Current Affairs — 08 May 2026

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Odisha Must know

India ne Odisha ke Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island se MIRV system wali Advanced Agni missile ka flight-test kiya

8 May 2026 ko India ne Odisha ke Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island se Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle (MIRV) system wali Advanced Agni missile ka successful flight-test kiya, jisne Indian Ocean Region mein faile kai targets hit kiye.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Andhra Pradesh Important

Indian Navy ke paanchve aur aakhri Fleet Support Ship ki steel cutting Hindustan Shipyard, Visakhapatnam mein hui

8 May 2026 ko Indian Navy ke paanch Fleet Support Ships mein se paanchve aur aakhri ship ki steel cutting Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam mein hui; 40,000 tonnes se zyada displacement wale yeh ships samundar mein fleet ships ko supply denge.

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💹 Economy 📍 Gujarat Important

Doosra India Aircraft Leasing & Financing Summit GIFT City, Gandhinagar mein hua

8 May 2026 ko Civil Aviation Ministry, IFSCA aur FICCI ne GIFT City, Gandhinagar mein 2nd India Aircraft Leasing and Financing Summit (IALFS 2.0) kiya, jismein Minister Ram Mohan Naidu ne agle dashak mein USD 50 billion ke leasing opportunity ki baat ki.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Uttarakhand Important

ARIES Nainital ki study mein paaya gaya ki massive stars Bright Rimmed Cloud 44 mein star formation trigger karte hain

8 May 2026 ko DST ne bataya ki ARIES, Nainital ke scientists ne Cepheus OB2 complex ke Bright Rimmed Cloud 44 mein ek massive star ke UV radiation se naye stars bante paaye aur 22 naye young stellar objects khoje.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 India Important

ECI ne ECINET par 72 ghante ke andar 830 Assembly constituencies ke Index Cards aur Statistical Reports publish kiye

8 May 2026 ko Election Commission of India ne 2026 Assembly elections aur bye-elections mein vote hue sabhi 830 ACs ke Index Cards aur 14 Statistical Reports publish kiye; pehli baar reports results ke 72 ghante ke andar aayi.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Canada Important

India aur Canada ne New Delhi mein CEPA negotiations ka doosra round poora kiya; agla round July mein Ottawa mein

8 May 2026 ko India aur Canada ne Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) negotiations ka doosra round poora kiya, jo 4 se 8 May tak Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi mein hua; agla round July 2026 mein Ottawa mein hoga.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Australia Important

10th India–Australia Defence Policy Talks New Delhi mein hui

8 May 2026 ko New Delhi mein 10th India–Australia Defence Policy Talks hui, jiske co-chairs Joint Secretary Amitabh Prasad aur Australia ke First Assistant Secretary Bernard Philip the; dono sides ne is saal baad mein pehli India–Australia Joint Staff Talks ki ummeed jatayi.

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🔬 Space 📍 India Important

India ne pehli baar 'Space Systems and Operations' par ISO subcommittee meetings host ki

Consumer Affairs Ministry ne 8 May 2026 ko bataya ki Bureau of Indian Standards ne New Delhi mein ISO TC 20/SC 14 'Space Systems and Operations' subcommittee ki 35th Plenary aur Working Group meetings host ki — India mein pehli baar — jismein 13 deshon ke 131 delegates aaye.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India

Shivraj Singh Chouhan ne Department of Land Resources ke DILRMP 3.0 aur Land Stack initiative ka review kiya

8 May 2026 ko Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ne Department of Land Resources ka review kiya, jismein ULPIN, Aadhaar seeding aur Land Stack software wala DILRMP 3.0 shaamil tha, aur PMKSY 3.0 ke watershed component ke liye GIS-based monitoring propose ki.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Mizoram

Aizawl mein North-Eastern states ke liye cooperative reforms par Mizoram ka pehla regional conference

8 May 2026 ko Ministry of Cooperation ne Aizawl mein cooperative reforms par doosra Regional Conference kiya, jo Mizoram mein aisa pehla conference tha aur jismein sabhi aath North-Eastern states aaye; pehla conference Jaipur mein hua tha.

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🚄 Urban Development 📍 Maharashtra

Mumbai ke renovated Andheri RS Post Office ka Jan Sewa Connect ke tahat future-ready hub ke roop mein udghatan

8 May 2026 ko Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia aur Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis ne Department of Posts ki Jan Sewa Connect pahal ke tahat Mumbai ke renovated Andheri Railway Station Post Office ka udghatan kiya; yeh is pahal mein Maharashtra ka pehla aur India ka doosra post office hai.

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🌐 International Organisations 📍 India

India ne 2026 Chairship mein BRICS MSME cooperation ko aage badhaya

8 May 2026 ko MSME Ministry ne bataya ki 2026 mein BRICS Chair ke roop mein India BRICS Partnership on the New Industrial Revolution (PartNIR) ke tahat teen SME Working Group meetings aur pehla BRICS MSME Forum karega; pehli meeting access to finance par thi.

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