DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 5TH AUGUST 2026

International Clouded Leopard Day - 4th August 

THEME 2026 - Clouded Leopards: Guardians Of The Forest 

International Owl Awareness Day - 4th August 

1) FSSAI Has Prohibited Dabur India From Selling Food Products Carrying Misleading 100% Claims.

2) India Recorded 20,138 Organs Plants In 2025, 

* 4990 Transplant In 2013 

* India Now Ranked Third Globally In Organ Transplant 

* Reports By National Organ And Tissue Transplant Organisation ( NOTTO) 

* United States (2), China (2) 

* Delhi Topped With 4564 Ranked One - 

* Tamilnadu With (2796) 

* Maharshtra (2136) 

* Telengana (1523) 

* Kerala ( 1489) 

( Tamilnadu Ranked One In Deceased Organ Donors With 266) followed By Maharashtra (205), Telengana (198), Karnataka (154) Kerala (152) 

3) Murmansk, Russia The First Nuclear Power Ice Breaker - Lenin - Is in News ( Unveiled in 1959) 

4) Department Of Post Released The Commemorative Postage Stamp To Mark Centenary Of Satish Gujral 

5) Director Of Indian Institute Of Astrophysics ( IIA) Smt Annapurni Subramaniam Has Received The Prestigious Vikram Sarabhai MEDAL 2026 

6) IIT Hyderabad Launched The India's First Industry - Academia Programme In Nuclear Technology - ANUGYAN 

* IIT Hyderabad In Collaboration With Crimson Energy Experts Private Limited ( CEEPL) Inaugurated The ANUGYAN 

* ANUGYAN - Is The Nuclear Technology Orientation Programme ( NTOP)

* Expertise To Equip Participants With Advanced Knowledge In Reactor Physics, Thermal Hydraulic, Small Modular Reactor ( SMRs), Nuclear Safety, Regulatory Compliance, And Simulator Based Training 

* This Efforts To Make India's Nuclear Power Capacity To 100 GWE By 2047

7) India's R & D Expenditure Has Crossed Rs 2.44 Lakh Crores Gross Expenditure On R & D ( GERD) Increase From Rs 79,356 Crores (2013/14) To Rs 2,44,768 Crores (2023/24) 

8) Arunachal Pradesh 's Nikter Yati Wins Gold Medal At International Taekwondo Championships in Thailand 

9) Azad Engineering And DRDO India Successfully Manufacturing And Delivery OF India's First Indigenous 350 Kg Thrust Class - Expandable Turbojet Engine 

10) FORMER West Bengal Governor , And Senior Leader Padmashree Dr D Y Patil Passed Away 

11) ARUNACHAL PRADESH Governor Shri K T Parnaik Honours IMC Mayor Likha Nari Tadar With Land Of The Rising Sun Medallion 

12) Justice M S Liberhan, Who Headed Babri Masjid inquiry Commission Has Passed Away 

13) Veteran Congress Leader Karuthodi Radhakrishnan Passed Away 

14) Sumant Rao Pendharkar, Director Of Vico Laboratories Passed Away 

15) Professor Chandra Murthy, Has Been Appointed As The First Nokia Supported Chair Professor In AI & Communication At IISC 

16) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Introduced The The Taxation And Other Laws ( Amendment) Bill 2026 In Lok SABHA 

17) Indian Men's Team Wins Bronze In Sepaktakraw World Championships ( Thai Kings Cup) 

18) The Appropriation Bill 3 ( Amendment,) bill Passed in Lok SABHA 

19) ODISHA Police Signed MoU with NFSU For The Strengthening The Cyber Crime Investigation 

20) Alex Ela Clinched The Women's Single Title At Mubadala DC Open 2026

21) A S Rajeev, Former Bank of Maharashtra MD Took Charge As The Acting CVC 

22) 18 Years Old 364 Days YOUNG Boy Nathan Thomas Become The World's Youngest Professor At Miami Dade College. 

23) Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Has Unveiled The Indigenous African Swine Fever ( ASF) Vaccine Developed By ICAR ( MA-104) 

24) India Has Bought Back 274 Fugitive Criminals From 36 Countries From 2019

25) India's Author Ashwin Sanghi Wins The Inaugural JSW Prize In Literature At Bhutan 

26) JKNC Chief Farooq Abdullah Has Launched The Book - Vaiko In Parliament 

27) Fuego, In Guetmala Volcano Erupts