MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2025

DAYS & THEME - 

* World Breastfeeding Week (1-7th August) (THEME 2025 - Prioritize Breastfeeding Create Sustainable Support System) 

* World Wide Web Day (WWW) - 1st August 

* World Lung Cancer Day -  1st August (THEME 2025 - Stronger Together: United For Lung Cancer Awareness) 

* Hiroshima Day - 6th August 

* WORLD TRIBALS DAY - 9th August 

THEME 2025 - Building An Inclusive India Through Tribal Empowerment 

* WORLD SANSKRIT DAY - 9TH August 

THEME 2025 - Looking Ahead: Preserving Sanskrit For Future Generations 

World Lion Day - 10th August 

FOCUS - Merging Global Efforts For The The Preservation Of Lions And Their Natural Habitats For Posterity 

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* 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 

* International Organ Donation Day - 13th August (THEME 2025 - Answering The Call) 

* International Wolf Day - 13th August 

( theme 2025 - Honouring The Vital Role Of Predators) 

* 79th Independence Day - 15th August 

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

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

* 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)  

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

World Malaria Day - 20th August 

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

* WORLD Senior Citizen Day - 22nd August

* NATIONAL SPACE DAY - 23RD AUGUST 

THEME 2025 - ARYABHATTA TO GAGANYAAN : Ancient Wisdom Ti Infinite Possibilities 

* Women's Equality Day - 27th August (THEME 2025 - For ALL Women And Girls : Rights, Equality Empowerment ) 

* World Lake Day - 27th August (THEME 2025 - Lakes: The Lifeblood Of Our Planet) 

*  Indian Government Has Declares 23rd September As World Ayurveda Day 

Theme 2025 - Ayurveda For People & Planet 

* National SPORTS Day - 29th August 

* NATIONAL SMALL INDUSTRY Day - 30th August 

DRDO - 

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

* *  DRDO Has Successfully Conducted The Maiden Flight Test Of Integrated Air Defence Weapon System ( IADWS) On 23rd August 2025 At Odisha Coast. 

( IADWS - It Is a Multi-layered Air Defense System Comprising Of Indigenous Quick Reaction Surface To Air Missile ( QRSAM), Advanced Very Short Range Air Defense System ( VSHORADS) Missile And High Power Laser Based Directed Energy Weapon ( DEW) 

* IADWS Is a Part Of SUDARSHAN CHAKRA Mission 

* DRDO - HEMRL Has Successfully Developed The Signal Star Naval Flare For The Kalavari - Class Submarine Of The Indian Navy. 

INAUGURATION - 

STATES - 

* A State Of Art Facility Built By M/S Teama India Limited At Acchad, Maharashtra Has Been Inaugurated To Manufacture Ultra High Efficiency Vacuum Distillation Columns For PHWRS For Gorakhpur, 

* Union Minister For Ports Sarbananda Sonowal Has Inaugurated The India's First Indigenous Build 1 MW Green Hydrogen Plant Commissioned At Kandla Port.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone And Various Development Project Worth Rs 2,200 Crores In Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

* UNION Road And Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone of 29 NH Projects In Andhra Pradesh Spanning Of 272 Km Worth Rs 5233 Crores.

* The Food Safety And Standard Authority Of India (FSSAI) In Consultation With Ministry Of AYUSH Released AYURVEDA AAHARA.

* Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stallin Inaugurated India's First VINFEST EV Manufacturing Plant At Thoothkudi.

 * Prime Minister' Narendra Modi Inaugurates The KARTAVYA PATH - In New Delhi.

* Union Minister Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The India's First State Of The Art ANIMAL STEM CELL BIOBANK At National Institute Of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB, Hyderabad)

* 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.

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

(* 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.

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

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

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

( OMBRIC - ODISHA MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH & INNOVATION CORRIDOR ) 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* 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 

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

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

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone For Projection Worth Rs 5200 Crores In Kolkata. 

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Flagged Off Suzuki's e-VITARA From Hansalpur, Gujarat.

* Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Has Inaugurated India's First Tempered Glass Manufacturing Plant At Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

RELEASED - 

President Droupadi Murmu Released a Postage Stamp On The Occasion Of 100th Anniversary Of IIT Dhanbad, 

* INDIA & PHILIPPINES RELEASED A POSTAGE STAMP ON THE OCCASIONS OF 75TH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.

*  * PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI RELEASED A COMMEMORATIVE COIN ON THE OCCASIONS OF MS SWAMINATHAN BIRTH ANNIVERSARY 

* A POSTAGE STAMP ALSO RELEASED ON THIS OCCASION.

* Union Textile Minister Giriraj Singh Released The Book - Carbon Footprint Assessment In The Indian Handloom Sector.

* The Department Of Post Released A Commemorative Postage Stamp Of Purushottam Das H Purohit on 1st August 2025.

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

* * THE DEPARTMENT OF POST RELEASED A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP HONOURING SHRI VITHALBHAI PATEL ( UNION HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH LAUNCHED) 

* THE FIRST INDIAN ELECTED SPEAKER OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 

INTERNATIONAL - 

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

* Karnataka POSTAL CIRCLE Has Released A Commemorative Postage Stamp On Shri Madhavacharya 

WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS - 

MIXED - 

* 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.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* * FORMER PRAMUKH SANCHALIKA OF RASHTRA SEVIKA SAMITI PRAMILA MEDHE 97) PASSED AWAY.

* She Passed Away on 31st July 2025:

* Sikh Activist And Anti Khalstani Crusader Sukhi Chahal Passed Away. 

* Malayalam Film Actor, Mimicry Artist Kalababhan Navas Passed away.

* PROFESSOR   M K SANU 

BORN IN - 27TH OCTOBER 1928 

DIED IN - 2ND AUGUST 2025 

* PROFESSOR SANU WAS AN INDIAN, MALAYALAM LANGUAGE AUTHOR, CRITIC, ORATOR, ACADEMIC, BIOGRAPHER, JOURNALIST, SOCIAL ACTIVIST, WRITER.

* HE WAS FOUNDING MEMBER OF MITHRAM. ( A SCHOOL FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED) AT ERNAKULAM, KERALA 

* HE WAS MEMBER OF AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE OF VAYALAR RAMAVERMA LITERARY AWARD.

* HE WAS ELECTED MLA FROM ERNAKULAM ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY 

* HE JOINED KUMKUMAM WEEKLY AS CHIEF EDITOR IN 1991 

* In 2005 HE WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF VAYALAR AWARD MEMORIAL TRUST 

AWARDS - 

* 2022 - D litt By Mahatma Gandhi University 

* 2021 - CHAVARA SAMSHKRUTI PURASHKAR 

* 2015 -  P KESHAVADEBA LITERARY AWARD 

* 2014 - FATHER VADAKKAN PURASHKARAM 

* 2013 - T K RAMAKRISHNAN AWARD 

* 2013 - EZHUTHACHAN PURASHKARAM ( HIGHEST LITERARY AWARD OF KERALA) 

* 2012 - PAVANAN FOUNDATION INDIAN AWARD ( FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY KARMAGATHI) 

* 2011 - PADMAPRABHA LITERARY AWARD 

* 2011 - KENDRA SAHITYA AKADEMI ( FOR BIOGRAPHY - BASHEER: EKANTHA VEEDHIYILE AVADHOOTAN) 

* 2011 - ABU DHABI SHAKTI AWARD 

* Actor Madhab Bob Passed away.

* FORMER CHIEF MINISTER OF JHARKHAND SHIBU SOREN PASSED AWAY 

BORN IN - 11TH JANUARY 1944

DIED ON - 4TH AUGUST 2025 

* SERVED AS - 

* 30/12/2009 to 31/05/2010 - CM OF JHARKHAND (3RD CM OF STATE) 

* MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ( 22/06/2020 to 04/08/2025) RAJYA SABHA 

* MINISTER OF COAL ( GOVERNMENT OF INDIA) - 29/01/2006 to 28/11/2006 DURING PM MANMOHAN SINGH 

* MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ( LOK SABHA) 2002-2019 

* PRESIDENT OF JHARKHAND MUKTI MORCHA ( 2/2/1972 to 15/04/2025 ) 

* 

* HE HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY FOR INVOLVED 12 YEARS KID KIDNAPPING CASE & MURDER.

* FORMER GOVERNOR OF J & K SATYAPAL MALLIK PASSED AWAY 

SATYA PAL MALIK 

BORN IN - 24th JULY 1946 

DIED ON - 05TH AUGUST 2025 

* 10th GOVERNOR OF JAMMU KASHMIR ( LAST) ( AUGUST 2018- OCTOBER 2019 ) 

* 18th GOVERNOR OF GOA 

* 21ST GOVERNOR OF MEGHALAYA ( TILL 2022) 

* GOVERNOR OF ODISHA ( ADDITIONAL CHARGE) 21/3/2018 to 28/05/2018 

* 27th GOVERNOR OF BIHAR ( 30/9/2017 TO 21/08/2018 

* MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT , LOK SABHA (1989-1991) ( ALIGARH CONSTITUENCY) 

* MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT RAJYA ( 1980-1989)  SABHA ( CONSTITUENCY - UTTAR PRADESH) 

* 2012 - ELECTED AS NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT OF BJP 

EDUCATION - 

* HE STUDIED BACHELOR OF SCIENCE & LLB From MEERUT UNIVERSITY, UTTAR PRADESH.

* * 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 

* 

* South Korean Actor Song Young Died.

* Actor Shanawas Passed away.

*  Former Porto Captain And Ex Mumbai City Fc Coach Jorge Coasta Has Passed away.

* Actress Kelley Mack Passed away.

* MUMTAZ BEGUM ( 

BORN ON - 4TH APRIL 1947 

DIED ON - 6TH AUGUST 2025 

* AN AUTHOR & SOCIAL WORKER OF KARNATAKA 

NOTABLE WORKS - 

* PARADESHI 

* ANKURA SAHITE KATHE 

* VARTULA 

* AVYAKTA 

* BANDALIKE 

* CHIMPI 

* SARVA RATHAGALU NINAGAGI 

* 

AWARDS - 

* RAJYASTOVA AWARD 

* KANNADA LITERATURE COUNCIL AWARD 

* BASAVA JYOTI AWARD 

* SENIOR CITIZEN LITERARY AWARD 

* MATRASRI RATNAMMA HEGGADE PRIZE 

* KITTUR RANI CHENNAMMA AWARD 

* MEEVUNDI MALLARI CHILDREN PRIZE 

* * UMYIN TSWE, ACTING PRESIDENT OF MYANMAR PASSED AWAY.

* HE WAS SUFFERING FROM PARKINSON DISEASE.

* Former Congress Member And King Of Khandapada Bibhuti BHUSAN Singh Mardaraj Passed away.

(3 Times MLA Of Khandapada) 

* Grammy Winning Music Legend Eddie Palmieri Passed away 

* RAJAT KANTA RAY 

BORN IN - 6TH MAY 1946 ( CALCUTTA) 

DIED ON  - 7th MAY 2025 

WORKED AS - 

* ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) CALCUTTA  

* 1982-2006 ( PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT HISTORY AT PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, CALCUTTA)

* VICE CHANCELLOR OF VISHWA GURU (2006-2011) 

AS AUTHOR - 

* NOVEL ( EKA EKA NIMALU) 

AWARD - 

* 1995 - NARSINGHA DAS MEMORIAL AWARD 

* 2024 - ATUL CHANDRA GUPTA DISTINGUISH ALUMINUS AWARD 

BOOKS - 

* THE FELT COMMUNITY (2007) 

* EXPLORING EMOTIONAL HISTORY: Gender, Mentality And Literature In The Indian Awakening (2001) 

* MIND, BODY & SOCIETY: Life And Mentality In Colonial Bengal (1996) 

* PALASIR SHARAYANTRA O SEKALER SAMAJ ( 1994) 

* EKA EKA NIMALU (1993) AUTOBIOGRAPHY 

* ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INDUSTRY IN INDIA (1800-1947) 1994 

* SOCIAL CONFLICT AND POLITICAL UNREST IN BENGAL ( 1875-1927) 1985 

* THE EVOLUTION OF THE PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURE IN MODERN INDIA ( 1983) 

* URBAN ROOTS OF INDIAN NATIONALISM ( 1979) 

* INDUSTRIALIZATION IN INDIA: GROWTH & Conflict In The Private Corporate Sector ( 1979) 

* * COMMANDER OF APPOLLO 13 AND 4 TIMES SPACEFLIGHT VETERAN JIM LOVELL PASSED AWAY.

* BORN ON -25TH MARCH 1928 

* DIED ON - 7TH AUGUST 2025 

* JAMES ARTHUR LOVELL 

* In 1970 APPOLLO 13 ON LUNAR MISSION 

* IMPORTANT MISSION - 

- GEMINI 7 (1965) 

- GEMINI 12 (1966) 

- APPOLLO 8  

- APPOLLO 13 

* HE WAS FIRST PERSON TO FLY SPACE 4 TIMES. 

* In 1960 He Became The Navy's McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II Program Manager. 

* CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL EAGLE , SCOUTS ASSOCIATION 

AWARD - 

* CONGRESSIONAL SPACE MEDAL OF HONOUR 

* PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM 

* LEGION DE HONOR ( Chevalier) 

* HENRY H ARNOLD AWARD (1969) 

* LAUREATE OF THE ORDER OF LINCOLN (2012) 

BOOK - 

* CO- AUTHOR THE LAST MOON ( 1994) 

* Dr Flower Ezekiel Msuya, Tanzania's Phycologist Specialising In Algaculture Passed away. ( passed Away on 3rd August) 

* * GROUP CAPTAIN D K PARULKAR (RETIRED) PASSED AWAY ON 10TH AUGUST 2025.

* 1971 PAKISTAN WAR HERO, WHO LEAD THE TEAM AND ESCAPE FROM CAPTIVITY IN PAKISTAN.

* HE COMMISSIONED IN AIR FORCE IN 1963.

* HE HAS RECEIVED THE VISHISHT SENAE MEDAL 

* * Dr Ram Ji Lal Jangid, Founding Head Of Department Of Hindi Journalism At Indian Institute Of Mass Communication Passed away.

* * NOTABLE ASSAMESE DRAMATIST AND FILMAKER HEMANTA DUTTA PASSED AWAY AT 83.

* HE GETS TITLE WITH NATYASINDHU 

* AWARDS - 

- 2017 ( BHABEN BARUAH AWARD) 

- 2024 ( ASSAM SAURABH AWARD) 

.

NOTABLE MOVIES - 

* 1980 - UPAPATH 

* HIYAR DAPUNOT TUMERAI SOBI .

* * 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 

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

* * OLYMPIC MEDALLIST AND FORMER AIFF MEDICAL COMMISION CHAIRMAN DR VECE PAES PASSED AWAY.

* HE WAS PART OF 1972 MUNICH OLYMPIC MEDALLIST TEAM MEMBER.

* HE IS THE FATHER OF TENNIS LEGEND LEANDER PAES 

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

* * FREEDOM FIGHTER AND MEMBER OF JHANSI RANI REGIMENT OF INDIA LT BHARATI ASHA SAHAYA CHAUDHARY PASSED AWAY . (PASSED AWAY ON 12TH AUGUST 2025) 

* * LA GANESHAN IYER PASSED AWAY 

* BORN IN - 16TH FEBRUARY 1945 

* DIED ON - 15TH AUGUST 2025 

* 19th GOVERNOR OF NAGALAND (20/2/2023- PRESENT) 

* 17th GOVERNOR OF MANIPUR ( 27/8/2019- 20/2/2021) 

* GOVERNOR OF WEST BENGAL (ADDITIONAL) (18/7/2022- 17/11/2022) 

* MEMBER OF RAJYA SABHA (MADHYA PRADESH) 

* 8TH PRESIDENT OF BJP (TAMILNADU) 

* 

* Ramdas Soren, Education Minister Of Jharkhand Passed away.

* Former Australian Cricketer And Coach Bob Simpson Passed away.

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

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

* Terence Stamp, English Actor Passed away.

* * EMINENT AUTHOR, WRITER, LYRICIST, DRAMATIST SHRI PADMASHREE AWARDEE BINOD KUMAR PASAYAT PASSED AWAY.

* HE RECEIVED PADMASHREE ON .

* HE BELONGS TO SAMBALPUR, ODISHA.

* HE PASSED AWAY ON 20TH AUGUST 2025.

* HE IS A KOSHALI LITERATURE 

* BORN ON 3rd DECEMBER 1935 

AWARDS - 

* 2008 - SARALA PURASHKAR 

* 2010 - ODISHA SAHITYA AKADEMI 

* 2019 - ODISHA SAHITYA NATAK ACADEMY 

* 2024 - PADMASHREE 

NOTABLE WORKS - 

* HE WROTE SAMBALPURI FILMS LIKE - SAMARPAN, ADIVASI, PARA STRI 

* * PROFESSOR RAMESH CHANDER KAPOOR PASSED AWAY. On 21st August 2025:

* PROFESSOR AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS ( 1974-2020) Bengaluru 

SERVED AS - 

*  IN 1971 HE JOINED ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ( ARIES) 

* HE WORKED ON RELATIVISTIC ASTROPHYSICS ( BLACK HOLE, QUASARS PULSAR) 

* Veteran Actor Achyut Podar Passed Away. 

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

* PHILANTHROPIST SWARAJ PAUL PASSED AWAY 

* BORN ON (18th FEBRUARY 1931) 

* DIED ON ( 21ST AUGUST 2025) 

* IN 1996 HE JOINED a LABOUR LIFE PEER UNDER CONSERVATIVE PRIME MINISTER JOHN MAJOR.

* IN 2008 HE APPOINTED AS DEPUTY SPEAKER OF LORDS (FIRST INDIAN) 

* IN 2009 APPOINTED AS PRIVY COUNCIL 

* CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON FROM 1998 

* CHANCELLOR OF UNIVERSITY WESTMINSTER (2006-2014) 

* 1998-2010 AMBASSADOR FOR BRITISH BUSINESS 

 AWARDS - 

* 1983 - PADMA BHUSHAN 

* BHARAT GAURAV AWARD (1998) 

* 2014 - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY BLACK COUNTRY ASIAN BUSINESS  ASSOCIATION 

* 2014 HE RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL ICON OF DECADE AWARD 

* 2018 RECEIVED MAHATMA GANDHI HONOUR BY NRI INSTITUTE 

BOOKS - 

* BEYOND BOUNDARIES: A Memoir (1998) 

* Indira Gandhi - A Biography 

*  Popular Judge Frank Caprio Passed Away.

* Kerala's Peerumade MLA Vazhoor Soman Passed Away.

* Punjabi Veteran Actor Jaswinder Bhalla Passed Away.

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

*  Bimalendra Mohan Pratap, a Revered Scion Of Ayodhya's Royal Lineage Has Passed Away. 

* Actor Dinesh Mangaluru Passed Away.

* 1961 Wimbledon Winner Angela Mortimer Passed Away.

* * 1992 BATCH SENIOR INDIAN INFORMATION SERVICES OFFICER VIVEK KUMAR GAUR PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 59.

* HE WAS CURRENTLY POSTED AS NEWS SERVICE DIVISION IN AKASHVANI, NEW DELHI 

*  Kuttimathan Kani, The Tribal Elder Who Revealed Kerala's Immortality Herb AROGYAAPACHA Plant Has Passed away.

* * GERMAN - AMERICAN ASTROPHYSICIST RAINER WEISS PASSED AWAY.

* BORN IN - 29th SEPTEMBER 1932 

* DIED ON - 25TH AUGUST 2025 

KNOWN FOR - GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATION 

AWARDS - 

* 2007 - EINSTEIN PRIZE 

* 2016 - SPECIAL BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE (IN FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS) 

* 2016 - GRUBER PRIZE IN COSMOLOGY 

* 2016 - SHAW PRIZE 

* 2016 - KAVLI PRIZE 

* 2016 - HARVEY PRIZE 

* 2017 - PRINCESS OF AUSTRIAS AWARD 

* 2017 - NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS (WITH KIP THORNE) & BARRY BARIS) 

MAJOR CONTRIBUTION - 

* IN 1973 HE WAS IN MAJOR MEASUREMENT OF THE SPECTRUM OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE RADIATION 

* CO - FOUNDER AND SCIENCE ADVISOR OF NASA COSMIC BACKGROUND EXPLORER (COBE SATELLITE) 

* CO - FOUNDER OF NSF LIGO ( GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTION)

* Air Commodore M K Chandrasekhar Passed Away.

* FORMER Ukranian Parliamentary Speaker Paribiy Shot Dead.

RENAME & LOGO - 

* KHOONI Village Of Pithorgarh, Uttarakhand Has Rename As DEVIGRAM. 

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

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

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - 

RESEARCH - 

*  NIT Rourkela Develops Eco Friendly Biofilm To Clean Up Oil Spills, Toxic Industrial Waste From Water Bodies.

* Scientists From DST India Along With The Shree Chitra Tirunal Institute For Medical Science & Technology Have Developed A Cutting Edge Titanium Nitride Coated Coronary Stent. 

* FOR CARDIAC AND NEURO Treatment 

* Under The Clean Coal Research Initiative Of DST India Researchers Have Successfully Demonstrate The Effectiveness Of Laser Assisted Turning ( LAT) For Machining High Performance Material Like INCONEL -625 

* Researchers At IISC BENGALURU Have Developed a New Computational Framework To Model Nanopore Formation In 2D Molybdenum Disulphide ( MoSo2) - For Seawater de Salination, DNA Sequencing.

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

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

* Researchers From IIT Madras Have Developed Microfludic Device That Can Determine Whether Bacteria Are Resistant Or Susceptible To Antibiotics.

* A Global Team Of Researchers From India', Australia, US And UK Have Developed An Online Blood Pressure Treatment Efficiency Calculator 

HEALTH - 

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

* A Research Team Of Kasturba Medical College, Mangaluru Have Developed A New Technique That Helps To Distinguish Menstrual Blood From Non - Menstrual Blood.

TECHNOLOGY - 

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

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

* Reliance Meta Announced Joint Venture To Build Enterprise AI solutions.

AWARDS - 

*  TNM Editor In Chief Dhanya Rajendran Wins Professor Maxwell Fernandes Journalism Award.

* Author Politician Sashi Tharoor Has Been Honoured With Gold Medal And Declared Honorary Fellow From Venerable Asiatic Society Of Mumbai (221 Years old) 

 * Suhani Shah Wins The Best Magic Creator Award At The World Championship Of Magic.

* Former ISRO CHAIRMAN S Somnath Has Been Honoured Doctorate Of Science ( From Punjab Engineering College) Chandigarh 

* Prime Minister' Narendra Modi Pariksha Pe Charcha Gets Guinness World records.

* Veteran Actor Anupam Kher Has Been Honoured With Prestigious Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement AWARD By Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis.

* NCERT Has Been Honoured With National Geospatial Enablers Award 2025 By Free/ Libre And Open Source Software For Education ( FOSSEE) GIS, IIT BOMBAY.

* Author Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri Received The Prestigious FICCI Publishing Award For Book Of The Year - Fiction (English) For Her Book Swallowing The Sun 

* The Hindu News Photographer Vudimudi Peddi Raju Has Been Selected For Prestigious TRIBAL Photo Of The Year Award 2025 

* Prasar Bharati Wins Two Awards At 11th BCS Ratna Award 2025 

* Legacy Broadcaster Of The Nation 

* DD Free Dish Recognised As BEST V

* Deepika Narayan Bharadwaj, Activist And Documentary Film Maker Wins The Prestigious SHAKTI AWARD 2025 For Excellence In Gender Activism.

* Professor Himani Sood, Pro Chancellor Chandigarh University Has Been Awarded With Prestigious Shakti Award 2025 For Excellence Leadership In Women Empowerment 

* Union Textile Minister Presented Sant Kabir Handloom Award To 24 Persons.

* Visakhapatnam Port Has Secured First Place In National Swachhata Awards.

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

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

* Dr. GAYATRI GOGOI, Associate Professor Of Pathology At Assam Medical College And Hospital Has Been Honoured With The PRESTIGIOUS BLACKBUCK PIONEER RESEARCHER AWARD 2025.

* PROFESSOR VICTOR MANUEL GUERRERO GUZMAN EMIRETUS PROFESSOR OF STATISTICS INSTITUTE AUTONOMO DE MEXICO (ITAM) RECEIVED THE PROFESOR P C MAHALANOBIS INTERNATIONAL AWARD IN STATISTICS 2025.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*  Sclupture Arun Yogiraj Received The SHIPA SIRI Award 

* Dr Vikram Sampath Has Received The VAGDEVI ITIHASA RATNAKARA AWARD.

* China HONOURS Late Dr B K Basu With Commemorative Medal For Aiding China During 2nd Sino - Japanese War.

* Kerala Tourism Has Recived The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Award 2025 ( In Most Engaging Social Media Campaign Category)

67TH RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD - 

* EDUCATE GIRLS ( FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION OF GIRLS IN INDIA) NGO 

* SHAAHINA ALI ( MALDIVES)

* FLAVIANO ANTONIO L VILLANUEVA ( PHILIPPINES) 

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY AWARD 2025 - 

* JEAN HAMBURGER AWARD - Professor Vivekanand Jha 

* BYWATERS AWARD - Professor JOHN A KELLUM 

* LILLIAN JEAN KAPLAN PRIZE FOR PKD - Professor Ron Gansevoort 

THE MEMOROAL BISMILAAH KHAN SAMMAN - 

* THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM, THE PRESTIGIOUS MEMORIAL BISMILLAH KHAN SAMMAN TO THE SAROD PLAYER AND PADMASHREE, PADMA BHUSHAN, PADMA VIBHUSHAN USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN.

2025 HILTON HUMANITARIAN AWARD - 

* MAG ( MINES ADVISORY GROUP) AN ORGANISATION WINS THE 2025 HILTON HUMANITARIAN AWARD 2025.

* HUBBALLI's MADHAVI ANIL WADEKAR RECEIVED SAMAJIKA SEVA RATNA AWARD 2025.

* THIS AWARD CONFERRED BY KANNADA FILM CHAMBER FOR HER CONTRIBUTION IN SOCIETY 

2025 NILS KLIM PRIZE - 

* ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DANIELA ALAATINOGLU HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE 2025 NILS KLIM PRIZE 2025.

MRS UNIVERSE INDIA 2025 - 

* MANIKA VISHWAKARMA HAS CROWNED AS THE MRS UNIVERSE INDIA 2025.

TAMIL WIKI THOORAN AWARDS 2025 - 

* EMINENT EPIGRAPHIST V VEDACHALAM RECIEVED THE TAMIL WIKI THOORAN AWARD 2025. 

* THIS AWARD IS INSTITUTED IN 2022 IN MEMORY OF PERIYASAMY THOORAN, CREATOR OF TAMIL ENCYCLOPEDIA. 

MAHARSHI VED VYAS NATIONAL AWARDS 2025 - 

* AUTHOR, ECONOMIST SANJEEV SANYAL HAS BEEN HONOURED WITH PRESTIGIOUS MAHARSHI VED VYAS NATIONAL AWARD.

* THIS AWARD PRESENTS ON 79TH INDEPENDENCE DAY.

* MADHYA PRADESH CHIEF MINISTER AWARDED TO AUTHOR.

KERALA STATE FARM AWARD 2025 - 

* VANI V OF DANAPPADI IN ALAPPUZHA District, WHO WON THE KARSHAKATHILAKAM AWARDS FOR BEST WOMAN FARMER. 

* SCARIA PILLAI C J, OF NALLEPILLI, PALAKKAD, HAS WIN THE 2024 STATE LEVEL SIBI - KALLINGAL MEMORIAL KARSHAKOTHMA Award 

2025 HOLBERG PRIZE - 

* GAYATRI CHAKRABORTY 

* 

SHORTLISTED - 

* Chennai's Naturalist Book On Coastal Ecology - INTERTIDAL Has Been Shortlisted For UK NATURE WRITING PRIZE 

43RD LOKMANYA TILAK AWARD - 

* UNION ROAD & TRANSPORT MINISTER NITIN GADKARI HAS RECIEVED PRESTIGIOUS 43RD LOKMANYA TILAK NATIONAL AWARD 2025 

* IN 2023 PM NARENDRA MODI RECEIVED TILAK AWARDS. 

* Indian Students Bagged 2 Silver And 3 Bronze At Asian Science Camp 2025.

* H Q - NEWYORK, US 

2025 ICONS BOOK PRIZE -

* THE LIFE & DEATH OF STATES : Author Natasha Wheatley 

* Legalization The Revolution : India And Constitution Of The Postcolony by ( Sandipto Dasgupta India) 

* International Journals Of Constitutional Law By ( M Victoria Kristan) 

* Difference In Human Rights Adjudication ( By - Cora Chan) 

71ST NATIONAL FILM AWARDS 2025 - 

* 

* BEST ACTOR - Shah Rukh Khan ( JAWAN) & Vikrant Massey ( 12th FAIL) 

* BEST ACTRESS - Rani Mukherjee ( Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway) 

* BEST FEATURE FILM - 12th FAIL 

* BEST PLAYBACK SINGER ( MALE) - Rohit ( BABY ) - TELUGU 

* BEST PLAYBACK SINGER ( FEMALE) - Shilpa Rao ( JAWAN) 

* BEST SCREENPLAY - Rajesh Neelam ( baby-Telugu) & PARKING ( Ram Kumar - Malayalam) 

* BEST ACTRESS ( SUPPORTING) - Urvashi ( ULLOZHUKKU - Malayalam) 

* BEST ACTOR ( SUPPORTING) - FEMALE - Jani BODIWALA ( GUJARATHI) VASH FILM 

* BEST ACTOR ( SUPORTING MALE) - Vijay Raghavan ( POOKKAALAM - Malayalam) 

&  M S Bhaskar ( PARKING - TAMIL) 

* BEST CHOREOGRAPHY - Vaibhav Merchant ( ROCKY AUR RANI KI PREM KAHANI) 

* BEST LYRICS - KASARLA SHYAM ( BALAGAM - TELUGU) 

* MUSIC DIRECTION - G V PRAKASH ( VAATHI - TAMIL) 

* BEST BACKGROUND SCORE - HARSHVARDHAN ) ( ANIMAL) 

* BEST EDITING - MIDHUN MURALI ( POOKKAALAM ) 

* BEST SOUND DESIGN - SACHIN ( MALAYALAM) 

* BEST FILM  ( TAMIL) - PARKING 

* BEST FILM ( TELUGU) - BHAGAVANTH KESARI ( DIR - Anil) 

* BEST ENT ( HINDI) - Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani 

* BEST FEATURE ,MOVIE ( SOCIAL) - SAM BAHADUR ( DIR - MEGHNA GULZAR) 

* BEST FILM ( ANIMATION) - HANU- MAN ( TELUGU) 

* BEST DIRECTION ( - THE KERALA STORY ( HINDI - SUDIPTO SEN) 

* BEST HINDI FILM ( -  KATHAL - A JACKFRUIT MYSTERY 

* BEST FILM ( MMALAYALAM) - ULLOZHUKKU 

* BEST FILM ( MARATHI) - SHYAMCHI AAI ( SUJAY SUNIL) 

* NON FEATURE FILM - FLOWERING MAN ( SOUMYAJIT GHOSH) 

* NON - FEATURE ( SOCIAL) - SILENT EPIDEMIC ( AKASH GUPTA) 

* BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - LITTLLE WINGS ( NON FEATURE) 

* SPECIAL MENTION - NEKAL - THE CHRONICLE OF THE PADDY MAN & THE SEA & SEVEN VILLAGES 

* 2025 SCIENCE & PINS PRIZE - 

* * NEWTON CHO, WINS THE 2025 SCIENCE & PINS PRIZE FOR NEURO MODULATION FOR HIS WORK IDENTIFYING A NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGET TO IMPROVE WORKING AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY.

BHARAT  GOURAV AWARDS 2025 

* Mr Rajendra Setia ( MD & CEO Of S K Finance) 

* Pravin Chandran ( Entrepreneur) 

* Major Munish Chauhan ( British Surgeon) 

* Asish Mittal ( Whole Time Director At Innovatiview India) 

* Ranju Alex ( Marriot International) 

* Kiran Agarwal ( Founder WOKA) 

GD BIRLA AWARDS 2025 - 

* * UNION MINISTER JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA HAS PRESENTED THIS AWARD 

* PROFESSOR ADITI SEN DE ( PHYSICS) 

* PROFESSOR SUBI JACOB GEORGE ( SUPRA MOLECULAR CHEMISTRY) 

FIRST PANCHARATNAM AWARD 2025 - 

* PROFESSOR R VIJAYRAGHAVAN HAS BEEN AWARDED WITH INAUGURAL PANCHARATNAM PRIZE 2025 

* FOR HIS PIONEER WORK IN QUANTUM MEASUREMENT, SUPER CONDUCTING CIRCUIT, & INDIA'S FIRST 6 QUBIT QUANTUM COMPUTER.

* INSTITUTE BY KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT 

* THE AWARD NAMED AFTER PHYSICIST DR S PANCHARATNAM 

* QUANTUM INDIA BENGALURU 2025 

* FIRST TWAS - M S SWAMINATHAN AWARD FOR FOOD & PEACE - 

- Professor Ademola A Adenle 

- professor At Sustainability Science At Technical University Of Denmark 

- Founder Of African Sustainability Innovation Academy 

KERALA SHASHTRA PURASHKARAM 2023 - 

* FORMER INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO) CHAIRMAN DR S SOMNATH HAS RECIEVED PRESTIGIOUS KERALA SHAHSTRA PURASHKARAM 2023.

* 

1ST MS SWAMINATHAN - GROW FURTHER AWARDS 2025 

* * FIRST EDITION OF MS SWAMINATHAN GROW FURTHER AWARD 

* JOINTLY PRESENTED BY M S SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION & GROW FURTHER, A PHILANTHROPY 

* Dr. Mamta Sharma Is The First' Recipient ( former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Will Present This Award) 

* Dr Mamta Sharma Is A Scientist From International Crop Research Institute For The Semi - Arid Tropics ( ICRISAT) in Hyderabad.

* 

EQUATOR PRIZE 2025 - 

* * SUSTAINABLE OCEAN ALLIANCE (Tanzania) 

* SEA WOMEN OF MELANESIA Inc ( PNG) 

* RANU WELUM FOUNDATION ( Indonesia) 

* NATURE AND PEOPLE AS ONE (NaPO) Kenya 

* MITRA BUMMA ( Indonesia) 

* PERU ( AGRO BIODIVERSITY) 

* HACKU AMAZONIA ( Ecuador) 

* COMAR ( Argentina) 

* BIBI FATHIMA SWA SAHAYA SANGHA (SHG India) 

* BRAZIL 

* 

FILM AWARDS - 

* CHINESE VETERAN ACTOR JACKIE CHAN HAS RECIEVED THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT 78TH LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 

* 

EQUATOR PRIZE 2025 - 

* THE BIBI FATHIMA WOMEN'S SELF HELP GROUP OF DHARWAD District In KARNATAKA HAS WON THE EQUATOR PRIZE 2025.

* THIS AWARD ALSO CALLED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION.

* 9 OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO AWARDED 

* 

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN GENETICS AWARDS 2025 - 

* HOPKINS MEDICINE 

* MASS GENERAL NEWS 

* PENN MEDICINE 

* CWRU School Of Medicine, 

* CU Anschutz Medical CAMPUS, 

* THE UNIVERSITY OF Chicago 

* 2025 ASHG lifetime achievement award To - Harry Dietz (MD) 

PREM BHATIA AWARDS FOR JOURNALISM - 

* * FOR POLITICAL JOURNALSIM - PARTH MN 

* ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALSIM - JEFF JOSEPH PAUL 

2025 FUTURE SCIENCE PRIZE - 

* LIFE SCIENCE - 

* QIANG JI XING XU & ZHONGHE ZHOU 

MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE - 

* Chih - YuanLu 

PHYSICAL SCIENCE - 

* XI DAI HONG DING & ZHONG FANG 

* Koodiyattam Dance Mastero Sivan Namboodiri Bids Adieu to Stage.

BORLAUG FIELD AWARDS 2025 - 

* * DEREK BARCHENGER, SENIOR SCIENTIST AND HEAD OF THE GLOBAL PEPPER BREEDING PROGRAM AT WORLD VEG CENTER RECIVED THE BORLAUG FIELD AWARD 2025.

* HE BRED 24 Varieties Of Pepper 

* Actor Dipak Tijori Wins Three Award At US FILM FESTIVAL ( For English Film - Echoes Of US) Director - Joe Ranjan 

* AMARAN Wins The Best Other Language Film At 48th Kerala Film Critics AWARD.

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

BANKING & FINANCE CA - 

RETIRED - 

* Suresh Narayanan, MD CEO Of Nestle India Will Retire After  26 Years Of 

* 

BANKING - 

* Quant MF Gets SEBI Approval To Launch India's First Long Short Fund 

* Government Of India Collected Rs. 1.96 lakh Crores GST In July 2025. 

Maharashtra With 30,590 Crores 

Karnataka With 13,967 Crores 

Gujarat With 11,358 Crores 

Tamilnadu With 11,296 Crores 

Haryana With 10,149 Crores 

Uttar Pradesh With 9,760 Crores 

Delhi With 6,057 Crores 

*  UPI Transaction Crosses 19.47 billions In July 2025. 

* UPI TRANSACTION 25.08 Lakh Crores In Value Recorded in July 2025.

* RBI Approved The Merger Of New India Cooperative Bank With Saraswat Bank.

* Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Announced The Repo Rate Remains Unchanged ( 5.5%)

* Projected GDP GROWTH FY 26 (6.5%)

* Projected Retail Inflation (3.1%) 

* NSDL Is Now Listed In BSE.

* * Government e- Marketplace Has Achieves a GMV Of Rs 5.4 Lakh Crores In FY 2024/25. 

WHAT IS GMV ? 

* GMV STANDS FOR - GROSS MERCHANDISE VALUE 

EXPLANATION - IT Represents The Total Value Of Merchandise Sold Over A Specific Period Through A Platform, 

An E-commerce Or C2C Marketplace 

Before Accounting For Expenses Like Returns, Discounts And Fees. 

* Hitachi Energy, Swiggy, Vishal Mega Mart And Waaree Energies Added To MSCI Global Standard Index 2025.

* RBI IMPOSES Rs 75 Lakh Penalty On ICICI Bank For Regulatory Violation.

*  ICICI Bank Increases Its Monthly Average Balance To 50,000 For Urban Areas And 25000 For Semi URBAN And Rural Areas.

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

* July CPI Inflation At 1.55% in 2025.

* RBI Issues Payment Aggregator Licence To Paytm Payments Services.

* Former Indusind Bank Deputy CEO Arun Khurana Under EOE Probe.

* RBI Cancelled The Certificate Of Registration Of Wadhawan Global Capital.

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

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

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

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

* LIC Will Continue Its Banc assurance Agreement With IDBI Bank 

( LIC To Reduce Its Residual Stake To Below 15%)

* Goldman Sachs Appointed As The The Sole Banker For The Government Stake Sale In 4 Public Sector Banks. 

* Government To Offload Stakes In UCO Bank, Central Bank of India, Punjab & Sindh Bank, And Indian Overseas Bank.

* Phonepe Launched Home Insurance With Premium Of Rs 181 Annually  For Coverage Of 12.5 Crores.

* Atal Pension Yojana (APY) Has Achieved A Milestone By Crossing 8.11 Crores Subscribers.

* Government e- Marketplace Has Crossed A Historic Milestone Of Rs 15 Lakh Crores in Gross Merchandise Value.

*  GSK Pharma Launched The JEMPERLI & ZEJULA  in India, ( WHICH Uses For Endometrial And Ovarian Cancer) 

* Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Introduced The One Time - One Way Switch Facility From The Newly Introduced Unified Pension Scheme To NATIONAL Pension System (NPS) 

* This Facility Is Available To UPS Subscribers Upto One Year Before Their Superannuation Or Three Months Before Voluntary Retirement 

*  BSE Proposes Introduction Of Pre-Open Session For Index- & Stock Futures in F & O Segment From 8th December 2025. 

* 11 Years Completed The PM JAN DHAN Yojana. 

* GROW Received SEBI Approval for USD 700 Million To USD 1 Billion IPO. 

* Real GDP Has Been Growth By 7.8% in Q1 In FY 2024/25.

MANUFACTURE - 

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

* PM Jan Dhan Yojana Completed 11 Years.

* State Bank of India (SBI) introduce The  SBI Nari SHAKTI Platinum Debit Card Exclusive Designed For WOMAN  ( Personal Accident Insurance Upto Covered 10 Lakh) 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* 1989 Batch IDAS Dr Mayank Sharma Assumed Charge As Financial Adviser ( Defense Service) 

* Valli Sekar & Jatul Anand Have Been Appointed As The Chief Business Officer And Executive Director Of PNB Housing Finance Respectively.

* AON Appoints Sushant Sarin As Head Of Strategy And Commercial Risk Solution For India.

* Gaurav Banarjee Has Been Appointed As Chairman Of BARC INDIA.

* Kevin Vaz Has Been Appointed As President Of Indian Digital Media Industry Foundation.

* 1988 Batch UTTAR PRADESH IAS OFFICER S Radha Chauhan Has Been Appointed As Chairperson Of The Capacity Building Commission (CBC).

* PB Balaji Has Been Appointed As CEO Of Jaguar And Land Rover.

* Rajiv Anand Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of Indusind Bank for 3 Years.

* Air Bus Has Appoints Jurgen Westermeir As President And MD In India.

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

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

* HCL Tech CEO C Vijay Kumar Is The Highest Paid IT CEO in India, he Paid 94.6 Crores in FY 2025.

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

* Rajiv Anand Assumed As The MD & CEO Of Indusind Bank.

* Avinash Rao Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of Mahindra Susten 

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

* DR RAJIV RANJAN, ( PART OF RBI FOR 35+ YEARS) HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT & RISK OFFICER OF NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK FOR NEXT 5 YEARS. 

* TCS Named Amit Kapur As Chief AI And Services Transformation OFFICER.

* Teymur Abasguliyev Appointed As The Chief Executive Officer Of Nayara Energy

* * FORMER RBI GOVERNOR URJIT PATEL HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) FOR NEXT 3 YEARS.

* HE SERVED AS 24TH GOVERNOR OF RBI 

* Himanshu Tandon Has Been Appointed As The Vice President Of Sub - brand CMF Of NOTHING. 

*  Nishant Pitti Has Been Appointed As The CMD Of Easy My Trip.

THE BANKING LAW (AMENDMEMT) 2025 - 

* FROM 1ST AUGUST 2025 THE BANKING LAW ( AMENDMENT) CAME TO EFFECT 

AIM - 

* TO STRENGTHEN GOVERNANCE STANDARDS, IMPROVE DEPOSITORS PROTECTION AND RAISE AUDIT QUALITY ACROSS INDIAN BANKING SECTOR. 

* PUBLIC SECTOR BANK (PSB) WILL NOW BE ALLOWED TO TRANSFER UNCLAIMED SHARES, INTEREST AMOUNT, AND BOND REDEMPTION PRICEEDS, TO THE INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND ( IEPF) 

* TO ALIGN WITH 97TH CONSTRUCTION AMENDMENT ( THE TENURES OF DIRECTOR EXCLUDING CHAIRPERSON AND WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR IN COOPERATIVE BANKS HAS BEEN INCREASE FROM 8 YEARS TO 10 YEARS. 

WHAT LAW OFFERS - 

* IT CONTAINS TOTAL 19 AMENDMENTS ACROSS 5 LEGISLATION.

+: The Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 

+: The Banking Regulation Act 1949 

+: The State Bank of India Act 1955 

+: The Banking Companies ( Acquisition And Transfer Of Undertaking ) Act 1970 & 1980 

AWARDS - 

*  POWERGRID Director Recived Peoples Leader Of The Year 2025 

* IRCON Has Honoured With Public Sector Procurement Excellence Award At 10th Annual ISM - INDIA Conference 2025.

* CONCOR Has Received The Dynamic Trade Facilitator Of The Year At 15th All India Maritime And Logistics Awards 2025 (MALA) 

* Mining Tenement System (MTS) Has Bagged The GOLD Award At Under Government Process Re - Engineering Using Tech For Digital Transformation At The National Award For e- Governance 2025.

*  BPCL Has Honoured With The International Procurement And Supply Chain Conference .

*  State Bank of India Has Win 4 Awards At 4th DATA MATIXX Summit And Awards 2025.

a) Best Use Of AI Driven Influencer Marketing ( Gold Award) 

b) Excellence In Data Driven Social Media Marketing (SILVER) 

* C A Charanjot Singh Nanda, President Of ICA Has Conferred With ET Leadership Excellence Award 2025 in Professional Excellence. 

* President Droupadi Murmu Presented The SCOPE Eminence Award 2025.

* BHEL Wins ( In R & D And Innovation Technology) 

* POWERGRID Recived ( HUMAN Resources Management Category) 

* NTPC LIMITED Has Win ( Individual Leadership Category) 

* HAL ( Institution Excellence) 

* railtel ( Digital Transformation Category) 

* Goa Shipyard Limited ( In Women Empowerment Category) 

ISRO & SPAC E CA - 

 INAUGURATION - 

* Dr V Narayanan, Chairman ISRO And Secretary Department Of Space Formally Inaugurated ISRO 's High Altitude Analog Mission HOPE in 31st July 2025.

*  ISRO Unveiled Model Of BHARATIYA ANTARIKSH Station. 

* ISRO Has Successfully Accomplished The First Integrated AIR Drop Test Of GAGANYAN. 

DHRUVA SPACE FIRST COMMERCIAL SATELLITE LAUNCHED - 

* * DHRUVA SPACE FIRST COMMERCIAL SATELLITE LAUNCHED BY SPACE X ON FALCON 9 

* THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SATELLITE ( LEAP -1) LAUNCHED ON 27TH AUGUST 2025.

* INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED P-30 SATELLITE PLATFORM FLY TWO DISTINCT MISSION - 

a) AKULA Tech's Nexus -01 MISSION Comprising on Advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model. ( AUSTRALIA SPACE ) 

b) Akula Tech's Esperesso Hyperspectral Imager Developed By Esper Satellite For OTR -2 

NEW MOON OF URANUS - 

* S/2025 U1 Moon Has Been DISCOVERED By TELESCOPE OF URANUS 

* 29TH MOON OF URANUS LISTED 

* MOON LIKE MIRANDA, ARIEL, UMBRIEL, TITANIA, OBERON ETC. 

TESTED - 

* ISRO SUCCESSFULLY Tested The KALAM 1200- Solid Motor - The First Stage Of Vikram -1 Launch Vehicle By Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited - At Satish Dhawan Space Centre 

* 

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

* 

AWARDS - 

* 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.

*  A Team Of International Scientist has Identified Rare Quadruple Star System In Milk way Named - UPM J1040-3551 Aabbab.

HOST & SUMMIT - 

HOST - 

*  The 2nd Edition Of Chinar Book Festival Kicked Off At Sringar.

* New Delhi Host The First Edition Of BIMSTEC Traditional Music Festival.( EAM DR JAISHANKAR Inaugurated The Summit) 

* Basholi Ustav Celebrate in Jammu and Kashmir. From 28th September 2025 

*  First Edition Of Archery League Kicked Off in India.

* New Delhi Hosts The Virgin Land Security SUMMIT 2025.

* The Inaugural India' - New Zealand Defence Strategic Dialogue Held At New Delhi.

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The  M S SWAMINATHAN CENTENARY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT NEW DELHI 

Theme 2025 - Evergreen Revolution, The Pathway To Biohappiness.

*  Union Women's And Child Empowerment Minister Annapurna Devi Has Inaugurated The 2nd Edition Of SHE LEADS In New Delhi.

* India Will Participate In 38th Bogota International Book Fair As Guest Of Honour Country.

* Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Inaugurated The 3rd Edition Of Bihar Museum Biennale. 

* Ghaziabad, UP Host The WHO - International Regulatory Cooperation For Herbal Medicine ( IRCH) Workshop.

( 17 Countries Participate) 

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

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

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

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

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

* Chhattisgarh Host The First National Weavers Convention On Sahakari Bharati In Raipur. 

 * Vishakapatanam Will Host The  IATO Convention 2026.

* GOA To Host The FIDE World Cup 2025 From October 30 To 27th November 2025.

* Goa Host The 5th ASEAN - India Youth Summit. 

* Bhubaneswar, Odisha Host The Two Day National Conference Of The Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes Parliamentary Committee. 

* LOK Sabha Speaker OM Birla Has Inaugurated The Conference. 

( THEME 2025 - The Role Of Parliamentary And Legislative Committee In The Welfare, Development And Empowerment Of Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes) 

FESTIVALS - 

* Atham Festival Celebration In KERALA.

SUMMIT - 

* Awaza, Turkmenistan Host The 3rd Edition Of UN CONFERENCE On Landlocked Developing Countries.

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

* Turkiye To Host The 2026 NATO Summit.

* Tianjin, China Host The 25th Heads Of State Of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ( SCO) 

APPOINTMENTS - 

 STATES - 

*  Professor Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi (IIT KANPUR) Has Been Appointed As 29th Vice Chancellor Of BHU.

* Senior IAS OFFICER S P Goyal Takes Charge As Chief Secretary Of Uttar Pradesh.

* * Ms SINDHU B RUPESH Has BEEN APPOINTED AS THE DIRECTOR IN DEPARTMENT OF SPACE , GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

* * 2016 BATCH IPS OFFICER ( ODISHA CADRE) SAGARIKA NATH HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE IN NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY ( NIA) 

*  Arun Chaturvedi Has Been Appointed As Chairman Of Rajasthan Finance Commission.

* 2013 Batch IAS OFFICER Tapasya Raghav Has Been Given Additional Charge of State Mission Director In Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).

*  2003 SIKKIM Based IPS OFFICER Manoj Tiwari Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Secretary in Ministry Of Social Justice And Empowerment.

* 1989 Batch IAS OFFICER Pratay Amrit Set To Appointed As Chief Secretary Of Bihar.

*  Dr MRUTUNJAY MOHAPATRA Has Gets 2 More Years Extension As Director General Of IMD 

*  Shri Satya Prakash Has Been Appointed As The Additional General Manager Of Southern Railway Corporation.

* 2013 Batch IPoS Moona Yasmin Has Been Appointed As Deputy Secretary In Ministry Of Rural Development.

* CBSE Chairperson IAS Rahul Singh Gets 2 Years Extension.

* 2015 Batch IRS Sumity Garg Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Secretary In Ministry Of Defence.

* 1990 Batch IAS OFFICER Sanjeev Chopra Has Been Appointed As The Secretary At Ministry Of Food Processing Industries.

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

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

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

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

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

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

* (Pon Baskaran Has Been Appointed As Treasures Of BFI. ) 

* 1991 BATCH BIHAR CADRE IAS OFFICER RAJIT PUNHANI APPOINTED AS THE CEO OF FSSAI.

* 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) 

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

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

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

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

* Anil Kumar Singhal Has Been Appointed As The CEO Of National Rainfed Area Authority.

*  1994 Batch IAS OFFICER Sudeep Jain Has Been Appointed As The MEMBER Secretary Of National Commission For WOMEN.

* 1994 BATCH IPS OFFICER Akhil Kumar Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of Digital India Corporation.

* Satish Kumar, Indian Railway Management Service ( IRMS) Extended As Chairman And CEO Of Railway Board For 1 Year.

* 1991 Batch Madhya Pradesh Cadre IPS OFFICER Alok Ranjan Director Of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 

* Lok SABHA Speaker Om Birla Appointed MP Ganesh Singh As Chairperson Of Committee On Welfare of Other Backward Classes (2025/26) 

JUDICIAL - 

* Chief Justice Of india B R Gavai Has Administrate The Oath To Justice Alok Aradhe And Vipul Manubhai As Judges Of Supreme court.

RESIGNED - 

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

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

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

ELECTED - 

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

PRESIDENT - 

* Karol Nawrocki Sworn In As New President Of Poland

* CAPITAL - WARSAW 

PRIME MINISTER - 

* LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF SOCIAL DEMOCRAT INGA RUGINIENE AS THE PRIME MINISTER OF LITHUANIA.

* Algerian President Appoints INDUSTRY Minister SIFI GHRIEB As Country's Acting Prime Minister'.

( President - Abdel Majdid Tebboune ) 

( Past PM - Nadir Larbaoui) 

AMBASSADOR - 

* Sandeep Arya Has Been Appointed As Indian Ambassador To Bhutan.

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

* IFS Dinesh K Pattnaik Has Been Appointed The India's High Commissioner To CANADA, 

( CHRISTOPHER Cooter Has Been Appointed As Canada's High Commissioner To India) 

*BRAND AMBASSADOR - 

* Sara Tendulkar, Daughter Of Sachin Tendulkar Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Australian Tourism Campaign.

* Bollywood Actress Madhuri Dixit Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Odisha Handloom.

BOOKS & AUTHORS - 

*  National Commission For WOMEN (NCW) Launched The Book - NAYA DAUR: The LEGAL Empowerment Of Muslim WOMAN Book Author - 

* WHY HINDU DHARMA Is Under Attack By Muslim, Christian And The Left Book Author - Maria Wirth 

* THE CONSCIENCE NETWORK: Book Author Sugata Srinivasaraju 

* THE RISE OF THE HITMAN Book Author - R Kaushik 

* THE LION OF NAUSHERA Book Author - The Life And Times Of Brigadier Mohamed Usman Author - Ziya Us Salam & Anand Mishra 

* STUMPED: AUTOBIOGRAPHY Of Former Indian Cricket Syed Kirmani Launched.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* THE MODI EFECT: Reinventing Bharat Book Author - Book Launched.

* Anand Mahindra Has Launched The Book - A MILLION BUD BLOOM ( Book Author -  ( Under Project Nanhi Kali) ( NANHI KALI FOUNDED IN 1996) 

* OPERATION SINDOOR: The 5th India Pakistan War Book Author - Major General G D BAKSHI 

* VACCINE NATION : How Immunization Shaped India Book Author - Ameer Shahul 

* MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME Book Author - Arundhati Roy 

* RAJA BHOJ PARAMPARA : Remembering The Scholar King Book Author - Meenakshi Jain 

MOU SIGNED - 

INTERNATIONAL - 

* India And Morocco Signed Agreement To Boost Judicial Cooperation. 

*  HPCL Has Signed a Long Term Head Of Agreement (HoA) With Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company (AGLC) For Supply Of LPG 10 Years. 

* * INDIA & PHILIPPINES SIGNED FEW MOU 

* India Joins Hand With BIMSTEC Partners To Strengthen Cancer Care Through National Cancer Grid Meet In Mumbai.

* India And Russia SIGNED An Agreement To Establish A Modernized Wind Tunnel Facility & Production Of Small Aircraft Piston Engines In India.

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

* EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION - Consists of 

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

* India And Fiji Exchanged On 7 MoU.

* MOU Between India And Fiji For Design, Construction, Commission, Operation And Maintaince Of A Super Speciality Hospital in Fiji.

* MoU Between India' NIELIT And Fijis Pacific Polytech On Cooperation In Human Capacity Skilling And Upskilling.

* Declaration Of Intent On Migration And Mobility Between India' And Fiji 

* MoU Between India And Fiji Regarding Indian Grant Assistance For Implementation Of Quick Impact Project.

* Establishment Of Cyber Security Training Cell In Fiji 

* MoU Between Confederation Of Indian Industry (CII) & Fiji Commerce & Employers Federation ( FCEF) 

* MoU Between National Bank For Agricultural And Rural Development (NABARD) And Fiji Development Bank.

* Specialized Medical Treatment Offered in India Under Heal In India Programme.

* India And Bhutan Signed MoU On Technical Cooperation In Agriculture And Allied Sector held At Thimpu. 

* ON VISIT TO JAPAN - PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Attended At The 15th India - Japan Annual SUMMIT.

* Rev Seishi Hirose, Chief Priest Of Darumji Temple Presented a Daruma Doll To Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

( It Is An Iconic Cultural Symbol & Souvenir Of Japan)

* It Is Modelled After Bodhidharma, ( FOUNDER Of Zen Buddhism) 

* 

*FEW MOU SIGNED - 

NATIONAL - 

* National Medical Plants Board (NMPB), Under MINISTRY Of Ayush Signed Two Strategic MoU.

* NMPB And Ishved - Bioplant Venture Signed For Conserve Germplasm Of Rare And Threatened Medical Plants.

* NMPB And All India Institute Of Ayurveda Signed To Establish The National Medical Plants Gardens At AIIMS NEW Delhi.

* GAIL & Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) Signed MoU To Jointly Explore Critical Minerals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Ministry Of New And Renewable Energy Signed A Performance Based MoU With Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency ( IREDA) 

* India Post Signed MoU With Map My India To Power The Future Of Addressing The DIGIPIN.

SPORTS CA - 

FOOTBALL - 

* Indian Football Legend Sunil Chhetri Has Graced With The Hallowed Hall Of The Cradle For Military Leadership ..

* Hindustan Zinc And All India Football Federation (AIFF) Announced A Strategic And Technical Partnership For Zinc Football Girls Academy.

* THE ALL INDIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION (AIFF) Has APPOINTED KHALID JAMIL AS THE HEAD COACH OF INDIA'S MALE FOOTBALL TEAM.

*  Brazil Women Clinched The 9th WOMEN'S Copa America Title 2025 After Beating Colombia.

* Former Porto Captain And Ex Mumbai City Fc Coach Jorge Coasta Has Passed away.

 * Indian Women's Football Team Ranked 63rd In FIFA Ranking.

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

* Iga Swiatek Set A Record By Winning Consecutive 65 WTA Singles in Opening Matches.

* Ahmedabad Host The Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2025.

* Mirabai Chanu Wins Gold In Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 

* MP Kangana Ranawat Has Unveiled The Team India Jersey For World Para Athletics Championship 2025 (12th Edition) 

* NORTH East United Fc Received The Prestigious President Cup From HONOURABLE President.

134TH EDITION OF DURAND CUP 2025 

* WINNER - North East United 

 RUNNERS UP - Diamond Harbour Football Club ( DHFC) 

134TH EDITION OF DURAND CUP 

* GOLDEN GLOVE - Gurmeet Singh 

* GOLDEN BOOT - Alaaeddine Ajaraie 

* GOLDEN BALL - Alaaeddine Ajaraie 

* Crystal Palace Wins The Community Shield.

* Nausheen Banu, Became The First Tamilnadu girl To Conquer The Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon.

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

*  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) 

* Union Sports Minister Mansukh MANDAVIYA Has Unveiled The Trophy Of Hockey Men's Asia Cup 2025 In New Delhi. ( HOST - RAJGIR, BIHAR) 

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

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

DIAMOND LEAGUE 2025 - 

* GOLD - JULIAN WEBER ( 91.51 M) 

* SILVER - NEERAJ CHOPRA ( 85.01 m) 

* BRONZE - WALCOTT ( 84.95 m) 

16TH ASIAN JR SHOOTIMG CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Naraen Pranab & Shambhavi Have Won 10 m Air Rifle Mixed Team Junior Gold At 16th Asian Shooting Championship 

* Aishwaraya Pratap Singh Has Win Gold In 50m Rifle 3P Event At Asian Shooting Championship. 

* Payal Khatri (Gold), Naamya Kapoor (Silver) & Tejaswini (Bronze) At Asian Shooting Championships 2025.

*  Neeru Dhanda Wins Gold Medal In Trap Event At Asian Shooting Championships.

* Bhowneesh Mendiratta Has Wins Silver In Men's Trap At ASIAN Shooting Championships.

*  Sift Kumar Samra Has Wins Gold In Women's 50m. 3P Event At Asian Shooting Championships.

* Anish Bhanwala Wins SILVER Medal In 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Event At Asian Shooting Championships.

* Sift Kaur Samra, Ashi Chouksey, Anjum Moudgil Have Win Gold In Women's 50m Rifle 3P Position Team At Asian Shooting Championships.

* Gurpreet Singh Has Win Gold Medal In 25m Pistol Event At Asian Shooting Championship

*  Amanpreet Singh Clinched Silver In Asian Shooting Championships.

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

* Tapasya Wins Gold In Under 20 World Wrestling Championships.

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

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

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

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

8 Ajay Babu Valluri Wins Gold In Men's 79 kg  Category Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 

* Harjinder Kaur Gold In Women's 69 Kg Category 

* 

Parv Chaudhary Wins Gold In Youth And Junior ( Men's 88 Kg Category) At Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships.

* Indian Duo Gatha & AGASTHYA Have Win Bronze At Recurve Under 18 XT At World YOUTH Archery Championships. at Winnipeg, Canada 

* Shravari Somanath Shendhe Has Win Gold Medal 

 * Bhavna Gogoi Has Wins Gold In Women's 58 kg In Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships.

* Bhavna Gogoi Wins Gold In 58 kg Category At Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2025 Ahmedabad.

FIRST KHELO INDIA WATER SPORTS SRINAGAR 2025 - 

 * Madhya Pradesh Topped The Table With 18 Medals Including 10 Gold, 3 Silver And 5 Bronze At KHELO India Water Sports Festival Held At Sringar, 

RETIREMENT - 

* Kyle Edmund Announced Retirement From Professional Tennis.

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

* * CZECH Player PETRA KVITOVA HAS ANNOUNCEMENT RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL TENNIS DURING US OPEN.

* SHE WAS 31 WORLD TENNIS A TITLE 

* 2016 BRONZE MEDAL IN RIO OLYMPIC 

* 2 X WIMBLEDON TITLE 

* BEST RANKING 2 ( WTA RANKING) 

* MERCI CAROLINE ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT FROM  INTERNATIONAL TENNIS 

* 11 SINGLES TITLE 

* WTA FINAL CHAM;PION 

* BILLIE JEAN KING CUP WINNER 

* 2 TIMES ROLAND GAROS DOUBLE CHAMPION ( 2016 & 2022) 

BANNED - 

* Indian Runner Parvej Khan Banned For 6 Years. 

BOOKS - 

* STUMPED: AUTOBIOGRAPHY Of Former Indian Cricket Syed Kirmani Launched.

ASIAN WOMEMS U20 RUGBY 7S 2025 -

HOST - BIHAR (U20) 

* CHINA ( GOLD) 

* HONG KONG (SILVER) 

* INDIA ( BRONZE) .

AWARDS - 

* SANJOY SEN RECEIVED THE P K BENERJEE MEMORIAL AWARD FROM EAST BENGAL FOOTBALL CLUB.

* HE IS THE HEAD COACH OF EAST BENGAL FOOTBALL CLUB.

UNDER 17 WOMEN'S WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS ATHENS 2025 - 

* India Finishes With Six MEDAL including 2 Gold, 3 Silver And 1 Bronze At Under 17 Women's Wrestling Championships Asthana 2025.

* Rachana Wins Gold In Under 17 World Wrestling Championships Athens.

* Ashvini Vishnoi Wins 2nd Gold In Women's Under 17 57 kg Category 

* Moni Wins Silver in 57 Kg Category 

* Kajal Wins Silver in 73 Kg Category 

*  Yashita Wins Silver Medal In 61 Kg Category In Women's Under 17 Wrestling Championships, Asthana.

* Manisha Wins Silver in 69 Kg Category 

* Lucky Wins The Silver Medal In FS 110 kg Category At Under 17 Men's Wrestling Championships 

* * Sitender Wins Gold In Under 17 Wrestling Championships. 

*  India Finishes 6th At Under 21 Asia - Oceania Korfball Championship.

* Manav Thakkar And Manush Shah Finishes As Runners Up At WTT Star Contender Brazil.

WINNERS - 

* Minerva Warriors Wins The NORWAY CUP 2025 Title.

* Anirudh Chandrasekhar And Ram Kumar Ramanathan Wins The Lexington Challenger.

 * India's Vedika Bhansali Wins The US Kids World Championships Golf 

* Londo Norris Wins F1 Hungarian Grand Prix.

* Annu Rani Wins The International Wieslaw Maniak Memorial Event In Poland. ( 62.59 m Javelin Throw) 

* Chennai's Velammal MHS School Wins 2025 World Schools Team Chess Championships In Alexandria.

 * Tanvi Khanna Finishes As Runners Up At HCL Squash Indian Tour.

* Punjab Hockey Team Wins The 15th Hockey India Sub Junior Men Team After Defeating Jharkhand JUNIOR Team.

* Ramesh Budhial Wins Bronze In The Asian Surfing Championships 2025.

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

( 3 Gold, 7 Silver & 4 Bronze) 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Anahat Singh Runners Up At NSW Squash Bega Open 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Muzaffar Nagar Lions Has Wins The First Season Of UPPVL.

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

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

* India Finishes 2nd At The Asian Open Short Track Speed Skating Trophy in Dehradun. 

* 17 Years Old Anahat Singh Has Finishes As Runners Up At NSW SQUASH Bega Open 2025.

* Murali SREESANKAR Has Wins Gold At 64th National Interstate Athletics Championship 2025.

* Ankur Bhattacharee Has Finishes As Runners Up At Europe Youth Smash ( First Indian To Reach Final) 

* Indian Archers Wins 8 Medals Including 4 Gold, 2 Silver And 2 Bronze Medal At World Youth Archery Championships Canada.

* Anahat Singh And Velavan Senthilkumar Have National Squash Singles Championships. 

* Harshita Jhakar Wins Gold In Cycling Track, Asia Cup 2025.

* Indian Under 17 Women's Team Has Win The U17 SAFF TITLE By Defeating Nepal.

XXXIV QOSANOV MEMORIAL 2025 - 

* Sreeshankar Murali Has Wins The XXXIV QOSANOV Memorial 2025 ( Long Jump Event Of 7.94 Meter) 

 * Abdulla Aboobacker Gets The First Place In Men's Triple Jump With A Leap Of 16.08m At XXXIV QOSANOV Memorial.

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

CHESS - 

* Divya Deshmukh Became India's 88th Grand Master. 

* 4th Indian Female GM & 44TH Women In World. 

* Magnus Carlsen Wins The Inaugural Chess ESPORTS World Cup 2025 

* Michael Concio Junior Wins The First Bangkok SUMMER Open 2025 Chess Title.

* Second - Nithin Babu ( INDIA)

* Third - Sayantan Das ( INDIA)

* Aniruddha Potawad Wins The 3rd G H Raisoni Memorial Pune Rapid Rating Open 2025 

Silver - KUSHAGRA MOHAN 

BRONZE - Viresh Sarnarthi 

* Aarini Lahoty Became The Youngest Female FIDE rated Player Of India ( 5 Years Old)

* Michael Adams Wins His 9th British Chess Championships 2025 

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

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

* Vincent Keymer Wins The QUANTBOX Chennai Grand Master 2025.

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

* Pranesh M Wins The QUANTBOX CHENNAI GRAND MASTERS Challenger Event.

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

*( Wesley So (USA) Wins The Sinque field Cup 2025  ( Silver medal To Indian R PRAGGANANDHA) Bronze To Fabiano.

HOST - 

* Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Unveiled The Mascot Of Asia Rugby Under 20 Championships Held At Rajgir 

* The 3rd Edition Of The Chennai Grand Master Kicked Off.

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

CRICKET - 

*  Bhutan Cricket Has Recived The ICC Global Award For 100% Female Cricket Initiative in 2024.

* South African Champions Has Win The World Championships Legend 2025 Title After Beating Pakistan in Finals 

*  England Test Cricketer Joe Root Became The First To Get 6000 World Test Championship (WTC) Runs So Far.

* 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.

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

*  Nat Sciver Brunt Became First To Completed 1000 Runs In Hundred.

* Former Australian Cricketer And Coach Bob Simpson Passed away.

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

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

* Indian Test Cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara Has Announcement Retirement From International Cricket. ( 7246 TEST RUNS, 19 TEST 100) 

* Ravichandran Ashwin Has Announced Retirement From IPL. 

*  Rajeev Shukla Has Been Appointed As The Acting President Of BCCI.

HOST - 

* Nepal To Host The ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 Qualifiers.

* * OLYMPIC MEDALLIST AND FORMER AIFF MEDICAL COMMISION CHAIRMAN DR VECE PAES PASSED AWAY.

* HE WAS PART OF 1972 MUNICH OLYMPIC MEDALLIST TEAM MEMBER.

* HE IS THE FATHER OF TENNIS LEGEND LEANDER PAES 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

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

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

* 1961 Wimbledon Winner Angela Mortimer Passed Away.

MACAU  OPEN S300 2025 ( BADMINTON) - 

MEN'S SINGLE - ALWI FARHAN Beat JUSTIN HOH 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - YBF CHEN ( CHINA) 

MEN'S DOUBLES - ARIF JUNAIDI & YAP ROY KING ( MALAYSIA) 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - E HUNG & P HSEIGH 

MIXED DOUBLES - A BOJE & M CHRISTIANSEN 

CANADIAN OPEN 2025 ( TENNIS) 

MEN'S SINGLE - B SHELTON 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - VICTORIA Mboko ( 18 Years Old) Beat N Osaka 

MEN'S DOUBLES - L Glasspool & J Cash 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - COCO GAUFF & M KESSLER 

CINCINNATI OPEN2025 ( TENNIS) - 

* MENS SINGLE - CARLOS ALCATRAZ BEAT JANNIK SINNER 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - IGA SWIATEK WINS 

MEN'S DOUBLES - R RAM & N MEKTIC 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - G DABROWSKI & E ROUTLIFFE 

* RANKING & INDEX - 

*  India Became The World's Third Largest Solar Powered Producer After Japan And China.

* India Did 18,900 Transplants In One Year.

* Maharashtra Ranked First' In The Road Networking Growth.

* Telengana Topped The In The Organ Donation in India.

( 4.88 Organ Donation in Per 10 Lakh Population) 

*  India Named World's 5th Biggest Aviation Market Of 2024. ( 211 MILLION )

* Amit Shah Become The India's Longest Term Home Minister By Spending 2,258 Days In Office.

* Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister M Chandrababu Naidu Emerges As The Richest Indian Chief Minister With 936 Crores.

* Mahindra Beats Hyundai To Become India's 2nd Largest Automaker.

* NRAI Released The Safest City For Women in India 2025 Ranking 

a) Kohima 

b) Vishakapatanam 

c) Bhubaneswar 

d) Aizwal 

e) Gangtok 

f) Itanagar 

g) Mumbai 

NORTH EAST CA - 

 AWARDS - 

* Adityam Saikia's RONGATAPU 1982 Film Wins The Best Film Award ( Assamese Film) At 71st NATIONAL FILM AWARDS 2025.

* 

* Manipur Has Been Awarded For Best North East State In Organ Donation & Transplantation At 15th National Organ Donation Day.

*  RIMDOGITTANGA ( Rapture) Meghalaya's Film Wins The Best Film in Meghalaya At 71st NATIONAL FILM AWARDS 2025 

* Premchandra Pukhrambam, An Manipur ARTIST Wins The Lalit Kala Academy 64th Art National AWARD.

* Asian Tortoise Has Been Reintroduce in Nagaland.

* Padmashree Awardee Geeta Upadhyay Handed Over His Award To Government.

* Sikkim Government Has Launched The SHRAVAN KUMAR AWARD To Promote Care For Elderly Parents.

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

* * Dr. GAYATRI GOGOI, Associate Professor Of Pathology At Assam Medical College And Hospital Has Been Honoured With The PRESTIGIOUS BLACKBUCK PIONEER RESEARCHER AWARD 2025.

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

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

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

* The Animal Resources Development Department Of Tripura Has Won The Centre For Innovation In Public Services Award For Introduce AI With Sexed Semen Technology To Boost Milk Production.

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

FIRST IN - 

* Major Dwipannita Kalita, The First Female Para Trooper From Assam Has Been Features In The Cover Of FEMINA India Along With Sophia Quershi 

 * Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The BRAHMAPUTRA WINGS Of Rajbhavan, Guwahati 

PORTAL - 

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

* THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ( AMENDMENT) BILL 2025 - 

* * ASSAM SET TO GET FIRST IIM. 

NEW ANIMAL - 

* A NEW SPECIES OF SNAKE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN MIZORAM.

* NAMED SMITHOPHIS LAPTOFASCIATUS 

* DISCOVERED BY ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY.

* GENUS - SMITHOPHIS (RAIN SNAKE SO CALLED BCOZ IT OCCURS IN RAINY SEASON) 

* THIS IS THE THIRD SMITHOPHIS SPECIES DISCOVERED 

BEFORE - 

* SMITHOPHIS ATEMPORALIS 

* SMITHOPHIS MIZORAMENSIS 

NEW PLANT SPECIES - 

* PRIMULA INDICA ( PRIMULACEAE) A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN DIBANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* Manipur Zoological Garden (MZG) And India Turtle Conservation Programme (ITCP) Conducted The First Successful Artificial Incubation Of Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys Phayrei) 

BOOKS - 

* ASAM ARU AHOM Book Launched At Jorhat, Assam 

* 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* * ANGOOR LATA DEKA HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHAIRPERSON OF ASSAM STATE COMMISION FOR WOMEN.

* Adaso Kapesa, Become The First Woman To Join Prime Minister' Elite SPG.

*  2003 SIKKIM Based IPS OFFICER Manoj Tiwari Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Secretary in Ministry Of Social Justice And Empowerment.

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

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

* PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* * NOTABLE ASSAMESE DRAMATIST AND FILMAKER HEMANTA DUTTA PASSED AWAY AT 83.

* HE GETS TITLE WITH NATYASINDHU 

* AWARDS - 

- 2017 ( BHABEN BARUAH AWARD) 

- 2024 ( ASSAM SAURABH AWARD) 

.

NOTABLE MOVIES - 

* 1980 - UPAPATH 

* HIYAR DAPUNOT TUMERAI SOBI .

DECLARED - 

 * The Ancient Menhirs Present In Lianpui Village Of Mizoram Has Been Declared As Protected Monument Of National Importance.

* 

RESEARCH - 

*  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.

* 

DEFENSE CA - 

 APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Senior IPS OFFICER SBK Singh Has Been Appointed As The Delhi Police Commissioner.

* VICE Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan Has Appointed As The Deputy Chief Of Integrated Defence Staff POLICY.

* Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Has Assumed As The Flag Officer Commanding In Chief Of Western Naval Command At Mumbai.

* * LT GENERAL PUSHPENDRA SINGH ASSUMED AS THE VICE CHIEF OF THE INDIAN ARMY STAFF.

* VICE ADMIRAL SANJAY VATSAYAN ASSUMES AS THE 47th VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF 

 * Vice Admiral CR Praveen Nair Assumed Charge As The Controller Personnel Service (CPS) 

* Vice Admiral Manish Chadha Has Assumed As Commandant Of Indian Naval Academy. 

* 2010 Batch IPS OFFICER Raghavendra Kumar M G Appointed As The DIG In CISF.

* IPS Mrs Vinita Thakur Has Been Appointed As AFG CISF.

*  FORMER CRPF DG ANISH DAYAL SINGH HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE DEPUTY OF NSA.

* Tamilnadu DGP Shankar Jiwal Has Been Appointed As Fire Commission Chairman.

* 

* Lt General Raja Subramani (RETIRED) Appointed As The New Military Adviser To The National Security Council Secretariat ( NSCS).

FIRST IN - 

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

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

 MOU SIGNED - 

* Defence Ministry Has Signed MoU with Quality Council of India To Strengthen Delivery Of Pension, Healthcare, And Welfare Schemes 

 HOST - 

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

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

* CDS General Anil Chauhan Has Inaugurated The Tri - Services Joint Dialogue RAN - SAMVAAD 2025 At Army War College, Madhya Pradesh.

* It Is First' Kind Of Session For Operation and Battle Regarding Dialogue. 

Theme 1 - Emerging Technologies & Impact On Future Warfare 

Theme 2 - Reforms In Institutionalised Training To Catalyse Technological Enablement 

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

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

* 

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

VISIT - 

* General Upendra Dwivedi Has Visited To Algeria.

DEFENSE PRODUCTION - 

 India's Defence Production Has Recorded Best Rs 1,50,590 Crores In FY 2024/25.

(18% Growth in 2023/24 It Was 1,27 Lakh Crores) 

( In 2019/20 it Was 79,071 Crores) 

INDUCTED - 

* GRSE Built India's First Of Three Advanced Guided Missile Frigates HIMGIRI, Delivered To Indian Navy.

* The 16th And Final Airbus C-295 Delivered To India From Spain.

* NCERT Added Chapter On Field Marshal Manekshaw, Brigadier Usman And Major Sharma in Classes.

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

* The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Has Launched Its First All Woman Commando Unit.

 * UNION Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Along With Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Have Inaugurated INS UDAYGIRI and INS HIMGIRI Frigate In Visakhapatnam.

RETIRED - 

* Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh Retired After 39 Years Of Service.

* 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* * GROUP CAPTAIN D K PARULKAR (RETIRED) PASSED AWAY ON 10TH AUGUST 2025.

* 1971 PAKISTAN WAR HERO, WHO LEAD THE TEAM AND ESCAPE FROM CAPTIVITY IN PAKISTAN.

* HE COMMISSIONED IN AIR FORCE IN 1963.

* HE HAS RECEIVED THE VISHISHT SENAE MEDAL 

MOU SIGNED - 

* BSF India And IIT Kanpur Have Signed MoU To Enhance The Capability In Drone Forensics, Counter UAV Technology And Training.

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

* OPERATION SINDOOR: The 5th India Pakistan War Book Author - Major General G D BAKSHI 

* SCHEMES LAUNCHED - 

APPROVED - 

* Cabinet Has Approved The Total Outlay Of Rs 6520 Crores For Central Sector Scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana.

* 

* ICMR Introduce The ICMR - SHINE Initiative.

* An Initiative For Students In Country 

* It Is Initially Started From 8th August 2025 ( On The Birth Anniversary of Professor V Ramalingaswamy)

* Science And Health Innovation For Next Generation Students 

* Cabinet Approved The Multidisciplinary Education And Research Improvement In Technical Education ( MERITE) Of Rs 4200 Crores.

17) Cabinet Approved 4 New Components Of The Existing Central Sector Scheme Development Packages For Assam And Tripura For Rs 4250 Crores.

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

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

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

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

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

*  NATIONAL Highway Authority In India (NHAI) Has Launched a Project AROHAN To Support The Educational Aspirational Of Toll Plaza Employees.

* UNION MINISTER Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched The DESIGN For BioE3 Challenge For Youth 

* Cabinet Approved The Restructuring And Extension Of Lending Period Beyond 31/12/2024 Of PM Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi ( PM SVANIDHI) Scheme.

* ( Cabinet Approved The Submission Of bid For The Commonwealth Games 2030.

STATE - 

* The UTTAR Pradesh Government Has Developed a Plan To Ensure Equal Education For Every Child - DIVYANG FRIENDLY 

* Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Has Approved The Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee State Government Scholarship Scheme.

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

* Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Has Launched The MAJHE GHAR YOJANA Scheme. 

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

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

*  Union Minister Of State George Kurian ( Kerala) Has Inaugurated The MATSYA SHAKTI Project In Kovalam, Kerala. 

*  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Has Launched The MUKHYAMANTRI MAHILA ROJGAR Yojana 2025 

( Under This Scheme Will Provide 10,000 As The First Instalment To One WOMAN From Every Family To Start An Occupation Of Her CHOICE)

* EXERCISE - 

* 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 

* The 14th Edition Of The Joint Bilateral Military Exercise MAITREE Between India And Thailand Will Be Conducted From 1st to 14th September 2025 At Umroi. 

* FIRST WOMAN IN INDIA WORLD - 

FIRST WOMAN IN WORLD - 

* * 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) 

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

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

FIRST SIKH PILOT - 

* Avneet Kaur Gill, a 15 Years Old Has Became The First Sikh Solo Pilot To Fly Around Australia. 

FIRST WOMAN IN INDIA - 

Adaso Kapesa, Become The First Woman To Join Prime Minister' Elite SPG.

* Gajam Narmada, First Woman From Telengana To Received The Sant Kabir Handloom Award.

* Indian Women At. FEMINA 

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

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

* 

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

( BILL PASSED - 

* The Lok SABHA PASSED The Bill To Provide Reservation To Scheduled Tribes In Goa Assembly 

* Parliament Passed The Carriage Of Goods By Sea Bill 2025.

* Lok SABHA PASSED The Manipur Approciation ( No 2) Bill 2025.

* Delhi School Education ( Transparency  In Fixation And Regulations Of Fees) Bill Passed In Assembly.

* Uttarakhand Minority Educational Institution Bill 2025 Passed in Legislative assembly.

* Mizoram Introduced The Prohibition Of Beggary Bill 2025. 

* Parliament Passed The Mines And Minerals Amendment Bill 

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

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

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

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

* Lok SABHA Passed The Indian Port Bill 2025.

* RAJYA SABHA PASSED the Merchant Shipping Bill 2025.

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

* RAJYA SABHA PASSED The Indian Port Bill 2025.

THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ( AMENDMENT) BILL 2025 - 

* * ASSAM SET TO GET FIRST IIM. 

COASTAL SHIPPING ( AMENDMENT) BILL 2025 

* Parliament Passed The Bill On 7th August 2025 

* * TO Boost India's Coastal Economy 

* Unlock The Tremendous & Vast Potential Of India's 11,098 km, Long Strategic Coastline Spanning 9 Coastal States & 4 UTs. 

* It Aims To Boost Coastal Cargo Ship Upto 230 Million Metric Tonne By 2030. 

* This Bill Which Was Earlier Passed By Lok Sabha on 3rd April 2025 

& Seeks To Simply And Modernize The Legal Framework Governing Council. 

* It Replace The PART XIV Of Merchant Shipping ACT 1958 With a New Age Progressive Legislation Aligned With Global Cabotage Norms. 

* The Coastal Shipping Bill Comprises Of 6 Chapters And 42 Clauses. 

* The Legislation Also Provides The Creation Of National Database For Coastal Shipping Enabling Real Time Access To Authentic & Regularly Updated Data. 

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

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

* UNION HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH HAS INTRODUCE THE 130TH CONSTRUCTION AMENDMENT BILL 2025 IN LOK SABHA ON 20TH AUGUST 2025.

* THIS BILL SEEKS TO ESTABLISH A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR REMOVAL OF ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO ARRESTED OR DETAINED IN CRIMINAL OFFENCES.

* THIS CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT INCLUDING 3 MORE BILL 

a) The Goverment Of Union Territories ( Amendment) Bill 2025

b) The Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization ( Amendment) Bill 2025.

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

* The Government Of UT ( Amendment) Bill 2025 

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

* PORTAL & APP - 

*  UNION Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Launched The IIT Bombay's TARA Application 

*  Chennai Metro Rail Limited Introduces Metro Ticketing In Uber App.

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

* National Task Force On Student Mental Health And Suicide Prevention In Higher Educational Institution Has Launched It's Website.

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

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

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

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

* ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY - 

* Ancient Hindu Idols Including 11 Shivlingas Have Been Unearthed At Anantnag, Kashmir.

* An Ancient Telugu Inscription Dating 500 Years Old Has Been Uncovered In Anantgiri.

* 10th Century Shivling Has Been Discovered In Jammu and Kashmir.

* A 201 million Years Phytosaur Fossil Of A Crocodile Has Discovered In Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

DECLARED - 

 * The Ancient Menhirs Present In Lianpui Village Of Mizoram Has Been Declared As Protected Monument Of National Importance.

*  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) 

NOMINATE = 

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

* WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT - 

* A NEW SPECIES OF SNAKE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN MIZORAM.

* NAMED SMITHOPHIS LAPTOFASCIATUS 

* DISCOVERED BY ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY.

* GENUS - SMITHOPHIS (RAIN SNAKE SO CALLED BCOZ IT OCCURS IN RAINY SEASON) 

* THIS IS THE THIRD SMITHOPHIS SPECIES DISCOVERED 

BEFORE - 

* SMITHOPHIS ATEMPORALIS 

* SMITHOPHIS MIZORAMENSIS 

* RESEARCHERS FROM BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FREE LIVING MARINE NEMATODE ROUND WORMS IN CHILIKA, ODISHA.

* SPECIES - GENUS - ADMINDARUS 

* SPECIES NAMED - ADMINDARUS ODISHAENSIS  (IN HONOUR TO ODISHA) 

* SUMAN PATRA LED THE TEAM 

NEW PLANT SPECIES - 

* PRIMULA INDICA ( PRIMULACEAE) A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN DIBANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* A NEW SPECIES OF PINDA HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN TORANA FORT, PUNE 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO APIACEAE ( PINDA MUKHERJEEIANA) 

* NAMED AFTER P MUKHERJEEIANA 

FIRST GRASSLAND BIRD CENSUS - 

*  The First Ever Grassland Bird Census Held In Assam 

* Kaziranga Has 43 Grassland Bird Species 

* A RARE COLORFUL FUNGI HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN THE KAGAZNAGAR FOREST DIVISION IN KOMARAM BHEEM ASIFABAD DISTRICT, TELENGANA.

* THE SPECIES CALLED - PINKGILL 

* ACTUALLY ITS NATIVE PLACE WAS NEW ZEALAND.

* 

* ZEUXINE YONZONEANA: A NEW ORCHID SPECIES HAS BEEN FOUND IN DARJEELING, WEST BENGAL.

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER DR RAJENDRA YONZONE KALIMPONG (BOTANIST) 

* 

2ND EDITION OF NILAGIRI TAHR SURVEY 2025 - 

* THE SURVEY OF NILGIRI TAHR CONDUCTED IN BOTH KERALA AND TAMILNADU.

* 2668 NILGIRI TAHR CENSUS 

* 1365 TAHR FROM KERALA & 1303 FROM TAMILNADU 

* HIGHEST (841 NILGIRI TAHR) COUNTED IN THE ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK (ENP) KERALA 

( 827 in 2024 At ENP, KERALA) 

* IN KERALA 19 FOREST DIVISION CENSUS CONDUCTED 

ENVIRONMENT - 

* Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar And Union Forest Minister Bhupendra Yadav Have Launched The MATRI VAN Initiative In Gurugram, Haryana.

* A Theme Based Urban Forest Spread Over 750 Acres In Aravali Region 

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

AWARDS - 

* * ELEPHANT ATTENDENT SUMIT GOGOI & MAHOUT GANESH TAMANG OF NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK, & TIGER RESERVE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH CONFERRED NATIONAL GAJ GOURAV AWARD 2025.

* THE AWARD IS PRESENTED BY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FOREST.

* * DR DHRITI BANARJEE, DIRECTOR OF ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY SBSRD FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS FIELD OF ENTOMOLOGY AT 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT TRENDS & DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURAL, BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.

* Padmavathi, The OLDEST Elephant Of Mysore Zoo Passed away.

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

*  Kuttimathan Kani, The Tribal Elder Who Revealed Kerala's Immortality Herb AROGYAAPACHA Plant Has Passed away.

* Manipur Zoological Garden (MZG) And India Turtle Conservation Programme (ITCP) Conducted The First Successful Artificial Incubation Of Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys Phayrei) 

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