DEFENCE NEWS
- The 12th edition of SLINEX-25, a bilateral naval exercise between India and Sri Lanka, is being held from August 14–18, 2025.
- INS Tamal, the latest stealth frigate of the Indian Navy, arrived in Naples, Italy, on August 13, 2025.
- Ikshak (Yard 3027), the third of four Survey Vessel (Large) ships and the 102nd ship steered by the Indian Navy’s Warship Design Bureau, was delivered to the Indian Navy on August 14, 2025.
- China has delivered the third of eight advanced Hangor-class submarines to Pakistan.
NATIONAL NEWS
- India has reached a historic milestone of 100 GW solar PV module manufacturing capacity enlisted under the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM).
- Union Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries, H.D. Kumaraswamy, unveiled the official logo of Bharat Steel at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, along with the event brochure and website.
- Parliament passed the National Sports Governance Bill 2025 and National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill 2025, hailed as landmark reforms for sports governance and athlete protection.
- On August 15, 2025, during the 79th Independence Day address at the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a landmark national security initiative — Mission Sudarshan Chakra, a decade-long mission to secure India’s critical establishments using indigenous technology, aligning with Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
- To promote technology adoption and enhance Ease of Living, NHAI launched the FASTag Annual Pass facility.
- The Uttarakhand Cabinet approved the Minority Educational Institutions Bill 2025 on August 17, 2025, marking the first-of-its-kind legislation in the state.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two major National Highway projects worth nearly ₹11,000 crore at Rohini, Delhi.
- The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) launched the ‘Anubhav’ portal (2015) to document India’s administrative history through memoirs of retired employees.
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal introduced the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2025 in Lok Sabha, after approval by the Union Cabinet.
- India’s unemployment rate fell to 5.2% in July 2025, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) by MoSPI.
- The Rajya Sabha passed the Indian Ports Bill 2025, replacing the Indian Ports Act 1908, ending over a century-old colonial regulation.
– Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) under PM Mudra Yojana for Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) stood at 9.81% (March 2025), compared to 5.47% (March 2018). - CM Mamata Banerjee announced a rehabilitation scheme ‘Sramashree’ for migrant labourers allegedly harassed in BJP-ruled states.
- As of 31 July 2025, total PM Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts reached 56.03 crore, of which 13.04 crore (23%) are inoperative.
– The Cabinet approved the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill 2025, to be introduced in Lok Sabha. - The Election Commission of India (ECI) rolled out 28 major initiatives in the last six months to enhance transparency, efficiency, and inclusivity in elections.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- The Krasheninnikov Volcano, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia), erupted for the first time in recorded history after approximately 600 years.
- The first World Humanoid Robot Games are taking place in Beijing, China, featuring over 500 robots from 280 teams across 16 countries.
- Dubai International Airport (DXB) launched the world’s first AI-powered passenger corridor for immigration clearance, revolutionizing border control technology.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS
- Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Governor of Manipur, given additional charge of Nagaland after the death of L. Ganesan.
- The BJP nominated Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan as the NDA’s candidate for Vice-President, with the election set for September 9, 2025.
- The Odisha Government appointed Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit as the brand ambassador for the state’s handloom industry.
- Indranil Bhattacharyya, Executive Director of RBI’s Monetary Policy Department, to join the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
- Srinivasan K. Swamy, Executive Group Chairman, R.K. Swamy Ltd, was elected President of the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for 2025–26 at its AGM on August 14, 2025.
AWARDS & HONOURS
- Telangana recorded the highest number of organ donations in India and was recognised during National Organ Donation Day in Delhi.
- On Independence Day 2025, 1,090 personnel from Police, Fire, Home Guard & Civil Defence (HG&CD) and Correctional Services were conferred with Gallantry and Service Medals.
- The Government of India announced Gallantry Awards for Armed Forces personnel, recognising exceptional bravery during Operation Sindoor, a tri-services mission conducted in retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack (claimed by The Resistance Front – TRF, a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba).
SPORTS NEWS
- The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has formally approved India’s bid to host the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2030 during its Special General Meeting in Delhi.
- Vincent Keymer clinched the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 title with one round to spare, becoming the first sole champion in the event’s history.
- The Himalayan Kingfisher was unveiled in Srinagar as the mascot for the first-ever Khelo India Water Sports Festival (KIWSF) to be held at Dal Lake (Aug 21–23, 2025).
- Real Madrid crowned the world’s most valuable football club in the Brand Finance Football 50–2025 report.
- India will host the Asian Open Short Track Speed Skating Trophy 2025 for the first time — the country’s biggest international winter sports event.
- Indian shuttler Devika Sihag clinched her first International Challenge title by winning the women’s singles event at the Malaysia International Challenge 2025 (Ipoh).
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- A team of Australian and Indonesian archaeologists discovered stone tools in the Soppeng region on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island, offering insights into prehistoric migration.
- Bose Institute researchers, led by Prof. Shubhra Ghosh Dastidar, discovered that the protein TAK1 kinase may exhibit rudimentary intelligence-like behavior.
- The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) selected the Pixxel-Space India-led consortium to establish India’s first fully indigenous commercial Earth Observation (EO) satellite constellation.
- India achieved its deepest-ever human dive (5,002 meters) under the Deep Ocean Mission (DOM), launched by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) on September 7, 2021.
- Russia is preparing to launch the Venera-D interplanetary mission to revisit Venus, aiming to study its atmosphere and geology.
- Nelco Ltd (Tata Group) partnered with Eutelsat to offer OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity services in India.
- The Trump administration requested to shut down the Orbiting Carbon Observatories (OCO) program, designed to monitor atmospheric CO₂.
- ISRO is developing a new heavy-lift rocket — as tall as a 40-storey building, capable of lifting a 75,000 kg payload into space, enhancing India’s deep-space mission capacity.
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DEFENCE NEWS
- DRDO successfully conducted the maiden flight tests of the Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS) off the Odisha coast on August 23, 2025.
- INS Kadmatt, an indigenously built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette, completed a three-day port call in Surabaya, Indonesia.
- In a major step towards naval self-reliance, the Indian Navy simultaneously commissioned two Project 17A multi-mission stealth frigates – INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri.
- The Indian Army initiated Exercise Samanvay Shakti 2025, a Military-Civil Integration Exercise with the Assam and Manipur governments.
- INS Tamal, a stealth frigate of the Indian Navy, made a port call at Souda Bay, Greece (Aug 19–22, 2025).
- Exercise BRIGHT STAR 2025, a multilateral military exercise, is scheduled from August 28 to September 10, 2025.
- Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth inaugurated MILMEDICON-2025 on August 28, 2025, at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi.
- The 14th edition of Exercise Maitree (India–Thailand) will take place at Umroi, Meghalaya (Sept 1–14, 2025).
- The Indian Army organized the maiden Exercise Aarogya Setu at Rupai, Doomdooma, Tinsukia (Assam).
- RAN SAMWAD-2025, a two-day tri-service dialogue, began on August 26, 2025, at the Army War College, Madhya Pradesh.
NATIONAL NEWS
- India Post launched IT 2.0 – Advanced Postal Technology (APT) under the Digital India Mission.
- EPFO released June 2025 payroll data, showing a net addition of 21.89 lakh members, the highest since April 2018.
- Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three major bills:
– Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025
– Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025
– Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025 - UIDAI officially onboarded Starlink Satellite Communications Pvt Ltd for Aadhaar Authentication.
- IEPFA (MCA), in collaboration with SEBI, CDSL, NSDL, BSE, and NSE, inaugurated three Niveshak Seva Kendras in Hyderabad.
- The MHA approved the renaming of Jalalabad (U.P.) to Parashurampuri.
- Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis launched ‘Garuda Drishti’, a Social Media Monitoring & Cyber Intelligence Project, at Nagpur.
- According to IRENA, India generated 1,08,494 GWh of solar power in 2025, surpassing Japan (96,459 GWh).
- Indian Railways accelerated its net-zero emission target through solar energy adoption.
- Fijian PM Sitiveni Rabuka’s visit to India marked a new milestone in India–Fiji ties.
- GeM achieved ₹15 lakh crore cumulative GMV since 2016.
- The Cabinet extended the Fortified Rice Scheme till Dec 2028 with ₹17,082 crore outlay.
- Ministry of Tourism launched projects under SASCI (Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment).
- CCPA fined VLCC Ltd ₹3 lakh for misleading CoolSculpting ads.
- Kerala became India’s first fully digitally literate state after Digi Kerala’s Phase I.
- PM Modi inaugurated projects worth ₹12,000 crore at Gaya (Bihar) across energy, healthcare, railways, roads, and urban development.
- The 4th SEMICON India 2025 will be inaugurated by PM Modi at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi (Sept 2, 2025).
- NITI Aayog, with IAMAI, released “Rethinking Homestays: Navigating Policy Pathways”.
- The Centre set up two high-level committees led by Rajiv Gauba for next-gen reforms under Viksit Bharat vision.
- National Space Day celebrated across India on Aug 23, 2025.
- PM Modi inaugurated projects worth ₹5,200 crore in Kolkata and ₹5,400 crore in Ahmedabad.
- AP CM N. Chandrababu Naidu announced a comprehensive insurance scheme for municipal staff under Swachh Andhra–Swarna Andhra.
- 3GPP RAN meetings (RAN1–RAN5) held at Whitefield, Bengaluru (till Aug 29, 2025).
- Department of Animal Husbandry issued India’s first national guidelines for veterinary blood transfusion.
- Cabinet approved India’s bid for CWG 2030 and extended PM SVANidhi Scheme till March 2030.
- NHAI, with Vertis Infrastructure Trust, launched Project Aarohan for education of toll plaza employees’ children.
- PM Modi inaugurated Green Mobility Initiatives at Hansalpur, Gujarat.
- UN SG António Guterres lauded the UNGA’s creation of two global AI governance bodies.
- Cabinet approved four Railway projects worth ₹12,328 crore.
- PMJDY completed 11 years, transforming financial inclusion in India.
- GOI extended import duty exemption on cotton till Dec 2025.
- Andhra Pradesh SIPB, led by CM Naidu, approved 30 projects worth ₹53,922 crore.
- Minister Jitendra Singh launched India’s first National Biofoundry Network (NBN) under BioE3 Policy.
- Delhi CM Rekha Gupta launched ‘U-Special’ bus fleet for DU students.
- Ministry of Minority Affairs added a new module on UMEED Portal to assist widows, divorced women, and orphans.
- Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel inaugurated India’s first Semiconductor OSAT Pilot Line Facility at Sanand, Gujarat.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- India & Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) signed ToR to begin Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations.
- The 6th Trilateral Foreign Ministers Dialogue was held in Kabul, attended by Pakistan FM Ishaq Dar, China FM Wang Yi, and Afghanistan FM Amir Khan Muttaqi.
- India–Netherlands established a Strategic Partnership on Water (SWP) to boost bilateral cooperation.
- On Aug 24, 2025, Nepal officially joined the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) led by India.
- India & Japan set a 10 trillion yen investment goal over 10 years, focusing on SMEs and startups.
- Oman announced its revamped Golden Visa Programme (Aug 31, 2025) to attract global investors.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS
- Sudarshan Venu became Chairman & MD, TVS Motor.
- YES Bank reappointed Prashant Kumar (MD & CEO) for 6 months (Oct 2025–Apr 2026).
- BCCI extended Ajit Agarkar’s tenure as Chief Selector till June 2026.
- Vishwas Patel, Joint MD of Infibeam Avenues, reappointed Chairperson, Payments Council of India (PCI).
- U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Sergio Gor as U.S. Ambassador to India.
- RBI Executive Director Rajiv Ranjan appointed VP & Chief Risk Officer of NDB (BRICS Bank).
- IndusInd Bank named Rajiv Anand as MD & CEO.
- ACC approved postings of 15 senior IAS/IPS officers.
- Anish Dayal Singh (IPS) appointed Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA).
- Nayara Energy appointed Teymur Abasguliyev as CEO (Sept 2025).
SPORTS NEWS
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) became the first player to win PFA Player of the Year thrice (2018, 2022, 2025).
- At the World U-20 Wrestling Championships 2025 (Bulgaria), Sumit Malik won silver (57 kg freestyle).
- Ahmedabad to host three major international sports events in 2025, solidifying its status as a sports hub.
- Khelo India Water Sports Festival concluded at Dal Lake, Srinagar.
- NorthEast United FC defeated Diamond Harbour FC (6–1) to win the 134th Durand Cup in Kolkata.
- India won three gold medals in mixed air rifle at the 16th Asian Shooting Championship (Kazakhstan).
- Sourav Ganguly appointed Head Coach, Pretoria Capitals (SA20 2026).
- Cheteshwar Pujara retired from all forms of cricket.
- Ravichandran Ashwin retired from IPL, ending his career with CSK (2025).
- FIDE World Cup 2025 to be held in Goa (Oct 30–Nov 27, 2025).
- Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya unveiled the Hockey Men’s Asia Cup 2025 Trophy in New Delhi.
- Mirabai Chanu won gold (48kg) at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships (Ahmedabad).
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- India successfully tested the Agni-5 IRBM on Aug 20, 2025, from ITR Chandipur, Odisha.
- ISRO plans to launch new remote sensing satellites by 2027–28 to improve data over Ladakh.
- NASA’s James Webb Telescope discovered a 29th moon of Uranus – S/2025 U1.
- ISRO developing a 120-meter heavy-lift launch vehicle, among the tallest in the world.
- Tata Motors re-entered South Africa’s passenger vehicle market after six years.
- India Post (DoP) signed an MoU with MapmyIndia–Mappls to develop DIGIPIN.
- China introduced an AI chatbot “Wukong AI” aboard the Tiangong Space Station.
- Pixxel Space and Dhruva Space launched satellites via SpaceX’s Falcon-9 from Vandenberg Base, California.
Law Exam MCQs – Current Affairs
1. The 12th edition of SLINEX-25 (India–Sri Lanka naval exercise) was held on which dates?
A. Aug 10–14, 2025
B. Aug 12–16, 2025
C. Aug 14–18, 2025
D. Aug 16–20, 2025
2. INS Tamal arrived in which city on August 13, 2025?
A. Marseille, France
B. Naples, Italy
C. Barcelona, Spain
D. Naples, Greece
3. Ikshak (Yard 3027) delivered to the Indian Navy on August 14, 2025, is which type of ship?
A. Fast Patrol Vessel
B. Survey Vessel (Large)
C. Destroyer
D. Submarine
4. Which country delivered the third advanced Hangor-class submarine to Pakistan?
A. Russia
B. China
C. Turkey
D. Iran
5. India reached a milestone of 100 GW capacity in which sector under ALMM?
A. Wind turbine manufacturing
B. Solar PV module manufacturing
C. Battery storage manufacturing
D. Hydrogen electrolysis capacity
6. Which national security initiative did PM Modi announce on Aug 15, 2025?
A. Mission Raksha Setu
B. Mission Sudarshan Chakra
C. Operation Suraksha Bharat
D. Project Aatmanirbharta Shield
7. The FASTag Annual Pass facility was launched by which agency?
A. Railways Board
B. Airport Authority of India
C. NHAI
D. Ministry of Shipping
8. Uttarakhand Cabinet approved which bill on August 17, 2025?
A. Minority Educational Institutions Bill 2025
B. State Land Reform Bill 2025
C. Uttarakhand Tourism Promotion Bill 2025
D. Tribal Welfare Bill 2025
9. Who was nominated by the BJP as the NDA candidate for Vice-President (election set for Sept 9, 2025)?
A. Droupadi Murmu
B. C.P. Radhakrishnan
C. Jagdeep Dhankhar
D. M. Venkaiah Naidu
10. Which state recorded the highest number of organ donations and was recognised on National Organ Donation Day?
A. Kerala
B. Telangana
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Karnataka
Answer Key
1 – C
2 – B
3 – B
4 – B
5 – B
6 – B
7 – C
8 – A
9 – B
10 – B
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