114 exam-relevant headlines, written simply. Read the bold fact in each — that's what exams ask.
A grassland bird census in Kaziranga National Park, Assam recorded 43 species. Nests of the Finn's Weaver were also found.
V.O. Chidambaranar Port in Tamil Nadu became the first port in India to produce green hydrogen.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched the Adi Karmayogi Abhiyan, called the world's largest tribal grassroots leadership programme. It aims to build 20 lakh tribal change leaders across 1 lakh tribal villages in 550 districts of 30 States and UTs.
Magnus Carlsen won the first chess event of the Esports World Cup, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
A 750-acre urban forest named 'Matri Van' is being developed in the Aravalli hills in Gurugram, Haryana.
A NITI Aayog report on electric vehicles set out the goal of 30% EV sales by 2030. Its Electric Mobility Index placed Delhi, Maharashtra and Chandigarh among the front-runners.
According to IATA, India is the fifth largest aviation market in the world with 211 million passengers.
Moldova joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA) as its 107th member country.
Punjab became the first state to empanel sign language interpreters to help people with hearing and speech disabilities.
Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. visited India from August 4-8, 2025. The two countries raised ties to a Strategic Partnership and signed 14 MoUs. India and the Philippines also held their first bilateral maritime cooperative activity in the South China Sea.
ISRO carried out the HOPE analog space mission at Tso Kar in Ladakh from August 1-10, 2025.
Researchers from Mizoram University found a new rain snake species, Smithophis leptofasciatus (narrow-banded rain snake), in Mizoram. The genus Smithophis now has five known species.
India nominated Sarnath near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, for the UNESCO World Heritage List in the 2025-26 cycle. It is one of the four most sacred Buddhist sites.
RBI gave in-principle approval to AU Small Finance Bank to convert into a universal bank. It is the first such approval in 11 years.
Satnavri in Nagpur district, Maharashtra became India's first 'smart intelligent village', with drone farming, smart irrigation and digital services for its 1,800 residents.
Skyroot Aerospace carried out a static fire test of its Kalam-1200 solid rocket motor at Sriharikota. The motor is 11 metres long and carries 30 tonnes of propellant.
Rishabh Yadav won bronze in men's individual compound archery at the World Games 2025 in Chengdu, China. It is India's first individual archery medal at the World Games.
India's defence production reached a record Rs 1.51 lakh crore in FY25, 18% higher than the previous year. Defence exports rose to Rs 23,622 crore.
India's U-20 women's football team qualified for the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup 2026 for the first time in 20 years, after beating Myanmar 1-0 in Yangon. Thailand will host the 2026 event.
CPI retail inflation fell to 1.55% in July 2025, the lowest in about eight years. Food inflation stood at 1.76%.
India's solar PV module manufacturing capacity crossed 100 GW, up from 2.3 GW in 2014, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
S. Rohith Krishna, 19, from Tamil Nadu, became India's 89th chess Grandmaster.
India's first hydrogen-powered train completed load tests in Chennai. It will run on the 89 km Jind-Sonipat route in Haryana.
The Periodic Labour Force Survey showed an unemployment rate of 5.4% in the April-June 2025 quarter and 5.2% in July 2025.
The Delhi section of the Dwarka Expressway and the Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II), projects worth about Rs 11,000 crore, were inaugurated.
WHO declared Nepal free of rubella. Nepal is the sixth country in the WHO South-East Asia Region to reach this goal.
India and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) signed the Terms of Reference in Moscow to start FTA negotiations. Their trade reached USD 69 billion in 2024.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Moscow from August 19-21, 2025 for the 26th session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission (IRIGC-TEC). The two sides aim for USD 100 billion trade by 2030.
The Group of Ministers chaired by Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary accepted the proposal to replace the four GST slabs with two: 5% for merit goods and 18% for standard items.
The 18th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics was held in Mumbai from August 11-21, 2025 with over 300 students from 64 countries. India won 4 gold medals and 1 silver.
President Droupadi Murmu gave assent to the Income-Tax Act, 2025, which will come into force on April 1, 2026. It cuts sections from 819 to 536 and chapters from 47 to 23.
Rajit Punhani, a 1991-batch IAS officer, was appointed CEO of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, succeeding G. Kamala V. Rao.
India was elected chair of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) at its 23rd General Conference in Phuket, Thailand, held August 19-21, 2025.
President Droupadi Murmu gave assent to the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, introduced in the Lok Sabha by Ashwini Vaishnaw on August 20. Offering online money games can bring up to 3 years in jail and a fine of Rs 1 crore.
Nepal became the 13th member of the India-led International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA). The alliance works to protect seven big cat species and is headquartered in New Delhi.
DRDO carried out the first flight tests of the Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS) off the Odisha coast. The system combines QRSAM, VSHORADS and a laser-based directed energy weapon.
NorthEast United FC beat Diamond Harbour FC 6-1 in the final of the 134th Durand Cup in Kolkata. Alaaeddine Ajaraie won both the Golden Player and Golden Boot awards.
India and the World Food Programme signed an agreement for India to supply up to 200,000 metric tonnes of fortified rice over five years.
The PM SVANidhi scheme for street vendors was extended till March 31, 2030 with an outlay of Rs 7,332 crore. Loan limits were raised to Rs 15,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 50,000 for the three tranches.
The Navy commissioned the frigates INS Udaygiri (built by MDL) and INS Himgiri (built by GRSE) at Visakhapatnam. They are the 100th and 101st warships designed in-house by the Navy.
Goa was chosen to host the FIDE World Cup from October 30 to November 27, 2025, with 206 players and a prize fund of USD 2 million.
Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel was appointed Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund for three years.
The UDISE+ 2024-25 report showed that the number of school teachers crossed 1 crore for the first time. School enrolment fell by 11 lakh to 24.69 crore.
Rajeev Shukla became interim President of the BCCI after Roger Binny stepped down on turning 70.
The NBWL Standing Committee approved adding the Matla, Raidighi and Ramganga ranges to the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve. Its area rises to about 3,629.57 sq km, second only to Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve.
The Air Quality Life Index 2025 said air pollution reduces the average life expectancy of Indians by 3.5 years.
An EY report projected that India will become the world's second largest economy by purchasing power parity by 2038, with a GDP of USD 34.2 trillion.
Key provisions of the Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2025 came into force on August 1, 2025. The limit for 'substantial interest' in a bank was raised from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 2 crore, and the tenure of directors in cooperative banks was extended to 10 years.
Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh took over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff on August 1, 2025.
Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan took charge as the 47th Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on August 1, 2025.
The 71st National Film Awards were announced on August 1, 2025. '12th Fail' won Best Feature Film, and the Best Actor award was shared by Vikrant Massey and Shah Rukh Khan.
A. Rajarajan became Director of ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) on August 1, 2025.
New UPI usage rules came into effect on August 1, 2025. Users can check their account balance up to 50 times a day on each UPI app.
PM Modi released the 20th instalment of PM-KISAN from Varanasi on August 2, 2025. About Rs 20,500 crore was sent to around 9.7 crore farmers.
Lando Norris won the Hungarian Grand Prix on August 3, 2025. It was McLaren's 200th Formula 1 victory.
Shibu Soren, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader who served three times as Chief Minister of Jharkhand, died on August 4, 2025 at the age of 81.
The five-Test Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England ended 2-2 on August 4, 2025. Shubman Gill scored 754 runs, and Gill and Harry Brook were named joint Players of the Series.
Former Governor Satyapal Malik died on August 5, 2025 at the age of 79.
The Defence Acquisition Council cleared capital acquisition proposals worth about Rs 67,000 crore on August 5, 2025.
An FIEO analysis of DGCIS data showed Gujarat as the top exporting state with exports of Rs 9.83 lakh crore, or 26.6% of the total. Maharashtra was second with Rs 5.57 lakh crore.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang topped Fortune's list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Business. Mukesh Ambani was ranked 56th.
PM Modi inaugurated Kartavya Bhavan-3 in New Delhi.
Hiroshima Day on August 6 and Nagasaki Day on August 9, 2025 marked 80 years since the USA dropped atomic bombs on the two Japanese cities in 1945.
The RBI Monetary Policy Committee met from August 4-6, 2025 and unanimously kept the repo rate at 5.50% with a neutral stance. The SDF rate stayed at 5.25% and the MSF rate at 5.75%.
MoSPI proposed to revise the base year of GDP and IIP to 2022-23 and the base year of CPI to 2024, to better capture changes in the economy.
The Indian Army inducted the Mechanical Minefield Marking Equipment Mk-II on August 6, 2025. It was developed by DRDO's R&DE(E) and built by BEML on a TATRA 6x6 vehicle.
The 11th National Handloom Day was observed on August 7, 2025. The day was first observed in 2015, when PM Modi launched it in Chennai.
Myint Swe, who was Myanmar's acting President from 2021 to 2024 after the military coup, died in Naypyitaw on August 7, 2025 at the age of 74.
PM Modi inaugurated the M.S. Swaminathan Centenary Conference at Pusa, New Delhi (August 7-9, 2025) on the theme 'Evergreen Revolution - Path to Bio-Happiness'. He released a Rs 100 coin, and Nigerian scientist Prof. Ademola A. Adenle received the first Global M.S. Swaminathan Award.
The Union Cabinet approved the MERITE scheme with an outlay of Rs 4,200 crore, including a Rs 2,100 crore World Bank loan. It will cover 275 technical institutions from 2025-26 to 2029-30.
The Cabinet approved Rs 12,000 crore to continue the Rs 300 subsidy per 14.2 kg cylinder for PM Ujjwala Yojana users, for up to 9 refills a year. It also approved Rs 30,000 crore to IOCL, BPCL and HPCL for losses on domestic LPG.
The Cabinet approved special development packages for Assam and Tripura with a central outlay of Rs 4,250 crore, including Rs 3,000 crore for ULFA-affected areas.
Government e-Marketplace (GeM) celebrated its 9th Foundation Day on August 9, 2025 on the theme 'Ease, Access and Inclusion'. Its gross merchandise value in FY25 was Rs 5.4 lakh crore.
The day was observed on August 9, 2025 with the theme 'Indigenous Peoples and Artificial Intelligence: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures'.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated India's first Animal Stem Cell Biobank at the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad on August 9, 2025.
On August 10, 2025, Vande Bharat trains were launched on the Ajni (Nagpur)-Pune, Bengaluru-Belagavi and Katra-Amritsar routes. The Bengaluru Metro Yellow Line was opened and the foundation of Metro Phase-3 was laid.
On World Lion Day (August 10), it was noted that the Asiatic lion population rose from 674 in 2020 to 891 in 2025, a 32.2% increase in five years.
The Cabinet approved four new semiconductor units in Punjab, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh with an investment of Rs 4,600 crore. This takes the total under the India Semiconductor Mission to 10 projects worth about Rs 1.60 lakh crore.
World Elephant Day was observed on August 12, 2025, with the national event held in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. International Youth Day, also on August 12, had the theme 'Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond'.
The Cabinet approved Lucknow Metro Phase-1B (11.165 km, 12 stations, Rs 5,801 crore) and the 700 MW Tato-II hydroelectric project in Shi Yomi district, Arunachal Pradesh (Rs 8,146.21 crore).
RBI announced that cheques under the Cheque Truncation System will be cleared continuously on the same day instead of in a two-day cycle. Phase I starts on October 4, 2025 and Phase II on January 3, 2026.
The fifth Partition Horrors Remembrance Day was observed on August 14, 2025 to remember the people affected by the 1947 Partition. The day was declared in 2021.
Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, more than 15.69 crore rural households, or 81% of rural India, have been connected to tap water.
The 12th edition of the India-Sri Lanka naval exercise SLINEX was held in Colombo from August 14-18, 2025.
GRSE delivered Ikshak, the third Survey Vessel (Large), to the Indian Navy. It is the first ship of its class with accommodation for women officers and sailors.
On the 79th Independence Day, PM Modi gave his 12th straight speech from the Red Fort, lasting 103 minutes. He announced the PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, Mission Sudarshan Chakra to be completed by 2035, and a High-Powered Demography Mission.
La. Ganesan, the Governor of Nagaland, died in Chennai on August 15, 2025 at the age of 80. Ajay Kumar Bhalla, a 1984-batch IAS officer, was given additional charge as Governor of Nagaland.
The PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana has a budget of Rs 99,446 crore and aims to create 3.5 crore jobs from August 2025 to July 2027. A portal for employer registration was launched.
World Humanitarian Day was observed on August 19, 2025. It marks the 2003 bombing of the UN office in Baghdad and was first observed in 2009.
The Cabinet Committee on Security approved the purchase of 97 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Mk1A for the Indian Air Force from HAL at about Rs 62,000 crore. The jets will have 65% indigenous content.
The Cabinet approved a 110.875 km six-lane Capital Region Ring Road in Odisha (Rs 8,307.74 crore) and a greenfield airport at Kota-Bundi, Rajasthan (Rs 1,507 crore).
India successfully test-fired the Agni-5 intermediate-range ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha on August 20, 2025. It has a range of over 5,000 km.
World Mosquito Day on August 20 marks Sir Ronald Ross's 1897 discovery that female Anopheles mosquitoes spread malaria. Sadbhavana Diwas was also observed on the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.
The Khelo India Water Sports Festival was held at Dal Lake, Srinagar from August 21-23, 2025. Madhya Pradesh topped the table with 10 golds. The mascot was a Himalayan Kingfisher.
UK-based industrialist Lord Swraj Paul, founder of the Caparo Group and a member of the House of Lords, died on August 21, 2025 at the age of 94. He received the Padma Bhushan in 1983.
RBI Executive Director Indranil Bhattacharyya was named an ex-officio member of the Monetary Policy Committee, replacing Rajiv Ranjan.
Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, who became General Secretary of the Communist Party of India in 2012 and was twice MP from Nalgonda, died on August 22, 2025 at the age of 83.
National Space Day on August 23 marks the Chandrayaan-3 landing of 2023. The 2025 theme was 'Aryabhatta to Gaganyaan: Ancient Wisdom to Infinite Possibilities'.
Amit Shah inaugurated the All India Speakers' Conference at the Delhi Assembly on August 24, 2025. It marked 100 years since Vitthalbhai Patel became the first elected Indian Speaker.
Former CRPF and ITBP chief Anish Dayal Singh, a 1988-batch IPS officer, was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor.
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka visited India from August 24-26, 2025, and the two sides signed 9 MoUs.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched India's first National Biofoundry Network of six institutions, along with the BioE3 Challenge for young people.
PM Jan Dhan Yojana completed 11 years on August 28, 2025, with 56.16 crore accounts holding deposits of Rs 2,67,756 crore.
The NARI 2025 report gave India a women's safety score of 65%. Kohima, Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar were among the safest cities.
India sent more than 700 personnel to the 19th edition of the multinational Exercise Bright Star in Egypt, held from August 28 to September 10, 2025.
National Sports Day was observed from August 29-31, 2025 with the theme 'Ek Ghanta, Khel ke Maidan Main'.
The State Energy Efficiency Index 2024 assessed 36 States and UTs. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Tripura were top performers.
Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Manubhai Pancholi took oath as Supreme Court judges on August 29, 2025, taking the court to its full sanctioned strength of 34.
PM Modi visited Japan on August 29-30, 2025 for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit. Japan pledged investment of JPY 10 trillion (about USD 65 billion) over 10 years.
National Small Industry Day is observed on August 30 to mark the small-scale industries policy announced on August 30, 2000 by PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
India won 99 medals, including 50 gold, 26 silver and 23 bronze, at the Asian Shooting Championship held in Shymkent, Kazakhstan from August 16-30, 2025.
India won 40 medals (27 gold, 10 silver, 3 bronze) at the 30th Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Ahmedabad from August 24-30, 2025. Mirabai Chanu won gold in the women's 48 kg category.
Educate Girls, founded by Safeena Husain in 2007, was announced on August 31, 2025 as a winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award. It is the first Indian organisation to win the award.
Oscar Piastri of McLaren won the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort on August 31, 2025, with Max Verstappen second.
From exactly the headlines above. If you read the month, you should score 8+.
Suggested time 3 min · wrong answers go to your mistake notebook automatically.