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Highlights of Current Affairs 8 August 2026
- The Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026 seeks to convert ISI from a registered society into a statutory body, replacing the 33-member Council with an 11-member Board of Governors and expanding its academic mandate into data science, computer science, and cryptology.
- India secured the return of 274 fugitive criminals from 36 countries between 2019 and 2026, aided by mechanisms like BHARATPOL, the Extradition Act 1962, and Interpol cooperation.
- The Parliamentary Standing Committee’s 200th Report on India–US trade relations flagged the rise in US tariffs from 3% to 18% as a threat to India’s US$500 billion “Mission 500” trade target by 2030, and recommended fast-tracking the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA).
- Heatwave and lightning have been added as notified disasters eligible for SDRF/NDRF assistance for the 2026–31 period, following the 16th Finance Commission’s recommendation, taking the total notified disaster categories to 14.
- The Asiatic Lion population has grown from around 100–150 to over 1,000 in six decades, but remains vulnerable due to being confined entirely to Gujarat’s Gir landscape, risking disease outbreaks like Canine Distemper Virus.
- The World Bank’s World Development Report 2026 found only 4.5% of jobs in low- and middle-income countries face AI automation risk (versus 14.2% in high-income countries), while AI could boost productivity in over 16% of jobs in developing economies.
- NOTTO launched the e-Pratyaropan portal on Indian Organ Donation Day to digitally unify hospitals, donors, and recipients for real-time organ allocation; India performed over 20,000 transplants in 2025, ranking third globally.
- The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission was recognised by WHO-SEARN as a Regional Centre of Excellence in Pharmacovigilance and a Technical Centre in Quality of Medicines at SEARN’s 10th anniversary meeting in Kathmandu.
- Cabinet Secretary Dr. T. V. Somanathan received a one-year extension approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, continuing in India’s senior-most civil service post.
- Astrophysicist Annapurni Subramaniam became the first Indian woman to win the COSPAR Vikram Sarabhai Medal 2026, awarded at the 46th COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Florence, Italy.
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