CURRENT AFFAIRS

India’s dependence on the southwest monsoon remains a recurring theme in its socio-economic and environmental landscape.

On July 13, 2025, a 35-year-old Sikh man was shot dead by police in Los Angeles while he was demonstrating a traditional Sikh martial art called ‘Gatka’ at a city intersection. The incident has raised serious questions about police use of force and cultural misunderstanding.

One of the deepest philosophical questions of human civilization is – ‘Who am I’? This question is not limited to spiritual or religious discourse only but in the modern technological era, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made it relevant again. Recently, through the ‘AI-Powered Bhagavad Gita Project’, this question has become more profound that can artificial intelligence understand our identity, self and consciousness?

Indian non-profit organization (NGO) Foundation to Educate Girls Globally (Educate Girls) has been announced to be awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2025.

 The 25th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is being held in Tianjin, China.

The Union Rural Development Ministry has directed states to examine “high-cost” works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), after irregularities were found in expenditure patterns.

Recently, a fossil of a dragonfly from the Cretaceous Period has been found in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada. This is the first dragonfly fossil found in dinosaur-era rocks in Canada.

The US Commerce Secretary called the popular H-1B visa program a scam and said that American companies should hire American citizens instead of foreign workers. This statement reflects the policy of the Donald Trump administration in which there is a demand to reduce dependence on foreign workers and give priority to American workers.

With the European Union (EU) offering concessions to US manufacturers on controversial climate-related trade rules, such as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and deforestation regulation, Indian negotiators are planning to press for similar relief during the talks in Brussels in September.

Google has officially unveiled its next-generation AI image editing tool. Its original codename was "Nano Banana" and now it has been released as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image.