Current Affairs One-liners — 05 August 2026

Wed, 05 Aug 2026

• A fresh nationwide survey conducted in 2024-25 did not identify any manual scavengers in any district, Social Justice Minister Virendra Kumar told the Rajya Sabha on 5 August 2026.
• The Government on 5 August 2026 operationalised an inventory-based cross-border e-commerce export framework under the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, allowing export-only inventory operations through registered Exporters-on-Record.
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 364 metric tonnes of Pakistan-origin dry dates worth about Rs 3 crore at Kandla Port, misdeclared as originating from the UAE, it said on 5 August 2026.
• The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission was recognised as the WHO-SEARN Regional Centre of Excellence in Pharmacovigilance and Technical Centre in Quality at SEARN's 10th anniversary meeting in Kathmandu on 4–5 August 2026.
• Indian Railways on 5 August 2026 approved changes to the Model Concession Agreement letting Container Train Operators run on all routes under a single All India licence with a uniform Rs 25 crore registration fee.
• Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari conferred the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak on 12 rat miners for their bravery in the Silkyara Tunnel Rescue Operation, at a ceremony in New Delhi on 5 August 2026.
• The Ministry of MSME and DPIIT signed an MoU on 5 August 2026 to commercialise India's Geographical Indication products and bring them to ONDC and GeM under a 'Bharat GI' banner.
• The Health Ministry deployed a National Joint Outbreak Response Team to Gujarat and Rajasthan to strengthen the response to the Chandipura Virus Disease outbreak, it said on 5 August 2026.
• Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu awarded Letters of Intent on 5 August 2026 for 11 new Flying Training Organisations at seven AAI airports, adding capacity to train 750 more pilot cadets a year.
• The Department of Personnel and Training hosted the Second Meeting of the BRICS Anti-Corruption Working Group and the BRICS Expert Network on Asset Recovery in Hyderabad on 4–5 August 2026.
• NITI Aayog released a report titled 'Reimagining Care: Strategies for Empowering Caregivers in Viksit Bharat@2047' on 5 August 2026, outlining a roadmap for an organised, professional care system.
• Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, have developed near-infrared light-driven nanobots for targeted breast cancer therapy, the Science Ministry said on 5 August 2026.
• Pawan Hans Limited signed a non-binding MoU with Norway's Noemi Aerospace (Elfly AS) on 5 August 2026 to explore electric seaplane technologies and sustainable aviation cooperation.
• Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched an 'As Seen on Netflix' section on the Incredible India portal on 5 August 2026, at an event marking ten years of Netflix in India.
• The Digital Handloom Atlas – 'One Platform. Endless Markets' was launched at the GI & Beyond 2.0 Summit in New Delhi, which concluded on 5 August 2026.