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Supreme Court Allows Restitutionary Damages by Pollution Control Boards

Why in news? In August 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that Pollution Control Boards (PCBs) can impose restitutionary damages on polluters under the Wat...

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India–Philippines Naval Exercise

Why in news? In early August 2025, India and the Philippines conducted their first bilateral naval drill in the South China Sea, signalling closer mar...

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Bird deaths and wind energy in India

Why in news? A study by the Wildlife Institute of India reported exceptionally high bird mortality rates around wind farms in Rajasthan’s Thar Deser...

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Operation Akhal

Why in news? In July 2025 the Indian Army’s Chinar Corps and Jammu‑and‑Kashmir Police launched a high‑intensity counter‑terror operation cod...

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Framework Agreement with the NSCN‑IM

Why in news? As the tenth anniversary of the Naga Framework Agreement approached in August 2025, discussions resurfaced about its implementation and t...

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The July Declaration in Bangladesh

Why in news? Bangladesh’s interim government announced that it would issue a “July Declaration” on 5 August 2025 to commemorate the student‑le...

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Definitive list of Ayurveda Aahara products

Why in news? The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Ayush, released an official list of Ayurv...

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India’s first 5G captive non‑public network for a refinery

Why in news? Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Numaligarh Refinery Limited signed an agreement in July 2025 to deploy India’s first 5G captive...

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Mahanadi River dispute and settlement efforts

Why in news? Odisha and Chhattisgarh indicated in July 2025 that they were moving towards an out‑of‑court settlement of the long‑running dispute...

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Airbus C‑295 aircraft delivery

Why in news? India received the last of sixteen C‑295 transport aircraft from Airbus Defence and Space in July 2025, ahead of schedule. The remainin...

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Krasheninnikov volcano erupts after centuries

Why in news? In early August 2025 Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula witnessed an eruption at the Krasheninnikov volcano, a complex stratovolcano that had...

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India–U.S. Tariffs 2025

Why in news? In late July 2025 the United States announced an additional 25 per cent duty on a wide range of Indian imports, doubling overall tariff...

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ICJ ruling revives legal status of the Kyoto Protocol

Why in news? In July 2025 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion in response to a request from several small island state...

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Why the world needs better green technologies in 2025

Why in news? Growing climate pressures, geopolitical uncertainties and India’s ambition for energy self‑reliance have intensified calls for next�...

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OECD report on plastic pollution

Why in news? The Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD) released a forecast warning that plastic use and waste in the ASEAN P...

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Apna Ghar initiative

Why in news? In July 2025 the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas launched the Apna Ghar scheme to provide safe resting facilities for truck drivers...

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Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)

Why in news? The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee appealed to the Indian government in August 2025 to regulate the use of artificial‑intellig...

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Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme

Why in news? The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced in July 2025 that the Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP) now covers 7...

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NPCI revises UPI operational rules

Why in news? The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) issued new operational guidelines for the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) effective 1 ...

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Mouse deer rediscovered

Why in news? The silver‑backed chevrotain, a species of mouse deer thought to be extinct for more than three decades, was sighted again in southern ...

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