Current Affairs 1 August 2026

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CBN Dismantles Inter-State Counterfeit Drug Network in Bihar Under Operation Vajra

•Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN), Madhya Pradesh Unit, dismantled an inter-state counterfeit-drug and spurious-medicine network in Gaya and Masaurhi (Patna), Bihar, under 'Operation Vajra', following the mastermind's arrest on 22 July 2026.
•The operation seized 8 illegal godowns and dismantled an illicit manufacturing unit, recovering 21,373 unauthorised Buprenorphine ampoules along with Tramadol tablets, Codeine syrup, and lakhs of counterfeit non-NDPS medicine units.
•CBN's Madhya Pradesh Unit has booked 90 cases and arrested 121 suspects in the current calendar year, including 3 illicit lab busts.

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PM Inaugurates Swami Vivekananda Cultural Youth Centre at Mysuru's Ramakrishna Ashrama

•PM Modi inaugurated the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Youth Centre (Viveka Smaraka) at Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysuru, Karnataka, on 1 August 2026, marking the Ashrama's completion of 100 years.
•The centre honours the historic support that Chamarajendra Wadiyar X, the then Maharaja of Mysuru, gave to a young, then-unknown Swami Vivekananda around 1893, before his celebrated address at Chicago's World's Parliament of Religions.
•The PM linked the centre's youth mission to India's education expansion (650+ new universities, ~1,40,000 MBBS seats added in 12 years) and cited Kannada litterateur Kuvempu's historic ties to the Ashrama.

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Navy's Fifth and Final Diving Support Craft, DSC A24, Launched at Titagarh

•DSC A24 (Yard 329), the fifth and final ship of the Diving Support Craft (DSC) project, was launched at Titagarh, Kolkata, on 1 August 2026, completing a 5-ship order the Navy placed with Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL) in February 2021.
•The catamaran-hulled vessel, displacing 300-400 tonnes and built to Indian Register of Shipping naval rules, augments the Navy's diving support, underwater inspection, salvage and coastal deployment capability.
•About 70% of main and auxiliary equipment is indigenously sourced, making the DSC project a flagship Aatmanirbhar Bharat / Make in India defence-shipbuilding example.

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CCI Marks 56th Foundation Day: Rs 41,530 Crore Paid to Farmers, New Cotton Mission Unveiled

•CCI, the nodal MSP-procurement PSU for cotton, celebrated its 56th Foundation Day at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, with Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh.
•In Cotton Season 2025-26, CCI procured over 522 lakh quintals of kapas from about 24 lakh farmer transactions, transferring ₹41,530 crore directly to farmers' Aadhaar-linked accounts.
•Kapas MSP was raised by about 7% for 2026-27; the newly approved Cotton Productivity Mission - Kapas Kanti (₹5,659.22 crore, 2026-27 to 2030-31) targets 498 lakh bales of output and cotton self-sufficiency.

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Centre Approves Rs 2,117.85 Crore Advance SDRF Release to 6 Flood-hit States

•Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved an advance release of ₹2,117.85 crore from the Central share of the SDRF to flood-affected States during the 2026 southwest monsoon.
•State-wise: Arunachal Pradesh ₹44.55 crore, Assam ₹379.35 crore, Gujarat ₹500 crore, Maharashtra ₹500 crore (all first instalment); Himachal Pradesh ₹193.95 crore and Odisha ₹500 crore (second instalment).
•Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) have been deployed to Arunachal Pradesh and Assam (twice) to assess flood damage; an IMCT for Nagaland is being constituted on the State's request.

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NHAI Rolls Out Barrier-Free MLFF Tolling at Third Plaza on Delhi-Jaipur Highway

•NHAI rolled out the Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) barrier-less tolling system at Shahjahanpur Toll Plaza on the Delhi-Jaipur section of NH-48, making the entire Manesar-Jaipur stretch toll-barrier-free.
•MLFF integrates Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) with FASTag-based Electronic Toll Collection — a distinct technology from the separate GNSS/satellite-based distance tolling NHAI is piloting elsewhere.
•Shahjahanpur is the third plaza on this corridor (after Daulatpura and Manoharpura) to go barrier-free; users with insufficient FASTag balance get a 72-hour E-Notice window before double charges apply.

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Ajit Doval Receives Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2026 in Pune

•Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2026 to National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in Pune on 1 August 2026, marking the 106th death anniversary of Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
•Doval is India's longest-serving NSA, in office since 2014, and is credited as the founding architect of the Multi Agency Centre (MAC), India's counter-terrorism intelligence-sharing hub.
•The award, instituted in 1983 by the Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust, is conferred annually on 1 August; past recipients include PM Narendra Modi, Pranab Mukherjee, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Sudha Murty.

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DRI Seizes Gold, Narcotics and Red Sanders in Pan-India Ops, 20 Arrested

•The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) conducted a week of pan-India operations, seizing foreign-origin gold, narcotics, red sanders, wildlife products and e-cigarettes, and arresting 20 persons including 5 foreign nationals.
•Key seizures: ~9.5 kg gold (₹14 crore) across multiple ports/borders, 142 red sanders logs (4.8 MT) near Chennai, 2.7 kg heroin from Myanmar-origin trafficking in Manipur, and 9,230 prohibited e-cigarettes at Nhava Sheva Port.
•A 14-tonne consignment of CITES-listed, endangered Guggul resin was intercepted after being falsely declared as Somalia-origin to bypass the ban on Pakistan-origin imports.

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PM Inaugurates Rs 17,900 Crore AP Package: Airport, Semiconductor Plant, Coastal Corridor

•PM Modi laid the foundation stone, inaugurated and dedicated to the nation projects worth over ₹17,900 crore in Bhogapuram, Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, on 1 August 2026, spanning aviation, semiconductors, ports and energy.
•The new Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport was inaugurated, named after the tribal freedom fighter who led the 1922-24 Rampa Rebellion in the same region; a semiconductor plant's foundation was laid in Visakhapatnam.
•The projects extend the Coastal Economic Corridor vision — modernising Visakhapatnam-to-Krishnapatnam ports and building new ports at Mulapeta and Ramayapatnam — alongside railway works worth roughly ₹1 lakh crore in the region.

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12th National Handloom Day to Be Held on 7 August 2026, President as Chief Guest

•The Ministry of Textiles will observe the 12th National Handloom Day on 7 August 2026 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre, New Delhi, with President Droupadi Murmu as chief guest.
•22 awards for 2025 — 3 Sant Kabir Handloom Awards and 19 National Handloom Awards — will be conferred, alongside four commemorative postage stamps.
•National Handloom Day, observed since 2015, marks the anniversary of the Swadeshi Movement launched on 7 August 1905.

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Centre Releases Rs 1.09 Lakh Crore Advance Tax Devolution: Full State-wise Breakup

•The Union Government released an advance instalment of tax devolution worth ₹1,09,019 crore to States on 1 August 2026, in addition to the normal monthly devolution due on 10 August 2026.
•Uttar Pradesh received the largest share (₹19,208 crore), followed by Bihar (₹10,845 crore) and Madhya Pradesh (₹8,010 crore).
•The devolution follows the 16th Finance Commission's recommendation of a 41% vertical share of the divisible pool of central taxes to States for 2026-31.

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India, Rwanda Hold First Joint Trade Committee, Flag Critical Minerals Cooperation

•India and Rwanda held the first-ever session of their Joint Trade Committee (JTC) in New Delhi on 30-31 July 2026, establishing a permanent, structured mechanism to review bilateral trade and investment.
•Priority sectors identified include critical minerals (tin, tungsten, tantalum), pharmaceuticals and healthcare, digital technologies, agro-processing and renewable energy.
•India is Rwanda's second-largest foreign investor (2025) and its largest source of pharmaceutical imports (~24.5%); the Second JTC Session will be held in Rwanda after one year.

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Three Top Defence Appointments: New Deputy Naval Chief, CGDA and Deputy Air Chief

•Three senior officers took charge in India's defence establishment on 1 August 2026: Vice Admiral AN Pramod as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Smt Alka Nangia Arora as Controller General of Defence Accounts, and Air Marshal Tejpal Singh as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.
•Vice Admiral Pramod succeeds Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti and Air Marshal Singh succeeds Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti — both predecessors superannuated on 31 July 2026 after 38-39 years of service.
•Smt Arora, a 1991-batch IDAS officer, becomes CGDA — the civilian head of the Defence Accounts Department and Principal Accounting Officer for the Ministry of Defence.

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Tejaswin Shankar, Yamini Maurya, Neeraj Chopra Add Four CWG 2026 Medals for India

•PM Modi congratulated four Indian athletes for medals won on 1 August 2026 at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow: Tejaswin Shankar (decathlon bronze), Yamini Maurya (judo 57 kg silver), Neeraj Chopra (javelin silver) and Yash Vir Singh (javelin bronze).
•India's javelin event produced a silver-bronze sweep, with Neeraj Chopra continuing his run of major-event medals — Commonwealth gold (2018), Olympic gold (2021) and Olympic silver (2024).
•India closed the Glasgow Games with its best-ever campaign: 39 medals overall (13 gold, 17 silver, 9 bronze), finishing 4th, led by a record seven boxing golds.

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India Declared Free of LWE-Affected Districts as Naxal Violence Falls to Record Low

•India became effectively free of Left Wing Extremism-affected districts on 31 March 2026 — a target set on 24 August 2024 and achieved on schedule, per a PIB Backgrounder released 1 August 2026.
•LWE-affected districts fell from 126 in 2014 to zero in 2026; the 'most-affected' category fell from 35 districts to zero over the same period.
•Naxal-related violent incidents fell from 870 (2014) to 33 (as on 29 July 2026); fatalities fell from 310 to 11 over the same period.

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PM-VBRY Completes One Year: Rs 99,446 Crore Scheme Adds 72 Lakh Formal Jobs

•PM-VBRY completed one year of implementation on 1 August 2026, with over 72 lakh first-time employees added to the formal workforce against a two-year target of 3.5 crore jobs.
•The EPFO-administered scheme runs from 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2027 with a total outlay of ₹99,446 crore, incentivising both first-time employees (Part A) and employers (Part B).
•Nearly 30% of beneficiaries are women, and over 15 lakh workers have already received employment-linked incentive payments.

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Doxxing of Protesters Highlights a Gap in Indian Law

•An online campaign publishing the photographs, videos and personal details of women who took part in protests at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, drew attention on 1 August 2026.
•Those targeted reported harassment including rape and death threats after phone numbers and home addresses were circulated.
•The protests, against examination paper leaks, ran from 20 June to 25 July 2026.

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Justice Ujjal Bhuyan Questions Absence of Reasons in Supreme Court Collegium Resolutions

•Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan publicly questioned the lack of transparency in recent Collegium recommendations on 1 August 2026.
•He noted that the last three Collegium resolutions recommending judicial appointments were issued without any reasons.
•He argued that citizens have a right to know who their judges will be and how those appointments were arrived at.

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India-China Border Trade Resumes Through Nathu La and Shipki La After Six Years

•India and China resumed border trade through the Nathu La pass in Sikkim and Shipki La in Himachal Pradesh on 1 August 2026.
•The reopening ends a suspension of nearly six years that began in 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic and border tensions.
•Seasonal trade through Nathu La will run Monday to Thursday until November, with the gate opening at 7:30 am.

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SBSTTA-28 Concludes in Nairobi with Scientific Advice on Biodiversity Targets

•The 28th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice concluded on 1 August 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya.
•SBSTTA is the scientific advisory body of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
•It provides assessments and recommendations to the Conference of the Parties to the Convention.

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Indian Navy Launches DSC A24, Fifth and Final Diving Support Craft

•The Indian Navy launched DSC A24 on 1 August 2026, the fifth and final vessel of its Diving Support Craft project.
•The launch took place at the Titagarh Rail Systems Limited shipyard in Kolkata.
•The five-ship programme was contracted by the Ministry of Defence on 12 February 2021.

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World Wide Web Day Observed on 1 August 2026

•World Wide Web Day is observed every year on 1 August to mark the creation of the World Wide Web.
•The Web was proposed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 while he was working at CERN in Switzerland.
•The World Wide Web is the system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed over the internet, and is distinct from the internet itself.

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Godavari Flood Intensifies in Andhra Pradesh; Second Warning Sounded at Dowleswaram

•The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority warned that Godavari flood intensity would rise steadily because of heavy upstream rainfall.
•A second warning level was expected at the Dowleswaram Barrage, with alerts issued across the Godavari districts.
•Authorities advised people not to cross overflowing streams and causeways and to cooperate with relief operations.

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Over 13,000 Tribal Performers Set Guinness Record for Largest Dhimsa Dance

•More than 13,000 tribal women and girl students performed the Dhimsa dance at the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram on 1 August 2026.
•Guinness World Records recognised the performance as the largest Dhimsa dance.
•The performance welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the airport.

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Delhi Launches Lakshmi Yojana Portal for Rs 2,500 Monthly Assistance to Women

•The Delhi government launched the Delhi Lakshmi Yojana portal on 1 August 2026, opening online applications for the scheme.
•Eligible women will receive monthly financial assistance of Rs 2,500.
•Women aged 21 to 60 from families with annual income up to Rs 2.5 lakh qualify; those with more than three living children are excluded.

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IUCAA Team Makes First-of-Its-Kind Discovery in the Magellanic Bridge

•A team led by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, has discovered the first known system of its kind in the Magellanic Bridge.
•The discovery was made using the eROSITA X-ray telescope.
•The Magellanic Bridge is a stream of stars and gas connecting the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.

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Wildlife Panel Asks Madhya Pradesh for Alternative Land in Bagdara Sanctuary Case

•The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife asked the Madhya Pradesh government to explore alternative areas for compensatory notification while considering the proposed denotification of the Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary.
•Bagdara Wildlife Sanctuary lies in the Sidhi and Singrauli districts of Madhya Pradesh.
•It covers roughly 478 sq km and was established in 1978.

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Wildlife Board Panel Recommends Pygmy Hog for Critically Endangered Species List

•The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife has recommended including the pygmy hog in the list of critically endangered species under the Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats scheme.
•The pygmy hog is the smallest and rarest species of wild pig in the world.
•Its principal surviving wild population is associated with Manas National Park in Assam.

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Centre Extends Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Area Expert Panel by One Year

•The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change extended the tenure of the expert committee headed by former Director General of Forests Sanjay Kumar until July 2027.
•The committee, constituted in 2022, was set up to resolve state-specific objections to notifying Ecologically Sensitive Areas in the Western Ghats.
•The draft notification proposes declaring about 56,825 sq km of the Western Ghats as an Ecologically Sensitive Area.

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West Bengal Begins Digital Self-Enumeration for India's 16th Census

•West Bengal began the digital self-enumeration phase of India's 16th Census on 1 August 2026.
•Residents can submit household details through a mobile application or the official census portal between 1 and 15 August 2026.
•The houselisting phase in the state will run from 16 August to 14 September 2026, with enumerators visiting households for verification.

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NSA Ajit Doval Conferred Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2026 in Pune

•National Security Advisor Ajit Doval received the Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2026 in Pune on 1 August 2026.
•Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the honour, which recognised Doval's contribution to national security and strategic leadership.
•The award is conferred by the Tilak Smarak Trust and comprises a memento, a citation and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh.

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Varsha Ashok Aglawe Becomes First Woman Director General of Geological Survey of India

•Varsha Ashok Aglawe has assumed charge as the 54th Director General of the Geological Survey of India.
•She is the first woman to head the organisation since its founding in 1851.
•She succeeds Asit Saha, who served as Director General from 27 July 2024 to 31 July 2026.

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Soman Rana Wins Para Shot Put Gold as India Takes Top Two Places

•Soman Rana won gold in the men's F57 shot put at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games on 1 August.
•Shubham Juyal took silver in the same event, giving India the top two places.
•The one-two finish contributed to India's 16-medal haul on the day.

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Gulveer Singh Becomes First Indian to Win Two Athletics Medals at One Commonwealth Games

•Gulveer Singh won bronze in the men's 5000m at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games on 1 August.
•He held off Kenya's Cornelius Kemboi by just 0.04 seconds to take the medal.
•He had already won silver in the men's 10000m earlier at the same Games.

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Praveen Chithravel and Selva Prabhu Give India a Triple Jump Double Podium

•Praveen Chithravel won silver and Selva Prabhu Thirumaran bronze in the men's triple jump at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games on 1 August.
•Praveen's best effort was 16.58m, achieved on his fourth attempt.
•Selva Prabhu, competing at his first Commonwealth Games, jumped 16.52m in the fifth round.

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India Wins Record Seven Boxing Golds at Commonwealth Games 2026

•Indian boxers won seven gold and three silver medals at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, with the finals contested on 1 August.
•No country has ever won more boxing gold medals at a single edition of the Commonwealth Games.
•The gold medallists were Sakshi Chaudhary, Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria, Priya Ghanghas, Arundhati Choudhary, Sachin Siwach and Ankush Panghal.

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Railways Approves Rs 976 Crore Danapur-Fatuha Multitracking Project in Bihar

•Indian Railways approved multitracking of the 29 km Danapur-Fatuha section of East Central Railway in Bihar at a cost of Rs 976 crore.
•Third and fourth lines will be laid between Danapur and Patna and between Patna Saheb and Fatuha, with a third line between Rajendra Nagar and Patna Saheb.
•In its first year the project will allow 22 additional passenger trains and 18 additional freight trains daily.

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PM Modi Inaugurates Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram

•Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, on 1 August 2026.
•The greenfield airport was built on 2,200 acres by GMR Visakhapatnam International Airport Limited under a public-private partnership.
•Commercial operations begin on 17 August 2026, with an initial capacity of 6 million passengers a year, expandable to 40 million.

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Centre Front-Loads Rs 1.09 Lakh Crore Tax Devolution to States

•The Union Government released an additional instalment of Rs 1,09,019 crore as tax devolution to state governments on 1 August 2026.
•The transfer was advanced ahead of the regular monthly devolution due on 10 August, to help states step up capital and development spending.
•Uttar Pradesh received the largest share at Rs 17,908 crore, followed by West Bengal at Rs 7,986 crore and Maharashtra at Rs 7,022 crore.

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GST Collections Rise 15.4% to Rs 2.11 Lakh Crore in July 2026

•Gross GST collections in July 2026 rose 15.4% year-on-year to Rs 2.11 lakh crore, the fastest growth in 14 months.
•Growth was driven by imports: GST on imports jumped 28.8% to Rs 66,511 crore, against 10.1% growth in domestic revenue at Rs 1.45 lakh crore.
•Net GST revenue after refunds rose 15.8% to Rs 1.81 lakh crore; total refunds were Rs 29,968 crore, up 13.1%.

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