National News

Joint Committee of Parliament

• The Constitution (113th Amendment) Bill, 2025, the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025 referred these Bills to a Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) for further scrutiny.

Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC)

·DEPwD, Nipman Foundation & YLAC signed MoU

• The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nipman Foundation and Young Leaders for Active Citizenship (YLAC) to launch the Breaking Barriers Fellowship, a program designed to place young professionals across DEPwD offices to strengthen policy support and advance the implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016.

RESEARCH Platform

• The Department of Health Research (DHR) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) inaugurated a two-day regional meeting titled “Health Research and Innovations in Public Health: Exchange of Good Practices across RESEARCH Platform” in New Delhi.

Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan

• Ministry of Tribal Affairs on August 19, 2025, launched Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan to empower India’s tribal communities through grassroots leadership and responsive governance.

STATE SPECIAL NEWS

Khelo India Water Sports Festival

• In Jammu & Kashmir, Khelo India Water Sports Festival started at the iconic Dal Lake in the summer capital Srinagar.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

India and EAEU

• India and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) have signed the Terms of Reference (ToR) to launch negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)

India and Russia

• External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar co-chair the 26th Session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation in Moscow.

Russia

US Sanctions on ICC officials

• The US has imposed sanctions on several International Criminal Court (ICC) officials, including French Judge Nicolas Guillou, for their role in pursuing war crimes charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

International Criminal Court (ICC)

ECONOMY & BANKING

UIDAI Partners with Starlink

• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has collaborated with a private satellite-based internet service provider, Starlink, for seamless Aadhaar-based customer verification.

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

WAVES launched in Melbourne

• World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) Bazaar, a digital B2B Marketplace was launched in Melbourne and a letter of intent was signed between National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) of India and National Film and Sound Archive of Australia for Cooperation in Film Presentation and Archival Exchange.

National Film Development Corporation (NFDC)

All-INDIA CPI Index Numbers of July 2025

• The Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment, released Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers (CPI – AL & RL) with the base year 2019=100 for the month of July 2025.
• CPI – AL & RL is increased by 1.23 points to 135.31, while the index for Rural Labourers increased by 1.30 points, reaching 135.66. The Food Index increased by 1.94 points for Agricultural Labourers (AL) and 2.16 points for Rural Labourers (RL) in July 2025.

Three Niveshak Seva Kendras in Hyderabad

• · The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA), under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, in collaboration with SEBI, CDSL, NSDL, BSE and NSE, has successfully opened three Niveshak Seva Kendras in Hyderabad.

AWARDS & HONOURS

Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (First Prize)

• For best performance in Official Language Hindi, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, in the category of Ministries/Departments having less than 300 personnel, has been selected for the Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (First Prize) for the year 2024-25 by the Department of Official Language Ministry of Home Affairs.

ART & CULTURE

Charri Mubarak

• In Jammu and Kashmir, the Charri Mubarak of the three-day annual Holy Kailash Yatra left for Kailash Kund from the ancient Vasuki Nag Temple, Gatha, in Bhaderwah.

ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

First removable solar panel system between tracks

• Banaras Locomotive Works, Varanasi commissioned India’s first 70-metre removable solar panel system (28 panels, 15KWp) between railway tracks.

Solar Powered "Firsts"

DEFENCE NEWS

Exercise Samanvay Shakti 2025

• Indian Army in collaboration with state officials of Assam & Manipur inaugurated Military-Civil Integration Exercise named ‘Exercise Samanvay Shakti 2025’ at Laipuli, in Tinsukia district of Assam to foster synergy between security forces, government departments and civil institutions to address the region’s complex challenges through a unified and coordinated approach.

Indian Army

Test-fire of Agni V

• India successfully test-fired fired Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile ‘Agni 5’ from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha.

Agni V

Ran Samwad

• The Ministry of Defence will organise first-of-its-kind Tri-Services Seminar, “Ran Samwad-Conversations on War, Warfare, and Warfighting,” at the Army War College in Mhow (Dr. Ambedkar Nagar) with two sub-themes: Emerging Technologies and Impact on Future Warfare and Reforms in Institutionalised Training to Catalyse Technological Enablement.

India and Vietnam

• The 6th High-Level Meeting between the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) was held in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Indian Coast Guard (ICG)

SPORTS

India’s First Gold at U20 World Wrestling Championships 2025

• Indian wrestler Tapsya clinched the nation’s first gold medal at the U20 World Wrestling Championships 2025 in Bulgaria.

Asian Shooting Championship

• India’s Anantjeet Singh Naruka clinched the gold medal in the Men’s Skeet event at Asian Shooting Championships at Shymkent in Kazakhstan.