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Highlights of Current Affairs 3 August 2026
- India proposed the SHANTI (Securing Holistic Advancement through Norms, Trust, and Integrity) framework to promote a rules-based maritime order in the Bay of Bengal and Indo-Pacific through cooperation, resilience, and regional trust.
- The PM Vidyalaxmi Scheme has expanded to 1,425 premier higher education institutions, offering collateral-free, guarantor-free education loans with interest subsidies for eligible students.
- IRDAI introduced major insurance reforms, including the Policyholders’ Education and Protection Fund (PEPF), perpetual licensing, stricter accountability for insurance agents, and liberalised capital norms.
- An OECD report highlighted that Southeast Asia’s blue economy faces a USD 2.1 trillion financing gap by 2030, along with threats from overfishing, pollution, and climate change.
- Doxxing, the unauthorised disclosure of personal information online, has emerged as a serious cybersecurity and privacy concern in India, where no dedicated anti-doxxing law currently exists.
- SHetA2, an investigational oral small-molecule therapy evaluated by ICMR-NICPR, has shown promise in preventing precancerous cervical lesions from progressing to cervical cancer.
- In the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2026, India ranked 176th out of 177 countries, despite performing comparatively better in other climate assessments like the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI).
- Ceuta, Spain’s autonomous city in North Africa near the Strait of Gibraltar, remains a major migration gateway into Europe due to its strategic location on the African coast.
- The Indian Navy received INS Nipun, its second indigenous Diving Support Vessel (DSV), enhancing submarine rescue capabilities with Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) operations up to 650 metres.
- The UNAIDS “United to End AIDS” Report warned that declining international funding has created a significant HIV financing gap, threatening the global target of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
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