WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS IN AUGUST 2025

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* New Zealand Parliament Has Passed A Legislation To Reopen The Country Off Shore Oil And Gas Exploration.

* El Salvador Lawmakers Extends The Presidential Term. (extension To Six Years) 

* 4 Astronaut From US, Japan And Russia Have Successfully Reached At ISS As Part Of NASA 's CREW -11 Mission.

*  Slovenia Became The First EU Country To Ban All Weapon Trade With Israel.

* * MALDOVA BECAME THE 107TH MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE.

*  Four Term Law Maker Jung - Chung Rae Elected As The New Leader Of South Koreas Rulling Democratic Party 

* Krasheninnikov Volcano In Russia Erupted For The First Time In 600 Years History.

* FORMER ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ION lliescu PASSED AWAY.

* FIRST INDEPENDENT ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ROMANIA 

* HE SERVED TWICE AS PRESIDENT OF COUNTRY 

* FIRST TIME 1986-1996 

* SECOND TENURE FROM 2000-2004 

* BORN IN 3RD MARCH 1930 

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* Arvinder Singh Bahal Has Became The First Sikh To Travel Space With Blue Origin.

* Remains Of Extinct Bronze Age Cattle FOUND In INGLEBOROUGH Cave.

* A Researchers From University Of Malaysia Terrengganu (UMT) Has Discovered A New Fish Species ROGADIUS AZIZAHAE In South China Sea.

 * Former Srilankan PRIME MINISTER Shasheendra Rajapaksha Arrested On Charge Of Corruption.

* A Military Helicopter Has Been Crashed At Ghana. ( 3 DAYS STATE EMERGENCY DECLARED) 

* Ghana Defense Minister Edward Omane Boamah And Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Killed In That Crash.

* Egypt Has Signed Agreement With Israel For Import Of Natural Gas (Worth Rs USD 35 Billion) 

* Cambodia And Thailand Signed Ceasefire Agreement.

* Azerbaijan And Armenia Have Signed US Brokered Peace Agreement ( The Agreement Concluded The 35 Years Dispute Between Two Countries) 

* WHO Declared Kenya Free Of Sleeping Sickness) ( African Trypanosomiasis) 

* 10th COUNTRY To Eliminate 

* Symptom - Fever, Headache, Joint Pain) 

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

 * South Korea And Vietnam Have Signed MoU On Energy And Trade.

* Starliner Astronaut Sunita Williams And Butch Wilmore Retired.

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

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

* Nepal Has Eliminated Rubella As Public Health Problem.

* Dubai International Airport Has Unveiled AI POWERED Immigration Corridor.

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

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

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

* The Dutch Foreign Minister Casper Veldkamp Has Resigned. 

* Nepal Has Formally Joined The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) 

* Bangladesh Has Signed 1 Bilateral Agreement And 5 MoU With Pakistan.

*  PAPA BUKA: PNG First Ever Official Oscar Entry Movie ( Original Score By Ricky Kej) And Directed By Biju Kumar Damodaran) 

* Scientists Have FOUND Rare Bright Orange Shark In Costa Rica.

* A Giant Volcanic Eruption Held At Japan's Mount Shinmoe. 

* Zlatan Ibrahimovic Has Win The 2025 UEFA President's Award. 

* Former First Lady Of South Korea Kim Keon Hee Has Been Arrested On Charges Of Stock Manipulation And Bribery.

* Astronaut Megan Mc Arthur Announced Retirement.

( First Woman To Pilot A Space X Dragon Spacecraft) ( She Had Recorded 213 Days Stay In Space) 

* UNSC Has Decided To End The Peacekeeping Operation In Lebanon. 

* Humanoid AI Robot Xiao He To Assist The SCO Summit 

INDIA - WORLD - 

* India Gets Back The Legendary PIPRAHWA GEMS From Hong Kong.

* India Launched The Projects In Partner With UN Under Global Capacity Building Initiative For Asia, Africa And The Caribbean Countries.

* India Bans Import Of Jute Products And Rope From Bangladesh.

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

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

* India Dispatched 32 Tonnes Of Humanitarian Assistance To Peru.

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

* Prime Minister Of FIJI Sitiveni Rabuka On Visit To India. 

* Indian Postal Department Has Temporarily Suspend American Duty Services.

*  Zimbabwe Vice President Dr CGDN Chiwenga Has Arrives Delhi.

* New Chancery Premises Of The Indian Consulate In Seattle Inaugurated By Indian Ambassador To US Vinay Kwatra.

* India And Bangladesh Have Agreed To Undertake Joint Efforts To Curb Trans-border Crime By Adopting Extra Precautionary Measures. 

* MoCA Has Approved INDIGO Request To Extend Lease Of 2 Boeing 777s From Turkish Airlines. 

* India - Africa Trade Crossed 100 Billion in 2024/25 

*  India Emerges As Ukraine Top Diesel Supplier in July 2025.

APPOINTMENTS - 

* * MARYAM BUKAR HASSAN, A NIGERIAN SPOKEN WORD ARTIST & POET HAS APPOINTED AS THE UN's FIRST GLOBAL ADVOCATE FOR PEACE.

* Kenyan Born Professor PATRICA KINGORI, Became The First Black Woman To Become Professor In Oxford University ( in 925 Years History) 

* LOK Bahadur Thapa, Ambassador Of Nepal To UN Has Been Elected As The President Of UNESCO SOC. 

*Indra Bahadur Baniya Has Been Officially Appointed As The Chief Minister Of Bagamati Province, Nepal.

* Andrei Faraon Named Director Of Kavli Nanoscience Institute.

* The White House Appoints Jim O Neil As The New Director Of US Centre For Disease Control And Prevention.

STEPPED DOWN - 

*  Lithuania Prime minister Gintautas Paluckas Stepped Down From His Post 

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NEW SPECIES - 

*  Australian Scientists Have Discovered Giant New Species Of Stick Insects In Australia.

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