Daily Current Affairs: 25 August 2026

Current affairs of 25 August 2026: NCDC (Amendment) Act 2026: Provisions and States’ Rights Row; PM Surya Sarovar Yojana: Rs 5,070 Crore Floating Solar Plan; India’s First Soil Texture Map by NBSS&LUP: Key Notes, and 9 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 12 topics

National Affairs

BWF World Championships 2026: Lanier and An Se-young Win Singles Titles
Durand Cup 2026: East Bengal Beat Mohun Bagan 4-1 for 17th Title

Government Schemes

PM Surya Sarovar Yojana: Rs 5,070 Crore Floating Solar Plan

International Affairs

BRICS ICT Track Pune 2026: Theme and India-Brazil MoU
WHO Confirms End of Poliovirus Type 2 Outbreaks in Five African Nations

Agriculture & Rural

NCDC (Amendment) Act 2026: Provisions and States’ Rights Row
India’s First Soil Texture Map by NBSS&LUP: Key Notes
Regenerative agriculture: methods and key features

Science & Technology

NSDC-AWS Cloud and AI Skilling Programme for Tier-2 and Tier-3 Youth
IIMA Healthcare Summit 2026: Advancing AI in Healthcare

Defence & Security

Exercise Udara Shakti 2026: IAF and Royal Malaysian Air Force

Reports & Indexes

ILO-NCAER Brief: Women in India’s Platform Economy Lag

National Affairs

Sports

1. BWF World Championships 2026: Lanier and An Se-young Win Singles Titles

The 30th BWF World Championships ran from August 17 to 23, 2026 at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.
Alex Lanier beat Kodai Naraoka 21-11, 21-11 to become France's first men's singles world champion.
An Se-young won her second world title, beating Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-14.
France also won its first world mixed doubles gold through Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue.
India's Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand took women's doubles bronze.

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Sports

2. Durand Cup 2026: East Bengal Beat Mohun Bagan 4-1 for 17th Title

East Bengal FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant 4-1 in the 135th Durand Cup final in Kolkata on 23 August 2026.
It was their first Durand Cup title since 2004, a gap of 22 years.
The win took East Bengal to 17 titles, equalling Mohun Bagan's record.
Edmund Lalrindika scored a first-half hat-trick; Bipin Singh also scored for East Bengal.

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Government Schemes

3. PM Surya Sarovar Yojana: Rs 5,070 Crore Floating Solar Plan

PM Surya Sarovar Yojana (PM-SSY) received Cabinet approval on 31 July 2026 with Rs 5,070 crore.
It aims at 5,000 MW of floating solar plants plus 10,000 MWh of battery storage.
The scheme period is FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31, under MNRE.
Water cooling can lift solar output by around 5-15%.

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International Affairs

Science & Technology

4. BRICS ICT Track Pune 2026: Theme and India-Brazil MoU

India hosted the BRICS ICT Track in Pune, Maharashtra, from 17 to 21 August 2026.
The theme spelt out ICT as Innovate, Cooperate and Transform, for a resilient future.
An India–Brazil MoU spans AI, 5G/6G, Open RAN, IoT and D2D.
Major events were the BRICS Digital Forum and the 12th Communications Ministers Meeting.

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International Relations

5. WHO Confirms End of Poliovirus Type 2 Outbreaks in Five African Nations

WHO Africa confirmed on August 19, 2026 the end of poliovirus type 2 outbreaks in five countries.
The countries are Burundi, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Congo and Uganda.
Independent outbreak response assessments were carried out between January and June 2026.
Burundi declared its outbreak in March 2023; Uganda detected poliovirus in May 2024.
WHO warned that reimportation risk remains, citing a recent detection in Madagascar after an earlier closure.

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Agriculture & Rural

Polity & Governance

6. NCDC (Amendment) Act 2026: Provisions and States’ Rights Row

Samyukt Kisan Morcha called the NCDC (Amendment) Act, 2026 an onslaught on States' federal rights.
Parliament passed it on 12 August and the President assented on 14 August 2026; it amends the NCDC Act, 1962.
NCDC can now give direct loans and grants and, with Central approval, take share capital in cooperatives.

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Agriculture & Rural Development

7. India’s First Soil Texture Map by NBSS&LUP: Key Notes

NBSS&LUP announced India's first Soil Texture Map on its 50th Foundation Day at Nagpur.
The map gives hectare-level soil data built from field data, remote sensing, satellite imagery and AI.
NBSS&LUP is an ICAR institute set up in 1976.

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Agriculture & Rural Development

8. Regenerative agriculture: methods and key features

Regenerative agriculture aims to restore and rebuild land health, going beyond merely sustaining existing conditions.
Its four methods: farm-made bio-inputs, mulching with green manuring, diversified farming systems, and micro-irrigation.
Bio-inputs include Beejamrut, Jeevamrut, GhanJeevamrut, Neemastra and Dashparni.

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Science & Technology

Government Schemes

9. NSDC-AWS Cloud and AI Skilling Programme for Tier-2 and Tier-3 Youth

NSDC and Cultus Education, supported by Amazon Web Services, launched a nationwide Cloud and AI skilling initiative.
The programme is fully online and aims to narrow the technical divide in non-metropolitan regions.
It targets underserved youth in Tier-2 and Tier-3 towns.

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Science & Technology

10. IIMA Healthcare Summit 2026: Advancing AI in Healthcare

The third IIMA Healthcare Summit in 2026 was themed "Advancing AI in Healthcare".
Discussions centred on AI for drug discovery, treatment and disease surveillance.
AI Centres of Excellence operate at AIIMS Delhi, PGIMER Chandigarh and AIIMS Rishikesh.
India wants to graduate from "Pharmacy of the World" towards "Laboratory of the World".

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Defence & Security

International Relations

11. Exercise Udara Shakti 2026: IAF and Royal Malaysian Air Force

The Indian Air Force concluded its part in Exercise Udara Shakti 2026, held in Malaysia.
Udara Shakti is a biennial bilateral tactical air combat exercise between the IAF and the Royal Malaysian Air Force.
The IAF had earlier deployed for Exercise Pitch Black 2026 in Australia.

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Reports & Indexes

Economy

12. ILO-NCAER Brief: Women in India’s Platform Economy Lag

ILO and NCAER: women match men on bank accounts but are scarce in platform work.
Platform workers: 12 million in 2024-25, maybe 23.5 million by 2029-30.
Women are under 1% of urban delivery riders.

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Daily Current Affairs: 25 August 2026

In this issue: 12 topics

National Affairs

1. BWF World Championships 2026: Lanier and An Se-young Win Singles Titles

2. Durand Cup 2026: East Bengal Beat Mohun Bagan 4-1 for 17th Title

Government Schemes

3. PM Surya Sarovar Yojana: Rs 5,070 Crore Floating Solar Plan

International Affairs

4. BRICS ICT Track Pune 2026: Theme and India-Brazil MoU

5. WHO Confirms End of Poliovirus Type 2 Outbreaks in Five African Nations

Agriculture & Rural

6. NCDC (Amendment) Act 2026: Provisions and States’ Rights Row

7. India’s First Soil Texture Map by NBSS&LUP: Key Notes

8. Regenerative agriculture: methods and key features

Science & Technology

9. NSDC-AWS Cloud and AI Skilling Programme for Tier-2 and Tier-3 Youth

10. IIMA Healthcare Summit 2026: Advancing AI in Healthcare

Defence & Security

11. Exercise Udara Shakti 2026: IAF and Royal Malaysian Air Force

Reports & Indexes

12. ILO-NCAER Brief: Women in India’s Platform Economy Lag

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