🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 01 AUGUST 2026
🔆 INTERNATIONAL
📍 Favara–UPI Corridor: Maldives–India
✅ Maldives launched real-time cross-border fund transfers to India
✅ Transactions in Maldivian Rufiyaa are credited in INR to UPI accounts
✅ Partners: Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), RBI, NPCI International Payments Ltd. (NIPL), Bank of Maldives & Maldives Islamic Bank
✅ Enables family maintenance, gift remittances and person-to-person transfers through mobile apps
🔆 ENVIRONMENT
📍 Varayattumudy Emerges as Nilgiri Tahr Refuge
✅ Located in Idukki district, Kerala
✅ Emerging as an important habitat for the endangered Nilgiri Tahr
✅ Steep cliffs, rocky slopes and montane grasslands provide ideal habitat
✅ Population increasing due to improved conservation and reduced hunting
📍 Nilgiri Tahr
✅ Scientific Name: Nilgiritragus hylocrius
✅ Endemic to the Southern Western Ghats of Kerala and Tamil Nadu
✅ IUCN Status: Endangered
✅ Protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
✅ Eravikulam National Park supports the largest surviving population
📍 Karnataka’s Neelam & Totapuri Mangoes Exported to Maldives
✅ APEDA facilitated the first-ever air shipment of Neelam and Totapuri mangoes to the Maldives
✅ Shipment comprised 1 metric tonne sourced from an FPC in Kolar district
✅ Initiative aims to expand India’s fruit export ecosystem
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Multinational Maritime Defence Coalition – 2026
✅ Saudi Arabia and 13 nations formed a maritime security coalition
✅ Headquarters in Saudi Arabia
✅ Focus on securing the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
✅ Aims to protect freedom of navigation, trade routes and energy supply lines
✅ Described as a defensive alliance under international law
📍 India’s Indigenous Diving Support Vessel – Nipun
✅ India’s second indigenously built Diving Support Vessel (DSV)
✅ Built by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., delivered at Visakhapatnam
✅ Supports deep-sea diving and submarine rescue operations
✅ Mother ship for the Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV)
✅ Around 75% indigenous content under Aatmanirbhar Bharat
📍 Machilipatnam ASW Shallow Watercraft
✅ Indian Navy launched the 7th of 8 Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Watercraft (ASW SWC)
✅ Built by Cochin Shipyard Ltd.
✅ Named after Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
✅ Designed for anti-submarine warfare, mine warfare and coastal security
✅ More than 80% indigenous content
📍 India’s First Dedicated Department of Military Medicine
✅ Inaugurated at Command Hospital, Central Command, Lucknow
✅ Under the Directorate General of Medical Services (Army)
✅ Focuses on battlefield trauma, combat medicine, psychiatry, environmental medicine and medical logistics
✅ Future expansion includes Centres of Excellence for HADR and CBRNE
✅ Strengthens AI-enabled military healthcare and indigenous defence capability
📍 Cosmos Bloom Diamond Sent to Space
✅ World’s first lab-grown diamond jewellery sent to space
✅ Cosmos Bloom Diamond launched aboard Skyroot’s Vikram-1
✅ Developed by Cosmos Diamonds, Bengaluru
✅ Vikram-1 is India’s first private orbital launch vehicle
🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
📍 India’s Private R&D Spending Crosses 0.8% of GDP
✅ Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) crossed 0.8% of GDP for the first time since 2010
✅ Growth driven primarily by private sector investment
✅ Supported by National Research Foundation (NRF) and PLI Schemes
✅ Major investments in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, IT, semiconductors, space and renewable energy
🔆 RANKS & REPORTS
📍 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2026
✅ Developed by Yale University, Columbia University with support from the McCall MacBain Foundation
✅ Covers 177 countries, 47 indicators across 12 environmental categories
✅ Estonia ranked 1st, followed by Luxembourg, UK, Finland and Netherlands
✅ India ranked 176th with a score of 22.46
✅ Index measures progress towards SDGs and Paris Climate Agreement goals
#CurrentAffairs
🔆 INTERNATIONAL
📍 Favara–UPI Corridor: Maldives–India
✅ Maldives launched real-time cross-border fund transfers to India
✅ Transactions in Maldivian Rufiyaa are credited in INR to UPI accounts
✅ Partners: Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), RBI, NPCI International Payments Ltd. (NIPL), Bank of Maldives & Maldives Islamic Bank
✅ Enables family maintenance, gift remittances and person-to-person transfers through mobile apps
🔆 ENVIRONMENT
📍 Varayattumudy Emerges as Nilgiri Tahr Refuge
✅ Located in Idukki district, Kerala
✅ Emerging as an important habitat for the endangered Nilgiri Tahr
✅ Steep cliffs, rocky slopes and montane grasslands provide ideal habitat
✅ Population increasing due to improved conservation and reduced hunting
📍 Nilgiri Tahr
✅ Scientific Name: Nilgiritragus hylocrius
✅ Endemic to the Southern Western Ghats of Kerala and Tamil Nadu
✅ IUCN Status: Endangered
✅ Protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
✅ Eravikulam National Park supports the largest surviving population
📍 Karnataka’s Neelam & Totapuri Mangoes Exported to Maldives
✅ APEDA facilitated the first-ever air shipment of Neelam and Totapuri mangoes to the Maldives
✅ Shipment comprised 1 metric tonne sourced from an FPC in Kolar district
✅ Initiative aims to expand India’s fruit export ecosystem
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Multinational Maritime Defence Coalition – 2026
✅ Saudi Arabia and 13 nations formed a maritime security coalition
✅ Headquarters in Saudi Arabia
✅ Focus on securing the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
✅ Aims to protect freedom of navigation, trade routes and energy supply lines
✅ Described as a defensive alliance under international law
📍 India’s Indigenous Diving Support Vessel – Nipun
✅ India’s second indigenously built Diving Support Vessel (DSV)
✅ Built by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., delivered at Visakhapatnam
✅ Supports deep-sea diving and submarine rescue operations
✅ Mother ship for the Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV)
✅ Around 75% indigenous content under Aatmanirbhar Bharat
📍 Machilipatnam ASW Shallow Watercraft
✅ Indian Navy launched the 7th of 8 Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Watercraft (ASW SWC)
✅ Built by Cochin Shipyard Ltd.
✅ Named after Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
✅ Designed for anti-submarine warfare, mine warfare and coastal security
✅ More than 80% indigenous content
📍 India’s First Dedicated Department of Military Medicine
✅ Inaugurated at Command Hospital, Central Command, Lucknow
✅ Under the Directorate General of Medical Services (Army)
✅ Focuses on battlefield trauma, combat medicine, psychiatry, environmental medicine and medical logistics
✅ Future expansion includes Centres of Excellence for HADR and CBRNE
✅ Strengthens AI-enabled military healthcare and indigenous defence capability
📍 Cosmos Bloom Diamond Sent to Space
✅ World’s first lab-grown diamond jewellery sent to space
✅ Cosmos Bloom Diamond launched aboard Skyroot’s Vikram-1
✅ Developed by Cosmos Diamonds, Bengaluru
✅ Vikram-1 is India’s first private orbital launch vehicle
🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
📍 India’s Private R&D Spending Crosses 0.8% of GDP
✅ Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) crossed 0.8% of GDP for the first time since 2010
✅ Growth driven primarily by private sector investment
✅ Supported by National Research Foundation (NRF) and PLI Schemes
✅ Major investments in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, IT, semiconductors, space and renewable energy
🔆 RANKS & REPORTS
📍 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2026
✅ Developed by Yale University, Columbia University with support from the McCall MacBain Foundation
✅ Covers 177 countries, 47 indicators across 12 environmental categories
✅ Estonia ranked 1st, followed by Luxembourg, UK, Finland and Netherlands
✅ India ranked 176th with a score of 22.46
✅ Index measures progress towards SDGs and Paris Climate Agreement goals
#CurrentAffairs
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🔆 India–Brazil Relations: ‘Dynamic Economies Can’t Remain Distant’
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, during his India visit, emphasised that India and Brazil must deepen economic and strategic ties, as current engagement remains below potential.
🔆 Trade & Economic Cooperation
📍 Trade Status
✅ Bilateral trade reached a peak in 2025
⚠️ Still around $15 billion — far below potential
📍 Strategic Focus Areas
✅ Critical minerals
✅ Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
✅ AI, biotechnology, defence, space & health
✅ Expansion of Mercosur–India Trade Agreement
📍 Private Sector Role
➡️ Lula travelled with a 600-member business delegation
➡️ Emphasis on partnerships & joint ventures
🔆 Multilateralism & Global South
📍 Shared belief in reformed multilateralism
📍 Support for WTO-based open trade
📍 Demand for UN Security Council reform (India, Brazil, Africa inclusion)
📍 BRICS Dimension
🇧🇷 Brazil hands over BRICS presidency to India (2026)
➡️ Cooperation on:
• Climate change
• Health
• AI governance
• Social inclusion
🔆 AI & Digital Governance
📍 Warning against “digital colonialism”
📍 AI must not concentrate power in few countries or corporations
📍 Call for equitable global AI governance
📍 Support for UN-led AI discussions
🔆 Strategic Convergence
✅ Two large democracies of the Global South
✅ Complementary economies
✅ Shared vision of multipolar world
✅ Trade diversification amid global protectionism
India–Brazil ties are positioned as central to strengthening South-South cooperation and reshaping global governance.
📝 UPSC Mains Practice Question
Q. India and Brazil share converging interests in trade, multilateral reform, and Global South leadership. Examine the opportunities and challenges in strengthening bilateral ties. (250 words)
#GS2 #InternationalRelations
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, during his India visit, emphasised that India and Brazil must deepen economic and strategic ties, as current engagement remains below potential.
🔆 Trade & Economic Cooperation
📍 Trade Status
✅ Bilateral trade reached a peak in 2025
⚠️ Still around $15 billion — far below potential
📍 Strategic Focus Areas
✅ Critical minerals
✅ Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
✅ AI, biotechnology, defence, space & health
✅ Expansion of Mercosur–India Trade Agreement
📍 Private Sector Role
➡️ Lula travelled with a 600-member business delegation
➡️ Emphasis on partnerships & joint ventures
🔆 Multilateralism & Global South
📍 Shared belief in reformed multilateralism
📍 Support for WTO-based open trade
📍 Demand for UN Security Council reform (India, Brazil, Africa inclusion)
📍 BRICS Dimension
🇧🇷 Brazil hands over BRICS presidency to India (2026)
➡️ Cooperation on:
• Climate change
• Health
• AI governance
• Social inclusion
🔆 AI & Digital Governance
📍 Warning against “digital colonialism”
📍 AI must not concentrate power in few countries or corporations
📍 Call for equitable global AI governance
📍 Support for UN-led AI discussions
🔆 Strategic Convergence
✅ Two large democracies of the Global South
✅ Complementary economies
✅ Shared vision of multipolar world
✅ Trade diversification amid global protectionism
India–Brazil ties are positioned as central to strengthening South-South cooperation and reshaping global governance.
📝 UPSC Mains Practice Question
Q. India and Brazil share converging interests in trade, multilateral reform, and Global South leadership. Examine the opportunities and challenges in strengthening bilateral ties. (250 words)
#GS2 #InternationalRelations
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🔆 The Strategic Shift in India’s Nuclear Triad
📍 Introduction
✅ According to the SIPRI Yearbook 2026, India has 190 nuclear warheads, of which 12 are operationally deployed, reflecting the strengthening of its second-strike capability without altering its No First Use (NFU) doctrine.
📍 India’s Nuclear Doctrine
✅ Based on No First Use (NFU).
✅ Guided by Credible Minimum Deterrence (CMD).
✅ Ensures a survivable second-strike capability against nuclear aggression.
✅ Nuclear decisions remain under the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA).
📍 Strategic Shift
✅ Transition from recessed deterrence to limited operational deployment.
✅ Majority of warheads remain de-mated and in reserve.
✅ Deployment enhances readiness while preserving India’s defensive nuclear posture.
📍 Key Drivers
✅ Induction of Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBNs).
✅ Deployment of canisterised missiles such as Agni-V and Agni-P.
✅ Strengthening the nuclear triad (Land, Air & Sea-based deterrence).
✅ Improving survivability and rapid response capability.
📍 Challenges
✅ Expanding nuclear arsenals of China and Pakistan.
✅ Weakening global arms control architecture.
✅ Emerging threats from AI, cyber warfare, and hypersonic missiles.
✅ Advances in anti-submarine warfare affecting sea-based deterrence.
📍 Way Forward
✅ Preserve civilian control through the Nuclear Command Authority.
✅ Strengthen sea-based deterrence with K-4, K-5, and K-6 SLBMs.
✅ Enhance cyber security, satellite surveillance, and secure communication systems.
✅ Continue supporting global nuclear risk reduction while maintaining Credible Minimum Deterrence.
📍 Conclusion
✅ India’s evolving nuclear posture strengthens its second-strike capability while remaining committed to No First Use, strategic restraint, and credible minimum deterrence, thereby reinforcing national security and regional stability.
📝 UPSC GS-III Mains Practice Question (10 Marks | 150 Words)
“Trace the evolution of India’s nuclear doctrine since the Pokhran tests. Discuss how India’s nuclear triad strengthens its policy of credible minimum deterrence and No First Use.
#mains
📍 Introduction
✅ According to the SIPRI Yearbook 2026, India has 190 nuclear warheads, of which 12 are operationally deployed, reflecting the strengthening of its second-strike capability without altering its No First Use (NFU) doctrine.
📍 India’s Nuclear Doctrine
✅ Based on No First Use (NFU).
✅ Guided by Credible Minimum Deterrence (CMD).
✅ Ensures a survivable second-strike capability against nuclear aggression.
✅ Nuclear decisions remain under the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA).
📍 Strategic Shift
✅ Transition from recessed deterrence to limited operational deployment.
✅ Majority of warheads remain de-mated and in reserve.
✅ Deployment enhances readiness while preserving India’s defensive nuclear posture.
📍 Key Drivers
✅ Induction of Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBNs).
✅ Deployment of canisterised missiles such as Agni-V and Agni-P.
✅ Strengthening the nuclear triad (Land, Air & Sea-based deterrence).
✅ Improving survivability and rapid response capability.
📍 Challenges
✅ Expanding nuclear arsenals of China and Pakistan.
✅ Weakening global arms control architecture.
✅ Emerging threats from AI, cyber warfare, and hypersonic missiles.
✅ Advances in anti-submarine warfare affecting sea-based deterrence.
📍 Way Forward
✅ Preserve civilian control through the Nuclear Command Authority.
✅ Strengthen sea-based deterrence with K-4, K-5, and K-6 SLBMs.
✅ Enhance cyber security, satellite surveillance, and secure communication systems.
✅ Continue supporting global nuclear risk reduction while maintaining Credible Minimum Deterrence.
📍 Conclusion
✅ India’s evolving nuclear posture strengthens its second-strike capability while remaining committed to No First Use, strategic restraint, and credible minimum deterrence, thereby reinforcing national security and regional stability.
📝 UPSC GS-III Mains Practice Question (10 Marks | 150 Words)
“Trace the evolution of India’s nuclear doctrine since the Pokhran tests. Discuss how India’s nuclear triad strengthens its policy of credible minimum deterrence and No First Use.
#mains
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🔆 Pingali Venkayya
📍 Why in News?
✅ The Prime Minister paid tributes to Pingali Venkayya on his 150th birth anniversary.
📍 About
✅ Born: 2 August 1876 at Bhatlapenumarru village, Andhra Pradesh.
✅ Renowned as the designer of the foundational Indian National Flag.
📍 Major Contributions
✅ Presented the foundational design of the Indian National Flag to Mahatma Gandhi in 1921, which was approved by him.
✅ On 13 April 1923, during a Nagpur procession commemorating the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, the Swaraj Flag bearing the spinning wheel (Charkha) was hoisted by Congress volunteers.
✅ On 22 July 1947, the Constituent Assembly adopted the design as India’s National Flag, replacing the Charkha with the navy blue 24-spoked Ashoka Chakra.
📍 Prelims Pointer
✅ Birth: 2 August 1876
✅ Birthplace: Bhatlapenumarru, Andhra Pradesh
✅ Associated with: Design of the Indian National Flag
✅ 1921: Flag design approved by Mahatma Gandhi
✅ 22 July 1947: Constituent Assembly adopted the Tricolour with the Ashoka Chakra.
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📍 Why in News?
✅ The Prime Minister paid tributes to Pingali Venkayya on his 150th birth anniversary.
📍 About
✅ Born: 2 August 1876 at Bhatlapenumarru village, Andhra Pradesh.
✅ Renowned as the designer of the foundational Indian National Flag.
📍 Major Contributions
✅ Presented the foundational design of the Indian National Flag to Mahatma Gandhi in 1921, which was approved by him.
✅ On 13 April 1923, during a Nagpur procession commemorating the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, the Swaraj Flag bearing the spinning wheel (Charkha) was hoisted by Congress volunteers.
✅ On 22 July 1947, the Constituent Assembly adopted the design as India’s National Flag, replacing the Charkha with the navy blue 24-spoked Ashoka Chakra.
📍 Prelims Pointer
✅ Birth: 2 August 1876
✅ Birthplace: Bhatlapenumarru, Andhra Pradesh
✅ Associated with: Design of the Indian National Flag
✅ 1921: Flag design approved by Mahatma Gandhi
✅ 22 July 1947: Constituent Assembly adopted the Tricolour with the Ashoka Chakra.
#history #prelims #mains
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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 03 AUGUST 2026
🔆 HISTORY, ART & CULTURE
📍 150th Birth Anniversary of Pingali Venkayya
✅ Prime Minister paid tributes on his 150th birth anniversary
✅ Born on 2 August 1876 at Bhatlapenumarru, Andhra Pradesh
✅ Designed the foundational design of the Indian National Flag, approved by Mahatma Gandhi in 1921
✅ The Swaraj Flag with the spinning wheel was hoisted during the Nagpur Flag Satyagraha (13 April 1923)
✅ On 22 July 1947, the Constituent Assembly adopted the present National Flag by replacing the spinning wheel with the 24-spoked Ashoka Chakra
🔆 POLITY & GOVERNANCE
📍 Bhogapuram International Airport Inaugurated
✅ Officially named Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport
✅ Located at Bhogapuram, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh
✅ Developed by the GMR Group under the PPP model
✅ India’s newest Greenfield International Airport
✅ Named after freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju, leader of the Rampa (Manyam) Rebellion
✅ Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of international airports in India (5)
🔆 INTERNATIONAL
📍 Republic of Naoero
✅ Pacific island nation Nauru officially restored its indigenous name as the Republic of Naoero
✅ Change reflects revival of traditional language, heritage and cultural identity
✅ World’s third-smallest country after Vatican City and Monaco
✅ Administrative centre is Yaren District (no official capital)
📍 Border Trade Resumes Through Nathu La Pass
✅ India and China resumed border trade after 6 years
✅ Nathu La Pass is located at 4,310 metres in East Sikkim
✅ Connects India with Tibet (China)
✅ Historically an important trade route and strategic mountain pass
🔆 ECONOMY
📍 Vizhinjam International Seaport Notified as Customs Port
✅ Declared a Customs Port by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)
✅ Can now handle import and export cargo under the Customs Act, 1962
✅ Located at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
✅ Natural draft of 18 metres, enabling large container vessels
✅ Initially limited to Full Container Load (FCL) cargo operations
🔆 ENVIRONMENT
📍 Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH)
✅ Central scheme implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
✅ Supports wildlife conservation, protected areas and recovery of endangered species
✅ SC-NBWL recommended inclusion of the Pygmy Hog under the scheme
✅ Focuses on species such as the Great Indian Bustard, Snow Leopard and Pygmy Hog
✅ Manas National Park (Assam) is the primary habitat of the world’s smallest wild pig
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Indian Navy Launches DSC A24 Vessel
✅ Launched at Titagarh, Kolkata
✅ Features a catamaran-hull design for greater stability and deck space
✅ Around 70% indigenous equipment
✅ Designed for diving support, underwater inspection, salvage assistance and coastal operations
🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
📍 Unknown Alloy Found in Hiroshima Blast Debris
✅ Scientists discovered a previously unknown alloy formed during the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing
✅ Samples recovered from Hiroshima Bay beach sands
✅ Formed by extreme heat that vaporised building materials and metals
✅ Contains iron, chromium, nickel, manganese, molybdenum, silicon and aluminium
✅ Shows similarities with high-entropy alloys and quasicrystals
🔆 SPORTS
📍 Tejaswin Shankar Wins Historic CWG Medal
✅ Won Bronze in the Decathlon at the Commonwealth Games 2026
✅ First-ever Commonwealth Games decathlon medal for India
✅ Scored 7,976 points
✅ Previously won High Jump Bronze at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games
📍 India Wins First Commonwealth Judo Gold Medals
✅ Asmita Dey won India’s first-ever CWG Judo Gold in the Women’s 48 kg category
✅ Harsh Singh won Gold in the Men’s 60 kg category
✅ Achievements recorded at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow (Scotland)
#CurrentAffairs
🔆 HISTORY, ART & CULTURE
📍 150th Birth Anniversary of Pingali Venkayya
✅ Prime Minister paid tributes on his 150th birth anniversary
✅ Born on 2 August 1876 at Bhatlapenumarru, Andhra Pradesh
✅ Designed the foundational design of the Indian National Flag, approved by Mahatma Gandhi in 1921
✅ The Swaraj Flag with the spinning wheel was hoisted during the Nagpur Flag Satyagraha (13 April 1923)
✅ On 22 July 1947, the Constituent Assembly adopted the present National Flag by replacing the spinning wheel with the 24-spoked Ashoka Chakra
🔆 POLITY & GOVERNANCE
📍 Bhogapuram International Airport Inaugurated
✅ Officially named Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport
✅ Located at Bhogapuram, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh
✅ Developed by the GMR Group under the PPP model
✅ India’s newest Greenfield International Airport
✅ Named after freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju, leader of the Rampa (Manyam) Rebellion
✅ Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of international airports in India (5)
🔆 INTERNATIONAL
📍 Republic of Naoero
✅ Pacific island nation Nauru officially restored its indigenous name as the Republic of Naoero
✅ Change reflects revival of traditional language, heritage and cultural identity
✅ World’s third-smallest country after Vatican City and Monaco
✅ Administrative centre is Yaren District (no official capital)
📍 Border Trade Resumes Through Nathu La Pass
✅ India and China resumed border trade after 6 years
✅ Nathu La Pass is located at 4,310 metres in East Sikkim
✅ Connects India with Tibet (China)
✅ Historically an important trade route and strategic mountain pass
🔆 ECONOMY
📍 Vizhinjam International Seaport Notified as Customs Port
✅ Declared a Customs Port by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)
✅ Can now handle import and export cargo under the Customs Act, 1962
✅ Located at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
✅ Natural draft of 18 metres, enabling large container vessels
✅ Initially limited to Full Container Load (FCL) cargo operations
🔆 ENVIRONMENT
📍 Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH)
✅ Central scheme implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
✅ Supports wildlife conservation, protected areas and recovery of endangered species
✅ SC-NBWL recommended inclusion of the Pygmy Hog under the scheme
✅ Focuses on species such as the Great Indian Bustard, Snow Leopard and Pygmy Hog
✅ Manas National Park (Assam) is the primary habitat of the world’s smallest wild pig
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Indian Navy Launches DSC A24 Vessel
✅ Launched at Titagarh, Kolkata
✅ Features a catamaran-hull design for greater stability and deck space
✅ Around 70% indigenous equipment
✅ Designed for diving support, underwater inspection, salvage assistance and coastal operations
🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
📍 Unknown Alloy Found in Hiroshima Blast Debris
✅ Scientists discovered a previously unknown alloy formed during the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing
✅ Samples recovered from Hiroshima Bay beach sands
✅ Formed by extreme heat that vaporised building materials and metals
✅ Contains iron, chromium, nickel, manganese, molybdenum, silicon and aluminium
✅ Shows similarities with high-entropy alloys and quasicrystals
🔆 SPORTS
📍 Tejaswin Shankar Wins Historic CWG Medal
✅ Won Bronze in the Decathlon at the Commonwealth Games 2026
✅ First-ever Commonwealth Games decathlon medal for India
✅ Scored 7,976 points
✅ Previously won High Jump Bronze at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games
📍 India Wins First Commonwealth Judo Gold Medals
✅ Asmita Dey won India’s first-ever CWG Judo Gold in the Women’s 48 kg category
✅ Harsh Singh won Gold in the Men’s 60 kg category
✅ Achievements recorded at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow (Scotland)
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Uttar Pradesh’s government schools fell from 1.63 lakh to 1.38 lakh in that identical year, a drop of over 25,000.
Uttar Pradesh’s government schools fell from 1.63 lakh to 1.38 lakh in that identical year, a drop of over 25,000.
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