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Daily Current Affairs: 8 July 2026

Current affairs of 8 July 2026: Mission Drishti: GalaxEye’s OptoSAR Satellite Lost to Solar Storm; India 11th in Global FDI: UNCTAD World Investment Report 2026; Global Passport Index 2026: India Ranks 125th of 197, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

New Heads for BPR&D, NCRB and SVPNPA Named by ACC
India Wins 41 Medals at U15/U20 Asian Wrestling Championships

Government Schemes

Atmanirbhar Panchayat Programme: Third Outreach Workshop in Kochi

Banking & Finance

TPG-Led Group to Buy Aseem Infrastructure Finance
NPCI’s Dilip Asbe Joins SWIFT Supervisory Board

Economy

POWERGRID Raises JPY 80 Billion Green Loan from JBIC

International Affairs

World Kiswahili Language Day 2026: Date and Theme

Agriculture & Rural

Amrapali Mango Export from Jharkhand to Dubai via APEDA

Science & Technology

Mission Drishti: GalaxEye’s OptoSAR Satellite Lost to Solar Storm

Environment & Ecology

World Bioproduct Day on 7 July: Aim and Origin

Defence & Security

INS Mahendragiri (F38) Commissioned: Project 17A Frigate

Reports & Indexes

India 11th in Global FDI: UNCTAD World Investment Report 2026
Global Passport Index 2026: India Ranks 125th of 197

Awards & Persons

Jestha Varna Mahavihar: UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award
Girish Bharadwaj, Bridge Man of India, Dies at 76

National Affairs

Defence & Security

1. New Heads for BPR&D, NCRB and SVPNPA Named by ACC

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared three top posts in India's police and law enforcement institutions.
Alok Kumar Mittal is the new Director General of BPR&D.
Amit Garg takes over as Director of NCRB, while Sujeet Pandey becomes Director of SVPNPA.
All three officers belong to the Indian Police Service, from the 1993 and 1994 batches.

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2. India Wins 41 Medals at U15/U20 Asian Wrestling Championships

India won 41 medals at the U15 and U20 Asian Wrestling Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
The event ran from 27 June to 5 July 2026.
U20 haul: 20 medals (4 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze).
U15 haul: 21 medals (8 gold, 6 silver, 7 bronze); India took third place in the team standings.

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Government Schemes

Polity & Governance

3. Atmanirbhar Panchayat Programme: Third Outreach Workshop in Kochi

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj held the third Outreach Workshop on the Atmanirbhar Panchayat Programme in Kochi, Kerala.
More than 800 Panchayats took part in discussions on financial self-reliance and local resource mobilisation.
The programme urges Panchayats to raise their own revenue and prepare bankable development projects.

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Banking & Finance

4. TPG-Led Group to Buy Aseem Infrastructure Finance

TPG Rise Climate, GIC and ICICI Bank signed a deal for 100% of Aseem Infrastructure Finance.
The seller is NIIF.
The deal is meant to channel more money into climate finance and sustainable infrastructure.

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Banking & Finance

5. NPCI’s Dilip Asbe Joins SWIFT Supervisory Board

Dilip Asbe, MD and CEO of NPCI, was appointed to the SWIFT Supervisory Board in July 2026.
The appointment coincides with SWIFT's shift to two-tier governance.
The Supervisory Board has 12 members, expandable to 15 in exceptional cases.
It has eight shareholder-affiliated directors and four independent directors.

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Economy

6. POWERGRID Raises JPY 80 Billion Green Loan from JBIC

POWERGRID secured a JPY 80 billion green loan (about USD 539 million) linked to Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
The money funds the Khavda-Nagpur HVDC transmission project, evacuating power from Khavda Renewable Energy Park, Gujarat.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and other Japanese banks co-finance the loan.
The project supports India's goal of 500 GW renewable capacity by 2030.

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International Affairs

International Relations

7. World Kiswahili Language Day 2026: Date and Theme

World Kiswahili Language Day is marked every year on 7 July.
It is observed under UNESCO.
The 2026 theme: Kiswahili for Peace, Solidarity and Global Economic Diplomacy.
The day highlights Kiswahili's role in unity, cultural exchange and international cooperation.

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Agriculture & Rural

8. Amrapali Mango Export from Jharkhand to Dubai via APEDA

APEDA facilitated export of 2 metric tonnes of Amrapali mangoes from Jharkhand to Dubai.
The fruit came from Gumla and Deoghar districts through women-led Farmer Producer Companies.
Sales were routed through Lulu stores, and farmers' returns rose by around 180%.

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Science & Technology

Science & Technology

9. Mission Drishti: GalaxEye’s OptoSAR Satellite Lost to Solar Storm

GalaxEye Space's Mission Drishti, billed the first OptoSAR satellite worldwide, was lost to a geomagnetic solar storm.
It went up on 3 May 2026 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg, California, into Low Earth Orbit.
OptoSAR merges optical and radar imaging on one satellite.

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Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

10. World Bioproduct Day on 7 July: Aim and Origin

World Bioproduct Day is marked on 7 July every year.
It promotes renewable, bio-based products as a sustainable choice.
Themes include environmental sustainability, climate action and the circular bioeconomy.
It began in 2021, initiated by the World BioEconomy Forum and the World Bioeconomy Association.

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Defence & Security

Defence & Security

11. INS Mahendragiri (F38) Commissioned: Project 17A Frigate

INS Mahendragiri (F38), sixth of seven Project 17A frigates, was due for commissioning on 11 July 2026 at Visakhapatnam.
Warship Design Bureau designed it and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders built it, with 75%+ indigenous content.
Project 17A has seven ships costing about ₹45,000 crore: four from MDL and three from GRSE.

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Reports & Indexes

12. India 11th in Global FDI: UNCTAD World Investment Report 2026

India became the 11th-largest FDI recipient in 2025, up two places, with inflows of $38.89 billion, a 44% increase.
India's 2025 outward FDI was $35.7 billion, lifting its home-economy rank to 18th.
The US led with $277 billion (down 2%); China was 4th with $104.66 billion.
UNCTAD, set up in 1964 and headquartered in Geneva, publishes the World Investment Report.

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International Relations

13. Global Passport Index 2026: India Ranks 125th of 197

Global Passport Index 2026, from Global Citizen Solutions, ranked 197 countries; India was 125th with 45.1 points.
Sweden topped with 96.05, followed by Switzerland, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands.
The index weights Enhanced Mobility 50%, Investment 25% and Quality of Life 25%.
India ranked 136th in mobility, 118th in quality of life and 94th in investment.

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Awards & Persons

International Relations

14. Jestha Varna Mahavihar: UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award

Jestha Varna Mahavihar, a 17th-century Buddhist monastery in Lalitpur, Nepal, won the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award of Merit 2025.
The restoration after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake (magnitude 7.8) was funded by an Indian grant of NPR 13.78 crore.
The monastery, also called Jyaba Bahi or Chakrabahil, stands 300 metres from Patan Durbar Square.
Nepal has four UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Kathmandu Valley, Sagarmatha, Chitwan and Lumbini.

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Awards & Persons

15. Girish Bharadwaj, Bridge Man of India, Dies at 76

Padma Shri awardee Girish Bharadwaj, known as the Bridge Man of India, died at the age of 76.
He built over 150 low-cost suspension bridges in five Indian states.
His bridges improved connectivity in remote and rural regions.

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