Current Affairs One-liners — 15 August 2025
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Fri, 15 Aug 2025
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his 12th Independence Day address from the Red Fort on 15 August 2025, announced the ₹1 lakh crore PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, next-generation GST reforms by Diwali, a Reform Task Force and a High-Power Demography Mission.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Mission Sudarshan Chakra in his Independence Day address on 15 August 2025, saying that by 2035 important strategic and civilian places would get complete security cover through new technology platforms.
- The National Highways Authority of India implemented the FASTag Annual Pass from 15 August 2025 at about 1,150 toll plazas, offering one year or 200 crossings for a one-time fee of ₹3,000 for non-commercial vehicles.
- Nagaland Governor La. Ganesan, a former Tamil Nadu BJP president, died at a private hospital in Chennai on 15 August 2025 at the age of 80.
- A roof collapsed at Dargah Patte Shah near Humayun's Tomb in Delhi on the afternoon of 15 August 2025, and the death toll rose to seven.