Current Affairs — 08 July 2025
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Tue, 08 Jul 2025
PM Modi on State Visit to Brazil; conferred 'Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross'
On 8 July 2025 in Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva conferred on PM Narendra Modi Brazil's highest national honour, 'The Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross', during his State Visit.
2025 season of ASMITA women's leagues opens with weightlifting in Modinagar
On 8 July 2025 in Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the 2025 season of the ASMITA league, starting with a weightlifting league.
Navy signs contract with BEL for National Maritime Domain Awareness project
On 8 July 2025, the Indian Navy said it had signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru, to implement the National Maritime Domain Awareness (NMDA) Project.
Agritech Innovation Hub powered by IIT Ropar inaugurated at SVPUAT, Meerut
On 8 July 2025, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Jayant Chaudhary inaugurated the Agritech Innovation Hub at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, powered by IIT Ropar.
CAQM defers fuel denial to end-of-life vehicles in Delhi to 1 November 2025
On 8 July 2025, at its 24th meeting, CAQM amended Direction No. 89 so that fuel denial to end-of-life vehicles applies in Delhi and five high-vehicle-density NCR districts from 1 November 2025 and in the rest of NCR from 1 April 2026.
NCSC submits Annual Report 2023-24 to President Droupadi Murmu
On 8 July 2025 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, led by Chairman Kishor Makwana, submitted its Annual Report 2023-24 to President Droupadi Murmu.
TRAI yearly indicators 2024-25: internet subscribers reach 969.10 million
On 8 July 2025, TRAI released 'The Indian Telecom Services Yearly Performance Indicators' for 2024-25, showing internet subscribers rose to 969.10 million at the end of March 2025.
First indigenous Diving Support Vessel 'Nistar' delivered to Indian Navy
On 8 July 2025 at Visakhapatnam, Hindustan Shipyard Limited delivered 'Nistar', the first indigenously designed and built Diving Support Vessel, to the Indian Navy.
BCCL restarts PB Project under MDO model, first operational MDO mine in CIL group
On 8 July 2025, the Coal Ministry said Bharat Coking Coal Limited had restarted coal production at its long-discontinued PB Project under the Mine Developer and Operator model, the first operational MDO mine in the Coal India group.
Jitendra Singh inaugurates Dholpur Science Centre in Rajasthan
On 8 July 2025, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Dholpur Science Centre in Rajasthan, developed by DBT with the National Institute of Immunology and the National Science Centre.