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GKToday’s Current Affairs Today Section provides latest and Best Daily Current Affairs 2026-2027 for UPSC, IAS/PCS, Banking, IBPS, SSC, Railway, UPPSC, RPSC, BPSC, MPPSC, TNPSC, MPSC, KPSC and other competition exams.

Rajasthan Announces ₹12,500 Crore School Overhaul Plan

Rajasthan announced a ₹12,500 crore roadmap on 23 August 2026 to modernise government schools across 41 districts. The plan includes new school buildings, additional classrooms, major repairs, and...

August 23, 2026 Government Schemes Current Affairs

Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Approves 180-Day Maternity Leave Twice

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved a policy on 22 August 2026 that grants female state government employees 180 days of paid maternity leave twice during their service career....

August 23, 2026 Government Schemes Current Affairs

Government restricts Chlorpheniramine Maleate and Phenylephrine Hydrochloride for children under four

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of fixed-dose combinations containing Chlorpheniramine Maleate and Phenylephrine Hydrochloride for children below four...

August 22, 2026 Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Karnataka Bans Analogue Paneer for One Year

Karnataka’s Food Safety Division has prohibited the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of analogue paneer sold as “paneer” across the state for one year, from 17 August 2026...

August 22, 2026 Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

57th International Film Festival of India Steering Committee Meets

The first Steering Committee meeting for the 57th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was held on 21 August 2026 at Kartavya Bhawan-2 in New Delhi. The 57th...

August 22, 2026 International / World Current Affairs

Uttar Pradesh, Yamanashi Announce ₹600-Crore MSME Fund

Uttar Pradesh and Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture signed multiple Memoranda of Understanding on 21 August 2026 at the UP-Japan Investment Meet 2026 in Lucknow. The event was held at...

August 22, 2026 International / World Current Affairs

Sophie Adenot Becomes First French Woman to Walk in Space

European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot became the first French woman and the second European woman to perform a spacewalk on 18 August 2026. She carried out U.S....

August 22, 2026 Science & Technology

National Teachers Awards 2026 for 48 Teachers

The National Teachers Awards 2026 will be conferred on 48 school teachers by President Droupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on 5 September 2026. The date...

August 22, 2026 Awards, Honours & Persons in News

National Campaign on Entrepreneurship-II Launched for Rural Women

The Ministry of Rural Development launched the second phase of the National Campaign on Entrepreneurship-II on 21 August 2026 under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihoods Mission. The...

August 22, 2026 Government Schemes Current Affairs

Cochin Shipyard Delivers ASW Craft Mangrol to Navy

Cochin Shipyard Limited delivered Mangrol, the third of eight indigenously designed and built Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts, to the Indian Navy in Kochi on 21 August 2026....

August 22, 2026 Defence Current Affairs

DRDO Signs Two Technology Transfer Agreements

The Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL), a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Visakhapatnam, signed two Licensing Agreements for Transfer of Technology (LAToT)...

August 22, 2026 Science & Technology

Centre Notifies ₹62,500 Crore Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology notified the ₹62,500 crore Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme on 21 August 2026. The scheme will run for five years from FY...

August 22, 2026 Economy & Banking Current Affairs