Current Affairs 7 August 2026

Schemes & CommitteesMediumquizQuiz

Health Panel Seeks 20% Cap on Gap Between Landing Price and MRP

•The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare presented its 176th Report on 7 August 2026, titled Affordability and Accessibility of Healthcare Facilities in Public and Private Sector.
•The report, chaired by Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav, carries 368 recommendations and was presented to the Rajya Sabha and laid on the table of the Lok Sabha the same day.
•Its headline recommendation is that the gap between the landing price of a medicine or medical device and its Maximum Retail Price should not exceed 20 per cent.

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New Mint-Family Plant Leucas droupadiae Described From Coromandel Coast Dunes

•Botanists have described Leucas droupadiae, a previously unknown plant of the mint family (Lamiaceae), from coastal sand dunes in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu on the Coromandel Coast.
•The description was published on 7 August 2026 in the plant-taxonomy journal Phytotaxa, volume 769, by Sugaseelan Akash, Kathavarayan Manikandan, Selvam Srikanth and Authinarayanan Rajesh.
•The species is an erect, unbranched herb about 15 cm tall that anchors itself in loose sand with a shallow web of fibrous roots instead of a deep taproot.

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Government Tells Rajya Sabha MeitY's SAMRIDH Accelerator Has Concluded

•Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada informed the Rajya Sabha about the status of MeitY's SAMRIDH programme.
•SAMRIDH - Startup Accelerator of MeitY for Product Innovation, Development and Growth - concluded on 31 January 2026.
•The programme worked through existing and upcoming accelerators rather than funding startups directly, with a target of accelerating around 300 technology startups.

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EconomyMediumquizQuiz

MNRE Plans PLI Scheme for Polysilicon to Close India's Solar Supply Chain Gap

•The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is preparing a Production Linked Incentive scheme for polysilicon manufacturing.
•MNRE Secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi announced the plan at a Confederation of Indian Industry event on 7 August 2026.
•The proposed scheme is expected to support more than 10 GW of polysilicon capacity.

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EnvironmentHighquizQuiz

World's First Release of GPS-Tagged Captive-Bred Slender-billed Vultures in Assam

•Five captive-bred Slender-billed Vultures and five White-rumped Vultures were released into the wild on 7 August 2026 in the Biswanath Wildlife Division of Kaziranga National Park, Assam.
•It is the world's first release of captive-bred Slender-billed Vultures fitted with GSM-GPS satellite transmitters for post-release monitoring.
•The birds were released from the Jatayu Soft Release Centre at Tewaripal in Biswanath district.

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HAL Airport Becomes India's First to Operationalise Satellite-Guided Helicopter Approach

•HAL Airport in Bengaluru became the first airport in India to operationalise the RNP CAT H satellite-guided helicopter approach procedure on 7 August 2026.
•The precision navigation procedure was designed and developed by the Airports Authority of India.
•It was validated through flight trials by HAL test pilots and approved by the DGCA.

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Agreements & MoUsMediumquizQuiz

CCRAS and BIS Sign MoU to Develop Global Quality Standards for Ayurveda

•The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences and the Bureau of Indian Standards signed an MoU in New Delhi on 7 August 2026.
•The agreement covers quality standards, conformity assessment and scientific research for the Ayush sector.
•Ayush comprises Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy.

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State NewsMediumquizQuiz

Andhra Pradesh Notifies India's First Statewide Pedestrian Safety Policy

•Andhra Pradesh notified the Pedestrian Safety and Universal Accessibility Policy, 2026 on 7 August 2026, after Cabinet approval the previous day.
•It became the first state in India to notify an integrated statewide framework for pedestrian safety.
•The policy implements directions linked to the Supreme Court's ruling in S. Rajaseekaran vs Union of India dated 7 October 2025.

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EconomyMediumquizQuiz

GI-Tagged Mithila Makhana Makes India's First Sea Shipment to Australia

•India completed its first-ever sea export of GI-tagged Mithila Makhana from Bihar to Australia.
•The consignment was flagged off from the Integrated Unit of Irradiation-cum-Packhouse at Sikandarpur industrial area, Bihta, near Patna.
•It was sourced directly from farmers in Darbhanga district and packed in seven containers.

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Polity & GovernanceMediumquizQuiz

Delhi High Court Questions Jantar Mantar's Role as the Capital's Protest Venue

•On 7 August 2026 the Delhi High Court questioned the continued use of Jantar Mantar Road as Delhi's designated protest venue.
•The Court was hearing a petition seeking permission for a protest, and observed that Delhi should not be 'put to ransom unnecessarily'.
•The hearing followed a Supreme Court direction asking the Centre to consider a plea to remove Jantar Mantar as the designated protest site and make Ramlila Maidan the principal venue.

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InternationalHighquizQuiz

Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan Sign Mecca Joint Defence Agreement

•Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, known as the Mecca Defence Pact, on 7 August 2026 in Mecca.
•The agreement provides that an armed attack against any one of the three would be regarded as an attack against all three.
•It builds on the Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement of September 2025.

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Science & TechMediumquizQuiz

Astrobase Unveils EVEREST, India's First Private 800 kN Rocket Engine

•Bengaluru-based Astrobase Space Technologies unveiled EVEREST on 7 August 2026 as India's first privately built 80-tonne-class Full-Flow Staged Combustion rocket engine.
•The engine burns liquid oxygen and liquid methane and produces 800 kilonewtons of thrust.
•It has a specific impulse of about 340 seconds and can be throttled between 50% and 110%.

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Odisha Draws ₹43,437 Crore in Food Processing Investment Proposals

•Odisha received food processing investment proposals worth ₹43,437 crore on 7 August 2026 at the launch of Odisha Food Pro-2026 in New Delhi.
•It was the state's first sector-specific investment roadshow organised outside Odisha, held with ASSOCHAM.
•The state signed 27 MoUs worth ₹41,748 crore, projected to generate 35,252 jobs.

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Ashish Yadav Wins Silver in Javelin at World Athletics U20 Championships

•Ashish Yadav won silver in the men's javelin throw at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with the final held on 7 August 2026.
•His best throw measured 74.09 metres, achieved on his third attempt.
•He became India's second medallist in the event and the first Indian silver medallist in the men's U20 javelin throw.

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Ariha Pangambam Wins India's First Senior Gold at Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships

•Ariha Pangambam of Imphal, Manipur, won India's first senior gold medal in the individual women's category at the Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships on 7 August 2026.
•The championship was held in Tagaytay City, Philippines, from 4 to 7 August 2026 under the sanction of the Asian Gymnastics Union.
•She won the final with a score of 19.100 — 8.650 for artistry, 7.600 for execution and 2.850 for difficulty.

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Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission Crosses 25 Crore Digital OPD Registrations

•The National Health Authority marked 25 crore digital OPD registrations under the QR-code-based Scan and Register service on 7 August 2026.
•The service operates across 30,800 healthcare facilities in 36 States and Union Territories and 756 districts.
•Of the participating facilities, 24,323 are public institutions and 6,481 are private.

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EconomyMediumquizQuiz

India Discovers Record-Low ₹5.25 Per Unit Round-the-Clock Renewable Tariff

•India discovered a record-low tariff of ₹5.25 per unit in round-the-clock (RTC) renewable energy bidding on 7 August 2026.
•The result was announced in New Delhi at the 7th CII International Energy Conference and Exhibition.
•The Solar Energy Corporation of India conducted a 1,000 MW Firm and Dispatchable Renewable Energy auction under the SECI-FDRE-RTC-V tender.

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SK Hynix Approves $38 Billion Expansion for AI Memory Chip Fabs

•South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix approved a 54.3 trillion won investment, about $38.15 billion, on 7 August 2026.
•The money funds two new semiconductor fabrication plants — the Yongin 'Y2' fab in Gyeonggi Province and the Cheongju 'M17' fab in North Chungcheong Province.
•Yongin Y2 receives 35.2 trillion won and will produce DRAM for high-bandwidth memory; Cheongju M17 receives 19.1 trillion won for NAND and enterprise SSDs.

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DefenceMediumquizQuiz

Parliamentary Panel Seeks Roadmap as India Explores French-Led Sixth-Generation Fighter

•The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence of the 18th Lok Sabha tabled its 25th Action Taken Report on 7 August 2026.
•The committee welcomed initial steps by the Ministry of Defence and asked for a clear status roadmap for the sixth-generation aircraft initiative.
•India has begun efforts to join the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a sixth-generation fighter programme led by France and Germany.

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InternationalMediumquizQuiz

Abelardo de la Espriella Sworn In as Colombia's 36th President

•Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in on 7 August 2026 as the 36th President of Colombia for the 2026-2030 term.
•He succeeded Gustavo Petro, whose presidency was Colombia's first left-wing administration at the national level.
•De la Espriella won the runoff held on 21 June 2026 with 12,960,166 votes, or 49.66% against Iván Cepeda's 48.70%.

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Maharashtra Begins Farm Loan Waiver Transfers to Over 6.2 Lakh Farmers

•Maharashtra began direct cash transfers under the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Shetkari Karj-Mafi Yojana on 7 August 2026.
•The first phase covered more than 6.2 lakh eligible farmer accounts.
•The waiver applies to short-term crop loans up to ₹2 lakh taken between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2025.

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India Delivers First Indigenous Beam Catcher to FAIR Particle Physics Facility

•The first of three indigenously built beam catchers reached the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) at Darmstadt, Germany, on 7 August 2026.
•It will be installed in the Super Fragment Separator (super-FRS), one of FAIR's major experimental systems.
•The beam catcher was designed by CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, and manufactured in Kanpur.

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Polity & GovernanceMediumquizQuiz

Basavaraj Horatti Resigns as Karnataka Legislative Council Chairperson

•Basavaraj Horatti submitted his resignation as Chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council in Bengaluru on 7 August 2026.
•The ruling Congress party held a majority in the 75-member Council and named Saleem Ahmed for Chairperson and Umashree for Deputy Chairperson.
•The leadership election was scheduled for 14 August 2026, with Horatti continuing as pro-tem Chairman for the session beginning 13 August.

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DefenceMediumquizQuiz

IAF Concludes Exercise Pitch Black 2026 in Australia with Rafale Debut

•Exercise Pitch Black 2026 concluded on 7 August 2026, with the Indian Air Force stating its contingent had 'accomplished the mission'.
•The exercise ran from 20 July to 7 August 2026 at Royal Australian Air Force bases at Darwin, Tindal and Amberley in northern Australia.
•It brought together roughly 100 aircraft and more than 2,500 personnel from 21 participating nations and partners.

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EconomyMediumquizQuiz

FAO Food Price Index Hits Three-Year High in July 2026

•The FAO Food Price Index averaged 131.1 points in July 2026, up 0.6% from June and 1.0% higher than a year earlier.
•This was the highest level since January 2023, though still 18.2% below the peak of March 2022.
•The FAO Cereal Price Index rose 3.4%, the Vegetable Oil Price Index 2% and the Sugar Price Index 5.6%.

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Important DaysMediumquizQuiz

12th National Handloom Day Observed; President Presents Sant Kabir Handloom Awards

•India observed the 12th National Handloom Day on 7 August 2026, a date chosen to mark the launch of the Swadeshi Movement on 7 August 1905.
•President Droupadi Murmu presented 22 awards at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre — 3 Sant Kabir Handloom Awards and 19 National Handloom Awards for 2025.
•The handloom sector supports 35.22 lakh weavers and allied workers, of whom over 72% (25.46 lakh) are women.

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Polity & GovernanceHighquizQuiz

Supreme Court to Examine Whether DPDP Act Dilutes the Right to Information

•On 7 August 2026 the Supreme Court sought the Centre's response on petitions challenging the amendment of the RTI Act through the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
•The Court granted the Centre two weeks to reply, issued notice, and declined an interim stay.
•The challenge centres on Section 44(3) of the DPDP Act, which amended Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act, 2005.

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NationalHighquizQuiz

India Assigns Standardised Names to 27 Places and Features in Arunachal Pradesh

•The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Government of Arunachal Pradesh assigned standardised names to 27 places and geographical features on Survey of India maps on 7 August 2026.
•The 27 sites comprise 21 land areas and villages, 4 mountain passes, 1 high-altitude lake and 1 war memorial.
•The passes named are Thag La, Dzo La, Riza La and Pukur La; the lake is Sambho Sarovar and the memorial is the Sher-e-Thapa Memorial.

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Summits & ConferencesHighquizQuiz

16th BRICS Trade Ministers' Meeting Concludes in Jaipur, Adopts Jaipur Consensus

•The 16th BRICS Trade Ministers' Meeting concluded on 7 August 2026 at Sawai Man Mahal in Jaipur, Rajasthan, under India's BRICS Chairship 2026.
•It was chaired by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal.
•Ministers adopted the Jaipur Consensus and Guiding Principles for MSME credit to address the estimated $2.5 trillion global trade finance gap.

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Haryana's 77th Van Mahotsav Sets 1.4 Crore Tree Target Under Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam

•The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change attended Haryana's 77th Van Mahotsav at Manesar, where district-level Van Mahotsav programmes were held simultaneously across all districts of the state.
•Haryana has set a target of 1.4 crore trees for the year under the 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign, and the state is working on the Centre's recommendations to protect the Aravallis and curb air pollution.
•Those recommendations include solid waste management rules for housing societies, Online Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems and Air Pollution Control Devices for industries, smart traffic management and greening activities.

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Science & TechLowquizQuiz

Param Pragya AI Supercomputing Facility to Be Inaugurated at IIT Delhi Sonipat

•The Prime Minister will inaugurate Param Pragya, an AI-powered high-performance supercomputing facility established at the Sonipat campus of IIT Delhi, on 8 August 2026.
•The facility is expected to strengthen the institute's work in artificial intelligence, data science, advanced computing and interdisciplinary research.
•The inauguration takes place at IIT Delhi's 57th Convocation, where over 3,000 graduating students, including 587 PhD scholars, will receive their degrees.

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History & CultureMediumquizQuiz

Rajya Sabha Marks 84th Anniversary of the Quit India Movement

•The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha made a formal reference in the House to the 84th anniversary of the Quit India Movement, which falls on 9 August 2026.
•The movement was launched under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi on 9 August 1942, and the call of 'Do or Die' drew millions into the freedom struggle.
•The Chairman noted that despite severe repression and imprisonment, the participants' sacrifices strengthened the national movement and paved the way for independence in 1947.

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NHRC Notices Madhya Pradesh Over Children Crossing Betwa on Check Dam Pillars

•The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that school students of Kakraua village hop across check dam pillars to cross the Betwa River in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district.
•The children take the route because it cuts the journey from 13 km by road to just 1.5 km; nine students, including five girls, reportedly cross this way every day.
•The Commission held that the absence of a safe mode of transport to reach school amounts to a negation of the fundamental right to education with dignity.

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I4C Flags 'Boss Scam': Malware Files Hijack WhatsApp of Finance Professionals

•The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs has warned of a campaign that takes over WhatsApp accounts of finance professionals using malicious files disguised as account statements and regulator communications.
•Victims receive a .zip file named like 'Statement of Account.zip', 'RBI.zip' or 'MCA.zip' containing a Windows executable and a DLL file; opening it installs a Trojan that hijacks the active WhatsApp Web session.
•Compromised accounts of senior executives are then used to instruct finance staff to transfer funds to mule accounts — the reason it is called a 'Boss Scam'.

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Polity & GovernanceHighquizQuiz

e-Courts Phase III: 753 Crore Pages Digitised, 4.18 Crore Virtual Hearings Held

•A PIB Backgrounder reviews the e-Courts Mission Mode Project, launched in 2007 to move India's paper-based judiciary to a digital, trackable system; it is now in Phase III (2023-2027) with an outlay of Rs 7,210 crore.
•Over 753 crore pages of court records have been digitised, and courts have conducted more than 4.18 crore remote hearings through video conferencing.
•Video conferencing now covers 7,553 establishments including courts, jails and hospitals; e-filing is available in 4,519 courts and NSTEP in 6,895 courts.

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