Current Affairs One-liners — 14 August 2026

Fri, 14 Aug 2026

• President Droupadi Murmu ne 14 August 2026 ko 80th Independence Day ki purv sandhya par nation ko address kiya aur women ki achievements, 25 crore logon ke poverty se bahar aane aur Mahatma Jyotiba Phule ki 200th birth anniversary ka zikr kiya.
• President Droupadi Murmu ne Independence Day 2026 ki purv sandhya par Defence Forces aur Central Armed Police Forces ke liye 78 gallantry awards (13 posthumous) aur 89 Mention-in-Despatches approve kiye.
• Ministry of Home Affairs ne 14 August 2026 ko announce kiya ki Independence Day 2026 par Police, Fire, Home Guard & Civil Defence aur Correctional Services ke 1,057 personnel ko gallantry va service medals diye gaye, jinme 301 Medals for Gallantry shamil hain.
• Indian Navy–US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Exercise 2026 ka aathva edition 14 August 2026 ko Southern Naval Command, Kochi mein sampann hua.
• Ministry of Jal Shakti ne 14 August 2026 ko bataya ki 15 August 2019 ko shuru hue Jal Jeevan Mission ne rural tap water coverage 16.72% se badhakar 82.24% households tak pahunchaya hai, aur 2.04 lakh villages Har Ghar Jal certified hain.
• Ministry of Information & Broadcasting ne 14 August 2026 ko announce kiya ki Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994 ke under 2006 mein laayi gayi TV channels ki 12-minute advertisement duration cap hatayi jayegi.
• 14 August 2026 ko Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (Vibhajan Vibheeshika Smriti Divas) manaya gaya; Ministry of Culture ne Delhi, Amritsar aur Kolkata mein programmes kiye aur PM Modi ne Partition se prabhavit logon ke saahas ko yaad kiya.
• Government of India ne 14 August 2026 ko UT Chandigarh aur Dadra & Nagar Haveli mein PMGKAY ke under food subsidy ka Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)-based Direct Benefit Transfer shuru kiya.
• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh ne 14 August 2026 ko Indian Army ke us contingent se mulaqat ki jisne Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026 mein India ke kul 39 medals mein se 8 gold samet 16 medals jeete.
• Ministry of Commerce and Industry ne 14 August 2026 ko bataya ki July 2026 mein All-India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation year-on-year 9.78% rahi, jo June mein 9.87% thi; fuel aur power inflation 20.05% rahi.
• Ministry of Defence ne 14 August 2026 ko Indian Army ki artillery regiments ke liye loiter munition systems hetu Tata Advanced Systems Limited aur NIBE Private Limited ke saath lagbhag ₹1,577 crore ke contracts kiye.
• Ministry of Commerce and Industry ne 14 August 2026 ko bataya ki 2016 mein shuru hue Logistics Data Bank (LDB) ne RFID-based technology se 10 crore EXIM containers track kiye hain.
• India Post ne 14 August 2026 ko pehli baar drone se National Flag deliver kiya; Tiranga Himachal Pradesh ke Mandi Head Post Office se Rehardhar Branch Post Office tak le jaya gaya.
• Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) ne 14 August 2026 ko fugitive drug trafficker Virender Singh Basoya ko UAE se India wapas laane mein safalta paayi; use wahan INTERPOL Red Notice par arrest kiya gaya tha.
• APEDA aur Government of Tripura ne Agartala mein International Organic Buyer-Seller Meet kiya, jiski jaankari 14 August 2026 ko di gayi; isme 20 se zyada international buyers aaye aur Queen Pineapple va GI-tagged Kalikhasa rice jaise products display hue.