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First-In-News

First in World

Bodhana Sivanandan Becomes Youngest Woman Grandmaster

30 Sep 2026

• Country Represented: England
• Milestone Venue: Samarkand, Uzbekistan
• International Body: FIDE

First in India

India's Pioneer Port-Based e-Methanol Plant Set for Development at Kandla

29 Sep 2026

• Deendayal Port Location: Kandla, Gujarat
• Assam Petro-Chemicals HQ: Namrup, Assam

First in India

Chief Justice of India Unveils Country's Maiden Victims Rights Centre in Patna

26 Sep 2026

• Facility Location: Patna, Bihar
• Institutional Base: Bihar State Legal Services Authority (BSLSA)
• Constitutional Mandate: Article 39A (Free Legal Aid)

First in India

Deesa to Establish Asia's First Desert-Themed Drive-Through Night Safari and Zoo

13 Aug 2026

• CZA Establishment: 1992 under Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
• CZA Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
• CZA Headquarters: New Delhi

First in World

Lebanon Formally Ends Capital Punishment, Becoming First Arab Nation to Do So

12 Aug 2026

• Lebanon Capital: Beirut
• Lebanon Currency: Lebanese Pound

First in India

Bhawana Kanth Becomes First Woman Pilot to Complete IAF's Fighter Combat Leader Course

11 Aug 2026

• TACDE Location: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
• Chief of Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh

First in India

APEDA Facilitates Inaugural Sea Shipment of GI-Tagged Mithila Makhana to Australia

10 Aug 2026

• APEDA Full Form: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
• APEDA Established: 13 February 1986
• APEDA Headquarters: New Delhi
• APEDA Chairman: Abhishek Dev
• Mithila Makhana State of Origin: Bihar (GI Tagged)

First in India

Odisha to Establish India's Inaugural Rail-Tech Park in Khordha

8 Aug 2026

• Location of Rail-Tech Park: Sahaspur Industrial Estate, Khordha district, Odisha
• Developing Agency: Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO)

First in World

Nathan Thomas Becomes World's Youngest Male Professor at Age 18

5 Aug 2026

• Guinness World Records Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
• Overall Youngest Professor in History: Alia Sabur (appointed at age 18 years and 330 days in 2008)

First in India

Inauguration of India's Inaugural Department of Military Medicine at Lucknow

1 Aug 2026

• AFMS: Armed Forces Medical Services caters to Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force
• Location: Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

First in India

India's Initial Dedicated Telecom Manufacturing Zone to Come Up in Gwalior

31 Jul 2026

• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister: Mohan Yadav
• Madhya Pradesh Governor: Mangubhai C. Patel
• Madhya Pradesh Capital: Bhopal

First in India

India's Pioneer Department of Military Medicine Opened at Command Hospital in Lucknow

30 Jul 2026

• Union Defence Minister: Rajnath Singh
• Command Hospital Location: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (Central Command)

First in India

Andhra Pradesh Approves Creation of State's First Private All-Women University

25 Jul 2026

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister: N. Chandrababu Naidu
• Location of Vishnu Women's University: Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh

First in India

DCGI Grants Approval for India's First Dengue Vaccine 'QDENGA'

21 Jul 2026

• DCGI Parent Authority: Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO)
• CDSCO Parent Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
• Vaccine Manufacturer: Takeda Biopharmaceuticals

First in India

India's First and Deepest Geothermal Wells Operationalized in Puga Valley, Ladakh

21 Jul 2026

• ONGC Headquarters: New Delhi
• ONGC CMD: Arun Kumar Singh
• Geothermal Site Location: Puga Valley, Leh, Ladakh

First in India

Skyroot Aerospace Successfully Launches Vikram-1, India's First Private Orbital Rocket

20 Jul 2026

• Developer: Skyroot Aerospace (Headquartered in Hyderabad)
• Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota

First in India

PM Narendra Modi Flags Off India's First Hydrogen-Powered Train in Haryana

18 Jul 2026

• Integral Coach Factory (ICF) Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• First Hydrogen-Powered Train Route: Jind-Sonipat (Northern Railway)

First in India

PM Narendra Modi Flags Off India's Maiden Hydrogen-Powered Train in Haryana

18 Jul 2026

• Integral Coach Factory (ICF) Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Union Minister of Railways: Ashwini Vaishnaw

First in India

ICMR Lays Foundation for India's First High-Altitude Medicine Research Centre in Himachal Pradesh

14 Jul 2026

• Himachal Pradesh Capitals: Shimla (Summer), Dharamshala (Winter)
• Himachal Pradesh CM: Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Headquarters: New Delhi
• ICMR Director General: Dr. Rajiv Bahl

First in India

Rajasthan Becomes Pioneer Indian State to Sign Sustainable Clean Energy Framework with International Solar Alliance

14 Jul 2026

• International Solar Alliance (ISA) was jointly launched by India and France on 30 November 2015 during COP-21 in Paris
• ISA Headquarters: Gurugram, Haryana
• ISA Director General: Ashish Khanna
• ISA is the first treaty-based intergovernmental organization headquartered in India

First in India

Andhra Pradesh's Undavalli Heliport Becomes India's First Site for PinS Helicopter Landing Procedure

4 Jul 2026

• Andhra Pradesh Capital: Amaravati
• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister: N. Chandrababu Naidu

First in India

DGCA Successfully Conducts India's First Satellite-Based Landing Trial on Jet Aircraft Using GAGAN

4 Jul 2026

• GAGAN: GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation
• ISRO Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka
• Airports Authority of India (AAI) Headquarters: New Delhi

First in India

India's First Plant Cell Fermentation CoE Set Up at IIT Madras

30 Jun 2026

• CSIR Director General: Dr. N. Kalaiselvi
• IIT Madras Director: V. Kamakoti

First in India

VOC Port Becomes India's First Major Port to Deploy Generative AI with 'PortGPT' Launch

24 Jun 2026

• V.O. Chidambaranar Port Location: Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu
• Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways: Sarbananda Sonowal
• Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya Location: Vadodara, Gujarat

First in India

IIT Hyderabad to House India's First Nuclear Engineering Design Centre

16 Jun 2026

• Shanti Act Significance: Opened India's civil nuclear sector to private participation
• India's Nuclear Power Target by 2047: 100 GW

First in India

Avataar.ai Launches 'Varya', India's First Locally Developed Distilled Video AI Engine

13 Jun 2026

• Nodal Agency for IndiaAI Mission: Digital India Corporation (under MeitY)
• Headquarters of Avataar.ai: Bengaluru, Karnataka

First in India

India's Inaugural Flex-Fuel Passenger Car Launched by Maruti Suzuki

9 Jun 2026

• Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas: Hardeep Singh Puri
• Minister of Road Transport and Highways: Nitin Gadkari
• BIS HQ: New Delhi (Established in 1986 under the BIS Act)

First in India

India Debuts First Flex-Fuel Passenger Vehicle with Maruti WagonR

5 Jun 2026

• Ethanol Sources: Sugarcane, Maize (Corn), Damaged food grains, Rice
• E20 Blend Goal: Achieve 20% ethanol blending in petrol across India

First in India

India Integrates First SkyCast System at IGI Airport to Upgrade Aviation Weather Monitoring

30 May 2026

• Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences: Dr. Jitendra Singh
• Mission Mausam: A Government of India initiative to upgrade and modernize weather forecasting infrastructure
• Indira Gandhi International Airport Location: New Delhi

First in India

Red Balloon Aerospace Successfully Launches Mission SANA: India's First Indigenous Super-Pressure Balloon

29 May 2026

• Launch Location: Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
• Platform Name: VISTA
• Altitude Region: Stratosphere

Unique Achievements

ITBP and BSF All-Women Mountaineering Teams Conquer Mount Everest in Historic Feat

25 May 2026

• The Border Security Force (BSF) was established on December 1, 1965, and is primarily tasked with guarding India's borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
• The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was raised in 1962 and primarily guards the Indo-China border.

First-ever Initiative

Historic Feat: ITBP and BSF All-Women Mountaineering Teams Successfully Summit Mount Everest

25 May 2026

• ITBP Established: 24 October 1962
• BSF Established: 1 December 1965
• BSF Director General (2026): Praveen Kumar
• Mount Everest officially recognized height: 8,848.86 meters

First in India

India's Maiden SME-Led Semiconductor ATMP/OSAT Facility Commissioned in Rajasthan

22 May 2026

• Union Minister of Electronics and IT: Ashwini Vaishnaw
• SPECS full form: Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors

First in India

Tripura Becomes the First Indian State to Achieve Complete Deregulation Phase I & II Reforms

20 May 2026

• Capital of Tripura: Agartala
• Chief Minister of Tripura: Manik Saha
• Governor of Tripura: Indrasena Reddy Nallu

First in India

Slice Small Finance Bank Opens India’s First AI-Powered Phygital Branch in Guwahati

18 May 2026

• CM of Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma.
• Slice Small Finance Bank: Formerly a fintech company, now a Small Finance Bank.

First in India

Taiwan’s CTBC Bank Becomes First Taiwanese Lender to Open Branch in GIFT City

16 May 2026

• GIFT City Location: Gandhinagar, Gujarat
• IFSCA Chairperson: K. Rajaraman
• Taiwan Capital: Taipei

First in India

O.P. Jindal Global University Becomes India’s First IoE to Receive DASCA Accreditation

11 May 2026

• DASCA: Data Science Council of America
• WDSAI: World Data Sciences & AI Initiative
• IoE: Institute of Eminence

First in India

India's First LPG Automated Teller Machine Launched in Gurugram by BPCL

23 Mar 2026

• BPCL Chairman: G. Krishnakumar
• Ministry: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
• Location of First LPG ATM: Gurugram, Haryana

First in India

India's First Automated LPG ATM Launched by BPCL in Gurugram

21 Mar 2026

• BPCL HQ: Mumbai
• Chairman and MD of BPCL: G. Krishnakumar
• BPCL Status: Maharatna PSU

First in World

World’s First Autonomous Maritime Shipbuilding Centre Launched in Andhra Pradesh

20 Mar 2026

• Location: Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
• Parent Organization: Sagar Defence Engineering Pvt Ltd
• Nellore is famously known as the 'Shrimp Capital of India'.

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