Current Affairs One-liners — 13 August 2026

Thu, 13 Aug 2026

• The Monsoon Session 2026 of Parliament, which began on 20 July, was adjourned sine die on 13 August 2026 after 19 sittings, with 12 Bills passed by both Houses, including the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill renaming the state 'Keralam'.
• The Ministry of Heavy Industries said on 13 August 2026 it received 20 bids under the Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets (REPM), which aims to build 6,000 MTPA of integrated magnet capacity in India.
• NITI Aayog released a report titled 'Key Sectors to Position India as a Global Manufacturing Hub' on 13 August 2026, analysing four sectors: chemicals, telecom and networking equipment, textiles, and solar photovoltaic manufacturing.
• India's total exports of goods and services were estimated at $80.14 billion in July 2026, up 13.31% year-on-year, with merchandise exports at $44.24 billion, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on 13 August 2026.
• The national celebrations of World Elephant Day 2026 were held at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, where MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh conferred the Gaj Gaurav Awards 2026 and released a regional plan on human–elephant conflict in southern India, the Environment Ministry said on 13 August 2026.
• The Ministry of Jal Shakti said on 13 August 2026 that Sujal Gaon IDs have been issued to 12.68 lakh of India's 16.96 lakh rural habitations (75%) under Jal Jeevan Mission.
• The National Biodiversity Authority released ₹15.52 crore in Access and Benefit Sharing proceeds from Pioneer Overseas Corporation's mustard hybrids on 13 August 2026, to be shared among 26 State Biodiversity Boards and 3 UT Biodiversity Councils by mustard cultivation area.
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved ₹340.59 crore for Rajasthan and ₹265.12 crore for Telangana under PM Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana and Krishonnati Yojana on 13 August 2026.
• President Droupadi Murmu presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the years 2024 and 2025 in New Delhi on 13 August 2026.
• Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal launched the revamped India Code Portal, with AI-assisted, semantic and speech search and multilingual access, at Kartavya Bhavan 2, New Delhi, on 13 August 2026.
• India Optel Limited, a defence PSU, launched the indigenous 'GARUD' high-resolution binoculars for the civil market on 13 August 2026, marking its entry into civilian optics.