Current Affairs One-liners — 01 August 2025

Fri, 01 Aug 2025

• The Election Commission of India on 1 August 2025 announced the schedule for the 17th Vice-Presidential Election, with notification on 7 August and the poll, if needed, on 9 September 2025.
• The winners of the 71st National Film Awards for 2023 were announced on 1 August 2025, with 12th Fail named Best Feature Film and Rani Mukerji named Best Actress.
• Gross GST revenue for July 2025 was ₹1,95,735 crore, 7.5% higher than in July 2024, according to data released on 1 August 2025.
• The Election Commission published Bihar's draft electoral roll on 1 August 2025 after the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision, opening a one-month window for claims and objections.
• Sonali Mishra, a 1993-batch IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, took over as Director General of the Railway Protection Force on 1 August 2025, described by the Ministry of Railways as a historic first in the Force's 143-year history.
• The Ministry of Mines on 1 August 2025 recognised four IITs and three R&D labs as Centres of Excellence under the National Critical Mineral Mission to promote research across the critical mineral value chain.
• The Ministry of Railways announced on 1 August 2025 that 73 stations facing heavy rush will get permanent holding areas, full access control and a Station Director empowered to take on-the-spot decongestion decisions.
• The Ministry of Coal said on 1 August 2025 that seven coal blocks in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh were successfully auctioned in the 12th round of commercial auctions held from 28 to 31 July.
• The HSBC India Manufacturing PMI, released by S&P Global on 1 August 2025, rose to 59.1 in July, the strongest improvement since March 2024.
• A Bose Institute study highlighted by DST on 1 August 2025 found toxic heavy metals in non-precipitating clouds, with clouds over the Eastern Himalayas about 1.5 times more polluted.
• BSNL launched a limited-period ₹1 'Freedom Plan' on 1 August 2025, letting users try its indigenously developed 4G network for one month to mark Independence Day.
• The Bharat National Cybersecurity Exercise 2025, organised by the NSCS and Rashtriya Raksha University, concluded on 1 August 2025 with over 600 participants.
• The 4th Adi Karmayogi Regional Process Lab, a week-long programme to train tribal frontline functionaries, was inaugurated in Bhubaneswar on 1 August 2025.
• President Droupadi Murmu graced the 45th convocation ceremony of IIT (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad in Jharkhand on 1 August 2025.
• Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan assumed charge as the 47th Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on 1 August 2025.