CAJULY2025

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS - JULY 2025

✅ India recorded an 86% drop in maternal deaths and improved child survival through expanded immunization and targeted healthcare programs.

✅ Delhi plans cloud seeding using silver iodide and dry ice to reduce severe air pollution through artificial rainfall.

✅ The Turmeric Board in Telangana aims to boost exports, support farmers, and promote research and value-added turmeric products.

✅ MNRE updated waste-to-energy guidelines by simplifying approvals and providing subsidies to promote clean energy from biogas, syngas, and municipal waste.

✅ India received $135.46 billion in remittances in 2024–25, growing 14% year-on-year and offsetting nearly half of the merchandise trade deficit.

✅ India launched a Carbon Credit Scheme covering 400+ industries to promote sustainable manufacturing under new GHG Emission Intensity Rules.

✅ U-WIN and Mission Indradhanush helped India nearly eliminate zero-dose children, boosting vaccine coverage and maintaining polio-free status.

✅ Colonial-era laws were replaced with BNS, BNSS, and BSA to enable e-FIRs, fair trials, and tech-driven legal processes.

✅ India launched athlete support and governance reforms to strengthen its bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympics.

✅ Sawalkot Hydro Project on the Chenab River was approved to generate clean energy and assert India's water treaty rights.

✅ The BRICS Summit promoted climate finance, health equity, and AI governance to strengthen Global South leadership.

✅ India operationalized Kakrapar Units 3 and 4 using PHWR technology, boosting nuclear capacity and clean energy independence.

✅ Colombia and Uzbekistan joined the New Development Bank, expanding financial support to more emerging economies.

✅ A new Biobank at CSIR-IGIB will collect genetic data to boost AI diagnostics and chronic disease research.

✅ The Kaladan Project will connect India's northeast via Myanmar by 2027, reducing dependence on the Siliguri Corridor.

✅ Namibia adopted UPI, making it the first African nation to boost digital payments using India's fintech system.

✅ UIDAI's FaceAuth improves welfare access for elderly and laborers facing fingerprint issues, enabling smoother identity authentication.

✅ The proposed Battery Passport will monitor EV battery usage and recycling to align with global sustainability standards.

✅ PM E-DRIVE offers subsidies up to ₹9.6 lakh for e-trucks to reduce emissions and promote green logistics.

✅ UNESCO added Maratha Military Landscapes to its heritage list, recognizing their historic value and architectural significance.

✅ India is promoting digital sovereignty through ONDC, India Stack, and data protection laws to reduce reliance on foreign platforms.

✅ SC-NBWL recommended flexible eco-sensitive zone boundaries to balance development and conservation, especially in forest-rich states.

✅ AI is being integrated into Ayurveda and Siddha systems to enhance diagnostics and modernize traditional Indian medicine.

✅ India exceeded its Paris targets by achieving 50% non-fossil fuel capacity through aggressive renewable policies and investments.

✅ Gujarat's Banni Grasslands were chosen for cheetah relocation due to ecological suitability and prey availability.

✅ The University of Southampton opened a standalone campus in India under UGC's new international education guidelines.

✅ Gujarat launched a genome mapping project to support tribal healthcare and preventive genetic medicine.

✅ A central panel will resolve inter-state water-sharing issues between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana over the Polavaram project.

✅ The Supreme Court upheld equal property rights for tribal women, strengthening gender justice over traditional practices.

✅ India's first conviction in a ₹100 crore digital arrest scam raised awareness about cyber fraud and impersonation-based scams.

✅ West Bengal achieved India's first conviction in a ₹100 crore digital arrest scam, exposing impersonation-based cyber fraud affecting over 100 victims nationwide.

✅ India signed a legal assistance pact with Nepal, strengthening extradition processes and enabling faster cooperation on cross-border crimes, including fake currency and terrorism.

✅ India achieved 20% ethanol blending in petrol ahead of schedule, reducing emissions and boosting farmers' income through increased demand for biofuel crops.

✅ India's Third Voluntary National Review at the UN showed 248 million people lifted out of poverty since 2013–14, reflecting strong SDG progress.

✅ Nainital began its first carrying capacity study to regulate tourism sustainably by analyzing environmental factors like greenery, water, and land pressure.

✅ India and UK signed the CETA agreement, reducing tariffs, easing professional mobility, and targeting $120 billion bilateral trade by 2030.

✅ Divya Deshmukh won the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup, becoming the third Indian woman to achieve this milestone and a future Grandmaster contender.

✅ India tested its first hydrogen-powered rail coach, promoting sustainable mobility under the National Green Hydrogen Mission to reduce transport-related emissions.

✅ India and Singapore held the Bold Kurukshetra 2025 military exercise, strengthening strategic ties through advanced war gaming and simulation-based training.

✅ The National Cooperation Policy 2025 aims to triple GDP contribution from cooperatives and expand their role in new sectors like energy and tourism.

Source: Various Government Reports & News Agencies (July 2025)

Last Updated: August 2025