Daily Current Affairs 4 August 2026

The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has released guidelines titled "Norms, Guidelines and Procedures for Implementation of Indian Space Policy-2023 in respect of Authorisation for Undertaking Planned Re-entry of Space Objects".

Under these guidelines, entities of India must obtain approval from IN-SPACe for the planned re-entry of space objects. Foreign entities intending to perform re-entry must apply through an entity incorporated in India. Entities are required to maintain a casualty risk of less than 1 in 10,000 and must submit trajectory and risk assessments for approval.

The Central University of Kerala (CUK) has signed an MoU with the Indian Navy to strengthen collaboration in the fields of maritime studies, defence research, innovation, and strategic knowledge development.

Union Minister of State Bandi Sanjay Kumar, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, stated that over 12,000 e-Zero First Information Reports (FIRs) were registered against cyber financial fraud across 18 states and Union Territories (UTs) in 2025.

Delhi recorded the highest number of e-Zero FIRs with 6,115, followed by Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Rajasthan.

Spain is currently facing a migration crisis in its North African enclave of Ceuta, following an unprecedented surge of 60,000 migrants crossing from Morocco.

It is to be noted that the influx was primarily driven by false social media campaigns which propagated the claim that "Spain is Open".

Union Minister Rajnath Singh has virtually inaugurated the Department of Military Medicine at the Command Hospital (Central Command) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

This is the first dedicated academic and operational department in India focused exclusively on military medicine, established under the Directorate General of Medical Services (DGMS) of the Indian Army.

Saudi Arabia and 13 other nations have announced the formation of a Multinational Maritime Defence Alliance to protect shipping in key West Asian waterways and strengthen global maritime security.

The other members include Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Nigeria, Sudan, Djibouti, Turkiye, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Somalia. Saudi Arabia has been designated as the founding and leading state of the alliance, serving as its permanent secretariat.

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has approved the acquisition of Magma General Insurance from Sanoti Properties (owned by Adar Poonawalla) by Patanjali Ayurved and the DS Group for ₹4,500 crore. Under the share purchase agreement (SPA), Patanjali Ayurved will acquire a 73.56% stake, while the DS Group will acquire a 24.50% stake in the company.

Separately, the IRDAI has granted a licence to ProTec General Insurance, a joint venture (JV) between the M Pallonji Group and Divya Sehgal of True North.

Alibaba has unveiled its largest and most capable AI model named "Qwen3.8-Max". The model features 2.4 trillion parameters. It is positioned behind Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, which comprises 2.8 trillion parameters.

DeepSeek has launched its 'V4-Flash model', claimed to be the most cost-effective AI model globally.

The Application Programming Interface (API) of the model is priced at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens.

The Chhattisgarh government has launched the ‘Decentralised Women Empowerment on Energy and Policy for Transformative Inclusion (DWEEPTI) Yojana’.

It is India’s first women-led distributed Renewable Energy (RE) policy, designed to empower rural Self-Help Groups (SHGs) to function as solar entrepreneurs. With technical support from Tata, 35 women from SHGs have been trained in rooftop solar installation, forming the first cohort of ‘Solar Didis’.

The Tamil Nadu government has signed 4 MoUs with leading global companies to facilitate the establishment of Global Capability Centres (GCCs), Research & Development (R&D) centres, and a manufacturing facility.

As part of these agreements, the state government has also signed an MoU with the University of Western Australia (UWA) to establish its India campus in Velachery, Chennai, with an investment of ₹125 crore.

Vishwesh Negi has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Iran.

Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan, who headed the one-man inquiry commission into the Babri Masjid demolition at Ayodhya, passed away at the age of 87.

CRPF Foundation Day

Day – July 27

Commemorating – To commemorate the establishment of the CRPF in 1939, the largest Central Armed Police Force (CAPF)

Kargil Vijay Diwas

Day – July 26

Commemorating – India's victory over Pakistan in the Kargil War in 1999