Current Affairs One-liners — 22 August 2026
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sat, 22 Aug 2026
- The 14th BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Ministerial Meeting, chaired by India, unanimously adopted the 'Chennai Declaration' on 22 August 2026.
- The BRICS Youth Ministers' Meeting 2026 concluded in Visakhapatnam on 22 August 2026 with the adoption of a joint statement on youth cooperation.
- The Union Health Ministry on 22 August 2026 restricted all fixed dose combinations of chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine hydrochloride, requiring a warning that they must not be used in children below four years.
- DR Congo and the AFC/M23 rebel alliance said in a joint statement on 22 August 2026 that they had agreed a roadmap with sequenced steps and timelines for negotiations under the Doha Framework.
- At a national workshop on 'Mission Zero – Ending Fatalities in Sanitation Work' in Bhubaneswar on 22 August 2026, Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi announced that the fourth Saturday of August will be observed every year as GARIMA Diwas.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the security of the Siliguri Corridor at a meeting in Siliguri on 22 August 2026 and directed agencies to apply a 'quadrangular approach' to border security.
- The Indian Air Force announced on 22 August 2026 that it had concluded Exercise Pitch Black 2026 in Australia and Exercise Udara Shakti 2026 in Malaysia.
- The National Biodiversity Authority disbursed ₹2.82 crore under the Access and Benefit-Sharing mechanism on 22 August 2026, mostly to 27 State Biodiversity Boards and 3 UT Biodiversity Councils.
- The Indian Navy's sail training ship INS Sudarshini arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, on 22 August 2026, its 15th port call of the Lokayan 26 transoceanic expedition.
- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta inaugurated the ICMR-supported Centre for Advanced Research in Bacteriophage and Infectious Diseases (CARBID) at VIT, Vellore, on 22 August 2026.
- CSIR-NIScPR held a Platinum Jubilee ceremony on 22 August 2026 to mark 75 years of its popular Hindi science magazine 'Vigyan Pragati', launched in 1952.