Asia Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Thu, 06 Aug 2026

• 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.
• The Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan has sensitised over 29.05 crore people, including 11.05 crore youth and 7.81 crore women, the Social Justice Ministry told the Rajya Sabha on 6 August 2026.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a phone call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 6 August 2026, in which they reviewed the India–Israel Special Strategic Partnership and discussed West Asia.

Wed, 05 Aug 2026

• A fresh nationwide survey conducted in 2024-25 did not identify any manual scavengers in any district, Social Justice Minister Virendra Kumar told the Rajya Sabha on 5 August 2026.
• The Government on 5 August 2026 operationalised an inventory-based cross-border e-commerce export framework under the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, allowing export-only inventory operations through registered Exporters-on-Record.
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 364 metric tonnes of Pakistan-origin dry dates worth about Rs 3 crore at Kandla Port, misdeclared as originating from the UAE, it said on 5 August 2026.
• The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission was recognised as the WHO-SEARN Regional Centre of Excellence in Pharmacovigilance and Technical Centre in Quality at SEARN's 10th anniversary meeting in Kathmandu on 4–5 August 2026.
• Indian Railways on 5 August 2026 approved changes to the Model Concession Agreement letting Container Train Operators run on all routes under a single All India licence with a uniform Rs 25 crore registration fee.
• Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari conferred the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak on 12 rat miners for their bravery in the Silkyara Tunnel Rescue Operation, at a ceremony in New Delhi on 5 August 2026.
• The Ministry of MSME and DPIIT signed an MoU on 5 August 2026 to commercialise India's Geographical Indication products and bring them to ONDC and GeM under a 'Bharat GI' banner.
• The Health Ministry deployed a National Joint Outbreak Response Team to Gujarat and Rajasthan to strengthen the response to the Chandipura Virus Disease outbreak, it said on 5 August 2026.
• Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu awarded Letters of Intent on 5 August 2026 for 11 new Flying Training Organisations at seven AAI airports, adding capacity to train 750 more pilot cadets a year.
• The Department of Personnel and Training hosted the Second Meeting of the BRICS Anti-Corruption Working Group and the BRICS Expert Network on Asset Recovery in Hyderabad on 4–5 August 2026.
• NITI Aayog released a report titled 'Reimagining Care: Strategies for Empowering Caregivers in Viksit Bharat@2047' on 5 August 2026, outlining a roadmap for an organised, professional care system.
• Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, have developed near-infrared light-driven nanobots for targeted breast cancer therapy, the Science Ministry said on 5 August 2026.
• Pawan Hans Limited signed a non-binding MoU with Norway's Noemi Aerospace (Elfly AS) on 5 August 2026 to explore electric seaplane technologies and sustainable aviation cooperation.
• Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched an 'As Seen on Netflix' section on the Incredible India portal on 5 August 2026, at an event marking ten years of Netflix in India.
• The Digital Handloom Atlas – 'One Platform. Endless Markets' was launched at the GI & Beyond 2.0 Summit in New Delhi, which concluded on 5 August 2026.

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

• The Ministry of Coal auctioned six coal blocks in Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh in forward auctions held on 3–4 August 2026 under the 15th round and second attempt of the 13th round.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs said on 4 August 2026 that 274 fugitive criminals were brought back to India from 36 countries between 2019 and 2026.
• India's first Telecom Manufacturing Zone at Gwalior reached cumulative investment commitments of ₹5,500 crore after a second investors' meet in Mumbai on 4 August 2026.
• PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana crossed 50 lakh rooftop solar households, with July 2026 recording its highest-ever monthly installations, the MNRE said on 4 August 2026.
• ICAR's complete telomere-to-telomere genome of pigeonpea variety 'Asha', India's first fully annotated T2T reference genome, has been approved as the global reference genome of the crop.