Current Affairs One-liners — 05 August 2025

Tue, 05 Aug 2025

• The Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh on 5 August 2025 accorded Acceptance of Necessity for proposals worth about ₹67,000 crore, including MALE RPAs for all three Services and a BrahMos fire control system for the Navy.
• India and the Philippines established a Strategic Partnership on 5 August 2025 in New Delhi during the State Visit of Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (4–8 August), marking 75 years of diplomatic relations.
• The Maharashtra Cabinet on 5 August 2025 approved the Maharashtra Startup, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy 2025, which aims to support 1.25 lakh entrepreneurs and 50,000 startups over five years.
• A flash flood and debris slide along the Kheer Ganga swept through Dharali village in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district on the afternoon of 5 August 2025, killing at least four people with dozens feared missing.
• Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik died at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, on 5 August 2025 after a prolonged illness, aged 79.
• The Maharashtra Cabinet on 5 August 2025 approved a 105-km express freight corridor linking the upcoming Vadhavan Port in Palghar to the Samruddhi Expressway at Bharvir in Nashik district.
• The inaugural India–New Zealand Defence Strategic Dialogue was held in New Delhi on 5 August 2025, co-chaired by Joint Secretary Amitabh Prasad and New Zealand's Kathleen Pearce.
• The Commerce Ministry told the Lok Sabha on 5 August 2025 that 293 infrastructure projects worth ₹13.59 lakh crore have been evaluated through the Network Planning Group mechanism under the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan.
• Researchers at JNCASR found a significant increase in microRNA miR-7a, which targets the protein Klf4, in Alzheimer's disease, identifying a new therapeutic target, DST said on 5 August 2025.
• INS Delhi, INS Shakti and INS Kiltan of the Eastern Fleet concluded a port call at Manila during their South East Asia deployment and held a bilateral maritime exercise with the Philippine Navy on 3–4 August 2025.
• Scientists at IASST, Guwahati, carried out the first comprehensive analysis of the venom of Heterometrus bengalensis, identifying 25 toxins from eight protein families, DST said on 5 August 2025.
• Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the Lalit Kala Akademi's 64th National Exhibition of Art in New Delhi on 5 August 2025, where award-winning artworks were made available for sale for the first time.