UPSC Current Affairs23 August 2025UPSCINDIA’S FIRST SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL PLANINDIA’S FIRST SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL PLANT Context On August 18, 2025, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) announced that its Panipat refinery will begin commercial-scale production of Sustai...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs23 August 2025UPSCMINES & MINERALS (DEVELOPMENT & REGULATION) AMENDMENT BILL, 2025Context On August 19, 2025, the Rajya Sabha passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2025. The Lok Sabha had already passed it on August 12, 2025. The bi...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs22 August 2025UPSCCOLORADO RIVER WATER CRISISIntroduction The Colorado River, one of North America’s most important water bodies, is drying up due to a combination of climate change, drought, and mismanagement. As water levels drop,...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs21 August 2025UPSC130TH CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILLConstitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025 was introduced in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian Parliament). This bill aims to amend Articles 75, 164, and 239...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs21 August 2025UPSCNATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION (NCDRC)Context The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) along with 10 states recorded a case disposal rate above 100% in July 2025, meaning more consumer cases were cleared th...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs20 August 2025UPSCBRAIN EATING AMOEBAContext Recently, Kerala’s Kozhikode district has reported 3 back-to-back cases of the rare disease Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), caused by the “brain-eating amoeba” Naegleri...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs20 August 2025UPSCFERMENTED FOOD & PERSONALISED NUTRITION IN INDIAA recent study by the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), has highlighted that bioactive peptides...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs19 August 2025UPSCGOLDEN DOME DEFENCE SHIELDPresident Donald Trump recently announced the design and leadership for the Golden Dome, a proposed $175 billion multi-layered missile defense system. Aimed at intercepting long-range thr...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs19 August 2025UPSCCOLLAPSE OF GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATYThe 5th round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty held in Geneva, Switzerland in August 2025 ended in failure after 11 days of closed-door meetings. No consensus was reached on t...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs18 August 2025UPSCEXERCISE SLINEXWhy in News Indian Naval Ships INS Rana (Guided Missile Destroyer) and INS Jyoti (Fleet Tanker) arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka to participate in the 12th edition of the Sri Lanka-India Nav...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs18 August 2025UPSCPM VIKSIT BHARAT ROZGAR YOJANAWhy in News On 15th August 2025, during his 12th Independence Day address from Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a major employment initiative: Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs16 August 2025UPSCINDIA CHINA RELATIONS: BILATERAL RESETOn August 18–19, 2025, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited New Delhi to hold bilateral talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Th...Study this topic →