CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Union Health Ministry launched SHRESTH (State Health Regulatory Excellence Index), the first national initiative to measure and improve the quality, transparency and efficiency of the drug regulatory system across states and union territories.

On 26 August 2025, the Indian Navy will commission two state-of-the-art stealth frigates – INS Udaygiri and INS Himagiri – fulfilling its ambitious goals of modernization and self-reliance.

India has started adopting advanced technologies to tackle water scarcity and promote agricultural and environmental conservation.

The National Anubhav Awards 2025 mark a significant milestone—celebrating 10 years of the Anubhav Portal, an innovative platform that documents and honours the invaluable experiences and contributions of retired government employees.

The decades-long Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the South Caucasus region led to deep mistrust, violence and political instability between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Radioactive isotopes are being injected into the horns of rhinos in Africa to prevent poaching. The project is being led by researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

A Biosafety Level-3 (BSL-3) laboratory will soon be established at Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad; it will be the first in-house facility of its kind in South India.

World Organ Donation Day is celebrated every year on 13 August. Its purpose is to make people aware about the importance of organ donation, remove the misconceptions related to it and motivate people to donate organs.

On 5 August 2019, the state was divided into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh by repealing Articles 370 and 35A through the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.

India and Russia have a decades-old strategic and privileged partnership. Global geopolitical turmoil, particularly the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the recent strain in India-US relations, has given this partnership further importance.