World Sleep Day 2026 ⭐⭐

Date

13 March 2026

Observed By

World Sleep Society

Objective

• Promote healthy sleep
• Prevent sleep disorders
• Improve public awareness

🔥 UPSC Prelims One-Liners

• India's total exports reached USD 790.86 billion during April–February 2025–26.
• India submitted its first National Report on the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
• India issued 3,556 IRCCs, representing over 60% of the global total under the Nagoya Protocol.
• FSSAI licences will have perpetual validity from 1 April 2026.
• Asia–Africa Agri Alliance (AAAA) launched as a Section 8 not-for-profit organisation.
• India Post launched 24 Speed Post with guaranteed D+1 delivery in six metro cities.
• A ₹1,250 crore IT SEZ was approved for Puducherry.
• The Indian Navy participated in Exercise Sea Dragon 2026, a multinational Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) exercise in Guam.
• The World Bank approved a USD 300 million loan for Uttar Pradesh's Clean Air Programme.
• Reliance signed a USD 3 billion green ammonia supply agreement with Samsung C&T.
• Gujarat launched its first sounding rocket from Dholera with approval from IN-SPACe.
• Roger Binny, Rahul Dravid, and Mithali Raj received BCCI Lifetime Achievement honours.
• Navtej Sarna, Mamta Kalia, and Sa Tamilselvan were among the Sahitya Akademi Award 2025 recipients.
• ZSI discovered two new lichen moth species in the Eastern Himalayas.
• Andrea Kimi Antonelli won the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix.
• World Sleep Day 2026 was observed on 13 March.