Current Affairs One-liners — 23 July 2026

Thu, 23 Jul 2026

• DRDO successfully conducted the maiden flight-test of the 'Kusha' Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast on 23 July 2026, intercepting an electronic target that simulated a high-speed, high-altitude aerial threat.
• President Droupadi Murmu reached Bucharest on 23 July 2026 on the last leg of her State Visits to Moldova, North Macedonia and Romania, and held talks with Romanian President Nicușor Dan at Cotroceni Palace – the first State Visit by an Indian President to Romania in nearly three decades.
• The US Trade Representative on 23 July 2026 announced final measures under Section 301 of the US Trade Act, 1974, following its forced-labour investigation of 60 economies, placing India in the lower tier with an additional 10% ad valorem duty, down from the 12.5% proposed on 2 June 2026.
• India and Israel concluded the second round of negotiations for the proposed India–Israel Free Trade Agreement, held from 20 to 23 July 2026 at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi.
• India's Eighth Trade Policy Review (TPR) at the World Trade Organization in Geneva concluded on 23 July 2026, with 68 WTO Members participating; the Indian delegation was led by Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on 23 July 2026 that the government has decided to set up fast-track courts to ensure swift and stringent punishment for those involved in paper leaks.
• Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and Union Skill Development MoS (Independent Charge) Jayant Chaudhary on 23 July 2026 announced a permanent campus for the National Skill Training Institute for Women (NSTI-W), Patna, and the MSDE and Bihar exchanged an MoU for a Skill India International Centre (SIIC).
• Operation Southern Readiness 26-2, a four-day multinational maritime security training engagement conducted by the Indian Navy with the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), concluded at Southern Naval Command, Kochi on 23 July 2026.
• Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the cooperative 'Bharat Taxi' service in Maharashtra at Navi Mumbai International Airport on 23 July 2026, after its launch in Delhi and Gujarat.
• The 16th BRICS Health Ministers' Meeting concluded in Chandigarh on 23 July 2026 under India's BRICS Chairship, with members unanimously adopting the 16th BRICS Health Ministerial Declaration.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad on their birth anniversaries on 23 July 2026.
• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan paid floral tributes to freedom fighter Subramania Siva on his death anniversary at Uprashtrapati Bhawan on 23 July 2026.