Current Affairs — 28 August 2025

🎓 Education 📍 India Must know

UDISE+ 2024-25: school teachers ki sankhya pehli baar 1 crore paar; dropout rates mein kami

28 August 2025 ko jaari Ministry of Education ki UDISE+ 2024-25 report ke anusaar school teachers ki sankhya pehli baar 1 crore paar kar gayi aur Preparatory se Secondary tak sabhi stages mein dropout rates ghati.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Must know

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana ke 11 saal poore: 56 crore se zyada accounts, ₹2.68 lakh crore deposits

28 August 2014 ko shuru hui Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana ne 28 August 2025 ko 56 crore se zyada accounts aur ₹2.68 lakh crore deposits ke saath 11 saal poore kiye.

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🌐 Agreements & MoUs 📍 Bhutan Important

India aur Bhutan ne Thimphu mein agriculture aur allied sectors mein technical cooperation par MoU sign kiya

India aur Bhutan ne Thimphu mein agriculture aur allied sectors mein technical cooperation par MoU sign kiya, jiska announcement 28 August 2025 ko hua, aur pehli Joint Technical Working Group meeting hui.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Saudi Arabia Important

India–Saudi Arabia Joint Committee on Defence Cooperation ki 7th meeting New Delhi mein

India–Saudi Arabia Joint Committee on Defence Cooperation ki 7th meeting 28 August 2025 ko New Delhi mein hui, jismein training, industrial partnerships, maritime cooperation aur exercises par charcha hui.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

July 2025 mein Index of Industrial Production 3.5% badha, manufacturing mein 5.4% growth

28 August 2025 ko jaari MoSPI ke quick estimate ke anusaar July 2025 mein Index of Industrial Production 3.5% badha, jismein manufacturing 5.4% badha aur mining 7.2% ghata.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Chandigarh Important

Kaushal Manthan: Chandigarh mein Skill Ministers ka Regional Conference; ₹60,000 crore ITI upgradation scheme focus mein

Skill Development Ministry ne 28 August 2025 ko Chandigarh mein North Indian States aur UTs ke Skill Ministers ka Regional Conference 'Kaushal Manthan' kiya, jismein ₹60,000 crore ki ITI upgradation scheme par focus raha.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Gujarat Important

CG Power ki India ki pehli end-to-end semiconductor OSAT pilot lines mein se ek ka Sanand, Gujarat mein udghatan

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw aur Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel ne 28 August 2025 ko Sanand mein CG Power ki end-to-end semiconductor OSAT pilot line facility ka udghatan kiya.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India Important

Health Ministry ne test licences aur BA/BE studies aasaan karne ke liye New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 mein draft amendments publish kiye

28 August 2025 ko Gazette mein publish New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 ke draft amendments mein zyadatar test licences ki jagah intimation system aur processing time 90 se 45 din karne ka prastav hai.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India Important

Centre ne cotton par import duty exemption 31 December 2025 tak badhayi

Finance Ministry ne 28 August 2025 ko announce kiya ki 19 August se lagu cotton (HS 5201) par import duty exemption 30 September se badhakar 31 December 2025 tak ki jayegi.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 Kerala

PM Modi ne Mahatma Ayyankali ko unki Jayanti par tribute diya

Prime Minister Narendra Modi ne 28 August 2025 ko Mahatma Ayyankali ko unki Jayanti par tribute diya aur unhe social justice aur empowerment ka icon bataya.

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🥇 Firsts & Records 📍 India

Army Hospital (R&R) robotic laser cataract surgery karne wala India ka pehla government institute bana

Army Hospital (Research and Referral) 28 August 2025 ko ALLY system se robotic custom laser cataract surgery karne wala India ka pehla government institute bana.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Saudi Arabia

INS Tamal aur INS Surat ne Jeddah, Saudi Arabia mein port call ki

Indian Navy ke ships INS Tamal aur INS Surat kramashah 27 aur 28 August 2025 ko Royal Saudi Naval Forces ke saath port call ke liye Jeddah, Saudi Arabia pahunche.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala

IONS 'Emerging Leaders Panel Discussion' Southern Naval Command, Kochi mein samapt

Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) ke tahat Emerging Leaders Panel Discussion 27–28 August 2025 ko Southern Naval Command, Kochi mein 19 member countries ke delegates ke saath hua.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India

DGFT ne QCO wale chemical inputs ke liye Advance Authorisation ke tahat export obligation period 6 se 18 mahine kiya

28 August 2025 ki DGFT Notification No. 28 ne Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals ke Quality Control Orders wale products ke liye Advance Authorisation ke tahat export obligation period 6 se badhakar 18 mahine kar diya.

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