📚 CURRENT AFFAIRS | 23 AUGUST 2026
📌 Source : PIB
🔹 BRICS Sports Ministers’ Meeting 2026
• Concluded in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh under India’s BRICS Chairship 2026.
• Member countries adopted the BRICS Sports Joint Declaration by consensus.
• Cooperation areas include athlete and coach exchanges, joint competitions and sports science knowledge sharing.
• India’s BRICS Chairship theme is “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.”
🔹 LOKAYAN 2026
• Indian Navy’s sail training ship INS Sudarshini arrived in Lisbon, Portugal as part of its Lokayan 2026 transoceanic expedition.
• Lisbon marked its 15th port visit in seven months.
• INS Sudarshini is a three masted barque sail training ship of the Indian Navy.
🔹 Third National Space Day
• The Third National Space Day was celebrated at ISRO’s Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad.
• Theme: “Towards Viksit Bharat: Innovating, Collaborating and Aspiring to Global Space Leadership.”
• Dr. V. Narayanan is the Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman of ISRO.
• The event highlighted greater private sector participation, innovation and global cooperation in India’s space sector.
🔹 BRICS Friendship Cycling Event
• BRICS Ministers and Heads of Delegations participated in the event at Visakhapatnam.
• It formed part of the 87th edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle.
🔹 Ahmedabad 2026 World Archery Para Series
• A 29 member Indian Para Archery squad began preparations at the SAI National Centre of Excellence, Gandhinagar.
• The squad is preparing for the Ahmedabad 2026 Hyundai World Archery Para Series.
🔹 National Space Day :- 23 August
• India observes National Space Day every year on 23 August.
• The date commemorates the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan 3’s Vikram lander on the Moon on 23 August 2023.
• 2026 Theme : “Towards Viksit Bharat: Innovating, Collaborating and Aspiring to Global Space Leadership.”
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