Monday, 20 July 2026

Andy Burnham became the UK's Prime Minister after King Charles III asked him to form a government following Keir Starmer's resignation, pledging a 'circuit-breaker' reset for British politics.

India has formally accepted the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, becoming the 123rd member to join the first WTO pact with an environmental-sustainability objective, while protecting small-scale fishers.

The Pangsau Pass Border Haat at Nampong in Arunachal Pradesh resumed after six years, reopening India-Myanmar cross-border trade and tourism, and will operate three days a month.

The Drug Controller General of India has approved Takeda's Qdenga, India's first dengue vaccine, which protects against all four dengue strains and needs no pre-vaccination testing.

Pakistan will host the 14th South Asian Games from 23 to 31 March 2027 across Lahore, Islamabad and Faisalabad, with the plan framed as part of efforts to revive SAARC.

The number of polluted river stretches in India declined from 351 in 2018 to 296 in 2025, based on biochemical oxygen demand, the government told the Rajya Sabha, citing the latest CPCB report.

India's six-member team won two gold and four silver medals at the 67th International Mathematical Olympiad in Shanghai, finishing seventh with 166 points — its fourth straight top-10 finish.

The Delhi government approved the Centre's PARIVARTAN scheme to scrap old, polluting trucks and buses and replace them with BS-VI or electric vehicles, offering tax breaks and incentives to some 2.07 lakh owners.