Current Affairs August 2025
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Polity & Governance 30
- Legal Aid Gaps in India Justice Report 2025 and NALSA Role
- Independence Day speech: PM Modi seeks ideas from citizens
- Lok Sabha Passes Bill for ST Reservation in Goa Assembly
- Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025 Replaces 1925 Act
- Merchant Shipping Bill 2024 Passed by Lok Sabha
- Kartavya Bhavan-03: First Common Central Secretariat Building
- Election Commission of India: Composition, Powers, Issues
- Revised Income Tax Bill 2025: Key Changes Explained
- Cabinet approves Rs 4,250 crore packages for Assam and Tripura
- Indian Ports Bill 2025 Introduced in Lok Sabha
- IBC Amendment Bill 2025: Group and Cross-Border Insolvency
- National Sports Governance Bill and Anti-Doping Amendment Passed
- Supreme Court strikes down Army’s gender quota in JAG hiring
- Next-Generation GST Reform: Two-Slab Plan Announced
- Nagaland Governor La. Ganesan Dies at 80
- SabhaSaar: AI Tool to Prepare Gram Sabha Minutes
- Removal of the Chief Election Commissioner: Procedure Explained
- Governor’s Assent to Bills: Supreme Court Sets Timelines
- One Nation One Election Bill: JPC Review and Legal Concerns
- Online Gaming Bill 2025: Draft Ban on Real-Money Gaming
- Online Gaming Bill 2025: Money Games Ban and Penalties
- Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill: removal of jailed PM, CMs, ministers
- Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan: Tribal Leadership Programme Explained
- Kerala Declared India’s First Fully Digitally Literate State
- Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds Reconstituted
- Great Nicobar Project: Tribal Council Alleges FRA Violation
- VOPPA Regulation Order 2025: New Rules for Vegetable Oil Producers
- Adi Karmayogi: Tribal Affairs Ministry’s Change-Leader Drive
- SAMARTH Panchayat Portal: Tracking Panchayat Own Revenue
- MCA-SEBI Framework to Ease Claims on Unclaimed Shares and Dividends
Economy 83
- Non-Food Bank Credit Growth Eases to 10.2% in June 2025
- Agricultural Protectionism in India: Case for Market Reforms
- NCDC Grant-in-Aid Scheme: ₹2,000 Crore Cabinet Approval
- Apna Ghar: Rest Houses for Truck Drivers on Highways
- UPI Charges on Payment Aggregators: ICICI Bank Move Explained
- NaBFID Gets 0.1% Concessional Government Guarantee Fee
- Climate Finance Taxonomy: India’s First Framework Explained
- Quant MF Gets SEBI Nod for India’s First SIF Fund
- India-EFTA TEPA to take effect on 1 October 2025
- PAN 2.0: ₹1,435-Crore Taxpayer Registration Overhaul
- SEBI Plan: Turnover-Linked Limits for Related Party Deals
- India’s pesticide market: herbicides rise as labour costs climb
- Ethanol Blending in India: E20 Milestone and Concerns
- IEA: Global Electricity Demand to Rise 3.3% in 2025
- RBI Drops Prior Approval for Special Rupee Vostro Accounts
- RBI Repo Rate Unchanged at 5.5%: Reasons and Impact
- WACR as RBI’s Operating Target: Working Group View
- T-Bill SIP on RBI Retail Direct: Auto-Bidding Explained
- Gro Digital and IDFC FIRST Bank Tie Up for Fleet FASTag
- US 25% Tariff on Indian Imports Announced from August 2025
- IFC Backs HDFC Capital’s H-CARE 3 with $150 Million
- DSP Nifty500 Flexicap Quality 30 Index Fund: India’s First
- PM E-Drive Scheme Extended to 2027-28: Key Details
- LIC enters bond FRA market to hedge interest rate risk
- NSE and BSE Launch SOP to Speed Up Merger Approvals
- Government Stake Cuts in LIC and PSBs Beyond Sebi Norms
- FAO Food Price Index Rises to 130.1 Points in July 2025
- MAT vs AMT: Income Tax (No. 2) Bill 2025 Separates the Two
- SEBI FPI proposals: IFSC retail schemes and SWAGAT-FI single window
- MMDR Amendment Bill 2025: Critical Minerals and NMEDT Changes
- RBI lets Vostro account holders invest surplus in G-Secs
- CPI Inflation Falls to 1.55% in July 2025, Lowest in 8 Years
- Government Bonds: RBI Buyback and Types of G-Secs
- PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan: Features and Aims
- Cabinet backs Rs 30,000 crore for OMC LPG losses, extends PMUY subsidy
- Export Promotion Mission: ₹25,060-Crore Export Framework
- RBI Co-Lending Norms 2025: 10% Retention and 5% DLG
- Overseas Direct Investment: banks tighten scrutiny of ODI funds
- Tato-II 700 MW hydro project in Arunachal approved at Rs 8,146 crore
- India-Oman CEPA Negotiations Concluded
- National Deep Water Exploration Mission: Offshore Oil and Gas
- Payment Aggregator vs Third-Party PA: Key Differences
- Participating (Par) Insurance Products: How Bonuses Work
- RBI Plans Continuous Cheque Clearing Instead of Batches
- S&P Upgrades India’s Sovereign Rating to BBB After 18 Years
- RBI Floating Rate Savings Bond: 8.05% Rate and Features
- PMVBRY Portal Opens One-Time Online Registration
- E20 Petrol: Ethanol Blending Facts, Concerns and Brazil Case
- SEBI Consultation on Minimum Public Shareholding and Offer
- SMA and NPA: Plan to Extend MSME NPA Period to 180 Days
- Tata AIA Momentum 50 Index Fund NFO Opens at ₹10
- RBI Study: Foreign Liabilities of Mutual Funds Up 19.9%
- Urban Challenge Fund: ₹1 Lakh Crore Plan and CRGSS Guarantee
- Nifty Bank index: SEBI eases realignment norms after concentration worry
- RBI MPC Minutes: Growth Worries and Inflation Risk
- GST Exemption Proposed on Individual Life and Health Insurance
- EPFO Adds Record 21.89 Lakh Net Members in June
- Cabinet approves Bhubaneswar Bypass and Kota-Bundi airport
- India’s draft Climate Finance Taxonomy: aims and features
- RBI Discussion Paper Reviews Flexible Inflation Targeting
- SEBI Plans Longer-Tenure F&O Contracts to Curb Weekly Options
- India and Eurasian Economic Union sign terms of reference for FTA talks
- NITI Aayog homestay report: single-window registration, 30-day approvals
- SEBI Chief’s Caution on Micro-Caps at AMFI’s 30th Anniversary
- RBI Widens Counterparty Credit Risk Capital Charge to More Derivatives
- SEBI Proposes Closing Auction Session for Derivative Stocks
- Women’s Employment Rate Doubles: Labour Ministry Data
- RBI Ready to Act if 50% US Tariff Hurts Growth: Malhotra
- Fitch affirms India’s BBB- rating with stable outlook
- SBI Seeks RBI Nod for Bank Financing of Acquisitions
- Maruti Suzuki e Vitara BEV Production Begins in Gujarat
- Nabfid and Nabard Eye First Overseas Debt Raise by FY26
- PM SVANidhi Extended to 2030 with ₹7,332 Crore Outlay
- EY Economy Watch: India Set to Be No. 2 Economy by 2038
- SEBI Clears First Specialised Investment Funds (SIFs)
- Goldman Sachs Advises on Stake Sale in Four PSBs
- RBI State of the Economy August 2025: Tariffs, Inflation, Rates
- RBI Weighs Curbs on Shadow Lenders’ Overlapping Subsidiaries
- State Energy Efficiency Index 2024 (6th Edition) Released
- Annual Survey of Industries 2023-24: Tamil Nadu tops factory count
- IIP Grows 3.5% in July 2025: Components and Weights
- Jio Payments Bank to Offer ‘Savings Pro’ Auto-Investing Account
- National Small Industry Day (30 August): History and MSME Data
Banking & Finance 87
- ICICI Bank UPI Fees on Payment Aggregators From 1 August 2025
- PMIS and IBC Gaps Flagged by Parliamentary Finance Panel
- IBAI-McKinsey Report: Insurance Gaps and 2030 Outlook
- IRDAI Master Circular: Rural, Social and Motor TP Targets
- SEBI IPO Allocation Proposal for Issues Above ₹5,000 Crore
- PM SVANidhi Phase 2: Higher Loans and UPI Credit Cards
- Mega IPO Reforms: SEBI Weighs Retail Cut and 2.5% Dilution
- RBI MuleHunter: AI Tool to Catch Mule Accounts in Banks
- UPI new rules from 1 August 2025: limits on checks and autopay
- MCX Cardamom Futures Return After 2021 Suspension
- Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025 comes into force
- Choice AMC Wins SEBI Final Approval for Mutual Fund Operations
- New India Co-operative Bank Merged with Saraswat Bank
- IPPB launches Aadhaar face authentication for banking services
- Phygital Banking: Meaning, Benefits and Limits in India
- Policybazaar ₹5 Crore IRDAI Penalty: Violations Listed
- Hong Kong Stablecoins Ordinance takes effect on 1 August 2025
- bob FxOne: Bank of Baroda’s Digital Forex Platform
- PFRDA Unveils Revamped Website Under PFRDA CONNECT
- IndiGo IDFC FIRST Dual Credit Card: Features and Firsts
- Rural financial literacy and borrower safeguards by RBI and NABARD
- RBI co-lending norms: 10% retention, 5% DLG and escrow rule
- RBI Announces Three Consumer-Focused Initiatives After August 2025 MPC
- Axis Bank ‘Lock FD’ Blocks Online Closure of Deposits
- Tata AIA Shubh Shakti: Term Plan Designed for Women
- Punjab First State to Move Co-op Banks to Finacle 10
- AU Small Finance Bank gets RBI in-principle nod for universal bank status
- RemitFIRST2India: IDFC FIRST Bank’s Zero-Fee NRI Remittance Platform
- FSSAI and Bank of Baroda Tie Up to Push Digital Payments
- Kotak Solitaire: Invite-Only Banking for Affluent Clients
- ICICI Bank New Savings Account Minimum Balance Hike 2025
- RBI Draft Rules: 15-Day Settlement of Deceased Customers’ Claims
- SEBI Plans Lighter AIF Category for Accredited Investors
- RBI Fines ICICI Bank Rs 75 Lakh Over Compliance Lapses
- Large Value Funds: SEBI Proposes ₹25 Crore Minimum Ticket
- Paytm Payments Services Gets RBI Nod as Payment Aggregator
- NPCI to Stop UPI Pull Transactions from October 31, 2025
- RBI FREE-AI Report: 7 Sutras for Ethical AI in Finance
- RBL Bank and CAMSPay Launch Enterprise Payment Gateway
- SBI Special Personal Loan for Agniveers up to Rs 4 Lakh
- NABARD and APGB Pilot IoT-Linked Loans for Shrimp Farmers
- SEBI Bars Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan, Fines ₹120 Crore
- UPI P2P collect requests to end on 1 October 2025
- Bank Credit-Deposit Ratio Stays Below 80%, Says CareEdge
- SBI Life Smart Shield Plus: Features of the New Term Plan
- PSB Naari Shakti: Punjab & Sind Bank’s Women Savings Account
- NSIC Signs MoUs with Five Private Banks for MSME Credit
- B2B Fintechs Enter Retail Payments via UPI TPAPs
- SEBI Norms for Sectoral and Thematic Derivative Indices
- IRDAI orders QIS 2 for move to Risk-Based Capital regime
- LIC Revival Campaign for Lapsed Policies, 18 August to 17 October
- SEBI Weighs Tighter Intraday Position Limits on Index Derivatives
- InvITs and REITs: Growth in India’s Trust AUM
- SEBI Paper to Ease Rules for Investment Advisers, Research Analysts
- HDFC ERGO and PhonePe Launch Rs 12-a-Day Health Cover
- TaxBuddy AI Tax Filing System: Returns in Three Minutes
- PNB First PSU Bank on .bank.in Domain
- India Exim Bank and EBID Sign $40 Million Credit Line
- SEBI Explores Regulated Pre-Listing Trading to Replace Grey Market
- SBI Dynamic Asset Allocation Active FoF: How It Works
- AU Small Finance Bank Enables UPI for NRE/NRO Accounts Abroad
- IndiGo IDFC FIRST Credit Card: Mastercard and RuPay Pair
- L&T Finance and Google Pay Tie Up for In-App Personal Loans
- Federal Bank Cleared for Maharashtra GRAS Receipts
- SEBI Asks States to Join Fight Against Securities Cyber Fraud
- PMJDY Decade Review: Achievements, Challenges, Way Forward
- Crisil Lifts Watch Negative on IndusInd Bank Ratings
- LIC Reclassified as Public Shareholder in IDBI Bank: SEBI Nod
- SIB Gold Xpress: South Indian Bank’s New Gold Loan
- IndusInd Bank and NSIC MoU to Lift MSME Lending
- SBI sets up MSME Centre of Excellence at Gurugram academy
- UPS to NPS: One-Time Switch for Central Employees
- FICCI-IBA Report: Corporate Borrowing Shifts Away from Banks
- Bandhan Bank Legacy Savings Account for Affluent Customers
- RBI Fines Ayodhya Finlease Rs 1 Lakh for NBFC Rule Breach
- RBI FREE-AI Framework: Seven Sutras for Responsible AI
- Ryt Bank: Malaysia’s AI-Powered Digital Bank by YTL and Sea
- PhonePe Home Insurance Starts at Rs 181 a Year
- SEBI Tightens Rules for Finfluencers and Trading Educators
- Tata AIA Health SIP and Health Buddy: Features Explained
- SEBI Block Deal Reform: ₹25 Crore Minimum Order Proposed
- Unity Bank BharatPe Credit Card on RuPay: Key Features
- Groww Gets SEBI Nod for Record Capital Market IPO
- PNB Opens Startup-Focused Branch in New Delhi With STPI Tie-Up
- Aditya Birla Capital Digital Gets RBI Payment Aggregator Nod
- Utkarsh SFB and Hitachi Payment Services Card Partnership
- First-Time Women Investors: SEBI Plans Mutual Fund Incentives
Government Schemes 32
- PM-KISAN Scheme: Targets vs Actual Reach
- National Child Survey and Mission Vatsalya Portal Revamp
- Matri Van: 750-Acre Urban Forest in Aravallis, Gurugram
- PMKVY: Under 15% of Trained Youth Got Jobs
- Cabinet approves Rs 6,520 crore for PM Kisan Sampada Yojana
- Odisha SOP for landrace seed conservation under Shree Anna Abhiyan
- Ayurveda Aahara List Released by FSSAI and Ministry of Ayush
- Railways completes 51.38 km Bairabi-Sairang line in Mizoram
- SIGHT Scheme: Record-Low Green Ammonia Price of ₹55.75/kg
- PMUY LPG Subsidy of ₹300 Continued for FY 2025-26
- Khelo India ASMITA Football League 2025-26 Begins in Jalgaon
- MERITE Scheme: Cabinet Backs Rs 4,200 Crore for Technical Education
- Jal Jeevan Mission: Rural Tap Coverage Hits 81% in 2025
- National Handloom Day 2025: NABARD Event on Assam Weavers
- India’s 3rd Voluntary National Review on SDGs presented
- India Semiconductor Mission: Aims, Incentives, Challenges
- Toda Tribe Preserves Its Language in Nilgiris Under SPPEL
- SabhaSaar: Panchayati Raj Ministry’s AI Meeting-Minutes Tool
- Mission Sudarshan Chakra: India’s Multi-Layered Defence Shield
- Urea in Agriculture: Uses, Problems and Policy Measures
- India Post IT 2.0 (APT): DIGIPIN, QR Payments, OTP Delivery
- Fortified Rice Scheme: Supply Extended Till December 2028
- Pilot Project to Boost Kuttanad Fish Farmers’ Livelihoods
- ECCE Reforms: Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi, Aadharshila, Navchetna
- National Cooperative Policy 2025: Goals, Features and Kerala Row
- SAMARTH Mission: Biomass Co-firing in Thermal Power Plants
- India and WFP sign letter of intent on fortified rice supply
- NHAI Project Aarohan: Scholarships for Toll Plaza Staff Children
- BioE3 Policy: Biofoundry Network and Youth Challenge Launched
- UMANG App: EPFO Services Now on One Platform
- BioCARe: DBT women scientists await grants and salaries
- Financial Assistance in Agriculture: Forms, Policy Push, Gaps
Agriculture & Rural Development 17
- AI in Agriculture: Uses, Savings and Adoption Hurdles
- Iron-Rich Bio-Fortified Potato Coming to India via CIP
- Agri-Influencers: Rural India’s New Digital Creators
- Farmers’ Library Opens at Ludhiana Dairy FPO
- TraceX Launches Agentic AI Tool for EUDR Compliance
- Biochar: Carbon Removal, Soil Health and India’s Potential
- AI and Satellite Data in Indian Agriculture
- Soil Health and Food Security: India’s Degradation Challenge
- India’s First Animal Stem Cell Biobank Opens in Hyderabad
- IIST and KAU Study Seeds Flown to ISS on Axiom-4 Mission
- Bibi Fatima Women’s SHG wins Equator Prize 2025
- Chalk9 gene found in rice to cut grain chalkiness and breakage
- Agri Startup 2.0 at SRMIST Promotes Sustainable Farming
- Bayer Camalus Insecticide for Indian Vegetable Growers
- Water Intelligence for Indian Farming: Smarter Irrigation
- India’s First Guidelines on Animal Blood Transfusion and Banks
- Revised National Action Plan on Glanders narrows containment zones
Environment & Ecology 29
- Mangrove Restoration Drives in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra
- India’s Wetlands Resolution Adopted at Ramsar COP15
- Silver-backed chevrotain rediscovered in Vietnam after 30 years
- Red Panda Cubs Born at Himalayan Zoological Park, Gangtok
- India Electric Mobility Index 2024: Delhi Leads States
- Cloudburst: Meaning, Himalayan Causes and Forecasting Limits
- Moldova Joins International Solar Alliance as 107th Member
- Nilgiri tahr census records 2,668 animals in Kerala and Tamil Nadu
- World Lion Day 2025 marked at Barda Wildlife Sanctuary
- World Elephant Day 2025: India’s elephant conservation facts
- Contaminated Sites Rules, 2025: Framework to Clean Toxic Sites
- Tuvalu Begins World’s First Planned Climate Migration
- Global Plastic Treaty Talks End in Deadlock at Geneva
- Phoenix roxburghii: New Palm Species Linked to Hortus Malabaricus
- India’s first used-cooking-oil SAF plant at IOC Panipat
- Gulf of Mannar coral reefs revived after two decades of restoration
- E. coli Engineered Into a Self-Powered Mercury Sensor
- India’s first removable solar panels between rail tracks, Varanasi
- Saltwater Crocodile Count Rises in Sundarbans Reserve
- Cloudburst Disasters in India: Causes and Policy Gaps
- ISA Plans 17 Centres of Excellence and Solar GCC in India
- India’s Green Hydrogen Potential: FICCI-EY Report Findings
- World Orangutan Day: Observed Every 19 August
- WHO-WMO Report: Heat Cuts Worker Productivity Worldwide
- Sundarbans Tiger Reserve Now India’s Second-Largest at 3,629.57 sq km
- Space-Based Solar Power: Promise, Limits and Costs
- Nepal joins India-led International Big Cat Alliance
- National Designated Authority set up for carbon trading
- Samudrayaan Project: India’s Manned Deep-Sea Mission
Science & Technology 27
- INS Himgiri stealth frigate delivered under Project-17A
- Kavach 4.0 Goes Live on Mathura-Kota Rail Section
- Starlink in India: Airtel and Jio Tie-Ups, Risks, Way Ahead
- PSLV-C61 Failure: ISRO Names Cause of EOS-09 Setback
- ISRO to Launch AST SpaceMobile BlueBird Block 2 on LVM3
- LVM3 Semi-Cryogenic Upgrade: SE2000 Engine Due by 2027
- Kalvari-Class Submarines Miss DRDO AIP Upgrade Due to Delays
- Global AI City Index 2025: Bengaluru Ranks 26th
- BrahMos Missile: Navy and Air Force Plan Bulk Buys
- India’s Joint Doctrines: Cyberspace and Amphibious Operations
- ISRO to Launch 6,500 kg US BlueBird Satellite on LVM3
- NASA Plans 100-kW Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2030
- India’s First Private EO Satellite Constellation via PPP
- Black hole triggers a new type of supernova 700 million light-years away
- Sakura Science Programme 2025: 34 Indian Students to Japan
- India’s Crewed Moon Landing by 2040: Roadmap and Milestones
- Agni-5 Missile Test-Fired from Chandipur on August 20, 2025
- India’s Case for a National Space Law Ahead of Space Day
- IESO 2025: India Wins 7 Medals at Earth Science Olympiad
- ISRO Chief on SpaceX’s Pre-Launch Oxygen Leak Before Shukla Flight
- National Space Day 2025: Chandrayaan-3 Landing Anniversary
- IADWS tested by DRDO: layered air defence under Mission Sudarshan Chakra
- ISRO Completes IADT-01 Parachute Test for Gaganyaan
- ICMR CEREBO: Portable Device to Detect Brain Injury
- LMLV: ISRO’s Heaviest Rocket Planned for 2035
- Dhruva Space, Skyroot Satellites Fly on Falcon 9
- Project Kusha: India to test indigenous interceptors from 2026
International Relations 15
- India-UN Capacity Building Initiative: First 4 Projects Begin
- BIMSTEC Traditional Music Festival Held at Bharat Mandapam
- Sarnath nominated for UNESCO World Heritage List for 2025-26
- LLDC3 Conference at Awaza, Turkmenistan: Key Facts
- India and UAE hold 13th Joint Defence Cooperation Committee
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings mark 80th anniversary
- Kenya certified by WHO as free of sleeping sickness
- Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Agreement Brokered by the US
- Wang Yi to Visit India as New Delhi Works on China Ties
- SLINEX-2025: India and Sri Lanka hold 12th naval exercise
- UN-Backed IPC Declares Famine in Gaza
- INS Kadmatt Completes Three-Day Port Call at Surabaya
- Fiji PM Rabuka’s India visit ends with nine MoUs
- International Day Against Nuclear Tests Observed on 29 August
- International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Defence & Security 4
Health & Social Issues 7
- India Records 18,900+ Organ Transplants in 2024, a New High
- NOTTO issues 10-point advisory to favour women in organ allocation
- SHRESTH: State Health Regulatory Excellence Index by CDSCO
- FAO SOFI 2025: Hunger Falls, India Cuts Undernourishment to 12%
- Important Days 20-21 Aug: Sadbhavana Diwas, World Mosquito Day
- CMS 2025 education survey: private coaching and household spending
- NARI 2025: Women’s Safety Index Across 31 Indian Cities
History, Art & Culture 2
Awards & Persons 4
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