Current Affairs 9 August 2026

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PM Hosts Commonwealth Games 2026 Medallists After India's 39-Medal Glasgow Haul

•The Prime Minister hosted India's medal winners from the Commonwealth Games 2026 at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg and interacted with the athletes.
•India finished fourth on the medal table at the Glasgow Games with 39 medals — 13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze.
•Boxing led India's campaign with a record 10 medals, including seven golds — the most won by any nation in the sport at a single Commonwealth Games.

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India-US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Exercise to Begin at Kochi

•The Indian Navy-US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Exercise 2026 is scheduled at Southern Naval Command, Kochi, from 10 to 14 August 2026.
•The five-day bilateral exercise aims to enhance interoperability between the specialist diving and EOD teams of the two navies.
•It comprises Subject Matter Expert Exchanges, cross-training, equipment demonstrations and scenario-based practical exercises.

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CCI Hosts BRICS Competition Authorities in Udaipur; Joint Statement Adopted

•The Competition Commission of India organised the Meeting of Heads of BRICS Competition Authorities on 8 August 2026 in Udaipur, Rajasthan, under India's BRICS Chairship 2026.
•A Joint Statement titled 'Strengthening Cooperation to Promote Fair Competition, including in Renewable Energy Markets' was adopted.
•CCI steered a collaborative BRICS study on the 'Emerging Competition Landscape in the Renewable Energy Sector in BRICS', whose findings were presented at the meeting.

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38 Ministries Earmark Funds Under DAPSC; Karnataka Gets ₹1,178 Crore in SC Scholarships

•Under the NITI Aayog Guidelines of 2017 for the Development Action Plan for Scheduled Castes, 38 Ministries and Departments earmark funds across schemes for Scheduled Caste welfare.
•DAPSC was earlier known as the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan, and the earmarked allocations are reflected in Statement 10A of the Expenditure Profile of the Union Budget.
•Actual expenditure remained below Revised Estimates in every year from 2020-21 to 2025-26, with utilisation ranging between 81.61% and 93.83%.

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PMAY-Urban Crosses 1.25 Crore Houses Sanctioned and 1 Crore Delivered

•Over 1.25 crore houses have been sanctioned under PMAY-U and PMAY-U 2.0 together, of which more than 1 crore have been completed and delivered.
•One crore houses have been allotted to women, in the name of the female head of household or in joint ownership.
•The 8th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee under PMAY-U 2.0 sanctioned over 2.09 lakh houses for EWS families across 16 States and UTs.

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India Crosses 300 GW Non-Fossil Power Capacity, Over 60% of Its 2030 Target

•India crossed 300 GW of non-fossil fuel based installed electricity generation capacity as on 31 July 2026 — over 60% of the 500 GW targeted by 2030.
•The breakdown is solar 164.59 GW, wind 58.14 GW, hydro 57.24 GW, bio-power 11.75 GW and nuclear 8.78 GW, totalling 300.50 GW.
•Non-fossil sources now account for over 54% of India's total electricity generation capacity of around 552 GW.

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Vice-President Launches Har Ghar Tiranga in Andaman on August Kranti Diwas

•Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the 'Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan' in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands by hoisting the National Flag at Flag Point, Sri Vijaya Puram.
•The launch fell on August Kranti Diwas, commemorating the Quit India Movement of 1942.
•Flag Point is the historic site where Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose hoisted the Tricolour on 30 December 1943, proclaiming the islands free from British rule.

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NBA Disburses ₹3.79 Crore in Access and Benefit Sharing to 33 States and UTs

•The National Biodiversity Authority disbursed close to ₹3.79 crore as Access and Benefit Sharing to 33 State Biodiversity Boards and Union Territory Biodiversity Councils, ICAR-NBPGR and, through the Haryana State Biodiversity Board, to the Hisar Bovine Sperm Station and Research Centre.
•The amount was realised from companies including Bayer Science and Innovation, HM Clause India and Advanta Enterprises for accessing vegetable and oilseed genetic resources.
•A further ABS amount arose from Sri Lanka's Department of Animal Production and Health for access to Sahiwal cattle semen.

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CPGRAMS Cuts Grievance Disposal Time from 157 Days in 2014 to 14 Days in 2026

•CPGRAMS is the Government's flagship 24x7 digital grievance redressal platform, connecting all Central Ministries, Departments, States and Union Territories through a single portal.
•Grievances handled annually rose nearly nine-fold from about 3.01 lakh in 2014 to around 27 lakh in 2024, while Grievance Redressal Officers grew from 10,232 to more than 1.11 lakh by 2025.
•Average disposal time in Central Ministries and Departments fell from 157 days in 2014 to 15 days in 2025, and stood at 14 days in 2026.

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Indonesia Shuts Mount Bromo National Park as Wildfire Spreads

•Indonesia closed all entrances to Mount Bromo and suspended tourism as a wildfire spread through the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java.
•The fire broke out on 3 August 2026 and expanded from about 60 hectares to roughly 176 hectares of protected parkland.
•Aircraft, including two water-bombing helicopters, and hundreds of firefighters were deployed as steep caldera walls blocked ground access.

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New Bacterium Microbacterium pollutisoli Found in Toxic Pesticide Dumpsite Soil

•Researchers have described a new bacterial species, Microbacterium pollutisoli, from soil at a hexachlorocyclohexane dumpsite in Uttar Pradesh.
•The name combines the Latin words 'pollutus' (contaminated) and 'solum' (soil), meaning the Microbacterium of polluted soil.
•It forms shiny, yellow circular colonies, is short rod-shaped, and grows between 12°C and 46°C in highly alkaline conditions.

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New Begonia Species Discovered in Arunachal Named After Nyishi Clan

•Researchers described a new flowering plant species, Begonia neelamorum, from Arunachal Pradesh.
•It was named after the Neelam clan of the Nyishi tribe, whose members guided the researchers through rugged terrain to locate the plant.
•The species was found in Keyi Panyor district, growing on steep, moist rock walls along the Keyi River at about 1,000 metres elevation.

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Nagasaki Day 2026 Marks 81 Years Since the Second Atomic Bombing

•Nagasaki Day is observed on 9 August each year; 2026 marks 81 years since the bombing of 1945.
•The United States dropped the atomic bomb code-named 'Fat Man' on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, three days after Hiroshima.
•Fat Man was an implosion-type weapon with a plutonium core and a yield of about 21 kilotons of TNT.

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International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2026 Honours Indigenous Midwives

•The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, also called World Tribal Day, is observed on 9 August every year.
•The 2026 theme is 'Honouring Indigenous Midwives: Safeguarding Life and Well-being'.
•The date marks the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, held in Geneva in 1982.

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Government e-Marketplace Completes 10 Years, Crosses ₹20 Lakh Crore in Value

•The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) completed 10 years of operations on 9 August 2026.
•GeM has facilitated a cumulative Gross Merchandise Value of over ₹20 lakh crore through more than 3.78 crore orders.
•The first ₹10 lakh crore took over eight years; the next ₹10 lakh crore was achieved in under two years.

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