✳✴19 August 2026 Current Affairs in English✴✳
❇General Dhiraj Seth was conferred the honorary rank of General by Nepal.
❇Rajasthan environmentalist Sumer Singh Bhati received the Rangeland Restoration Award 2026 by UNCCD in Mongolia.
❇Ravindra Jadeja became the fifth Indian bowler to take 350 wickets in Test cricket.
❇Vignesh Vemula won the gold medal in the Open category at the Asian Junior Blitz Chess Championship in Mumbai.
❇Saranya Narahari won the championship title in the Girls’ category.
❇Indian defence start-up D-Propulse successfully demonstrated a Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) at a DRDO facility in Hyderabad.
❇The tribal Chita Andolan was carried out against displacement caused by the Ken-Betwa River Link Project.
❇The Karnataka Government launched the Eat Right Campaign for citizen food safety monitoring at the taluk level.
❇The minimum mandatory Research Octane Number (RON) for nationwide E20 blended petrol in India is 95.
❇The 13th Survey Officials Committee Meeting between India and Nepal was held in Lucknow.
❇The Daudhan Dam is being constructed across the Ken River.
❇Ukraine’s Izmail Port is located on the Danube River.
❇Under a ₹1,943-crore contract, the Indian Navy will lease the MQ-9B Sea Guardian remotely piloted aircraft system.
❇India played its 600th Test match against Sri Lanka in August 2026.
