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Daily Current Affairs – 11 August, 2026

    LS Passed Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026

    Context

  • Recently, the Lok Sabha recently passed Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026 proposing a National Tribunals Commission (NTC) to supervise recruitment, administration and functioning of tribunals.

    • About Tribunals & Why Reforms Matter?

  • Tribunals are quasi-judicial tribunals designed to adjudicate speciality disputes and take the burden off the regular courts.
  • They have expanded greatly in several fields such as taxation, company law, ecology, military forces and administrative concerns.
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    Report of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce on Ease of Doing Business

    Context

  • The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce, presented its 201st Report titled “Doing Business in India: The Way Forward” to both Houses of Parliament.

    • What is Ease of Doing Business

  • Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) refers to the extent to which the regulatory, administrative and institutional environment enables businesses to start, operate, expand and close with minimum cost, time and procedural hurdles.
  • India improved its rank in the World Bank's Doing Business Report from 142 in 2014 to 63 in 2019, reflecting significant improvements in the regulatory environment.
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    Paper on AI in Healthcare

    Context

  • The Union Health Minister released the knowledge paper, ‘AI in MedTech: Revolutionizing Healthcare Through Artificial Intelligence’, at India Medical Device 2026.

    • Key Highlights:

  • The report outlines five key priorities for accelerating the responsible adoption of AI in healthcare:
  • AI-ready data and evidence, lifecycle-based regulation and reimbursement mechanisms, to scaling up AI-enabled diagnostics and strengthening collaboration across government, industry, healthcare and academia.
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    Govt. Opposes Income-Based Creamy Layer in SC/ST Quotas

    Context

  • The Union Govt. has pushed back against the demand to introduce the “creamy layer” concept for reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs).

    • About

  • Background: Petitions were filed in the Supreme Court seeking a creamy-layer exclusion within the reserved categories of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) as in the Other Backward Classes (OBC).
  • The court had also asked the Union government to file an Action Taken Report after the 2024 Supreme Court decision that paved the way for sub-categorisation among SCs and STs.
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    Google’s AI Satellite Images Raises Safety Concerns

    In News

  • Google’s AI “Create Image” feature in Google Earth was taken down within 24 hours of its release.

    • About Google Earth’s AI feature

  • In July 2026, Google announced an AI image generation feature in Google Earth based on its Nano Banana tech.
  • It enables users to edit satellite images by inserting objects based on text prompts.
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    News In Short 11-08-2026

    In News

  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a comprehensive set of rules governing how commercial banks recover unpaid loans, significantly revising the conduct expected from banks and outsourced recovery agents.

    • About RBI’s New Loan Recovery Rules

  • It is designed to regulate loan recovery practices and shield borrowers from harassment, while allowing banks to recover genuine dues.
  • It will start on January 1, 2027.
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