August 2026 Current Affairs
August 2026 TNPSC current affairs in one place: 31 daily updates with 357 stories. Use the day-by-day highlights to revise quickly, and the lists of important days, reports and indices, and awards for quick fact checks. Every item links to the full daily update.
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Important days10
- 1 AugustWorld Lung Cancer Day - August 1
- 1 AugustWorld Wide Web (WWW) Day 2026
- 7 AugustNational Handloom Day 2026
- 8 AugustNational Handloom Day 2026
- 9 AugustNational Deworming Day in Tamil Nadu
- 9 AugustInternational Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
- 10 AugustNational Vascular Day Awareness Walkathon
- 17 AugustMekedatu Dam and Cauvery Water Sharing
- 23 August23 August – National Space Day
- 24 AugustNational Space Day and Space Start-ups
Awards, personalities and events22
- 1 AugustPlayback Singer K. Jamuna Rani Passes Away
- 2 AugustTrotsky Marudu Selected for the 2025 Iyal Award
- 2 AugustAjit Doval Receives Lokmanya Tilak National Award
- 2 AugustVarsha Ashok Aglawe Becomes First Woman Director General of GSI
- 4 AugustJustice M.S. Liberhan Passes Away
- 7 AugustKattaikkuttu for Climate Change Awareness
- 12 AugustDeepak Dhar Receives Dirac Medal
- 13 AugustChennai Woman Reaches Everest Base Camp
- 15 AugustKargil Food Culture and Yash Saxena
- 15 AugustM. Krishnasamy to Receive Thagaisal Thamizhar Award
- 18 AugustGen. Dhiraj Seth Conferred Honorary Rank in Nepal
- 19 AugustVice President Releases Book on Kidney Failure
- 20 AugustWanchuwa Festival of the Tiwa Tribe
- 22 AugustNational Best Teacher Award 2026
- 23 AugustYamuna Floodplain Case – Supreme Court Order
- 23 AugustYamuna World Culture Festival – Supreme Court Order
- 24 AugustTeej Festival Celebrated in Punjab
- 28 AugustNammazhvar’ Award for Organic Farming
- 31 AugustShivani Mehrotra Scales Mount Elbrus
- 31 AugustIndia-Uzbekistan Trade Target and PM Modi’s Award
- 31 AugustPalmyra Festival at Auroville
- 31 AugustAranmula Uthrattathi Boat Race and Aranmula Kannadi
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