UPSC Current Affairs 12 August 2026 — PIB

• Dr. Jitendra Singh Presents Government’s Roadmap for a Self-Reliant and Globally Competitive Nuclear Energy Ecosystem in Lok Sabha
• The Government of India to launch the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)-based Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in the Union Territories of Chandigarh and Dadra & Nagar Haveli
• PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES FOR CENSUS 2027
• RLB GRANTS RECOMMENDED BY SIXTEENTH FINANCE COMMISSION
• PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR JULY, 2026
• Reforming India’s Tribunal System
• Prime Minister highlights India’s strong conservation efforts on World Elephant Day
• “One Herb, One Standard” to Strengthen Quality and Credibility of Traditional Medicines: Union Minister Shri Prataprao Jadhav
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: SPACE STARTUPS
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS FOR HEAVY MINERAL SAND MINING AND RARE EARTH MINERALS
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: DOMESTIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN CRITICAL MEDICAL RADIOISOTOPE SUPPLY
• India and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) sign Terms of Reference (ToR) for negotiations towards a Preferential Trade Agreement
• BHARAT TAXI ROLL OUT
• BHARAT TAXI - COOPERATIVE-MODEL MOBILITY PLATFORM
• Parliament Question: Prime Minister Research Chair (PMRC) Scheme 2026
• Parliament Question: Foreign University Campuses and Overseas Campuses of Indian Institutions
• Parliament Question: Draft UGC Regulations, 2025
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: DEEP OCEAN MISSION
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: SOUTH-WEST MONSOON FORECAST
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: Status of Early Warning Systems
• SALIENT FEATURE OF PM-MKSSY
• ACCESS PASS FOR FISHING IN INDIA'S EEZ
• FAME India Scheme Phase-II: Progress in Electric Vehicle Adoption and Charging Infrastructure
• VIBRANT VILLAGES PROGRAMME–II
• ATMANIRBHAR PANCHAYAT PROGRAM
• IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF PM RAHAT SCHEME
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: NATIONAL MISSION ON INTERDISCIPLINARY CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (NM-ICPS)
• PARLIAMENT QUESTION: NATIONAL QUANTUM MISSION
• Central Government Strengthens Access to Higher Education for SC Students through POST-MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
• Compounded annual growth rate of Manufacturing GVA at constant prices (2022-23 base) as per revised series during 2022-23 to 2025-26 is 10.88%
• Development of Tribal Communities under PMJUGA
• Progress under PM JANMAN for development of PVTGs
• The New Era of Indian Agriculture and Allied Sectors
• World Elephant Day