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NDA Monthly Current Affairs — August 2026 (PDF)

Free NDA monthly current affairs PDF for 1 August 2026 to 31 August 2026, covering 62 exam-focused topics. Revision cards written by Cavalier faculty for the NDA GK paper.

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What this monthly covers

Each card in the PDF condenses one of these daily explainers into revision points. Read the full article for the MCQs and the exam-pattern note.

• 1 August 2026
  • Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) Tolling on NH-48 Sci-Tech & Infrastructure
  • Legacy Waste, Biomining & Dumpsite Remediation Environment
• 2 August 2026
  • The President's Bodyguard — India's Senior-most Regiment Defence
  • India's Coal — Geology, Grades and Commercial Mining Economy & Energy
• 3 August 2026
  • Magnetorheological Fluids & the New Hybrid Rheometer Science & Technology
  • The Green Credit Programme & Mission LiFE Environment
• 4 August 2026
  • The Clouded Leopard Conservation Action Plan Environment & Ecology
  • India's Indigenous African Swine Fever Vaccine Science & Technology
• 5 August 2026
  • Space Debris & ISRO's Collision Avoidance Manoeuvres Science & Technology
  • The Deep Ocean Mission & Matsya-6000 Science & Technology
• 6 August 2026
  • Non-Animal Methods in Research — Organ-on-Chip & the 3Rs Science & Technology
  • Agni-4 Test-Fired: Ballistic Missiles & India's Nuclear Deterrent Defence
• 7 August 2026
  • The 'Boss Scam' & India's Cyber-Crime Machinery Science & Technology
  • India's Beam Catcher for FAIR: Mega-Science and Particle Accelerators Science & Technology
• 8 August 2026
  • MSS+ Road Technology: The Science of Building Better Roads Science & Technology
  • AI in MedTech & India's Medical Device Sector Science & Technology
• 9 August 2026
  • Operation Sindoor & the Logic of Deterrence Defence
  • The Andaman & Nicobar Command: India's Only Tri-Service Command Defence
• 10 August 2026
  • Unusual Ozone Layer over the North Bay of Bengal Science & Technology
  • The Navy Chief in Mauritius: India, the Indian Ocean and MAHASAGAR Defence
• 11 August 2026
  • NGOPV 'Shruti' Launched at GRSE: How India Builds a Warship Defence
  • Cloudbursts in the Himalaya: The Science and the Central Team Geography & Disaster Management
• 12 August 2026
  • Vibrant Villages Programme-II: Why India is Building Up Its Border Villages Defence & Geography
  • National Quantum Mission — Four Hubs, Qubits and QKD Science & Technology
• 13 August 2026
  • 'GARUD' Binoculars from India Optel: Defence Optics Goes Civil Defence & Science
  • Forecasting Solar Storms: India's New CME Simulation Model Science & Technology
• 14 August 2026
  • ₹1,577 Crore for Loiter Munition Systems: How a Kamikaze Drone Changes Artillery Defence
  • 78 Gallantry Awards on Independence Day 2026: The Full Hierarchy Defence
• 15 August 2026
  • 'VIHAAN' on the VEGA Processor: India's Chip Design Comes of Age Science & Technology
  • Raksha Shakti at the Red Fort: The Defence Agenda in the 80th Independence Day Address Defence
• 16 August 2026
  • CYBER KUSHTI 2026: A Hackathon That Scores Judgment, Not Detection Speed Science & Security
  • The Honorary General Tradition: COAS General Dhiraj Seth's Visit to Nepal Defence & IR
• 17 August 2026
  • MQ-9B Sea Guardian: India Leases Two HALE Drones for Maritime Domain Awareness Defence
  • Exercise MAITREE-XV: India and Thailand Train for Jungle and Semi-Urban Operations Defence
• 18 August 2026
  • The Sixth Positive Indigenisation List: 405 Items and the Logic of a Negative Import List Defence
  • National Sports Awards 2025: Seventeen Arjunas and What the Categories Actually Mean Culture & Sport
• 19 August 2026
  • Sixty-Five Years of the Subroto Cup: The Air Marshal Who Never Saw His Tournament Sports
  • Koizumi in Delhi: What Japan's New Export Rules Change for Indian Defence Defence
• 20 August 2026
  • Ten Years to Build an Athlete: SAI's Talent Hunt Plan for 2036 Sports
  • AIKosh and the Case for Sovereign AI: India's Datasets Problem Science & Technology
• 21 August 2026
  • Terrier Cyber Quest 2026 and India's Citizen Soldiers Defence
  • The 25th India-UK Defence Consultative Group: Jet Engines, Electric Ships and Vision 2035 Defence
• 22 August 2026
  • Securing the Chicken's Neck: The Siliguri Corridor Under Review Defence
  • Mangrol Delivered: India's Shallow-Water Submarine Hunters Defence
• 23 August 2026
  • National Space Day: Shiv Shakti Point, Three Years On Science & Technology
  • BRICS Sports Ministers Adopt a Joint Declaration at Visakhapatnam Sports
• 24 August 2026
  • Operation Black Hawk and the Two Jobs of the Central Bureau of Narcotics Defence
  • The 9th National Security Strategies Conference: India's Internal Security Machinery in One Room Defence
• 25 August 2026
  • Nipun Joins the Fleet: Why the Navy Needs a Ship That Only Goes Down Defence
  • NJ-05, NJ-50, NJ-100: India Builds the Small Engines Its Drones Have Been Importing Science & Technology
• 26 August 2026
  • A Tall Ship in Lisbon: INS Sudarshini's 22,000-Mile Argument for Sail Training Defence
  • Patradevi, 1955: The Satyagrahis Who Walked Into Portuguese Bullets Defence
• 27 August 2026
  • 230 Tanks a Year, 150 Slots: The Arithmetic Behind the Jabalpur Overhaul Line Defence
  • The First Mahila Commando Course at Manesar: What NSG Conversion Training Involves Defence
• 28 August 2026
  • India and Kuwait Open a Defence Committee: The Gulf Beyond Oil and Remittances Defence
  • From 41 Countries to Almost All: India Rewrites Its Defence Export Rulebook Defence
• 29 August 2026
  • 66.80 Lakh Tablets in a Truck: Pharmaceutical Diversion and the NDPS Act Defence
  • The Wizard's 121st: What National Sports Day Commemorates Sports
• 30 August 2026
  • Four Weeks on the Future of War: Inside the Tri-Services Course at Manekshaw Centre Defence
  • AI Waste Plants and Robotic Parking: What a Cantonment Board Actually Does Defence
• 31 August 2026
  • Machines That Sense and Respond: India's Cyber-Physical Systems Mission Science & Technology
  • Q-VIKRAM and Q-AMOGH: C-DOT's Answer to the Quantum Threat Science & Technology

How to use it

Read the PDF once end to end, then use the bold figures and names as a self-test: cover the card, recall the number, check. Come back to the monthly the week before the paper — it is written as a revision sheet, not a news bulletin.