GPSC (Gujarat) Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Mon, 24 Aug 2026

• The Finance Ministry said on 24 August 2026 that the RBI's special USD-INR swap facility for FCNR(B) deposits and foreign borrowings had mobilised USD 73 billion as of 21 August.
• India and Argentina held the 4th meeting of their Joint Trade Committee in Buenos Aires on 24 August 2026, advancing cooperation in lithium, farm market access and pharmaceuticals.
• India and New Zealand held the second Defence Strategic Dialogue in Wellington on 24 August 2026, focusing on maritime security and joint training under their new Strategic Partnership.
• President Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from the envoys of South Sudan, the UAE, Nigeria, Moldova, Germany and Sweden at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 24 August 2026.
• The US Supreme Court on 24 August 2026, in Trump v. California, stayed a lower-court injunction that had blocked parts of President Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting.

Sun, 23 Aug 2026

• India celebrated its third National Space Day on 23 August 2026, with the national event at ISRO's Space Applications Centre in Ahmedabad under the theme 'Towards Viksit Bharat: Innovating, Collaborating and Aspiring to Global Space Leadership'.
• Kazakhstan held its first election to the new single-chamber Kurultai on 23 August 2026, and the newly formed pro-government Adilet party won over 71% of the vote.

Sat, 22 Aug 2026

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Fri, 21 Aug 2026

• MeitY notified the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS) with an outlay of ₹62,500 crore on 21 August 2026 to scale up production, raise domestic value addition and back Indian-owned phone brands.
• The Commerce Ministry said on 21 August 2026 that 29 FDI investments worth ₹4,895.65 crore have been reported under the revised framework for investors with small, non-controlling ownership from land-bordering countries.
• Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and UK Permanent Under Secretary for Defence Jeremy Pocklington co-chaired the 25th India–UK Defence Consultative Group meeting in New Delhi on 21 August 2026.
• The Centre on 21 August 2026 set out steps to cool sugar prices, which rose from ₹48.18 to ₹55.70 a kg in a month, including dealer stock limits and duty-free import of 10 LMT of raw sugar.
• The Competition Commission of India on 21 August 2026 imposed monetary and non-monetary sanctions on the Agro Input Dealers Association and Agro Input Welfare Association for cartelisation.

Thu, 20 Aug 2026

• Rajnath Singh and Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi met in New Delhi on 20 August 2026 and signed a Memorandum of Arrangement on Maritime Security Cooperation.
• India and Mauritius exchanged an oil and gas MoU and a five-year IOCL-STC fuel supply agreement on 20 August 2026 during Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri's visit.
• The Index of Core Industries (base 2022-23) grew 5.4% year-on-year in July 2026, slightly below June's 6.0%, the Commerce Ministry said on 20 August 2026.
• The Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE) released the National Report on Deep-Sea and Distant-Water Fishery Resources of the Indian EEZ on 20 August 2026, marking its silver jubilee.
• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal called on Singapore PM Lawrence Wong and took part in the 4th India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable in Singapore on 20 August 2026.
• The Aadhaar App crossed 5 crore (50 million) downloads, MeitY said on 20 August 2026, with over 60 lakh mobile number updates done through it.
• The newly reconstituted National Commission for Minorities held its first meeting of 2026 on 20 August under Chairman Harjit Singh Grewal.

Wed, 19 Aug 2026

• World Humanitarian Day was observed on 19 August 2026 with the OCHA-led campaign theme 'Families of Fallen Humanitarians'.
• The RBI on 19 August 2026 published minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee's 62nd meeting (3-5 August), which unanimously kept the repo rate at 5.25% with a neutral stance.
• The Indian Coast Guard said on 19 August 2026 that India will host the 5th Coast Guard Global Summit in New Delhi in February 2027, coinciding with the force's golden jubilee.
• The BRICS Youth Council Meeting and BRICS Youth Summit were held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on 19 August 2026 under India's BRICS Chairship.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026

• The Sports Ministry on 18 August 2026 announced the National Sports Awards 2025, naming 17 Arjuna awardees and five Dronacharya awardees on the recommendation of a committee chaired by Justice (Retd.) Arun Kumar Mishra.