Current Affairs One-liners — 20 August 2025

Wed, 20 Aug 2025

• The Rajya Sabha passed the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025 on 20 August 2025, a day after the Lok Sabha, clearing the way for India's 22nd IIM at Guwahati, Assam, with an outlay of ₹555 crore.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025 and two related Bills in the Lok Sabha on 20 August 2025; the House referred them to a Joint Committee of both Houses.
• India and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) signed the Terms of Reference to launch negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement in Moscow on 20 August 2025.
• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) onboarded Starlink Satellite Communication Pvt Ltd on 20 August 2025 as a Sub-Authentication User Agency and Sub-eKYC User Agency for Aadhaar-based customer verification.
• The Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Agni-5 was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha, on 20 August 2025 under the Strategic Forces Command.
• The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) reported a net addition of 21.89 lakh members in June 2025 in provisional payroll data released on 20 August 2025, the highest since tracking began in April 2018.
• NDA candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan filed four sets of nomination papers for the Vice-Presidential election before Returning Officer and Rajya Sabha Secretary General P.C. Mody on 20 August 2025.
• The combined Index of Eight Core Industries rose 2.0 per cent (provisional) in July 2025 over July 2024, according to data released on 20 August 2025.
• The plate cutting ceremony of Yard 16404, the fourth of six Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels being built for the Indian Coast Guard at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, took place in Mumbai on 20 August 2025.
• The 6th High-Level Meeting between the Indian Coast Guard and the Vietnam Coast Guard was held in Hanoi on 20 August 2025 under the 2015 MoU on Coast Guard Cooperation.