rukmini Vasanth, and is directed by Geetu Mohandas.
2. The Mohanlal starrer Drishyam franchise has continued to enjoy massive success in theatres, with the third instalment also emerging as a hit. Now, it appears that the makers are planning to continue the franchise with a fourth instalment.
🇮🇳 INDIA GK
Q: Which Indian state is famous for the festival of Onam?
A: Kerala 🌴
Q: What is the capital of Kerala?
A: Thiruvananthapuram
Q: Which Indian institution is responsible for issuing monetary policy decisions and regulating India’s banking system?
A: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
26 Aug (Wednesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Varsha
Drik Ritu : Sharad (Autumn)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2083
Month : Shravan 28,
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1948
Month : Shravan 14 Tithi : Trayodashi (up to 7:59 am) Chaturdashi
Nakshatra:Uttara Ashadha (up to 10:51 pm)Shravana
Rahu : 12:28 PM – 02:03 PM
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