India Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Fri, 07 Aug 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.
• 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.