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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)

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