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Highlights of 26 August 2025 Current Affairs
- ISRO successfully completed its first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) for Gaganyaan, validating the parachute-based deceleration system crucial for astronaut safety during landing.
- Gaganyaan aims to send a three-member crew into a 400 km orbit for three days, using the human-rated LVM3 launch vehicle.
- India’s successful Gaganyaan mission will make it the fourth nation, after the US, Russia, and China, to conduct human spaceflight missions.
- DRDO conducted the maiden flight-test of the Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS), offering multi-layered protection against aircraft, UAVs, and long-range missiles.
- Key components of IADWS include QRSAM, VSHORADS, laser-based Directed Energy Weapon, and a centralized Command and Control Centre developed by DRDL.
- Assam Rifles reported nearly 42,000 Myanmar nationals crossing into India under the Free Movement Regime, prompting India to plan a stricter pass-based system.
- India announced plans to withdraw the Free Movement Regime with Myanmar due to misuse and security concerns, replacing it with a monitored pass system.
- A Ukrainian drone strike briefly ignited a fire at Russia’s Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, highlighting the region’s strategic vulnerability near the Ukraine border.
- Nepal officially joined the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), launched by India in 2023, to conserve seven major big cat species globally.
- James Webb Space Telescope discovered the 29th moon of Uranus, provisionally named S/2025 U1, further expanding understanding of outer solar system bodies.
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