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Daily Current Affairs: 21 August 2025

Current affairs of 21 August 2025: Online Gaming Bill 2025: Money Games Ban and Penalties; Agni-5 Missile Test-Fired from Chandipur on August 20, 2025; Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill: removal of jailed PM, CMs, ministers, and 9 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 12 topics

National Affairs

  1. Online Gaming Bill 2025: Money Games Ban and Penalties
  2. Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill: removal of jailed PM, CMs, ministers
  3. India Post IT 2.0 (APT): DIGIPIN, QR Payments, OTP Delivery
  4. Important Days 20-21 Aug: Sadbhavana Diwas, World Mosquito Day

Government Schemes

  1. Cabinet approves Bhubaneswar Bypass and Kota-Bundi airport

Banking & Finance

  1. India Exim Bank and EBID Sign $40 Million Credit Line

Economy

  1. RBI MPC Minutes: Growth Worries and Inflation Risk
  2. GST Exemption Proposed on Individual Life and Health Insurance

International Affairs

  1. ISA Plans 17 Centres of Excellence and Solar GCC in India

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Bayer Camalus Insecticide for Indian Vegetable Growers

Defence & Security

  1. Agni-5 Missile Test-Fired from Chandipur on August 20, 2025

Reports & Indexes

  1. EPFO Adds Record 21.89 Lakh Net Members in June

National Affairs

Health & Social Issues

4. Important Days 20-21 Aug: Sadbhavana Diwas, World Mosquito Day

  • Sadbhavana Diwas on 20 August marked Rajiv Gandhi's 81st birth anniversary; it was first observed in 1992.
  • World Mosquito Day on 20 August recalls Ronald Ross's 1897 finding of the malaria parasite in Anopheles mosquitoes.
  • World Senior Citizens Day fell on 21 August.
  • The 8th International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism (21 August) had the theme United by Hope: Collective Action.
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Government Schemes

Economy

5. Cabinet approves Bhubaneswar Bypass and Kota-Bundi airport

  • The Cabinet cleared a 6-lane Capital Region Ring Road (Bhubaneswar Bypass) in Odisha costing Rs 8,307.74 crore.
  • The road is 110.875 km long, access-controlled, and due in 2.5 years under Hybrid Annuity Mode.
  • A greenfield airport at Kota-Bundi, Rajasthan, was approved at Rs 1,507 crore, to be built by the Airports Authority of India.
  • The airport is expected to take about two years to complete.
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Banking & Finance

Economy

International Affairs

Agriculture & Rural

Defence & Security

Reports & Indexes

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