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Highlights of Current Affairs 26 August 2026
- The “barren-land fallacy” highlights how treating open ecosystems like grasslands and savannas as “degraded” leads to harmful afforestation, threatening species like the Great Indian Bustard and disrupting pastoral livelihoods.
- Regenerative agriculture in India focuses on restoring soil health and biodiversity, with the National Mission on Natural Farming covering 8.80 lakh hectares and 18.19 lakh farmers by March 2026.
- The “Rangelands Rising” report, released at UNCCD COP17, values global rangeland ecosystem services at $21–47 trillion annually, noting every $1 invested in restoration yields $4–6 in returns.
- At UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, India reported restoring 21.76 million hectares of degraded land (2011–2020), about 84% of its Bonn Challenge target, and launched its first guide on Open Natural Ecosystems.
- UKMTO issued a maritime security alert after the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Minoan Dignity was struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz; India’s IFC-IOR cooperates with UKMTO on maritime domain awareness.
- The Supreme Court imposed interim restrictions on construction (within 100m) and polluting activities (within 500m) along Rajasthan’s Jojari River, a tributary of the Luni River, due to industrial pollution.
- India launched its first indigenous non-GMO, high-expansion popcorn maize hybrids — Krisna459 and Godari234 — in Andhra Pradesh, reducing dependence on imported popcorn seed technology.
- NSDC partnered with Cultus Education and AWS to launch a nationwide cloud and AI skilling programme targeting 1.5 lakh learners, including 10,000 through the intensive AWS re/Start programme.
- INS Sudarshini reached Lisbon, Portugal, as part of the Indian Navy’s 10-month, 22,000-nautical-mile Lokayan 26 expedition to showcase India’s maritime heritage across four continents.
- India condemned an attack on UN peacekeepers in South Sudan (UNMISS), and India observed National Space Day on August 23, marking Chandrayaan-3’s 2023 Vikram lander touchdown near the Moon’s south pole at Shiv Shakti Point.
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