One Liner Current Affairs: August 2025

National Affairs

1. National Small Industry Day is observed on 30 August to recognise the role of SSIs and MSMEs in growth and employment. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. Nearly five months after selection, none of the 75 women scientists chosen for DBT's BioCARe have received grants or salaries. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. Jio Financial Services announced Savings Pro at its second AGM, to come under Jio Payments Bank. Notes ›

Economy

4. IIP grew 3.5% in July 2025, a four-month high, a day after the US imposed 25% penalty tariffs on Indian goods. Notes ›

International Affairs

5. The UN observes the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on 30 August every year. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

6. Financial aid helps farmers manage cash gaps, adopt technology and guard against climate risks. Notes ›
7. The revised plan cuts the glanders infected zone from 5 km to 2 km. Notes ›

Science & Technology

8. Two Indian aquanauts dived over 5,000 metres in the Atlantic on the French submersible Nautile, training for Samudrayaan. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

9. NARI 2025 is a survey index covering 31 cities with responses from 12,770 women. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. National Sports Day is observed every 29 August on Major Dhyan Chand's birth anniversary. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. EPFO integrated its services with the UMANG app. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. SEBI approved Groww's IPO, the largest primary-market raise by an Indian capital market firm. Notes ›
4. RBI is considering asking NBFCs to scale down subsidiaries whose lending overlaps the parent's. Notes ›
5. PNB inaugurated its first dedicated startup branch at Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi, aligned with Startup India. Notes ›
6. Aditya Birla Capital Digital Ltd received RBI's in-principle approval to be an online payment aggregator. Notes ›
7. Utkarsh Small Finance Bank teamed up with Hitachi Payment Services for payment processing and debit card management. Notes ›
8. SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said extra incentives are planned for first-time women mutual fund investors. Notes ›

Economy

9. RBI's August 2025 State of the Economy flagged the 50% US tariff, effective 27 August, as a downside risk. Notes ›

International Affairs

10. The International Day Against Nuclear Tests is observed on 29 August; 2025 is the 16th observance. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

11. CMS 2025 found 27% of students take private coaching nationally. Notes ›
12. The 6th edition of the State Energy Efficiency Index 2024 was released on 29 August 2025. Notes ›
13. MoSPI released Annual Survey of Industries results for April 2023 to March 2024 (FY24). Notes ›

Awards & Persons

14. Neeraj Chopra finished runner-up at the 2025 Diamond League Final in Zurich with a throw of 85.01 m. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. DAHD issued India's first guidelines on animal blood transfusion and blood banks. Notes ›
2. The Union Cabinet approved India's bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games on 27 August 2025. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. NHAI and Vertis Infrastructure Trust launched Project Aarohan for children of toll plaza employees. Notes ›
4. The Cabinet extended and revamped PM SVANidhi till March 31, 2030 with an outlay of ₹7,332 crore. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. SEBI began approving Specialised Investment Funds, a category introduced in April 2025. Notes ›
6. SEBI raided Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy over alleged unregistered investment advice. Notes ›
7. Goldman Sachs is the sole transaction advisor for selling government stake in four PSBs, including UCO Bank and IOB. Notes ›
8. Tata AIA Life launched Health SIP, a unit-linked health plan blending health cover and wealth creation. Notes ›
9. SEBI proposed lifting the minimum block deal order from ₹10 crore (since 2017) to ₹25 crore. Notes ›
10. BharatPe and Unity Small Finance Bank launched the Unity Bank BharatPe Credit Card on NPCI's RuPay network. Notes ›

Science & Technology

11. Dhruva Space and Skyroot Aerospace sent satellites on SpaceX's Falcon 9 Transporter-12 mission. Notes ›
12. Dr Jitendra Singh launched the BioE3 Challenge for Youth and a National Biofoundry Network on the policy's first anniversary. Notes ›

Defence & Security

13. Project Kusha, part of Mission Sudarshan Chakra, begins interceptor tests in 2026. Notes ›
14. India is close to finalising a roughly $1 billion deal with US firm General Electric for 113 GE-404 engines. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

15. EY Economy Watch (August 2025) projects India as the second-largest economy by 2038. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Maruti Suzuki began production of its first battery electric vehicle, the e Vitara. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. NEP 2020 states that 85% of brain development occurs before age six. Notes ›
3. Launched by Amit Shah in July, the policy aims to triple cooperatives' GDP share by 2034. Notes ›
4. The Tribal Affairs Ministry's Adi Karmayogi aims at 20 lakh change leaders in tribal villages. Notes ›
5. SAMARTH Panchayat is a digital platform to track and manage tax and non-tax revenues of Panchayats. Notes ›
6. SAMARTH Mission, launched in 2021 by the Ministry of Power, promotes agri-residue co-firing in coal-based thermal plants. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

7. MCA and SEBI are building a joint framework to ease claims of unclaimed shares and dividends. Notes ›
8. RBI's FREE-AI framework guides ethical, transparent and inclusive AI use in finance. Notes ›
9. Malaysia launched Ryt Bank, billed as the world's first AI-powered digital bank, by YTL Group with Sea Limited. Notes ›
10. PhonePe announced a home insurance product line on 25 August 2025. Notes ›
11. Nabfid and Nabard were preparing to tap international debt markets for the first time by FY26. Notes ›

International Affairs

12. India's Department of Food and Public Distribution signed a Letter of Intent with the UN World Food Programme in New Delhi. Notes ›
13. Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka made a three-day visit to India on 24-26 August 2025, his first official visit as Prime Minister. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

14. India set up a National Designated Authority under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Neeru won the women's trap gold, beating Ray Bassil of Qatar by six points. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. Central employees can make a one-time, one-way shift from UPS to NPS. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. SBI asked RBI to let banks finance mergers and acquisitions. Notes ›
4. Bandhan Bank launched the Legacy Savings Account on its 10th anniversary for affluent and high-net-worth customers. Notes ›
5. RBI fined NBFC Ayodhya Finlease Limited Rs 1 lakh. Notes ›

Economy

6. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said RBI would take policy steps if the 50% US tariff hurts growth. Notes ›
7. Fitch kept India's long-term foreign-currency rating at BBB- with a stable outlook. Notes ›

International Affairs

8. Nepal became a member of the India-led International Big Cat Alliance in August 2025 by signing the framework agreement. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

9. Agriculture uses nearly 80% of India's freshwater, yet irrigation efficiency is only about 38%. Notes ›

Science & Technology

10. ISRO announced the Lunar Module Launch Vehicle (LMLV), its heaviest rocket, expected to be ready by 2035. Notes ›
11. SBSP puts solar satellites in geostationary orbit and beams power to Earth as microwaves for reconversion into electricity. Notes ›

Defence & Security

12. The Navy commissioned Nilgiri-class frigates INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri at Visakhapatnam. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

13. Women's workforce participation (PLFS) rose from 22% to 40.3% between 2017-18 and 2023-24. Notes ›
14. The FICCI-IBA report 'Charting New Frontiers', prepared by BCG, reviews 14 years of bank lending. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

15. Cheteshwar Pujara announced his retirement on 24 August 2025. Notes ›

Government Schemes

1. PMJDY, launched on August 28, 2014 by the Ministry of Finance, offers basic savings accounts to unbanked families. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

2. SEBI proposed a Closing Auction Session, initially for derivative stocks. Notes ›
3. SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey urged state governments to help tackle cyber fraud in the securities market. Notes ›
4. Crisil took IndusInd Bank's long-term debt off its 'watch with negative implications' list. Notes ›
5. SEBI approved reclassifying LIC as a public shareholder in IDBI Bank after strategic disinvestment. Notes ›
6. South Indian Bank launched SIB Gold Xpress, a gold loan product for quick, transparent credit. Notes ›
7. IndusInd Bank signed an MoU with NSIC to improve credit access for MSMEs. Notes ›
8. SBI inaugurated a Centre of Excellence for MSMEs at its State Bank Academy in Gurugram. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

9. The VOPPA Regulation Order, 2025 was notified on 1 August 2025, replacing the 2011 order. Notes ›
10. MoS George Kurian announced a pilot project for Kuttanad fish farmers in Kerala. Notes ›

Science & Technology

11. ISRO completed IADT-01, testing the Gaganyaan crew module's parachute recovery system. Notes ›
12. ICMR introduced CEREBO, a portable non-invasive device for traumatic brain injury diagnosis. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. A WHO-WMO report says rising heat harms workers' health and cuts productivity globally. Notes ›
14. NBWL approved West Bengal's proposal to enlarge Sundarbans Tiger Reserve to 3,629.57 sq km. Notes ›

Defence & Security

15. DRDO held first flight tests of IADWS, a project of Mission Sudarshan Chakra. Notes ›
16. Indian Naval Ship Kadmatt completed a three-day port call at Surabaya, Indonesia. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Kerala was declared India's first fully digitally literate state in August 2025. Notes ›
2. Elavenil Valarivan won the women's air rifle gold at the 16th Asian shooting championship in Shymkent. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan, billed as the world's largest tribal grassroots leadership programme. Notes ›
4. Union Cabinet approved universal fortified rice supply under all government schemes till December 2028. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. SEBI chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey urged fund houses to be careful with micro-cap exposure. Notes ›
6. L&T Finance Ltd., an NBFC, partnered with Google Pay to offer personal loans on the payments platform. Notes ›
7. The Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds was reconstituted for two years from 21 August 2025. Notes ›
8. RBI allowed Federal Bank to collect Maharashtra government receipts via GRAS. Notes ›

Economy

9. RBI proposed extending the CCR capital charge to equity derivatives, precious metals other than gold, and commodity derivatives. Notes ›

Science & Technology

10. The second National Space Day was celebrated across India on 23 August 2025. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

11. The ₹72,000-crore Great Nicobar Island Project covers a transshipment port, airport, power plant and township. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

12. NITI Aayog's report "Rethinking Homestays: Navigating Policy Pathways" urges a digital single window with 30-day approvals. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Dal Lake in Srinagar hosted the first-ever Khelo India Water Sports Festival races. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

2. SEBI was exploring a regulated venue for trading unlisted shares before an IPO. Notes ›
3. SBI Mutual Fund launched a Dynamic Asset Allocation Active Fund of Funds as a one-fund solution. Notes ›
4. SEBI is considering ways to lengthen Futures and Options contract tenure. Notes ›
5. AU Small Finance Bank enabled UPI for NRE and NRO account holders using international mobile numbers, following NPCI's directive. Notes ›
6. IndiGo and IDFC FIRST Bank launched the IndiGo IDFC FIRST Credit Card, a co-branded premium card. Notes ›

Economy

7. RBI's paper asks whether the 4% CPI inflation target is still optimal. Notes ›

International Affairs

8. India and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) signed Terms of Reference in Moscow to launch free trade agreement negotiations. Notes ›
9. A famine was declared in Gaza under the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) framework. Notes ›

Science & Technology

10. India has no comprehensive national space law despite Chandrayaan-3 and upcoming Gaganyaan. Notes ›
11. ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan commented on the Falcon 9 team that launched Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the ISS. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. The Finance Ministry released the draft Climate Finance Taxonomy for consultation in May 2025. Notes ›
13. World Orangutan Day is a global observance held each year on 19 August. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

14. FICCI-EY report: India could capture 10% of the global green hydrogen market if cost and infrastructure barriers are overcome. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

15. India won 7 medals and 1 Special Award at the 18th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO 2025) in Jining, China. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. By voice vote, Lok Sabha cleared the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025. Notes ›
2. The Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025 was introduced in Lok Sabha by Amit Shah. Notes ›
3. India Post rolled out IT 2.0, called Advanced Postal Technology (APT), across the country. Notes ›
4. Sadbhavana Diwas on 20 August marked Rajiv Gandhi's 81st birth anniversary; it was first observed in 1992. Notes ›

Government Schemes

5. The Cabinet cleared a 6-lane Capital Region Ring Road (Bhubaneswar Bypass) in Odisha costing Rs 8,307.74 crore. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

6. India Exim Bank and EBID signed a $40 million commercial credit line. Notes ›

Economy

7. RBI's MPC minutes flagged trade tensions, tariffs and geopolitics as risks to growth. Notes ›
8. The Centre proposed full GST exemption on individual life and health insurance policies. Notes ›

International Affairs

9. The International Solar Alliance plans 17 centres of excellence abroad by end-2025, possibly rising to 50. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

10. Bayer launched Camalus, a dual-action insecticide for chewing and sucking pests in horticultural crops. Notes ›

Defence & Security

11. India test-fired the nuclear-capable Agni-5 from ITR, Chandipur, Odisha, on August 20, 2025. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

12. EPFO added a net 21.89 lakh members in June, the highest since payroll data tracking began in April 2018. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Supreme Court held Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi's reservation of 10 re-passed bills for the President unconstitutional. Notes ›
2. A JPC headed by BJP MP P.P. Chaudhary is reviewing the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024 on simultaneous elections. Notes ›
3. The Union Government finalised a draft law to ban all forms of online real-money gaming. Notes ›

Government Schemes

4. The Urban Challenge Fund (UCF) uses ₹1 lakh crore of central money to trigger about ₹4 lakh crore of urban infrastructure spending. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. SEBI proposed easing index realignment norms, mainly for Nifty Bank. Notes ›
6. SEBI was studying tighter intraday position limits on index derivatives amid manipulative trading worries. Notes ›
7. SEBI issued a consultation paper to ease compliance for RIAs and Research Analysts. Notes ›
8. HDFC ERGO General Insurance and PhonePe launched affordable health insurance for the missing middle. Notes ›
9. TaxBuddy unveiled an AI-powered system for filing income tax returns. Notes ›
10. PNB moved its corporate website to www.pnb.bank.in, replacing www.pnb.co.in, as the first public sector bank to do so. Notes ›

Economy

11. Foreign liabilities of Indian mutual funds rose 19.9% year on year to ₹2.6 lakh crore in FY25. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

12. Telangana faced a urea shortage, with long queues and a political row. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. West Bengal's Forest Department reported more saltwater crocodiles in the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve. Notes ›
14. A cloudburst is intense rain exceeding 100 mm per hour over about 30 sq. km. Notes ›

Defence & Security

15. India gave final approval for another 97 indigenous Tejas fighter jets. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

16. Knight Frank India reported strong five-year growth in InvIT and REIT assets, crossing $94 billion in FY25. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Opposition parties considered impeaching Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Notes ›
2. The inaugural Archery Premier League is scheduled for October at the Yamuna Sports Complex in Delhi. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. SEBI's consultation paper seeks more flexibility in Minimum Public Shareholding (MPS) and Minimum Public Offer (MPO). Notes ›
4. SEBI's 29 May 2025 consultation paper seeks tighter norms for sectoral and thematic indices used in derivatives. Notes ›
5. Tata AIA Life launched the Momentum 50 Index Fund on August 19, 2025; NFO price ₹10 per unit. Notes ›
6. IRDAI asked insurers to conduct QIS 2 for the Risk-Based Capital framework. Notes ›
7. LIC launched a nationwide campaign to revive lapsed individual policies, running from 18 August to 17 October. Notes ›

Economy

8. The government weighed lifting the MSME NPA period from 90 to 180 days. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

9. SRM College of Agricultural Sciences (SRMIST, Kattankulathur) organised 'Agri Startup 2.0'. Notes ›

Science & Technology

10. Union Minister Jitendra Singh said in Lok Sabha that an Indian astronaut will walk on the Moon by 2040. Notes ›
11. India's first removable solar panel system between railway tracks was commissioned at Banaras Locomotive Works, Varanasi, on 15 August 2025. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. India targeted 20% ethanol blending (E20) by 2025; E20-compatible vehicles began rolling out from April 2025. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

13. FAO's 2025 report put global undernourishment at 8.2%, or 673 million people. Notes ›

Government Schemes

1. The PMVBRY portal has gone live with one-time online registration. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

2. NSIC signed MoUs with five private banks on 11 August 2025 under its MSME Credit Facilitation Program. Notes ›
3. The FRSB offered 8.05% per annum from 1 July 2025: NSC rate of 7.70% plus 0.35%. Notes ›
4. B2B fintechs are entering consumer payments through third-party UPI applications (TPAPs). Notes ›

Economy

5. S&P Global Ratings upgraded India's long-term sovereign credit rating to BBB from BBB-, after 18 years. Notes ›

International Affairs

6. 34 Indian students left for Japan under the Sakura Science Programme 2025. Notes ›
7. The Ministry of External Affairs said India will host Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi the following week. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

8. Chinese researchers at Yangzhou University found Chalk9, a gene that controls chalkiness in rice grains. Notes ›

Science & Technology

9. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj launched SabhaSaar, an AI tool that creates minutes from Gram Sabha audio and video recordings. Notes ›
10. Indian Oil Corporation's Panipat refinery will host India's first sustainable aviation fuel plant using used cooking oil. Notes ›
11. Researchers at Imperial College London and Zhejiang University engineered E. coli bacteria to detect mercury. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. Phoenix roxburghii, a new palm species, is named after William Roxburgh, called the Father of Indian Botany. Notes ›
13. Coral restoration at the Gulf of Mannar's 21 islands, led by SDMRI and the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, began in 2002. Notes ›

Defence & Security

14. The 12th edition of SLINEX, the India-Sri Lanka bilateral naval exercise, runs from 14 to 18 August 2025 in Colombo. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The PM announced the National Deep Water Exploration Mission on the 79th Independence Day. Notes ›
2. PM announced on 79th Independence Day a GST overhaul to roll out by Diwali 2025. Notes ›
3. La. Ganesan, Governor of Nagaland, died on 15 August 2025 in Chennai at the age of 80. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. IRCTC Payments Limited has RBI's in-principle nod to operate as a Payment Aggregator. Notes ›
5. Life insurers are shifting towards participating (par) products and away from ULIPs and aggressively priced non-par products. Notes ›
6. NPCI will end UPI's P2P collect request from 1 October 2025. Notes ›
7. CareEdge Ratings said banks' credit-to-deposit (CD) ratio remains under 80%. Notes ›
8. RBI announced a shift from batch-based Cheque Truncation System to continuous cheque clearing. Notes ›
9. Smart Shield Plus is a pure risk life plan from SBI Life with no investment component. Notes ›
10. Punjab & Sind Bank launched the PSB Naari Shakti savings account for women. Notes ›

International Affairs

11. INC-5.2, the second part of the fifth plastics treaty session, was held in Geneva in August 2025 and ended without consensus. Notes ›

Science & Technology

12. A new type of supernova, triggered by a black hole, was detected about 700 million light-years away. Notes ›

Defence & Security

13. On the 79th Independence Day (August 15, 2025), the Prime Minister announced Mission Sudarshan Chakra. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

14. Seven officers were named for the Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal for Operation Sindoor, announced on the eve of the 79th Independence Day. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Parliament cleared both sports Bills; Presidential assent is pending. Notes ›
2. Rohit Sharma rose to second in the latest ICC ODI batter rankings with 756 rating points. Notes ›
3. The Supreme Court invalidated the Army's policy that capped women in the Judge Advocate General branch at 50%. Notes ›

Government Schemes

4. The Ministry of Panchayati Raj launched SabhaSaar, an AI and NLP tool that drafts minutes of Gram Sabha meetings from recordings. Notes ›
5. The Union government approved the 700 MW Tato-II Hydro-Electric Project in Shi Yomi district, Arunachal Pradesh, costing Rs 8,146.21 crore. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

6. RBI's FREE-AI committee report, chaired by Dr. Pushpak Bhattacharyya, guides responsible AI in finance. Notes ›
7. Crisil Ratings said RBI's revised co-lending guidelines will create growth opportunities for NBFCs. Notes ›
8. RBL Bank joined CAMSPay, the payments arm of CAMS, for a digital payment gateway aimed at enterprises. Notes ›
9. SBI launched a special personal loan scheme for Agniveers on India's 79th Independence Day. Notes ›
10. SEBI barred six persons, including Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan, from the securities market for five years. Notes ›

Economy

11. Export Promotion Mission, announced in Budget 2025-26, has an outlay of ₹25,060 crore for FY 2025-26 to FY 2030-31. Notes ›
12. Banks are questioning the rationale and end-use of Indian companies' overseas direct investments. Notes ›

International Affairs

13. India has concluded negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Oman. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

14. NABARD and APGB signed an MoU with Aqua Exchange Agritech to pilot IoT-enabled loans for shrimp farmers. Notes ›

Science & Technology

15. IN-SPACe chose a PixxelSpace India-led consortium for India's first fully indigenous commercial EO constellation under a PPP. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. NMET becomes the National Mineral Exploration and Development Trust (NMEDT), with a mandate covering offshore and overseas critical mineral exploration. Notes ›
2. Minister Sarbananda Sonowal introduced the Indian Ports Bill 2025 to replace the Indian Ports Act, 1908. Notes ›
3. The Toda tribe of the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, is leading efforts to protect the Toda language. Notes ›

Government Schemes

4. PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan was launched on 13 October 2021; CCEA approved it on 21 October 2021. Notes ›
5. The Cabinet approved Rs 30,000 crore of budgetary support for oil marketing companies' LPG losses in FY 2024-25. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

6. RBI gave Paytm Payments Services Ltd in-principle approval as an online payment aggregator, lifting earlier curbs on onboarding merchants. Notes ›
7. NPCI will discontinue UPI 'pull' or 'collect' transactions from October 31, 2025 to curb fraud. Notes ›
8. RBI permitted foreign investors to put their whole surplus Vostro balance into central government securities. Notes ›
9. RBI held its second government bond buyback auction of FY26, adding durable liquidity. Notes ›

Economy

10. Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the IBC Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha on 12 August 2025. Notes ›
11. Retail inflation fell to 1.55% in July 2025, the lowest in eight years, as food got cheaper. Notes ›

International Affairs

12. A US-brokered peace agreement was signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan, ending nearly four decades of conflict. Notes ›

Science & Technology

13. India Semiconductor Mission began in December 2021 under Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat; MeitY implements it. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

14. SHRESTH, the State Health Regulatory Excellence Index, was launched by the Health Ministry through CDSCO. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

15. Bibi Fatima Women's Self-Help Group, Teertha village, Dharwad, Karnataka, was the sole Indian winner of the Equator Prize 2025. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. FM Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Revised Income Tax Bill, 2025 in Lok Sabha to replace the Income Tax Act, 1961. Notes ›
2. NOTTO issued a 10-point advisory to cut gender disparity, giving women on waiting lists extra points in organ allocation. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. Rural tap water coverage under Jal Jeevan Mission reached 81% in 2025, up from 17% in 2019. Notes ›
4. The Union Cabinet approved four new components under the Special Development Packages scheme, with a Rs 4,250 crore central outlay. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. SEBI proposed letting IFSC retail schemes of resident Indian sponsors register as FPIs. Notes ›
6. SEBI proposed lowering the Large Value Fund minimum from ₹70 crore to ₹25 crore; comments were open till 29 August 2025. Notes ›

Economy

7. The Income Tax (No. 2) Bill, 2025 formally separates MAT (companies) from AMT (certain non-corporates). Notes ›

International Affairs

8. WHO certified Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) as a public health problem. Notes ›
9. Tuvalu is carrying out the world's first planned national migration, to Australia, because of sea-level rise. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

10. NABARD marked National Handloom Day on 7 August 2025 in Guwahati, focusing on Assam's rural economy. Notes ›

Science & Technology

11. IIST and Kerala Agricultural University began researching crop seeds that were sent to the ISS on Axiom-4. Notes ›
12. NASA plans a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. World Elephant Day, set up in 2012, was marked on 12 August 2025 in Coimbatore with a focus on human-elephant conflict. Notes ›
14. The Environment Protection (Management of Contaminated Sites) Rules, 2025 give a legal framework to identify, assess and remediate contaminated sites. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

15. NITI Aayog presented India's third Voluntary National Review on SDGs at the UN-ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Khelo India ASMITA Football League 2025-26 was launched in Jalgaon, Maharashtra. Notes ›

Government Schemes

2. PM E-Drive was extended by two years, to 31 March 2028 or until funds run out. Notes ›
3. The Union Cabinet approved MERITE with a total outlay of Rs 4,200 crore for 2025-26 to 2029-30. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. ICICI Bank raised minimum average balance (MAB) for new savings accounts opened on or after August 1, 2025. Notes ›
5. LIC entered the bond Forward Rate Agreement market, dealing with more than 10 domestic and foreign banks. Notes ›
6. RBI issued a draft Directions on settling claims of deceased bank customers, 2025. Notes ›
7. From 1 August 2025 NSE and BSE use a new SOP for mergers and demergers of listed companies. Notes ›
8. SEBI proposed a new class of AIF schemes meant exclusively for accredited investors. Notes ›
9. RBI fined ICICI Bank Limited Rs 75 lakh for non-compliance with regulatory guidelines. Notes ›

Economy

10. The Government of India planned to cut its stake in LIC and several public sector banks. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

11. Over 99.7% of global food depends on soil, yet degradation is eroding productivity, water and nutrition. Notes ›

Science & Technology

12. ISRO will launch the 6,500 kg US Block-2 BlueBird communication satellite after NISAR (launched 30 July 2025). Notes ›
13. India's first advanced Animal Stem Cell Biobank and Laboratory was inaugurated by a Union Minister. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

14. The Environment Ministry marked World Lion Day 2025 at Barda Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, on 10 August. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

15. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 130.1 points in July 2025, up 1.6% from June. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. Kartavya Bhavan-03 is the first of ten planned Common Central Secretariat buildings in the Central Vista project. Notes ›
2. The ECI is a permanent constitutional body under Article 324 that supervises elections to Parliament, state legislatures, President and Vice-President. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. The ₹300 per LPG cylinder subsidy for PMUY beneficiaries was continued for FY 2025-26. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. On 8 August 2025 RBI gave AU Small Finance Bank in-principle approval to become a universal bank. Notes ›
5. IDFC FIRST Bank launched RemitFIRST2India for NRIs to send money to India at zero transfer fees. Notes ›
6. IFC committed USD 150 million as anchor investor in HDFC Capital's H-CARE 3 fund. Notes ›
7. FSSAI partnered with Bank of Baroda to promote digital payments among food business operators. Notes ›
8. DSP Mutual Fund launched the DSP Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30 Index Fund, India's first flexi-cap index fund. Notes ›
9. Kotak Mahindra Bank introduced Solitaire, an invitation-only programme for affluent customers. Notes ›

International Affairs

10. The Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries was held at Awaza, Turkmenistan. Notes ›
11. The world marked 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

12. AI plus satellite data cut soil analysis to hours and raised yields by 15-20%. Notes ›

Defence & Security

13. The Chief of Defence Staff declassified and released joint doctrines on cyberspace and amphibious operations. Notes ›
14. The 13th India-UAE Joint Defence Cooperation Committee met in New Delhi on 9 August 2025, the first at Secretary level. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. The Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025 replaces the colonial 1925 Act of the same name. Notes ›
2. Lok Sabha passed the Merchant Shipping Bill, 2024 on August 6, 2025, replacing the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958. Notes ›
3. India has formally nominated the Ancient Buddhist Site, Sarnath, for the UNESCO World Heritage List under the 2025-26 cycle. Notes ›

Government Schemes

4. India's first SECI auction under SIGHT Mode-2A found a record-low green ammonia price of ₹55.75/kg. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. RBI launched a SIP facility for Treasury Bills on its Retail Direct platform. Notes ›
6. Under RBI's revised co-lending norms, each regulated entity must keep at least 10% of every loan on its own books. Notes ›
7. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced three consumer-centric steps after the August 2025 MPC meeting. Notes ›
8. Axis Bank launched 'Lock FD' to protect fixed deposits from rising digital frauds. Notes ›
9. Tata AIA Life Insurance launched the Shubh Shakti term plan for women on 6 August 2025. Notes ›
10. Gro Digital Platforms signed an MoU with IDFC FIRST Bank for fleet FASTag services. Notes ›
11. Punjab became India's first state to upgrade its cooperative banks' core banking system from Finacle 7 to Finacle 10. Notes ›

Economy

12. RBI's Monetary Policy Committee unanimously held the repo rate at 5.5%, despite talk of a 25 bps cut. Notes ›
13. An RBI working group wants the Weighted Average Call Rate (WACR) kept as the policy operating target. Notes ›

International Affairs

14. On 30 July 2025 the US President announced a 25% tariff on Indian imports effective 1 August 2025. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

15. Biochar is a charcoal-like material made by pyrolysis, heating biomass without oxygen. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. FSSAI and Ministry of Ayush released a list of foods classed as Ayurveda Aahara. Notes ›
2. The Lok Sabha passed a bill to provide reservation for Scheduled Tribes in the Goa Legislative Assembly. Notes ›
3. The new line to Sairang is 51.38 km long and brings the rail network close to Mizoram's capital Aizawl. Notes ›
4. India performed over 18,900 organ transplants in 2024, the highest annual total so far. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. Bank of Baroda launched bob FxOne, a digital forex platform for corporate and MSME customers. Notes ›
6. RBI removed prior approval for opening Special Rupee Vostro Accounts (SRVAs). Notes ›
7. PFRDA launched its modernised website under the PFRDA CONNECT initiative. Notes ›
8. IDFC FIRST Bank and IndiGo launched the IndiGo IDFC FIRST Dual Credit Card with a Mastercard and a RuPay card. Notes ›
9. RBI's Centre for Financial Literacy project began in 2017; 2,421 CFLs existed by March 2025, one per three blocks on average. Notes ›

International Affairs

10. Moldova became the 107th member of the International Solar Alliance. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

11. A Farmers' Library opened at Mushkabad FAM Dairy Producer Company Limited in Ludhiana, Punjab. Notes ›
12. Bengaluru start-up TraceX Technologies launched an Agentic AI tool for EUDR compliance. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. IMD defines a cloudburst as rainfall above 100 mm per hour over 20-30 sq km. Notes ›
14. A joint census by Kerala and Tamil Nadu recorded 2,668 Nilgiri tahrs: 1,365 in Kerala and 1,303 in Tamil Nadu. Notes ›

Defence & Security

15. Navy and Air Force plan large BrahMos purchases after Operation Sindoor. Notes ›

Government Schemes

1. CCEA, chaired by PM Modi, approved the ₹1,435-crore PAN 2.0 project to overhaul PAN issuance. Notes ›
2. Fewer than 15% of youth trained under PMKVY since 2015 have secured jobs. Notes ›
3. The Union Cabinet approved a total outlay of Rs 6,520 crore for PMKSY for the 15th Finance Commission cycle, 2021-22 to 2025-26. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

4. Phygital banking fuses physical presence (branches, ATMs) with digital channels (apps, UPI, chatbots). Notes ›
5. IRDAI fined Policybazaar Insurance Brokers ₹5 crore for multiple regulatory violations. Notes ›
6. Hong Kong's Stablecoins Ordinance came into effect on 1 August 2025, with the HKMA as regulator. Notes ›

Economy

7. SEBI proposed turnover-linked materiality limits for related party transactions (RPTs). Notes ›

International Affairs

8. The first BIMSTEC Traditional Music Festival was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, and inaugurated by EAM Dr S. Jaishankar. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

9. India's organised crop protection market is worth ₹24,500 crore; herbicides, at ₹8,200 crore, are growing above 10% a year. Notes ›
10. India reached E20 in March 2025, ahead of its 2025-26 target, under the Ethanol Blended Petrol Programme. Notes ›
11. Odisha introduced a Standard Operating Procedure in August 2025 to conserve traditional seed varieties, called landraces. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. Matri Van is a 750-acre themed urban forest being developed in the Aravallis at Gurugram. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

13. NITI Aayog launched IEMI 2024, scoring States and UTs from 0 to 100 on EV transition. Notes ›
14. Bengaluru ranked 26th in the Global AI City Index 2025, best among Indian cities. Notes ›
15. The IEA projects global electricity demand growth of 3.3% in 2025 and 3.7% in 2026, above the 2015-2023 average of 2.6%. Notes ›

Government Schemes

1. MoSPI, with MoWCD, will run a National Child Survey focused on Mission Vatsalya to build a Child Index. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

2. SEBI gave final approval to Choice AMC, a Choice International Ltd subsidiary, to run as a full AMC. Notes ›
3. SEBI gave final approval for Quant MF's QSIF Equity Long-Short Fund, the first Specialized Investment Fund. Notes ›
4. RBI approved Saraswat Co-operative Bank's merger with fraud-hit New India Co-operative Bank (NICB) from August 4, 2025. Notes ›
5. IPPB launched Aadhaar face authentication nationwide, a first at this scale in India. Notes ›

Economy

6. India was to launch its first Climate Finance Taxonomy in August 2025, announced in Union Budget 2024. Notes ›

International Affairs

7. The India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) comes into force on 1 October 2025; it was signed on 10 March 2024. Notes ›
8. India launched the first four projects under the India-UN Global Capacity Building Initiative to help Global South countries meet SDGs. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

9. The International Potato Center (CIP) is building a South Asia Regional Centre at Agra. Notes ›
10. India was set to pass 900 million internet users by 2025, mostly from rural areas, says IAMAI-Kantar. Notes ›

Science & Technology

11. ISRO plans to fly an LVM3 with a semi-cryogenic stage by early 2027. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

12. The silver-backed chevrotain has been rediscovered in southern Vietnam after about three decades without confirmed records. Notes ›
13. Red panda cubs were born at the Himalayan Zoological Park near Gangtok after seven years without successful births. Notes ›

Defence & Security

14. DRDO's indigenous Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system was still not operational in August 2025. Notes ›

Government Schemes

1. Apna Ghar, a 2025 Petroleum Ministry initiative, offers rest facilities to long-haul truck drivers. Notes ›
2. Phase 2 of PM SVANidhi will reach 50 lakh additional street vendors. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

3. SEBI is weighing changes for jumbo IPOs, with NSE, Reliance Jio and Flipkart cited as likely high-value listings. Notes ›
4. RBI Innovation Hub's MuleHunter uses AI/ML to detect mule accounts and is free for banks. Notes ›
5. ICICI Bank started charging payment aggregators for UPI processing, raising doubts over the zero-cost UPI model. Notes ›
6. NPCI's revised UPI rules took effect on 1 August 2025 for all UPI apps. Notes ›
7. MCX restarted cardamom futures on 29 July 2025, offering August, September and October 2025 contracts. Notes ›
8. The Finance Ministry set a 0.1% concessional guarantee fee for NaBFID's foreign borrowings. Notes ›
9. The Act makes 19 amendments across 5 banking laws, including the RBI Act, 1934 and the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

10. AI precision irrigation can save 20-30% of water. Notes ›

Science & Technology

11. ISRO closed its probe into the PSLV-C61/EOS-09 failure of 18 May 2025. Notes ›
12. ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan said the BlueBird Block 2 communication satellite would fly in the next 3-4 months. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. India's resolution on promoting sustainable lifestyles for wise use of wetlands was adopted at Ramsar COP15, held at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Notes ›

Awards & Persons

14. 12th Fail won Best Feature Film at the 71st National Film Awards, covering 2023 films. Notes ›

National Affairs

1. PM Narendra Modi invited all citizens to send ideas for his Independence Day speech. Notes ›
2. Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister, honoured Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak on the anniversary of his passing in August 2025. Notes ›

Government Schemes

3. Cabinet approved Grant-in-Aid to NCDC, a Central Sector Scheme worth ₹2,000 crore for FY 2025-26 to 2028-29. Notes ›
4. PM-KISAN gives land-holding farmer families Rs 6,000 a year in three equal instalments, four months apart. Notes ›

Banking & Finance

5. ICICI Bank began billing payment aggregators for UPI processing on 1 August 2025. Notes ›
6. Non-food bank credit grew 10.2% Y-o-Y in the fortnight ended 27 June 2025, against 13.8% a year earlier. Notes ›
7. IRDAI's Master Circular of 25 July 2025 covers FY2025-26 and FY2026-27 and replaces the 2024 version. Notes ›
8. SEBI proposed graded IPO quotas for issues above ₹5,000 crore: retail down to 25%, QIB up to 60%. Notes ›

Economy

9. Standing Committee on Finance, chaired by Bhartruhari Mahtab, tabled its report in Parliament on 31 July 2025. Notes ›

Agriculture & Rural

10. Tariff shielding of farming for food security has left agriculture uncompetitive, says the opinion. Notes ›

Science & Technology

11. Kavach 4.0 is now commissioned on the Mathura-Kota section of the Delhi–Mumbai route. Notes ›
12. Airtel and Jio partnered with SpaceX to offer Starlink satellite internet, aimed at rural and remote last-mile connectivity. Notes ›

Environment & Ecology

13. About 4,900 sq. km of India is under mangroves, in belts such as the Sundarbans, Pichavaram and Gulf of Kutch. Notes ›

Defence & Security

14. Himgiri, built by GRSE Kolkata, was delivered in July 2025 under Project-17A. Notes ›

Reports & Indexes

15. India Justice Report 2025: only 15.5 lakh people used free legal aid in FY 2023-24 despite over 80% eligibility. Notes ›
16. IBAI marked its 24th Foundation Day in Mumbai with a McKinsey study titled 'Leading the Path to Insurance for All: Broker of the Future'. Notes ›