Current Affairs One-liners — 21 August 2026
Roz ki news — apne exam, rajya aur topic ke hisaab se. Har news me short summary, key facts aur MCQs.
Fri, 21 Aug 2026
- MeitY ne 21 August 2026 ko ₹62,500 crore outlay wali Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS) notify ki, taaki production badhe, domestic value addition gehra ho aur Indian-owned phone brands ko support mile.
- India ki Chairship mein BRICS Tourism Ministers' Meeting 21 August 2026 ko Jaipur mein BRICS Tourism Ministers' Communiqué 2026 yaani 'Jaipur Declaration' apnane ke saath khatam hui.
- Union Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal ne 21 August 2026 ko Odisha ke Paradip Port mein ₹427.80 crore ke saat projects ka udghatan kiya, jo iski 18.5-metre deep-draft capability ko mark karta hai.
- India ne 21 August 2026 ko Pune mein Jyotiraditya Scindia ki adhyakshata mein 12th BRICS Communications Ministers' Meeting host ki aur sidelines par Brazil ke saath telecom aur ICT MoU sign kiya.
- Commerce Ministry ne 21 August 2026 ko bataya ki land-bordering countries se chhote, non-controlling ownership wale investors ke liye revised framework ke tahat ₹4,895.65 crore ke 29 FDI investments report hue hain.
- Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh aur UK Permanent Under Secretary for Defence Jeremy Pocklington ne 21 August 2026 ko New Delhi mein 25th India–UK Defence Consultative Group meeting ki co-chair ki.
- Centre ne 21 August 2026 ko ek mahine mein ₹48.18 se ₹55.70 per kg pahunchi sugar prices thamne ke liye dealers par stock limit aur 10 LMT raw sugar ke duty-free import samet kai kadam bataye.
- Border management aur security par 14th India–Nepal Joint Working Group ki meeting 20–21 August 2026 ko Dehradun mein hui.
- India aur Asian Development Bank ne 21 August 2026 ko Chennai Climate-Resilient Water Security and Sewerage Project ke liye $230 million loan sign kiya.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi ne 21 August 2026 ko Seva Teerth mein 20 space start-ups ke CEOs aur founders se baat ki aur logon ki zindagi behtar karne ke liye space technology ke wider use ki appeal ki.
- Cochin Shipyard Limited ne 21 August 2026 ko apna banaya teesra Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft 'Mangrol' Indian Navy ko saunpa.
- 20 se 28 November 2026 tak Goa mein hone wale 57th International Film Festival of India ki Steering Committee ki pehli meeting 21 August 2026 ko New Delhi mein hui.
- Competition Commission of India ne 21 August 2026 ko Agro Input Dealers Association aur Agro Input Welfare Association par cartelisation ke liye monetary aur non-monetary sanctions lagaye.