National & Global Firsts, Milestones & Innovations
High-yield National & Global Firsts, Milestones & Innovations current-affairs and static-GK facts for 2025-2026, curated for RRB, SSC, Railway and banking exam preparation. Revise the key positions, names and details below, then test your recall with the timed active-recall quiz in our interactive dashboard.
51. National & Global Firsts (Group A)
| Topic / Position | Name / Detail | Note |
|---|---|---|
| India | Menaka Guruswamy | Legislature |
| World | Payal Nag | Sports |
| First Woman to Reach Lunar Orbit | Christina Koch | Space |
| Launch of India | Amravati (AP) | Science & Tech |
| Initiation of the World | In India | Governance |
| First Indian Woman to Reach Everest Base Camp by Bicycle | Divya Singh (Gorakhpur) | Milestone |
| India | Sanand, Gujarat | Industry |
| First State to Receive the | Andhra Pradesh | Environment |
| First Indian Woman to Graduate from the Indian Military Academy | Sai Jadhav | Defense |
| First Country to Impose a Complete Ban on Social Media for Children Under 16 | Australia | Global Policy |
| Youngest | Luana Lopes Lara, Brazil | Global |
| The second state to implement the Uniform Civil Code | Gujarat | Governance |
| India | Chandigarh | Education |
| First state in India to adopt a comprehensive urban policy | Kerala | Governance |
| The launch of India | Mumbai | Infrastructure |
| First district to achieve 100% insurance coverage | Alwar (Raj.) | Welfare |
| First female Deputy CM of Maharashtra | Sunetra Pawar | Governance |
| First state to declare tidal flooding a state-specific disaster | Kerala | Disaster Management |
| The launch of India | Delhi AIIMS | Medical Science |
| The second state to publish a bird atlas | Goa | Environment |
| The first district in India to collect property tax through the SAMARTH Panchayat portal | Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh) | Governance |
| The launch of India | Maharashtra | Health |
| First state in India to constitute 8th State Pay Commission | Assam | Governance |
| First fully paperless district court launched | Wayanad, Kerala | Judiciary |
| India | Mumbai | Innovation |
| First state to digitize the voter list under SIR | Rajasthan | Elections |
| First state to implement the revised Bharat Net scheme | Punjab | Telecom |
| First country to impose a generational tobacco ban | Maldives | Global Policy |
| First state to provide paid leave for menstruation | Karnataka | Welfare |
| Name of India | Vayaputra | Space Tech |
| The world | Sweden | Global Finance |
52. National & Global Firsts (Group B)
| Topic / Position | Name / Detail | Note |
|---|---|---|
| India | Kerala | Welfare |
| India | Droupadi Murmu | Defense |
| India | Hyderabad | Science & Tech |
| India | Deepika Padukone | Health |
| First state to amend the Wildlife Act 1972 | Kerala | Environment |
| India | Kuno National Park (MP) | Wildlife |
| India | Chandigarh | Urban Admin |
| India | Balod (Chhattisgarh) | Social Welfare |
| India | Goa | Medical Science |
| First state in India to issue identity cards for Self-Help Groups (SHGs) | Tamil Nadu | Governance |
| World | Stanford University and the Arch Institute, USA | AI & Biotech |
| Asia | Apollo Athene (New Delhi) | Health |
| Bihar | Mariam Fatima | Sports |
| First government medical college to offer training on the Da Vinci robotic system | AIIMS, Delhi | Medical Science |
| India | Madhya Pradesh | Industrial |
| World | Albania | Global Governance |
| World | New Delhi | Education |
| India | Himachal Pradesh | Education |
| First G-7 country to recognize the state of Palestine | France | Global Diplomacy |
| India | Adi Vani | Tech |
| India | Kerala | Education |
| India | Maharashtra | Tech & Welfare |
| India | Kaziranga National Park | Environment |
| First state to give agricultural status to livestock and poultry farming | Maharashtra | Agriculture |
| First female fighter pilot of Indian Navy | Aastha Poonia | Defense |
| India | Assam | Industry |
| India | Hyderabad | Health |
| India | Kerala | Environment |
| First non-banking financial company in the maritime sector | Sagarmala Finance Corporation | Finance |
| India | Uttarakhand | Welfare |
| First woman of CISF to climb Mount Everest | Geeta Samota | Milestone |
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