UPSC Current Affairs15 August 2025UPSCPAHAL SCHEMEContext: As of July 1, 2025, the Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) / PAHAL scheme has led to blocking, suspension, or deactivation of 4.08 crore duplicate, fake, or inactive LPG conne...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs14 August 2025UPSCNASA’s CO2 SATELLITES & THEIR POSSIBLE SHUTDOWNadministration reportedly asked NASA to prepare for the shutdown of two key satellites — OCO-2 and OCO-3 — that monitor atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and crop health from space. While...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs13 August 2025UPSCINDIA US TRADE RELATIONS & GEOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENTSBackground On July 30, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on imports from India effective August 1, 2025, accompanied by an unspecified “penalty.” The tariff is report...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs12 August 2025UPSCINDIA’S SEMICONDUCTOR PUSH- NEW PROJECTS APPROVED UNDER ISMOn August 12, 2025, the Government of India approved four new semiconductor manufacturing projects under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM). These projects will be located in the state...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs11 August 2025UPSCPM MATRU VANDANA YOJANAContext: The Ministry of Women and Child Development has extended the special registration drive for PMMVY till 15 August 2025. Focus: Door-to-door awareness-cum-enrolment campaign by Ang...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs09 August 2025UPSCCAG FINDS 3.69 CRORE CESS COLLECTIONS NOT TRANSFERRED TO DESIGNATED FUNDSContext: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in its report for the Union Government Accounts 2023–24, revealed that the Central Government failed to transfer ₹3.69 lakh crore of ce...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs08 August 2025UPSCBIBI FATIMA SHG WINS UNDP EQUATOR INITIATIVE AWARDContext: The Bibi Fatima Women’s Self-Help Group (SHG) from Teertha village, Kundgol taluk, Dharwad district (Karnataka), has won the Equator Initiative Award 2025 given by the United Nat...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs07 August 2025UPSCPM’S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECHSource: Press Information Bureau (PIB), August 15, 2025 Theme: Viksit Bharat by 2047 – Roadmap for a self-reliant, inclusive, and globally competitive India JOURNEY TO THE 79TH INDEPENDEN...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs01 August 2025UPSCNISAR SATELLITEContext: The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite was successfully launched on July 30, 2025, at 5:40 p.m. IST, aboard India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSL...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs31 July 2025UPSCWORLD FOOD INDIA 2025Context: The Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, is set to host the 4th edition of 'World Food India 2025' at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, from September 25th, 2...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs31 July 2025UPSCEXERCISE BOLD KURUKSHETRA 2025Context: The 14th edition of 'Exercise Bold Kurukshetra 2025', a joint military exercise between India and Singapore, is currently underway at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, from July 27 to August 4...Study this topic →
UPSC Current Affairs30 July 2025UPSCEXERCISE DRONE PRAHARContext: On July 27, 2025, the Indian Army conducted 'Exercise Drone Prahar', a high-tech military drill at the military station in Rayang, Arunachal Pradesh’s East Siang district. This e...Study this topic →