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Daily Current Affairs: 3 & 4 August 2026

Current affairs of 3 & 4 August 2026: Supreme Court Judges Bill 2026: Strength Raised to 38 With CJI; MSME Development (Amendment) Bill 2026: Key Provisions; Khelo India Revamp 2026-31: ₹36,441 Crore Sports Plan, and 10 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 13 topics

National Affairs

  1. Supreme Court Judges Bill 2026: Strength Raised to 38 With CJI
  2. Commonwealth Table Tennis 2026: Ankur, Yashaswini Singles Champions
  3. Nirmal Purja Dies in Broad Peak Avalanche in Pakistan

Government Schemes

  1. Khelo India Revamp 2026-31: ₹36,441 Crore Sports Plan
  2. Khelo India Expansion Cleared With ₹36,441 Crore

Banking & Finance

  1. Favara-UPI Link: Maldives-to-India Instant Remittance Corridor

Economy

  1. MSME Development (Amendment) Bill 2026: Key Provisions

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Gene-Edited Rice: Pusa DST Rice 1 and DRR Dhan 100 (Kamala)
  2. Kapas Kanti: Rs 5,659 Crore Cotton Productivity Mission Approved

Defence & Security

  1. Rotor Clap III: IAF helicopter counter-drone drill
  2. Vice Admiral AN Pramod Takes Charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff

Awards & Persons

  1. Franco Baresi, AC Milan Great, Dies at 66
  2. COSPAR Vikram Sarabhai Medal 2026: Annapurni Subramaniam Wins

National Affairs

Government Schemes

Banking & Finance

Economy

Polity & Governance

7. MSME Development (Amendment) Bill 2026: Key Provisions

  • Parliament completed approval of the MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026; the Lok Sabha cleared it on 7 August 2026.
  • MSME registration turns voluntary, using a free digital platform that gives statutory backing to the Udyam portal.
  • Criminal fines give way to graded civil penalties that can rise 10% every three years.
  • Section 22A makes notified entities publish details of MSME invoices processed via TReDS.
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Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

9. Kapas Kanti: Rs 5,659 Crore Cotton Productivity Mission Approved

  • Cotton Productivity Mission (Kapas Kanti) has a five-year outlay of Rs 5,659 crore.
  • Cotton Corporation of India held its 56th Foundation Day on August 1, 2026 in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
  • CCI bought over 522 lakh quintals of seed cotton in 2025-26 and transferred Rs 41,530 crore to farmers.
  • Kapas Darshan is a new bulletin carrying advisories on weather, markets and cultivation practices.
  • Four MoUs were signed, including one on carbon-credit generation from climate-smart cotton farming.
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Defence & Security

Defence & Security

10. Rotor Clap III: IAF helicopter counter-drone drill

  • Rotor Clap III is the third edition of an IAF helicopter-based counter-drone exercise, themed on Counter-UAS.
  • It ran for a week and ended on 2 August 2026 at the Pokhran Field Firing Range, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
  • Only Indian units took part: several IAF helicopter units and rotary-wing platforms.
  • The goal was to test TTPs and improve combat readiness against low-altitude unmanned threats.
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Defence & Security

11. Vice Admiral AN Pramod Takes Charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff

  • Vice Admiral AN Pramod became Deputy Chief of Naval Staff on August 1, 2026.
  • He succeeds Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti, who retired on July 31, 2026 after over 38 years of service.
  • Pramod joined the Navy on July 1, 1990, as a Communication and Electronic Warfare specialist.
  • He was Director General Naval Operations from December 2023 to July 2026.
  • His honours include the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (2024) and Yudh Seva Medal (2025).
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Awards & Persons

Science & Technology

13. COSPAR Vikram Sarabhai Medal 2026: Annapurni Subramaniam Wins

  • IIA Bengaluru Director Prof Annapurni Subramaniam received the COSPAR Vikram Sarabhai Medal for 2026 at the 46th COSPAR General Assembly in Florence, Italy.
  • She is the fourth Indian and the first Indian woman scientist to win the medal.
  • Earlier Indian winners: U R Rao (1996), Gurbax Singh Lakhina (2014) and Anil Bhardwaj (2024).
  • The medal is given every two years in honour of Vikram Sarabhai.
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