📅 Monthly Current Affairs Magazine
August 2026
Current Affairs
Magazine
The most comprehensive UPSC & OPSC OAS current affairs magazine for August 2026 — covering all major events across Polity, Internal Security, Government Schemes, International Relations, Economy, Environment, Geography, Science & Technology, Indian Society and Arts & Culture. Free PDF download for all aspirants, compiled by Strive Edge IAS — a leading UPSC and OPSC OAS coaching institute in Bhubaneswar.
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Polity & Governance Topics
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International Relations Topics
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Economy & Finance Topics
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Internal Security Topics
Section 1 · Pages 1–25
Polity & Governance (GS Paper II)
⚖️ Collegium System
👩⚖️ Supreme Court Judgment on Sex Work
📝 Curbing Paper Leaks
💑 Supreme Court Ruling on Live-In Relationships
📘 Supreme Court’s Handbook on Gender Sensitivity
🗳️ Delimitation and the Federal Dilemma: Retaining the Lok Sabha at 543
⛏️ MMDR Amendment Act, 2026: Rebalancing Centre–State Powers
🗣️ SC Flags CBSE Three-Language Policy
📄 Public Examinations Amendment Bill, 2026
📊 Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026
🧾 Creamy Layer Debate in SC/ST Reservations
🔐 The Data Protection vs Transparency Debate
🏛️ Personality Cults in Democracy
💼 Ease of Justice for Ease of Doing Business
♀️ Gender Equality in India
🇮🇳 Independence Day Address 2026: Key Announcements
🧮 Census 2027
🗳️ Reform Utsav to Capture Citizen Suggestions
🏛️ Four Symptoms of an Institution in Decline: Parliament
🌊 Why Adivasis are Resisting the Ken-Betwa River-Linking Project
🏫 Government School Closures in India
🤖 Reimagining Education for the Age of AI
📈 UDISE+ 2025-26 Report: Ensuring Equity
💼 The Narrow Government Job Pipeline in India
🎓 NITI Aayog: Weak Job Linkages of BA/B.Sc/B.Com Degrees
Section 2 · Pages 26–34
Internal Security (GS Paper II & III)
👮 Police Modernisation Scheme in India
📵 Digital Arrest Scams and Supreme Court’s Directions
🤖 AI and Cyber Threats
💊 Operation Toofan (Kerala’s Anti-Drug Drive)
🚀 Transfer of Missile Technology to Domestic Defence Industry
🎯 US Precision Missiles
🚀 Javelin Anti-Tank Guided Missile
🎖️ Gallantry & Service Awards
🏴☠️ Piracy in the Gulf of Aden: 22 Indians on Hijacked Ships
⚓ UKMTO (United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations)
🚧 India-Bangladesh Border Fencing
Section 3 · Pages 34–40
Government Schemes (GS Paper II & III)
🌾 MGNREGA to VB-G RAM G Transition
🚬 Tobacco Farmers Relief Package
💰 PM-CARES Fund
🍽️ National Food Security Act (NFSA) Amendments
🌊 Samudra Manthan Scheme
🐄 GOBARdhan Scheme
☀️ PLI Scheme for Polysilicon Manufacturing
🛒 Government e-Marketplace (GeM)
🌍 FAST-DS: Voluntary Disclosure Scheme for Foreign Assets
📡 BharatNet and T-Fiber (Telangana)
🔬 Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Section 4 · Pages 40–50
International Relations (GS Paper II)
📈 India’s Free Trade Agreement Strategy
🛢️ Iran War and Fertiliser/Energy Security Crisis in India
🛡️ NATO’s New Strategic Era of Transformation
🇺🇸 The Changing Logic of India-U.S. Partnership
🤝 Makkah Joint Defence Agreement
⚖️ International Law in Contemporary Conflicts
🇨🇳 India Helps China Evade Tariffs, Claims U.S. Report
🇦🇫 India’s Evolving Engagement with the Taliban
🇳🇵 India-Nepal Relations: “Two Hands, Ten Fingers” Strategy
🌏 India’s Return to Central Asia via Bilateral Diplomacy and the SCO
Section 5 · Pages 53–66
Economy and Finance (GS Paper III)
🇺🇸 America’s Expanding Tariff State
🏦 How RBI Decides Monetary Policy
⚖️ Fiscal Federalism
🔬 India’s R&D Ecosystem
📱 UPI Transaction Levy — Removing UPI’s Free Nature
💵 The Cost of Unconditional Cash Transfers
⚡ Energy Security: Balancing Public and Private Ownership
🔥 India’s Rising Dependence on U.S. LPG
📲 UPI’s Dramatic Growth and Its Next Challenge
🌳 CAG Audit on the Green India Mission (GIM)
📉 Declining Corporate Investment in India
📦 Decoding India’s Growth in Merchandise Exports
💹 Centre’s Fiscal Outlook 2026-27
📊 India’s Growth Resilience and the Need for Structural Reforms
Section 6 · Pages 68–79
Environment, Ecology and Biodiversity (GS Paper III)
🏔️ Western Ghats Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA)
⛏️ Critical Minerals as the Foundation of Strategic Power
🏭 India’s Industrial Heat Electrification
⛽ India’s E20 Ethanol Blending Push
⚖️ The Vanashakti Verdict: Environmental Clearance Violations
📜 SC’s Environmental Jurisprudence
☀️ Solar Irrigation and Groundwater
🌾 Climate-Proofing India’s Food System
🏞️ Restoring Urban Lakes and Wetlands
⛽ Can India Build a Strategic Fuel System?
Section 7 · Pages 81–89
Science, Technology, and Health (GS Paper III)
🏥 Strong Health Systems Through Public Spending
💊 Row Over Homeopathic Doctors Prescribing Modern Drugs
🔋 ‘Reuse’ Principle in India’s EV Transition
🇪🇺 Europe’s AI Rules May Become India’s Opportunity
🌕 NASA’s Moon Base: What India Will Gain by Joining
🩺 Why South Asians Are Missing from Global Health Databases
🧊 India and the Arctic: Research to Strategic Engagement
📚 Destructive Scanning of Books by AI Companies
Section 8 · Pages 90–92
Indian Society (GS Paper I)
👧 Girls Conditioned from Childhood to Take Up Domestic Burden
📱 A Civilisational Approach to Regulating Social Media for Children
💼 The Household Cost of Youth Unemployment in India
Section 9 · Pages 93–96
Geography (GS Paper I)
🚤 Ceuta Migrant Crisis 2026 & English Channel Migrant Crisis
🏔️ Shipki La Pass
🏝️ Nauru (Republic of Naoero)
🌍 Indonesia Earthquake
🌊 Nepal Flash Flood and Himalayan Rivers
⛰️ Aravalli Range and the Aravalli Definition Review
Section 10 · Pages 97–101
Arts and Culture (GS Paper I)
🧵 National Handloom Day 2026
🌺 Onam & Athachamayam
🏛️ Ashoka-era Stupa at Ujjain
💃 Kathakali
🕯️ Sant Ravidas: 650th Birth Anniversary
🗡️ Alluri Sitarama Raju
🏅 Sardar Patel National Unity Award
Section 11 · Pages 103–152
Prelims Pinpointer — 85+ Quick Revision Topics
Obscenity and Profanity Law in India
Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026
Supreme Court Order on Mining Near Ramsar Sites
Bar Council of India (BCI)
Withdrawal of FIRs: Supreme Court Ruling
India’s Delimitation Debate
Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026
FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026 and JPC Referral
Police Custody Under BNSS
Judges Inquiry Committee
Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, 2026
Constitutional Limits on Arrest
Self-Reliance for Viksit Bharat: PM’s Independence Day Roadmap
SHANTI Act, 2025
National Testing Agency (NTA)
NGT & Ganga Floodplain Rules
Marathi Language Mandate for Cabs & Autos
SC Ban on Construction Near Rajasthan’s Jojari River
Appointment and Transfer of High Court Judges
Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls
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RBI’s Concessional Swap Facility
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Invasive Alien Species in India
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Hara Mangrove Forests & Qeshm Island Oil Spill
Reclaiming Assam’s Elephant Habitat: Biochar & Invasive Species
Kaziranga Mining Row & Central Empowered Committee (CEC)
Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme
Vultures in India: Conservation & Threats
Dung Beetles: Ecological Role & New Threats
Bamboo Seed Balls & Afforestation
Total Solar Eclipse: Studying the Sun’s Corona
Mahadayi River Diversion Dispute
Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary
Indian Rivers That Have Their Own Boards / Authorities
NCISM’s Clarification on the Term ‘Quack’
Leptospirosis in Kerala
Lab-Grown Diamonds
Cyclosporiasis
Hexavalent Vaccine
Neutrinos and Nuclear Fuel Monitoring
Books Being Digitised and Destroyed to Feed AI
X-Band Doppler Weather Radar
Everest Rocket Engine
IT Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021
Glueball: Quantum Chromodynamics
Google Earth AI Satellite Image Feature
West Nile Virus
India’s Lunar Future & NASA’s Moon Base
H1N1 (Swine Flu)
Helicase & DNA Replication
VERVE-102 & Gene Editing for Cholesterol
HPV Vaccination Drive in India
Centre Expands Curbs on Cold Medicines for Children Under 4
Deepak Dhar and the Dirac Medal
The Rural–Urban Divide in Female Labour Force Participation
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