Daily Current Affairs 22 August 2026

Welcome to the Ujiyari Daily Current Affairs edition for Saturday, August 22, 2026. The Health Ministry expanded a mandatory age-restriction warning on Chlorpheniramine-Phenylephrine cold combinations for children below four, and Karnataka’s food safety authority banned “analogue paneer,” where milk fat is replaced with vegetable fat, for one year. Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture pledged Rs 600 crore for MSME investment in Uttar Pradesh at the UP-Japan Investment Meet, and the Ministry of Education announced the National Teachers’ Awards 2026 list of 48 teachers. Saturday’s news volume was genuinely lighter than weekdays, and today’s editorial section reflects that, drawing on two pieces from The Hindu and one from Indian Express, after a thorough search found no verifiable Hindustan Times, Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, or Down to Earth editorials for this date. The full roundup, two deep-dive articles, three editorials, and a practice quiz follow.