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Daily Current Affairs – 3 August, 2026

    Voluntary Drug Screening for Students in Higher Educational Institutions

    Context

  • The Union Government has recently introduced optional and confidential drug testing for students enrolling top higher educational institutions like IITs and IIMs as part of the Narcotics Control Bureau’s Vision Document on Narcotics Control 2026-29 to control substance usage among the youth.

    • About Voluntary Drug Screening Initiative

  • The Department of Higher Education (Ministry of Education) has urged centrally sponsored higher educational institutions to encourage voluntary urine drug screening of new admissions.
  • The idea is being rolled out in a staggered way starting with IITs, IIMs and one Central University in the 2026-27 academic session.
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    Government Schools Closure

    In News

  • A recent NITI Aayog report said some 94,000 government schools were closed over the past decade, an average of 25 a day, contributing to a 2.26 crore decline in government school enrolment.

    • Government schools Closure

  • Government schools are the main source of education for the economically weaker sections, Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and many minority communities.
  • Education is a Concurrent List subject, but the Centre also has a responsibility, as the RTE Act, 2009 is a Central law which makes it mandatory to have neighbourhood schools. 
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    Custodial Deaths in India

    Context

  • The Special Investigation Team (SIT) took a suspended Inspector into custody in the alleged custodial death case in Andhra Pradesh.

    • What is Custodial Death?

  • Custodial death refers to the death of an individual while in police or judicial custody. This may occur before trial, during police interrogation, or after conviction. 
  • The death may be caused by torture, negligence, denial of medical aid, or even under suspicious circumstances.
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    Reforming the Supreme Court Collegium

    Context

  • The Supreme Court highlighted concerns over the lack of transparency in the recommendations of the Supreme Court Collegium, warning that unexplained appointments can undermine judicial quality.

    • Background

  • The Supreme Court observed that the Collegium has stopped publishing reasons for recommending candidates for appointment or elevation to the constitutional courts, marking a departure from its earlier practice of issuing reasoned resolutions.
  • The court also defended live-streaming of court proceedings while cautioning against the misuse of selectively edited clips that distort judicial proceedings.
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    India Struggling to Retain Scientists

    Context

  • Recent reports of nearly 120 scientists resigning from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have raised concerns. 

    • About

  • Resignations have occurred over the years but the scale of recent departuresraises the question of why some of India’s brighter scientific minds are leaving the organisation.
  • Similar cases have been seen from laboratories under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and several government-funded research organisations. 
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    News In Short 03-08-2026

    Context

  • Maithili Sharan Gupt Jayanti is celebrated every year on 3 August to mark the birth anniversary of the legendary Indian poet, Maithili Sharan Gupt.

    • About

  • Birth Date: August 3, 1886, in Chirgaon, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.
  • Literary Contributions: He popularised Khari Boli Hindi as a literary language, displacing the hegemony of Braj Bhasha in modern poetry.
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