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Mon, 25 Aug 2025

• The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) held the Atal Pension Yojana Annual Felicitation Programme in New Delhi on 25 August 2025, as gross APY enrolments crossed 8.11 crore.
• Government e Marketplace (GeM) crossed ₹15 lakh crore in cumulative Gross Merchandise Value since its inception in 2016, the Commerce Ministry said on 25 August 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated, laid foundation stones for and dedicated development works worth ₹5,400 crore in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on 25 August 2025.
• The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying released India's first national 'Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures for Blood Transfusion and Blood Banks for Animals in India' on 25 August 2025.
• Union Health Minister J P Nadda inaugurated new Government Medical Colleges in Sheopur and Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, on 25 August 2025, along with several health initiatives.
• The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways launched MAR-a-THON 2025, India's Maritime Hackathon, at IIT Madras on 25 August 2025 under the Sagarmala Start-up Innovation Initiative.

Sun, 24 Aug 2025

• ISRO accomplished the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) of the Gaganyaan crew module's parachute-based deceleration system at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on 24 August 2025.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the two-day All India Speakers' Conference at the Delhi Legislative Assembly on 24 August 2025, commemorating 100 years of Vithalbhai Patel becoming the first elected Indian President of the Central Legislative Assembly.
• On 24 August 2025, the Ministry of Defence announced that Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi had embarked on an official visit to Algeria from 25 to 28 August 2025 to strengthen Army-to-Army cooperation.
• India Test batter Cheteshwar Pujara announced his retirement from all forms of Indian cricket on 24 August 2025, after 103 Tests and 7,195 Test runs.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh felicitated Group Captains Shubhanshu Shukla, P B Nair, Ajit Krishnan and Angad Pratap, the four astronauts of ISRO's Gaganyaan programme, in New Delhi on 24 August 2025.
• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will lead an Indian Parliamentary Delegation at the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 5 to 12 October 2025, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said on 24 August 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the ceremony for Sardardham Phase-II Kanya Chhatralaya (girls' hostel) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, by video message on 24 August 2025.

Sat, 23 Aug 2025

• The Department of Posts announced on 23 August 2025 that it would temporarily suspend booking of all postal articles to the USA from 25 August, except letters/documents and gifts up to USD 100, after a US order withdrawing the de minimis exemption.
• DRDO successfully conducted the maiden flight-tests of the Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS), combining QRSAM, VSHORADS missiles and a laser-based directed energy weapon, off the coast of Odisha on 23 August 2025.
• India observed National Space Day on 23 August 2025 with the theme 'From Aryabhata to Gaganyaan', with PM Narendra Modi addressing it by video and the main programme held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
• The 11th round of India–Australia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) negotiations concluded in New Delhi on 23 August 2025 after six days of talks.
• NorthEast United FC beat debutants Diamond Harbour FC 6–1 in the final of the 134th Durand Cup in Kolkata on 23 August 2025 to retain the title.
• Union Social Justice Minister Dr Virendra Kumar said at a NAMASTE scheme programme in Patna on 23 August 2025 that 85,819 sewer and septic tank workers had been profiled, 76,736 given PPE kits and 60,586 given Ayushman cards.
• Konkan Railway started its roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) train service for private cars between Kolad in Maharashtra and Verna in Goa on 23 August 2025, ahead of the Ganpati festival.

Fri, 22 Aug 2025

• A three-judge Supreme Court bench on 22 August 2025 modified its 11 August order on stray dogs in Delhi-NCR, directing that picked-up dogs be sterilised, dewormed, vaccinated and released back to the same area, except rabid or aggressive dogs.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth over ₹5,200 crore in Kolkata on 22 August 2025, including 13.61 km of new metro network and the 7.2 km six-lane elevated Kona Expressway.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of development projects worth ₹12,000 crore at Gaya, Bihar, on 22 August 2025, including the Aunta–Simaria bridge project on NH-31 and the 660 MW Buxar Thermal Power Plant.
• The Department of Posts and the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) signed an MoU in Mumbai on 22 August 2025 under which India Post will act as a mutual fund distributor through its postal network.
• NITI Aayog released the report 'Rethinking Homestays: Navigating Policy Pathways', prepared with the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), on 22 August 2025.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacted on 22 August 2025 with women officers from 15 countries and India attending the UN Women Military Officers Course (UNWMOC-2025) in New Delhi.
• ISRO hosted the National Space Meet 2.0 on 'Leveraging Space Technology and Applications for Viksit Bharat 2047' at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 22 August 2025 as part of the 2nd National Space Day celebrations.
• The Supreme Court on 22 August 2025 directed the Election Commission to let voters excluded from Bihar's draft electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) file claims online as well as physically, with Aadhaar or any one of 11 prescribed documents.

Thu, 21 Aug 2025

• Rajya Sabha passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 on 21 August 2025, a day after the Lok Sabha, banning online money games while promoting e-sports and online social games; it received Presidential assent on 22 August as Act No. 32 of 2025.
• The Monsoon Session 2025 of Parliament, which began on 21 July, was adjourned sine die on 21 August 2025 after 21 sittings over 32 days, with 15 Bills passed by both Houses.