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Highlights of Current Affairs 20 August 2026
- ECMS: MeitY approved ₹7,877 crore in incentive projects, with the scheme’s outlay revised upward to ₹40,000 crore in the 2026–27 Union Budget to build a domestic electronics component ecosystem.
- In State of Karnataka v. Prathik Parasrampuria (2026), the Supreme Court directed 24-hour reporting of poll-related cash seizures, one-year completion of related investigations, and specialised courts for electoral financial offences.
- Surrogate advertising came into focus after Maharashtra FDA issued show-cause notices to actors over a Vimal Elaichi ad allegedly promoting Vimal Pan Masala, reviving scrutiny under COTPA and CCPA rules.
- Private corporate investment in India dipped to 11.2% of GDP in FY 2023–24 (from 12.3% the previous year), though capex is projected to rise 21.5% to ₹2.67 lakh crore in 2025–26, driven largely by internal accruals.
- The Draft SHANTI Rules, 2026 propose a single composite nuclear licence covering a plant’s full lifecycle, strict no-fault operator liability, and greater entry of private players into India’s nuclear sector.
- The National Anubhav Awards 2026 honoured 15 retiring/retired government officials for documenting administrative innovations and institutional knowledge via the Anubhav Portal.
- PMNRF provided relief to victims’ families after a fatal Birbhum hotel fire; the fund, established in 1948, is a non-lapsable charitable trust that doesn’t draw from the Consolidated Fund of India.
- A dumpsite in Raichur, Karnataka was converted into a dense micro-forest using the Miyawaki method (native, high-density, multi-layered plantation) under Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban 2.0.
- The Madras High Court recognised the Thamirabarani River as a “legal person,” grounding its reasoning in the river’s status as a Hindu deity rather than the broader “rights of nature” doctrine used in earlier Ganga-Yamuna rulings.
- Rising H1N1 influenza cases across Indian states have renewed focus on the virus, whose 2009 pandemic strain was dubbed “swine flu” due to genetic similarities with North American pig influenza viruses.
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