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Weekly Current Affairs One Liners (17th to 23rd August, 2026)

Weekly Current Affairs One Liners (17th to 23rd August, 2026)

Weekly Current Affairs One-Liners Current Affairs 2026 plays a very important role in competitive examinations and hence, aspirants have to give their undivided attention to it while preparing for the government examinations. The banking, SSC, Railways or insurance examinations comprise a section of “General Awareness” to evaluate how much the aspirant is aware of the …

Indian Navy Receives Mangrol, Third Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft

Indian Navy Receives Mangrol, Third Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft

Mangrol, the third ASW-SWC, which has more than 80% indigenous content, was handed over to the Indian Navy on August 21, 2026, by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) of Kochi. This vessel can be used for the purpose of underwater surveillance and ASW operations in coastal waters along with other operations like low intensity maritime …

NBSS&LUP Develops India’s First Soil Texture Map: Features, Uses and Significance

NBSS&LUP Develops India’s First Soil Texture Map: Features, Uses and Significance

India has come up with its first-ever Soil Texture Map by the National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP). This map gives digitized information on soil texture on a hectare-wise basis and provides a lot of physical insight into the soil texture in the country. The map has been launched on 16th …

National Teachers Awards 2026: Check List of 48 Awardees, Date, Selection Process and Key Details

National Teachers Awards 2026: Check List of 48 Awardees, Date, Selection Process and Key Details

President Droupadi Murmu will present the National Teachers’ Awards 2026 on 5 September 2026 (Teachers’ Day) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. For the current year, 48 teachers of schools all over India have been chosen for their outstanding contributions to the field of education, innovation in teaching, and impact on the lives of the students. …

Centre Notifies ₹62,500 Crore Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme

Centre Notifies ₹62,500 Crore Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme

Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS) of INR 62,500 Crore has been announced by the Centre to further enhance India’s standing in becoming a leading electronics manufacturing destination. The five-year scheme, announced on August 21, 2026, will offer production-linked incentive (PLI) to support the manufacturing of mobile phones and promote the growth of Indian mobile phone …

Who Is Sophie Adenot? Career, Achievements and Historic ISS Spacewalk

Who Is Sophie Adenot? Career, Achievements and Historic ISS Spacewalk

Sophie Adenot is a French engineer, helicopter test pilot, military officer and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut who has recently made history in space exploration. On 18 August 2026, she became the first French woman to perform a spacewalk, stepping outside the International Space Station (ISS) alongside NASA astronaut Anil Menon. Her journey to the …

DRDO Transfers Submarine-Fired Decoy Technology to BDL

DRDO Transfers Submarine-Fired Decoy Technology to BDL

The technology for the development of Submarine-Fired Decoy (SFD) has been handed over to Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It is yet another initiative taken by the organisation for bolstering the indigenously developed defence equipment in the water domain for India. The technology handover contract has been inked …

Sophie Adenot Becomes First French Woman to Walk in Space

Sophie Adenot Becomes First French Woman to Walk in Space

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot made history on August 18, 2026, after she became the first French female to conduct a spacewalk. Adenot also became the second European woman to conduct an extravehicular activity (EVA). The spacewalk was conducted by Sophie Adenot outside the International Space Station (ISS) together with NASA astronaut Anil …

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: How Louisiana’s Coastline Changed in 40 Years

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: How Louisiana’s Coastline Changed in 40 Years

The old proverb “A picture is worth a thousand words” reminds us that sometimes an image can reveal a story more powerfully than words ever could. That is exactly what satellite images of southern Louisiana are showing. NASA compared images of Louisiana’s coast taken in 1985 and 2024. Around Bay Dosgris, roughly 30 miles south …