Union Budget 2026 will be presented on 1 February. It is the annual financial statement of India. The process began in August 2025. Ministries submitted estimates and consultations were held. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that the process of budget presentation will begin at 11:00 AM in the ...

India will host the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) in New Delhi from 15–16 January 2026, bringing together parliamentary leaders from over 60 Commonwealth countries.Chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra ...

Justice Revati Mohite Dere was sworn in as the first woman Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.The oath was administered at Lok Bhavan in Shillong. She succeeded Justice Soumen Sen, who was transferred to the Kerala High Court.Earlier, she served as a judge of the Bombay High Court. Her ...

MeitY inaugurated PARAM SHAKTI, an indigenously built supercomputing facility at IIT Madras on January 3, 2026, powered by PARAM RUDRA system developed by C-DAC under the National Supercomputing Mission. The facility delivers peak performance of 3.1 petaflops, enabling over 3.1 quadrillion ...

India's first fully paperless district court was inaugurated in Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala, on January 6, 2026, by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, achieving complete digitization of judicial processes from case filing to judgment using in-house developed systems, AI tools, and digital signatures ...

India has achieved a historic global milestone by becoming the first country in the world to commercially produce bio-bitumen for use in road construction, representing a transformative step toward sustainable highways.Announcement made by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin ...

Haryana is set to launch India’s first hydrogen-powered train on the Jind–Sonipat route, a pilot project by Indian Railways using green hydrogen to promote clean and sustainable rail transport.The hydrogen train, built by Northern Railway, will demonstrate the feasibility of hydrogen as a ...

India inaugurated its largest inland Rainbow Trout farm in Ranga Reddy district, Telangana.The ₹50 crore project, set up by SmartGreen Aquaculture, uses advanced technology to farm cold-water trout in a warm inland climate, boosting aquaculture innovation, employment, nutritional security, and ...

Andaman and Nicobar Islands get a high-tech Integrated Command and Control Centre inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah costing ₹229 crore.The centre strengthens security, emergency response, and surveillance, integrating multiple agencies.Alongside, nine projects were inaugurated and two ...

Surat (Gujarat) is on the verge of becoming India’s first slum-free city through large-scale in-situ slum redevelopment led by the Surat Municipal Corporation under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and state housing schemes.By replacing slums with permanent multi-storey housing equipped with ...

Assam has become the first state in India to constitute its 8th State Pay Commission, ahead of the expiry of the 7th Pay Commission on January 1, 2026.Announced by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and headed by former Chief Secretary Subhas Das, the move aims to expedite revision of salaries, ...

Indian Railways has cleared the Vande Bharat Sleeper Train after successful trials and certification, marking a new era in long-distance overnight rail travel. The Guwahati–Kolkata corridor will be the first route, offering high speed (up to 180 kmph), modern sleeper amenities, and affordable ...