Current Affairs 15.08.2026

The Asian Rafting Championships 2026 are scheduled to be hosted by which Indian state?
Answer: Uttarakhand
Which country achieved the first complete life-cycle harvest of rice in space aboard the Tiangong Space Station?
Answer: China
The Vetri Vaanmagal Scheme, aimed at training women as drone pilots for precision agriculture, was launched by which state?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
Karthikeyan Lanka, honoured with the NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award 2026 in Earth Sciences, is associated with which institute?
Answer: IIT Madras
Which two states were covered under the NJORT deployment during the Chandipura Virus outbreak?
Answer: Gujarat and Rajasthan
The 9th India Medical Device 2026 conference was organised in which city?
Answer: New Delhi
Which state approved the Private Business Park Development Scheme 2025 to promote global investment?
Answer: Maharashtra
Under the VER project, which state announced an investment target of ₹9.3 lakh crore?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
Nagasaki Day, observed in remembrance of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, falls on which date?
Answer: August 9
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed annually on which date?
Answer: August 9