Current Affairs One-liners — 11 August 2026

Tue, 11 Aug 2026

• The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways approved a ₹334.89 crore, 3.584-km internal flyover at Visakhapatnam Port Authority to separate road and rail traffic, it said on 11 August 2026.
• Green hydrogen production capacity of 30 kilo tonnes per annum has been awarded for four public sector refineries under SIGHT Mode-2B of the National Green Hydrogen Mission, the government told the Rajya Sabha on 11 August 2026.
• An industry summit on agarwood oil exports, organised by CHEMEXCIL with the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, released a roadmap for agarwood export promotion from the North East in New Delhi on 11 August 2026.
• Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, announced on 11 August 2026 that it would roll out its first rake of 19 LHB broad gauge passenger coaches for Bangladesh Railway on 12 August 2026.
• The fourth session of the India–Namibia Joint Trade Committee was held in New Delhi on 10–11 August 2026, with bilateral merchandise trade reported at USD 592.94 million in 2025-26 and new working groups agreed on services and health.
• The second edition of ICMR-SHINE (Science and Health Innovation for NextGen Explorers) began on 11 August 2026, opening 83 ICMR locations to about 30,000 school students over two days.
• The Indian Navy's Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel 'Shruti' (Yard 3037) was launched at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, on 11 August 2026.
• India's milk production reached 247.87 million tonnes in 2024–25 and Kisan Credit Card coverage for animal husbandry farmers rose to 50.42 lakh in FY 2025–26, Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh said on 11 August 2026.
• Women and Child Development Minister Annpurna Devi met a Liberian parliamentary delegation, including the Women's Legislative Caucus of Liberia, on 11 August 2026 during its IBSA Fund-supported South-South peer learning visit to India.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh and Odisha Science and Technology Minister Krushna Chandra Patra discussed a science roadmap for Odisha on 11 August 2026, finalising expansion of the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, with 50 more acres from the state.
• The Centre disbursed ₹19,216.46 crore under scholarship schemes for Scheduled Caste students over the last three financial years, including ₹17,224.63 crore under the Post Matric Scholarship, Social Justice Minister Virendra Kumar told the Lok Sabha on 11 August 2026.
• The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs held a National Conference on Affordable Housing Reforms, 'Reimagining Affordable Housing: From Scheme to Sustainable Ecosystem', at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 11 August 2026.
• Kalanamak rice production in Uttar Pradesh's Siddharthnagar district rose more than five times between 2018 and 2025, and its price climbed from ₹40/kg to ₹150/kg, the Agriculture Ministry said on 11 August 2026.