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For the first time in history, from which country did Russia purchase gasoline?

Indices: Top position: India's rank •° Global Passport Index 2026: Sweden: 125th •° World Future Skills Index 2027: USA: 13th •° Energy Transition Index 2026: Sweden: 70th •° Global Peace Index 2026: Iceland: 127th •° Global Terrorism Index 2026: Pakistan: 13th •° World Happiness Index 2026: Finland: 116th •° Corruption Perception Index 2025: Denmark: 91st

What ranked did India achieve globally in Ship recycling in 2025?

According to the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill 2026, what is the new name of Kerala?

Where did scientists recently discovered an unusual ozone layer?

Major Awards •° Sangeet Kalanidhi Award: Jayanti Kumaresh •° Speaker of the Knesset Medal (Israel): Modi •° Women Empowerment Trailblazer Award: Kalpana Soren •° Saraswati Samman 2025: Ramkumar Mukhopadhyaya •° 79th BAFTA Film Awards 2026 (Best Children's and Family Film): Boong •° BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award: Rahul Dravid and Roger Binny •° Polly Umrigar Award (Best Men's Cricketer): Shubhman Gill •° BCCI Best International Women's Cricketer: Smriti Mandhana •° Pulitzer Prize 2026: Anand RK, Investigative Journalist Suparna Sharma •° Whitley Award 2026: Parveen Shaikh and Barkha Subba

Who has become the first Indian to be honoured with the Lifetime Libertarian Award?

According to NITI Aayog's Education Quality Report, which state has become the number one state in school education in India?

Abelardo De La Espriella has become the President of which country?

First women : • 1st Female Top Gun pilot of India : Bhawana Kanth •° 1st female ADC to the Chief of Army Staff: Shivani Sahrawat •° 1st female member of Geological Survey of India: Varsha Ashok Aglawe •° 1st female officer in the Indian Air Force to qualify as a Category A Qualified Flying Instructor (QFI): Sanya •° 1st woman to travel around the Moon and leave Low Earth Orbit (LEO): Christina Koch •° Ladakh's first woman police station: Kargil •° 1st woman in Australia to serve as Chief of Army and lead any individual service branch of the Australian Defence Force.Susan Coyle •° 1st woman Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court: Justice Lisa Gill

Who became India's first female "Top Gun" pilot?

Major BRICS Meetings 2026 •10th BRICS Industry Ministers' Meeting •° Venue: Jaipur, Rajasthan •° BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting: New Delhi •° BRICS Justice Ministers' Meeting: Gandhinagar, Gujarat •° International BRICS Agriculture Conference 2026: Indore, Madhya Pradesh •° 2nd BRICS Culture Working Group Meeting: Varanasi •° 2nd Technical Meeting of the BRICS Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group: Puri, Odisha •° 18th BRICS Summit: 12-13 September 2026 (New Delhi)

Who won the central Louis Rapid and Blitz 2026 title?

By which year is the Bhartiya Antariksh Staton (BAS) targeted to become operational?

Major Indices •° Most Polluted Country in the world: Pakistan (India ranks 6th) •° Global Terrorism Index 2026: 1st: Pakistan (India ranks 13th) •° World Happiness Report 2026: 1st: Finland (India ranks 116th) •° UN Women Report 2026: Women have only 64% of legal rights compared to men •° Corruption Perception Index 2025: 1st: Denmark (India ranks 91st) •° Henley Passport Index 2026: 1st: Singapore (India ranks 81st) •° Energy Trasition Index 2026: 1st: Sweden (India ranks 70th) •° Global Passport Index 2026: 1st: Sweden (India ranks 125th)

Important days of August •° World Breastfeeding Week: 1-7 August •° World Lung Cancer Day: 1 August •° Birth Anniversary of Pingali Venkayya (Designer of the Indian National Flag): 2 August •° National Handloom Day: 7 August •° Javelin Throw Day: 7 August •° Quit India Movement Anniversary: 8 August •° Nagasaki Day: 9 August •° World Tribal Day: 9 August •° World Biofuel Day: 10 August •° International Lion Day: 10 August •° International Youth Day: 12 August •° World Elephant Day: 12 August •° World Organ Donation Day: 13 August •° Partition Horror Remembrance Day: 14 August •° Independence Day: 15 August •° Renewable Energy Day: 20 August •° World Mosquito Day: 20 August •° World Senior Citizens Day: 21 August •° National Space Day: 23 August •° National Sports Day: 24 August •° National Small Industry Day: 30 August

Where is the 13th BRICS Education Ministers' Meeting 2026 being held?

Who became the first Indian woman to join the Tour de France Femmes?

"Mission Clouded Leopard" has been launched by which state?