https://iaspoint.com/veteran-uttarakhand-politician-passes-away/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-27T07:57:35+00:00 Veteran Uttarakhand Politician Passes Away 2026-07-27T07:57:35+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/veteran-uttarakhand-politician-passes-away-featured.png Former Uttarakhand minister Hira Singh Bisht died on 26 July 2026 in Dehradun at age 85 while undergoing treatment. https://iaspoint.com/keralas-foss-based-digital-square-initiative/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-27T06:52:30+00:00 Kerala’s FOSS-Based Digital Square Initiative 2026-07-27T06:52:30+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/keralas-foss-based-digital-square-initiative-featured.png Kerala launched the Digital Square education initiative on 26 July 2026 to integrate FOSS‑based digital learning for lower and upper primary government schools; implementation is by Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE). https://iaspoint.com/new-entries-to-unesco-heritage-list/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-27T06:37:24+00:00 New Entries to UNESCO Heritage List 2026-07-27T06:37:24+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/new-entries-to-unesco-heritage-list-featured.png UNESCO added Mount Olympus (Greece) and the D‑Day Landing Beaches (Normandy, France) to the World Heritage List on 26 July 2026 at the 48th session in Busan, South Korea. https://iaspoint.com/ins-sudarshini-and-lokayan-26-expedition/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-27T06:22:29+00:00 INS Sudarshini and Lokayan 26 Expedition 2026-07-27T06:22:29+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ins-sudarshini-and-lokayan-26-expedition-featured.png INS Sudarshini departed Boston on 26 July 2026 for Ponta Delgada (Azores, Portugal) as part of the transoceanic Lokayan 26 expedition that began from Kochi on 20 January 2026. https://iaspoint.com/new-india-nepal-cross-border-currency-norms/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-27T06:07:34+00:00 New India-Nepal Cross-Border Currency Norms 2026-07-27T06:07:34+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/new-india-nepal-cross-border-currency-norms-featured.png Nepal Rastra Bank on 23 July 2026 permitted Indian and Nepalese citizens to carry Indian ₹200 and ₹500 notes across the India–Nepal border under specified conditions. https://iaspoint.com/indias-historic-world-junior-squash-victory/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-27T05:53:34+00:00 India’s Historic World Junior Squash Victory 2026-07-27T05:53:34+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/indias-historic-world-junior-squash-victory-featured.png Anahat Singh won the World Junior Squash Championships women’s singles title on 25 July 2026 at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada, becoming the first Indian to win any category at the event. https://iaspoint.com/insat-3dr-meteorological-satellite-features/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-27T05:37:13+00:00 INSAT-3DR Meteorological Satellite Features 2026-07-27T05:37:13+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/insat-3dr-meteorological-satellite-features-featured.png INSAT-3DR is an Indian meteorological satellite launched on 8 September 2016 by GSLV-F05. https://iaspoint.com/ai-holobox-debuts-at-pm-museum/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-27T05:23:35+00:00 AI Holobox Debuts at PM Museum 2026-07-27T05:23:35+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ai-holobox-debuts-at-pm-museum-featured.png On 26 July 2026 the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya in New Delhi unveiled an AI Holobox featuring a hyper‑realistic 3D avatar of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. https://iaspoint.com/indian-weightlifters-shine-at-cwg-2026/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-27T05:07:01+00:00 Indian Weightlifters Shine at CWG 2026 2026-07-27T05:07:01+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/indian-weightlifters-shine-at-cwg-2026-featured.png At the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow (23 July–2 August 2026), Mirabai Chanu won gold in the women’s 48 kg and Rishikanta Singh won silver in the men’s 60 kg on 26 July 2026. https://iaspoint.com/reforming-indias-public-examination-system/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-27T04:48:34+00:00 Reforming India’s Public Examination System 2026-07-27T04:48:34+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/reforming-indias-public-examination-system-featured.png Prime Minister announced a high‑powered, multidisciplinary task force on examination reforms on 26 July 2026 to review and redesign the National Testing Agency (NTA) system. https://iaspoint.com/new-union-education-minister-appointed/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-26T16:47:15+00:00 New Union Education Minister Appointed 2026-07-26T16:47:15+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/new-union-education-minister-appointed-featured.png Pralhad Joshi was appointed Union Education Minister on 25 July 2026 and took charge at Kartavya Bhavan on 26 July 2026. https://iaspoint.com/sarnath-named-45th-unesco-heritage-site/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-26T16:27:13+00:00 Sarnath Named 45th UNESCO Heritage Site 2026-07-26T16:27:13+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/sarnath-named-45th-unesco-heritage-site-featured.png Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 25 July 2026 at the 48th session in Busan, becoming India’s 45th World Heritage Site and Uttar Pradesh’s fourth. https://iaspoint.com/new-indigenous-counter-swarm-defence-system/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-25T09:47:00+00:00 New Indigenous Counter-Swarm Defence System 2026-07-25T09:47:00+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/new-indigenous-counter-swarm-defence-system-featured.png Bhargavastra, an indigenous vehicle‑mounted, multi‑layer counter‑swarm drone system developed by Solar Defence and Aerospace Ltd (SDAL), was demonstrated for the Indian Army at Nagpur on 24 July 2026 under the Make‑II programme status review. https://iaspoint.com/ministerial-responsibility-and-exam-governance/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-25T09:28:47+00:00 Ministerial Responsibility and Exam Governance 2026-07-25T09:28:47+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ministerial-responsibility-and-exam-governance-featured.png Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on 25 July 2026 after sustained nationwide student protests triggered by the NEET‑UG 2026 controversy. https://iaspoint.com/eu-antitrust-regulation-and-big-tech/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-25T09:13:24+00:00 EU Antitrust Regulation and Big Tech 2026-07-25T09:13:24+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/eu-antitrust-regulation-and-big-tech-featured.png On 23 July 2026 the European Commission fined Google €890 million under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) for self‑preferencing in Search (€460m) and anti‑steering restrictions on Google Play (€430m). https://iaspoint.com/revised-norms-for-portfolio-management-services/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-25T08:56:57+00:00 Revised Norms for Portfolio Management Services 2026-07-25T08:56:57+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/revised-norms-for-portfolio-management-services-featured.png The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a consultation paper on 23 July 2026 proposing a comprehensive review of the SEBI (Portfolio Managers) Regulations, 2020 covering Portfolio Management Services (PMS), mutual fund-only PMS, ETFs, SIFs and investment limits. https://iaspoint.com/india-us-trade-decoding-section-301/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-25T08:43:19+00:00 India-US Trade: Decoding Section 301 2026-07-25T08:43:19+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/india-us-trade-decoding-section-301-featured.png Recently the United States finalised additional tariffs under Section 301, effective 24 July 2026, placing India in a 10% bracket after India amended its Foreign Trade Policy to ban imports made with forced labour. https://iaspoint.com/local-content-norms-for-fm-broadcasters/ IASPOINT en 2026-07-25T08:27:12+00:00 Local Content Norms for FM Broadcasters 2026-07-25T08:27:12+00:00 https://iaspoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/local-content-norms-for-fm-broadcasters-featured.png As of 24 July 2026 India has 386 operational private FM radio channels.