WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 11TH TO 17TH AUGUST 2025

1) KSFE Becomes India's First Miscellaneous NBFC To Cross Rs 1 Lakh Crores Business Turnover.

2) INS Sandhayak Has Arrived In Singapore 

3) Shri Manish Chandra Uttam, Former GM At Solid Motor Plants At SDSC & Deputy Director At VSSC - A Big Involved In Launched Vehicle Program Has Passed away.

* SERVED As Director Of ISRO - UoP Space Technology Cell, Savitribai Phule University 

4) The Bibi Fathima Women's SELF HELP GROUP Of Karnataka Has Win The UNDP EQUATOR PRIZE 2025.

5) Actress Shabana Azmi Has Wins The Lifetime Achievement AWARD By Radiant As She Completed 50 Years.

6) Ramesh Budhial Wins Bronze In The Asian Surfing Championships 2025.

7) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Flagged Off Yellow Line Of Bengaluru Metro 

* PM Narendra Modi Flagged Off 3 Vande Bharat Express Trains At KSR Railway Station In Bengaluru.

8) India Finishes With 14 Medals At Under 19 Asian Boxing Championship 2025.

( 3 Gold, 7 Silver & 4 Bronze) 

9) Annu Rani Wins Gold Medal In Women's Javelin At First International Continental Bronze Tour Bhubaneswar 

10) Shaili Singh Wins Gold In Women's Long Jump (6.28m) 

11) Congress Leader Anand Sharma Has Resigned As Chairman Of Party's Foreign Affairs.

12) India's Women's Under 20 Team Wins Bronze At Women's Rugby 7s Cup, Bihar.

13) Asiatic Lions Number Reached To 891 In 2025 

14) Group Captain D K PARULKAR (Retired) Who Took Lead Role in 1971 Pak War Passed away.

15) India Will Host The 18th International Olympiad On Astronomy And Astrophysics 

16) Crystal Palace Wins The Community Shield.

17) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Inaugurated The ODISHA'S First Sea Water Desalination Plant In Matikhal, In Ganjam District.

18) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Laid The Foundation Stone of THE BRAHMA Project ( BEML RAIL HUB for MANUFACTURING) To Make Rail Coaches In Raisen District Of Madhya Pradesh.

19) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Has Unveiled The GARUDA DRISTHI System To DETECT Fraudulent Activities Through Social Media.

20) Former Chadian Prime minister Succes Masra Sentence To 20 Years In Prisons For Public Hatred And Hostility.

21) Hiromasa Urakawa, 28 Years Old Japanese Boxer Died Due To Brain Injury.

22) Michael Adams Wins His 9th British Chess Championships 2025 

23) IISC BENGALURU Researchers Have Developed a Bilayered Hemostat That Rapidly Stopped Bleeding, Called Fibroplug.

24) MAHINDRA Logistics Has Launched The ALYTE, a New App Based Ride Service in Delhi..

World Elephant day -12th August 

International YOUTH Day -12th August 

THEME 2025 - Local Youth Actions For The SDGs And Beyond 

World Biofuel Day - 12th August 

1) Uttarakhand Chief Minister PUSHKAR SINGH DHAMI Has Inaugurated The 13 Model Sanskrit Villages In Uttarakhand.

2) IIT ROORKEE Has Found The Breakthrough To Beat World's Most Dangerous Superbugs.

3) STUMPED: AUTOBIOGRAPHY Of Former Indian Cricket Syed Kirmani Launched.

4) Guwahati Airport Terminal 2 Has Wins The International Architectural Award 2025 In Transport Category.

5) Publication Division Bagged The First' Prize in 29th Delhi Book Fair.

6) LG Delhi Has Unveiled The Statue Of MAA YAMUNA PRATIMA At The Bank Of YAMUNA River 

7) Bodhana Sivanandana Has Create History Became The Youngest FEMALE Chess Player To Beat A Grand MASTER. 

8) Rajya Sabha Passes The Manipur Goods And Services Tax (Amendment) Bill 2025.

9) RAJYA SABHA PASSED the Merchant Shipping Bill 2025.

10) LENKA PALACKOVA Become The First' Slovak WOMAN To Climb SCALE K2.

11) Parliament Has Passed The Readjustment Of Representation Of Scheduled Tribe In Assembly Constituency Of The State Of Goa Bill 2025.

12) India's Ritika Bagged Gold At Asian Under 22 boxing Championship 2025.

13) The 5th India - Uzbekistan Joint Working GROUP On Defence Cooperation Held In New Delhi.

14) Agnikul Cosmos Build World's Largest Single Piece 3D Printed Rocket Engine.

15) South Korea And Vietnam Have Signed MoU On Energy And Trade.

16) Indian Post On The Occasions Of World Elephant Day Released The Commemorative Postage Stamp 

17) Lt General Sultan Kamaletdinov, First Deputy minister Of Defense Chief Of General Staff Of Armed Forces of Kazakhstan Has Meet Defense Chief Anil Chauhan.

18) A 51 Feet Tall Statute Of Lord Rama Has Been Unveiled At Hindu Heritage Center, MISSISSAUGA, Ontario.

19) NLC India Limited Has Signed MoU With Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) To Extract Rare Earth Elements from Fly Ash.

20) India And Australia Have Signed An Agreement To Increase Intelligence Exchange During (Simon Stuart Australian Army Chief) VISIT to india) 

International Organ Donation Day - 13th August 

THEME 2025 - Answering The Call 

International Wolf Day - 13th August 

theme 2025 - Honouring The Vital Role Of Predators 

1) Union Cabinet Has Approved The 700 MW - Tato -II Hydro Electric Project Worth Rs 8,146.61 Crores.

2) Unon Cabinet Has Approved The Establishment Of 4 Semiconductor Manufacturing Unit In Odisha, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh With A Total Outlay Of Rs 4,600 Crores.

3) The Mines And Minerals (Development And Regulations) Amendment Bill 2025 Passed in Lok SABHA.

4) Indian Cricketer Subhman Gill And England Women's Cricketer Dunkley Wins The ICC Men's Player Of The Year And Women's Players of The Years 2025 For July Month.

5) Namrata Batra Became The First Indian To Get Silver Medal At Wushu In World Games.

6) July CPI Inflation At 1.55% in 2025.

7) Starliner Astronaut Sunita Williams And Butch Wilmore Retired.

8) Lok SABHA Passed The Indian Port Bill 2025.

9) Derek BARCHENGER Wins The BORLAUG FIELD AWARD 2025.

10) RBI Issues Payment Aggregator Licence To Paytm Payments Services.

11) Gulveer Singh Breaks The National Records In 7:34:49 in 3000 Meter. At Cyulai Memorial 2025. ( finishes 5th ) 

12) BSF Launched Operation Alert Along Indo - Pak Border To Prevent Infiltration.

13) Shailesh Kumar Chaurasiya Has Been Appointed As Chief Electoral Officer of Manipur.

14) Joydeep Saha Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of Manipal Signa Health Insurance.

15) India Bans Import Of Jute Products And Rope From Bangladesh.

16) Andrei Faraon Named Director Of Kavli Nanoscience Institute.

17) Former Indusind Bank Deputy CEO Arun Khurana Under EOE Probe.

18) Rohith Krishna S Becomes India's 89th GRAND MASTERS.

19) BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy Wins Constitution Club Of Indian Secretary Election.

20) YASHIBHOOOMI India International Convention And Expo Center, New Delhi Has Honoured With International Architecture Award 2025 By The Chicago Athenaeum. 

21) Jharkhand Women's Hockey Team Wins The 15th Junior National Women's Hockey Championship After Beating Haryana.

22) Former First Lady Of South Korea Kim Keon Hee Arrested In Corruption Probe 

23) RBI Cancelled The Certificate Of Registration Of Wadhawan Global Capital.

24) Union Minister HD Kumarswamy Has Launched The Logo And Website Of Bharat Steel 

25) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Launched The OMBRIC Corridor For Research And Innovation. AT BHUBANESHWAR 

( OMBRIC - ODISHA MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH & INNOVATION CORRIDOR ) 

1) The Central Government Has Initiated The Process To Include CHHATH Mahaparv In UNESCO Intangible Cultural HERITAGE.

2) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The MLA LAD Web Portal To Address The Administrative Processes.

3) Indore Based Advanced Mechintel Dynamics Has Developed An Indigenous Flight Controller TURTLE FLY.

4) Indian Maritime University (IMU) Wins 3rd Prize In Swachhata Pankhwada 2024.

5) FORMER CJI Of India D Y Chandrachud New Book - Why The Constitution Matters 

6) Odisha Government Bans Use Of The WORD HARIJAN In All Official Communication.

7) Odisha Cabinet Approved The First Ever MRO Facility At Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

8) Uttarakhand Has Passed The Freedom Of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2025.

9) Uttarakhand Cabinet Has Approved The 10% Reservation In Group C For ex Agniveers.

10) India Has Achieved The Historic Milestone - 100 GW Solar PV Module Manufacturing Capacity Under The Approved List Of Models And Manufacturing ( ALMM).

11) Former AIFF Medical Commisioner Dr Vece Paes Passed away. (1972 Munich Olympics Medalist In Hockey) 

12) Panama Will Host The 16th Meeting Of Convention Of Wetland in 2028.

13) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Launched A Digital Portal Through Which Indigenous People Living In Sensitive Areas Can Apply Arm Licence.

14) Alpana Dubey Wins Two Bronze Medal At 6th Asian Yogasana Championships Held At Fujairah, UAE.

15) Njattyela Sreedharan, linguist And Creator Of Four Language Dravidian Dictionary Passed away.

16) The Logo And MASCOT Of First Ever KHELO INDIA' WATER SPORTS FESTIVAL Unveiled At Sringar. ( DAL LAKE) 

79th Independence Day - 15th August 

1) Kaziranga's Rhinos- Mohanmala Passed away At The Age Of 85. 

2) India's Navy Ship INS Tamal Arrived At Naples For Maritime Partnership.

3) Ankita Dhyani Wins Gold Medal In Women's 2000m Steeplechase ( 6:13.92) in At GRANDSLAM Jerusalem 

4) Amulya Pradhan Has Been Appointed As The Vice President Of Odisha Board Of Secondary Education (BSE).

* Chakradhar Behera Has Been Appointed As Deputy Controller Of BSE, Odisha. 

* Smt Amrita Pritinanda Has Been Appointed As The Joint Director SILTT, Bhubaneswar. 

5) Abhijit Kisore Has Been Appointed As The New CEO Of Vodafone Idea For Next 3 Years.

6) President Of India approved 127 Gallantry Awards, 40 Distinguished Service Award, 290 Mentions Awards On 79th Independence Day.

7) Padmavathi, The OLDEST Elephant Of Mysore Zoo Passed away.

8) IKSHAK ( Yard 3027) The Third Survey Vessel Large Ship Delivered To Indian Navy.

9) British High Commissioner To India, Lindy Cameron Attend At The 79th Independence Day Of India.

10) Prime minister Narendra Modi Delivered Longest Speech At The 79th Independence Day (103 Minutes) 

11) Anand Kumar Velkumar Has Wins Bronze Medal At 1000 Meter Sprint In Chengdu, ( First Indian To Wins A MEDAL) 

12) INDIAN Navy Ships INS Jyoti And INS RANA Have Arrived in Colombo, To Take Part On 12th Edition Of India _ Srilanka Bilateral MARITIME Exercise SLINEX -2025 

13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Announced The Sudarshan Chakra Shield For Indian Security.

14) Sathiyan Gnanasekharan Has Wins The Men's Single Title At WTT Feeder Vientiane.

15) India Hosts The 10th Meeting Of AITIGA Joint Committee To Reviews ASEAN - India Trade 

16) Vincent Keymer Wins The QUANTBOX Chennai Grand Master 2025.

1) India's Anish Giri Finishes As Runners Up At QUANTBOX CHENNAI Grand Master 2025.

2) Pranesh M Wins The QUANTBOX CHENNAI GRAND MASTERS Challenger Event.

3) State Bank of India (SBI) Has Offerings A Special Loan Scheme To Agniveers on The Occasions Of 79th Independence Day.

4) FORMER Srilankan Domestic Cricketer Saliya Saman Has Been Banned From All Formats.

5) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Has Launched ATAL CANTEEN ( To Avail Food For Rs 5 To Workers)

6) Ramdas Soren, Education Minister Of Jharkhand Passed away.

7) Tanya Hemant Wins Women's single At The Saipan International 2025.( badminton) 

8) Former Australian Cricketer And Coach Bob Simpson Passed away.

9) Rodali Barua Wins Bronze At Women's 73 Kg Category in Australia Open Taekwondo Championship 

10) Lauren Bell Became The First Cricketer To Picked 50 WICKETS in Hundred Season 2025.

1) President Of India Appoints Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla As Nagaland Governor.

2) Eminent EPIGRAPHIST And Archaeologist V VEDACHALAM Has Honoured With The Tamil Wiki THOORAN Award.

3) Thayannur Mullachery Balakrishnan Nair Has Appointed As The Director Of Indian National Centre For Ocean Information System (INCOIS) Hyderabad.

4) RBI Approved Block chain Based MSME Financing Solution By IBDIC, Backed By ICICI, HDFC Bank, Yes Bank, Aditya Birla Bank 

5) India To Host The Asian Open Short Track Speed Skating Trophy 2025.

6) Anahat Singh Runners Up At NSW Squash Bega Open 2025

7) China Has Delivered The Third Of Eight New Advanced HANGOR Class Submarine To Pakistan.

8) Actor Shweta Menon Has Been Elected As The First Woman President Of The Association Of Malayalam Movie Artiste.