Daily Current Affairs โ 05 August 2026
Daily Current Affairs ยท 05 August 2026
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UPSC Current Affairs MCQ โ 05 August 2026
10 UPSC-standard bilingual MCQs covering today's top stories ยท 10-sec timer per question
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Economy
INS Malvan Commissioned into Indian Navy
The Indian Navy commissioned INS Malvan, the second of the indigenously designed and built Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), at Karwar, Karnataka.
- About: INS Malvan is the second of eight Mahe-class vessels being built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL)
- Historical Legacy: The ship is named after Malvan
- Capabilities: The vessel is designed to detect, track and engage underwater threats in shallow coastal waters
- Strategic Importance: Shallow-water anti-submarine vessels help protect harbour approaches
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- Maritime Awareness: INS Malvan will strengthen maritime domain awareness by operating alongside coastal surveillance systems
- Maritime Security: The vessel will contribute to safeguarding India's sea lines of communication
- Mahe Class: Mahe-class vessels have been indigenously designed and constructed by CSL for anti-submarine warfare and surveillance operations inโฆ
- Significance: The induction of INS Malvan strengthens the Indian Navy's anti-submarine warfare capability
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History
Three Anti-Submarine Warfare Ships for Indian Navy
The Cochin Shipyard unveiled the first three of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) shallow water crafts commissioned for the Indian Navy – INS Mahe, INS Malvan, and INS Mangrol.
- These ships are poised to replace the Abhay class ASW corvettes and excel in anti-submarine operations
- They demonstrate a high-speed capability of 25 knots
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History
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
On the occasion of the anniversary of Maratha king's coronation day (6th June), the Goa government has released a short film on Chhatrapati Shivaji.
- Birth: He was born on 19th February, 1630 at Shivneri Fort in District Pune in the present-day state of Maharashtra.
- He was born to Shahaji Bhonsle, a Maratha general who held the jagirs of Pune and Supe under the Bijapur Sultanate and Jijabai, a pious woman whoseโฆ
- He displayed his military zeal for the first time in 1645 when as a teenager, he successfully got control of the Torna Fort which was under Bijapur.
- He also acquired the Kondana Fort. Both these forts were under Adil Shah of Bijapur.
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- Fought at the fort of Pratapgad near the town of Satara
- Fought at a mountain pass in the vicinity of fort Vishalgad
- Fought near the city of Surat, Gujarat, between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Inayat Khan, a Mughal captain.
- Fought between the Mughal Empire and Maratha Empire.
- Fought on the fort of Sinhagad near the city of Pune
- Bahadur Khan of the Mughal Empire defeated the Maratha army and took over Kalyan.
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Defence
Anti-Submarine Warfare Launch
Recently, Malpe and Mulki, the fourth and fifth ships of the Eight Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Shallow Water Craft (SWC) project, being built by M/s Cochin Shipyard Ltd, for the Indian Navy, were launched in Kochi.
- INS Mahe, INS Malvan, and INS Mangrol were unveiled in 2023.
- The Mahe-class ASW SWC have been named after strategically significant ports along India's coastline.
- The ASW SWC ships are equipped with indigenously developed
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Environment
Glaw Lake Becomes Indiaโs 101st Ramsar Site
Glaw Lake in Arunachal Pradesh has been designated as India's 101st Ramsar Site, and the state's first wetland of international importance, taking India's Ramsar network from 26 sites in 2014 to 101 in 2026.
- Location: It is a pristine freshwater lake situated within the Kamlang Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary in the Eastern Himalayas.
- Physical Features: The lake is fed by perennial mountain streams and surrounded by dense natural vegetation.
- Biodiversity: More than 150 tree species and 49 orchid species have been recorded within the wetland and its catchment area
- Significance: Its designation will support biodiversity protection
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- About: The Ramsar Convention, officially known as the Convention on Wetlands, is an intergovernmental treaty adopted at Ramsar, Iran, in 1971
- India: The Convention entered into force for India on 1st February 1982
- Montreux Record: The Montreux Record is a register of Ramsar Sites where changes in ecological character have occurred
- Designation Criteria: A wetland may be designated as a Ramsar Site if it meets at least one of nine criteria relating to ecology
Glaw Lake in Arunachal Pradesh has been designated as India's 101st Ramsar Site, and the state's first wetland of international importance, taking India's Ramsar network from 26 sites in 2014 to 101 in 2026.
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Environment
Important Facts For Prelims (11th March 2019)
- Recently, 34th Inception day of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), was celebrated in New Delhi.
- National Crime Records Bureau was formed on 11th March 1986.
- NCRB is mandated to empower the Indian Police with Information Technology (IT) and is responsible for collecting
- It is the nodal agency for an authentic source of data on crime, accidents, suicides, and prisons for policy matters and research.
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- It is also the apex nodal agency for all fingerprint related matters including accreditation of Fingerprint Experts in the country.
- It, furthermore, imparts training in IT and Fingerprint Science for Indian Police Officers as well as Foreign Police officers.
- The Orang National Park also known as Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park is located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River in the Darrang andโฆ
- It was established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1985 but was declared as National Park in 1999
- It is also known as the mini Kaziranga National Park (IUCN site) since the two parks have a similar landscape made up of marshes
- It is the only stronghold of rhinoceros on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river.
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Environment
Ramsar Convention
Economy
Critical Minerals: The Foundation for Strategic Resource Security
Critical minerals have emerged as a key strategic issue amid intensifying global competition over mineral supply chains.
- These concerns have been further amplified by China's tightening control over critical mineral processing and export restrictions
- Against this backdrop, India is accelerating implementation of the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM), expanding overseas mineral acquisitionsโฆ
- Critical minerals have become the backbone of the clean energy transition
- India is strengthening critical mineral security through the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM)
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- About: Critical minerals are non-fuel non-fuel metallic or non-metallic elements essential for advanced technologies
- Foundation of Clean Energy Technologies: Critical minerals such as Lithium
- Wind Energy: Neodymium and Dysprosium are essential for permanent magnets used in high-efficiency wind turbines.
- Energy Storage: Lithium, Cobalt and Nickel power lithium-ion batteries that store renewable energy and ensure grid stability.
- Global commitments under the Paris Agreement (2015) and national Net Zero targets are rapidly increasing demand for critical minerals required forโฆ
- NITI Aayog's Net Zero Scenario estimates a cumulative demand of roughly 169 million tonnes (Mt) of Critical Energy Transition Minerals (CETMs) forโฆ
"Critical minerals are the new oil of the 21st century."Examine the strategic significance of critical minerals in the context of global energy transition and geopolitical competition.
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Economy
National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM)
The Ministry of Mines has recognized two additional Centres of Excellence(CoEs)- Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
- Earlier, seven institutes had already been recognized under this initiative.
- CoE will function on a Hub & Spoke model, pooling expertise of academic, R&D, and industry partners.
- About: The National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM) was announced in the Union Budget 2024โ25 to ensure India's long-term mineral security
- The NCMM covers all stages of the mineral value chain – exploration, mining, beneficiation, processing, and recycling from end-of-life products.
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- It aims to secure access to minerals essential for clean energy, electronics, and strategic sectors.
- Focus will also be on offshore mining of polymetallic nodules rich in cobalt and rare earth elements (REEs).
- The Empowered Committee on Critical Minerals will oversee the mission, with the Ministry of Mines as the nodal authority.
- Critical minerals are vital for a country's economic growth and national security. Their limited global availability poses supply chain risks.
- Key Applications: Solar Energy: Minerals like silicon, tellurium, indium, and gallium are crucial for photovoltaic (PV) cells
- Wind Energy: Rare earth elements such as neodymium and dysprosium are vital for wind turbine magnets.
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History
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chips
The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chips have risen in recent times with chipmakers designing different types of these chips to power AI applications.
- About: AI chips are built with specific architecture and have integrated AI acceleration to support deep learning-based applications
- It combines a series of computer commands or algorithms that stimulate activity and brain structure.
- DNNs go through a training phase, learning new capabilities from existing data
- Deep learning can make the process of collecting, analysing, and interpreting enormous amounts of data faster and easier.
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- AI applications include Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- The increasing adoption of AI chips in data centres is one of the major factors driving the growth of the market.
- Additionally, the rise in the need for smart homes and cities, and the surge in investments in AI start-ups are expected to drive the growth of theโฆ
- Faster Computation: Artificial intelligence applications typically require parallel computational capabilities in order to run sophisticated trainingโฆ
- AI hardware provides more parallel processing capability that is estimated to have up to 10 times more competing power in ANN applications comparedโฆ
- Specialized AI hardware is estimated to allocate 4-5 times more bandwidth than traditional chips
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Simple Current Affairs MCQ โ 05 August 2026
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