State Police Current Affairs One-liners — Last 3 months

Wed, 26 Aug 2026

• A flash flood triggered by a glacier collapse on the Nepal–Tibet border devastated central Nepal on 26 August 2026; PM Modi offered all possible help and the Centre put Bihar and Uttar Pradesh on alert.
• India's Mayank Chakraborty and Pratitee Bordoloi won the Open and Girls titles at the Asian Junior Classical Chess Championship 2026 in Mumbai, both with 7.5 points from nine rounds.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the redeveloped Hutatma Smruti Smarak at Patradevi on 26 August 2026, honouring satyagrahis killed in the Goa liberation struggle against Portuguese rule.
• Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal met Chilean Vice-Minister Paula Estévez Weinstein in Santiago on 26 August 2026 to advance the India–Chile Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
• Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal concluded his visit to Japan on 26 August 2026 after meetings in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, including an India–Japan Startup Roundtable in Tokyo.
• Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched the Delhi Lakshmi Yojana on 26 August 2026, handing sanction letters to eligible women who will get ₹2,500 a month from 1 September.
• India presented its advances in snow leopard population estimation, radio telemetry and genetic analysis at a Russian–Indian roundtable held in Moscow on 26 August 2026.
• India on 26 August 2026 rejected observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) after its 11th periodic review, calling them 'politically motivated' and 'highly malicious'.
• Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav called for community-led restoration of rangelands at a ministerial dialogue of UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 26 August 2026.

Tue, 25 Aug 2026

• NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held the 25th round of Special Representatives talks on the boundary question in Beijing on 25 August 2026 and agreed an eight-point consensus.
• The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on 25 August 2026 approved 25 lakh free tablets for youth, lifetime free UPSRTC bus travel for women aged 60 and above, and a ₹10,761 crore Ganga Expressway extension to Haridwar.
• The Unified Payments Interface, launched by NPCI on 25 August 2016, completed ten years on 25 August 2026, with annual volume up almost 13,000-fold to over 24,162 crore transactions in FY 2025-26.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 53rd PRAGATI meeting on 25 August 2026, reviewing six rail, road and power projects across nine states, plus AgriStack and cyber fraud.
• MoS Jitin Prasada concluded a visit to Morocco on 25 August 2026 after co-chairing the 7th India–Morocco Joint Commission, where both sides agreed to double bilateral trade in five years.
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 56 kg of methamphetamine tablets from a truck at Lalpani near Silchar, Assam, on 25 August 2026, taking its two recent North-East seizures to 76 kg.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 25 August 2026 approved the transfer of DRDO-developed technologies of all conventional missile systems to Indian industry for domestic production.
• The Indian Coast Guard and Vietnam Coast Guard held their 7th High-Level Meeting in Chennai on 25 August 2026 under their 2015 cooperation MoU.
• At the National Shipping Board's first 'Sagar Samvad' in New Delhi on 25 August 2026, Sarbananda Sonowal said India plans to add 100 vessels in five years to cut a $75 billion foreign freight bill.
• A Finance Ministry review on 25 August 2026 reported that India's 28 Regional Rural Banks earned a record ₹10,176 crore net profit in FY 2025-26, with total business above ₹13.5 lakh crore.
• CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories unveiled three indigenous gas turbine engines with 5, 50 and 100 kg thrust for drones and compact missiles in New Delhi on 25 August 2026.
• Goa Shipyard Limited handed over ICGS Ajit, a Fast Patrol Vessel with over 65% indigenous content, to the Indian Coast Guard on 25 August 2026.

Mon, 24 Aug 2026

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay told the Assembly on 24 August 2026 that the state will pay for three LPG cylinders a year from Pongal 2027 and widen free bus travel for women from 2 October.
• At an IUCN side event at UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar on 24 August 2026, Bhupender Yadav said India restored 21.76 million hectares during 2011–2020 under its Bonn Challenge pledge.
• India and Cambodia held the third meeting of their Joint Working Group on Trade and Investment in Phnom Penh on 24 August 2026, as bilateral trade grew over 36% to USD 406.78 million in 2025-26.
• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs began a three-day National Conclave on Tribal Languages and Museums in Mysuru on 24 August 2026, launching an upgraded Adi Vaani platform and an AI assistant, Jago.
• 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.
• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan launched India's first non-GMO, high-expansion popcorn maize hybrid seed at Musunuru in Andhra Pradesh's Eluru district on 24 August 2026.
• 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.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the two-day 9th National Security Strategies (NSS) Conference-2026 in New Delhi on 24 August 2026.
• 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.