State PSC Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Sat, 08 Aug 2026

• APEDA facilitated the first-ever commercial sea shipment of 18 tonnes of GI-tagged Mithila Makhana from Bihta, Bihar, to Australia, the Commerce Ministry said on 8 August 2026.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 57th Convocation Ceremony of IIT Delhi on 8 August 2026, urging graduates to keep their curiosity alive and turn challenges into opportunities.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh dedicated to the nation a first-of-its-kind 'Eco-Educational Hub' developed by CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute in Lucknow on 8 August 2026.
• Union Minister J.P. Nadda released a knowledge paper, 'AI in MedTech: Revolutionizing Healthcare Through Artificial Intelligence', at the 9th edition of India Medical Device 2026 in New Delhi on 8 August 2026.
• Oil Marketing Companies said on 8 August 2026 that nationwide intensive testing of E20 petrol found fuel quality within prescribed limits and did not validate claims of 500 ppm chloride or moisture.

Fri, 07 Aug 2026

• President Droupadi Murmu presented the Sant Kabir Handloom Awards and National Handloom Awards 2025 and released four commemorative postage stamps on the 12th National Handloom Day, 7 August 2026.
• The 16th BRICS Trade Ministers' Meeting, chaired by Piyush Goyal in Jaipur on 7 August 2026, issued the Jaipur Consensus and a Chair's Statement with four annexes.
• The Government of India, in consultation with Arunachal Pradesh, identified 27 places and features in the state by standard names on official Survey of India maps, the Home Ministry said on 7 August 2026.
• Manipur's Ariha Pangambam became the first Indian to win gold in the senior women's individual event of the Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships, scoring 19.100 in the final, as reported on 7 August 2026.
• The National Health Authority said on 7 August 2026 that the ABHA-based Scan and Register service under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission has crossed 25 crore OPD registrations.
• The first of three India-built beam catcher units for the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt, Germany, has reached the site, the Science Ministry said on 7 August 2026.
• Jal Shakti Minister C R Paatil and Bhutan's Energy Minister Lyonpo Gem Tshering held a high-level meeting on trans-border rivers in New Delhi on 7 August 2026 and reviewed the Punatsangchhu-I hydroelectric project.
• The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre warned on 7 August 2026 of a 'Boss Scam' in which malicious account-statement and RBI-themed files take over WhatsApp accounts of executives to trick finance staff into transferring money.
• South Eastern Coalfields Limited has scientifically closed 28 abandoned mines, the highest among Coal India subsidiaries and 67% of all such closures in the country, the Coal Ministry said on 7 August 2026.
• MeitY's National e-Governance Division and AAERI unveiled 'AAERI Verify', a DigiLocker-integrated document verification platform for Indian students applying to Australian universities, in New Delhi on 7 August 2026.
• CSIR-Central Road Research Institute presented its indigenous Modified Mix Seal Surfacing Plus (MSS+) road technology to Rajasthan Chief Secretary V. Srinivas in Jaipur on 7 August 2026, with a live demonstration on a city road.
• The 12th session of the India–Russia Working Group on Modernization and Industrial Cooperation was held in New Delhi on 7 August 2026, discussing the Vande Bharat project, SJ-100 aircraft, critical minerals and UAVs.
• The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences and the Bureau of Indian Standards signed an MoU on 7 August 2026 to jointly develop quality standards and conformity assessment for the Ayush sector.

Thu, 06 Aug 2026

• The Union Cabinet on 6 August 2026 approved GOBARdhan, a national scheme for Compressed Biogas with an outlay of Rs 23,731 crore, to raise domestic CBG production nearly ten-fold.
• The Jal Shakti Ministry said on 6 August 2026 that the Centre has released Rs 6,154.96 crore to states in 2026-27 under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, which runs till December 2028.
• India successfully test-fired the medium range ballistic missile Agni-4 from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha, on 6 August 2026 under the Strategic Forces Command.
• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs signed MoUs with state and technology business incubators in New Delhi on 6 August 2026 to reach about 1,000 Scheduled Tribe entrepreneurs, with at least 100 to be funded and incubated under VCF-ST.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 6 August 2026 approved a 135.87 km, 4-lane access-controlled Guwahati–Tezpur corridor on NH-15 in Assam at a cost of Rs 8,970.20 crore.
• The Tenth BRICS Industry Ministers' Meeting concluded in Jaipur on 6 August 2026 under India's BRICS Chairship with a joint declaration on MSMEs, photovoltaics, startups and logistics.
• Minister Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha on 6 August 2026 that the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission carrying the half-humanoid Vyommitra is targeted in the fourth quarter of 2026 and the Bharatiya Antariksh Station by 2035.
• Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the Har Ghar Tiranga 2026 campaign in New Delhi on 6 August 2026, to be observed from 9 to 17 August and dedicated to 150 years of 'Vande Mataram'.
• India's installed data centre capacity has grown from 375 MW in 2020 to about 1,575 MW, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said on 6 August 2026.
• Scientists at Bose Institute, Kolkata, have proposed a protocol called General Concurrence Percolation (GCP) that can establish long-distance quantum links with lower initial entanglement, the Science Ministry said on 6 August 2026.
• APEDA, with Nuernberg Messe India, is organising BIOFACH INDIA 2026 on 6–8 August 2026 at the India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, to promote India's certified organic products.
• India produced 56.3 million tonnes of crude steel in April–July 2026, up 2.6% year-on-year, while finished steel consumption rose 7.8%, the Steel Ministry said on 6 August 2026.