The day’s current affairs covered in full — the terms, names and facts UPSC actually asks about, in six languages.
Why in news?The Union Agriculture Ministry published a draft order proposing a complete national ban on carbosulfan. The Gazette carried it on 24 Augu...
Why in news?A market assessment projected August battery-grade lithium carbonate near 140,000 Chinese yuan per tonne. That monthly estimate was 10.3 p...
Why in news?A monsoon survey recorded 124 bird species in Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala. The Thiruvananthapuram Wildlife Division conducted it ...
Why in news?The All India Institute of Ayurveda introduced the Garbhini Mitra Course for its 2026–27 academic session. The six-month offline program...
Why in news?Gunmen ambushed a United Nations Mission in South Sudan patrol in Jonglei State on 24 August. Two Ethiopian peacekeepers were killed and s...
Why in news?The National Shipping Board held its first Sagar Samvad in New Delhi on 25 August. The forum proposed a five-part roadmap for adding 100 v...
Why in news?Scientists at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research developed a new amyloid-detection platform. It combines a fluor...
Why in news?Minister of State Jitin Prasada visited Morocco on 24 and 25 August. He co-chaired the seventh India–Morocco Joint Commission with Moroc...
Why in news?Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 53rd PRAGATI meeting at Seva Teerth on 25 August. The review covered six railway, road and power ...
Why in news?Goa Shipyard Limited handed over Indian Coast Guard Ship Ajit to the Indian Coast Guard on 25 August. The new Fast Patrol Vessel carries t...
Why in news?A rotating column appeared over the water at Ferry Reach in Bermuda on 22 August. A local resident filmed the small formation near the sho...
Why in news?A Kutch-based conservation group began planting two native Guggal species across five Gujarat villages. The programme covers community gra...
