DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 4TH JULY 2026

International Plastic Bag Free Day - 3rd July 

THEME 2026 - Breaking Free From Single Use Plastics- Towards a Sustainable Future 

1) Researchers At IISC BENGALURU In Collaboration With Clinicians At MS Ramaiah Medical College And Hospital Have Found That Oral Cancer Cells Are Vulnerable To The Moderate Mechanical Stimulation Produced By Ultrasound.

2) Dr N Kalaiselvi Tenure As Director General Of CSIR And Secretary Of DSIR Has Been Extended Till 28th February 2027

3) CSM Technologies Has Become The First IT Company From ODISHA To Be Listed On BSE & NSE 

4) Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor, ( Retired Former Vice Chief of Air Staff) Has Taken Over As The Director General Of CAPSS India ( Centre For Aero Space Power And Strategic Studies 

* Air Vice Marshal Prasanth Mohan Joins As Additional Director General 

5) NITI AYOG Launches The Report On Strategic Roadmap For Making Ayurveda GLOBAL 

The Reports Adopts Three Framework - 

* Availability, Acceptability, Propagation 

6) Researchers From IISER Pune Have Discovered A New Plant Species In The Sus Hills Of Pune 

SPECIES NAMED - CANSCORA AGNI 

7) Guna's Coriander And Khargone's Chilli Of Madhya Pradesh Gets GI TAG 

8) Indian Navy's P8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance And Anti Submarine Warfare Aircraft Has Arrived In Honolulu, Hawaii, To Participate In The Rim Of The Pacific Exercise - RIMPAC 2026 ( Conducted From 1st To 31st July 2026) 

9) New Chief Of Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth Announced VIJAY Vision - 

V - Vigilance 

I - Innovation 

J - Jointness In Integration 

A - ATMA NIRBHAR BHARAT 

Y - YODHA FIRST 

10) Nagaland Paralympian Hokato Hotozhe Sema Becomes World Number One In Men's Shot Put Event F57 Category 

11) President Droupadi MURMU Appoints Three Additional Judges To Andhra Pradesh High court 

* Smt Sunitha Gandham 

* Shri Alapati Giridhar 

* Shri Purusottam Kumar 

12) HDFC Life And Tata Digital Group Have Signed In Strategic Partnership 

13) The Malihabadi Dasheri Mango From Uttar Pradesh Gets GI TAG 

14) Professor Yogesh Singh Has Reappointed As The Vice Chancellor Of The University Of Delhi 

15) DAC Approves The Capital Acquisition Of Worth Rs 52,000 Crores To Enhance Combat Readiness Of Defence Forces 

16) Dr Temin Payum Of Jawaharlal Nehru College, Pasighat Arunachal Pradesh Has Successfully Developed The Natural Hand wash From Native Dikang ( Gymnocladus Burmanicus) 

17) Union Minister For Port Shipping Sarbananda Sonowal Has Launched India's First Made In India EXIM Grade Container At ICD Dadri For Maersk 

18) Dr Ajit Kumar Shasany Appointed As Vice Chancellor Of Central University Odisha For Next 5 Years 

19) Dr Debabrata Das Has Appointed As The Vice Chancellor Of Tripura University 

20) India And Mali Bilateral Trade Has Surpassed USD 326 million in FY 2025/26 (55% Growth)

21) Vice President Shri C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Unveiled The Book - Hindutva Discourse After Independence 

22) Founder And Chairperson Reliance Foundation Nita Ambani Has Received The AAPI Humanitarian Award In Tampa, Florida Presented By The American Association Of Physician Of Indian Origin