Asia Current Affairs One-liners — Last 6 months

Tue, 04 Aug 2026

• On International Clouded Leopard Day, 4 August 2026, the Environment Ministry highlighted India's new Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan, which identifies 14 priority landscapes across Northeast India.
• Educationist and former Governor of Tripura, Bihar and West Bengal D.Y. Patil died in Kolhapur on 4 August 2026, aged 90.
• Air India flight AI2379 from Phuket to Delhi suffered a sudden altitude loss of about 300 feet during cruise on 4 August 2026, injuring passengers and crew; AAIB is investigating it as a serious incident.
• The Ministry of Education opened online registrations for Yuva Sangam Phase VII under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat on 4 August 2026, with 20 higher education institutions as nodal hosts.
• C-DAC and the Geological Survey of India signed an umbrella MoU on 4 August 2026 to apply AI and high-performance computing to geoscience, mineral exploration and disaster management.
• The Commission for Air Quality Management amended its Statutory Direction No. 86 on 3 August 2026 to let more NCR urban local bodies prosecute gross dust-control violators at construction sites under 500 sq m.
• The two-day meeting of Heads of National Statistical Offices of BRICS countries concluded in Lucknow on 4 August 2026 under the theme 'Quality Statistics as a Driver of Change'.
• The BRICS Technical and Vocational Education and Training Cooperation Alliance (BRICS-TCA) held its research symposium and Joint Management Committee meeting in New Delhi on 3–4 August 2026.

Mon, 03 Aug 2026

• Glaw Lake in Arunachal Pradesh was designated India's 101st Ramsar site on 3 August 2026, giving the state its first wetland of international importance.
• A third-party assessment by ISEC Bengaluru found that every ₹1 invested under the Kisan Credit Card–Modified Interest Subvention Scheme adds ₹2.30 to net value addition in agriculture, the Finance Ministry said on 3 August 2026.
• Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh inaugurated the Centre of Excellence for Handloom Technology at IIT Delhi on 3 August 2026 and launched five flagship initiatives.
• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal called for doubling India–Uzbekistan trade over the next three years at the India–Uzbekistan Business Forum in New Delhi on 3 August 2026.
• Indian Railways loaded 141.3 million tonnes of freight in July 2026, 9% more than in July 2025, the Railways Ministry said on 3 August 2026.
• The Department of Posts released a commemorative postage stamp on 3 August 2026 to mark the centenary of artist and architect Satish Gujral.
• India has achieved near-universal banking coverage, with 99.92% of inhabited villages served by a banking outlet within 5 km, the Finance Ministry said on 3 August 2026.
• The fourth edition of the Tri-Services Future Warfare Course began at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, on 3 August 2026, with CDS General N.S. Raja Subramani giving the keynote address.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the 85th Armed Forces Headquarters Civilian Services Day in New Delhi on 3 August 2026, calling for deeper military-civil integration.
• TRAI launched a revamped version of its 'TRAI MyCall' app on 3 August 2026, letting telecom users rate voice calls and report problems such as call drops.
• CSIR–Central Road Research Institute flagged off an indigenous Network Survey Vehicle on 3 August 2026 to assess urban road conditions across Delhi NCR under a CAQM-supported project.
• Coal production from captive and commercial mines rose 9.61% year on year to 14.78 million tonnes in July 2026, the Coal Ministry said on 3 August 2026.

Sun, 02 Aug 2026

• The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games concluded on 2 August 2026 with India fourth on the medal table with 39 medals – 13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze.
• On 2 August 2026, in New Delhi, the Government told the Rajya Sabha that a fresh all-district survey under the MS Act, 2013 found no manual scavengers and that 89,915 sewer and septic tank workers had been validated under the NAMASTE Scheme.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to freedom fighter Pingali Venkayya, remembered for his role in giving India the Tricolour, on his 150th birth anniversary on 2 August 2026.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 100-week 'Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan' against drug abuse on 2 August 2026, with over one crore youth joining by video conference.
• On 2 August 2026, in New Delhi, the Government told the Rajya Sabha that 47,328 villages, including 435 in Telangana, have been selected under the Adarsh Gram Component of PM-AJAY.
• India's coal production grew 7.51% year on year to 69.75 million tonnes in July 2026, while dispatch rose 17.34% to 86.33 MT, the Coal Ministry said on 2 August 2026.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh reviewed the Ujh Multipurpose Project in Kathua, J&K, on 2 August 2026; it will be implemented in phases and irrigate about 90,000 hectares in J&K and Punjab.
• Seventeen-year-old Indian shuttler Tanvi Sharma won the Taipei Open Super 300 women's singles title on 2 August 2026, beating Vietnam's Nguyen Thuy Linh 21-16, 21-16.
• The National Biodiversity Authority released ₹8.22 crore to rice research institutions and 33 state and UT biodiversity bodies on 2 August 2026, one of the largest single benefit-sharing payouts for rice.
• On 2 August 2026, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu virtually flagged off the President's Bodyguard (PBG) Soldierathon, whose race was held at Cariappa Parade Ground, Delhi Cantonment.