NATIONAL NEWS

Revamped OCI Portal

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the new Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Portal in New Delhi.
• The new portal will provide enhanced functionality, advanced security, and a user-friendly experience for the existing over 5 million OCI cardholders and new users.

OCI

GeM celebrates 8 years

• • 8th incorporation Day of Government e-Marketplace (GeM) was celebrated in New Delhi.
• GeM is emerged as one of the world’s largest and most efficient public e-procurement platforms, setting new benchmarks in accessibility and affordability.

GeM

Agri conference on ‘Convergence for Action’

• Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the Annual Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Agricultural Universities and Directors of ICAR Institutes in New Delhi.
• The theme of the conference is ‘Convergence for Action: Shaping Agricultural Research, Education and Extension for Viksit Bharat at 2047.

e-book of the electronic Civil List, 2025

• Union Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh launched an e-book of the electronic Civil List, 2025- a digital compendium of serving Indian Administrative Service officers across the country.

e-Zero FIR initiative

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched e-Zero FIR initiative on a pilot basis in Delhi.
• The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) has introduced a new system that automatically converts financial cybercrime complaints with a fraud value above ₹10 lakh, and registered on the 1930 helpline or cybercrime.gov.in portal, into first information reports (FIRs).

I4C

Statue of 19th Gyalsras Kushok Bakula Rinpochey

• Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju unveiled a statue of 19th Gyalsras Kushok Bakula Rinpochey at Shardhanjali Park in Leh.
• Kushok Bakula Rinpochey is regarded as the architect of modern Ladakh for his selfless contributions in various fields of life and was awarded with the Padma Bhushan in 1988.

Bharatiya Bhasha Summer Camp

• Union Minister for Education, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, launched the Bharatiya Bhasha Summer Camp in New Delhi and also released Primers in Indian languages and Special Modules in thirteen languages.
• Primers in Indian languages have been specially developed to support foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) by using the child’s mother tongue, home, or local language.

STATE SPECIAL NEWS

Indira Soura Giri Jala Vikasam

• Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has launched the Indira Soura Giri Jala Vikasam scheme from Macharam village in Nagarkurnool district.
• Under the scheme, tribal farmers will receive free solar pumps of 5 -7.5 horsepower for irrigating horticultural crops.

Telangana

International Buyer Seller Meet (IBSM)

• The Ministry of Food Processing Industries in partnership with Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI), and Government of Bihar, organized International Buyer Seller Meet (IBSM) in Patna

Bihar

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

BRICS Energy Ministers’ Meeting

• Union Power Minister Manohar Lal led India’s delegation to the BRICS Energy Ministers’ Meeting in Brazil.
• This year’s meet theme was “Strengthening Global South Cooperation for More Inclusive and Sustainable Governance.” India will host next BRICS Energy Gathering in 2026.

BRICS

UK-EU new bilateral deal

• Britain and the European Union (EU) reached a wide-ranging agreement which was unveiled ahead of the first-ever UK-EU summit held in London.

European Union (EU):

Nicușor Dan won Presidential election

• In Romania, pro-EU candidate Nicușor Dan won a decisive victory in presidential runoff.

Romania

ECONOMY & BANKING

Draft on REs’ AIF investments

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued revised draft directions on investment by Regulated Entities (REs) in Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs) after observing its regulatory steps brought financial discipline among REs concerning investments in AIFs.
• As per the draft, a single RE’s contribution to any AIF scheme will be capped at 10% of corpus and collectively a ceiling of 15% will apply for investment by all REs in AIF scheme.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Reliance Power pact with Bhutan’s Green Digital

• Reliance Power Ltd. said it signed a commercial term sheet for long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Green Digital Private Ltd. (GDL), owned by Druk Holding and Investments Ltd. (DHI), the investment arm of the Royal Government of Bhutan.

New barcodes

• The next-generation QR Codes will be introduced by GS1, a global standards organisation, from 2027 to bring in more transparency, traceability and to protect consumer interest.
• GS1 is a not-for-profit, international organization developing and maintaining its own standards for barcodes and the corresponding issue company prefixes.

GS1

IMPORTANT DAYS

World Metrology Day

• World Metrology Day, commemorates the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875 and to raise awareness about the importance of metrology, the science of measurement.
• Theme of 2025 is 'Measurements for all times, for all people’.

PERSON IN NEWS

Dr Jayant Vishnu Narlikar

• Eminent astrophysicist, science communicator, and Padma Vibhushan awardee Dr Jayant Vishnu Narlikar passed away in Pune.

ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

WHO certification for elimination of Trachoma

• At the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus awarded India the Certificate of Elimination of Trachoma as a Public Health Problem.

Operation Olivia

• The Indian Coast Guard is protecting the endangered Olive Ridley Turtles under Operation Olivia and preserving the nation’s rich maritime ecosystem.

Sodium-ion battery

• A research team at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has developed a super-fast charging sodium-ion battery (SIB) based on a NASICON-type cathode and anode material, that can charge up to 80% in just six minutes and last over 3000 charge cycles.

BOOKS & AUTHOURS

The Constitution We Adopted (with Artworks)

• Book named 'The Constitution We Adopted (with Artworks)' which is edited by Shri Vijay Hansaria, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India was launched by Vice-President Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar.

DEFENCE NEWS

ANCIENT STITCHED SHIP

• Indian Navy will induct and unveil the name of the Ancient Stitched Ship which is a recreation of a 5th century CE ship, inspired by a painting from the Ajanta Caves.
• The project was formally initiated through a tripartite agreement signed in Jul 2023 between the Ministry of Culture, the Indian Navy, and M/s Hodi Innovations, with funding from the Ministry of Culture.

SPORTS

Khelo India Beach Games

• Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated edition of Khelo India Beach Games (KIBG) began at Ghoghla Beach in Diu.