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Current affairs change every week, so this page is not a fixed chapter: it lists the latest items from the CivilGyan Current Affairs desk, newest first. Revise the month-wise lists close to your exam date and check the date on each fact.
September 2026
- Konkani Language Activist and Padma Shri Awardee N Purushothama Mallya Passes Away (15 Sept 2026 · Awards & Honors)Eminent educationist, writer, and Konkani language activist N Purushothama Mallya passed away at 97 in Kochi, Kerala, on September 11, 2026. A Padma Shri awardee in 2015, Mallya was instrumental in Konkani's inclusion…
August 2026
- Kirti Chakra Awardee Major General Sunil Kumar Razdan Passes Away (17 Aug 2026 · Awards & Honors)On August 13, 2026, Major General Sunil Kumar Razdan (Retd), a Kirti Chakra and Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) awardee, passed away at the age of 70 in New Delhi. Known for his distinguished military service, he was the…
- Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan Passes Away at 87 (7 Aug 2026 · National Affairs)Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan, former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court and Andhra Pradesh High Court, passed away in August 2026 at the age of 87. He was widely known for heading the one man Liberhan Ayodhya…
July 2026
- West Indies Cricket Legend Sir Garfield Sobers Passes Away at 89 (20 Jul 2026 · Sports)Sir Garfield Sobers, the legendary West Indies cricketer and one of the greatest all rounders in cricket history, passed away on July 17, 2026, in Saint Michael, Barbados, at the age of 89. Known for his exceptional…
- Sahitya Akademi Awardee Tamil Writer Poomani Passes Away at 79 (15 Jul 2026 · Awards & Honors)In July 2026, acclaimed Tamil writer and novelist Poomani (Pulithurai Manickavasagam) passed away at 79 in Chennai. He was honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014 for his novel 'Agnaadi', which was based on the…
- Former Afghanistan Fast Bowler Shapoor Zadran Passes Away at 38 (9 Jul 2026 · Sports)Shapoor Zadran, a former Afghanistan fast bowler and a key figure in the country's rise in international cricket, passed away at the age of 38. Known for his left arm pace, Zadran represented Afghanistan in 44 ODIs and…
- Padma Shri Girish Bharadwaj, 'Bridge Man of India', Passes Away (8 Jul 2026 · National Affairs)On July 7, 2026, Padma Shri awardee Girish Bharadwaj, known as the 'Bridge Man of India', passed away at 76 in Sullia, Karnataka. An engineer and social worker, he built over 150 low cost suspension bridges, connecting…
June 2026
- François Englert of Higgs boson fame passes away at 93 (23 Jun 2026 · Awards & Honors)Englert is best known for his work in the early 1960s about how subatomic particles get their property of mass, for which the 2013 physics Nobel Prize alongside Peter Higgs
- Indian Shooter Jaspal Rana, Arjuna, Padma Shri, Dronacharya Awardee, Passes Away at 49 (12 Jun 2026 · Awards & Honors)Jaspal Rana, a distinguished Indian shooter and Asian Games gold medallist, has passed away at the age of 49. He was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 1994, the Padma Shri in 1997, and the Dronacharya Award in 2020 for…