Current Affairs One-liners — 13 August 2026

Thu, 13 Aug 2026

• 20 July ko shuru hua Parliament ka Monsoon Session 2026 19 sittings ke baad 13 August 2026 ko sine die adjourn hua; dono Houses ne 12 Bills pass kiye, jinme state ka naam 'Keralam' karne wala Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill shamil hai.
• Ministry of Heavy Industries ne 13 August 2026 ko bataya ki Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets (REPM) ke under use 20 bids mili hain; scheme ka goal India mein 6,000 MTPA integrated magnet capacity banana hai.
• NITI Aayog ne 13 August 2026 ko 'Key Sectors to Position India as a Global Manufacturing Hub' report jaari ki, jisme chaar sectors: chemicals, telecom aur networking equipment, textiles, aur solar photovoltaic manufacturing ka analysis hai.
• Ministry of Commerce and Industry ne 13 August 2026 ko bataya ki July 2026 mein India ka goods aur services ka total export estimated $80.14 billion raha, jo year-on-year 13.31% zyada hai; merchandise exports $44.24 billion rahe.
• Environment Ministry ne 13 August 2026 ko bataya ki World Elephant Day 2026 ka national celebration Andhra Pradesh ke Visakhapatnam mein hua, jahan MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh ne Gaj Gaurav Awards 2026 diye aur southern India mein human–elephant conflict par regional plan jaari kiya.
• Ministry of Jal Shakti ne 13 August 2026 ko bataya ki Jal Jeevan Mission ke under India ki 16.96 lakh rural habitations mein se 12.68 lakh (75%) ko Sujal Gaon IDs jaari ki gayi hain.
• National Biodiversity Authority ne 13 August 2026 ko Pioneer Overseas Corporation ke mustard hybrids se ₹15.52 crore ki Access and Benefit Sharing raashi jaari ki, jo mustard cultivation area ke aadhar par 26 State Biodiversity Boards aur 3 UT Biodiversity Councils mein bantegi.
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ne 13 August 2026 ko PM Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana aur Krishonnati Yojana ke under Rajasthan ke liye ₹340.59 crore aur Telangana ke liye ₹265.12 crore approve kiye.
• President Droupadi Murmu ne 13 August 2026 ko New Delhi mein saal 2024 aur 2025 ke Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships aur Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards diye.
• Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal ne 13 August 2026 ko New Delhi ke Kartavya Bhavan 2 mein AI-assisted, semantic aur speech search aur multilingual access wala revamped India Code Portal launch kiya.
• Defence PSU India Optel Limited ne 13 August 2026 ko civil market ke liye indigenous 'GARUD' high-resolution binoculars launch kiye, jo civilian optics mein uski entry hai.