Context: Supreme Court Collegium recommended Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal (Chhattisgarh HC) as the next Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.Collegium is headed by CJI Surya Kant and recommends appointments/transfers of High Court judges and Chief Just...

Place:Ceuta is a Spanish autonomous city located on the northern coast of Africa, bordering Morocco. It is one of the EU’s two land borders with Africa (the other is Melilla).Context: In July, more than 72,000 migrants attempted to cross from Morocco...

Context: Centre notified the operational framework of Semicon 2.0, approved in July 2026, with ₹1.27 lakh crore support to strengthen India’s semiconductor ecosystem, especially domestic chip design.Six pillars: Government support covers chip design,...

Context:Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) and the Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) signed an MoU to co-produce Javelin anti-tank guided missiles in India.JJV: Joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon (US); has produced 55,000+ Javelin missiles and 12,...

Context: ISRO will launch EOS-05 (GISAT-1A) aboard GSLV-F17 on 4 September, 2:55 am from Sriharikota, ending a ~7-month launch hiatus after the PSLV-C62 failure.EOS-05: Earth observation satellite with 10-year mission life, designed for frequent imag...

Context:INS Nipun commissioned at Mumbai to strengthen the Indian Navy’s underwater, deep-sea diving and submarine-rescue capabilities.Type:2nd Diving Support Vessel (DSV) of the Nistar Class; built by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., Visakhapatnam.Key capab...

Context: India rejected a Court of Arbitration (CoA), Hague ruling that its decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), 1960 in abeyance was impermissible.India’s stand: India says the CoA is illegally constituted, has no jurisdiction, and India...

Context:Sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata), a rare Siberian migrant, was spotted at Najafgarh Jheel, Delhi-NCR—only the 5th recorded sighting in India in ~150 years.Identification: White supercilium (eyebrow stripe), rufous-streaked crown an...

Context:Tommy Koh (Singapore), Bo Kyi (Myanmar) and Runa Khan (Bangladesh) won the 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Asia’s major award for selfless public service.Tommy Koh: Singaporean lawyer-diplomat; chaired the 1982 UN Conference on the Law of the Se...

ContextAYUSH medical education is expanding rapidly, with the private sector accounting for 86% of Ayurveda colleges and 85% of homoeopathy colleges in 2024.Between 2021 and 2024, permitted seats increased by 43%, while total admission capacity rose...

ContextThe US says it will gain majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil, equivalent to about 20% of Venezuela’s proven reserves, under a proposed agreement.US President Donald Trump described it as the “biggest oil deal i...

ContextDevastating floods in Nepal’s Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers in sparsely populated Rasuwa district (~48,000 people) killed hundreds and destroyed traditional villages, urban settlements, tourist sites, trade routes, roads, bridges, social infr...

Context●    Renewed US–Iran strikes, after more than a month, have brought the military dimension back into a conflict increasingly shaped by economic pressures.●    The conflict has major implications for ener...

ContextIndia enters its next employment decade after expanding infrastructure, formalisation, financial inclusion, skilling and entrepreneurship.RBI’s KLEMS productivity database estimates employment rose from 47.15 crore in 2014–15 to 64.33 crore in...

UPI: India’s Digital Payments BackboneUnified Payments Interface (UPI) enables instant bank-to-bank payments by connecting users, banks and payment apps through infrastructure operated by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).In July 2026...

ContextOnAugust 21, a three-judge Supreme Court Bench led by the Chief Justice of India dismissed a petition and sought a fresh petition in a case concerning minimum wages under rural employment guarantee programmes.The Bench highlighted MGNREGA’s ro...

ContextAugust 23, 2026 marked the 37th anniversary of the Baltic Way, the 1989 human chain that became a turning point in the Gandhian-inspired Singing Revolution in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.The movement ultimately led to the restoration of Balt...

ContextElectrocution from expanding power infrastructure is emerging as a major threat to India’s vultures, alongside earlier chemical threats.A 2025 official survey found vultures nesting at only 50% of historic nesting sites, indicating continued p...