WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 18TH TO 24TH AUGUST 2025

1) Eminent Mathematician And Vice Chancellor OF Utkala University, Odisha Professor Dr Gokulananda Das Passed away.

2) Arjun Erigaisi Finishes As Third At QUANTUM Chennai Grand Master 2025.

3) Rahul Pradhan (Odisha) Became The Fastest INDIAN ( in 15 Hours 53 Minutes) To Scale Africa's Highest Peak.

4) Prime Minister' Narendra Inaugurated The Rs 11,000 Crores Highway Projects In Delhi 

5) Arunachal Pradesh Rupa Bayor Wins Bronze Medal At Australian Open WT 62 International Taekwondo Championship 2025.

6) TRIAL BY WATER: indus Basin And India -Pakistan Relationship Book Author - Uttam Kumar Sinha 

7) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Has Unveiled The Mascot And Logo Of 12th Men's Asia Cup Hockey Set To Start on 29th August 2025. ( MASCOT - CHAND) 

8) Team India Has Won 7 Medals And 1 Special Award At 18th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) 2025 Held At Jining, China.

9) The 8th Mahadasoha Peetadhipathi Of The Sharnbasaveshwar Samsthan Sharnbaswappa Appa Passed away.

10) Indian Shuttler Devika Sihag Claimed Her First International Title At Malaysia International Challengers 2025 Title ( Women's Single) 

11) Union Minister Piyush Goyal Has Inaugurated India's First All WOMEN Operated Clean Street Food Hub In Mumbai.

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12) Habiba Hani Wins The Women's NSW SQUASH Bega Open 2025 By Defeat Anahat Singh.

13) UNION MINISTER Dr Jitendra Singh Has Unveiled The Book - Weight Loss Revolution Book Author - Eminent Endocrinologist Dr Ambarish Mithal 

14) Mumbai Gets India's First Private Math Research Institute , Lodha Mathematical Science Institute.

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15) An Inscription Written In Sanskrit On A Pillar Has Been Discovered At The Shri Venugopal Swamy Temple In Mereddipalli Of Gorantala Mandal in Sri Sathya Sai District, ( Of Vijayanagar Period) Of Devaraya -1 Or Devaraya - 2 Period ( Assumed) 

16) IIT MADRAS Has Been Conferred With The Clarivate South Asia Innovation Award 

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY - 19TH AUGUST 

THEME 2025 - Tell a Story Through Picture 

WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY - 19TH AUGUST 

Theme 2025 - Strengthening Global Solidarity And Empowering Local Communities 

1) Pascale Ehrenfreund, President Of Committee Of Space Research (COSPAR) & Research Professor, Space policy Institute, George Washington University, Has Received The 2025 IAF Excellence In International Cooperation AWARD.

2) Neha Markanda Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Business Officer Of Share chat.

3) Odisha Pair Deep Ranjan Bisoyee And Manoj Sarkar Wins The Gold In Men's Double SL-3 SU-4 Category At Peru Para Badminton International 2025.

* Deep Ranjan Bisoyee Wins Bronze in Single 

4) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Introduced The Indian Institute Of Management (Amendment) Bill 2025 in Lok SABHA.

5) Nepal Has Eliminated Rubella As Public Health Problem.

6) Dubai International Airport Has Unveiled AI POWERED Immigration Corridor.

7) Champa Raapeda Became The First Malkangiri Didayi Tribe Girl To Clear NEET Exam.

8) FSSAI Has Inaugurated The MAULI - India's First All Woman Clean Street Food Hub In Mumbai.

9) IIT Madras Has Developed India's First Silicon Photonics Based Quantum Random Generator 

10) The 64th Edition Of Subroto Cup Set To Host Bengaluru And Delhi From 19th Aug To 25th September 2025.

11) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launched The Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana 

12) Bhavina Patel Ranked one In Women's Single Ranking In Para ITTF World Para 

13) RAJYA SABHA PASSED The Indian Port Bill 2025.

14) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Has Launched The New Scheme SHRAMASHREE To Provide Financial Assistance To Migrant Workers.

15) Kapil Wins Gold & Jonathon Antony Wins Bronze In Men's 10m Air pistol Junior Event At JUNIOR Asian Championship 2025.

16) Terence Stamp, English Actor Passed away.

17) Vanaras Became India's First To Commission 70m Removable Solar Panel System Between Railway Tracks.

18) Legendary Sword Of Maratha Commander Raje Raghuji Bhosle Has Been Brought Back From London To Mumbai.

19) Kyle Edmund Announced Retirement From Professional Tennis.

20) Rohit Wins Bronze In 66kg At Asian Amman Open Judo.

21) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister EKANTH Sindhe Has Launched The NIROGI MAHILA ABHIYAN In The State To Promote Women's Health.

22) Girish Gupta Clinched Gold In 10m Air Pistol Men's Youth Event At 16th Asian Championship In Kazakhstan.

* Kapil Bainsala Wins Gold in Men's 10m Air Pistol Event 

23) Carlos Alcaraz Wins The Men's Single Title At CINCINNATI OPEN 2025 Tennis.

1) INDIGO & IDFC First Bank Introduce The Co- Branded Credit Card, 

2) Iga Swiatek Became The First Polish To Win a Singles Title At Cincinnati Open 2025. 

3) Indian Runner Parvej Khan Banned For 6 Years. 

4) Indian Women Team Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Singh And Palak Gulia Have Win Bronze In Womens 10 m Air Pistol Event In Asian Shooting Championship. 

5) KHOONI Village Of Pithorgarh, Uttarakhand Has Rename As DEVIGRAM. 

6) Veteran Actor Achyut Podar Passed Away. 

7) Gujarat Kandla Became The India's First Anti Drone Defense System Port. 

8) Union Road And Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Has Unveiled The Book GEOPOLITICS : Impact On Energy Transition And Energy Security Book Author - R N PRASHER 

9) A Girl From Kerala Has Been Died Due To Amoeba Encephalitis..

10) Manu Bhaker Wins Bronze Medal in Women's 10m Air Pistol At Asian Shooting Championships.

11) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Established The India's First Drone Forensics Lab At Lucknow.

12) TCS Launched New AI Enhanced Operation Centre In Mexico And Latin America.

13) Former Supreme court Judge B Sudershan Reddy Named As The INDI Alliance Vice President.

14) Cabinet Has Approved Rs 1507 Crores For New Airport In Kota - Bundi, Rajasthan.

15) Union Cabinet Has Passed The Bhubaneswar By Pass.

16) Maharashtra Government And Jupiter International Limited Signed Rs 10,900 Crores Deal To Set Up Solar Wafer Plant, Solar Cell Unit, At Nagpur.

17) 144 Newborn Endangered Nilagiri Mountain Goat Species Found in ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK.

18) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Presents The 8th Anubhav Award.

19) Zanab Abdul Haq Betab Has Been Conferred With Dr Karamat Ali Karamat Award By Odisha Urdu Academy.

20) Indian Oil And Air India Inked MoU On Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply.

21) Parliament Passed The Mines And Minerals Amendment Bill 

22) Rashmika Sahgal Has Win Gold In 10 M Air Pistol Event At Asian Shooting Championships.

23) The UK Government Has Signed MoU With Uttar Pradesh Government To Offer Prestigious Chevening Scholarship.

24) Bandaru Wildonbabu Has Been Appointed As The India's Ambassador To Turkmenistan.

25) Uranus Has A New Moon ( S/2025 U1) Discovered 

26) Suruchi And Saurav Wins Bronze Medal in 10 M Air Pistol mixed Team.

Akshay Urja Diwas ( Renewable Energy Day) - 20th August 

World Malaria Day - 20th August 

THEME 2025 - Malaria End With Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite 

1) Parliament Passed The The The Promotion And Regulations Of Online Gaming bill 2025.

2) Center Implement The ANNA - CHAKRA Supply Chain in 31 States & UT, 

3) Nadeen Ayoub Became First Palestine WOMAN To Participate In The Miss Universe Pageant.

4) India Dispatched 32 Tonnes Of Humanitarian Assistance To Peru.

5) Uttarakhand Minority Educational Institution Bill 2025 Passed in Legislative assembly.

6) Sumit Malik Wins Silver In The Under 20 World Wrestling Championships 2025.

7) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Introduce Three New Bills In Lok SABHA on 20th August 2025 .

* The Constitution ( One Hundred & Thirtieth Amendment) Bill 2025.

* The Government Of UT ( Amendment) Bill 2025 

* The JAMMU & Kashmir Reorganization ( Amendment) Bill 2025.

8) EMINENT Author, Writer And DRAMATIST Of Sambalpur, Odisha Padmashree Binod Kumar PASAYAT PASSED AWAY.

9) Central Government Has Approved To Change The Name Of JALALABAAD To PARSHURAMPURI.

10) Turkiye To Host The 2026 NATO Summit.

11) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu Has Inaugurated The Ratan Tata Innovation Hub In Mangalagiri.

12) India ELECTED As The Chairman Of The AIBD Executive Board For 2025-2027.

13) India And China Agrees To Resume Direct Flight Connectivity Between The Chinese Mainland And India.

14) India To Host The BWF Junior Championship 2025 In Guwahati, Assam.

15) On 19th August 2025, World' Humanitarian Day, UN Commemorate The 2003 Bombing The Canal Hotel In Bgadad, Which Killed 22 Humanitarian.

16) Shiekh Qasem Bader ( ISRAEL) Has Been Honoured With Unity Of Religion At One World One Family Humanitarian Award 2025.

17) Researchers At IIT Roorkee, Led By Professor Mohit P Mohanty, Have Developed HyECO, a Tool Mapping How Flood Spread Waterborne Disease 

18) Anant Jeet Singh Naruka Wins Gold In Men's Skeet At 2025 Asian Shooting Championships 

19) UIDAI Has Inked MoU With Starlink For Adhar Based Customer Verification.

20) Warren Jacques, First Non British Captain Of Davis Cup And Fed Cup Passed away.

21) DRDO Successfully Test Fires The AGNI -5 Ballistic Missiles ( Range Upto 5000 km) At Odisha Coast.

22) Tanya Chaudhary Wins Gold In Hammers At 64th National Inter State Senior Athletics Championship.

23) Sandra Babu Wins Gold in Triple Jump At 64th National Inter State Senior Athletics Championship, Chennai.

24) Congress President Malikarjun Kharge Has Appointed Salman Khurshid As AICC Chairperson.

25) Tapasya Wins Gold In Under 20 World Wrestling Championships.

26) The Art Of Living Wins The Tribune x Award At First Tribune Film Festival 2025.

27) Shristhi Wins Silver In Women's Wrestling in 68 Kg Category At Under 20 Wrestling Championships.

WORLD Senior Citizen Day - 22nd August

1) Judoka Takhellambam Inunganbi Wins Gold Medal In 70 kg Category At Amman Asian Open Judo.

2) India And Eurasian Economic Union Signed Term Of Reference To Launch FTA Negotiation.

* EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION - Consists of 

( Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia) 

3) Popular Judge Frank Caprio Passed Away.

4) Mission Space's ZOHAR Wins Global Tech Award in Space & Technology 2025.

5) Shristhi Wins Silver Medal In Under 20 World Wrestling Championships.

6) Shape Of Momo, Film Of Tribeny Rai Has Been Selected For The Vision Section Of Busan International Film Festival, 2025.

7) Arunachal Pradesh Tourism Has Win ITCTA 2025 For Award For Promoting Unexplored Destination.

8) Professor Ramesh C Kapoor Passed Away.

9) The Udhampur Railway Station Has Been Rename As Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan Railway Station.

10) Researchers From IIT Guwahati In Collaboration With UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) And The University Of Haifa, Israel Have Uncovered Mysterious X- Ray Signal Pattern Emitted From A Black hole Called - GRS  1915 + 105 Located Nearly 28,000 Light Years From Earth.

11) Sericulture Department Of Andhra Pradesh Has Won First Prize Of It's Tableau At 79th Independence Day.

12) Lt General Harpal Singh ( Retired) Has Been Appointed As The Adviser Of Telengana Government (Irrigation).

13) 1992 Batch IPS OFFICER Satish Golcha Has Been Appointed As The Commissioner Of Police, Delhi.

14) Team India Securing 4 Gold, 1 Silver At 18th International Olympiad On Astronomy And Astrophysics.

15) Reena Wins Silver In Women's 55 kg Freestyle At Under 20 World Wrestling Championships.

16) Ajay Singh Has Reelected As The President Of Boxing Federation Of India (BFI).

* Pon Baskaran Has Been Appointed As Treasures Of BFI. 

17) KSRTC ( Karnataka) Has Bagged Two International Award At Asia's Best Employer Brand Award In 2025 Singapore.

18) The National Research Centre For Banana Tiruchi, Has Developed Two New Banana Verities.

19) Kerala's Peerumade MLA Vazhoor Soman Passed Away.

20) Philanthropy Swaraj Paul passed away.

21) Punjabi Veteran Actor Jaswinder Bhalla Passed Away.

22) Muzaffar Nagar Lions Has Wins The First Season Of UPPVL.

23) Elavenil Valarivan Has Win Gold In 10 M Air Rifle Woman At Asian Shooting Championships.

NATIONAL SPACE DAY - 23rd August 

1) BECOMING ZIMBABWEAN : A History Of Indian In Rhodesia Book Author - Trishula Rachna Patel 

2) A New Grass Species Found In The Southern Ural Mountains, Russia. ( POA BASHKIRICA) 

3) For The First Time Five Women Have Been Led The South Central Railway ( SCR) - 

a) T Hema Sunitha ( PFA) 

b) K  Padmaja ( PCOM) 

c) ITY Pandey ( PCCM)

d) Dr Nirmala Narasimhan ( PCMD) 

e) Aroma Singh Thakur ( IG Cum PCSC) 

4) Former Srilankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe Arrested By Colombo Police For Misusing State Funds. 

5) JUSTICE DENIED JUSTICE LOST Book Author - Former Calcutta HC Judge Soumitra Sen 

6) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Inaugurated International Workshop On Human - Elephant Coexistence. 

7) An MoU Signed Between Odisha Tourism Department And The Light Of Buddhism Foundation ( LBDFI) The National Institute Of Water Sports (NIWS) And IIT Madras Heritage Conservation For Tourism. 

8) 1992 Batch IPS Officer Satish Golcha Has Been Appointed As Commissioner Of Police Delhi. 

9) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The AUNTA - Simaria Bridge Over Ganga River In Bihar. 

10) PM Narendra Modi Laid And Foundation Stone Multiple Development Projects Worth Rs 13,000 Crores At GAYAJI, Bihar. 

11) PM Modi Flagged Off Buddhist Circuit Train Between Vaishali And Koderma AMRIT BHARAT Express. 

12) ELECTION COMMISSION IN INDIA (ECI) Has Appointed Sushil Kumar Lohani And D Anandan As Observer For Vice President Election. 

13) Pramod Kumar Elected As The Secretary General Of Boxing Federation in India ( BFI) 

14) Sarra Errani And VAVASSORI Have Won The Mixed Doubles Title At US Open 2025. 

15) RBI Board Nominates INDRANIL Bhattacharya ( executive Director OD RBI) As An Ex- officio Member Of The Monetary Policy., 

16) Indian Mixed Skeet Team Wins Bronze ( Abhay Singh & GANEMAT) At 16th Asian Shooting Championship. 

17) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Launched The Book - VOICES AND VOTES : Odisha's Electoral Renaissance Of 2024 ( AUTHOR - Dr Netaji Abhinandan & PREET BUBNA) 

18) 1991 Batch IAS Officer Rajit Punhani Appointed As The CEO Of FSSAI. 

19) Mansi Raghuwanshi Has Wins Gold In Junior Skeet At 16th Asian Shooting Championship. 

20) Naresh Pal Gangwar Has Been Appointed As The General Secretary Of Department Of Animal And Husbandry. 

21) Arjun Babuta, Rudranksshh Patil, Kiran Ankush / ( men's team ) Have Won Gold At 10 m Air Rifle At 16th ASIAN Shooting Championship 

22) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Launched BHARATNETRA: One Vision, One Finance One Future In Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 

( An Integrated Global Financial Technology Capability HUB ( I-GFTCH) Under Vision Of VIKSIT Bharat By 2047 

23) Suraj Wins Bronze In Men's 60 kg Category U20 World Wrestling Championship. 

24) 1994 batch IAS  Roli Singh Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of National Authority For Chemical Weapons Convention. 

25) ISRO Unveiled Model Of BHARATIYA ANTARIKSH Station. 

24) Harmehar And Yashasvi Have Wins Gold In 16th Asian Shooting Championship 

25) KAJAL Wins Gold Medal In Women's 72 kg Category At U20 World Wrestling Championship 

1) India Post Signed An Agreement With AMFI, Introducing A New Service  Model Under Which It Will Act As Distributor For Mutual Fund Investment.

2) US President Donald Trump Has Appointed SERIGO GOR As The US Ambassador To India'. and Special Envoy For South And Central Asia Affairs.

3) 3rd International Conference Of Young Buddhist Scholars To Explore Wisdom Transmission In Buddha Dhama in The 21st Century Held In New Delhi.

4) Senior Communist Leader And Former MP Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy Passed Away.

5) Khushi Pathan, a 21 Years Old Fashion Designs Student Has Developed A Unique Solar Powered Uniform For Indian Soldiers.

6) Elavenil Valarivan And Arjun Babuta Wins The Gold in Mixed 10 M Air Rifle Event At 16th Asian Shooting Championships.

7) Rumesh PATHIRAGE Wins Gold In Men's Javelin At ASIAN Throwing Championship At Mopko, South Korea.

8) Group Captain Subhranshu Shukla Has Inaugurated The Aryabhatta Galley At Nehru Planetarium.

9) Kerala Chief Minister S Siddharamaih Has Inaugurated The Laid Foundation Stone of Adani Logistics Park.

10) Odisha Finishes As Runners Up At 15th Hockey India Junior Men's National Championship At Jalandhar, Punjab 

11) Prime Minister' Narendra Modi Inaugurates The Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital And Research Center, Muzaffarpur, Bihar 

12) YES Bank Announced Japan's SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION ( SMBC) Has Received Approval From RBI To Acquire 24.99% Stake Of Company.

13) Annu Rani Wins Gold Medal In Women's Javelin At 64th Interstate Athletics Championship Chennai.

14) NORTH EAST FC Wins The 134th Edition Of DURAND CUP 2025.

15) ODISHA'S Ace Sprinter Animesh Kujur Has Wins Gold in Men's 200 Meter At 64th National Interstate Athletics Championship Chennai. (20.63) 

16) A Tall Statute Of Veteran Indian Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar Has Been Unveiled At Wankhade Stadium, Mumbai.

17) Cristiano Ronaldo Became The First Player To Score 100 Goals For 4 Different Clubs.

18) India Unveiled The First Indigenous AI POWERED Combat Drone KAALA BHAIRAV In Bengaluru. (3000 Km Range)