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August Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 2
Competitive exams such as SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, LIC, SSC, Railways, and other government and competitive exams require candidates to have knowledge of General Awareness, General Knowledge, and Current Affairs. The section on general awareness and current affairs is critical in determining overall scores in these exams.
To help candidates prepare for these exams, we offer weekly one-liner current affairs that cover essential and major topics. These current affairs will keep you up-to-date with current events and help you in upcoming exams.
National News
- India Crosses 300 GW of Installed Non-Fossil Fuel-Based Power Capacity
- 11th BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meeting Held in Bhopal
- DPIIT Signs Five MoUs to Strengthen India’s Startup Ecosystem and Innovation
- JP Nadda Chairs CEO Round Table at India Medical Device Conference 2026a
- Amit Shah Inaugurates NUCFDC Office in Mumbai
- West Bengal Announces ₹10,000 Monthly Pension for 325 Emergency-Era Protesters
- India Makes First-Ever Sea Export of GI-Tagged Mithila Makhana from Bihar to Australia
- Radhakrishnan Launches ‘Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan’ in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- India to Celebrate 80th Independence Day with Focus on ‘Vande Mataram’ & Yuva Shakti for Viksit Bharat@2047
- Centre Introduces Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026 to Rename State as ‘Keralam’
- TRAI Begins Rollout of 1601-Series Numbers for Trusted Service Calls
- India Donates Five Peacocks, Including Rare White Peacock, to UN Office in Geneva
- Bhawana Kanth Becomes First Woman to Graduate from IAF’s Elite Fighter Combat Leader Course
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan Releases ₹21 Crore+ Scholarships for Agriculture Students via NSP-DBT
- Assam Records World’s First-Ever Release of Captive-Bred Slender-Billed Vultures
- PM Modi Inaugurates ‘Param Pragya’ AI Supercomputing Facility at IIT Delhi’s 57th Convocation
- Kavach 4.0 Approved for 660 Route Km in Izzatnagar Division at ₹295 Crore
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan Launches NSP Initiative to Provide Monthly Scholarships to Agriculture Students
- CZA Approves Asia’s First Desert-Themed Drive-Through Night Safari in Gujarat
- Ladakh Hosts First-Ever Black-necked Crane Festival to Promote Conservation
- Ministry of Textiles to Organise ‘Srijan: Voices from the Loom’ to Honour Women Weavers
- Amit Shah Launches ‘Gramin Gyan Setu’ App to Connect Rural Libraries in Gujarat
- Giriraj Singh Inaugurates IIHT SUTRA 2026, First National Conclave of Handloom Technology Institutes
- Parliament Monsoon Session 2026 Concludes After 19 Sittings; 12 Bills Passed by Both Houses
- President Murmu to Confer Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards for 2024-25 on Over 115 Artists
- 8th BRICS Oceanic and Polar Science Working Group Meeting Begins in Goa
- Tamil Nadu Signs 97 MoUs Worth ₹67,452 Crore, Expected to Create Over 1 Lakh Jobs
- Dr Jitendra Singh Inaugurates India’s 7th Regional Meteorological Centre in Jammu
- Chandigarh Becomes First UT to Launch CBDC-Based DBT for PMGKAY Food Subsidy
- L&T Secures Mega Order to Build India’s Largest Single-Cluster AI Infrastructure in Chennai
- Delhi Approves 20% Horizontal Reservation for Ex-Agniveers in Fire Services and Prison Department Posts
- India Celebrates 80th Independence Day on 15th August 2026
- BRICS Competition Authorities Meeting in Udaipur, Rajasthan
- Karnataka CM announces India’s first government-driven AI University
- Karnataka Cabinet Approves Sandhya Kiran Scheme Offering Rs 5 Lakh Cashless Healthcare Cover to Pensioners
- Government Sanctions Additional ₹1,000 Crore Under PM E-DRIVE to Boost Electric Two-Wheelers
International News
- Lebanon Parliament Abolishes Death Penalty, Replaces It With Life Imprisonment
Banking and Financial
- India’s Unemployment Rate Rises to 4% in April–June 2026: PLFS
- SBI Life Insurance Partners with J&K Bank to Expand Insurance Access Across J&K and Ladakh
- India’s Retail Inflation Rises to 45% in July 2026
- India Post Achieves Record First-Quarter Revenue Growth in FY2026–27
- MRF Named India’s Most Valuable Tyre Brand in 2026
Appointment and Resignation
- Justice Abha Nayar Patel Becomes First Woman of Indian Origin Appointed to Zambia’s Supreme Court
- ED Director Rahul Navin Gets One-Year Extension
- Gyanesh Bharti Appointed Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Veena Khan Appointed New CEO and Executive Director of LIC International
- Andras Baka Elected Hungary’s Next President Amid Fidesz Boycott
- Bhooma VG Selected as Vice-Chancellor of AIPSI in Mauritius
- Indriya Appoints Krithi Shetty as Brand Ambassador for Southern Markets
- Chandrasekaran to Step Down as Tata Sons Chairman in February 2027
Awards
- Indian Physicist Deepak Dhar Named Recipient of 2026 Dirac Medal
- IIT Roorkee’s Dr. Akanksha Tyagi Receives INAE Young Engineer Award 2026
- Padma Gurmet Honoured with UT Ladakh State Award 2025 for Promoting Sowa Rigpa and Cultural Heritage
Science
- Meta Launches ‘Muse Glimmer’, a New Open-Weight AI Model for Agentic Tasks
- NASA Invites ISRO to Join Moon Base Programme as India-US Space Cooperation Deepens
- Vietnam’s VinSpace Signs Deal with SpaceX to Launch First Satellites in 2027
- IN-Space Approved India‘s First Fully Commercial Earth Observation Sat Constellation
Defence
- Indian Navy–US Navy EOD Exercise 2026 Begins in Kochi to Boost Interoperability
- Indian Navy’s Second Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel ‘Shruti’ Launched by GRSE in Kolkata
- IAF and Malaysian Air Force Begin Bilateral Exercise ‘Udara Shakti 2026’ at Subang Air Base
- DRDO Receives GeM Award for Maximum Order Value to Micro & Small Enterprises
Sports
- Titli Maji Wins Silver in Women’s 45kg at Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships
- Ashmita Chaliha Becomes First Indian to Win Korea Masters
- Maharajan Arumugapandian Wins Silver in 65kg Category at Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships
- Indian-Origin Chess Players Bodhana Sivanandan & Shreyas Royal Win Major Titles at 2026 British Chess Championships
- India Wins 5 Honours at 23rd International Linguistics Olympiad 2026 in Romania
- India Crowned Overall Champions at Commonwealth Fencing Championship with 35 Medals
- Iga Swiatek, Ben Shelton Win Canadian Open Singles Titles in Toronto and Montreal
Book and Author
- PM Modi to Release Former President Ram Nath Kovind’s Autobiography ‘Triumph of the Indian Republic’
Important day
- 9 August – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (Theme 2026 – Honouring Indigenous Midwives: Safeguarding Life and Well-being)
- 10 August – World Lion Day
- 10 August – International Biodiesel Day
- 11 August – World Steelpan Day
- 12 August – International Youth Day (Theme 2026 – Different Contexts, Common Aspirations)
- 10 August – World Biofuel Day
- 13 August- International Left-Handers Day
- 13 August- World Organ Donation Day
- 14 August – Partition Horrors Remembrance Day
- 14 August – World Lizard Day
Obituary
- Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji Dies at 97
- Bengali Filmmaker Raja Sen Dies At 71 In Kolkata
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