Current Affairs One-liners — 06 August 2025
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Wed, 06 Aug 2025
- US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on 6 August 2025 imposing an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods over India's imports of Russian oil, and India's Ministry of External Affairs called the move 'unfair, unjustified and unreasonable'.
- Two Indian aquanauts from NIOT, Chennai, Raju Ramesh and Cdr (Retd) Jatinder Pal Singh, dived to 4,025 m and 5,002 m in the Atlantic Ocean on 5 and 6 August 2025 aboard IFREMER's submersible Nautile, India's deepest-ever dives.
- The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee, at its meeting of 4–6 August 2025, unanimously kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.50% and continued with a neutral stance.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Kartavya Bhavan-3 on Kartavya Path, New Delhi, on 6 August 2025, saying ministries now spread across 50 locations would save about ₹1,500 crore a year in rent once shifted to new buildings.
- The Rajya Sabha passed the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025 on 6 August 2025, repealing the century-old Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925 and adopting the Hague-Visby Rules.
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched Mukhya Mantrir Nijut Moina 2.0 at Gauhati University on 6 August 2025, a monthly financial assistance scheme for girl students from higher secondary to postgraduate level.
- The 11th session of the India–Russia Working Group on Modernization and Industrial Cooperation was held at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, on 6 August 2025, ending with a protocol to deepen cooperation in aluminium, fertilizers, railways and mining technology.